U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, a Democrat from southwest Washington who has established a reputation for breaking with her party on certain partisan votes, has done so once again. Gluesenkamp Perez,

Hamas threatened to kill hostages if there is "any escalation" of attacks from Israel against "our people," a Hamas military spokesman said in a statement Thursday.

Democratic Rep. Al Green of Texas, known for his quixotic impeachment attempts against President Donald Trump, was removed from the House chamber during Trump's address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night.

Hamas is believed to still have 24 living hostages taken in the Oct. 7, 2023 attack that triggered the war, including Israeli-American Edan Alexander. It is also holding the bodies of 34 others who were either killed in the initial attack or in captivity, as well as the remains of a soldier killed in the 2014 war.