Nancy Pelosi

Magen David workers take COVID-19 rapid antigen tests from Israelis, at a Magen David Adom drive-thru complex in Jerusalem, on June 20, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

June 27, 2022, 2:02 pm

Daily Briefing Jun 27: Israel’s current COVID wave may be much worse than we know

Political correspondent Tal Schneider talks tit-for-tat politics, anti-Netanyahu bills, Israeli takeaways from Roe v. Wade repeal; health reporter Nathan Jeffay on fecal bacteria

By TOI staff

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi reacts to the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, June 24, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

June 25, 2022, 10:19 am

‘My country changed her face’: Pelosi responds to abortion ruling with Israeli poem

US House speaker reads Ehud Manor poem after seismic Supreme Court decision; top Democrat previously quoted poet after Jan. 6 Capitol attack, met with his widow in Israel

By TOI staff and Agencies

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) stands with fellow Democrats holding photographs of the victims of the mass shootings in Buffalo, New York and Uvalde, Texas, before passing the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act in front of the House of Representatives on June 24, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP)

June 24, 2022, 11:27 pm

Congress passes watershed gun reform following New York, Texas shootings

Most impactful firearms legislation in decades will tighten rules for selling guns to young people, earmark money for mental health, but stops short of banning assault weapons

By Alan Fram

US President Joe Biden addresses the nation at the White House in Washington, DC on June 24, 2022 following the US Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade. - (Mandel NGAN / AFP)

June 24, 2022, 10:42 pm

Biden lambastes ‘extreme’ Supreme Court for overturning Roe in ‘tragic error’

President vows to do everything he can to protect abortion access for Americans; Israeli minister warns rights in Israel can be overturned as well

By AFP, TOI staff and AP

Israel's Special Envoy for Combatting Antisemitism and Delegitimization Noa Tishby appears on Fox News on June 14, 2022. (Screen capture/YouTube)

June 15, 2022, 6:29 pm

Israeli antisemitism envoy: Conservatives, like Israel, are mistreated by media

Noa Tishby’s ‘eyes get as big as saucers’ as Fox News panelists raise allegation press downplayed Pelosi’s husband’s DUI, claims ‘mainstream media’ ignored plot to kill Kavanaugh

By TOI staff

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., with Rep. James McGovern, Democrat of Massachusetts, left to right, Rep. Greg Meeks, Democrat of NY and Rep. Barbara Lee, Democrat of California, and other members of the Congressional delegation that recently visited Ukraine, speaks to reporters outside the West Wing of the White House following a meeting with US President Joe Biden, May 10, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

May 11, 2022, 9:06 am

$40b Ukraine aid package approved by US House, boosting Biden’s initial request

Senate approval of measure seems certain, with Washington becoming increasingly assertive about willingness to help Kyiv with more sophisticated weapons

By Alan Fram

Demonstrators gather outside of the US Supreme Court on May 2, 2022 in Washington, DC (Kevin Dietsch / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

May 3, 2022, 5:20 am

Bombshell opinion leak shows US Supreme Court set to overturn Roe v. Wade

Politico publishes draft of majority decision reversing abortion rights landmark, in ultra-rare leak of deliberations in case still being considered, and which may still shift

By Mark Sherman and Zeke Miller

In this image released by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office on May 1, 2022, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, center right, and US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi shake hands during their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 30, 2022 (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)

May 1, 2022, 11:30 am

Speaker Pelosi meets Zelensky on Kyiv trip, pledges US support ‘until fight is done’

Leading Democrat is highest-ranking American to visit Ukraine since start of the invasion; trip marks major show of support for country’s fight against Russia

By Agencies

Gas prices are displayed at a gas station in Long Beach, California, March 9, 2022. (Ashley Landis/AP)

March 10, 2022, 10:29 am

Risking higher gas prices, House overwhelmingly approves ban on Russian oil to US

Bipartisan resolve in Congress to deter Russia and help Ukraine has acted as an accelerant on White House’s strategy, pushing Biden administration to move quickly against invasion

By LISA MASCARO

US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi at the Knesset in Jerusalem, February 16, 2022 (Oliver Fitoussi/Flash90)

March 2, 2022, 7:27 am

Report: Officer on Pelosi security detail arrested for alleged drunk fight in Israel

Agent arrived in the country last month to prepare for the US House speaker’s trip but was sent home after altercation, sources tell ABC News

By Jacob Magid

View of Jerusalem's Old City seen from the Mount of Olives, April 30, 2018. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

February 22, 2022, 2:14 pm

Daily Briefing Feb. 22: Looking ahead to 2023’s budget; Mount of Olives park shelved

Senior analyst Haviv Rettig Gur discusses 2023 budget plans and US correspondent Jacob Magid looks at highlights of US Democrats’ visit and a church land brouhaha

By TOI staff

Hailey Kops and Evgeni Krasnopolski, of Israel, compete in the pairs free skate program during the figure skating competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics, February 19, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

February 21, 2022, 2:16 pm

Daily Briefing Feb. 21: Team Israel’s Beijing triumph; how PM Bennett lost the right

Political correspondent Tal Schneider talks Nancy Pelosi visit and rumors of an Iran deal, and news editor Amy Spiro brings us the best of the Winter Olympics

By TOI staff

Israeli policemen try to clear Palestinians and activists gathering to demonstrate in the flashpoint neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah in East Jerusalem, on February 18, 2022. (Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP)

February 18, 2022, 10:16 pm

US rep after trip: Israeli gov’t knows top threat to coalition is Jerusalem violence

Congressman Ro Khanna tells ToI that Israeli leaders he met relayed they’re committed to calming tensions, says Abbas understands PA payments to security prisoners are problematic

By Jacob Magid

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (R) speaks with US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in Ramallah, West Bank, on February, 17, 2022. (WAFA)

February 18, 2022, 1:42 am

PA’s Abbas hosts US House Speaker Pelosi for rare West Bank meeting

Palestinian president calls for strengthening bilateral ties amidst frustration in Ramallah over unfulfilled US pledge to reopen Jerusalem consulate

By Aaron Boxerman and Jacob Magid

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett meets US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi in Jerusalem on February 17, 2022. (Amos Ben-Gershom/GPO)

February 17, 2022, 4:17 pm

Bennett presses Pelosi on Iron Dome funding, thanks her for support

At Jerusalem meeting, pair discusses challenges facing Jewish state, including Iran; Pelosi had told Herzog that Congress likely to fund missile defense system as soon as March

By TOI staff