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Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisconsin, questions US Secretary of State Antony Blinken during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, Sept. 14, 2021. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images via JTA)
March 22, 2022, 8:32 am
Senator who blocked appointment of Deborah Lipstadt endorsed by RJC PAC
Ron Johnson has defended those who breached the US Capitol on January 6, drawing criticism from Biden’s pick as antisemitism monitor, who accused him of ‘white supremacy’
By Ron Kampeas
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
Deborah Lipstadt walks a red carpet for 'Denial' during the 11th Rome Film Festival at Auditorium Parco Della Musica in Rome on October 17, 2016. (Elisabetta A. Villa/WireImage)
January 9, 2022, 10:08 pm
Lipstadt may be asked to apologize before confirmation as antisemitism envoy
Report says GOP lawmakers may insist Holocaust scholar make amends for calling out a Republican senator on his ‘white supremacist’ rhetoric
By Shira Hanau
US President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a campaign rally at the Santa Ana Star Center, in Rio Rancho,New Mexico, September 16, 2019. (Evan Vucci/AP)
September 18, 2019, 9:42 am
Trump strains to balance diplomacy, military threat to Iran
US president facing competing urges of keeping up pressure on Tehran to negotiate while deterring any further Iranian attacks and avoiding another Middle East war
By Robert Burns
A section of the border fence between Israel and Egypt, January 2012. (Moshe Milner/GPO/Flash90)
February 3, 2017, 2:40 am
Senate report compares Israeli, US-Mexico barriers
Sen. Ron Johnson, Republican chair of Homeland Security Committee, cites Israeli fences as cheaper, more effective than US’s
By Ron Kampeas
Russ Feingold, left, was defeated in his attempt to take back the Wisconsin Senate seat he lost to Ron Johnson, right, in 2010. (Darren Hauck/Getty Images via JTA)
November 9, 2016, 6:35 pm
Jewish dove, hawk fail in Senate bids
J-Street backed Feingold loses in Wisconsin, while staunch opponent of Iran nuclear deal Kirk defeated in Illinois
By JTA
Former Nevada Attorney General and Democratic US Senator Catherine Cortez Masto speaks before a get-out-the-vote performance at the Cox Pavilion in Las Vegas, Nevada, November 3, 2016. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images/AFP)
November 9, 2016, 9:21 am
Democrats’ path to Senate majority slipping away
Cortez Masto wins Nevada to become first Latina senator; Republican John McCain secures his sixth term in office
By Erica Werner
US Rep. Patrick Murphy, left, is taking on Sen. Marco Rubio in Florida in the 2016 race. (Getty Images via JTA)
November 1, 2016, 4:20 am
The Jewish vote: Senate races to watch
From progressive mainstay Russ Feingold to assault rifle-assembling Jason Kander, Jews and Jewish issues figure prominently in several competitive contests
By Ron Kampeas
Then Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson speaks at the John F. Kennedy School of Government on the campus of Harvard University, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on March 21, 2016. (AP/Steven Senne, File)
September 27, 2016, 5:03 pm
US Homeland chief: Domestic attacks an increasing threat
Senate security committee chair says 63 people killed on American soil since panel last held annual meeting
By AP
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