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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 423

US House of Representatives

The US Capitol, including the House of Representatives, left, is seen on November 14, 2024, in Washington. (AP/Mariam Zuhaib)
November 22, 2024, 11:13 am
US House passes bill allowing Treasury to target nonprofits it deems terror backers
Bipartisan legislation narrowly passes after many Democrats withdraw support; groups, including dozens of Jewish organizations, have said bill is too broad and can be abused
By THALIA BEATY and Farnoush Amiri
US President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with House Republicans at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Washington, DC on November 13, 2024. (Allison ROBBERT / POOL / AFP)
November 14, 2024, 10:46 am
After presidency and Senate, Republicans complete US election sweep by securing House
Facing a conservative Supreme Court and a party increasingly united behind Trump, Democrats will be almost powerless to stop president-elect’s far-reaching policy plans
By STEPHEN GROVES and LISA MASCARO
US President Joe Biden (R) meets with US President-elect Donald Trump (L) in the Oval Office of the White House, November 13, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
November 13, 2024, 8:16 pm
Trump makes triumphant visit to White House, where Biden pledges smooth transition
‘It’s nice to win,’ Trump tells Republican lawmakers on his first visit to Washington DC since being voted out of power, tells Biden politics is ‘a nice world today’
By Will Weissert, LISA MASCARO and Zeke Miller
Supporters cheer at an election night watch party for Republican Montana Senate candidate Tim Sheehy, in Bozeman, Montana, November 6, 2024. (Tommy Martino/AP)
November 6, 2024, 11:18 am
Republicans win control of US Senate, make gains in House
GOP secures at least 51 seats out of Senate’s 100; Republicans lead Democrats in Michigan, Montana, Pennsylvania, Nevada and Wisconsin; control of House still undetermined
By Agencies
Craig Godman appears on the NBC affiliate in Dallas Fort Worth on May 23, 2024. (YouTube via JTA)
November 6, 2024, 9:29 am
Craig Goldman wins Texas race, becoming 3rd Jewish Republican in US Congress
56-year-old real estate businessman rose to become majority leader in Texas state house, backs maintaining support for Washington’s allies Israel and Ukraine
By Ron Kampeas
A view of the National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia, March 17, 2020. (Gilbert Carrasquillo/Getty Images via JTA)
September 24, 2024, 10:48 pm
House votes to consider making US Jewish history museum part of Smithsonian trust
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz says move, which would unlock federal funding opportunities, aims to ‘uplift Jewish stories’ and combat antisemitism
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
US President Joe Biden, left, wearing a Team USA jacket and walking with his son Hunter Biden, heads toward Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, July 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
August 19, 2024, 6:09 pm
GOP launches bid to impeach Biden on unproven claim he abused office to benefit son
Report by 3 powerful Republican-led US House committees, issued as Biden is set to address DNC, lacks smoking gun linking US president’s acts to embattled son Hunter
By AFP
A Jewish student watches a pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel protest at Columbia University campus on November 14, 2023. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images via AFP)
July 3, 2024, 6:31 am
In newly revealed texts, Columbia deans discuss Jewish student ‘privilege’ and ‘$$$$’
US House panel probing antisemitism at universities publishes exchange between administrators who called Hillel official a ‘problem’ during May event on campus
By Luke Tress
From left to right: Northwestern University President Michael Schill, Rutgers University President Jonathan Holloway and Frederick Lawrence testify at a hearing called "Calling for Accountability: Stopping Antisemitic College Chaos" at the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 23, 2024. (Michael A. McCoy/Getty Images/AFP)
May 24, 2024, 6:02 am
US House panel grills university heads over deals to end anti-Israel encampments
Presidents of Northwestern and Rutgers insist they didn’t yield to protesters’ demands, as Republican committee head accuses them of ‘capitulating to the antisemitic rule breakers’
By Agencies
Rep. Kathy Manning (D-NC) poses for a photo in her cape given to her by MomsRising at the Mother's Day Press Conference calling for action on Care and Reproductive rights on May 8, 2024 in Washington. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images for MomsRising, via JTA)
May 23, 2024, 12:47 am
60 diverse US Jewish groups back proposed national coordinator of antisemitism fight
In rare show of unity, organizations from across the religious and political spectrum express support for House bill to create czar who will lead gov’t efforts to combat Jew hatred
By Ron Kampeas
From left, GOP Conference Chair Elise Stefanik, House Speaker Mike Johnson, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise and Majority Whip Tom Emmer speak to reporters about US President Joe Biden pausing a shipment of bombs to Israel, Washington, May 16, 2024. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)
May 17, 2024, 2:45 am
US House passes bill requiring delivery of bombs to Israel in GOP-led rebuke of Biden
16 Democrats join nearly all Republicans to approve measure, which Schumer has pledged isn’t ‘going anywhere’ in the Senate and the president has vowed to veto
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Rep. John Hostettler, a Republican of Indiana, on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 4, 2006. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP)
May 9, 2024, 2:15 pm
Longtime Israel critic loses Indiana Republican House primary
Republican Jewish Coalition and AIPAC had mounted campaign against John Hostettler, who was soundly beaten by RJC’s favored candidate Mark Messmer
By Ron Kampeas
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) speaks to the media on the Low Library steps on Columbia University's campus in New York on April 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah)
May 1, 2024, 7:45 am
House Republicans launch probe into Columbia funding amid anti-Israel protests
Administrators of Yale, UCLA and University of Michigan to testify in hearing next month as pro-Palestinian demonstrations continue at campuses nationwide
By STEPHEN GROVES
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., talks to reporters just after the House voted to approve $95 billion in foreign aid for Israel, Ukraine and other US allies, at the Capitol in Washington, Saturday, April 20, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
April 20, 2024, 9:15 pm
House okays $17 billion in military aid for Israel under major spending package
Some billions expected to go Gaza for humanitarian aid; total package of $95 billion in assistance to US allies, including Ukraine and Taiwan, passes after months of wrangling
By Reuters, AP and ToI Staff
File - Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas testifies during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing, April 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)
April 20, 2024, 6:33 pm
US Senate ends impeachment of Jewish Homeland Security chief Alejandro Mayorkas
Vote along party lines puts kibosh on House’s charges that Mayorkas failed to address Mexico border crisis; Jewish groups: Allegations recall antisemitic ‘Great Replacement’ trope
By Ron Kampeas
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