When Hisham was finally rescued, he found his niece's fiance waiting to hear if she was alive.

A second HHS employee said that hiring and research grants had been frozen and the entire department staff was waiting to see what they could do next.

Trumpov’s opponents are waiting to see the written policies that emerge from the executive orders.

Some are there only briefly, while waiting to be deported; others are there much longer.

"We have been waiting for this ceasefire like people waiting to enter heaven," Eliwah said.