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US President Donald Trump waves to reporters as he arrives for the G7 summit, June 15, 2026, in Evian-les-Bains, France. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
June 16, 2026, 7:56 am
Trump’s Iran deal greeted with skepticism and scrutiny on Capitol Hill
Republican lawmakers, wary of trusting the Iranians, say they still don’t know exactly what’s in the agreement; Democrats question what has changed from Obama-era pact
By MARY CLARE JALONICK, LISA MASCARO and JOEY CAPPELLETTI
US President Joe Biden delivers remarks urging Congress to pass his national security supplement request, which includes funding to support Ukraine and Israel, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on December 6, 2023. (Mandel NGAN / AFP)
December 7, 2023, 9:16 am
Senate Republicans block aid for Israel and Ukraine, demand border policy changes
Package sending $10 billion to Jerusalem and $60 billion to Kyiv stalls despite Schumer pledge for later vote on security at southern US border; Biden says GOP giving Putin a ‘gift’
By Agencies
Illustrative: New York police secure a Jewish community event in the Crown Heights, Brooklyn, neighborhood of New York City, May 19, 2022. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
September 13, 2023, 7:51 am
Ahead of holidays, Jewish and congressional leaders urge increased security funding
Federal Nonprofit Security Grant Program used to secure Jewish institutions falls short of demand as antisemitism spikes in US, Jewish groups say
By Luke Tress
Religious Zionism party head MK Bezalel Smotrich (right) with Otzma Yehudit party head MK Itamar Ben Gvir in the Knesset, on December 28, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
January 17, 2023, 6:58 pm
Delegation of visiting US senators asks not to meet with Smotrich and Ben Gvir
Request by senator leading trip indicates Democrats are less comfortable with makeup of new Israeli government than White House, which has avoided announcing similar boycott
By Jacob Magid
Sen. Jacky Rosen, a Nevada Democrat, speaks during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing, September 21, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Greg Nash/Pool via AP)
January 13, 2023, 2:31 am
Bipartisan group of US senators visiting all 4 Abraham Accords countries
Lawmakers take off for Israel, UAE, Bahrain and Morocco for talks with local officials aimed at strengthening agreements, bringing in more signatories
By Jacob Magid
Anti-Semitic graffiti found on Beth Israel Sinai in Racine, Wisconsin, September 22, 2019. (Joyce Placzkowski via JTA)
October 30, 2019, 7:35 pm
US Senate launches bipartisan task force to combat anti-Semitism
Co-chairs Sen. Jacky Rosen, a Jewish Democrat from Nevada, and Sen. James Lankford, a Republican from Oklahoma, say acts of hate are growing ‘at an alarming rate’
By JTA
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (2nd from right) meets at his Jerusalem office with the ambassador to the US, Ron Dermer (right); White House adviser Jared Kushner (center); US Ambassador David Friedman (second left); and special envoy Jason Greenblatt, on June 22, 2018. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
October 5, 2018, 9:47 am
US envoy Greenblatt discusses Israeli-Palestinian peace plan with senators
Negotiator does not provide new details of the plan, which Trump has promised to unveil within the next four months
By ToI Staff
A Palestinian woman rides in a car after collecting aid provided by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees UNRWA, in Gaza City on January 17, 2018. (AFP/Mohammed Abed)
September 7, 2018, 8:34 pm
New US bill would require UNRWA to change refugee definition to receive aid
Republican Senator James Lankford says current model applied by UN’s Palestinian refugee agency is ‘not sustainable for American taxpayers’
By Eric Cortellessa
Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., talks to the media on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2014. (Carolyn Kaster/AP)
November 2, 2017, 11:27 pm
US senators propose commemoration of Balfour centennial
100 years since Britain expressed support for Jewish state, Congress to vote on motion honoring pivotal moment for Zionist movement
By Eric Cortellessa
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