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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.

 US Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaks at a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, May 10, 2023.

Progressive senators push to block offensive US arms sales to Israel

 U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) speaks at a press conference on psychedelics in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) in Washington, U.S., July 13, 2023.

AOC: AIPAC pushes voters away from Democrats, overly influences Congress members

 THE WRITER and US Rep. Mike Lawler, co-sponsor of the Antisemitism Awareness Act, pose after the legislation passed in the House of Representatives.

JFNA executive's Gaza comments spark controversy amid rising tensions over US politics

By RON KAMPEAS/JTA
Marc Rowan at the 2024 Jerusalem Post Conference.

Who is Marc Rowan, the Jewish investor reportedly in the running for Trump’s Treasury secretary?

By Luke Tress/JTA
 Top row, from left: Laura Loomer, Jared Kushner, Ivanka Trump, Stephen Miller. Bottom row: Howard Lutnick, Lee Zeldin, David Friedman, Miriam Adelson.

The who's who of Jews in Trump’s inner circle

By Luke Tress/JTA
 US President-elect Donald Trump attends the America First Policy Institute (AFPI) gala at Mar-A-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, US, November 14, 2024.

Trump’s second term and the questions we need to ask: JPost Summit Miami 2024

(L-R): International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim Khan; Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Senate leader elect threatens ICC sanctions over pending Netanyahu warrants

US soldiers walk near a rocket launcher missile at Basmaya military base in Baghdad

Trump transition team looks to court martial US military officials

 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seen meeting with Republican South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham in Jerusalem, on April 17, 2023.

‘Do what you must to halt a nuclear Iran,’ Lindsey Graham tells Netanyahu

 Rep. Josh Gottheimer of New Jersey announced Friday he is running for governor in next year's election.

Rep. Josh Gottheimer, a Jewish Democrat, launches bid for New Jersey governor

By Jackie Hajdenberg/JTA
 US PRESIDENT-ELECT Donald Trump and his secretary of state nominee Marco Rubio appear during a campaign event in North Carolina, ahead of last week’s US elections.

Muslims who voted for Trump upset by his pro-Israel cabinet picks

By ANDREA SHALAL/REUTERS
North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum speaks with the media ahead of the America First Policy Institute (AFPI) gala at Mar-A-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., November 14, 2024.

From competition to interior secretary: Trump picks Burgum

By REUTERS
 Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee moderates a roundtable discussion with Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump at the Drexelbrook Catering & Event Center, Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, Oct. 29, 2024.

Is Trump's Israeli ambassador pick a sign of potential West Bank annexation?

By RON KAMPEAS/JTA
Elon Musk and Donald Trump during a campaign rally at site of his first assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania on October 5, 2024.

Trump admin. advisor Elon Musk met with Iran’s UN ambassador

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

Sanders to bring legislation blocking sale of certain arms to Israel next week

 US President Joe Biden meets with President-elect Donald Trump in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, US, November 13, 2024.

Trump and Biden discuss hostage deal during first meeting before transition of power

 Tesla CEO and X owner Elon Musk speaks as Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. president Donald Trump reacts during a rally at the site of the July assassination attempt against Trump, in Butler, Pennsylvania, US, October 5, 2024.

Trump names Musk, Ramaswamy to lead newly formed gov't department

By REUTERS
 Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Trump holds a rally at Atrium Health Amphitheater in Macon, Georgia

Trump picks Jewish real estate tycoon Steven Witkoff for Mideast envoy

 FORMER ARKANSAS governor and past US Republican presidential nomination candidate Mike Huckabee helps inaugurate a program to build more in Efrat, Gush Etzion, in 2018. Settler leaders tend to think the worst of the US and its presidents, argues the writer.

Trump announces former Gov. Mike Huckabee nominated as ambassador to Israel

 Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump reacts as former U.S. Representative Lee Zeldin speaks at a rally ahead of the New Hampshire primary election in Concord, New Hampshire, US January 19, 2024.

Trump taps Jewish ex-congressman Lee Zeldin to head EPA

 White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows speaks to reporters following a television interview, outside the White House in Washington, US October 21, 2020.

US Supreme Court rejects Trump ex-aide Meadows' bid to move Georgia election case

By REUTERS
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