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US Senate Republicans block latest bid to rein in Trump Iran war powers

The Senate voted 52-47 not to advance the war powers resolution, underscoring his party's continuing support for the Republican president's war policy more than six weeks after the war began.

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US Senate floor
Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Abdul el-Sayed greets supporters at a rally in Ann Arbor, Michigan, April 7, 2026. The rally also featured Twitch streamer Hasan Piker, who has been accused of antisemitism.

A defiant Hasan Piker boosts Michigan Senate candidate Abdul el-Sayed in rallies taking on Israel

Piker, the leftist Twitch streamer with millions of followers, was the evening’s biggest draw. Leading Democrats have called for the party to distance itself from Piker altogether.

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A Georgia Democratic candidate for the state Senate, Nathalie Kanani, came under ridicule after a Passover ad published in the Atlanta Jewish Times reportedly featured challah, a leavened bread traditionally avoided during the holiday. April 5, 2026.

Georgia candidate faces backlash over Passover ad with challah instead of matzah

A Georgia Senate candidate faces backlash after a Passover ad featured challah, a bread traditionally avoided during the holiday. The gaffe sparked ridicule across political and Jewish circles.

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A VISITOR holds an AIPAC folder in an elevator in Rayburn House Office Building on March 12, 2024 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.

AIPAC targeting US congressional candidates who want to condition aid to Israel

“We are going to have a focus on stopping candidates who are detractors of Israel or who want to put conditions on aid,” Patrick Dorton, a spokesperson for AIPAC’s super PAC, said in an interview.

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Israel aid debate reveals differences among Jewish groups over immigration

Israel and immigration — or border security — became linked when Republicans said they’d only support aid to Israel and Ukraine if it was paired with significant new US immigration restrictions.

FEBRUARY 8, 2024ByRON KAMPEAS/JTA
MIGRANTS BOUND for the US border rest in Los Corazones, Mexico.

US House speaker slams Biden ahead of meeting with Knesset speaker

"There's an absence of leadership in the White House as President Joe Biden is attempting to dial down support for Israel," Johnson said. 

FEBRUARY 6, 2024ByHANNAH SARISOHN
Israeli family members of a hostage taken by Hamas wait for a meeting in Washington, US, February 6, 2024

US Congress passes bill to avert government shutdown, sends it to Biden

"We have good news for America. There will not be a shutdown on Friday," Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat, said on the Senate floor just before the vote in that chamber.

JANUARY 19, 2024ByREUTERS
Members of the 118th Congress raise their right hands as they are sworn into office to serve in the US House of Representatives on the fourth day of Congress at the US Capitol in Washington, US, January 7, 2023.

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.

JANUARY 18, 2024ByJPOST EDITORIAL
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. 

JANUARY 17, 2024ByHANNAH SARISOHN
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?”

JANUARY 14, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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.

JANUARY 10, 2024ByHANNAH SARISOHN
United States Capitol

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.

JANUARY 9, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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.

DECEMBER 29, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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.

DECEMBER 19, 2023ByYUVAL BARNEA
The US Capitol building, which contains the House of Representatives and the Senate.