AYESHA RASCOE, HOST:
And now we'll turn to NPR White House correspondent Deepa Shivaram. Good morning, Deepa.
DEEPA SHIVARAM, BYLINE: Hey, Ayesha, good morning.
RASCOE: So Chicago is just one of the cities President Trump wants to send the military into, but it is the one that he keeps coming back to over and over again in his comments. Even before this weekend's events, talk to me a little bit about Trump's interest in Chicago.
SHIVARAM: Yeah, I mean, it was sort of a slow buildup to this point because the president has been teasing that he wants to send National Guard members to Chicago for a while now, months and months and months. And about a month ago, he started to escalate that rhetoric and said that the administration was, quote, "going into Chicago," but he never specified when exactly that would happen. And then earlier this week, he mentioned the idea again and said it would be happening soon, and he also insulted the state's Democratic governor, JB Pritzker, calling him incompetent and stupid.
And so that leads us to this weekend. And as you and Michael were just talking about, Pritzker said the Trump administration basically gave him an ultimatum. Either he calls in National Guard members, or Trump will supersede him and do it himself. And of course, this all follows up on Trump sending in the National Guard to other cities - right? - like LA and DC. And more recently, he's been trying to send troops to Portland, Oregon, though yesterday, a federal judge temporarily blocked Trump's move to send the National Guard to Portland, and I will note that that judge was appointed by Trump in 2019.
RASCOE: Has there been any progress on negotiations to end the federal government shutdown?
SHIVARAM: Yeah, well, the answer - the short answer, Ayesha, is no. There doesn't really seem to be an end in sight here. I mean, the Senate failed to move forward on funding proposals on Friday. Senate members are expected to return to the Hill tomorrow to try again, but the House will actually remain out of session, per House Speaker Mike Johnson. He said he'd call the House back in session once the Senate can come to an agreement on funding the government, but like I said, there really isn't much agreement going on between the two parties.
RASCOE: Well, onto another set of negotiations, there does seem to be movement in the talks between Israel and Hamas, though, right?
SHIVARAM: Yes, there has been some updates on the negotiations there. And, you know, just to catch up and put this into context, on Friday, the president posted on social media - his platform, Truth Social - and he basically gave Hamas this deadline of 6 p.m. this evening - that's Sunday evening - to accept the ceasefire deal that the White House had put together last week. And that deal was a 20-point plan that had requirements for Hamas to release all the hostages, for Israel to end its war in Gaza and for aid to immediately come into Gaza, and there were a number of other points as well. And Israel agreed to that deal, but Hamas said that they had lingering questions. But after Trump set that Sunday deadline, Hamas responded a few hours later and accepted the proposal.
But that doesn't mean the whole deal is all said and done. There are still some negotiations taking place. And yesterday, for example, Trump posted that Israel had agreed to the withdrawal lines that the White House had drafted in its plan, but the U.S. is still waiting to hear from Hamas on whether they accept that and other elements of the plan, as well. So definitely some progress and some movements, but nothing is finalized.
RASCOE: And meanwhile, the president is visiting Norfolk, Virginia. What's bringing him there?
SHIVARAM: Yeah, Trump is headed out there to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Navy. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth will also be there with the president and the first lady, Melania Trump. It's planned to be this big celebratory event, though I will note that it is happening during the government shutdown, which means that active-duty service members are not getting paid. So I'm pretty curious if the president mentions that in his remarks as this shutdown heads into week No. 2.
RASCOE: That's NPR's Deepa Shivaram. Deepa, thank you so much.
SHIVARAM: Thank you very much. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.
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