Israel steps up Gaza strikes and battles Hamas fighters as deaths near 1,200  —  Protests erupt after Israel strikes Gaza  —  Five Gazan children from same family found dead after Israeli airstrike  —  Israel increased airstrikes on the Gaza Strip and sealed it off from food, fuel …

Four Steps for the U.S. to Help Israel  —  Make munitions transfers, offer intelligence support, and impose costs on state sponsors of terrorism.  —  As hundreds of Iranian-backed terrorists stormed into Israel on Saturday to butcher children and elders, kidnap Israeli civilians …

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Promises to Spoil the Election  —  Three words told the story.  Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s campaign had billed this afternoon's event in Philadelphia as a “much-anticipated announcement.”  Of course, that specific phrase may have been more true than intended.

The Israel-Hamas War Is Drowning X in Disinformation  —  People who have turned to X for breaking news about the Israel-Hamas conflict are being hit with old videos, fake photos, and video game footage at a level researchers have never seen.  —  In the wake of Hamas' deadly attacks on Israel this weekend …

Biden interviewed about classified documents found at his office, home  —  Special counsel Robert Hur, who has been investigating for months, conducted the interview of the president, a person familiar with the situation said  —  President Biden was interviewed over the last two days as part …

GOP holds emotional meeting on next speaker — but fails to unite on one  —  The need for a new speaker to help respond to the attacks in Israel came up multiple times during the two-hour meeting.  —  House Republicans huddled Monday for an emotional venting session over the party's leadership crisis.

Trump Wildly Claims Forbes Is a ‘China Propaganda Machine’ After He's Removed from 400 Richest Americans List  —  ‘WOW!’  —  Donald Trump lashed out at Forbes on Monday after the magazine cut him from its list of the wealthiest 400 people in America last week.

Statement from President Joe Biden on American Citizens Impacted in Israel  —  As we continue to account for the horrors of the appalling terrorist assault against Israel this weekend and the hundreds of innocent civilians who were murdered, we are seeing the immense scale and reach of this tragedy.

Joint Statement on Israel  —  Today, we — President Macron of France, Chancellor Scholz of Germany, Prime Minister Meloni of Italy, Prime Minister Sunak of the United Kingdom, and President Biden of the United States — express our steadfast and united support to the State of Israel …

Benjamin Netanyahu failed Israel  —  We can now be sure: His policy of repressing Palestinians doesn't make Israelis safe.  —  In the past 24 hours, two reports out of Israel have pointed to a striking conclusion: that the failure to prevent Hamas's murderous assault on southern Israel rests …

There Are No Rules  —  States and quasi-states are using extreme, uninhibited violence against civilian populations.  —  The “rules-based world order” is a system of norms and values that describe how the world ought to work, not how it actually works.  This aspirational order is rooted …

One of Trump's Georgia Co-Defendants Suggests She'll Be His Next White House Press Secretary  —  Trevian Kutti, a former publicist for Ye, posted: “I look forward to redeeming Black women in politics by becoming Press Secretary to the 47th President of the United States @realDonaldTrump”

Survivors of the music festival massacre tell their stories (Update)  —  On the day of the Hamas attack, there was a music festival happening in the desert not far from the Gaza security fence.  Hundreds of young people had been up dancing all night and were just settling down around 6am when they heard rockets passing overhead.

Top Senate Republicans seek to reprimand Willis over Trump charges  —  Georgia Senate leaders ask new state panel to launch investigation into Fulton's top prosecutor  —  Georgia Senate Republicans filed a formal complaint to punish Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis after she sought charges …

Nine Americans Killed by Hamas in Israel, US Confirms  —  The United States on Monday said nine Americans were killed in Israel and other U.S. citizens were missing, following Saturday's unprecedented Hamas attack that killed 700 Israelis.  —  “At this time, we can confirm the deaths of nine U.S. citizens …

Kevin McCarthy says he's willing to return as House speaker  —  Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said Monday that he is willing to resume serving as House speaker if enough of the Republicans who voted in favor of his ouster last week are open to his reinstatement.