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FBI director Christopher Wray testifies during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing in Washington, on May 25, 2022. (Bonnie Cash/Pool Photo via AP, File)
June 1, 2022, 7:32 pm
FBI says it thwarted Iranian cyberattack on Boston Children’s Hospital
Bureau’s director says agents learned of planned digital strike from unspecified intelligence partner, got medical center the info needed to block it
By Eric Tucker and Alan Suderman
Illustrative: Smoke rises following Israeli missile strikes on Gaza City on May 13, 2021. (AP/Khalil Hamra)
March 29, 2022, 4:33 pm
68 US senators press Blinken to quash open-ended UN probe into Israel
Bipartisan group pens letter slamming human rights council for its ‘ongoing campaign to disparage, discredit and denounce Israel’
By Jacob Magid
Mike Gibbons (C) and Josh Mandel get into a near-physical altercation during a debate of Republican candidates for Ohio senator on March 18, 2022. (Screen capture/Twitter)
March 21, 2022, 10:37 pm
Near-fight at Ohio GOP Senate debate between candidates Josh Mandel, Mike Gibbons
After Mandel repeatedly interrupts him, Gibbons accuses the former soldier of not knowing how investments work, leading the latter to stand up and accost his rival
By AP and ToI Staff
Deborah Lipstadt, US President Joe Biden's nominee to be antisemitism monitor, testifies in the Dirksen Office building near the US Capitol, on February 8, 2022. (Ron Kampeas/JTA)
February 9, 2022, 8:36 am
Vowing to be ‘equal-opportunity foe’ of antisemitism, Deborah Lipstadt woos senators
Biden’s selection for special monitor appears to secure bipartisan support at long-delayed confirmation hearing, even though some Republicans continue to grumble at her nomination
By Ron Kampeas
US President-elect Joe Biden speaks after the Electoral College formally elected him as president, at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Delaware, December 14, 2020. (Patrick Semansky/AP)
December 15, 2020, 8:40 am
Conceding election result, leading Republicans call Biden president-elect
Sen. John Thune, second-ranking GOP leader, says that with Electoral College settling the result, it’s time to move on; others speak up, breaking ranks with Trump
By LISA MASCARO
Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, speaks during a news conference in Cincinnati. April 16, 2018. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
August 11, 2020, 5:02 am
Bipartisan US bill aims to advance normalized ties between Israel, Arab states
New legislation from senators Portman and Booker would require State Department to publish annual report on countries’ anti-normalization practices
By Eric Cortellessa
This file image from November 7, 2019 shows the International Criminal Court, or ICC, in The Hague, Netherlands. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
May 15, 2020, 7:32 am
Congressional letters urge Pompeo to protect Israel from ICC
Documents signed by members of both parties say prosecutor’s acceptance of Palestinian claims to territories is ‘political judgment that biases any investigation or trial’
By Ron Kampeas
Illustrative photo: Sheriff's crime scene tape is placed in front of the Chabad of Poway Synagogue, after a shooting on April 27, 2019, in Poway, California. (Sandy Huffaker/AFP)
May 19, 2019, 8:58 pm
US senators introduce bill to boost security funds for synagogues
Bipartisan legislation would grant $75 million to religious, cultural centers to guard against potential terror attacks
By JTA and ToI Staff
Fred Warmbier, right, and Cindy Warmbier, parents of Otto Warmbier, a Jewish American who died days after his release from captivity in North Korea, wait for a meeting on May 3, 2018, at the United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
March 1, 2019, 6:24 pm
Rebuking Trump, Warmbier family says North Korea’s Kim to blame for son’s death
Parents of Jewish American college student insist they hold ‘evil regime’ in Pyongyang responsible for his death, after US president says he takes autocrat ‘at his word’
By ToI Staff and Agencies
The 'Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism Act' or HR 1911, was authored by Rep. Chris Smith, R-NJ. (YouTube Screenshot)
May 19, 2018, 8:29 am
House panel approves bills on anti-Semitism envoy, combating genocide
President Trump has failed to name someone to the anti-Semitism monitor post; bill will require the position be filled in 90 days
By JTA
In this July 23, 2015 file photo, Ranking Member Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md. is seen during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Capitol Hill to review the Iran nuclear agreement. (AP/Andrew Harnik)
July 22, 2017, 7:54 am
Senators Cardin and Portman write to ACLU to defend anti-BDS bill
Lawmakers insist their legislation does not limit free speech or violate First Amendment protections
By JTA
Illustrative: Demonstrators protesting outside the Spanish government delegation in Barcelona, October 20, 2015. (Albert Llop/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images via JTA)
July 19, 2017, 2:39 am
ACLU urges senators to oppose bill targeting Israel boycotts
Civil liberties group says government cannot punish citizens with fines ‘based solely on their expressed political beliefs’
By JTA
The casket of Otto Warmbier is carried from Wyoming High School after his funeral, Thursday, June 22, 2017, in Wyoming, Ohio. (AP Photo/Bryan Woolston)
June 22, 2017, 7:07 pm
Thousands gather to mourn US Jewish student imprisoned in North Korea
Otto Warmbier recalled by family, friends at Ohio funeral as a spirited young man with ‘a deep desire to know God in a personal way’
By AP and Eric Cortellessa
US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley (L) and Israel's UN Ambassador Danny Danon pose for a photo at the United Nations assembly hall on March 29, 2017. (Courtesy: Shahar Azran)
March 29, 2017, 8:23 pm
At Israeli event at UN, Haley slams BDS movement as nothing to do with ‘justice’
2,000 cheer US envoy at Ambassadors Against BDS gathering; Israel’s Danny Danon hails her work
By Cathryn J. Prince
File: Sen. Ben Cardin speaking at a news conference at the US Capitol, Oct. 1, 2015. (Win McNamee/Getty Images via JTA)
March 25, 2017, 6:09 am
Bipartisan bill in House and Senate targets settlement boycotters with fines
Senator spearheading Israel Anti-Boycott bill says DC ‘shouldn’t stand idle’ when foreign bodies try to isolate key ally Israel
By Ron Kampeas
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