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Hamas partially agrees to Trump’s Gaza plan, but wants to negotiate. Hamas said yesterday it would agree to release all remaining hostages and give up power over the Gaza Strip, but that it wanted to negotiate further details of the 20-point peace plan President Trump unveiled this week alongside Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu. Earlier in the day, Trump had given the group an ultimatum to accept the plan by Sunday, but following Hamas’s statement, Trump said, “I believe they are ready for a lasting PEACE,” and called on Israel to “immediately stop the bombing of Gaza, so that we can get the Hostages out safely and quickly!” Netanyahu’s government then said it was preparing to implement the “first stage” of the plan.—AR
Sean “Diddy” Combs sentenced to more than four years. The hip-hop mogul got 50 months in prison yesterday after being convicted in July of two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution. That’s shorter than the 11-year sentence that federal prosecutors were seeking, but more than what his lawyers requested, which was the 14 months he’s already served. It’s also much shorter than the life sentence Combs was potentially facing before being acquitted of more serious sex trafficking and racketeering charges. Still, the judge said a significant sentence was needed to show “exploitation and violence against women is met with real accountability.” A lawyer for Combs vowed to appeal the sentence, telling ABC the judge had improperly acted as a “13th juror.”—BC
Trump admin halts $2.1b for Chicago transit as shutdown continues. Trump’s budget director, Russ Vought, said yesterday that the administration is withholding the money pegged for extending Chicago’s Red Line L train, making it the latest freeze on funds to a Democrat-led city since the federal government shut down. The administration has now frozen at least $28 billion in funding for Democratic cities and states, Reuters reports, as Trump seeks to target his opponents’ priorities during the shutdown. He has also threatened to fire federal workers. The shutdown is likely to last at least through the weekend after Democrats, who are demanding funding for Obamacare subsidies, rejected a Republican-backed bill to fund the government yesterday.—AR
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