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United States political news and analysis with a focus on the connection between American policy and the Jewish people and the State of Israel.

  Former US President Donald Trump in Broome, Georgia, March 9, 2024

Donald Trump foreign policy advisers met Israeli PM Netanyahu, source says

 U.S. President Joe Biden remains in the nearly empty chamber greeting members of Congress following his State of the Union address at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., March 7, 2024.

Democrats’ responses to ICC arrest warrants call ranges across ideological spectrum

 The KCD open pit gold mine at the Kibali mining site in northeast Democratic Republic of Congo, May 1, 2014.

US exploring limited easing of sanctions on Israeli billionaire Dan Gertler

By REUTERS
 U.S. President Joe Biden remains in the nearly empty chamber greeting members of Congress following his State of the Union address at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., March 7, 2024.

GOP Congressman to ‘Post’: Bipartisan support for Israel goes back years, ‘I hope it doesn’t stop'

Former U.S. President Donald Trump attending the Trump Organization civil fraud trial, in New York State Supreme Court in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., November 6, 2023 and U.S. President Joe Biden participating in a meeting with Italy's Prime Minister

Biden, Trump poised to debate on June 27 on CNN

By REUTERS
 Angela Alsobrooks, picture taken 2011

Angela Alsobrooks beats AIPAC-aligned opponent in Maryland Democratic primary

By RON KAMPEAS/JTA
 U.S. President Joe Biden remains in the nearly empty chamber greeting members of Congress following his State of the Union address at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., March 7, 2024.

This Jewish Gen-Z-er wants to be the next progressive pro-Israel congressman

By RON KAMPEAS/JTA
US President Joe Biden delivers remarks during a visit to Gateway Technical College in Sturtevant, Wisconsin, US, May 8, 2024

House to vote on Republican-led bill requiring Biden to allow delivery of restricted weapons

 U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) speaks prior to U.S. President Joe Biden delivering remarks on the federal government's debt limit during a visit to SUNY Westchester Community College Valhalla in Valhalla, New York, U.S., May 10, 2023.

Rep. Jamaal Bowman accuses Israel of 'onslaught against innocent civilians' during primary debate

By Luke Tress/JTA
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In Maryland, AIPAC has poured $4.2M into a congressional primary where Israel is not an issue

By RON KAMPEAS/JTA
 THEN-US president Donald Trump addresses a rally to contest the certification of the 2020 US presidential election results, in Washington, on January 6, 2021.

The challenge of finding the right leaders is nothing new

By Roger O. Cranville
Fake news

People are more likely to avoid the news as concerns on misinformation grow, study finds

Former U.S. President Donald Trump attending the Trump Organization civil fraud trial, in New York State Supreme Court in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., November 6, 2023 and U.S. President Joe Biden participating in a meeting with Italy's Prime Minister

'Wished he'd done a little bit himself': Biden jokes Trump should have injected himself with bleach

By REUTERS
 U.S. President Joe Biden remains in the nearly empty chamber greeting members of Congress following his State of the Union address at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., March 7, 2024.

Division among Democrats as 26 party members pen letter to Biden condemning withholding Israel aid

Israeli-American media mogul Haim Saban.

'Bad, bad, bad,': Major Israeli-American Biden donor criticizes US threat to halt weapons

 U.S. President Joe Biden shakes hands with U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) during an event to tout the new Brent Spence Bridge over the Ohio River between Covington, Kentucky and Cincinnati, Ohio near the bridge in Covington, Kentucky, U.S., January 4, 2023.

Republicans question Biden's 'ironclad' commitment to Israel over shipment halt

 Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during a campaign rally at the Fox Theatre in Tucson, Arizona, U.S. February 5, 2024.

Presidential candidate RFK Jr said he had a brain worm in 2012

By REUTERS
 US Senator Bernie Sanders addresses Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a statement posted to X, Thursday, April 25, 2024.

Bernie Sanders, 82, announces run for a fourth Senate term

By RON KAMPEAS/JTA
 US PRESIDENT Joe Biden speaks on the phone with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, last week.

US lawmakers urge President Biden to address alleged Israeli violations of US law in Gaza aid

By REUTERS
  New York Republican State Sen. Jack Martins chairs the conference’s antisemitism working group and is pushing for Democrats to take up legislative measures which would define antisemitism at the state level. Uploaded on 4/5/2024

New York State Senate Republicans urge Democratic action on cluster of antisemitism bills

 U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) attends a press conference alongside fellow Republicans following the passage of the Secure the Border Act, HR-2, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., May 11, 2023.

MTG opposes antisemitism bill due to rejecting ‘Gospel,’ that ‘the Jews’ handed Jesus to crucifiers

By RON KAMPEAS/JTA
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