The White House budget office has ordered a pause in grants, loans and other federal financial assistance, according to a memo sent to government agencies on Monday, potentially paralyzing a vast swath of programs and sowing confusion and alarm among the array of groups that depend on them.

President Trump said he told King Abdullah II of Jordan during a phone call Saturday that he would like Jordan and Egypt to take in more Palestinians from Gaza, an idea that is likely to reignite debate about the future of nearly two million Palestinians.

The Israel Defense Forces struck dozens of terror targets across the Gaza Strip Wednesday night and into Thursday, including a strike that killed a Hamas terrorist ...

CAIRO (AP) — Hamas has accepted a draft agreement for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the release of dozens of hostages, two officials involved in the talks said Tuesday. Mediators from the ...

Businesses, homes and synagogues have been defaced with graffiti and set alight, with a caravan laden with explosives in a series of attacks escalating in frequency and severity. New opposition ...

FILE - Israeli soldiers overlook the Gaza Strip from a tank, as seen from southern Israel, on Friday, Jan. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, File) FILE - Israeli soldiers overlook the Gaza Strip ...

And, tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians are returning home to devastated northern Gaza for the first time ... January 14, 2025 • Special counsel Jack Smith says evidence against ...

A Palestinian looks at a damaged residential building following an overnight Israeli strike in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana) A Palestinian looks ...

In exchange, Israel released 200 Palestinian prisoners as part of the fragile ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. The four Israelis smiled broadly as they waved and gave the thumbs-up from a stage in ...

A citizen was killed and others were injured Monday night, January 27, when Israeli occupation aircraft targeted a bulldozer west of Al-Nuseirat refugee camp, central Gaza Strip. Eyewitnesses reported that…

Aaron David Miller of the Carnegie Endowment discusses whether or not the ceasefire will lead to a lasting peace between Israel and Hamas as well as the role Trump and Biden played in negotiations ...

A small U.S. security firm is hiring nearly 100 U.S. special forces veterans to help run a checkpoint in Gaza during the Israel-Hamas truce, according to a company spokesperson and a recruitment email seen by Reuters,