It's day two of the U.S.
Brokered peace deal between Hamas and Israel.
The clock is ticking on the negotiated exchange of Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners and detainees.
I'm Scott Simon.
And I'm Aisha Roscoe with Up First from NPR News.
The Moss is preparing to release the remaining hostages as Israeli troops withdraw from parts of Gaza.
We'll have more on that.
Plus,
the Trump administration on Friday started laying off thousands more federal employees as a government shutdown closes out its second week.
We're also going to take a look at the healthcare subsidies that are about to expire and why they're at the center of the current shutdown.
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After two years of fighting, Israel and Hamas have agreed to a peace deal.
It's only been in place for a couple of days and there are still a lot of unknowns.
But one of the earlier,