--:-- Host (Ryland Barton): When someone you love is diagnosed with cancer or another serious illness, all you want to do is help. But where do you start?
--:-- Host (Ryland Barton): On the Life Kit podcast, we have tips for you. Your agenda should be, I'm going to be with you and be totally present to whatever comes up. Listen in the NPR app or wherever you get your podcasts for different ways to offer support.
--:-- Host (Ryland Barton): Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton.
--:-- NPR's Anas Baba: Israeli troops have pulled out from parts of Gaza today as a ceasefire went into effect.
--:-- NPR's Anas Baba: NPR's Anas Baba reports crowds of Palestinians who were displaced during the war are returning to places that used to be Israeli military zones.
--:-- NPR's Anas Baba: I walk through Gaza City now, and it feels like I'm witnessing a place being born again.
--:-- NPR's Anas Baba: On every corner there is reunion, silent embraces, dust-covered faces pressed together.
--:-- NPR's Anas Baba: The joy of surviving here doesn't erase the grief, yes. There is entire blocks now, looks like an open grave, only depraved.
--:-- NPR's Anas Baba: But Gazans here, they don't wait for permission to live. They carry hope like oxygen.
--:-- NPR's Anas Baba: Gaza is not only rubble. Gaza is resilience. And what I see today is people writing themselves back into existence.
--:-- Host (Ryland Barton): NPR's Anas Baba, reporting from Gaza City.
--:-- Host (Ryland Barton): Travelers might see a new video message from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem at their local airport. In it Noem blames Democrats for the ongoing government shutdown.
--:-- NPR's Jacqueline Diaz: NPR Jacqueline Diaz has more.
--:-- NPR's Jacqueline Diaz: The ongoing government shutdown is causing some delays at airports across the country. And people perhaps waiting in line for TSA security a bit longer might see a new video from the Trump administration that acknowledges the slowdown.
--:-- NPR's Jacqueline Diaz: The video blames the delays on Democrats in Congress for refusing to fund the federal government.
--:-- NPR's Jacqueline Diaz: Both Republicans and Democrats have refused to negotiate over the terms of a short-term spending bill.
--:-- NPR's Jacqueline Diaz: The videos will be rolled out in airports across the country.
--:-- NPR's Jacqueline Diaz: TSA checkpoints can have videos featuring government officials, but they normally don't contain partisan messages.
--:-- Host (Ryland Barton): NPR's Jacqueline Diaz, reporting.
--:-- Host (Ryland Barton): Stocks fell sharply today after President Trump threatened to impose even steeper tariffs on imports from China.
--:-- NPR's Scott Horsley: NPR's Scott Horsley reports the Dow tumbled 878 points, or nearly 2 percent.
--:-- NPR's Scott Horsley: President Trump posted his threat on social media after China imposed new restrictions on exports of rare earth materials.
--:-- NPR's Scott Horsley: Trump described that as a hostile act that could clog commercial flows around the world.
--:-- NPR's Scott Horsley: Trump said he been planning to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping later this month at an Asia summit in South Korea but he warned that meeting could be scrapped now.
--:-- NPR's Scott Horsley: In addition to a 100 percent increase in tariffs next month Trump warned he could hit back at China with export restrictions of his own.
--:-- NPR's Scott Horsley: The tit-for-tat comes after a period when investors had been growing more sanguine, that U.S.-China trade tensions might not be as disruptive as initially feared.
--:-- Host (Ryland Barton): NPR's Scott Horsley, reporting from Washington.
--:-- Host (Ryland Barton): National Guard troops are now patrolling Memphis as part of President Trump's attempt to crack down on crime there.
--:-- NPR's Host (Ryland Barton): The deployment comes a day after a federal judge temporarily blocked the Guard from being deployed in Chicago.
--:-- NPR's Host (Ryland Barton): Trump is pushing to deploy the Guard in several cities where he says crime is rampant.
--:-- Host (Ryland Barton): This is NPR News from Washington.
--:-- Host (Ryland Barton): Unease is mounting ahead of the Chicago Marathon amid the Trump administration's immigration crackdown in the city.
--:-- NPR's Host (Ryland Barton): The race on Sunday draws thousands from around the world and is a major tourism draw.
--:-- NPR's Host (Ryland Barton): Organizers sent an email to participants referring to a Know Your Rights page on the city's website.
--:-- NPR's Host (Ryland Barton): An ICE spokesperson said rumors that agents will be at the race are false.
--:-- Host (Ryland Barton): The United Nations says the Taliban's restrictions on the internet are a violation of human rights.
--:-- NPR's Host (Ryland Barton): Afghanistan experienced a 48-hour internet blackout last month that coincided with the morality drive imposed by the leader of the Taliban.
--:-- NPR's Host (Ryland Barton): Connectivity has largely been restored but the UN says the Taliban are still restricting access to popular social media platforms.
--:-- Host (Ryland Barton): The Venezuela opposition leader Maria Corina Machado has won the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize.
--:-- NPR's Julia Carnero: NPR's Julia Carnero has more.
--:-- NPR's Julia Carnero: Oh, my God. Well, I have no words. This was the moment Maria Corina Machado received the news, waking up to a phone call in the middle of the night.
--:-- NPR's Julia Carnero: And honor, and I know it's a recognition to our people, to the Venezuelan people.
--:-- NPR's Julia Carnero: Machado is a leading figure opposing Venezuela's president, Nicolás Maduro.
--:-- NPR's Julia Carnero: She was barred from running for president in 2024. After that election, Maduro claimed victory without detailing the vote count.
--:-- NPR's Julia Carnero: Since then, Machado has lived in hiding in Venezuela.
--:-- NPR's Julia Carnero: World leaders praised her courage and commitment to human rights.
--:-- NPR's Julia Carnero: But the White House offered no congratulations, saying the Nobel Committee had placed politics over peace in failing to award the prize to President Trump.
--:-- Host (Ryland Barton): For NPR News, I'm Julia Carneiro.
--:-- Host (Ryland Barton): This is NPR.
--:-- Host (Ryland Barton): Shortwave thinks of science as an invisible force, showing up in your everyday life.
--:-- Host (Ryland Barton): Powering the food you eat, the medicine you use, the tech in your pocket.
--:-- Host (Ryland Barton): Science is approachable because it's already part of your life.
--:-- Host (Ryland Barton): Come explore these connections on the Shortwave podcast from NPR.
