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Eleven US citizens have died in the conflict in Israel, President Joe Biden said Monday, and an unknown number remain missing.

The House GOP held a two-hour meeting, with many members urging the selection of a speaker as soon as possible. However, they emerged saying the conference is divided over the way forward.

Republican lawmakers returning to Washington this week will do so without a House speaker, setting up a high-pressure situation to reach consensus on a candidate to wield the gavel -- and the power to push through support for Israel.

Proof of Congress' ongoing dysfunction is in its current paralysis. Republicans have a few more votes in the House, but they don't exactly have a governing majority.

The Biden administration has yet to find a smoking gun linking Iran directly to planning and executing the attack on Israel this weekend, US officials told CNN on Sunday.

A weekend of terror in Israel has sharpened already grave questions about the capacity of the politically fractured United States to lay out a unified and coherent response to a world spinning out of its control.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is expected to announce Monday that he is dropping out of the Democratic presidential primary and will run as an independent. The move would come after Kennedy's calls for a debate with President Joe Biden went nowhere and with Biden continuing to hold a 50-point advantage in primary polling.

With the outbreak of war in Israel, President Joe Biden is contending with conflicts in two parts of the world at a moment of paralysis in Washington and increasing polarization over the direction of America's involvement abroad.

The House speakership drama enters a second week under increased urgency as Israel declared war Sunday following unprecedented surprise attacks by Hamas.

At least four Americans have been killed in the attacks in Israel, and US officials expect the death toll to rise, Sen. Chuck Schumer said Sunday.

American officials said Saturday they received no warning through intelligence that Hamas was preparing to attack Israel, leading to confusion among some at how Israel failed to detect signs of the rocket assault.

House lawmakers are scrambling to determine whether acting Speaker Patrick McHenry can participate in a so-called Gang of Eight intelligence briefing on the unfolding crisis in Israel, a source familiar with the active discussions told CNN.

President Joe Biden and his top aides are contending with an exceedingly complicated diplomatic situation unlike any previous conflict between the Israelis and the Palestinians.

On Saturday -- 100 days before Iowa Republicans head to their caucuses -- Iowa once again became the focal point of the GOP presidential race, with the ambitions of much of the field colliding in the Hawkeye State.

A band of House Republicans made a historic move this week to punish their own leader, sending the House into chaos by ousting Kevin McCarthy as speaker. The unprecedented vote to oust McCarthy has only led to more turmoil in the days since as Republicans have grappled with the fallout of the speaker-less House.

During a Friday speech about the September jobs report, President Joe Biden delivered a rapid-fire series of three false or misleading claims -- falsely saying that he has cut the debt, falsely crediting a tax policy that didn't take effect until 2023 for improving the budget situation in 2021 and 2022, and misleadingly saying that he has presided over an "actual surplus."

As he traveled from a New York courtroom to his Palm Beach club this week, former President Donald Trump repeatedly asked his allies and aides for steady updates on what was happening in Washington, DC, as the man he often referred to as "my Kevin" was ousted from the House speakership in dramatic fashion and the immediate search for his replacement began.

President Joe Biden on Friday acknowledged he's facing an unwelcome political obstacle: The disarray engulfing his political opponents has only made it more difficult for his message to break through.

The former controller of the Trump Organization says that Eric Trump directed him to make certain decisions that led to the inflated valuations of several Trump properties.

A former US Army sergeant who allegedly lived in China for several years was arrested Friday on charges of keeping national defense information and attempting to share it with the Chinese government.