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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.

 Andrew Cuomo (L) and Brad Lander (R).

Brad Lander just cursed Andrew Cuomo in Yiddish

 The Jewish-American poet Emma Lazarus wrote the sonnet inscribed on the base of the Statue of Liberty.

Trump’s attacks on diversity are an assault on everyone’s history

By JUDITH ROSENBAUM/JTA
 A Houthi pictured at a rally to show support for the Gaza Strip, in Sanaa, Yemen December 20, 2024.

US Treasury sanctions Houthi pipeline for Russian arms and stolen Ukrainian grain

US President Donald Trump gestures, before boarding Air Force One as he departs for Florida, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, US, March 28, 2025

Why Trump’s Saudi trip matters for the Trump doctrine

 Sen. Cory Booker wears a hostage pin during a marathon speech on the Senate floor, April 1, 2025.

19 hours into anti-Trump Senate speech, Cory Booker proclaims, ‘Hineni’ — I am here

By PHILISSA CRAMER/JTA
US President Donald Trump gestures, before boarding Air Force One as he departs for Florida, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, US, March 28, 2025

Trump preparing executive order to increase weapons exports, sources say

By REUTERS
 Then-US ambassador to Israel David Friedman speaks before unveiling a plaque at the US embassy in Jerusalem, December 21, 2020.

Trump considers former ambassadors Friedman, Grenell for UN role

By REUTERS
 A general view of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia September 30, 2014.

Trump administration begins mass layoffs at health agencies, sources say

By REUTERS
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's tattoo, "kafir" (meaning "infidel" or "non-believer")

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's Arabic tattoo sparks controversy

US President Donald Trump gestures, before boarding Air Force One as he departs for Florida, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, US, March 28, 2025

Trump refuses to rule out third term, says he is 'pissed off' at Putin

By REUTERS
Ann Skinner (L) and her wife Sheila Belka wait for the beginning of the Utah Pride Parade in Salt Lake City, Utah, June 8, 2014. A Utah federal judge overturned the state's ban on gay marriage last December, promoting a cascade of similar rulings in more than a dozen other states. An appeal of the r

Politically neutral: Utah bans LGBTQ+, Trump flags from schools and gov't buildings

 Protesters demonstrate against the government's judicial overhaul, in Tel Aviv. September 23, 2023.

Lawmakers demand answers from NGOs over alleged Biden funding for Israel protests

US President Donald Trump attends a meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (not pictured), ahead of the NATO summit in Watford, in London, Britain, December 3, 2019.

New York City ex-allies clash over Trumpian style in an Orthodox district race

By BEN SALES/JTA
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and national security advisor Mike Waltz speak with the media following meetings with a Ukrainian delegation on Ukraine-Russia peace talks, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia March 11, 2025.

Trump backs national security adviser after Yemen war security breach

By REUTERS
 US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office, February 2025.

Trump to impose 25% tariff on countries that buy oil, gas from Venezuela

By REUTERS
 Mia Love, who was the Republican candidate for the 4th congressional district, talks to the press from the party headquarters as results came in for the 2012 US presidential election in Salt Lake City, Utah, November 6, 2012.

Mia Love, first Black Republican woman elected to Congress, dies at 49

By REUTERS
 A screenshot from the US Air Force's promotional video unveiling the F-47, March 21, 2025.

‘Just another F-35 fiasco?’: China, Russia, Iran mock Trump’s unveiling of F-47 stealth jet

 Bruce Pearl celebrates with his team after defeating the Alabama Crimson Tide at Auburn Arena, February 1, 2022.

Bruce Pearl opens NCAA postgame press conference by calling to ‘bring the hostages home’

By BEN SALES/JTA
 Tourists taking selfies in Times Square at night, surrounded by bright billboards, traffic, and vibrant city lights; illustrative, March 10, 2024.

Some Europeans reconsider trips to US in protest against Trump

By REUTERS
A demonstrator holds a placard, ahead of a hearing on the detention of Palestinian activist and Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil, in New York City, March 12, 2025.

US says Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil hid UNRWA work

By REUTERS
People take part in a rally held by Jewish activists for freedom and democracy and against the detention by ICE agents of Palestinian activist and Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil in New York City, March 20, 2025.

US education secretary praises Columbia's reforms to unlock $400 million

By REUTERS
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