Hundreds of Pro-Palestinian demonstrators marched across from the White House Saturday decrying what they see as U.S. hypocrisy in the Middle East and claiming images depicting Hamas' terror attack on Israel were overblown.
House Republicans are eyeing legislation that would stymie the flow of Palestinians getting visas to enter the U.S. while war between Israel and Hamas, a Palestinian terrorist organization, rages on.
President Biden said that the U.S. will work with Israel, the U.N. and countries neighboring the Jewish state to ease humanitarian issues following the first Israeli-led ground raids in Gaza.
Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy has thrown his support behind Rep. Jim Jordan after House Republicans nominated the lawmaker as speaker designate in a closed-door vote.
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) made a plea in support of Palestinian civilians in Gaza amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas. “I cannot believe I have to beg my country and colleagues to value every human life, no matter their faith or ethnicity,” Tlaib wrote in a post on X, the platform formerly known...
Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) argued on Saturday that the U.S. shouldn’t take in refugees from Gaza amid fighting between militant group Hamas and Israel, and should instead focus on its own border. “We should NOT take in 1 million refugees from Gaza—a region prone to terrorism and anti-semitism,” Biggs said on X, the platform formerly...
The U.S. is sending a second carrier strike group to the Eastern Mediterranean to deter foreign aggressors from intervening in the war between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas in the Gaza Strip, a sign that Washington is growing increasingly concerned about the conflict escalating. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said in a Saturday statement...
The quotes that got the most attention in President Joe Biden’s remarks on Tuesday about the terrorist attacks in Israel referred to “evil.” But the line with the most important policy foreshadowing was notable in that it did not name Israel per se: “When Congress returns, we’re going to ask them to take urgent action to fund...
The State Department reported new death toll numbers of Americans in the Israeli-Hamas conflict Saturday, with 29 now confirmed dead, according to NBC News. “We extend our deepest condolences to the victims and to the families of all those affected,” a State Department spokesperson said, according to the outlet. The State Department spokesperson also noted...
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) is calling on President Biden to cancel visas for foreign nationals supporting Hamas in the wake of the terrorist group's unprecedented attack on Israeli citizens near the Gaza Strip. “America is the most generous nation on earth, but we cannot allow foreign nationals who support terrorist groups like Hamas and march...