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US President Donald Trump (left) speaks to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a roundtable discussion on college sports in the East Room of the White House on March 06, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
March 19, 2026, 1:54 pm
Amid Iran war, US State Department operating with fewer experts after deep job cuts
Trump administration cut 80-plus staffers from Near Eastern Affairs bureau, slashed office budget; career diplomats say decision-makers are uninterested in analysis and advice
By BYRON TAU
US President Donald Trump speaks to journalists before boarding Air Force One from Morristown Municipal Airport in Morristown, New Jersey, May 25, 2025, after spending the weekend in New Jersey. (Saul Loeb/AFP)
May 26, 2025, 6:00 am
Trump says US saw ‘real progress’ in latest talks with Iran, predicts ‘good news’
US president strikes more optimistic tone than Omani negotiator, who cautioned that there had been no ‘conclusive progress’ during weekend meet
By Jacob Magid and AP
Eric Trager is interviewed on C-SPAN on April 4, 2015. (Screen capture/C-SPAN)
January 9, 2025, 6:04 am
Hawkish Muslim Brotherhood expert to fill Mideast slot on Trump’s National Security Council
GOP Senate staffer Eric Trager joins crowded field of Mideast-related appointees; will take over White House post from Brett McGurk, who played large role in shaping Mideast policy
By Jacob Magid and JTA
Palestinians on the Israeli side of the Gaza border fence during the Hamas-led invasion and slaughter in southern Israel, October 7, 2023. (Reuters/Mohammed Fayq Abu Mostafa)
November 13, 2024, 11:51 pm
National Security Council denies it received warnings in hours before Oct. 7 attack
NSC rejects newspaper report, citing IDF probe, that the Prime Minister’s Office — though not Netanyahu himself — was continuously informed of worrying intelligence from Gaza
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
US President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the war between Israel and Hamas after meeting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in Tel Aviv, October 18, 2023. (Evan Vucci/AP)
October 18, 2023, 9:35 pm
Intel shows Israel ‘not responsible’ for Gaza hospital blast, White House says
National Security Council still collecting information but backs Israeli version of incident; UK prime minister says Hamas statements no more trustworthy than those of Kremlin
By Agencies, ToI Staff and Jacob Magid
Russian President Vladimir Putin listens during a meeting in Moscow, August 23, 2023, left, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks during a meeting of the ruling Workers' Party at its headquarters in Pyongyang, North Korea, in early 2023. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool and Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)
August 31, 2023, 7:09 am
Putin and Kim Jong Un trade letters as Russia seeks North Korean munitions
US, UK, South Korea and Japan urge Pyongyang to end negotiations with Moscow, which is interested in obtaining artillery shells
By AAMER MADHANI
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (R) meets with US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan in the West Bank city of Ramallah, December 22, 2021. (Wafa)
December 22, 2021, 10:51 pm
Hosting Biden’s security adviser, Abbas urges closer US-Palestinian ties
PA president tells Jake Sullivan that Israel must stop ‘unilateral practices’ that undermine two states; US official says Palestinian prisoner payments also on agenda
By Aaron Boxerman
White House deputy national security adviser Anne Neuberger speaks during a press briefing, February 17, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
February 18, 2021, 9:06 pm
Orthodox Jewish cyber chief on Biden’s NSC gives her first press briefing
Anne Neuberger, the administration’s top cybersecurity official, addresses SolarWinds cyber attack, says a ‘persistent threat actor — likely of Russian origin — was responsible’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
(L) Anne Neuberger, new director of cybersecurity at the US National Security Agency and Maher Bitar, NSC senior director for intelligence programs. (Screen captures/YouTube)
January 28, 2021, 11:09 pm
White House slams ‘spurious’ attacks on Jewish, Palestinian staff picks
Spokeswoman says ‘no justification for false and ad hominem attacks based on ethnic, racial, or religious identity,’ after articles targeting Anne Neuberger and Maher Bitar
By Jacob Magid
Anne Neuberger, an Orthodox Jew, was recently tapped to head the US National Security Agency’s new Cybersecurity Directorate. (National Security Agency via JTA)
January 7, 2021, 6:22 pm
Biden to pick Orthodox Jewish woman for White House cybersecurity post — report
US president-elect said planning to task longtime intelligence official Anne Neuberger with coordinating cybersecurity for federal government
By ToI Staff
Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman arrives to testify at the House Intelligence Committee hearing on the impeachment inquiry of US President Trump in Washington, November 19, 2019. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images via JTA)
February 11, 2020, 8:27 am
Synagogue of officer ousted by Trump after testimony declares support for him
Adat Reyim congregation says it is proud to back Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman following his firing from National Security Council; his family asks that donations be made in his honor
By Marcy Oster
Alexander Vindman, left, the National Security Council Director for European Affairs, lays flowers to honor fallen Ukrainian soldiers in Kiev on May 21, 2019. (US Embassy in Kiev/Twitter)
October 29, 2019, 5:39 pm
Decorated US officer testifying on impeachment is a Jewish refugee from Ukraine
Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, who was on the call when Trump demanded Ukraine’s president investigate political rival Joe Biden, says he ‘did not think it was proper’
By Ron Kampeas
A US Navy F-35 fighter jet during a test flight. (US Navy/Wikimedia Commons)
January 13, 2019, 2:17 pm
White House ordered plans prepared for Iran strike – report
‘Shocked’ Pentagon acceded to request after Baghdad mortar attack in September that US blamed on Tehran-backed militias, Wall Street Journal says
By ToI Staff
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a meeting with the Palestinian Central Council in the West Bank city of Ramallah on August 15, 2018. (AFP/Abbas Momani)
September 5, 2018, 11:28 pm
US denies report Trump offered to meet Abbas
National Security Council says it wants to work with PA to ‘advance our mutual goal of a better future for the Palestinian people’
By ToI Staff
US President Donald Trump, Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud, Jordan's King Abdullah II, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi and other officials pose for a group photo during the Arabic Islamic American Summit at the King Abdulaziz Conference Center in Riyadh on May 21, 2017. (AFP/Mandel Ngan)
July 28, 2018, 2:25 pm
US working to set up ‘Arab NATO’ as bulwark against Iran
National Security Council says proposed Middle East Strategic Alliance would ‘bring stability to the Middle East,’ thwart ‘Iranian aggression’
By ToI Staff
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