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French President Emmanuel Macron speaks to a joint meeting of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, April 25, 2018. Standing behind him are Vice President Mike Pence and House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Macron tells Congress Iran will ‘never possess’ nuclear weapons
By Eric Cortellessa and Agencies
French president says his country will not leave nuke deal, but changes must be made to address Trump's concerns; urges US to remain engaged with world affairs
Warsaw residents with anti-racism banners protests the rise of hostility and anti-Semitism in Poland, Saturday, March 17, 2018. Similar protests were held in some other cities across Poland. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
April 25, 2018, 11:45 pm
Congress members urge US stand against Holocaust denial in Ukraine, Poland
Over 50 lawmakers sign bipartisan letter calling on State Department to take stand on state-sponsored xenophobia
By JTA
French President Emmanuel Macron speaks to a joint meeting of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, April 25, 2018. Standing behind him are Vice President Mike Pence and House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
April 25, 2018, 7:55 pm
Macron tells Congress Iran will ‘never possess’ nuclear weapons
French president says his country will not leave nuke deal, but changes must be made to address Trump's concerns; urges US to remain engaged with world affairs
By Eric Cortellessa and Agencies
African asylum seekers set up a mock slave auction as part of a protest against their deportation outside the Ministry of Defense in Tel Aviv,, on April 3, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
April 24, 2018, 4:33 pm
Jewish House Democrats ‘dismayed’ by Netanyahu’s African migrants policy
18 US representatives express 'disappointment' with PM after he drops UN resettlement plan, leaving asylum seekers 'in limbo'
By JTA
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg (C) leaves after a meeting with US Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, April 9, 2018, on Capitol Hill, in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images/AFP)
April 9, 2018, 9:47 pm
Ahead of grilling, Zuckerberg tells Congress: ‘My mistake, I’m sorry’
In prepared remarks, Facebook founder says he failed to understand how social media site could be manipulated to harm users' privacy
By AFP
Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting at the Primes Minister's Office in Jerusalem, March 25, 2018. (Marc Israel Sellem)
March 26, 2018, 1:38 pm
Defense minister welcomes ‘record’ $705 million US funding for missile defense
Liberman says money will be used to mass-produce interceptors for Israel's multi-layered defense system against rocket attacks, and to develop new tech
By Stuart Winer and Judah Ari Gross
Illustrative: A Lebanese army soldier stands guard at the scene where a car bomb went off near a Hezbollah base near the village of Sbouba in the Baalbek region eastern Lebanon, early Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
March 25, 2018, 2:29 pm
Israel strikes Hezbollah position in eastern Lebanon — report
Outlets associated with terror group deny Al-Arabiya report, which locates the purported attack in the town of Baalbek
By TOI staff
US President Donald Trump speaks about the spending bill during a press conference in the Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House on March 23, 2018. (AFP Photo/Nicholas Kamm)
March 23, 2018, 9:24 pm
Trump signs $1.3 trillion budget after threatening veto
With bill's passage, Taylor Force Act slashing aid to Palestinians for paying families of Palestinian terrorists becomes law
By LISA MASCARO, Alan Fram, Catherine Lucey and Jill Colvin
Laura Moser finished second in a Texas Democratic primary for a House seat to force a runoff in May. (Courtesy of Moser via JTA)
March 8, 2018, 8:07 am
Jewish anti-Trump activist advances to Texas primary runoff
Laura Moser comes second in Democratic race for Houston-area congressional seat, despite her party condemning her
By JTA
Rep. Ted Deutch, D-Fla. speaks during the final day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia , Thursday, July 28, 2016. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
March 2, 2018, 10:17 pm
House bill would write into law decade’s promised $38b defense aid for Israel
Bipartisan draft legislation seeks to to prevent any president from reneging on 2016 assistance agreement
By JTA
US President Donald Trump pauses during a meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House, in Washington, Wednesday, February 28, 2018, with members of congress to discuss school and community safety. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
March 1, 2018, 3:55 am
In startling about-face, Trump tells lawmakers they’re afraid of gun lobby
US president appears to buck Republican base, seems to support expanded background checks, mental health resources, and raising the age to 21 for purchasing some firearms
By LISA MASCARO, Matthew Daly and Catherine Lucey
A person smoking marijuana. (Illustrative photo: Mr KornFlakes/iStock by Getty Images)
February 28, 2018, 11:37 pm
Smoking weed, Jewish ex-FBI agent makes blunt bid for Congress
Benjamin Thomas Wolf garners attention with campaign ad pushing for legalization of recreational marijuana
By Michael Bachner
Levi Sanders, right, with his father, Senator Bernie Sanders, at a campaign rally in New York City, April 17, 2016. (Mireya Acierto/FilmMagic/Getty Images via JTA)
February 27, 2018, 5:38 pm
Bernie Sanders’ son announces run for Congress
Levi Sanders is eighth candidate in crowded field of Democrats vying for empty seat in New Hampshire's 1st District
By JTA
Levi Sanders, right, with his father, Senator Bernie Sanders, at a campaign rally in New York City, April 17, 2016. (Mireya Acierto/FilmMagic/Getty Images via JTA)
February 23, 2018, 10:46 pm
Bernie Sanders’ son weighing Congressional run in New Hampshire
Levi Sanders says he's 'excited, motivated and interested in the race,' would run on platform similar to his father
By JTA
From L to R: US Congressman David McKinley, his wife Mary Gerkin, Jean Tipton and Congressman Scott Tipton visit the Temple Mount in Jerusalem on February 22, 2018. (screen capture: Facebook)
February 22, 2018, 2:28 pm
US congressmen briefly questioned after Temple Mount visit
Tour guide says lawmakers questioned for taking olive branch from holy site; police say Scott Tipton and David McKinley 'not detained or arrested'
By TOI staff
Palestinians collect food aid at a United Nations food distribution center in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on January 28, 2018. (Said Khatib/AFP)
February 11, 2018, 9:44 am
102 Democrats in Congress urge Trump not to cut Palestinian aid
US lawmakers say slashing UNRWA funding will damage American interests and encourage extremism
By TOI staff
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