Terrorist threats against the U.S. reached “a whole other level” after the Hamas attack on Israel, FBI Director Christopher A. Wray told Congress on Tuesday, saying the big players in terrorism have all renewed calls to attack America and its interests. ...

Within hours of the atrocities committed by Hamas operatives who invaded Israel on October 7, groups of American college students had organized to express their support for the terrorists. This caught many Americans by surprise. How could college students at some of America’s best universities sympathize with the perpetrators of gruesome attacks on unarmed civilians?

House Appropriations Chair Kay Granger announced Wednesday she won’t run for reelection next year, opening the top spot on one of the House’s most powerful committees and her safe Republican seat in North Texas.

The US and Israel are exploring options for the future of the Gaza Strip, including the possibility of a multinational force that may involve American troops if Israeli forces succeed in ousting Hamas, people familiar with the matter said.

On Monday, that talking point took a major hit with the release of the widely respected Iowa Poll, which showed DeSantis losing 3 percentage points in two months. That put DeSantis at an anemic 16%, tied with Nikki Haley, who jumped 10 points. Trump, meanwhile, gained a marginal 1 point and has 43% support overall, little threatened by either. Beyond undercutting the DeSantis narrative that he’s “climbing” or that the primary is “a two-man race,” the poll also highlights the alternate universe constructed by a chronically underperforming candidate — starting with his glitch-filled launch on Twitter, which his campaign claimed was a positive sign he “broke the Internet.” By that point, DeSantis was already falling in polls