Trump admin live updates: Gaza ceasefire talks to begin in Egypt; government shutdown day 6
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Stay up to date with live coverage of the Trump administration Monday as the US and Israel are set to hold indirect talks with Hamas in Egypt to negotiate an end to the two-year-long war in Gaza based on President Trump’s 20-point peace plan.
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Inside Trump’s blunt exchange with Netanyahu after major development in Gaza peace deal: ‘So f–king negative’
President Trump reportedly told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to be “so f–king negative” after Hamas accepted key parts of his Gaza peace deal.
The blunt exchange unfolded when Trump called Netanyahu last Friday soon after the militant group finally responded to his plan, Axios reported.
Trump reportedly told Netanyahu he was too "f--king negative" as Hamas accepted key parts of the Gaza peace deal. AP
Despite Trump seeing the development as a major win amid his push to halt the war in Gaza, Netanyahu is said to have told him it didn’t mean anything, sources said.
“I don’t know why you’re always so f–king negative. This is a win. Take it,” Trump apparently shot back.
President Trump expressed wariness Sunday about whether Hamas truly wanted lasting peace and warned the terror group they would face “complete obliteration” if it refused to cede control of Gaza — as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted all hostages will be freed in the “coming days.”
President Trump said he was on the brink of finalizing a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claiming an announcement will be made about the hostages in the coming days. POOL via CNP/INSTARimages.comIsraelis protesting the ongoing war say now is the time for the cease-fire deal to be sealed to free the remaining 48 captives. REUTERS
As Israeli and Hamas negotiators hash out Trump’s 20-point cease-fire deal, the president said the terrorists must adhere to all the demands listed, including calls to disarm and abandon power over the Gaza Strip, which the group has ruled for nearly 20 years.
On Friday, Hamas agreed to release all Israeli hostages — both dead and alive — but it would not commit to disarmament or relinquishing power in Gaza to an international force.
WASHINGTON — Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) invoked the Epstein files firestorm as he tried to rip GOP leadership for the government shutdown.
Schumer accused House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) of not being genuine about his offer to negotiate the Obamacare subsidies after Dems stop blocking their bipartisan bill to end the partial government shutdown.
Schumer called the offer “not serious” and accused Johnson of keeping the House out of session to punt on the fight to release files on sex predator Jeffrey Epstein.
“Look, Johnson’s not serious about this. He sent all his congressmen home last week and home this week,” Schumer told CBS’ “Face the Nation” on Sunday. “How are you going to negotiate?
“The reason he sent them home is because he’s more interested in protecting the Epstein files than protecting the American people from the health care crisis,” Schumer chided.
