Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston. Hamas says it accepts some elements of President

Trump's peace plan, but that others require further negotiation. The president had given the

militant group a Sunday deadline to respond to the U.S. brokered proposal. The Senate has once again failed to pass a short-term

funding bill that would reopen the government. The shutdown is now in its third day, with Republicans

and Democrats deadlocked on how to move forward. With the ongoing shutdown, many federal workers at the U.S.

Department of Education were recently surprised by a change to their email.

NPR's Corey Turner reports.

If you email furloughed workers at the Education Department, you're likely to get the same out-of-office response.

It says, thank you for contacting me.

Unfortunately, Democrats senators are blocking passage of H.R. 5371

in the Senate, which has led to elapse in appropriations. Multiple employees confirmed to NPR that

though this message was written in the first person and sent from their email, they did not write it,

and were not told it would replace whatever message they had

written. The partisan message may also be at odds with the Hatch Act, a law that limits political

speech by federal employees. A request for comment to the department's press office was returned

with the same message. Corey Turner, NPR News. The White House says it's looking to cut federal funding for

Portland, Oregon amid ongoing protests over the presence of federal immigration agents.

Press Secretary Caroline Levitt says Trump is directing his team to review what money can be

withheld. We will not fund states that allow anarchy. There will also be an additional surge

of federal resources

to Portland immediately, including enhanced CBP and ICE resources. Trump has taken similar steps

to cut off funding in other Democratic-led cities, including Chicago and New York. Democratic governors

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