Tag: U.S. Congress
Democrats still wobbly on antisemitism
As the Trump administration takes an aggressive stand against antisemitism by withdrawing $400 million in grants from Columbia University, seeking to deport a pro-Hamas leader of campus protests at Columbia in the United States...
Relatives ask Trump admin, Congress to work urgently to free hostages
A week after a group of freed Israeli hostages met with U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office, a delegation of relatives of hostages still being held by Hamas in Gaza came to...
Jerry Nadler accuses Elon Musk of Hitler salute at inaugural celebration
Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) accused the billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk of performing a Nazi salute during a celebration honoring U.S. President Donald Trump at the Capitol One Arena in Washington.
Musk, who has supported Trump,...
Rescued hostage Noa Argamani speaks with legislators on Capitol Hill
Rescued Israeli hostage Noa Argamani, 27, met with U.S. Congress members on Wednesday to discuss the urgent need to rescue the nearly 100 men, women and children remaining in Hamas captivity.
Argamani, who was rescued from a Palestinian home...
Trump transition team reportedly considering Moskowitz to lead FEMA
Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.) is being considered for the position of administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency within the incoming Trump administration, two sources told CNN on Monday.
A third unnamed source near to the Trump transition team...
McCaul calls for ‘clear display of strength and resolve’ to deter Iran
Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) released a statement advocating a harder line for countering Iranian aggression.
“While I’m glad the Biden-Harris administration issued formal notification for several arms sales cases to our ally Israel, it took 80 days...
Senate hearing reveals ‘extreme,’ antisemitic social-media posts linked to Trump shooter
The FBI believes that the man who attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump posted antisemitic and anti-immigrant content on a social-media account, pointing to some of the first indications of the political beliefs...
Inside story: Behind the Netanyahu-Harris meeting
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris sent strong signals to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this week on what to expect from a relationship should she succeed U.S. President Joe Biden in the Oval Office.
Netanyahu...
Omaha rabbi who attended Netanyahu speech ‘deeply moved’ by bipartisan support
Rep. Mike Flood (R-Neb.) invited Rabbi Steven Abraham of Beth El Synagogue, a Conservative congregation in Omaha, to join him for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to a joint session of Congress on July 24.
“The...
Netanyahu’s hour
For the better part of an hour on Wednesday, it was possible to believe that the Western world had not lost its mind.
For some 54 minutes, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the U.S....