Hamas, Trump and Israel
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President Trump says the remaining hostages believed to still be alive should be released on Monday or Tuesday.
A bipartisan measure to restrict Trump’s war powers failed in the Senate. Last night: In a 51-48 vote, the Senate rejected legislation that would require the president to seek congressional authorization to carry out military strikes on cartels.
The announcement comes days after President Trump presented a 20-point peace plan aimed at ending the war in Gaza.
President Trump will host a cabinet meeting on Thursday morning a 11 a.m. as negotiations continue over government funding, cities and states sue over National Guard deployments, and a peace deal has reportedly been reached in Israel.
The deal was solidified in Egypt after days of negotiations centered on a Trump-backed peace plan that he hopes will ultimately result in a permanent end to the war.
Sen. John Fetterman congratulated President Donald Trump on the Israel-Hamas peace plan noting that he and Trump share an "ironclad commitment to Israel and its people."
Indirect ceasefire talks with Hamas and Israeli representatives began in Egypt on Monday in the Red Sea city of Sharm el-Sheikh.The talks come after Hamas responded positively to U.S. President Donald Trump's proposal for peace in Gaza,
Egyptian President Abdel Fatah El Sisi also said Wednesday that the messages he had received out of the talks in Sharm el-Sheikh were "very encouraging."