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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.

Mahmoud Khalil criticizes ICE detention in op-ed on Palestinian rights

Mahmoud Khalil, a prominent pro-Palestinian activist at Columbia University, reflects on his ICE detention and critiques America’s approach to free speech and justice in a Washington Post op-ed.

 People take part in a protest against US President Donald Trump, tariffs, deportations, a variety o

Thousands of protesters rally against Trump across US, including over arming Israel, Gaza concerns

Outside the White House, protesters carried banners that read "Workers should have the power," "No kingship," "Stop arming Israel" and "Due process," media footage showed.

By REUTERS
19/04/2025

Marco Rubio sits with Michael Benz, Jewish former Trump official with antisemitic online persona

Speaking to Rubio on Wednesday in a talk released by the State Department, Benz quizzed him on how the department would be changing its approach to free-speech issues under Trump.

By ANDREW LAPIN/JTA
19/04/2025

Trump passport policy discriminates against transgender people, judge rules

The State Department soon after changed its passport policy to "request the applicant’s biological sex at birth,” rather than permitting applicants to self-identify their sex.

By REUTERS
19/04/2025

Tufts student challenging immigration arrest must be moved to Vermont, judge rules

The decision by US District Judge William Sessions in Burlington marked an early victory for Turkish national Rumeysa Ozturk.

By REUTERS
19/04/2025

Trump's White House launches COVID website that criticizes WHO, Fauci and Biden

The website was also critical of steps like social distancing, mask mandates and lockdowns.

By REUTERS
18/04/2025

Stefanik may propel MAGA stardom into New York governor’s race

As of late Wednesday, Stefanik, 40, and her campaign were not saying whether she’d enter the 2026 race.

By BILLY HOUSE/BLOOMBERG NEWS/TNS
17/04/2025
  Abouzar Rahmati's Iranian identity card; Rahmati is an FAA contractor who pled guilty to illegal I

Iranian-American pleads guilty to spying, providing sensitive US materials to Iran

Abouzar Rahmati worked as an FAA contractor and secretly fed Iran sensitive files on US aviation and solar tech to Tehran. He now faces up to 15 years behind bars.

17/04/2025
 Protesters gather at a main entrance in front of Columbia University during convocation, in NY

US claims Mohsen Mahdawi’s activism could ‘potentially undermine’ prospect of peace in Gaza

The Mahdawi memo, according to the New York Times report, describes another foreign policy goal that Rubio said the protester was undercutting: ending the war in Gaza.

By GRACE GILSON/JTA
17/04/2025

New US envoy Huckabee celebrates move to Israel with social media post

The US Senate confirmed former Huckabee to be the country’s ambassador to Israel last week, installing a staunch pro-Israel conservative in the high-profile post.

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