Hamas releases four female Israeli soldiers held captive for more than 15 months. As part of the ceasefire deal, Israel is releasing some 200 Palestinians.

SIMON: What else can you tell us about the agreement? AL-SHALCHI: Well, we're starting to get a little bit more information about the timing of the ceasefire and what this multiphase deal will look ...

NPR's Scott Simon talks to husband-and-wife duo Eric Lindberg and Doni Zasloff from the band, Nefesh Mountain, about their latest album, "Beacons." ...

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Yossi Mekelberg of Chatham House's Middle East and North Africa Program, about the Israeli political response to a negotiated ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

Siegel is the first American to be released as part of this deal. A total of 18 hostages have been released since the ...

New opposition foreign affairs spokesman David Coleman says a Coalition government would argue for a two-state solution for the Palestinian and Israeli people, not the plan put forward by Donald Trump ...

PATIENT CONFIDENTIALITY: City Hall sought to clarify the mayor’s health status Monday evening after sparking a torrent of ...

When world leaders gathered at the Auschwitz concentration camp this week to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the ...

Donald Trump's nominee for Treasury Secretary, Scott Bessent, says he will "get back to" Senator Ben Ray Luján when asked at his Senate confirmation hearing if he would suggest cuts to Medicaid. Vile.

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At 10 a.m.: DOUG BURGUM (Interior), LEE ZELDIN (EPA) and SCOTT TURNER (HUD ... down from their roles,” Reuters’ Humeyra Pamuk, Simon Lewis and Gram Slattery report. Insiders note that ...

The Albanese government must now assume Australia’s ­Jewish community is under active terrorist attack and set up an Operation Sovereign Borders-type multi-agency campaign to combat the deadly rise of ...