A negotiator trying for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas has a warning.

He says an attack on U.S. forces risks widening the war instead of ending it.

So how can the U.S. respond without engulfing much the region in a spiraling conflict?

I'm Steve Insky with A Martinez, and this is up first from NPR News.

Texas is telling the federal government to stay out of the way at the southern border.

You don't need to be here.

What's the end game for the escalation between the state and the feds over immigration and border control.

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Well, here we're here. a siege. We'll hear why farmers in France are forcing a standoff with the government over wages and

regulations.

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