Senate Republicans Mounted an Effort To Threaten Qatar To Expel Hamas Leaders. After Trump’s Win, an Israeli News Report Suggests It May Have Worked.

Earlier this week, congressional Republicans mounted an effort to punish Qatar for providing shelter to Hamas’s remaining leadership, the Washington Free Beacon has learned. Now, following former president Donald Trump’s election, an Israeli news report suggests that the Gulf state has informed Hamas it is no longer welcome in Doha. Sens. Roger Wicker (R., Miss.)

Iranian operative charged in scheme to assassinate Trump, other targets

An operative working for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps told federal investigators that he was tasked in September with “surveilling, and, ultimately, assassinating” President-elect Donald Trump, according to court records unsealed Friday.  Prosecutors say Farhad Shakeri, who is believed to be residing in Iran, told investigators in a phone interview that unnamed IRGC officials pushed