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WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 05: U.S. Rep.-elect George Santos (R-NY) watches proceedings in the House Chamber during the third day of elections for Speaker of the House at the U.S. Capitol Building on January 05, 2023 in Washington, DC. The House of Representatives is meeting to vote for the next Speaker after House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) failed to earn more than 218 votes on several ballots; the first time in 100 years that the Speaker was not elected on the first ballot. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

George Santos expresses gratitude to Trump for commuting his sentence: ‘I will be forever thankful’

Former New York GOP Representative George Santos thanked President Donald Trump for commuting his seven-year prison sentence, expressing his gratitude for the president’s “kindness, humanity, and his generosity.”

TOPSHOT - Smoke billows following an Israeli strike that targeted a building in the Bureij camp for Palestinian refugees in the central Gaza Strip on October 19, 2025. Gaza's civil defence agency said a series of Israeli air strikes on October 19 killed at least 11 people across the territory, as Israel and Hamas traded blame for violating a ceasefire. (Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP) (Photo by EYAD BABA/AFP via Getty Images)

Hamas attacks IDF soldiers, Israel responds with airstrikes

The Israeli military carried out numerous strikes in the southern Gaza Strip on Sunday after accusing Hamas terrorists of shooting at IDF soldiers. The escalation of violence potentially places the U.S.-led ceasefire deal in jeopardy.

Mahmoud Amin Ya'qub Al-Muhtadi is shown on the left - Department of Justice

FBI arrests alleged Oct. 7 terrorist living in Louisiana on fraudulent visa

The FBI arrested an individual living in Louisiana who allegedly participated in Hamas’ October 7, 2023, massacre of Israelis before traveling to the United States on a fraudulent visa, according to a newly unsealed criminal complaint.

LEESBURG, VIRGINIA - APRIL 24: U.S. President Donald Trump talks on the phone as he waits onboard Marine One to depart the Leesburg Executive Airport after visiting the Trump National Golf Club Washington DC on April 24, 2025 in Leesburg, Virginia. Trump attended a private dinner for 220 people who have purchased the most $TRUMP, a cryptocurrency that he launched three days before taking office in January. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump discloses ‘very productive’ phone call with Putin ahead of Zelensky WH visit

President Donald Trump announced that he had a “lengthy” and “very productive” phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday, in which the two world leaders discussed the potential for an end to the war in Ukraine.

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 26: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) speaks during a news conference with Democratic lawmakers about the Biden administrations border politics, outside the U.S. Capitol on January 26, 2023 in Washington, DC. A group of 77 Democratic lawmakers sent a letter to President Joe Biden this week criticizing his administrations policies restricting asylum access for migrants crossing the southern border. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Despite securing Gaza ceasefire, AOC labels Trump an ‘obstacle to peace’

Prominent Democrat Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez struggled to give President Donald Trump credit for securing a ceasefire in Gaza while labeling him an “obstacle to peace.”

(R) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on October 12, 2023. Blinken arrived in a show of solidarity after Hamas's surprise weekend onslaught in Israel, an AFP correspondent travelling with him reported. He is expected to visit Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as Washington closes ranks with its ally that has launched a withering air campaign against Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip. (Photo by JACQUELYN MARTIN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) / (Background) Vehicles transporting the bodies of four hostages handed over following a ceasefire and prisoner exchange deal between Israel and Palestinian factions in Gaza arrive at the National Center for Forensic Medicine in Tel Aviv on October 15, 2025. The Israeli military said October 15, 2025 the Red Cross was on its way to collect the remains of several hostages held by Palestinian militant groups in Gaza. "The Red Cross is on its way to the meeting point in the southern Gaza Strip, where several coffins of deceased hostages will be transferred into their custody," it said in a statement (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP) (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images)

IDF: One body returned by Hamas not that of a hostage, further complicating ceasefire

The Israeli military announced on Wednesday that one of the bodies handed over by the terrorist group Hamas the day before is “not that of a known hostage,” heightening tensions over the nerve-wracking ceasefire and hostage exchange deal.