Vice President J.D.
Vance is in Israel to make sure the ceasefire deal stays on track.
If Hamas doesn't comply with the deal, very bad things are going to happen.
He's meeting with Israel's prime minister to talk about phase two,
but phase one has been off to a shaky start.
I'm Michelle Martin.
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The Trump administration's pressure campaign and the government shutdown has not worked so far,
but the clock is ticking toward health insurance hikes for buyers of affordable care act insurance and to off-year elections in several states.
Could that shift the political calculus to break the stalemate?
And at the White House,
demolition crews are tearing down the East Wing to make way for President Trump's new quarter billion dollar ballroom.
A national planning board says it regulates construction, not destruction.
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