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--:-- Rylan Barton: Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Rylan Barton. The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is holding.
--:-- Rylan Barton: Now President Trump is demanding a weakened Hamas to put down its weapons.
--:-- President Trump: I'm going to disarm because they said they were going to disarm. And if they don't disarm, we will disarm them. How will you do that? I don't have to explain that to you. But if they don't disarm, we will disarm them. They know I'm not playing games.
--:-- Rylan Barton: Hamas has released the last living Israeli hostages, but a long list of uncertainties includes when the group will return the bodies of 24 hostages believed dead.
--:-- Rylan Barton: The U.N. says Israel is planning to cut aid into Gaza in half, accusing Hamas of violating the ceasefire with the slow release of the bodies.
--:-- Rylan Barton: And in Gaza, health officials say the Israeli military killed three Palestinians.
--:-- Rylan Barton: For a sixth time, President Trump says the U.S. has struck a boat allegedly carrying drugs off the Venezuelan coast.
--:-- President Trump: He says six men were killed.
--:-- Rylan Barton: The administration says alleged drug traffickers are unlawful combatants who must be met with military force.
--:-- Rylan Barton: Critics say the strikes violate U and international law.
--:-- Rylan Barton: Major news outlets are rejecting demands from the Pentagon to sign pledges not to solicit information that has not been authorized for release by military officials.
--:-- Rylan Barton: All the major TV outlets, NPR, The New York Times, and many others say that violates the point of independent journalism.
--:-- David Folkenflik: NPR's David Folkenflik reports their journalists will have to turn in their credentials tomorrow.
--:-- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth defended the requirement at the White House.
--:-- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth: So it's common sense stuff, Mr. President. We're trying to make sure national security is respected and we're proud of the policy.
--:-- Rylan Barton: Hegseth has already thrown out eight news organizations from their longtime Pentagon workspaces, including NPR, and had officials he suspected of leaks submit to lie detector tests.
--:-- Rylan Barton: Hegseth was previously a weekend morning host for Fox News.
--:-- Rylan Barton: Fox is among the networks refusing to sign the pledge, joining others in saying, quote, the policy is without precedent and threatens core journalistic protections.
--:-- David Folkenflik: David Folkenflik, NPR News.
--:-- Rylan Barton: The government shutdown is hurting some local businesses that rely on federal workers' paychecks.
--:-- Macy Lipkin: Macy Lipkin of member station KUER reports from Ogden Utah where the Department of Treasury is the largest employer.
--:-- Macy Lipkin: The Department of the Treasury is the largest employer in the city.
--:-- Macy Lipkin: The majority of its more than 7 employees work for the IRS.
--:-- Macy Lipkin: That agency has furloughed almost half its workforce in the shutdown and sent layoff notices to about 1,500 more.
--:-- Dan Martinez: Dan Martinez is legislative coordinator for the local chapter of the Treasury Workers Union.
--:-- Dan Martinez: He's been at the IRS for 18 years.
--:-- Dan Martinez: These are not millionaires that are making money off of the government.
--:-- Dan Martinez: These are folks that have I've taken a duty to serve the American people, I've taken that oath of office.
--:-- Macy Lipkin: He says uncertainty and doge cuts have made his colleagues more careful with their spending.
--:-- Rylan Barton: For NPR News, I'm Macy Lipkin in Ogden, Utah.
--:-- Rylan Barton: This is NPR News from Washington.
--:-- Rylan Barton: A man pleaded guilty today to the attempted murder of Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro in April.
--:-- Rylan Barton: Cody Ballmer scaled an iron fence and used beer bottles filled with gasoline to ignite the governor's mansion.
--:-- Rylan Barton: Ballmer was sentenced to 25 to 50 years in prison, far less than he could have faced if the case had gone to trial.
--:-- Adam Bearn: NPR's Adam Bearn has the story.
--:-- Adam Bearn: For over 100 years the bedrock of MI6 work has been face to face.
--:-- Adam Bearn: This ad from the UK secret intelligence service is online now.
--:-- Adam Bearn: Better known as MI6 it launched a communication platform on the dark web.
--:-- Adam Bearn: It's called Silent Courier.
--:-- Adam Bearn: The agency's encouraging people with sensitive information to get in touch.
--:-- Frank Fagluzzi: Former FBI Assistant Director for Counterintelligence, Frank Fagluzzi, says he hopes Silent Courier's been developed in coordination with the US.
--:-- Frank Fagluzzi: So that if someone wants to communicate intelligence to our British friends, that they're free to do it and that the Brits would therefore in turn share that with us.
--:-- Adam Bearn: The UK government declined to comment on that.
--:-- Rylan Barton: Adam Bearn, NPR News.
--:-- Rylan Barton: Leaf peeping season has arrived, but weeks of drought have muted this year's autumn colours and sent leaves fluttering to the ground earlier than usual.
--:-- Rylan Barton: Chlorophyll breaks down in leaves when days shorten and temperatures drop, turning them to those autumn colours of yellow, orange and red.
--:-- Rylan Barton: But dry weather in summer and fall can change all that because it leaves leaves to turn brown more quickly.
--:-- Rylan Barton: I'm Ryland Barton.
--:-- Rylan Barton: You're listening to NPR News from Washington.
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