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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.

 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in Richmond, Virginia, on March 2.

Most potential jurors rejected in Trump trial within minutes, said they couldn't be impartial

  Mike Johnson after his victory in the elections for the speaker of the US House of Representatives, October 25, 2023

Ukraine, Israel aid to hit US House floor as separate bills soon

By REUTERS
 Majority Leader of the US House of Representatives, Steve Scalise, speaks at the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations Gathering at a Historic Synagogue, Sixth & I, in Washington, DC.

Majority Leader Steve Scalise to 'Post': Republicans will propose new Iranian sanctions

 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.

Democratic Congressional calls to halt arms sales to Israel picks up steam

 El presidente estadounidense Joe Biden (izq.) y el ex presidente Donald Trump.

Latino Americans hold unfavorable views of Trump, Biden, still favor Democrats

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu meets with then-US president Donald Trump in the Oval Office, in 2020. The suppression of the Palestinian cause in global politics was largely due to Israeli efforts during the Trump administration, the writer notes.

Donald Trump: Jewish Americans who vote for Biden don’t love Israel

 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in Richmond, Virginia, on March 2.

Trump: It would be 'great honor' to go to jail for violating gag order

By REUTERS
 US President Joe Biden speaks to US Representative Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) as he arrives in San Francisco, California, US February 21, 2024.

Pelosi joins call for Biden to stop transfer of US weapons to Israel

By REUTERS
 U.S. President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., March 7, 2024.

Biden's Israel shift: not enough for Democrats, too much for Republicans

By REUTERS
 AT A protest in New York City in December, a flag carries the slogan, ‘From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.’ Seemingly intelligent people resurrect the two-state solution delusion, while ignoring the incessant cries for a one-state solution, the writer argues.

Pro-Palestinian protest vote campaign claims success in NY primary, exact numbers are unclear

By Luke Tress/JTA
 JOE LIEBERMAN

My stepfather, Joe Lieberman, modeled integrity inside and out

By Rabbi Ethan Tucker/jta
Former US President Donald Trump makes a fist while reacting to applause after speaking at the North Carolina GOP convention dinner in Greenville, North Carolina, US June 5, 2021.

Trump: 'Country will cease to exist if we don't win elections'

 U.S. President Joe Biden speaks on a phone following an event marking National Small Business Week, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, U.S., May 1, 2023.

White House hosts muted Ramadan event as Biden's Israel policy draws anger

By REUTERS
 A cloud is seen over Hiroshima made by the firestorm formed following the dropping of the Little Boy atomic bomb on the Japanese city in what is the first use of nuclear weapons in war, on August 6, 1945.

Gaza must receive the 'Hiroshima and Nagasaki' treatment, US congressman says

 Democratic congressional nominee Jamaal Bowman delivers remarks in tribute to congressman and civil rights activist John Lewis during an event to commemorate the sixth anniversary of the death of Eric Garner at the National Action Network House of Justice in New York City, July 18, 2020.

House Dem. leaders endorse Israel critic Jamaal Bowman after Jewish Dems’ group backs challenger

By RON KAMPEAS/JTA
REP. JAMAAL BOWMAN (D-New York) speaks at a watch party in Yonkers, New York, last year.

Leading Jewish Democratic group endorses Jamaal Bowman’s primary challenger

By Luke Tress/JTA
 Former US Senator Joe Lieberman prepares to speak as Iranian Americans and others take part in a demonstration near the United Nations headquarters during the visit of Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi in New York City, US, September 19, 2023.

Joe Lieberman's former chief of staff calls senator 'single most wonderful man' he's met

Howard Kohr

Howard Kohr, longtime AIPAC director, announces retirement

By RON KAMPEAS/JTA
 JOE LIEBERMAN

'Promised to work for the American public 24/6': Former advisor eulogizes Senator Joe Lieberman

Joe Lieberman

First Orthodox Jewish US Senator Joe Lieberman dies at 82

 Joe Biden

Biden approval ticks up, extremism still top worry, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds

By REUTERS
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