At least nine Americans are dead and more are missing after the Hamas terrorist assault on Israel over the weekend, the State Department said Monday, as the death toll rises in the region's bloodiest fighting in decades.

Sen. Josh Hawley criticized President Biden for hosting a barbecue Sunday evening at the White House during an American hostage crisis in Gaza.

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer told Chinese President Xi Jinping in a rare meeting Monday that he was "very disappointed" by China's failure to strongly condemn the recent Hamas attack on Israel and show sympathy for the country and its people.