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The ongoing war between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas and an anticipated election of a new House Speaker are likely to be the focus of this week’s Sunday news shows. The Israel Defense Force (IDF) launched a deadly and destructive counteroffensive in Gaza this week, after Hamas entered the country on Oct. 7...

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Saturday condemned Israel for issuing evacuation orders in Gaza ahead of an expected ground invasion, calling it a "death sentence" for the sick and injured Palestinians in hospitals in the region. "Forcing more than 2000 patients to relocate to southern Gaza, where health facilities are already running at maximum...

Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) argued on Saturday that supporting innocent Palestinians doesn’t make a person anti-Israel amid the ongoing fighting between Israel and Hamas. “It’s a fairly simple proposition: valuing innocent Palestinians’ lives- as I very much do- obviously doesn’t by itself imply one doesn’t also value innocent Israelis’ lives,” Nadler said in a post...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) argued Saturday that the U.S. shouldn't take in Palestinian refugees fleeing from Gaza amid the war between Israel and Hamas militants. "I don't know what [President] Biden's gonna do, but we cannot accept people from Gaza into this country as refugees," DeSantis, a GOP presidential candidate, said during a campaign...

Most U.S. adults say the country is heading in the wrong direction, according to a recent survey from the Associated Press-NORC Research Center. The poll, released Saturday, found 78 percent of respondents saying the country is headed in the wrong direction. Only 21 percent said it is headed in the right direction. Just a month...

A human rights expert for the United Nations called for a ceasefire between Hamas and Israeli forces Saturday, warning of mass ethnic cleansing of Palestinians. “The situation in the occupied Palestinian territory and Israel has reached fever pitch,” Francesca Albanese, U.N. Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territory occupied since...

Most American adults say President Biden's business dealings with his son, Hunter Biden, are either unethical or illegal, according to a new poll. Results from The Associated Press-NORC Research Center survey, published Saturday, show 63 percent of U.S. adults believe Biden's handling of foreign business dealings with his son are unethical or illegal — 33...

Experts are sounding alarms just over a year out from November 2024 that the presidential election could suffer from chaos and confusion after high turnover of local election officials and workers in key states. Threats and scrutiny often linked to false claims of voter fraud have contributed to a surge of local election officials leaving...

The Biden administration released an updated travel advisory for Israel, the West Bank and Gaza on Saturday as the ongoing conflict in the region persists. The State Department authorized the departure of all "non-emergency U.S. government personnel and eligible family members for U.S. Embassy Jerusalem and U.S. Branch Office Tel Aviv." "Terrorist groups, lone-actor terrorists and...

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) stands behind his decision to prompt the ousting of former speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) despite the unrest in the Middle East, with Israel participating in a war with Palestinian militant group Hamas. Gaetz spearheaded the effort to remove McCarthy from the House Speaker position after months of threatening to do so...

Evil is as evil does. It not only kills the innocents, but it also purposely kills the hope of peace.

The deadly violence between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas is putting Iranian oil under the microscope. Republicans in particular are calling for more action to restrict this key source of income for Iran, whose decades-long backing of Hamas has come under renewed scrutiny in the wake of the group's attack on Israel last weekend. Former President Trump has sought to use the issue as...

Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) denounced the student groups at Harvard University, and others, who supported Hamas in its attack against Israel, calling the display of support a “total disgrace.” “So when you look at what’s happening at places like Harvard and these other places where students are signing these letters, supporting Hamas terrorists, you know,...

Reps. Tom Tiffany (R-Wis.) and Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.) are set to introduce legislation that would curb the flow of Palestinians looking to resettle in the United States. The bill, “Guaranteeing Aggressors Zero Admission Act,” — dubbed the GAZA Act — would prevent the Biden administration from issuing visas to Palestinians. “We can’t let President Biden...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu toured the front lines near Gaza on Saturday and declared his forces were ready to win the war as a major ground operation is expected at any moment. Netanyahu, wearing an armored vest, met with soldiers near the Gaza Strip to show support and shake their hands, according to videos...

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Saturday urged all leaders to stand up against antisemitic and anti-Muslim language amid the war between Israel-Hamas. “I call on all leaders to speak out against antisemitism, anti-Muslim bigotry and hate speech of all kinds,” Guterres said in a video posted to X, the platform formerly known as Twitter....

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Friday reiterated the need for bipartisanship amid the race for Speaker — but suggested the Republicans' most recent choice wasn't the answer. House Republicans delivered Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) the second GOP nomination for the leadership role on Friday — a day after first choice and Majority...

In a post online, President Biden said he is working with several countries, including Israel, and the United Nations to ease the humanitarian consequences of the Hamas attacks. “The U.S. is working with the governments of Israel, Egypt, Jordan — and with the UN — to surge support to ease the humanitarian consequences of Hamas’s attack,...

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The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) claim to have killed two leading Hamas commanders who helped coordinate last week’s attack on Israeli communities near the Gaza Strip. “Based on precise IDF and ISA [Israel Security Authority] intelligence, IDF aircraft killed Ali Qadi, a company commander of the Hamas ‘Nukhba’ commando force, who led the terror attack...

This month, the sudden appearance of Special Counsel Robert Hur caused as much of a stir as Bigfoot suddenly appearing on Pennsylvania Avenue.

The window for Palestinians to evacuate from northern Gaza is closing rapidly, with almost no time remaining for civilians to move through approved corridors ahead of an anticipated military operation from Israel. Avichay Adraee, a spokesperson for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), said Palestinians had until 4 p.m. local time to evacuate through two main...

Rep. Veronica Escobar (D-Texas) said the United States and its democratic allies have an obligation to uphold the laws of war and protect innocent human lives, in regard to the ongoing war between Hamas and Israel. “I unequivocally condemn Hamas’ brutality, am horrified by the bloodshed left in its wake, and deeply mourn the innocent...

The high-octave cries to protect U.S.-made drones from Chinese competition should be resisted.

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) signed a closely watched bill Friday that raises the minimum wage for California health care workers to $25 per hour. Proponents of the bill, Senate Bill 525, said the bill will raise wages for health care employees facing staffing shortages that worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic. Service Employees International Union (SEIU)...