• Trump's deportation agenda is about to get a $70B infusion from Congress

    Trump's deportation agenda is about to get a $70B infusion from Congress

    Jun 05, 2026 08:12 PM EDT

    ... funded. It said the package from Congress “will ensure our critical national security operations continue despite any Democrat attempts to hold our great patriotic employees hostage in the future.” Power of the purse becomes a blank check Typically a funding package from Congress would run hundreds pages or more, with ...

  • Israel and Lebanon agree to renew fragile ceasefire, create Lebanese security zones

    Israel and Lebanon agree to renew fragile ceasefire, create Lebanese security zones

    Jun 04, 2026 12:07 AM EDT

    ... Lebanon must be decided by the two sovereign governments. They rejected any attempt, by any state or non-state actor, to hold Lebanon’s future hostage.” The latter is a reference to Iran, which supports Hezbollah and has insisted that Israeli attacks on Lebanon be halted as part of a ...

  • There are supposed to be ceasefires across the Middle East. The fighting is worsening

    There are supposed to be ceasefires across the Middle East. The fighting is worsening

    Jun 02, 2026 09:07 PM EDT

    ... up the October ceasefire in Gaza as a major foreign policy accomplishment that could lead to Mideast peace. But while it ended two years of full-scale hostilities and brought about the release of all remaining hostages taken in Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, attack, no further progress has been made.

  • Hamas confirms that Israeli strikes killed its new military leader in Gaza City

    Hamas confirms that Israeli strikes killed its new military leader in Gaza City

    May 28, 2026 12:06 AM EDT

    ... Gaza. Israel launched its offensive in Gaza in response to the Hamas October 2023 attack that killed some 1,200 people and took 251 others hostage. The Gaza Health Ministry says more than 72,803 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire. The ministry is part of Gaza’s Hamas ...

  • U.S. military boards Iranian-flagged oil tanker suspected of trying to breach blockade

    U.S. military boards Iranian-flagged oil tanker suspected of trying to breach blockade

    May 20, 2026 10:05 PM EDT

    ... S. blockade, Tehran had allowed some ships perceived as friendly to pass while charging considerable fees, leading to accusations it is holding the global economy hostage.The U.S. military recently said that 1,550 vessels, from 87 countries, are currently stranded in the Persian Gulf. Nearly three months since ...

  • Israeli forces intercept the remaining activist flotilla vessels headed for Gaza

    Israeli forces intercept the remaining activist flotilla vessels headed for Gaza

    May 19, 2026 10:13 PM EDT

    ... authorities intensified it after the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led attacks on Israel that killed around 1,200 people and saw more than 250 taken hostage. Critics say the blockade amounts to collective punishment. Israel has said the blockade is meant to prevent Hamas from arming. Egypt, which has the ...

  • U.S. and Nigerian mission kills Islamic State group leader, Trump says

    U.S. and Nigerian mission kills Islamic State group leader, Trump says

    May 16, 2026 02:33 PM EDT

    ... Mainuki was the senior ISIS General Directorate of Provinces Emir — “the number two for ISIS globally — responsible for overseeing the planning of attacks, directing the hostage-taking and managing financial operations." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLTELlHgP3A&t=17s There is no way to verify his position within IS ...

  • Israel says it killed a top Hamas leader

    Israel says it killed a top Hamas leader

    May 16, 2026 12:21 PM EDT

    ... planning and execution of the Oct. 7. Hamas-led attacks. The attacks killed some 1,200 people in Israel and saw more than 250 taken hostage into Gaza. Israel's retaliatory strikes have killed more than 72,700 people, according to the Gaza Health Ministry. The ministry is part of ...

  • North America’s largest commuter rail system faces a potential shutdown

    North America’s largest commuter rail system faces a potential shutdown

    May 15, 2026 04:46 PM EDT

    ... strongarm tactics. “I get it, the cost of living is going up and stuff like that,” Udle said while waiting at Penn Station for a train home. “But they shouldn’t hold everybody hostage to do it. There’s a better way. You’re affecting a lot of other people.”

  • Flotilla heads for Gaza after Israel intercepted last convoy

    Flotilla heads for Gaza after Israel intercepted last convoy

    May 14, 2026 05:57 PM EDT

    ... in Gaza began with the Hamas-led attack on southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, which killed about 1,200 people and saw 251 taken hostage. The ministry, part of the Hamas-led government, maintains detailed casualty records that are seen as generally reliable by U.N. agencies and independent ...