C-SPAN on Instagram: "President Trump on Wednesday said the negotiations between Israel and Hamas were “very close” to resulting in a ceasefire deal and that he might make a trip to the Middle East this weekend. “I was just given a note by the secretary of State saying that we’re very close to a deal in the Middle East,” he told reporters during a roundtable discussion at the White House. “And they’re going to need me pretty quicky.” Indirect talks between Hamas and Israel have been taking place

C-SPAN on Instagram: "Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) on Wednesday evening swore in Republicans Jimmy Patronis and Randy Fine, who won special elections Tuesday night in Florida’s 1st and 6th Districts, respectively, bolstering the GOP’s ranks as they prepare to move President Trump’s sweeping domestic agenda through Congress. The House now has 433 voting members: 220 Republicans, 213 Democrats and two vacancies, in Arizona’s 7th District and Texas’s 18th District. Rep. Fine defeated Democrat Josh W