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Senate rejects motion to limit Trump's war power in Iran day after voting yes on similar resolution

The US Senate rejected a measure aiming to limit US President Donald Trump's war powers, a day after four GOP senators helped pass a resolution that called for the removal of US forces from Iran.

US President Donald Trump boards Air Force One as he departs Reading Regional Airport in Reading, Pennsylvania, US, June 23, 2026.
US President Donald Trump arrives at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, US, June 23, 2026.

Trump slams Senate's Iran resolution as 'meaningless,' attacks its GOP defenders

A protester holds a banner opposing the war with Iran during US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's opening remarks at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on US President Donald Trump's FY2027 budget request for the Department of Defence on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, US, April 30, 20

Republican-majority US Senate votes to curb Trump's powers in Iran war

Qatari riyal money bills in pile. Big amount of Qatar QAR currency cash close up.

The problem with foreign money in US universities that congress knows and still has not fixed


Sanders's human rights proposal against Israel endangers Jewish lives - editorial

Sanders’s hostility toward Israel is well known – he couches it in an enmity to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the policies of right-wing governments, but it seems to go beyond that.

US SEN. Bernie Sanders: ‘Israel is at war with Hamas, not innocent Palestinian men, women, and children. Israel cannot bomb an entire neighborhood to take out one Hamas target,’ he argues.

US Senate tables resolution for assessing potential Israeli human rights violations

Independent Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, introduced the resolution last year on Dec. 14. 

 US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer next to House Speaker Mike Johnson and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, as supporters of Israel gather in solidarity and protest against antisemitism, amid the war with Hamas, during a rally on the National Mall in Washington, US November 14, 2023.

US House Committee demands answers from universities on antisemitism

The letter takes particular aim at Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion efforts, asking the university presidents, “Do your diversity, equity, and inclusion departments serve Jewish students on campus?”

House Education and The Workforce Committee hearing titled "Holding Campus Leaders Accountable and Confronting Antisemitism" on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, December 5, 2023.

Senate task force calls education committee to hold hearing on antisemitism on college campuses

The letter cited a study that said 73 percent of Jewish college students surveyed experienced or witnessed antisemitic incidents on their campuses since the start of the 2023-24 school year.

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Kansas state legislature passes pro-Israel resolution amid Gaza war

“The State of Israel is an invaluable and trusted ally of the United States and a beacon of democracy in the Middle East," Kansas representatives and senators said.

Police at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City in Overland Park, Kansas (File)

John Fetterman: Hamas must go, I would be 'last man standing' for Israel

As an advocate of healthcare as a right and criminal justice reform, Fetterman says "I would be the last man standing to be absolutely there on the Israeli side on this with no conditions.

 U.S. Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) walks through the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., November 15, 2023.

Senate staffer fired after sex tape scandal, shows explicit acts in Senate building

The video had been initially shared in a private group chat for gay men in politics, before being leaked online.

The US Capitol building, which contains the House of Representatives and the Senate.

WATCH: Senator John Fetterman waves Israeli flag in front of pro-Palestinian protesters

Some of the demonstrators protesting against Israel were arrested at the scene.

 US Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) walks through the Senate subway of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, US, November 9, 2023.

US Senate Democrats block Republican bid to aid Israel, not Ukraine

The House bill would provide $14.3 billion for Israel as it responds to a deadly Oct. 7 attack by Hamas, but also cut the same amount of money from the IRS.

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Senator, Homeland Security chief clash over pro-Hamas DHS employee

The Department of Homeland Security employee had shared images praising Hamas paragliders.

US Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) questions U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas about social media posts regarding the Israel-Hamas war he identified as being made by a DHS emloyee, during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on threats to the United St