Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Sunday laid out a jam packed, national security-focused agenda for the Senate as returns for its last three weeks of 2023.
Why it matters: Congress is grappling with an array of foreign crises including wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, but dysfunction in the House has hamstrung its ability to legislate.
Russia's interior ministry has added Meta spokesperson Andy Stone to a "wanted" list, according to a government online database.
Why it matters: Russian state news agency Tass reported Sunday that Meta communications director Stone was "wanted under an article of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation."
Hamas released more than a dozen hostages on Sunday, including at least one American — 4-year-old Abigail Edan — as part of the deal between Israel and the militant group.
The big picture: The Biden administration at the highest levels was involved in the Qatar-mediated talks that led to the deal. The agreement also includes a four-day pause in the fighting in Gaza and the release of dozens of Palestinians held in Israeli prisons. Hamas on Sunday — the third day of the pause in fighting — released 17 hostages, including 14 Israelis and three Thai nationals.
Hamas freed 13 Israeli hostages and four foreign nationals on the second day of the pause in the fighting in Gazaafter delaying the release for hours over a dispute around the aid going into the enclave.
The big picture: Israel released 39 more Palestinians detained in Israeli prisons overnight Saturday into Sunday as part of the deal between the Israeli government and Hamas.
