When Hamas’ military wing, the Qassam Brigades, released its propaganda video of three Israeli hostages being released Sunday night, there was a striking detail.

Twenty-one percent of US voters support the Hamas terrorist group over Israel, according to a Harvard/Harris poll. One quarter of US Democrats support Hamas. For Republicans, 19% back the terror group,

Some Republicans worry the terms of the agreement currently being negotiated could hurt Israel’s ability to defend itself and eliminate future terrorist threats

Andrew Miller, a high-ranking State Department official under Biden, discusses the state of a fragile truce and Trump’s effect on the Middle East.

Relatives and friends of people killed and abducted by Hamas and taken into Gaza, react while photographs of about-to-be-freed hostages Romi Gonen, Doron Steinbrecher and Emily Damari appear on the screen in Tel Aviv on Jan. 19, 2025. | Oded Balilty/AP

The action put the measure on track for likely enactment given strong support for it among Republicans, who now control the Senate, and President-elect Donald J. Trump. In the 19 days since Hamas ...

Trump issued pardons for 1,500 people criminally charged with the violent assault on the US Capitol to try and stop certification of 2020 presidential election results

Democrats and Republicans immediately jockeyed to pitch ... Kevin Cramer of North Dakota specifically cited how Trump warned Hamas that there would be “hell to pay” if the hostages weren ...

Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary, appeared at the Capitol today for a contentious four-hour confirmation hearing. Democratic senators repeatedly called him unfit to lead the Pentagon, but Republicans — who alone can confirm Hegseth — offered almost nothing but support.

The House on Thursday passed legislation to sanction officials with the International Criminal Court (ICC), pushing back against the court’s decision to issue arrest warrants for Israeli

Within hours of the announcement that Israel and Hamas had agreed to a ceasefire and the return of 33 Israeli hostages, Republicans were crowing that the deal had been made because of “the Trump effect” — political plates shifting in advance of Donald Trump’s impending inauguration.