(JTA) — All 100 members of the U.S. Senate signed a letter to the leader of the United Nations urging a comprehensive effort to remedy the organization’s “anti-Israel agenda.” The letter, sent Thursday to U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, identified four specific areas where further action could be taken rectify the “unacceptable” treatment of Israel at…
California congressman Adam Schiff has emerged as a national political figure since the House Intelligence Committee – on which he’s the ranking Democrat – took up its investigation of ties between Russia and the Donald Trump campaign. All the press conferences and cable appearances might add up to a promotion: longtime California Senator Dianne Feinstein…
To many partisans of Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders shoulders some of the blame for the former secretary of state’s loss in last November’s presidential election. But rather than being shunned as a spoiler, the Vermont senator appears to be feeling the love, as party leaders appreciate his conciliatory tone and populist message in the Trump…
(JTA) — The Senate confirmed President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court Nominee Judge Neil Gorsuch. Jewish groups reacted along ideological lines to Friday’s confirmation, which came after Republicans invoked the “nuclear option” allowing them to lower the threshold of Senate votes needed for Gorsuch’s nomination to a simple majority of 51. Gorsuch had initially failed to garner the…
California Senator Dianne Feinstein laced into Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday, after she said a decision by the Israeli cabinet to approve the creation of a new West Bank settlement proved the government was not serious about peace. The announcement, the Jewish Democrat wrote in a statement, “demonstrates once again Netanyahu’s not serious…
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is gearing up for an epic confrontation with counterpart Mitch McConnell, as the New York politician prepares his fellow Democrats to filibuster Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch and possibly shut down the government over a budget dispute. “They’re in charge. Government shuts down, it’s on their back. We have leverage,”…
WASHINGTON (JTA) — A bipartisan slate of senators has introduced new sanctions targeting Iran for its missile testing and destabilizing actions days before AIPAC’s national conference. The Countering Iran’s Destabilizing Activities Act of 2017 was introduced Thursday by Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J….
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The U.S. Senate confirmed David Friedman, a confidante of President Donald Trump who outraged some Jewish groups with his broadsides against liberal Jews, as ambassador to Israel. The 52-46 vote on Thursday afternoon hewed mostly to party lines. Only two Democrats — Sens. Robert Menendez of New Jersey and Joe Manchin of…
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