Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he told President Biden during their meeting Wednesday that aid from Israel to Gaza would continue to be blocked until the hostages are released. “Regarding the captives, I clarified three things for President Biden,” Netanyahu said in a speech Thursday. “First, I demanded the return of our captives and...
The shock we’re experiencing from the cowardly attack by Hamas on innocent civilians is overwhelming and all-consuming. Along with this horror has come the realization that any possible future peace with the Palestinian people may have died as well.
House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) has condemned the threats toward House Republicans who voted against him for Speaker, calling them "just wrong.” “It should never happen,” Jordan told CNN on Wednesday, as he left his office. “It’s just wrong, and we don’t want it to happen to anyone, any American, anybody, any member of...
A Democratic group aimed at recruiting and supporting younger candidates for political office announced its first slate of endorsements. Leaders We Deserve — a group founded by March For Our Lives co-founder David Hogg and Kevin Lata, Rep. Maxwell Frost’s (D-Fla.) campaign manager — announced Thursday that the group would be supporting three candidates running...
The bid by Ohio Republican Rep. Jim Jordan to be Speaker failed on a second vote Wednesday, this time by a larger margin than his Tuesday tally. A third vote is expected to begin at noon today. Colleagues predicted he would not succeed in reaching the magic 217-vote threshold, adding to the urgency and drama...
The U.S. immigration enforcement system wasn’t designed for today's regional and global flows of people. American immigration policy is enforced by a sprawling bureaucracy rebuilt in the aftermath of 9/11 from the bones of a 20th century system designed to modulate the flow of temporary workers from Mexico. The resulting Department of Homeland Security (DHS)...