President Donald Trump sent a warning to Hamas.

Charlie Kirk was honored at the White House, and Smuckers is suing Trader Joe's.

That's some of what we'll get to on the Seven from the Washington Post.

I'm Christina Quinn, in for Hannah Jewel. It's Wednesday, October 15th.

Let's get you caught up with today's seven stories.

Number one, President Trump said the U.S. will disarm Hamas if it does not do so itself.

Hamas has controlled Gaza for nearly two decades. Although it agreed to the U.S.-backed ceasefire deal,

the group has not publicly agreed to anything that specifies how it will disarm.

Yesterday, Trump suggested to reporters that he had received verbal assurances the group would disarm,

and he sent a warning to them.

We have told them we want to disarm, and they will disarm.

And if they don't disarm, we will disarm them.

And it'll happen quickly and perhaps violently.

But they will disarm. Do you understand me?

Trump's warning highlights one of several obstacles to navigate

as Israel and Hamas move on to the second phase of ceasefire negotiations.

Already, Israel has accused Hamas of breaching the terms of the deal.

The bodies of 28 hostages were due to be released under the agreement, but Hamas had returned only four bodies Monday.

The U.S. killed six alleged drug smugglers in a strike off Venezuela. That's number two.

President Trump announced the strike yesterday. He claimed the six men killed were narco-terrorists

affiliated with what he said was a designated

terrorist organization, although he didn't name it.

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