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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.

Members of the internal security forces loyal to the Palestinian group Hamas, man a checkpoint in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, on October 12, 2025. Israel declared a ceasefire in Gaza and began to pull back its forces on October 10, as tens of thousands of exhausted Palestinians made their way back to their devastated homes. (Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP) (Photo by EYAD BABA/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump demands Hamas disarm or ‘we will disarm them’ as fragile ceasefire deal moves into phase two

President Donald Trump issued a stern warning to Hamas as the ceasefire deal moves into phase two, ordering the terror group to disarm, or “we will disarm them.”

Boeing awarded $2.7 billion in contracts for Patriot missile seekers

Boeing has secured about $2.7 billion in a combination of multi-year contracts to supply a key guidance component for the Patriot interceptor missiles.

ABC’s Stephanopoulos cuts off Vance, ends live interview during clash over alleged bribery scandal

ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos abruptly cut short a live interview with Vice President JD Vance on Sunday after the two clashed over unproven allegations surrounding Trump Border Czar Tom Homan allegedly accepting a “bribe” during a 2024 FBI sting operation.

US President Donald Trump (C) delivers a statement during a summit on Gaza in Sharm el-Sheikh on October 13, 2025. US President Donald Trump hailed a "tremendous day for the Middle East" as he and regional leaders signed a declaration on October 13, 2025 meant to cement a ceasefire in Gaza, hours after Israel and Hamas exchanged hostages and prisoners. (Photo by Yoan VALAT / POOL / AFP) (Photo by YOAN VALAT/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump signs ceasefire agreement in Egypt: ‘Took 3,000 years to get to this point’

President Donald Trump landed in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, on Monday, to co-host a summit with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. The summit aims to further solidify the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas and to discuss the future governance and reconstruction of Gaza.