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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Rylan Barton. A grand jury has indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James for alleged mortgage fraud.

It's the latest case brought by federal prosecutors after Trump called on the Department of Justice to target his perceived political enemies.

Staffing shortages are leading to more flight delays at airports across the U.S.

today as the federal government shutdown continues. The Federal Aviation Administration reported

staffing problems at airports in Boston, Chicago, and Philadelphia, and at its air traffic

control centers in Atlanta and Dallas-Fort Worth. Air traffic controllers are among those

required to work during the shutdown without pay.

Some have called out sick. On Fox Business, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy suggested workers who call in sick could be fired.

If we have a continual small subset of controllers that don't show up to work and they're the problem, children, listen, we need more controllers,

but we need the best and the brightest, the dedicated controllers.

And if we have some on our staff that aren't dedicated like we need, we're going to let them go.

Labor unions warn the situation is likely to get worse.

President Trump says he's planning to leave for the Middle East sometime on Sunday

and hopes to be there in

time for the return of hostages held by Hamas back to Israel. NPR's Deepa Shiverum reports the

first steps of a peace plan are moving forward. During a cabinet meeting at the White House, Trump

thanked his own staff and international partners like Indonesia, Turkey, and Qatar for helping bring about the

ceasefire deal. He also said wealthy Arab nations would step up to help with the rebuilding

of Gaza. You can't live right now in Gaza. It's a horrible situation. Nobody's ever seen

anything like it. So, yeah, we're going to create better conditions for people.

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