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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 615

Patrick Leahy

Illustrative: A member of the Muslim Brotherhood waves his hand from a defendants cage in a courtroom in Torah prison, southern Cairo, Egypt, August 22, 2015. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)
October 18, 2022, 11:57 am
Some US military aid to Egypt blocked after senator’s human rights objections
Sen. Patrick Leahy says US must not allow policy interests to override attention to Cairo’s poor human rights record: ‘Situation facing political prisoners in Egypt is deplorable’
By Ellen Knickmeyer and Matthew Lee
US Senator Dianne Feinstein attends a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing, on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 9, 2021. (Stefani Reynolds/The New York Times via AP)
November 17, 2021, 8:35 am
Dianne Feinstein could become 3rd in line to US presidency
As Patrick Leahy says he won’t run for reelection, California Democrat might become first Jew and first woman to be Senate’s president pro tempore
By Ron Kampeas
In this image from video, Sen. Patrick Leahy, Democrat-Vermont, the president pro tempore of the Senate, who is presiding over the impeachment of former US President Donald Trump, swears in members of the Senate for the trial at the US Capitol in Washington, January 26, 2021. (Senate Television via AP)
February 9, 2021, 10:36 am
What to expect as Trump’s impeachment trial begins
Senate to hear up to eight hours of prosecution and defense arguments each day; no witnesses to be called and the final vote will likely not be before next week
By MARY CLARE JALONICK
Senator Patrick Leahy at the Capitol in Washington, January 26, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
January 27, 2021, 3:44 am
US Senator Leahy, set to preside over impeachment, home after hospital visit
Vermont lawmaker, 80, hospitalized after not feeling well ‘out of an abundance of caution’
By Alan Fram
Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) looks at his wife Franni Bryson, before walking to the Senate chamber to announce his resignation on December 7, 2017 on Capitol Hill. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images/AFP)
July 23, 2019, 8:33 am
Al Franken says he ‘absolutely’ regrets resigning over sexual misconduct claims
7 current or former senators who called for their colleague to step down now say were wrong to do so, but Gillibrand says she has no regrets
By AP
Jill Cooper Udall leads a seder aboard a US military aircraft 30,000 feet over Vietnam, April 19, 2019. (Courtesy of Cooper Udall)
May 21, 2019, 6:11 am
When 9 senators celebrated a Passover seder at 30,000 feet over Vietnam
Jill Cooper Udall, wife of Senator Tom Udall, frequently has to find a Jewish community to share holiday with while in far-flung places, but this trip posed a particular challenge
By Ron Kampeas
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on September 27, 2018 (AFP PHOTO / POOL / Andrew Harnik)
September 28, 2018, 4:42 am
Trump backs embattled court nominee Kavanaugh after fiery hearing
‘Judge Kavanaugh showed America exactly why I nominated him,’ US president tweets. ‘His testimony was powerful, honest and riveting’
By Elodie Cuzin and Chris Lefkow
Supreme court nominee Brett Kavanaugh testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on September 27, 2018. (AFP/Pool/Michael Reynolds)
September 28, 2018, 12:38 am
Furious Kavanaugh denies sex assault after accuser testifies
US Supreme Court nominee condemns confirmation process as a ‘national disgrace’ and his treatment as ‘grotesque and coordinated character assassination’
By Agencies
Christine Blasey Ford testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee in the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, DC on Capitol Hill, September 27, 2018. (Win McNamee/Getty Images/AFP)
September 27, 2018, 8:36 pm
In tearful testimony, accuser recalls Kavanaugh’s laughter as he assaulted her
Christine Blasey Ford tells Senate committee she is 100% sure Supreme Court nominee was person who sexually assaulted her at party in 1982
By AP
In this photo from July 17, 2018, Palestinian protestors hold portraits of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and US President Donald Trump during a rally in support of the Fatah party in the West Bank city of Nablus. (AFP Photo/Jaafar Ashtiyeh)
August 25, 2018, 5:47 am
Palestinians: Trump using aid cuts in bid to ‘blackmail’ us to abandon Jerusalem
Aides to Abbas castigate US administration over $200 million aid cut, say White House ‘fully embracing Netanyahu’s anti-peace agenda’
By ToI Staff and Eric Cortellessa
US Democrat Senator Elizabeth Warren, of Massachusetts, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, March 6, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
April 12, 2018, 11:36 pm
Elizabeth Warren urges Israeli restraint toward Gaza protesters
Senior Democrat is ‘deeply concerned’ and calls on IDF to ‘respect the rights of Palestinians to peacefully protest’
By JTA and ToI Staff
In this May 8, 2017, file photo, then-FBI director James Comey speaks to the Anti-Defamation League National Leadership Summit in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
June 1, 2017, 10:27 pm
Ex-FBI director Comey to testify on Russia probe next week
Comey is expected to be questioned on allegations that Trump tried to stifle the agency’s investigation into Russian election meddling
By AFP
US Ambassador to Turkey John Bass speaks in Ankara, Turkey, July 2, 2105. (Adem Altan via AP)
May 23, 2017, 5:23 am
Turkey summons US ambassador over melee during Erdogan visit to DC
Move seen as retaliation for forceful US criticism of violent clash initiated by Turkish security guards against protesters
By Suzan Fraser and Josh Lederman
Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., waits for an elevator as he arrives at Trump Tower in New York, November 16, 2016. (AP/Carolyn Kaster)
November 19, 2016, 7:35 am
Senate hearings for Sessions likely to revisit accusations of racism
Trump’s attorney general pick, who has faced racially charged allegations in the past, has civil rights advocates concerned
By Eric Tucker and CHAD DAY
Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) arrives for a Senate Democratic caucus organizing meeting to elect their leadership for the 115th Congress, Wednesday, November 16, 2016, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
November 16, 2016, 6:39 pm
Schumer tapped as Senate minority leader; McConnell reelected
Jewish New Yorker will be highest ranking Democrat in Washington; majority leader to retain role
By AP
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