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Palestinians carry food supplies they received from the US aid center in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, July 30, 2025. (Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
July 31, 2025, 1:41 pm
Daily Briefing July 31: Day 664 – Witkoff arrives in region, Gaza aid is main topic
US bureau chief Jacob Magid also discusses Canada’s announcement that it’ll recognize Palestinian state in September, Trump’s response, Israel’s threat to annex parts of Gaza
By Jessica Steinberg and Jacob Magid
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies during his Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions confirmation hearing at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on January 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
February 13, 2025, 8:56 pm
Senate confirms vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as head of US health services
Republicans brush off concerns about fringe views to back Trump pick, who will now oversee a vast federal complex with hands in food safety, biomedical research and more
By AMANDA SEITZ
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky walks off the Senate floor after speaking, February 28, 2024, at the Capitol in Washington. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)
February 28, 2024, 9:37 pm
GOP’s Mitch McConnell to step down as party’s Senate leader after 18 years
Kentucky octogenarian cites age in decision to end run, saying he reached ‘total clarity and peace about the sunset of my work,’ will serve out Senate term until 2027
By MICHAEL TACKETT
US Senator Bernie Sanders speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 8, 2023. (AP/Jose Luis Magana, File)
December 5, 2023, 10:12 am
Senate Democrats upping efforts to condition US military aid to Israel
Sen. Bernie Sanders says concrete measures regarding the protection of civilians must be fulfilled for Senate to approve continued funding
By Ellen Knickmeyer and LISA MASCARO
In this Friday, June 26, 2015 file photo, people gather in Lafayette Park to see the White House illuminated with rainbow colors in commemoration of the Supreme Court's ruling to legalize same-sex marriage in Washington. (AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
November 30, 2022, 2:06 am
Landmark same-sex marriage bill wins Senate passage with bipartisan support
Bill ensuring same-sex and interracial marriages are enshrined in federal law approved 61-36 including vote from 12 Republicans
By MARY CLARE JALONICK
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., joined from left by Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., Majority Whip Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., speaks to reporters following a closed-door policy meeting on the lame duck agenda, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)
November 17, 2022, 2:34 am
Landmark same-sex marriage legislation clears key Senate hurdle
Bill has gained steady momentum since Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, ending federal right to abortion
By MARY CLARE JALONICK
Former US president Donald Trump speaks at a rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, September 3, 2022. (AP Photo/ Mary Altaffer)
September 21, 2022, 12:49 pm
Senate says FBI facing torrent of threats, driven by Trump, since Mar-a-Lago raid
Lawmakers pass resolution noting calls from Republican members of Congress to ‘defund’ the FBI and likening the Florida raid to ‘the actions of the Nazi Gestapo’
By AFP
Burial plots at the historic Jewish cemetery in the Bassatine district in Cairo. (Courtesy)
April 7, 2022, 4:56 am
US senator presses for answers after Egypt seizes buried trove of Jewish documents
Gary Peters wants the Biden administration to pressure Cairo after government reportedly confiscates uncovered genizah of discarded papers before Jewish scholars can review them
By Ron Kampeas
Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisconsin, questions US Secretary of State Antony Blinken during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, Sept. 14, 2021. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images via JTA)
March 22, 2022, 8:32 am
Senator who blocked appointment of Deborah Lipstadt endorsed by RJC PAC
Ron Johnson has defended those who breached the US Capitol on January 6, drawing criticism from Biden’s pick as antisemitism monitor, who accused him of ‘white supremacy’
By Ron Kampeas
Paul Strauss attends a rally on Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC, September 16, 2019. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images/ via JTA)
August 25, 2021, 4:40 am
24 years in, Jewish shadow senator for Washington sees DC statehood on horizon
Paul Strauss, who has been working as an unpaid representative for the US territory since 1997, says his work embodies his religious values
By Ron Kampeas
US President Donald Trump walks off stage after speaking during a campaign rally at Richard B. Russell Airport, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2020, in Rome, Ga. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
November 13, 2020, 6:26 pm
Trump’s specter looms over crucial Georgia senate races
Holed up in White House, refusing to concede defeat, Trump has not committed to using his influence to turn out voters in January votes crucial for US Senate control
By Bill Barrow, Jonathan Lemire and Alan Fram
Judge Amy Coney Barrett in Milwaukee, Aug. 24, 2018. (Rachel Malehorn, rachelmalehorn.smugmug.com, via AP)
October 7, 2020, 5:26 am
US Supreme Court nominee lived in home tied to controversial Christian sect
Amy Coney Barrett, Trump’s choice to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg, resided in house owned by co-founders of People of Praise, a mysterious group accused of subjugating women
By Michael Biesecker and Michelle R. Smith
US President Donald Trump waves before departing Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Florida January 17, 2020. (Nicholas Kamm / AFP)
January 19, 2020, 12:45 am
Trump team rejects ‘dangerous’ impeachment as House lays out ‘overwhelming’ case
Dueling filings from lawmakers seeking to oust president and newly formed defense team offer preview of blistering fight to come in impeachment trial starting Tuesday
By AP
Matt Lieberman, left, (Ron Kampeas/JTA) and Jon Ossoff. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
December 3, 2019, 3:49 pm
Jon Ossoff and Joe Lieberman’s son are vying for Georgia’s two 2020 Senate seats
Seven Democrats seek Republican incumbent David Purdue’s spot, and two that of Johnny Isakson, who’s retiring due to poor health; both lists feature prominent Jewish names
By Ron Kampeas
Kelly Craft, President Trump's nominee to be Representative to the United Nations, testifies at her nomination hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on June 19, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Stefani Reynolds/Getty Images/AFP)
August 1, 2019, 1:36 am
Senate confirms Kelly Craft as US envoy to UN
Ambassador to Canada to succeed Nikki Haley at world body, ending seven month vacancy, after vowing to take up pro-Israel baton; Israel praises pick
By AP
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