The nominee’s combative disdain for Congress’s power of the purse makes him unqualified.

President Donald Trump’s budget office has rescinded an order freezing spending on federal grants , less than two days after ...

Israel had delayed a vote Thursday on the ceasefire, blaming a last-minute dispute with Hamas for holding up approval as rising tensions in Netanyahu’s government coalition raised concerns about ...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Friday a deal to return hostages held in the Gaza Strip has been reached, after his office had said earlier there were last minute snags in finalizing a ...

Earlier Friday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who had accused Hamas of reneging on parts of an agreement originally announced Wednesday, said negotiators had reached an agreement.

On Thursday’s episode of The Excerpt podcast: USA TODAY World Affairs Correspondent Kim Hjelmgaard breaks down what a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas means for the conflict going forward.

Israel and Hamas appear close to a cease-fire deal to end more than 15 months of devastating fighting in Gaza, though it's facing something of a last-minute crisis. The agreement, which has hit a ...

"Hamas is backing out of the explicit understandings agreed upon with the mediators and Israel in a last-minute blackmail attempt," he claimed, according to a statement shared by Israeli news ...

Israel's government accused Hamas of going back on parts of a ceasefire and hostage deal announced on Tuesday, saying the Palestinian militant group had tried to "extort last-minute concessions ...

A ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas is in jeopardy due to last-minute demands from Hamas, with mediators working to finalize the deal. A ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas is ...

Israel's cabinet was set to ratify that agreement today, but Israel's Prime Minister says that will not happen until Hamas backs down from what he says are last minute demands that as mediators ...