"Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst.
He was envoy and President from Sun and Law Gerard Kushner says he's optimistic about
“progress in Gaza after meeting with Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.”
But Israeli officials released mixed messages after that meeting, as impairs Daniel Eastern reports from Tel Aviv." Kushner and Netanyahu's teams announced there would be no Israeli withdrawal from Gaza and no reconstruction until Hamas completely disarms. But there would be sanitation projects in Gaza for public health.
Kushner told Fox News that Hamas could begin disarming within three months. And if not, he hinted Israel could resume full-scale war. "Progress could come quite soon, but we do need cooperation from both sides, and we're going to hopefully get through. But we've made a lot of progress to get here."
The Israeli government put out a message in English about deep and constructive discussions with Kushner. It put out another statement in Hebrew saying the U.S. believes Hamas will disarm, while "deep down" israel doesn't believe it. Daniel Estrin and PR News Tel Aviv.
"U.S. service members and their families are concerned about conditions on board some U.S. warships at sea.
“Remember, stationed W.H.R.O. and Norfolk, Steve Wash, has more."”
Families of sailors on U.S.S. Lincoln have reported food shortages in mental health issues after more than 200 days at sea. Former navy captain Sam Howard says his son told him, "Supplies ran low on the ships of the U.S.S. triply amphibious ready group, which carries sailors and marines during the early months of the war with Iran."
"They comment that he made, but you know, not knowing when you're going to get a break. It was really that among the toughest things that he experienced." The ship's return to Japan in July. U.S. George Washington is now on its way to relieve U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln in the Middle East.
For MPR News, I'm Steve Walsh." "A landmark trial gets underway today in federal court in Oakland, California, putting this social media giant meta against a consortium of states. MPR's John Ruach reports they alleged that meta's platforms, Facebook and Instagram, were designed to addict children."
California, Colorado, Kentucky, and New Jersey are leading the case. They say features like infinite scroll and the like button were designed to keep people on Facebook and Instagram longer and new, but did not admit publicly that they helped hook kids. The states also say meta broke a federal online child protection law by collecting data
on kids under 13 without parental consent. Meta denies the allegations and says it's put in place a number of features to make its products safe for minors. Some legal experts compare the case and a string of similar ones to trials in the 90s against tobacco companies that led to big penalties and changed the public narrative
around cigarettes. The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is a financial supporter of NPR, John Ruach and PR News. "You as future's contracts are trading lower this morning, you're listening to NPR news from Washington." The Trump administration is pausing construction of a controversial border construction
project in Big Bend National Park in Texas while customs and border protection doesn't on the ground evaluation. The wall faced fierce opposition by critics who say it's ruining the pristine environment and say that the areas remote and rugged terrain already serves as a deterrent to migrants trying to enter the US.
A summer congress gave the Trump administration $46 billion to build the wall from the
Pacific to the Gulf of Mexico. For a decade young women in Washington DC have found affordable housing in a unique way, living with nuns. But now the community is closing and PR's Windsor Johnston has more. Current and former residents filled the end Montgomery house for one last celebration.
Sister Diane Roach helped create the community. In tonight, she'll lock the doors for the last time. "I'm 76 and something inside me just said this is it." The society of the Sacred Heart owns the house, salowing rooms to rent for about $500 a month. 23-year-old Abigail Bulman moved in when she began a fellowship.
The financial component was large, but I wouldn't have been able to live in the environment that DC was in with the work that I was doing if I didn't have that community aspect as well. According to the rental platform Zumber, a one-bedroom apartment averages about $2,200 in DC.
Windsor Johnston and PR News, Washington. And I'm Janine Herbst and you're listening to NPR News from Washington.
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