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ICE ends 30-day death reporting rule as detainee deaths reach 20-year high - report

This change in policy comes amid concerns about the quality of medical care provided in ICE facilities after 18 deaths were reported in the first five months of 2026.

Protesters opposing mass deportations by ICE hold signs during a protest held at the Cassidy Gate at Fort Bliss, the U.S. Army base where a large new ICE detention facility is being built, in El Paso, Texas, US, August 17, 2025.
(Illustrative) Former US President Joe Biden speaks during a visit to Vernon Electric Cooperative in Westby, Wisconsin, US, September 5, 2024.

NGOs, committee memo disputes House claims Biden admin directly funded judicial reform

 : Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Kash Patel testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on September 16, 2025 in Washington, DC.

FBI subpoenaed Kash Patel and Susie Wiles phone records during Trump probe

 The logo for the Democratic National Convention is displayed on the scoreboard at the United Center during a media walkthrough in Chicago, Jan. 18, 2024.

The Democrats need a nominee with a backbone on Israel issues - editorial


Former Biden advisor reveals challenges of negotiating with Hamas

Brett McGurk defended Biden’s support for Israel, criticized Hamas’s hostage tactics, and praised Trump for calling Hamas’s bluff to secure hostage releases and push for a Gaza without Hamas.

 Brett McGurk (R) in front of Presidents Trump and Biden and Hamas terrorists; illustrative

Trump releases thousands of one-ton bomb shipments frozen by Biden to Israel, official says

The delivery was frozen by the Biden administration in May due to the Israeli operation in Rafah.

  Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stands with U.S. President Donald Trump after signing the Abraham Accords, normalizing relations between Israel and some of its Middle East neighbors, in a strategic realignment of Middle Eastern countries against Iran, 2020

Trump should build on Israel's successes - opinion

A new American administration appears ready to seize the opportunity that Israel created for a better Middle East and a safer world. The world will be better for it.

 US PRESIDENT Donald Trump holds a letter he received from former president Joe Biden, in the Oval Office of the White House on Inauguration Day, this past Monday.

Trump escalates campaign against diversity, threatens private sector probes

In a new executive order, Trump revoked executive orders dating as far back as 1965 on environmental actions and equal employment opportunities.

 U.S. President Donald Trump holds up a letter from former President Joe Biden as he issues executive orders and pardons for January 6 defendants in the Oval Office at the White House on inauguration day in Washington, U.S., January 20, 2025.

Grapevine January 22, 2025: Coming up Trumps

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 MIKE HUCKABEE, current US ambassador to Israel nominee, attends a ceremony marking the construction of a housing complex in Efrat in 2018.

Trump's first decisions already shaping America's Middle East doctrine - analysis

The overall picture emerging from Trump’s first day and his overall doctrine is that he wants to reverse what he sees are mistakes from the last four years.

 Steve Wiltkof (left), Donald Trump (center), and Mike Huckabee (right), the incoming US administrations Middle East team (illustrative).

Nearly 60% of voters credit Trump for hostage deal in Gaza war, poll shows

The Harvard-Harris poll also concluded that support for Israel was much higher than support for Hamas, with 79% of voters supporting the Jewish state.

US President Donald Trump signs the third executive order during the inaugural parade inside Capital One Arena on the inauguration day of his second presidential term, in Washington, US January 20, 2025.

Italian journalist Cecilia Sala describes harrowing detention in Iran's Evin prison

'Their game is to give you hope and then use your hope to break you,' Sala said, adding, 'I am not going back to Iran, at least as long as there is the Islamic Republic.'

Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani (R) and released journalist Cecelia Sala (L) embrace upon her return, January 8, 2025.

Trump announces sweeping first-day executive orders and record declassifications

Classified documents regarding the assassinations of JFK, RFK, and MLK are to be released. Trump added that "other topics of great interest" will have classified records declassified.

 U.S. President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a rally the day before he is scheduled to be inaugurated for a second term, in Washington, U.S., January 19, 2025.

What will be impact of Hamas, Hezbollah ceasefires on one another? - analysis

The most likely impact of the two ceasefires is for all parties to avoid returning to war. The risk of one blown ceasefire leading to another will weigh heavily on their minds.

Hamas terrorists parade as they prepare to hand over hostages kidnapped during the October 7, 2023, attack on Israel by Hamas, to the Red Cross as part of a ceasefire and a hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel, in Gaza City, January 19, 2025.