Republicans ran last year promising to show voters they could govern. But once they got the chance, they proved they weren’t up to the job. Maybe not even interested.
"Ultimately, we have to do the job - to see the Middle East without Hamas," said Congressman Brad Sherman, co-chair of the Congressional Israel Allies Caucus.
According to the organizers, this has been the largest pro-Israel rally in the history of the United States.
The event’s featured speakers will include family members of hostages currently held in Gaza as well as family members of victims of the October 7 terror attacks.
"I call them the 'J-6 hostages,' not prisoners. I call them the hostages, what’s happened. And it’s a shame," Trump said at the rally in Houston.
Many of the protesters wore shirts reading "Jews say ceasefire" and "not in our name."
The untested legal strategy, which relies on a reading of the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution, faces long odds, according to legal experts.
People inside the US Capitol during summer recess were urged to take shelter immediately.
Former US vice president and Republican presidential candidate Mike Pence said he felt President Donald Trump's words and actions leading up to the Capitol attacks were reckless but not criminal.
The arrest followed the discovery of weapons, ammunition and materials potentially used to create explosives inside the suspect's van.