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Bridget Bowman<\/span><\/span><\/span>
Republican Jack Ciattarelli spent part of a recent rally in Wildwood, New Jersey, tossing bright red \u201cMake NJ Great Again\u201d hats to supporters in the crowd.
To become the state\u2019s next governor, Ciattarelli needs voters who have long donned \u201cMake America Great Again\u201d hats to head to the polls in three weeks, too.
The New Jersey race is one of the first major tests of Trump\u2019s second term for Republicans looking to turn out his voters when he is not on the ballot. New Jersey and Virginia are the only two states with governor\u2019s races this year, and Ciattarelli is the only candidate for governor with Trump\u2019s endorsement.\u00a0
Read the full story here.<\/em><\/strong><\/a>
Jay Ganglani<\/span><\/span><\/span>
The president of Indonesia asked Trump if he could meet with his son Eric during a conversation that was picked up by a microphone while the leaders were at a summit in Egypt to address the war in Gaza.
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto asked about the meeting yesterday during the summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, where he was captured on audio and video speaking with Trump behind a podium with a microphone attached. Trump, who had his back facing the camera, replied, \u201cI\u2019ll have Eric call. Should I do that? He\u2019s such a good boy. I\u2019ll have Eric call.\u201d
Later in the conversation, much of which was inaudible, Trump again says, \u201cI\u2019ll have Eric call you.\u201d Prabowo then says: \u201cEric or Don Jr.\u201d
Eric and Donald Trump Jr. are both executive vice\u00a0presidents of the Trump Organization, which has real estate projects around the world including a golf club outside the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, and a golf club and resort listed on the company\u2019s website<\/a> as \u201ccoming soon\u201d on the resort island of Bali.
It was not clear whether the conversation between Subianto and Trump was business-related. The White House and the Indonesian presidential office did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Megan Lebowitz<\/span><\/span><\/span>
Rebecca Kaplan<\/span><\/span><\/span>
Gabrielle Khoriaty<\/span><\/span><\/span>
Sahil Kapur<\/span><\/span><\/span>
The Senate will come back into session today and is expected to vote for the eighth time on the House-passed continuing resolution, which is backed by Republicans. There is no indication that lawmakers have shifted their stances to change the outcome for the bill, which has failed to advance seven times.
The House remains out of session this week.
Speaker Johnson place blame on Senate Democrats for the continuation of the government shutdown, now the nation’s fifth longest, saying yesterday that the shutdown “should end tomorrow.”
“The Democrats in the Senate\u2019s next opportunity to end this, to change this, and vote yes and reopen the government will be tomorrow, and I pray that they will do the right thing,” he said.
Democrats have urged Republicans to address health care issues, like Obamacare subsidies that are set to expire, in efforts to reopen the government.
Megan Lebowitz<\/span><\/span><\/span>
Trump is set to meet at the White House today with Argentine President Javier Milei, just days after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced that the U.S. “directly purchased Argentine pesos” and “finalized a $20 billion currency swap framework with Argentina\u2019s central bank.”
Milei, whose country has been facing economic turmoil, is a Trump ally.
Trump and Milei held a meeting when they were in New York for the United Nations General Assembly. During the meeting, Trump endorsed<\/a> Milei for another term.
Later, Trump will posthumously award<\/a> conservative activist Charlie Kirk with a Medal of Freedom, the country’s highest civilian honor.
Bridget Bowman<\/span><\/span><\/span>
Maine Gov. Janet Mills announced this morning that she is running for the Senate, pitching herself as the Democratic Party\u2019s best chance to beat Republican Sen. Susan Collins next fall \u2014 and saying she does not plan to serve more than one term.
\u201cI\u2019ve won two statewide offices, and unlike other people in the primary right now, I\u2019ve actually won public office, won elections,\u201d Mills said in an interview ahead of her launch.
\u201cAnd I\u2019ve stood up to Donald Trump, and I have delivered progress for Maine people when it comes to health care, clean energy, public health, education. And I\u2019m willing to fight for that in the U.S. Senate,\u201d she said.
Mills is a top recruit for Senate Democrats, and she said Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., encouraged her to run. But she will face a fight for her party\u2019s nomination, with multiple candidates already in the race and making their own pitches for why they are best suited to defeat Collins, the only Republican senator from a state Kamala Harris won last year.
Read the full story here.<\/em><\/strong><\/a>
The Associated Press<\/span><\/span><\/span>
Reporting from Tel Aviv, Israel
The tenuous ceasefire <\/a>in the two-year Israel-Hamas war was holding Tuesday even as complex issues remained ahead<\/a>, a day after widespread jubilation over the return to Israel of the last 20 living hostages<\/a> held in Gaza and the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners<\/a> and detainees in exchange.
The list of more immediate questions includes those on when Hamas will return to Israel the bodies of the 24 hostages believed to be dead <\/a>in Gaza, as well as the health conditions of the released hostages and freed Palestinians.
Only four of the deceased hostages \u2014 whose release is also part of the first phase of the ceasefire deal brokered by U.S. President Donald Trump \u2014 were turned over to Israeli authorities on Monday. On Tuesday, the Israeli military identified two of them \u2014 Guy Illouz from Israel and Bipin Joshi, a student from Nepal.
Read the full story here.<\/em><\/strong><\/a>
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