Good Monday evening. In this edition: Trump and Netanyahu agree on peace plan for Gaza; and congressional leaders fail to strike funding deal at White House.
Plus, Eric Adams, California's AI bill and Jayapal threat.
Gaza War
President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reached a tentative agreement to end the war in Gaza, putting pressure on Hamas to either accept the proposal or continue fighting.
The 20-point plancalls for Hamas to disarm, return the remaining hostages and relinquish control of Gaza, while Israel would cease military operations, gradually withdraw its forces, and release around 2,000 Gazan prisoners and detainees.
Hamas members "who commit to a peaceful coexistence" and turn over their weapons would be granted amnesty, and those that wish to leave Gaza would be provided safe passage to receiving countries.
A post-war Gaza would be governed by a "temporary transitional governance of a technocratic, apolitical Palestinian committee" that would be responsible for running public services.
"Hamas and other terrorist factions will play no role in the board," President Trump said. "They'll play no role in the governance of Gaza at all, directly or indirectly."
The proposal leaves the door open for a role for the Palestinian Authority, but conditions it on the group completing a "reform program."
The plan also calls for the transition to new governance to be overseen by a "Board of Peace" that will be headed by President Trump and include other international leaders like former British Prime Minister Tony Blair.
It also calls for the deployment of a "stabilization force," a surge in aid to the Gazan people and a "Trump economic development plan to rebuild and energize Gaza."
President Trump said he believed Hamas would accept the proposal, but warned if it didn't, Israel would have his support to eliminate the group.
"If Hamas rejects the deal … Israel would have my full backing to finish the job of destroying the threat of Hamas," he said.
Prime Minister Netanyahuthanked the president for his leadership and said the proposal would allow Israel to achieve its war objectives "without any further bloodshed."
"It will bring back to Israel all our hostages, dismantle Hamas's military capabilities, end its political rule, and ensure that Gaza never again poses a threat to Israel," he said.
The Israeli leaderwarned that if Hamas rejects or undermines the plan, then his country would "finish the job itself."
"This can be done the easy way, or it can be done the hard way," he said. "But it will be done."
President Trump and top congressional leaders failed to reach an agreement during a meeting at the White House, all but guaranteeing the government will shut down at midnight on Tuesday.
Republicans remain committed to their "clean" seven-week stopgap measure as Democrats continue to insist any funding proposal be bipartisan in nature and include a slew of health care provisions.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said "very large differences" remain between the two sides and that he was still concerned the administration would continue to try to claw back approved government funding through rescissions.
"For the first time, the president heard our objections and heard why we needed a bipartisan bill," he told reporters outside the West Wing. "Their bill has not one iota of Democratic input. That is never how we've done this before."
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) called it a "frank and direct discussion" but said "significant and meaningful differences remain."
"Democrats are fighting to protect the health care of the American people and we are not going to support a partisan Republican spending bill that continues to gut the health care of everyday Americans," he said.
Vice President JD Vance, who also described the meeting as "frank," predicted the government would shut down due to Democrats' "preposterous" demands.
"I think we're headed to a shutdown because the Democrats won't do the right thing," he told reporters. "I hope they change their mind, but we're going to see."
The vice president conceded Democrats have some "reasonable" ideas but said any potential negotiations could only take place if the government remains open.
"They had some ideas that I actually thought were reasonable, and they had some ideas that the president thought was reasonable," he told reporters. "What's not reasonable is to hold those ideas as leverage and to shut down the government unless we give you everything you want."
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) defended the continuing resolution (CR) his conference passed earlier this month, saying it would keep the government open while allowing for future negotiations to play out.
"There's nothing partisan in here, no policy writers, none of our big party preferences, because we want to do the right thing by the American people and allow more time for negotiation," he said, chiding Democrats for trying to force "extraneous issues" into the mix.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) portrayed the GOP plan as something that's done "fairly routinely" and accused Democrats of engaging in "hostage-taking."
"It is totally up to the Democrats because right now, they are the only thing standing between the American people and the government shutting down," he said.
The South Dakota Republican affirmed he will call another vote on the House-passed stopgap measure on Tuesday.
At least seven Democratic votes will be needed to advance any measure in the Senate, which seems unlikely at this point.
Eric Adams, the embattled mayor of New York City, officially ended his flagging reelection campaign on Sunday, effectively making it a two-man race between former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and frontrunner Zohran Mamdani, the progressive assemblyman who won the Democratic nomination in an upset over the summer. Mr. Adams declined to endorse either of the candidates but warned New Yorkers to be "beware of those who claim the answer is to destroy the very system we built together over generations."
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed into law a first-of-its-kind bill to regulate the artificial intelligence (AI) industry, requiring major companies to fulfill transparency requirements and report AI-related safety incidents. "California has proven that we can establish regulations to protect our communities while also ensuring that the growing AI industry continues to thrive. This legislation strikes that balance," the governor said in a statement.
Democratic leaderscondemned the "hateful and vile" social media post from an Arizona state lawmaker calling for Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) to be executed. "Until people like this, that advocate for the overthrow of the American government are tried, convicted and hanged … it will continue," state Rep. John Gillette (R) wrote on social media in response to a video of Rep. Jayapal urging people to protest against President Trump. "This threat against me is an effort to silence our nonviolent movement and quash our power. It will not work," Rep. Jayapal responded.
For your radar…
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday addresses senior military leaders who were summoned from around the world for an in-person meeting in Virginia. Watch LIVE on C-SPAN2 at 8:15am ET.
Executives from Frontier and Allegiant testify on competition in the airline industry Tuesday before a Senate Judiciary subcommittee. Watch LIVE on C-SPAN3 at 2:30pm ET.
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