AMNA NAWAZ: We start the day's other headlines on Capitol Hill and the down-to-the-wire battle to avert a partial government shutdown.

This afternoon, the Senate advanced a bill by the Republican-led House that would fund the government through the end of September.

It would give President Trump and his allies wide leverage to carry out their budget priorities.

Democrats were deeply divided on how to proceed, after Senate Leader Chuck Schumer announced last night that he would support the measure.

That led to anger within the party ranks, with some floating the idea for new leadership.

The Federal Aviation Administration announced today it will impose permanent restrictions on nonessential helicopter flights around Washington, D.C.'s Reagan National Airport.

The new rules align with recommendations made earlier this week by the National Transportation Safety Board.

The agency is investigating the January collision between an American Airlines jet and a Black Hawk helicopter that killed 67 people.

The board cited the -- quote -- "intolerable risk of collisions" after finding records of 85 so-called near misses since 2011.

Federal aviation officials say they will investigate the cause of a fire that broke out on an American Airlines jet as it was taxiing at Denver's international airport.

Social media video captured the Boeing 737-800 covered in smoke late yesterday as passengers evacuated.

The FAA says the plane was headed from Colorado Springs to Dallas, but diverted to Denver after reports of engine vibrations.

The fire then broke out as the plane headed to the gate.

Airport officials say 12 people were taken to the hospital with minor injuries.

Turning now to the war in Ukraine, the Trump administration is expressing cautious optimism after a U.S. envoy met with Russian President Vladimir Putin about a 30-day cease-fire.

The U.S. put the deal on the table earlier this week and Ukraine has already endorsed it.

Online, President Trump called the talks "good and productive," adding the -- quote -- "There's a very good chance that this horrible, bloody war can finally come to an end."

Later, Putin said he would spare the lives of Ukrainian troops in Russia's Kursk region, seen here on Russian release video, but only if Ukraine's government tells them to stand down.

VLADIMIR PUTIN, Russian President (through translator): If they lay down their arms and surrender, they will be guaranteed life and decent treatment in accordance with the norms of international law and the laws of the Russian Federation.

AMNA NAWAZ: Ukraine's army has denied Moscow's claims that Russia has their forces surrounded in Kursk, though President Volodymyr Zelenskyy admits the situation is -- quote -- "very difficult."

In Canada, former central banker Mark Carney has been sworn in as the country's new prime minister.

MARK CARNEY, Canadian Prime Minister: I, Mark Carney, do solemnly and sincerely promise and swear... AMNA NAWAZ: He takes over from longtime leader Justin Trudeau and enters office at a time when many Canadians are angry at the comments and the conduct of President Trump.

In a speech, the 59-year-old repeated his criticisms of Mr. Trump's trade war and his threats to annex Canada as the 51st state.

Carney said he's ready to meet with Trump, but only if the American leader shows respect for Canadian sovereignty.

He's expected to call a general election in the coming days or weeks.

In The Hague, former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte appeared before the International Criminal Court today as he faces charges for crimes against humanity.

The 79-year-old appeared briefly via videoconference from a nearby detention center where he's being held.

Duterte was arrested this week in Manila on murder charges linked to his deadly war on drugs.

Human rights groups say as many as 30,000 people were killed.

His defense team slammed his arrest, calling the case political score-settling, and a pretrial hearing has been set for September 23.

In the Middle East, Hamas says it has agreed to a proposal to release one living hostage and the bodies of four others who died in captivity in Gaza.

The group did not specify when it would release 21-year-old Edan Alexander, a soldier and an American-Israeli dual national.

Special presidential envoy Steve Witkoff said today that Hamas is publicly offering the release, but in private is making entirely impractical demands.

In a statement, he writes -- quote - - "Hamas is making a very bad bet that time is on its side.

It's not.

Hamas is well aware of the deadline and should know that we will respond accordingly if that deadline passes."

The U.S. has not made public when that deadline is.

On Wall Street today, stocks rallied to close out an otherwise brutal week for the markets.

The Dow Jones industrial average jumped more than 670 points.

The Nasdaq added roughly 450 points on the day.

The S&P 500 jumped more than 100 points after falling into correction territory a day earlier.

And a passing of note.

Former Wyoming Senator Alan Simpson has died.

At 6'7'', Simpson was quite literally a towering figure in American politics.

Senate colleagues, friends and relatives remember the moderate Republican as a man gifted in bridging the partisan divide.

He did so both through his views -- he was a rare Republican who supported abortion rights, for example -- but also with his famous sense of humor.

He used it to melt barriers, even when taking shots at himself.

FMR.

SEN. ALAN SIMPSON (R-WY): I really am tired of the hair stories.

FMR.

SEN. ALAN SIMPSON: The hair stories are not really funny at all.

FMR.

SEN. ALAN SIMPSON: I have said many times that everyone is given a certain number of hormones.

If you want to waste your growing hair, that's your business.

AMNA NAWAZ: For his lifetime of service, Simpson was awarded the nation's highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, in 2022 by his friend and one-time colleague former President Joe Biden.

Senator Alan Simpson was 93 years old.

Still to come on the "News Hour": David Brooks and Jonathan Capehart weigh in on the week's political headlines; and after decades with the bands The Pixies and The Breeders, musician Kim Deal embarks on a new solo career.