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Now we know.

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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Hurst. New York City mayor-elect Zoran Mamdani called his meeting Friday with President Trump productive.

A White House official now says he thinks Trump doesn't plan to withhold federal funding from his hometown.

And peers Luke Garrett reports.

The Chummy Oval Office meeting shocked political onlookers, but Mom Dani tells NBC News,

he still believes Trump is a fascist.

That's something that I've said in the past. I say today.

On the economy and affordability, Mom Dani says he and Trump found common ground.

I found in the meeting that I had with the president a productive one and a meeting that came back again and again to the central themes of the campaign that we ran. Trump's top economic advisor Kevin Hassett tells CNN the president no longer wants to act on his threat to curb federal funding from New York City. Well, it feels like he doesn't mean it now. And I guess we'll have to wait and see what Mamdani does. Hassett says the White House was reassured by Mamdani's choice to retain the

current police commissioner, Jessica Tisch. Luke Garrett, NPR News, Washington. Hamas sent a delegation

to Egypt to discuss the ceasefire with Israel in Gaza, and since the agreement took effect last month,

Israeli strikes in Gaza have killed more than 300 Palestinians. And Pierce Kat Lansdorf has more.

A Hamas official speaking on the condition of anonymity, as they were not authorized to speak publicly,

told NPR that a delegation from the group met with mediators in Cairo to, quote,

discuss the Israeli violations of the ceasefire.

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