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US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth listens during a Cabinet meeting at the White House, Dec. 2, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
December 7, 2025, 8:20 am
Hegseth under pressure as Pentagon scandals mount
While the US defense secretary appears to maintain Trump’s support despite controversial strikes on alleged smugglers and use of Signal messaging app, experts say he’s on thin ice
By AFP
The head of the People's Forum, Manolo de los Santos, addresses a crowd in New York City, March 10, 2025. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
September 6, 2025, 12:56 am
US House committee probes far-left anti-Israel group for alleged China links
Pressure on the People’s Forum, and the associated Palestinian Youth Movement, comes amid push to crack down on wide-ranging activist network; socialist group decries ‘attempt to silence our work’
By Luke Tress
In this February 7, 2019 file photo, from left, National Security Adviser John Bolton, accompanied by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and US President Donald Trump, speaks before Trump signs a National Security Presidential Memorandum to launch the "Women's Global Development and Prosperity" Initiative in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
January 27, 2025, 3:17 pm
Trump urged to rethink nixing security for US ex-officials under threat from Iran
Chair of US Senate Intelligence Committee Cotton encourages US president to revisit decision to remove security details for John Bolton, Mike Pompeo and Brian Hook
By Thomas Beaumont
Sarah Baus, left, and Tiffany Cianci, who says she is a 'long-form educational content creator,' livestream to TikTok outside the Supreme Court, on Jan. 10, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
January 17, 2025, 8:14 pm
US Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban if it’s not sold by its Chinese parent company
Justices say national security risk is greater than free speech concerns; app won’t disappear for existing users, but new users won’t be able to download and updates won’t be available
By Mark Sherman
International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Karim Khan visits the Ohmatdyt Children's Hospital in Kyiv, Ukraine, that was hit by Russian shelling on July 8, 2024. (Handout / International Criminal Court / AFP)
November 22, 2024, 12:46 am
US ‘fundamentally rejects’ ICC arrest warrants, is working with Israel on response
Biden calls move ‘outrageous’; Trump’s NSA pick vows strong reaction to court’s ‘antisemitic bias’ as some lawmakers urge sanctions, though Tlaib says decision long ‘overdue’
By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff
Rescuers work at the scene of an Israeli missile strike in the southern suburbs of Beirut, September 20, 2024. Hezbollah later confirmed the strike killed top commander Ibrahim Aqil. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
September 21, 2024, 8:32 pm
US officials say killing of top Hezbollah man a ‘good outcome’ and ‘nobody sheds a tear’
At the same time, Washington says its policy is to prevent full-blown war between Israel and Lebanese terror group
By ToI Staff
US Senator Tom Cotton speaks with reporters at the Senate Subway on Capitol Hill, March 20, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Mariam Zuhaib)
May 6, 2024, 10:31 pm
Republican senators warn ICC prosecutor: Target Israel, and we will target you
Despite warning from world court’s top lawyer against meddling, lawmakers led by Tom Cotton threaten sanctions, US visa bans if arrest warrants are issued against Israeli officials
By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff
Illustrative: Members of the National Socialists Movement and the White Knights of the Klu Klux Klan salute during a rally April 21, 2012, at the Capitol in Frankfort, Kentucky. (AP Photo/John Flavell)
October 28, 2021, 8:09 am
US AG says Nazi salute protected under First Amendment
Merrick Garland reaffirms right while defending memo aimed at combating growing threats against school officials; Republicans criticize directive, call for it to be rescinded
By MICHAEL BALSAMO
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley speaks during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the conclusion of military operations in Afghanistan and plans for future counterterrorism operations, on Capitol Hill in Washington, September 28, 2021. (Patrick Semansky/AP)
September 29, 2021, 3:41 pm
US Joint Chiefs chairman calls Afghan war a ‘strategic failure’
Gen. Mark Milley tells Congress he advised Biden to leave 2,500 troops in Kabul to prevent government collapse and Taliban takeover, defends not resigning when advice ignored
By Robert Burns and Lolita C. Baldor
Israeli workers inspects barrels in a winery in the West Bank settlement of Psagot, February 11, 2014. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)
November 19, 2020, 12:52 am
Republican senators urge Trump to label settlement goods as ‘Made in Israel’
Lawmakers say move would ‘push back against anti-Semitism and BDS movement,’ prevent future administrations from differentiating between Israel and West Bank
By Jacob Magid
James Bennet, editorial page editor of The New York Times, in New York on August 16, 2017 (AP Photo/Larry Neumeister, File)
June 8, 2020, 2:09 am
NY Times editorial page editor resigns amid fury over op-ed
James Bennet steps down and his deputy is being reassigned following uproar over publication of op-ed by senator advocating use of federal troops to quell unrest
By David Bauder
US Sen. Tom Cotton, Republican-Arkansas, speaks during a news conference at the US Capitol in Washington, D.C., April 4, 2019. (Alex Wong/Getty Images via JTA)
January 9, 2020, 7:57 am
Republican senator accuses Soros-funded think tank of fostering anti-Semitism
Tom Cotton says anti-Jewish sentiment ‘festers’ in foreign policy-focused Quincy Institute, jointly established by Hungarian Holocaust survivor and philanthropist Charles Koch
By Josefin Dolsten
In this photo from August 8, 2018, a man exchanges Iranian rials for US dollars at an exchange shop in the Iranian capital Tehran. (AFP Photo/Atta Kenare)
January 28, 2019, 9:15 am
Trump warns Europeans not to try to evade Iran sanctions
EU pushes forward with plan to set up alternative money channel with Tehran, hopes to announce launch ‘very soon’
By Agencies
Vice President Mike Pence administers the Senate oath of office to Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas (L), accompanied by his wife Heidi and their daughter Catherine, during a mock swearing in ceremony in the Old Senate Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 3, 2019 (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
January 8, 2019, 3:28 am
2 Republican senators call on US to recognize Israeli sovereignty over Golan
Ted Cruz and Tom Cotton issue statement saying Washington must affirm Jewish state’s claim over the Heights to ensure Israel can defend itself
By Ron Kampeas
An Israeli flag is seen placed on Mount Bental in the Golan Heights on May 10, 2018.( AFP PHOTO / JALAA MAREY)
December 18, 2018, 7:17 pm
GOP senators pitch resolution to recognize Israeli sovereignty of Golan Heights
Motion says Israel’s national security depends on its permanent control of the strategic plateau
By Eric Cortellessa
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