The Trump administration announced that it has begun “substantial” layoffs of federal workers amid the government shutdown, fulfilling a threat from the administration if Congress didn’t pass a gover...

The shutdown reached Day 10 on Friday, and while federal workers were paid, they saw smaller paychecks, with military troops set to miss their next paycheck on Wednesday, Oct. 15.

Senate Democratic Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and his House counterpart Hakeem Jeffries have dismissed the job cuts threat as an attempt at intimidation and said mass firings would not stand up in ...

A ceasefire in Gaza went into effect at 12 p.m. local time (5 a.m. ET), the Israeli military said, after its government approved the first phase of a deal to bring the war to an end.

Israel and Hamas agreed to the first phase of a peace plan for Gaza, paving the way for a pause in the fighting and the release of the remaining hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whose government has long sought the total destruction of Hamas, hailed “a national and moral victory for the State of Israel.”