Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dave Mattingly.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Hamas will pay a price for what he calls a cruel and malicious violation of their ceasefire agreement.

In a statement, Netanyahu says one of the four bodies released to Israel by the militants yesterday was not that of an

Israeli mother of two young boys. Instead, Israel says the body was that of a woman from Gaza who

had not been a hostage taken by the militants in southern Israel 16 months ago. The Israeli defense

forces say the bodies of the two children and an older man were positively identified.

The Senate has narrowly confirmed Cash Patel to serve as FBI director.

The vote was 51 to 49, with two Republican senators joining Democrats in opposition to the president's nominee,

Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine.

Patel takes over the Bureau after more than half a dozen senior executives at the FBI were

forced out in recent weeks, including the head of the Washington Field Office.

As the Trump administration continues efforts to downsize government, Energy Secretary Chris Wright

says it was a mistake for the administration to fire more than 100 federal employees responsible

for maintaining the nation's nuclear stockpile. NPR's Jeff Brumfield has more.

In an interview with Scripps News, Wright said the decision to fire employees

at the National Nuclear Security Administration was done in haste. I probably moved a little too

quickly there, and when we made mistakes on layoffs in NNSA, we reversed them immediately, less than 24

hours. The NNSA maintains the nation's nuclear weapons stockpile and combats nuclear terrorism

among its other duties. The Department of Energy says that, quote, fewer than 50 workers

were ultimately terminated at the agency. Jeff Brumfield, NPR News, Washington.

President Trump's advisor who's overseeing the federal layoffs through Doge,

billionaire Elon Musk, was celebrated yesterday as he addressed an annual gathering of political

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