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Yemenis check the damage in the aftermath of a reported air strike by the Saudi-led coalition in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on March 8, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / Mohammed HUWAIS)
March 21, 2018, 1:02 am
Senate rejects bid to end US support for Saudi-led campaign in Yemen
Lawmakers vote down bipartisan effort to overrule presidential military authorization in Riyadh's 'unauthorized war' against Iran-backed rebels
By Michael Mathes
New Jersey Senator Robert Menendez speaks at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) policy conference in Washington, DC, on March 6, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / Nicholas Kamm)
March 6, 2018, 9:23 pm
New Jersey’s Menendez thanks AIPAC for support during corruption trial
Democratic senator says pro-Israel lobby helped him fend off 'Goliath' when battling federal graft charges last year
By JTA
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives for the first day of the G20 economic summit on July 7, 2017 in Hamburg, Germany.(Morris MacMatzen/Getty Images via JTA)
January 11, 2018, 1:17 am
Senate Democrats: Putin aligned with anti-Semites in attacking democracies
In-depth report finds Kremlin meddled in elections across Europe to help far-right, extremist national parties
By JTA
Illustrative: Rohingya refugees wading while holding a child after crossing the Naf River from Myanmar into Bangladesh in Whaikhyang on October 9, 2017. (AFP/Fred Dufour)
January 7, 2018, 7:28 pm
Jewish groups push bill targeting Myanmar for persecution of Muslims
Letter signed by all major religious streams sent to heads of Senate Foreign Relations Committee calling for action to protect Rohingya minority
By JTA
File: House Speaker Paul Ryan, a Wisconsin Republican, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill, in Washington, DC, December 5, 2017. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images/AFP)
December 6, 2017, 10:37 pm
In US Congress, robust backing for Trump’s Jerusalem move
Republicans and Democrats hail move as long overdue, but some warn relocating embassy could fuel tensions and make a peace deal harder to reach
By AFP
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio (R) addresses the Anti-Defamation League annual National Summit at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, DC on May 9, 2017 (screen capture)
December 6, 2017, 7:58 pm
Senate committee advances restitution bill for Holocaust survivors
Sponsoring lawmakers Tammy Baldwin and Marco Rubio say JUST Act stronger on matters of Jewish communal, private and heirless property than an existing international pact
By JTA
US President Donald Trump talks to the press after attending the 31st Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Manila on November 14, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / POOL / Bullit Marquez)
November 15, 2017, 3:02 am
Senate panel debates US president’s nuclear authority
Lawmaker warns 'unstable' and 'volatile' Trump could order strike that is 'wildly out of step with US national security interests'
By Ivan Couronne
Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., speaks to reporters while heading to vote on budget amendments, Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
October 24, 2017, 8:26 pm
In escalating feud, top Republican Corker says Trump ‘debases our country’
Ahead of key meet, Senate Foreign Relations Committee chair charges US president 'has proven himself unable to rise to the occasion'
By AFP
Chairman Bob Corker (Republican-Tennessee) before a hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on on Capitol Hill, September 19, 2017. (AP/Alex Brandon)
October 9, 2017, 8:01 am
Top Republican senator says Trump tweeting country into World War III
In strongly worded comments, Bob Corker, derided by president for backing Iran deal, warns that only generals are keeping White House from descending into chaos
By Issam Ahmed
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, center, waves with the released Palestinian prisoners at his headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Wednesday, Aug. 14 , 2013. (photo credit: AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
September 8, 2017, 6:08 am
US lawmakers move to push bill slashing PA funding through busy Senate
Taylor Force Act lumped together with foreign policy appropriations bills to increase chances of passing the Senate by December
By Eric Cortellessa
Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah on July 25, 2017. (AFP Photo/Abbas Momani)
August 15, 2017, 12:39 pm
PLO condemns US lawmakers for bill targeting payments to terrorists
Abbas leads central committee meeting that slams Taylor Force Act as 'extortion' that would harm Palestinian rights
By TOI staff
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tennessee), left, shakes hands with ranking member Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Maryland) during a committee markup meeting on the proposed nuclear agreement with Iran on April 14, 2015. (JTA/Win McNamee/Getty Images)
July 17, 2017, 11:57 pm
Senate panel set to pass bill banning PA funding over terrorism support
Source says committee in negotiations over a revised version of the Taylor Force Act to be approved before August recess
By Eric Cortellessa
Chairman Bob Corker (R-TN) left,, speaks as Sen. Benjamin Cardin (D-MD) sits at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing in Washington DC, February 9, 2017. (Mario Tama/Getty Images/AFP)
July 10, 2017, 2:50 am
Senate panel to hold hearing on Taylor Force Act
Veteran diplomat Elliott Abrams to testify in favor of bill cutting US funds to Palestinian Authority for its payouts to terrorists
By Eric Cortellessa
Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., right, accompanied by Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., listening during a news conference about legislation on Iran policy and Middle East security, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015, on Capitol Hill in Washington (Evan Vucci/AP Images/JTA)
June 17, 2017, 12:39 am
Senate Democrats edge closer to backing cuts in Palestinian aid
Secretary Tillerson said earlier this week that PA intended to stop paying terrorists, but the Palestinians promptly contradicted him
By JTA and Eric Cortellessa
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 13, 2017. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)
June 14, 2017, 9:36 pm
Tillerson waters down statement that Palestinians ‘changed policy’ of terror payments
Secretary now tells House members there's an 'active discussion' between DC and Ramallah about ending allowances for terrorists
By Eric Cortellessa
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