During a press conference on Thursday, chaos ensued when Secretary of State Antony Blinken faced intense criticism following the announcement of a cease-fire agreement and a deal regarding hostages between Israel and Hamas. The uproar led to State Department staff physically escorting reporters out of the briefing room after accusations were leveled at Blinken for allegedly allowing what some described as “genocide” in Gaza.
Max Blumenthal, a journalist for Grayzone News, left the briefing after being prompted by department aides. Meanwhile, independent reporter Sam Husseini was forcibly removed after he and Blumenthal expressed outrage over Blinken’s failure to secure a cease-fire earlier.

Fox News contributor Karl Rove breaks down who is to credit for Israel and Hamas reaching a hostage and cease-fire deal on ‘The Story.’
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During a Senate confirmation hearing, much of the focus shifted to Israel, as Marco Rubio expressed strong opinions about the need to revoke visas for anyone in the United States found to support Hamas.
Rubio, a Republican senator from Florida and President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of state, also spoke in favor of extending the Abraham Accords initiated during Trump’s presidency. Additionally, he vowed to lift sanctions imposed during President Biden’s administration on certain West Bank settlers. This stance underscored his commitment to advancing Trump’s Middle East policies.

At today’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) questioned former Florida AG Pam Bondi, President-elect Trump’s nominee for Attorney General, and slammed Democrats’ lines of questioning.
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Megyn Kelly is joined by Victor Davis Hanson, author of “The End of Everything,” to discuss breaking news about a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas to release the hostages, the effect of Trump taking office on the deal, and more.
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Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) was interrupted by shouting protesters Wednesday morning during his Senate confirmation hearing to be Donald Trump’s secretary of state. As Rubio praised post-WWII U.S. foreign policy for leading “to the emergence of stability and democracy and prosperity” in Europe and the Indo-Pacific region, a protester exploded, bringing back an old Trump taunt, “And we’ve had forever war ever since! Little Marco, keep your hands… off of our country!”
Security swiftly removed the protesters from the chamber.
This incident was one of several at Rubio’s hearing.
In response to a protester shouting in Spanish, Rubio quipped, “I get bilingual protesters.”

While on the Hill for her Attorney General confirmation hearing on Wednesday, Trump nominee Pam Bondi got into a heated exchange with Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) while discussing the 14th Amendment.

“Your job will be — I’m speaking — your job will be to protect voters and election workers. Not to undermine and doxx them,” Padilla said to Bondi.

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee holds a confirmation hearing for Marco Rubio serve as Secretary of State.
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In a statement today, President Biden, in the final days of his presidency, shared that U.S. citizens would be part of the hostages released by Hamas under a cease-fire agreement concerning the Gaza Strip. However, he did not acknowledge President-elect Donald Trump’s role in pressuring Hamas.
“I’m proud to say Americans will be part of that hostage release in phase one,” Biden, 82, remarked during a briefing at the White House. This came after Qatar announced the deal, which includes the potential release of hostages as soon as Sunday.
Despite repeated questioning, Biden refused to acknowledge Trump’s influence, even after the latter had warned of severe consequences if Hamas didn’t release the hostages by the time he assumes office on Monday.