The political future of one of Israel’s staunchest supporters is on the line in a New Jersey courtroom — along with the political power balance in the U.S. Senate. Sen. Bob Menendez, a New Jersey Democrat, is now at the opening stages of his criminal trial for corruption charges involving his ties to a Jewish…
Sen. Elizabeth Warren announced on Monday that she would oppose the Israel Anti-Boycott Act, becoming the latest Democrat to ditch the legislation over free speech concerns. “I do not support the boycott, I think the boycott is wrong,” the Massachusetts Democrat said at a town hall meeting, referring to the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement…
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has softened a bill that cuts U.S. funding to Palestinian areas as long as the Palestinian Authority pays subsidies to the families of Palestinians who attack Israelis. The change to the Taylor Force Act apparently was made to attract Democratic and mainstream pro-Israel support. On Wednesday, the…
Al Franken is touching base with his old days as a comedian with the publication of his new book “Giant of the Senate.” And the Minnesota Senate Democrat isn’t holding back when it comes to assessing the humor of his colleagues. Franken recalled how he once told South Carolina Republican Lindsey Graham that he would…
Chuck Schumer is having a moment. The Senate Minority Leader kept his fellow Democrats unified to help sink President Trump’s effort to repeal Obamacare, with colleagues praising his grit and strategy. “I think he makes it look easier than it is,” Connecticut senator Richard Blumenthal told The New York Times, speaking about Schumer. “He makes…
Josh Mandel, the Jewish Republican Treasurer of Ohio, took to Twitter Thursday morning to defend the far right media figures who were attacked by the Anti-Defamation League. Mandel objected to the ADL including Jack Posobiec and Mike Cernovich in a list of “alt-right” and far right figures who use xenophobic, Islamophobic and sometimes anti-Semitic rhetoric…
If you are a person who looks to your God for wisdom and inspiration when making the most important decisions in your life, you are surely feeling a great unease in this moment, as we are. As Christian, Jewish and Muslim leaders, we are privileged to guide religious life in a country whose political leaders…
Sen. Dianne Feinstein doesn’t think former FBI Director James Comey’s Senate testimony last week was conclusive — so she wants him to return to the Senate to answer more questions about his firing and about policies at the agency he once led. “The committee needs to have an opportunity to question the attorney general about…
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