In the battle of public opinion, the White House and the GOP appeared to be taking more of the blame for the shutdown than Democrats. In a new CBS News poll, 39% said they mostly blame Trump and Republicans, while 30% blame Democrats in Congress and 31% blame both equally.

The White House revealed Monday that Edan Alexander, the American who was held hostage by Hamas for 584 days, will meet with President Trump at the White House to mark the two-year anniversary of the Oct.

Ahead of today's meeting between President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House, two sources familiar with the matter told ABC News that at least three disputes remain between the Israeli and U.S. sides on Trump's proposed Gaza ceasefire plan.

President Trump will on Tuesday, the second anniversary of the Hamas terror attack on Israel, host freed hostage Edan Alexander, an Israeli-American and Israeli soldier. Alexander, from New Jersey, was held hostage for 584 days before being released in May.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday will meet Edan Alexander, who was believed to be the last surviving U.S. hostage held by Palestinian militants in Gaza when the Israeli-American was handed over by Hamas in May,

On Friday, President Trump said the U.S. is "in deep negotiations with Hamas" on a Gaza hostage and ceasefire deal.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he would give Hamas “three or four days” to respond to his proposal to end the nearly two-year-long war in Gaza.

The president has presented a 20-point plan that would end the war in Gaza, which the leaders of Israel and several other key countries in the region support.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt suggested that President Donald Trump may symbolically recognize a sovereign Palestinian state, depending on the results of peace talks between Israel, Hamas,