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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2025 |
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In today's newsletter: What may happen next after Trump announced that Israel and Hamas had agreed the first phase of his hostage release and Gaza ceasefire plan. Chicago and Portland fight the president's troop deployment in court hearings. And, after a summer respite, bird flu is back. Here's what to know today. |
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President Donald Trump's announcement that Israel and Hamas have agreed the first phase of a ceasefire deal was widely welcomed by world leaders, the families of hostages and Palestinians who have endured more than two years of war. But huge questions remain about whether Trump's 20-point plan can successfully resolve the long-term future of the Gaza Strip, with uncertainty over its directive for Hamas to disband as well as the governance of the shattered enclave. The plan will also need formal agreement at 5 p.m. local time Thursday (10 a.m. ET) by Israel's government, an Israel official briefed on the matter told NBC News, with Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich vowing to vote against it. The first phase of Trump's deal would see the return of the remaining 48 hostages, around 20 of whom are believed to be alive, while the Israeli military said it was poised to withdraw from Gaza to an agreed upon line. While Hamas has agreed to participate in the hostage and prisoner exchange, it has not said it will disarm and disband — a key stipulation of Trump's proposal. The first phase also does not address Gaza's medium and long-term future. Trump said in a social media post Wednesday that the sides had taken the "first steps toward a strong, durable, and everlasting peace," calling it "a GREAT Day for the Arab and Muslim World, Israel, all surrounding nations, and the United States of America." The announcement came after indirect talks involving Israel, Hamas and Steve Witkoff, U.S. ambassador at large, and Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner. Trump said that he might travel to the Middle East at the end of the week but did not specify if he would be going to Egypt, where the peace talks are being held. The Hostages and Missing Families Forum said families welcomed the news of the possible release of their loved ones "with a mix of excitement, anticipation, and concern." A meeting on the future of Gaza will be held in Paris today, a French diplomatic source briefed on the matter told NBC News. Read the full story and follow the latest developments on our liveblog. |
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Trump's efforts to deploy National Guard troops in states that don't want them will be tested in two different courtrooms this afternoon. Lawyers for Illinois will go before a federal judge to attempt to block troops from being deployed in Chicago, while attorneys for Oregon will urge a federal appeals court to leave in place a restraining order against troop deployments in Portland. Illinois' lawsuit argues that there is not an emergency in Chicago, and the administration has tried to provoke unrest by increasing the presence of federal law agents who are using "unprecedented, brute force tactics for civil immigration enforcement." The White House has maintained that the president is trying to keep American cities and federal personnel safe. Trump said this week that if his efforts to use the National Guard ultimately get derailed by the courts, he could invoke the Insurrection Act, which would empower him to use the U.S. military domestically. Read the full story. |
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It was a decent summer for poultry consumers. Egg prices fell a bit, fewer sick poultry flocks were culled on farms and officials took a breath. But just like summer, it didn't last. Bird flu is spreading again, now that wild water fowl — geese, ducks and cranes — have begun their seasonal migrations. As the birds travel, they mingle at lakes and ponds and share viruses. In poultry, bird flu cases are spiking earlier than expected. More than 4 million birds have been culled in the last month, in states including Minnesota and Iowa, after members of their flock tested positive for the virus, called H5N1. The trend corresponds to a spike in infections detected among wild birds in northern states. Read the full story. |
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A 29-year-old man from Florida was arrested and charged in connection with the Palisades Fire in January, one of the most destructive wildfires in Los Angeles history, authorities said. Law enforcement officials alleged that Jonathan Rinderknecht "maliciously" set a fire that would eventually kill a dozen people, burn 23,400 acres and destroy more than 6,800 structures. Rinderknecht was arrested Tuesday near his home in Florida on a charge of destruction of property by means of fire, Bill Essayli, acting U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California, said on X. Authorities said the Palisades Fire was a "holdover" fire, or a continuation of the Lachman Fire, which Rinderknecht is alleged to have started on New Year's Day. Firefighters were able to suppress the Lachman Fire but did not know that it continued to smolder and burn underground, a criminal complaint says. Read the full story. |
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- The last remaining fugitive who broke out of a New Orleans jail in May was captured in Atlanta, after more than four months on the run.
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- The Texas woman accused of killing her husband with a fatal dose of insulin was convicted of murder. Much of the testimony in her trial centered on allegations from her past.
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- The body of a skier who was caught in an avalanche in the Alaska backcountry seven months ago has been recovered. Two other men remain missing.
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Artificial intelligence giant OpenAI announced a plan this week to buy huge amounts of processing power from the chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices, or AMD. In return, AMD gave OpenAI the right to buy up to 160 million shares of AMD for one cent per share. It's not clear where OpenAI plans to get the money to buy all those AMD chips. But AMD stock soared on the announcement, and closed Tuesday around $211 per share. Now OpenAI's newly valuable AMD stock could, in theory, help the company finance the AMD chips it promised to purchase. Deals like this, where the money flows back and forth between two parties, are known as circular investments. And they have become increasingly common among top AI firms. Nvidia, Oracle, AMD, Softbank, CoreWeave and OpenAI all have various degrees of such investments, with more expected in the coming year. Tech analyst Gil Luria calls these transactions the "unhealthy part" of the AI ecosystem. But some experts believe they could threaten the entire AI boom. – Christina Wilkie, senior editor |
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