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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston. President Trump is preparing to sign a massive tax cut and spending bill into law at this hour. The legislation pumps billions of dollars into defense and border enforcement while cutting Medicaid and food assistance programs.

NPR's Tamry Keith reports Democrats warn it could drive up inflation and increase the national

debt. Democrats have been quite united in branding this as a tax cut that will overwhelmingly

benefit the wealthy and big businesses paid for by making life harder for the

working class. They point to an independent analysis that found this bill could add

trillions to the deficit and kick millions of people off their health coverage. White House

officials point out that individual pieces of the bill are popular, even if public polling finds the broader package

isn't. So with the midterms coming up next year, the president and his party are working to

convince voters that this bill will make their lives better. That's NPR's Tamri Keith reporting.

Palestinian health officials say airstrikes carried out by Israel have left at least 100 people

dead in the Gaza Strip. NPR's Hadeal al-Shalchi reports the attacks come ahead of a potential

ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas.

Israeli and Hamas officials have said there are positive signs that they're ready to

negotiate a ceasefire in Gaza. In the meantime, hospitals in

Gaza are flooded with the injured and killed from Israeli attacks. NPR's N.S. Baba visited

Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, where dozens of Palestinians were being treated. He met

Othman Abdu, whose niece had just lost her three children to an Israeli strike on a school-turned shelter.

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