PEACE BE UPON YOU:  President Trump in Israel and Egypt yesterday repeatedly promised an end to conflict in the Middle East without outlining the next steps to make it happen. He told the Israeli legislature, the Knesset, that this is “not only …

—- Delayed and shortened today by power outage — PEACE BE UPON YOU:  The last 20 remaining hostages held by Hamas in Gaza were released to Israel today and Israel released 2,000 Palestinian prisoners in exchange. Television news broadcast emotional images …

PEACE BE UPON YOU: Gaza refugees began the March north yesterday under the umbrella of a ceasefire to return to what is left of their civilization. As much as 80 or 90 percent of the housing in Gaza has been reduced …

ALL QUIET: A cease fire is in effect in Gaza following the Israeli cabinet’s approval of a peace deal with Hamas militants. Israeli troops are repositioning while commanders say they will “continue to remove any immediate threat.” The Israeli air force was dropping …

OVERSIGHT: Attorney Gen. Pam Bondi arrived at the Senate oversight committee yesterday armed with prepared zingers for every Democrat who asked her a question. Bondi deadlegged every serious question about how she’s running the Justice Department.   The Republicans threw her softballs …

DOMESTIC WARFARE: A federal judge in Oregon issued an order yesterday blocking the Trump administration from deploying troops from anywhere  in the country to Portland while in Illinois a federal judge chose not to stop National Guardsmen from Texas from being sent into …

DOMESTIC WARFARE: After a federal judge in Oregon blocked president Trump from deploying the National Guard to Portland, the President ordered 300 members of the California Guard already federalized to face northwest protesters angry over immigrant roundups.   Trump claimed that; “Portland …

PEACE, MAYBE: In a dramatic development for the Gaza war, Hamas militants agreed to release all remaining hostages taken from Israel two years ago, as well as the bodies of those who have died, and work out further details of a …

SHUTDOWN, DAY THREE: President Trump said yesterday on his social media feed that he’s going to target what he calls “Democrat Agencies” in retaliation for the government shutdown forced by Senate Democrats.   Trump wrote on his Truth Social that he would …

SHUTDOWN, DAY TWO: President Trump started moving quickly yesterday to punish the states of Democratic senators who forced the funding cutoff and government shutdown. The administration is cutting off billions of dollars in funding for projects across the country while also …