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He looked like a man with a weight of responsibility off his shoulders – but the burden remains. Fox News spoke exclusively with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy the day that Congress and President Biden signed off on a massive U.S. foreign aid package, with $61 billion of that going to Ukraine’s military in its battle with Russia – after being …

Amid the ongoing anti-Israel protests on college campuses across America plus the continued conflicts in the Middle East, an Auburn, Washington-based pastor is stressing the importance of prayer even as “some people remain skeptical of it,” he told Fox News Digital. “The Bible is full of historical evidence for how effective prayer truly is,” said Pastor Jesse Bradley of Grace …

Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is suggesting the National Guard should soon be called in to quell the Gaza ceasefire protests at Columbia University if they don’t peter out themselves. Johnson and several House Republicans visited the New York City Ivy League school on Wednesday as tensions there escalate over demonstrations that have had several Jewish students speak out publicly about …

Pamphlets declaring “Death to America” were shared at a growing anti-Israel encampment at the University of Michigan this week, according to an eyewitness. One of the pamphlets, titled “10 anarchist theses on Palestine solidarity in the United States,” was made available for students to take and read. The pamphlet discusses a wide-ranging set of opinions related to the confrontation between …

NEW YORK — House Speaker Mike Johnson, the Louisiana Republican, held a press conference on the steps of Columbia University above an encampment where demonstrators demanding the school divest itself from Israel-linked businesses have occupied since last week. The speaker blasted university leaders for permitting “mob rule” and intimidation tactics “overtake” the Founding Fathers’ ideals of freedom of speech, freedom …

Multiple U.S. universities were flooded with anti-Israel agitators on Wednesday, with four schools hosting notably chaotic scenes in California, Massachusetts, Texas and New York. The University of Southern California (USC), Harvard University, the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) and Columbia University in New York City were all backdrops with varying degrees of hostility and unruliness amid fierce campus …

Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., condemned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as an “obstacle” to peace and called on him to resign this week. Pelosi made the comments in an interview recorded Monday with Irish broadcaster RTE’s Six One News. She argued that Netanyahu’s response to the Oct. 7 terrorist attack by Hamas has been “terrible.” “We recognize Israel’s right to …

As anti-Israel agitators successfully held a days-long “encampment” at Columbia University in New York City, students at other elite schools across the United States began carrying out their own marches and sit-ins. While some Democrats have attempted to describe these protests as “mostly peaceful,” participants often repeat hateful and antisemitic chants that call for the death of Israeli Prime Minister …

The United Nations called Tuesday for “a clear, transparent and credible investigation” of mass graves uncovered at two major hospitals in war-torn Gaza that were raided by Israeli troops. Credible investigators must have access to the sites, U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric told reporters, and added that more journalists need to be able to work safely in Gaza to report on …

Utah Sen. Mike Lee, a Republican, criticized the Senate’s passage of the foreign aid package Tuesday night, calling it “wrong,” “shameful” and a “sad day for America” for spending money the government does not have to fund another country’s war. The $95 billion package includes $61 billion to support Ukraine’s war against Russia, $26 billion for Israel and humanitarian aid …