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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. The White House is defending President Trump's proposal that the United States take control of the Gaza Strip, remarks it drew backlash in the Middle East and at home. White House Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt was peppered with questions today about Trump's comments.
The president has not committed to putting boots on the ground in Gaza. He has also said that the United States is not going to pay for the rebuilding of Gaza. His administration is going to work with our partners in the region to reconstruct this region.
Yesterday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with Trump and is holding more meetings in the region today. The U.S. Postal Service says it is accepting inbound mail packages and packages, that is, from China and Hong Kong again. This after an announcement yesterday that it would not be accepting packages from China. Here's NPR's John Ruich.
On Tuesday, the Postal Service announced an indefinite suspension of processing of incoming packages from China and Hong Kong. That came after President Trump's latest tariffs on China went into effect, and after he banned a tariff exemption for small packages that had become popular with e-commerce platforms. But the Postal Service reversed course today.
It says USPS and Customs and Border Protection are working closely together to, quote, China's foreign ministry earlier urged the U.S. to stop politicizing economics and trade, and said China would continue to take necessary measures to safeguard its company's rights and interests. John Rewich, NPR News, Beijing.
Well, the president needs people at Department of Homeland Security for his immigration policy, and he's getting more of them compared to his first term in the White House. But as NPR's Ximena Bustillo explains, it might not be enough to execute his ambitious crackdown on immigration law.
Numbers obtained by NPR show the total number of people on Homeland Security has kept steady or grown slightly over the last several presidencies. Despite this, current and former officials say it's not enough as the work increases and it takes time to quickly hire more people. This is not new to people like Michael Knowles, who since 2000 has been an elected union officer inside the agency.
It's not enough people to do the work that we're required to do by law and by public expectation.
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