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US Senator Bill Cassidy heads to a closed-door Republican policy meeting at the Capitol in Washington, on June 16, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
June 18, 2026, 8:04 pm
Some Republican hawks in US Senate, usually allied with Trump, break with him on Iran deal
Bill Cassidy of Louisiana lambasts ‘worst foreign policy blunder in decades,’ says Reagan would be ‘rolling over in his grave’; others are less blunt, but warn of a ‘mistake’
By AFP
US President Donald Trump waves to reporters as he arrives for the G7 summit, June 15, 2026, in Evian-les-Bains, France. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
June 16, 2026, 7:56 am
Trump’s Iran deal greeted with skepticism and scrutiny on Capitol Hill
Republican lawmakers, wary of trusting the Iranians, say they still don’t know exactly what’s in the agreement; Democrats question what has changed from Obama-era pact
By MARY CLARE JALONICK, LISA MASCARO and JOEY CAPPELLETTI
US President Donald Trump (R) shakes hands with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as Trump listens to a question from a reporter at the end of a news conference at Mar-a-Lago, on December 29, 2025, in Palm Beach, Florida. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon/File)
May 24, 2026, 3:00 pm
Trump said to assure Netanyahu he will thwart Iran nuke program as Israel fears ‘very bad’ deal
Israel deeply concerned over plan that gives Iran time, money, falls short of key security needs, with regime’s nuclear activities only up for discussion later, no commitment to export uranium stockpile, terror proxies intact
By Nava Freiberg and ToI Staff
Former US President Donald Trump speaks during the 2023 Conservative Political Action Coalition (CPAC) Conference in National Harbor, Maryland, on March 4, 2023. (ROBERTO SCHMIDT / AFP)
March 25, 2026, 2:26 pm
US conservatives gather for CPAC with the right openly divided over Iran war
Trump maintains broad support among his base, but the fighting has put a strain on his party, with ‘America First’ activists questioning a conflict that has no clear end in sight
By Thomas Beaumont and MIKE CATALINI
US Senator Ted Cruz of Texas speaks at the Antisemitism Symposium hosted by the Republican Jewish Coalition and National Review, Washington, DC, March 10, 2026. (Joseph Strauss via JTA)
March 11, 2026, 4:06 am
Ted Cruz says GOP not ‘winning right now’ in fight over Jew hatred, slams Tucker Carlson
Republican senator calls Carlson ‘most dangerous demagogue’ in US, warns of ‘real possibility’ that both major parties become ‘unambiguously anti-Israel, unapologetically antisemitic’
By Joseph Strauss
Shopkeepers and traders protest in the street against the economic conditions and Iran's embattled currency in Tehran on December 29, 2025. (FARS NEWS AGENCY / AFP)
January 2, 2026, 9:25 am
‘Fight against darkness’: Foreign Ministry appears to back Iranian protests
Ministers Gila Gamliel and Amichai Chikli post in support of demonstrations sparked by the Islamic Republic’s ailing economy, as Netanyahu stays silent
By ToI Staff
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz addresses the convention of the Republican Jewish Coalition in Las Vegas, October 30, 2025. (Joseph Strauss/ JTA)
November 1, 2025, 5:13 am
Ted Cruz to Jewish Republicans: Antisemitism is ‘an existential crisis in our party’
The Texas senator reiterates comments he made at a megachurch last week, including the core message that he’s recently seen more Jew-hatred on the right than ever before
By Joseph Strauss
Sen. Ted Cruz speaks at Cornerstone Church in San Antonio as John Hagee looks on during the 'Night to Honor Israel,' October 21, 2025. (Screenshot)
October 24, 2025, 6:32 pm
‘The church is asleep right now’: Ted Cruz urges US Christians to fight Jew-hatred on right
The Texas senator’s warning comes as antisemitic and anti-Israel conspiracy theories surge, led by voices like Candace Owens and Tucker Carlson, and young people question Hitler’s evil
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
Amer Ghalib appears before a Senate Committee on Foreign Relations hearing on his pending nomination to be US ambassador to Kuwait, on Capitol Hill, October 23, 2025, in Washington, DC. (AP/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
October 24, 2025, 8:00 am
Senators grill Trump’s pick for Kuwait ambassador over anti-Israel stances
Amer Ghalib, a Michigan mayor who backed Trump during 2024 campaign, questioned by lawmakers over city adopting Israel boycott policy, liking of post comparing Jews to monkeys
By Andrew Lapin
US President Donald Trump (right) shakes Elon Musk's hand in the Oval Office, Washington DC, May 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
June 7, 2025, 9:55 am
Republicans urge Trump-Musk détente: ‘World a better place with bromance fully intact’
US House Speaker Mike Johnson says tax and border bill will advance without disturbance and that Tesla founder should not ‘second-guess or ever challenge’ Trump
By Seung Min Kim and CHRIS MEGERIAN
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, questions the witnesses during a Senate Judiciary committee hearing on fentanyl, and the need for permanent class scheduling, on Capitol Hill, Februart 4, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
February 13, 2025, 1:35 pm
Ted Cruz believes a grant to study Hebrew is ‘woke DEI’
The study of differences between Hebrew and English was flagged in a new database, as the GOP seeks to justify cuts to federal research funding and diversity programs under Trump
By Andrew Lapin
People gather to protest the banning of Students for Justice in Palestine and Jewish Voice for Peace at Columbia University on November 20, 2023, in New York City. (Michael M. Santiago / Getty Images via AFP)
May 14, 2024, 6:12 pm
Republican senators demand IRS investigate sponsor of Students for Justice in Palestine
Lawmakers suggest that by directing money to organizations that have explicitly voiced support for Hamas, nonprofits are supporting terrorism
By Luke Tress
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 13, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
July 12, 2023, 8:49 pm
GOP senators threaten to block Biden nominees over ‘antisemitic’ settlement policy
Letter slams decision to restore longstanding policy that refrained from funding research projects beyond Green Line, as White House weighs whether to tap new envoy to Israel
By Jacob Magid
Spain's Vox party leader Santiago Abascal speaks to supporters during a rally in Madrid Spain, Sunday Oct. 9, 2022. (Jesus Hellin/Europa Press via AP)
October 9, 2022, 6:13 pm
Trump makes video appearance at rally of global far-right in Spain
In short message, former US president calls for ‘lots of very good conservative things’ at gathering in support of Spain’s Vox that also features Italy’s Meloni, Hungary’s Orban
By Joseph Wilson
Technicians work at the Arak heavy water reactor's secondary circuit, as officials and media visit the site, near Arak, 150 miles (250 kilometers) southwest of the capital Tehran, Iran, Monday, Dec. 23, 2019. (Atomic Energy Organization of Iran via AP)
August 24, 2022, 5:22 am
Creeping toward nuke deal, US and Iran face gauntlet of critics, sticking points
Despite murmurs of sides nearing restoration of JCPOA, Washington and Tehran remain far apart on some issues, with Israeli leaders and others seeking to put kibosh on accord
By Agencies and ToI Staff
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