Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced the U.S. Department of Defense's plan to "bolster regional deterrence efforts" in the Middle East amid the ongoing Israel and Hamas war.

Speaker candidate Rep. Pete Sessions wants to shift House Republicans from fighting to fixing, and believes he could do that if he wins the gavel.

GOP presidential candidate Chris Christie encouraged House Republicans to forget about internal divisions and focus on necessary legislative priorities amid struggles to elect a new Speaker. “They asked me on TV on Thursday, ‘Who do you want to be Speaker?’ I said I don’t care. Just pick someone!” Christie said at a campaign stop in...

SAG-AFTRA and Hollywood studios will return to the bargaining table on Tuesday, the union announced Saturday. The actors' union and its more than 150,000 members have striked for 100 days, demanding better compensation, benefits and protections from artificial intelligence technology. Negotiations between the two groups resumed earlier this month, but quickly broke off again after...

A senior aide to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel's military is undertaking a “maximum effort” to minimize civilian casualties amid its military campaign in Gaza. The war between Israel and Hamas began earlier this month after the militant group killed over 1,400 Israelis in a surprise attack on towns and military bases. The...

Rep. Mike Flood (R-Neb.) is urging his caucus to vote together as chaos over the House Speakership continues, launching a unity pledge for lawmakers to commit to a single candidate. The House has been without a Speaker for nearly three weeks after nominees, Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) and Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), failed to...

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The House GOP is in chaos amid attempts to elect a Speaker after Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) lost his third attempt at securing the gavel in a floor vote Friday. Nine congressmen have stepped up for the job, or have signaled they may. The new nominee will be the third in as many weeks after...

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres called on the international community to double down on efforts to provide humanitarian aid for Gaza on Saturday, amid Israel’s war with Hamas. The first aid convoys entered Gaza early Saturday after days of negotiations between Egypt, the U.S. and Israel. Israeli strikes had previously kept Gaza’s only border...