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President Trump is touting a potential peace deal between Israel and Hamas. In a video address posted on Truth Social, Trump said peace in the Middle East is "very close" to being achieved. This came after Hamas released a statement saying that it has agreed to release all of its hostages, with conditions. In an earlier post Friday, Trump also said "Israel must immediately stop the bombing of Gaza, so that we can get the Hostages out safely and quickly!"        Sean "Diddy" Combs is set to spend four years in prison. Combs was found guilty on two prostitution-related charges in July. Prosecutors called for Combs to get at least eleven years in prison while defense lawyers said the maximum should be 14 months. He was acquitted of the top racketeering and prostitution counts. Diddy is also being fined a half-million dollars.        The government shutdown is expected to last through the weekend after the Senate denied both Democratic and Republican backed funding bills. The GOP measure has already made it through the house. The chamber will be adjourned until Monday. This means the shutdown will now at least last six days. President Trump has promised federal layoffs and said he would use the shutdown to decide which "Democratic agencies" to close.        The Trump administration will send more resources to Portland after police arrested a conservative social media influencer outside of an ICE facility. Portland Police arrested three people Thursday in connection with a fight among demonstrators. Nicholas Sortor is the conservative influencer. Two other people were arrested. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt claimed Sortor was defending himself. She went on to say there will be a "full investigation" into the Portland Police Bureau by the Department of Justice.        Des Moines Public Schools is suing the company that vetted a recently detained former Superintendent. It comes after ICE agents arrested Ian Roberts who has since resigned from his position as the district's leader. According to the school board's chair, the district is now suing JG Consulting because "the search firm failed in their duty to properly vet the candidates and Ian Roberts should have never been presented as a potential Superintendent." Roberts first came to the U.S. from Guyana in 1999 under a student visa, and authorities allege he had removal orders from a judge last year as well as a weapons charge in 2020.        Former NFL defensive lineman Arthur Jones has died at the age of 39. Jones was drafted in the fifth round of the 2010 NFL Draft by the Baltimore Ravens, who announced his death on social media. Jones spent eight years in the NFL, and won a Super Bowl championship in 2013 with the Ravens. Jones is the brother of former NFL defensive end Chandler Jones and UFC legend Jon Jones.       

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