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Israel should take responsibility for protecting innocent civilians in Gaza even though Hamas is using them as human shields, Biden administration national security adviser Jake Sullivan said Sunday, as Israeli forces continue to bombard the Gaza Strip following the deadly terrorist attack more than three weeks ago.

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said Turkey is becoming “The Squad” of NATO after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared Israel a war criminal in its fight against Hamas terrorists. The GOP senator made the comment Saturday in a post on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. “Seems that Turkey, particularly senior leadership, is setting itself up to be ‘The Squad’ of NATO,” Graham wrote. “Very disappointing and destabilizing.

A Chinese official made the rounds earlier this month in Pennsylvania during meetings with a local economic development council, scholars at the University of Pennsylvania, and two Democratic state senators despite growing concerns about China’s economic presence in the U.S. and controversial comments the official made praising the Chinese Communist Party.

Republican presidential candidate and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said he would rescind student visas of foreign nationals in the U.S. and send them back to their home countries if they expressed support for Hamas terrorists’ attack against Israel. Speaking at a campaign event in Iowa on Friday, the White House hopeful discussed his plans to remove Hamas-supporting foreign nationals attending U.S.

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin announced the U.S. Department of Defense’s plan on Saturday evening to further “bolster regional deterrence efforts” in the Middle East amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, reiterating the department’s defense of Israel. In a press release, the secretary said that the plan comes following “detailed discussions” with President Joe Biden. The secretary said that USS Dwight D.

The Biden administration is asking Congress for $14 billion in funding to aid its efforts in combating the ongoing crisis at the border, including money for migrant services and housing, anti-fentanyl technology and more border agents. The $14 billion is part of a $105 billion request put forward by the White House this week. It is significantly more than previous supplemental requests and comes as the U.S. is again seeing record numbers at the southern border. The request includes $6.

The shortest distance between two points is a straight line, but in their effort to elect a House speaker, Republicans have taken a more tortured route. Compared to a straight line, Republicans will follow the path of the “truncated icosidodecahedron rhombus,” a monstrous, convex, polygonous shape. At least the truncated icosidodecahedron rhombus is an actual thing.

Border officials arrested 18 people on the FBI’s terror watchlist in September, making fiscal year 2023 a record year for such encounters at the southern border. According to Customs and Border Protection (CBP) statistics released Saturday, 169 people on the FBI terror watchlists were encountered between ports of entry at the southern border in the past twelve months, a number that exceeds not only FY 22’s record-setting total (98) but the last six fiscal years combined.

FIRST ON FOX – Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy hauled in $7.4 million during the third quarter of 2023, according to the Ramaswamy campaign. The funding includes an in-kind $1 million contribution the biotech multimillionaire made to his campaign in the third quarter. He also has $4.2 cash-on-hand.  Ramaswamy now has more than 130,000 unique donors, nearly doubling the 70,000 requirement for entry into the third debate.

Some moderate Republicans are in talks to come up with a bipartisan solution as the battle over who will be the next House speaker drags on. “There are informal conversations that have been underway. When we get back to Washington tomorrow, it’s important to begin to formalize those discussions,” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said during an appearance on NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday.

Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, is aiming to schedule a floor vote to determine his bid for speaker on Tuesday, a source familiar with the matter told Fox News Digital. The Judiciary Committee chairman, who on Friday secured the nomination for speakership after a vote from the Republican conference, is looking at Tuesday as the best day for a floor vote, the source said, noting that most members would be back at the Capitol and present for the voting.

National security adviser Jake Sullivan on Sunday warned that Hezbollah militants pose a “real risk of escalation” at Israel’s northern border.  Sullivan, making the rounds on several Sunday TV news shows, also noted Iran’s possible involvement, as the regime has long bolstered the Hezbollah terror group in Lebanon.  “We are concerned. We see a real risk of escalation on the northern border,” he told ABC’s “This Week.

White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said Sunday the U.S. is “actively trying” to locate hostages taken in Gaza and “won’t rule anything in or out” regarding the American effort.  On “Fox News Sunday,” host Shannon Bream pressed Kirby on whether U.S. special operations forces would step in to physically assist in hostage retrieval.  “There’s no plans or intentions to put U.S.

Protesters were arrested outside Sen. Chuck Schumer’s, D-N.Y., New York City apartment on Friday night, Fox News Digital has confirmed.  The arrests took place during a pro-Palestinian protest outside the senator’s apartment. Schumer is expected to travel to Israel as part of a bipartisan CODEL trip this weekend. A police spokesman didn’t say how many people were arrested. The protest took place after a number of pro-Palestinian demonstrations across the city.

The first U.S. flight evacuating American citizens out of war-torn Israel landed in Greece on Friday, a State Department official confirmed. Matthew Miller, a State Department spokesperson, shared the news on X, saying that the first chartered flight landed in Athens. “While many U.S. citizens are departing Israel on commercial transportation, the State Department is chartering flights to provide additional options and capacity,” Miller wrote.

Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy and Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., are floating a potential debate in New Hampshire. The potential showdown was suggested this week after Ramaswamy slammed the Republican National Committee for halting a joint appearance with GOP rival Chris Christie on FOX News’ “Special Report” over alleged violation of the GOP debate rules.

A group of moderate Democrat lawmakers offered a deal to House Speaker Pro Tempore Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., to expand his powers in exchange for more bills on the floor. Four House Democrats from the embattled bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus sent a letter to McHenry saying the House selected a speaker pro-tempore “with very limited authority” after former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s historic ouster last week.

EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Kevin McCarthy, in his last quarter as speaker of the House, raised $15.3 million for the House GOP, breaking his own record and bringing the total raised to nearly $80 million for congressional Republicans this cycle. McCarthy, R-Calif., who was ousted as speaker of the House last week when eight Republicans joined Democrats in a historic first motion to vacate, raised $15.3 million in the third quarter and $78 million this cycle for House Republicans.