A week after the Gaza ceasefire, Israel's new restrictions are keeping desperately needed aid out.

President Trump threatens a massive tariff hike on China, and Americans begin to feel the effects of the government shutdown.

Hamas is preparing to release the last remaining hostages after Israel forces withdrew from parts of Gaza under President Trump's truce plan.

Ukraine's president met yesterday with President Trump, trying to both bolster his country's weaponry and pursue a ceasefire with Russia. But it's unclear how interested Russia is in a deal.

The government shutdown goes on and House Speaker Mike Johnson refuses to swear in a Democratic representative-elect. President Trump thinks he has momentum to get a Russia-Ukraine peace deal done.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Shira Efron, senior fellow at RAND about how two years of war in Gaza has affected Israelis as a people.

The U.S.-brokered peace deal between Israel and Hamas has entered its second day. The first phase includes a ceasefire and partial Israeli military withdrawal. It also requires Hamas to release all 20 ...

Trump did this famously by reporting he’d told the Israeli prime minister he was “always fucking negative” about the peace process. He made sure that everyone knew that he’d forced Netanyahu to ...

Hamas says it will release all the remaining hostages in Gaza, both living and dead. The militant group accepted President Trump's ceasefire deal yesterday, but said it still had some conditions to ...

Israel says a ceasefire is now in effect in Gaza. A grand jury indicts New York Attorney General Letitia James, a Democrat who has clashed with the president. And a judge temporarily blocks the Trump ...

President Trump said he's confident the Israel-Hamas ceasefire will hold. He's expected to be in Israel Monday to speak to the country's Knesset. NPR senior political contributor Ron Elving joins us.