As Gaza Talks Falter, Negotiators Look for a Deal or a Scapegoat
To understand what is happening now in the Middle East, it may be helpful to remember the dead cat.
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Turning Point or Breaking Point? Biden’s Pause on Weapons Tests Ties to Israel.
The message was not getting through. Not through the phone calls or the emissaries or the public statements or the joint committee meetings. And so, frustrated that he was being ignored, President Biden chose a more dramatic way of making himself clear to Israeli leaders. He stopped sending the bombs.
Trump, Biden and a Split Screen Made for This Moment
These were the images Americans were presented on Tuesday about their two choices for president: One taking his grandchildren to Dachau to bear witness to the horrors of Nazi death camps, the other sitting on a hotel bed in his boxer shorts waiting for sex with a porn star.
Hamas’s Offer to Hand Over 33 Hostages Includes Some Who Are Dead
Hamas informed negotiators on Monday that not all of the 33 hostages who would be freed in the first phase of a possible cease-fire deal with Israel are still living and that the remains of those who have died would be among the initial releases, according to two people familiar with the talks.
Inside the White House Scramble to Broker a Deal in Gaza
Over the course of a few hours, the news from the Middle East came into the White House Situation Room fast and furious.
Gallows Humor and Talk of Escape: Trump’s Possible Return Rattles Capital
It has become the topic of the season at Washington dinner parties and receptions. Where would you go if it really happens?
Biden to Honor Prominent Democrats With Presidential Medal of Freedom
President Biden will award the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Friday to a host of prominent Americans, including several of his most important political allies like former Speaker Nancy Pelosi, former Secretary of State John F. Kerry and Representative James E. Clyburn of South Carolina.