Nancy Pelosi

Sen. Harry Reid, Democrat-Nevada, leans on a stack of documents pertaining to campaign finance reform during a Capitol Hill news conference on Dec. 3, 1996. (Dennis Cook/AP)

December 29, 2021, 9:27 am

US presidents, lawmakers mourn former Senate ‘giant’ Harry Reid

Biden says Reid always kept his word’; Obama says former boxer left world a ‘better place’; Pelosi recalls his ‘immense courage and ferocious conviction’

By AP

Foreign Minister Yair Lapid meets with US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan in Washington on October 12, 2021. (Shlomi Amsalem/GPO)

October 13, 2021, 2:30 am

‘Iran becoming a nuclear threshold state,’ Lapid tells Biden aide in Washington

Foreign minister also stresses ‘need for alternative’ to JCPOA during meeting with Jake Sullivan, though US still says it hasn’t exhausted efforts to revive the accord

By Jacob Magid

Foreign Minister Yair Lapid meets with US Vice President Kamala Harris in Washington on October 12, 2021. (Shlomi Amsalem/GPO)

October 13, 2021, 1:52 am

Lapid to Harris in DC: Even when we have differences, we share a common goal

FM meets with VP, NSA, and Congressional leaders; says Iran is his visit’s main focus, but lso highlights importance of improving Palestinian lives, boosting bipartisan support

By Jacob Magid

US President Joe Biden points to a fan from the Republican dugout during the Congressional baseball game at Nationals Park Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

October 1, 2021, 1:55 am

With hours to spare, Biden signs bill to avert partial government shutdown

Law buys Congress time to craft measures to fund federal agencies, programs; if cap not raised by Oct. 18, the US probably will face financial crisis, treasury head warns

By KEVIN FREKING

Left: US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-CA, meets with reporters to discuss President Joe Biden's domestic agenda at the Capitol in Washington, on September 8, 2021 (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite); Right: An Iron Dome air defense system fires to intercept a rocket from Gaza Strip in the costal city of Ashkelon, Israel, on July 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

September 23, 2021, 2:00 pm

Daily Briefing Sept. 23 – Dem Squad jockeys for position on Iron Dome

US correspondent Jacob Magid on the Squad and senator Jon Ossoff, with Startup Israel editor Ricky Ben-David on the Israeli COVID jab and Leo DiCaprio’s Aleph Farms’ investment

By TOI staff

Kulanu MK Michael Oren, on June 20, 2016. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

September 22, 2021, 4:23 pm

Ex-ambassador calls for rethink on US military aid amid Iron Dome controversy

After funding for Israel’s missile defense cut from US spending bill, Michael Oren says politicization of issue could become a ‘strategic vulnerability’ for Jerusalem

By Lazar Berman

(From left) Democratic representatives Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts respond to remarks by US President Donald Trump after his call for the four Democratic congresswomen to go back to their 'broken' countries, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, on July 15, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

September 22, 2021, 10:57 am

‘Squad’ wins symbolic victory on Iron Dome funding – with help from Republicans

$1 billion in missile defense still certain to be okayed, but progressives’ ability to block its inclusion in budget bill shows bloc has more influence than critics assumed

By Jacob Magid

US President Donald Trump speaks in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, April 1, 2020, in Washington, as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Mark Milley listens. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

September 15, 2021, 5:42 am

Dubious of his sanity, general feared Trump would launch nuke war, book reveals

Bob Woodward’s latest work claims Joint Chiefs Chair Mark Milley feared president’s ‘trigger point,’ called Chinese counterpart to assure him ‘American government is stable’

By Paul Handley

US President Joe Biden bows his head in a moment of silence as he speaks about the situation in Kabul, Afghanistan from the East Room of the White House on August 26, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Drew Angerer / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

August 27, 2021, 3:18 am

Biden takes fire from Republicans after Kabul attack deepens morass

Trump, lawmakers call for US president to be impeached or resign, blaming him for ‘incompetent leadership’ and chaotic withdrawal

By AFP

(L) Rep. Seth Moulton speaks during a candidate forum on labor issues on Aug. 3, 2019, in Las Vegas. (R) Republican candidate Peter Meijer speaks at a campaign rally on Oct. 14, 2020, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. (AP/John Locher, Carlos Osorio)

August 25, 2021, 8:29 am

Congressmen drop in on Kabul airport uninvited amid chaotic airlift

Representatives Seth Moulton and Peter Meijer, both military veterans, say visit was to push to extend August 31 evacuation deadline; White House said to be furious

By Lolita C. Baldor

People from a coalition of housing justice groups hold signs protesting evictions during a news conference outside the Statehouse, July 30, 2021, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

July 31, 2021, 12:25 pm

With eviction ban end, millions of Americans risk losing homes amid virus spike

Pelosi calls on governors, local officials to distribute rental assistance, with only $3 billion allocated out of the $25 billion sent to states and localities in February

By Heather Scott

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., returns to her office where members of the House select committee on the January 6th attack on the Capitol are preparing for the start of hearings next week, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, July 22, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

July 23, 2021, 1:45 am

Pelosi vows to push ahead with Capitol riot probe even without Republicans

House speaker says committee will take on the ‘deadly serious’ investigation, even as GOP’s Kevin McCarthy calls probe a ‘sham process’ and threatens party members who participate

By MARY CLARE JALONICK

Rioters loyal to US President Donald Trump storm the US Capitol in Washington, January 6, 2020. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

June 23, 2021, 4:33 am

Pelosi signals new Democrat-led panel to investigate Capitol riot

Move comes after Senate blocks legislation to form a bipartisan, independent commission investigating attack by Trump’s supporters

By MARY CLARE JALONICK

US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Yesh Atid chairman Yair Lapid at the Knesset on January 23, 2020. (Yair Lapid/Twitter)

June 22, 2021, 11:20 pm

Lapid, Pelosi discuss bipartisan US support for Israel in first phone call

Conversation between foreign minister and US House speaker is described as ‘warm and positive’

By Jacob Magid and TOI staff

US Vice President Kamala Harris (L) greets House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) ahead of US President Joe Biden addressing a joint session of Congress at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on April 28, 2021. (Chip Somodevilla / POOL / AFP)

April 29, 2021, 5:19 am

Seated behind Biden during Congress speech, Harris and Pelosi make history

For first time, two women flank president during address; ‘It’s about time,’ says House speaker

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE