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--:-- Dave Mattingly: Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dave Mattingly. Congress is hours away from a government shutdown. Lawmakers have until late tonight to pass a spending bill to keep the federal government funded and operating.
--:-- Dave Mattingly: Congressional leaders met with President Trump at the White House yesterday with Democrats and Republicans saying there was no agreement reached. Republicans are proposing to fund the government at current levels for another seven weeks to allow time to pass appropriation bills. Democrats want money added to extend health care provisions that are due to expire this year.
--:-- Dave Mattingly: The leaders of Britain and Germany are among those applauding President Trump's latest proposal to end the war in Gaza between Israel and Hamas. Trump outlined the 20-point proposal yesterday at the White House alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
--:-- Tamara Keith: The plan calls for the release of the hostages, demilitarization of Gaza and rebuilding overseen by a board of peace led by Trump. We right there. We right there. First time in thousands of years, I think you can probably say if you really look into it.
--:-- Tamara Keith: Trump said he has the backing of leaders in the region and, quote, "I'm hearing that Hamas wants to get this done." Israel would have my fallback into finish the job of destroying the threat of Hamas. But I hope that we're going to have a deal for peace.
--:-- Tamara Keith: Netanyahu offered qualified support.
--:-- Dave Mattingly: President Trump is expected at Marine Base Quantico in Virginia today, where Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has summoned hundreds of top U.S. military admirals and generals. The administration has released few details about the focus of the meeting.
--:-- Dave Mattingly: Authorities in Michigan say everyone has been accounted for following Sunday's deadly attack at a church northwest of Detroit. A gunman crashed his pickup into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc before opening fire and then setting the building ablaze.
--:-- Alex McLennan: Four people were killed and at least eight others were injured. Responding officers killed the suspect there.
--:-- Alex McLennan: The suspect, 40-year-old Thomas Jacob Sanford, was killed at the scene. He was a Marine veteran who law enforcement say had been arrested in the past for burglary and operating while intoxicated.
--:-- Ruben Coleman: FBI acting special agent in charge, investigators are still working to determine a motive.
--:-- Alex McLennan: Local partners have interviewed over 100 victims and witnesses to date and are continuing to interview individuals as we speak.
--:-- Alex McLennan: The FBI says it's investigating the attack on the Mormon congregation as an act of targeted violence.
--:-- Dave Mattingly: For NPR News, I'm Alex McLennan in Detroit.
--:-- Dave Mattingly: Wall Street futures are lower this morning. This is NPR News.
--:-- Ritu Chatterjee: A group of psychiatrists is calling for the removal of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. As NPR's Ritu Chatterjee reports, they accuse Kennedy of threatening Americans' access to mental health and addiction care.
--:-- Ritu Chatterjee: The group, called the Committee to Protect Public Mental Health, says Secretary Kennedy has hurt the federal government's ability to respond to the mental health and addiction crises by making major staffing and funding cuts to the federal mental health agency.
--:-- Eric Ruffler: It's very important to not miss that RFK Jr has been very focused in its attacks against psychiatric medication which millions of Americans rely on.
--:-- Eric Ruffler: So this includes for ADHD, for depression, for anxiety, for schizophrenia. He says these medications have measurable impacts on people's well-being and functioning.
--:-- Ritu Chatterjee: Prosecutors in New York are urging a federal judge to sentence music mogul Sean Diddy Combs to more than 11 years in prison as a result of his July conviction on charges related to prostitution.
--:-- Ritu Chatterjee: Formal sentencing is scheduled for Friday of this week. The defense is seeking no more than 14 months in prison for Combs.
--:-- Ritu Chatterjee: Prosecutors filed their sentencing recommendation early this morning.
--:-- Ritu Chatterjee: A jury acquitted Combs of the more serious charges of racketeering, conspiracy, and sex trafficking at his trial.
--:-- Dave Mattingly: Hurricane Umberto and Tropical Storm Imelda continue moving away from the east coast of the U.S. in the Atlantic.
--:-- Dave Mattingly: I'm Dave Mattingly, NPR News, in Washington.
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