Patrick Leahy

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

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

File: Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-California, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

October 30, 2016, 4:46 am

Democratic senators demand details on Clinton email inquiry

FBI chief dragged center stage in US election showdown as both sides charge investigation has been politicized

By AFP and AP

Sen. Ben Cardin speaking at a news conference with other leading Democratic senators at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, November 19, 2015. (JTA/Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

April 6, 2016, 8:48 pm

Senator rails at fellow Dems over letter calling for Israel killing probe

Ben Cardin says appeal by lawmakers to secretary of state ‘just wrong,’ rejects comparison with Egypt on human rights

By JTA

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with US Secretary of State John Kerry in Berlin, October 22, 2015. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)

April 1, 2016, 9:11 pm

PM asks Kerry to back Israel on ‘extrajudicial killings’ allegations

Netanyahu has bristled at suggestions by US lawmakers that Jerusalem should be probed for possible human rights violations

By TOI staff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a statement to the press at his office in Jerusalem, March 23, 2016. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

March 30, 2016, 9:58 pm

Netanyahu pans US senator’s call to probe ‘extrajudicial killings’

Patrick Leahy, 10 other lawmakers questioned military aid to Israel, Egypt given allegations of human rights abuses by their security forces

By TOI staff

Zionist Union leader Isaac Herzog (L) talks to Shas party leader Aryeh Deri in the Knesset plenum on May 4, 2015 (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

March 30, 2016, 1:42 pm

Police said to have invoices linking Herzog to graft

Netanyahu pans senator’s bid for probe of ‘extrajudicial killings’; Brussels airport says no flights until at least late Thursday

By Elie Leshem