President Donald Trump opened a meeting with his Cabinet at the White House on Thursday by speaking about the ceasefire deal and his plans to travel to the Middle East.
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Trump also said he has been invited to speak before the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, during the trip.
"If they would like me to, I will do it," Trump said, noting that he had been invited to speak.
He said he would be the first U.S. president to address the Knesset, but that's not accurate. Former president George W. Bush spoke before the parliamentary body in May 2008.
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Trump said he will be going to Egypt for a signing ceremony. It was not clear if he would be traveling elsewhere on the trip.
The president said it is a complicated process for the hostages to be released from Gaza, but it will be happening Monday or Tuesday. He said there will also be the remains of about 28 hostages to be brought back, but he didn't offer details or timing on that.
Rubio says Trump talks with Muslim leaders was a 'turning point' in sealing Gaza deal
Trump last month gathered with the leaders of eight Arab or predominantly Muslim countries on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly to discuss strategy on ending the Israel-Hamas conflict and a plan for post-war Gaza.
Days after that meeting, Trump met at the White House with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss the plan and the two leaders agreed to Trump's 20-point proposal to end the war.
Rubio noted that Trump's negotiators then stepped up their efforts through intermediaries in Qatar and Egypt to get Hamas on board. Trump, meanwhile, held "extraordinary" phone calls and meetings with world leaders "that required a high degree of intensity and commitment" to get the deal to the finish line.
"I think what's important to understand is that yesterday what happened was really a human story," Rubio said. He added, "Perhaps the entire story will be told about the events of yesterday. But, suffice it to say, it's not an exaggeration, none of it would have been possible without the president of the United States being involved."
U.N. ambassador is no longer Cabinet-rank
One person who was not present at the president's Cabinet meeting on Thursday was Mike Waltz, the newly-confirmed U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.
That's because the White House has decided that the position will not be Cabinet-rank, according to two congressional officials familiar with the matter.
Whether the ambassador role is in the Cabinet is something that fluctuates between administrations. For former President Joe Biden, he included the position in his Cabinet. Trump, in his first term, downgraded the position to non-Cabinet level in 2018.
When Trump announced his slate of Cabinet picks in January, he had included Elise Stefanik, who eventually withdrew from consideration, on the list.
Kennedy cites unproven link between autism and giving babies Tylenol after circumcisions
At Thursday's Cabinet meeting, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. reiterated the unproven link between Tylenol and autism. He said children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, which is because they're given Tylenol afterward.
This unfounded claim seems to refer to a study in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine in 2015, which looked at ritual circumcision and the risk of autism spectrum disorder in boys under 10 in Denmark. It found that those who had undergone the procedure, which involves removal of the foreskin from the penis, were more likely to develop autism than other boys in the study.
Researchers suggested a potential link might be due to the pain of the procedure. They point out that they had no data on painkillers or anesthetics used so couldn't address the whether Tylenol was linked to autism.
Other researchers pointed out that the Denmark study looked at correlation, not causation. They also point to other studies that found no evidence to support a link between circumcision and autism.
Aid for farmers is coming, but delayed by shutdown
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on Thursday blamed the government shutdown for a delay in announcing an aid package for U.S. farmers, who have seen one of their biggest markets almost disappear because of President Donald Trump's tariff war with China.
"We've got to get the government reopened so that we can move forward on that," Rollins said at the Cabinet meeting, where both she and Trump sought to blame the Biden administration for the woes faced by U.S. farmers.
Last week, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said a significant aid package could come as soon as Tuesday. China has urged the U.S. to remove "unreasonable tariffs" to resume soybean trade.
Trump and Chinese President Xi are scheduled to meet in about three weeks in South Korea.