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--:-- Shea Stevens: The U.S. is dispatching 200 troops to Israel to help monitor and implement the Gaza ceasefire.
--:-- Shea Stevens: As NPR's Quill Orange reports, the troops will not be on the ground in the Gaza Strip.
--:-- Quill Orange: U.S. troops with expertise in logistics will set up a civilian military coordination center in Israel to help with the expected flood of humanitarian aid into Gaza.
--:-- Quill Orange: The narrow strip of land has been subjected to intense bombardment for two years as the Israeli army sought to eliminate Hamas after the October 7th surprise attack on Israel.
--:-- Quill Orange: That initial attack killed more than 1,200 people, mostly Israeli civilians.
--:-- Quill Orange: The ensuing war has killed more than 67,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza's health ministry, also mostly civilians.
--:-- Quill Orange: In a social media post, the White House says troops under U.S. Central Command would coordinate with other nations in the region that would create an international stabilization force in Gaza as outlined in President Trump peace plan.
--:-- Shea Stevens: Quill Lawrence NPR News.
--:-- Shea Stevens: The Justice Department is indicting the official who won a civil fraud case against the Trump Organization.
--:-- Shea Stevens: In a five-count complaint, a federal grand jury in Virginia has indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James.
--:-- Shea Stevens: At issue, NPR's Kerry Johnson reports, is a mortgage application that James completed five years ago.
--:-- Kerry Johnson: I'm told by a source it's a single count of bank fraud.
--:-- Kerry Johnson: This follows a months-long investigation this year by prosecutors in Virginia.
--:-- Kerry Johnson: And this process was really unusual.
--:-- Kerry Johnson: A Republican prosecutor who had been leading the office concluded there was not enough evidence to bring a case against Tish James.
--:-- Kerry Johnson: But then he was forced out of his job by the White House.
--:-- Kerry Johnson: And the woman who replaced him, Lindsay Halligan, has no experience as a prosecutor.
--:-- Kerry Johnson: Halligan is the person who presented the case to the grand jury today.
--:-- Shea Stevens: NPR's Carrie Johnson reporting.
--:-- Shea Stevens: The major political parties remain deeply divided on how to end the partial government shutdown.
--:-- Shea Stevens: As NPR's Claudia Grisalis reports, the Republican-led Congress is spiraling deeper into a war of words.
--:-- Claudia Grisalis: Congressional leaders have a now-familiar daily shutdown routine on Capitol Hill.
--:-- Claudia Grisalis: Blame the other side for the gridlock.
--:-- Claudia Grisalis: The Democrats own this shutdown.
--:-- Claudia Grisalis: And Republicans in Congress are nowhere to be found.
--:-- Claudia Grisalis: He's playing games with the American people.
--:-- Claudia Grisalis: And now Republicans have shut down the government.
--:-- Claudia Grisalis: Senate Majority Leader John Thune, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, House Speaker Mike Johnson, and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
--:-- Claudia Grisalis: They're fighting a daily messaging war with little signs of a breakthrough to end the shutdown.
--:-- Claudia Grisalis: Senate Republicans want a handful of Democrats to sign off on their stopgap bill but won't agree to their demands.
--:-- Claudia Grisalis: Democrats want an extension of the Affordable Care Act subsidies to keep health premiums from spiking soon.
--:-- Shea Stevens: Claudia Rizales, NPR News.
--:-- Shea Stevens: U.S. futures are virtually unchanged in after-hours trading on Wall Street following Thursday's losses.
--:-- Shea Stevens: This is NPR.
--:-- Shea Stevens: The United States is taking steps to rescue Argentina's failing economy.
--:-- Shea Stevens: The Treasury Secretary Scott Besant says the U.S. has finalized a $20 billion currency swap with Argentina's central bank.
--:-- Scott Besant: [audio clip] I'm encouraged by the South American nation's focus on lowering taxes while increasing investment and job creation.
--:-- Scott Besant: He says President Trump will meet with his Argentine counterpart, Javier Millet, next week.
--:-- Shea Stevens: As the partial U.S. government shutdown disrupts flights at many airports, Delta Airlines is reporting third-quarter profits of over $1 billion.
--:-- Shea Stevens: From member station WABE, Marlon Hyde has that story.
--:-- Marlon Hyde: The September quarter saw revenue rise by more than 4 year over year.
--:-- Marlon Hyde: Glenn Hauenstein is the president of Delta Airlines.
--:-- Glenn Hauenstein: He says operations are running smoothly despite the federal shutdown.
--:-- Glenn Hauenstein: While we are monitoring potential impacts from the U.S. government shutdown, we have not seen a material effect to date.
--:-- Glenn Hauenstein: Widespread flight delays are impacting some carriers, primarily due to staffing shortages among air traffic controllers working without pay.
--:-- Glenn Hauenstein: Delta says it does not expect the shutdown to have a significant effect unless it continues for an extended period.
--:-- Shea Stevens: For NPR News, I'm Marlon Hodge in Atlanta.
--:-- Shea Stevens: A Texas appeals court has blocked the execution of the first person in the U.S. to be convicted of murder linked to shaken baby syndrome.
--:-- Shea Stevens: Robert Roberson was scheduled to die by lethal injection next week.
--:-- Shea Stevens: He maintains his innocence and has garnered support from lawmakers and celebrities.
--:-- Shea Stevens: Robertson's attorney says that his infant daughter died from complications of pneumonia and not from violent shaking.
--:-- Shea Stevens: This is NPR News.
