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Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) speaks about the Senate's agenda after attending the Senate Democrat's policy luncheon on Capitol Hill, in Washington, DC, October 31, 2017. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images/AFP)
April 19, 2018, 2:39 am
Schumer to Israeli Americans: Bipartisanship is essential for Israel support
US Senate minority leader says 'Israel will lose' if it fails to secure backing from both Republican and Democratic parties
By JTA
Illustrative: Members of left-wing IfNotNow group protest in New York over IDF response to Gaza demonstrations. (Screen capture: Twitter video)
April 10, 2018, 10:37 pm
Left-wing American Jews arrested protesting Israeli actions on Gaza border
IfNotNow members chain themselves to Israel consulate, block Chuck Schumer's office to condemn 'murders' by IDF
By JTA
During the Israel Summit at Harvard, retired NBA All-Star Amar'e Stoudemire (left) is interviewed by HBO sports correspondent Jon Frankel, April 8, 2018 (courtesy: Max August)
April 9, 2018, 1:32 pm
Harvard students tout Israel’s global impact at high-profile summit
The brainchild of eight undergrads, Sunday’s event highlights the Jewish state's 'uplifting narratives'
By Matt Lebovic
Sen. Rand Paul, walks to the Senate floor for a vote with accompanying reporters, on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 21, 2018. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)
March 23, 2018, 6:01 am
US spending bill with rider slashing Palestinian aid stalls in Senate
Massive $1.3 trillion omnibus package, with Taylor Force Act tacked on, sails through House but GOP senators hold up bill to protest outlays for Democratic priorities
By AP
Entrance sign at the northwest corner of the University of Minnesota (CC BY-SA Alexius Horatius, Wikimedia Commons)
March 22, 2018, 4:17 am
Anti-Semitic fliers blame US Jewish lawmakers for gun control
Headlined 'Why Are Jews After Our Guns,' circulars pointing to Sanders, Schumer and others posted at University of Minnesota
By JTA
A woman is evacuated for medical treatment after a female suicide bomber blew herself up in the center of Jerusalem, January 27, 2002. (Flash90)
March 16, 2018, 4:32 pm
White House ‘deeply sympathizes’ with PLO terror victims, but opposes lawsuit
Justice Department vows commitment to prosecuting terrorists to 'the fullest extent that the law allows' but says Supreme Court shouldn't take up case
By Ron Kampeas
Democratic Senator of New York Chuck Schumer speaks at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) policy conference in Washington, DC, on March 5, 2018. (AFP Photo/Nicholas Kamm)
March 6, 2018, 8:01 am
Schumer: Settlements not an obstacle to peace
Top Senate Democrat blames peace deadlock on Palestinian rejection of a Jewish state, slams 'false moral equivalence' in conflict
By TOI staff
Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., left, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., walk together outside the chamber during debate in the Senate on immigration, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018. Schumer said on the Senate floor that "the one person who seems most intent on not getting a deal is President Trump." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
February 16, 2018, 2:07 am
‘Dreamers’ left in limbo as Senate rejects Trump’s immigration bills
More than a quarter of Republicans abandon the president on an issue that helped propel him to the White House; Democrats oppose funding for Mexico wall
By Alan Fram and KEVIN FREKING
A white supremacist carrying a Nazi flag into Emancipation Park in Charlottesville, Virginia, August 12, 2017. (AP/Steve Helber)
February 9, 2018, 6:20 pm
Schumer: Orthodox Jews should have done more to oppose Trump over rising hate
At meeting, Democrat Senator singles out community's tepid reaction to president's equivocation following neo-Nazi, white supremacist march in Charlottesville
By Ron Kampeas
Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky walks to his office after speaking in the senate floor, at the Capitol, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
February 9, 2018, 3:14 pm
Congress votes to reopen government, passes budget deal
House passage of budget measure ends second brief shutdown in a month amid disputes over immigration, deficits
By Andrew Taylor
In this image from video from Senate Television, Sen. Rand Paul, a Kentucky Republican, speaks on the floor of the Senate, Thursday, February 8, 2018, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Senate TV via AP)
February 9, 2018, 8:36 am
US Congress stumbles into second government shutdown in a month
Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul slams his own party for runaway spending: 'Now we have Republicans hand in hand with Democrats offering us trillion-dollar deficits'
By Andrew Taylor
President Donald Trump pauses while speaking at the 2018 House and Senate Republican Member Conference at The Greenbrier, in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018. (AP/Andrew Harnik)
February 2, 2018, 4:16 pm
Trump: FBI, Justice Dept. have ‘politicized’ Russia probe in favor of Democrats
White House officials say president intends to clear the way for publication of a classified memo detailing alleged abusive surveillance tactics
By Zeke Miller, MARY CLARE JALONICK and CHAD DAY
US President Donald J. Trump gestures after the State of the Union address in the chamber of the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC, on January 30, 2018. (AFP / POOL/Win McNamee)
February 2, 2018, 6:20 am
Why Democrats sat on their hands when Trump celebrated recognizing Jerusalem
Members of the party did not applaud during that part of the State of the Union, with a couple of notable exceptions
By Ron Kampeas
Lawmakers arrive to the House chamber to vote on the continuing resolution to fund the federal government, Capitol Hill, January 22, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images/AFP)
January 23, 2018, 5:01 am
Trump claims victory as Congress votes to end shutdown, reopen government
Democrats agree to drop opposition to federal funding bill after securing assurance from Republicans on key immigration vote
By Andrew BEATTY
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer arrives at the Capitol at the start of the third day of the government shutdown, in Washington on January 22, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
January 22, 2018, 9:28 pm
End to shutdown in sight as Senate breaks Dem filibuster
Senate Democrats drop objections to temporary funding bill in return for assurances from Republicans that they will soon take up immigration and other contentious issues
By Alan Fram, Andrew Taylor and Zeke Miller
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