President Biden suggested Friday evening that the Hamas attack on Israel earlier this month that sparked the recent violent conflict was related to increased diplomacy between Israel and Saudi Arabia. “One of the reasons...why Hamas moved on Israel, is because they knew I was about to sit down with the Saudis,” Biden said during remarks...
Humanitarian aid began crossing into the Gaza Strip Saturday morning after nearly a full day of delays. According to the United Nations (U.N.), a 20-truck convoy went through the territory’s border with Egypt. The aid comes amid a humanitarian crisis in Gaza, leaving it cut off from necessities like food and water as the territory...
Arab nations are publicly isolating Israel as it responds to Hamas’s unprecedented terrorist attack, testing the boundaries of the U.S. led-Abraham Accords that was meant to usher in a new era of peace in the region. But American lawmakers argue the accords — brokered during the Trump administration that established ties between Israel, the United...
House Republicans ditched Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) as their nominee for Speaker on Friday, thrusting the GOP conference back to square one and escalating the chaos that has ensnared the group for nearly three weeks. Jordan is the second Speaker nominee to be rejected by House Republicans. Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.), who initially clinched...
Israel faces immense risks as it prepares for a massive ground invasion of Gaza. A sweeping operation from the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) into the coastal enclave will almost certainly intensify the humanitarian crisis there, along with civilian casualties. It also risks costing the lives of Israel’s soldiers, turning global and domestic sentiment against Israel —...
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., and his House Democrats are sitting pretty after more than two weeks of GOP disarray following the ouster of Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
The GOP campaign arm is criticizing comments made by Democratic House Leader Hakeem Jeffries for calling a border wall "medieval" amid the ongoing migrant crisis.