Gaza Ceasefire Takes Hold After Another Delay, Raising Hopes of Ending the War and Freeing Hostages The truce, which started at 11:15 a.m. local time, is just the first step toward ultimately ending the conflict and returning...
Israel's Cabinet Approves a Deal for a Ceasefire in Gaza and the Release of Dozens of Hostages Israel's Cabinet approved a deal for a ceasefire in Gaza that would release dozens of hostages held there and pause the 15...
Blinken Defends US Policy on Gaza as His Final State Department Briefing Is Interrupted by Protests Outgoing Secretary of State Antony Blinken defended Biden administration policies on Israel’s war with Hamas after a...
A Year of Empty Threats and a 'Smokescreen' Policy: How the State Department Let Israel Get Away With Horrors in Gaza In early November, a small group of senior U.S. human rights diplomats met with a top official in President Joe Biden’s State...
Netanyahu Says 'Last-Minute Crisis' with Hamas Holding Up Approval of Gaza Truce and Hostage Deal Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that a "last-minute crisis" with Hamas was holding up Israeli approval of a long...
Officials Tout a Gaza Ceasefire Deal and Plan to Free Hostages. Israel Says Details Still in Flux The deal promises the release of dozens of hostages held by Hamas in phases and hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in Israel...
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
Troops Will Miss Paychecks Next Week Without Action on the Government Shutdown The federal government shutdown is raising anxiety levels among service members and their families, because those in uniform...