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--:-- Windsor Johnston: Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston.
--:-- Windsor Johnston: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth addressed hundreds of U.S. generals and admirals from around the world at a military base in Virginia this morning.
--:-- Pete Hegseth: Speaking to top commanders at Quantico, Hegseth said the purpose of the department under his leadership would exclusively be warfighting.
--:-- Pete Hegseth: As history teaches us, the only people who actually deserve peace are those who are willing to wage war to defend it.
--:-- Pete Hegseth: That's why pacifism is so naive and dangerous. It ignores human nature and it ignores human history.
--:-- Pete Hegseth: Hegseth also announced that service members will have to take a physical fitness test twice a year and pass height and weight requirements.
--:-- Pete Hegseth: He also announced a ban on beards and long hair.
--:-- Windsor Johnston: President Trump is also expected to deliver remarks.
--:-- Windsor Johnston: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Trump say they in agreement on a ceasefire proposal to end the war in Gaza
--:-- Emily Fang: But as NPR Emily Fang reports far politicians and Netanyahu coalition are unhappy.
--:-- Emily Fang: A person briefed by an Israeli official has told NPR Netanyahu will not bring Trump's plan for a vote in his cabinet.
--:-- Emily Fang: This is to prevent two far-right ministers from quitting their posts and Netanyahu's political coalition and thus toppling the current government.
--:-- Emily Fang: These two ministers, Bitzalo Smotrich and Itamar Ben-Gavir, are in opposition to the 20-point peace plan because it encourages some 2 million Palestinians to remain in the Gaza Strip following any ceasefire and the return of hostages.
--:-- Emily Fang: The two opposing ministers had been pushing to forcibly displace Palestinians from Gaza, annex the territory, and let Israeli settlers move back in.
--:-- Windsor Johnston: Emily Fang, NPR News, Tel Aviv.
--:-- Windsor Johnston: With just hours left to prevent a government shutdown, President Trump is slamming Democrats using what appears to be an AI-generated video in a social media post.
--:-- Giles Snyder: NPR's Giles Snyder reports Democrats hit right back.
--:-- Giles Snyder: House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries responded to the depiction of him wearing a sombrero and a mustache.
--:-- Giles Snyder: In a post on X he appeared to address President Trump saying that bigotry will get you nowhere
--:-- Giles Snyder: In a separate post Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer disparaged Trump negotiating skills saying Trump can only throw tantrums
--:-- Giles Snyder: The fake video Trump posted shows Jeffries and Schumer talking with reporters outside the White House.
--:-- Giles Snyder: With mariachi music playing in the background, a fake voiceover of Senator Schumer complains about Democrats' political problems and argues for free health care for undocumented immigrants so they'll vote for Democrats.
--:-- Giles Snyder: The social media fight broke out after Trump met with Jefferson Schumer in the Oval Office to discuss heading off a government shutdown.
--:-- Windsor Johnston: Charles Snyder, NPR News.
--:-- Windsor Johnston: You're listening to NPR News from Washington.
--:-- Windsor Johnston: YouTube has agreed to pay $24 million to settle a lawsuit brought by Donald Trump in 2021.
--:-- Bobby Allen: NPR's Bobby Allen reports several social media sites banned Trump after the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol building.
--:-- Bobby Allen: The settlement documents say most of the money Google is paying will go toward the construction of a Mar-a-Lago-style ballroom in the White House.
--:-- Bobby Allen: YouTube's payout follows similar settlements over Trump's suspensions from Instagram, Facebook, and X, formerly Twitter.
--:-- Bobby Allen: Free speech experts question the suits since First Amendment cases tend to involve government censoring speech not private companies
--:-- Bobby Allen: The White House and Google declined to comment
--:-- Bobby Allen: It comes days after YouTube reinstated accounts suspended over spreading COVID and election misinformation, including podcaster Dan Bongino, who is now the FBI's deputy director.
--:-- Windsor Johnston: Bobby Allen, NPR News.
--:-- Windsor Johnston: That sound, once the gateway to the World Wide Web, is finally being silenced.
--:-- Windsor Johnston: AOL is officially shutting down its dial-up internet service today, marking the end of a digital era that peaked with chat rooms.
--:-- Windsor Johnston: You've got mail and painfully slow downloads.
--:-- Windsor Johnston: Fewer than 250,000 people still use dial-up in the U.S. According to census data, most of them live in rural areas.
--:-- Windsor Johnston: Stocks close mixed across Asia today.
--:-- Windsor Johnston: On Wall Street, Dow futures are trading lower at this hour.
--:-- Windsor Johnston: I'm Windsor Johnston, NPR News in Washington.
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