President Donald Trump announced Wednesday night that Israel and Hamas have agreed to the first phase of his peace plan, with Hamas expected to release about 20 hostages believed to be alive on Monday. Newsweek has reached out to the Israeli Prime Minister’s office for confirmation on the hostages’ identity via email on Thursday.

The U.S. Treasury's action made good on Trump's pledge to prop up the wobbling country and sent the peso and Argentine dollar bonds sharply higher.

With a hostage-and-prisoner exchange in motion, there’s still significant hurdles to lasting peace in the Middle East.

Trump presented a 20-point Gaza peace plan at the White House on Monday, pushing for a ceasefire and hostage release. Arab leaders voice support as Israel hits Houthis in Yemen

Affected agencies include the departments of Homeland Security, Education, Energy and Health and Human Services, among others, according to a Justice Department filing.

President Donald Trump says he hasn't canceled a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping planned for late October in South Korea after earlier expressing anger about export controls China has placed on rare earths.

When word reached the White House on Friday afternoon that Hamas had, after nearly five days, responded to President Donald Trump’s 20-point proposal to end the war in Gaza, officials were so quick to embrace the group’s statement they posted it in full on social media,

Follow The Post’s live coverage of the Trump administration as the US, Israel and Hamas are set to negotiate a ceasefire deal based on President Trump’s 20-point plan for peace in Gaza.