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  • This week on Up First from NPR News,

  • funding ran out for the Department of Homeland Security and Congress went home.

  • DHS does a few important things like secure the airports or the coasts or the president.

  • Now their funding is uncertain.

  • And what does this say about the way Congress works or doesn't?

  • Follow us for the latest each morning on Up First on the NPR app or wherever you get your podcasts.

  • Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Corva Coleman.

  • Officials say a second day of talks among the U.S., Ukraine and Russia has ended abruptly in Geneva.

  • Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had criticized the discussions earlier.

  • He said yesterday's talks were hard and that Russia is dragging them out.

  • Indonesia says it's preparing to deploy peacekeeping troops to Gaza as part of President Trump's Board of Peace.

  • NPR's Katarina Barton reports Indonesia is the only country to publicly commit peacekeepers to the effort.

  • Indonesia's military says it is offering up to 8,000 peacekeeping troops to support Trump's ceasefire plans in Gaza,

  • and 1,000 among them could enter the war-torn area as soon as early April.

  • The Indonesian president, Prabowo Subianto, is in Washington this week.

  • He's expected to meet with Trump at the inaugural Board of Peace Summit on Thursday.

  • Indonesia's involvement in Gaza has faced criticism from human rights groups,

  • saying this could undermine the country's long-standing support of Palestinian independence.

  • Katarina Barton, NPR News.

  • A federal law allows local police to be deputized for immigration enforcement duties.