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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 566

US House of Representatives

Donald Trump and Randy Fine pose together in 2024. (Courtesy Randy Fine)
April 2, 2025, 12:39 pm
Randy Fine wins Florida race, bringing tally of Jewish Republicans in Congress to 4
Fine prevails over Democrat Josh Weil in close vote, despite receiving only fraction of opponent’s campaign donations; number of Jewish GOP congressmen ‘unprecedented’ since 1980s
By JTA and ToI Staff
FILE - Florida state Representative Randy Fine speaks in the House of Representatives, April 20, 2022, at the Capitol in Tallahassee, Florida. (AP Photo/Phil Sears, File)
April 2, 2025, 4:12 am
Jewish Republican Randy Fine wins special election in Florida for US House seat
RJC says victory by MAGA-style culture warrior and fierce defender of Israel will bring the GOP’s Jewish representation in Congress to 4 for the first time since the 1980s
By Agencies
Then-Republican presidential candidate, US President Donald Trump, right, greets David Friedman, who served as his ambassador to Israel, at the National Religious Broadcasters convention at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center on February 22, 2024, in Nashville, Tennessee. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
April 1, 2025, 3:38 pm
Trump says former Israel envoy Friedman, 30 others interested in UN envoy vacancy
Nomination of Rep. Elise Stefanik, who made headlines with antisemitism hearings, was pulled to preserve Republican majority in US House
By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff
Georgetown University students march around campus as they rally during a anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian demonstration at Georgetown University in Washington, September 4, 2024. (Jose Luis Magana/AP)
March 29, 2025, 6:35 am
US House advances bill requiring universities to disclose more foreign funding
Legislation, which lowers threshold for reporting gifts from most nations to $50,000, is backed by Jewish groups worried about influence of Iran, Qatar, other Israeli adversaries
By Grace Gilson
An exterior view of the International Criminal Court, or ICC, in The Hague, Netherlands, on April 30, 2024. (AP/Peter Dejong)
January 23, 2025, 4:48 pm
ICC’s governing body says it ‘regrets’ US steps to sanction court over Gaza warrants
US House of Representatives voted to sanction International Criminal Court over its moves against Netanyahu, Gallant; US President Trump opened door via executive order to do so
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin (left) Netanyahu at the Knesset, November 11, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90); An exterior view of the International Criminal Court, or ICC, in The Hague, Netherlands, on April 30, 2024. (AP/Peter Dejong); Then-defense Minister Yoav Gallant speaks during a press conference at the Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv, on November 5, 2024. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
January 10, 2025, 12:17 am
US House votes to sanction ICC over Israel arrest warrants
Nearly all House Republicans, several Democrats back legislation punishing the ICC for going after Netanyahu and Gallant, but measure will face bumpier path through Senate
By Jacob Magid, Reuters and ToI Staff
US House Speaker Mike Johnson takes the oath of office after being re-elected, as the House of Representatives meets to elect a speaker and convene the new 119th Congress at the Capitol in Washington, January 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
January 4, 2025, 12:40 am
Johnson re-elected as US House Speaker after Trump helps quell GOP rebellion
Louisiana lawmaker, who has angered Republican hardliners, secures razor-thin majority; Democrats unanimously re-elect minority leader Jeffries
By Bo Erickson, Richard Cowan, Katharine Jackson and Andy Sullivan
US House Appropriations Committee Chair Kay Granger and her panel begin work on fiscal 2024 spending bills, at the Capitol in Washington, June 14, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
December 23, 2024, 3:59 am
US lawmaker absent from office for months is found living at memory care facility
Kay Granger, 81, is reportedly tracked down to facility for dementia patients after missing all House votes since July; her office admits health issues, denies she’s in memory care
By ToI Staff
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson talks to reporters after passing the funding bill to avert the government shutdown at the Capitol in Washington, Dec. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
December 21, 2024, 11:31 am
US House of Representatives passes government funding bill, preventing shutdowns
Plan approved with overwhelming majority despite president-elect Trump’s demand that any deal include debt ceiling increase; questions raised over role of Musk
By LISA MASCARO, Farnoush Amiri and Matt Brown
Pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel demonstrators rally on the Columbia University campus in New York City to mark a year since the Hamas terror group's onslaught on southern Israel that sparked the ongoing war in Gaza, October 7, 2024 (Alex Kent/Getty Images/AFP)
December 20, 2024, 5:11 am
GOP-led congressional report backs fundings cuts for universities that boycott Israel
House panels also urge application of discrimination protections for Jewish students to those targeted for being Zionist, calling hatred of Zionism ‘inherently antisemitic’
By Ron Kampeas
US Rep. Mike Waltz, R-Fla., speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill, July 22, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr., File)
December 15, 2024, 11:12 pm
Mystery drone sightings over New Jersey show gaps in US security, says Trump adviser
Mike Waltz, whom Trump has tapped to be national security adviser, urges ‘Iron Dome for America,’ as White House plays down reports of unexplained UAVs, to some Democrats’ chagrin
By Phil Stewart, Kanishka Singh and Sarah N. Lynch
GOP Representative Brian Mast of Florida, wearing an IDF uniform, talks with reporters as Republicans hold a caucus meeting at the Capitol in Washington, October 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)
December 11, 2024, 6:41 am
Lawmaker who assisted IDF as civilian volunteer to lead House foreign affairs panel
GOP’s Brian Mast has been a pugnacious defender of Israel in Congress, wore an Israeli uniform to the US Capitol in show of support after Oct. 7
By Ron Kampeas
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
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