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United States political news and analysis with a focus on the connection between American policy and the Jewish people and the State of Israel.

Senate approves bipartisan bill to elevate status of antisemitism monitor

“As we have seen far too often, antisemitism is surging in New York state, our country, and across the world.”

Trump names Rudy Giuliani’s son, 2 other aides to Holocaust Museum Council

Andrew Giuliani, among the few aides who have lasted throughout the entire presidency, is seen as close to Trump

By RON KAMPEAS/JTA
17/12/2020
US Senator Kelly Loeffler at a news conference in Dallas, Georgia, US, October 15, 2020.
In Georgia senate race, Kelly Loeffler disavows white supremacist

Loeffler, the Republican running for reelection as a US senator in Georgia, is smiling in the selfie with a white supremacist who served prison time for beating a black man.

By RON KAMPEAS
15/12/2020
Pro-Trump groups, including pro-Israel Christians mark Trump loss in rally

A small pro-Israel Christian group also attended, blowing a shofar and wearing tallit.

By REUTERS
13/12/2020
US President Donald Trump waves as he walks on the South Lawn of the White House upon his return to
US Supreme Court ends Texas lawsuit seeking to undo Trump election loss

"Texas has not demonstrated a judicially cognizable interest in the manner in which another state conducts its elections," the court's order said.

By REUTERS
12/12/2020
US President Donald Trump waves as he walks on the South Lawn of the White House upon his return to
At final White House Hanukkah party, Trump talks up ‘four more years’

“All we ask for is people with wisdom and courage,” he said. “Because if certain people have wisdom and courage we’re going to win this election.”

By RON KAMPEAS/JTA
11/12/2020
Democratic Majority for Israel PAC endorses Raphael Warnock

The endorsement comes as Loeffler steps up her attacks on Warnock, a prominent Atlanta pastor, for past sermons in which he was sharply critical of Israel.

By RON KAMPEAS/JTA
11/12/2020
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin and US Vice President Mike Pence in Jerusalem, January 2018
Pence may visit Israel before Biden’s inauguration

The arrivals come on the heels of US Sec. of State Mike Pompeo’s trip to Israel last month.

Senate rejected resolutions aimed to block the sale of F-35s to the UAE

The Trump administration formally notified Congress last month of its intention to sell the F-35 stealth jet in a deal worth over $23 billion.

US blacklists alleged human rights abusers in Russia, Haiti, Yemen

In addition, the US State Dept. also announced sanctions against 17 officials of China, El Salvador and Jamaica, as well their immediate family members, for serious human rights violations.

By REUTERS
10/12/2020
US national security advisor Susan Rice
Biden taps Susan Rice as top domestic policy adviser amid flurry of moves

The choice of Rice, 56, as Biden's top domestic policy adviser came as somewhat of a surprise given her extensive background in foreign policy.

By REUTERS
10/12/2020
Analyzing Trump's Middle East peace

Chronicling latest attempt to untie Gordian knot of the ongoing conflict

By ERIC R MANDEL
10/12/2020
‘The Crown’ – today in America

I have never been a fan of politics or politicians, but when Trump came to power, America and its politics became interesting.

By HADASSAH CHEN
10/12/2020
Democratic Majority for Israel backs Warnock for Senate

The endorsement comes as Loeffler steps up her attacks on Warnock, a prominent Atlanta pastor, for past sermons in which he was sharply critical of Israel.

By RON KAMPEAS/JTA
10/12/2020
In Hanukkah call, Pence recaps Trump’s pro-Israel, religious policies

The vice president refused to take any questions.

By RON KAMPEAS/JTA
10/12/2020
Top House Democrats urge Biden to rejoin Iran deal, no preconditions

The letter to Biden is being circulated by three Democrats who galvanized their colleagues to support the deal in 2015.

By RON KAMPEAS/JTA
10/12/2020
Biden vows 100 mln COVID-19 vaccinations in first 100 days

"In 100 days, we can change the course of the disease and change life in America for the better."

By REUTERS
09/12/2020
Drug industry trade groups sue Trump admin over drug pricing rule

The lawsuit claims the rule change is illegal because it relies on laws allowing the administration to test new drug pricing models but is too far-reaching to qualify as a pilot.

By REUTERS
05/12/2020
A rally in support of DACA in San Francisco, 2015
US government ordered to reinstate protections for 'Dreamers'

DACA protects 'dreamers,' immigrants who arrived in the US as children from deportation and grants work permits to hundreds of thousands of immigrants.

By REUTERS
05/12/2020
Jared Kushner in an interview with Reuters
US Justice Dept probed Kushner lawyer over alleged graft scheme - NYT

In October, Broidy pleaded guilty in a separate case to legally lobbying Trump to drop an investigation into a Malaysian embezzlement.

By REUTERS
04/12/2020
Biden's top economic adviser Deese to fight climate change, jobs crises

In 2017, Deese was named head of sustainable investment at $7.4 trillion asset giant BlackRock Inc, which is shedding some coal investments, but still invests heavily in fossil fuel companies.

By REUTERS
04/12/2020
Fmr Obama officials Zients, Murthy to lead Biden's COVID-19 team - report

In addition, Marcella Nunez-Smith will also play a key role in the incoming administration's pandemic response, focused on disparities.

By REUTERS
03/12/2020
Sea ice floats within the 1002 Area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in this undated handout p
Trump admin to auction Arctic refuge oil drilling ahead of inauguration

The move is the latest step toward pulling off the first ever sale of oil drilling leases in a pristine area of the Arctic before Biden becomes president.

By REUTERS
03/12/2020
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Ranking Member Bob Menendez (D-NJ) speaks during a Senate Fore
Senate vote likely next week on blocking Trump's massive UAE arms sale

Senator Bob Menendez said he hoped more Republicans would support the resolutions.

By REUTERS
03/12/2020
Big deal: A sober examination of Trump’s ‘Deal of the Century’

Trump’s deal may go down as a failed effort to give the parties concerned a push in a new direction. But it was a brave effort and it leaves us with a feeling of a lost opportunity.

By MORDECHAI BECK
03/12/2020
Biden and Netanyahu: Some advice on how to get things on track

Bad personal relations between leaders are not always the cause of disputes between their countries, but they can play a role.

By JOSEF OLMERT
03/12/2020
Joe Biden and the Jews

Will the new US administration be a catalyst for Zionism?

03/12/2020
Letter to an American friend

For the first time in history, Jews have the privilege of being born into a world where the Jewish state is a matter of fact have a moral obligation.

By ILAN CHAIM
03/12/2020
Netanyahu
Meeks, against US funds for annexation, to chair Foreign Affairs panel

Gregory Meeks said that US money should not be used to annex West Bank territory.

By RON KAMPEAS/JTA
03/12/2020
Prosecutors investigating potential scheme to pay bribe for Trump pardon

US District Judge Beryl Howell released a heavily redacted order that described what she called a "bribery-for-pardon" investigation.

By REUTERS
02/12/2020
Biden budget pick Neera Tanden a lightning rod in Washington

Republican Senator John Cornyn said he "will not support any nominee who doesn't provide full transparency into their work on behalf of a foreign government."

By REUTERS
02/12/2020
Rudy Giuliani delivers remarks before Donald Trump rallies with supporters in Council Bluffs, Iowa,
Giuliani calls on Arizona GOP lawmakers to not certify election results

Proud Boys member calls for armed revolt outside the meeting.

01/12/2020
US PRESIDENT-ELECT Joe Biden delivers an address ahead of Thanksgiving at his transition headquarter
Jared Bernstein is ‘verklempt’ to join Biden’s economic advisers council

Bernstein has been referred to as a “progressive” economist for his focus on income inequality and opposition to international free trade agreements.

By GABE FRIEDMAN/JTA
01/12/2020
Joe Biden announces all-female communications team

Biden's newly named press secretary Jen Psaki tweeted that the communications team is the "most diverse team in history – and also 6 Moms of young kids."

President-elect Joe Biden introduces key foreign policy and national security nominees and appointme
How will Joe Biden's foreign policy team tackle key issues of the day?

The Jerusalem Post reached out to several experts and asked what they expect the foreign policy will look like.

Anthony Blinken, US President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee for secretary of state, speaks in Wilmington
Should Joe Biden's Jewish picks raise concerns?

“American Jews look at these appointments and say, ‘This is what we can achieve in this country, what a country. Israelis say they are going to understand us better, because they are Jewish."

27/11/2020
Jared Kushner and Michael Flynn
Trump pardons former adviser Flynn, who pleaded guilty in Russia probe

Trump in March said he was strongly considering a full pardon for Flynn.

By REUTERS
27/11/2020
Michael Flynn
Michael Flynn's lies to FBI included one about Israel

During the 2016 campaign, Flynn had retweeted a claim that blamed Jews for the leak of material embarrassing to Democrats. He later apologized.

By RON KAMPEAS/JTA
27/11/2020
Donald Trump and Joe Biden
Trump says he will leave if Electoral College votes for Biden

The Electoral College is due to meet on Dec. 14.

By REUTERS
27/11/2020
Showing support for Trump at a pre-election rally in Beit Shemesh
Trump's remarkable Middle East legacy

There is no denying the Trump team has done more than any previous administration to bolster Israel and its future.

Reema Dodin to be first Palestinian-American White House staffer

During the Second Intifada in 2002, Dodin stated that "suicide bombers were the last resort of a desperate people."

25/11/2020
Joe Biden formally introduces his foreign policy team

Nominated Secretary of State Anthony Blinken recounted his late stepfather's experience as a Holocaust survivor.

DAVID DINKINS
David Dinkins, New York's first and only Black mayor, dies at 93

It was his role in the 1991 Crown Heights riot that would most define his mayoralty.

By REUTERS
25/11/2020
MAGA 2024? Majority of Republicans say they would vote Trump in primary

The poll reveals the degree by which Trump continues to maintain political influence in the Republican Party.

24/11/2020
White House plans holiday parties as Americans urged to stay home

Health professionals within the administration have advised against large indoor gatherings.

By REUTERS
24/11/2020
Joe Biden names his foreign policy team

Antony Blinken, John Kerry and Jake Sullivan are among the appointees.

Blinken is ‘a friend of Israel,’ ex-officials say

“I think he's worth investing time in and I think he can be a very positive influence.”

Campaigners place flowers on a multicoloured flag as they protest for LGBT rights in Chechnya outsid
Florida court overturns ban on conversion therapy

Conversion therapy aims to change people's sexual orientations or gender identities.

By REUTERS
21/11/2020
Little Trump fires everywhere: President fuels problems for successor

Trump is setting what one official called “fires”: plunging the United States into controversies that it will be hard for Biden to exit.

By RON KAMPEAS/JTA
20/11/2020
Many Jews of color are politically conservative — and many voted for Trump

Despite progressive conventional wisdom that as America became more diverse the Democratic Party coalition would grow, Trump’s share of ethnic and racial minority votes increased.

By MIJAL BITTON
20/11/2020
US Catholic bishops express concern over Biden presidency

Biden has been open about his Catholic faith, and regularly attends church services.

20/11/2020
Republican senators: Allow West Bank goods to be labeled 'Made in Israel'

"This decision would be yet another achievement by your administration that would support Israel and would push back against antisemitism and the BDS movement.”

US DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL candidate Joe Biden arrives at a campaign event in Hermantown, Minnesota,
Biden says US agency is blocking transition, slowing coronavirus efforts

Murphy is relying on precedent, her office said, citing the five weeks delay in the 2000 election before Republican George W. Bush was declared the winner.

By REUTERS
19/11/2020
US President Donald Trump speaks about early results from the 2020 US presidential election in the E
Why it matters that Trump fired US election cybersecurity chief – analysis

This may be the most problematic firing Trump has carried out in his entire presidency.

Trump fires Cybersecurity director for security inaccuracy of elections

Krebs headed up the Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.

By REUTERS
18/11/2020
Rudy Giuliani delivers remarks before Donald Trump rallies with supporters in Council Bluffs, Iowa,
Rudy Giuliani claims voter 'fraud' in long-shot Pennsylvania case

A loss in the case would likely doom Trump's already-remote prospects of altering the election's outcome.

By REUTERS
17/11/2020
The possible future Biden administration: A Jewish guide

A comprehensive list of the names you need to know who are possible candidates for the Biden Administration

Before Biden inauguration, 70,000 more Americans could die from COVID-19

Infectious disease experts say the US federal government should be doing much more right now.

By REUTERS
14/11/2020
Over 130 Secret Service officers test positive for COVID-19

In addition to White House officials, eight staffers at the Republican National Committee, such as Chief of Staff Richard Walters, have contracted the virus.

13/11/2020
Biden to bring in national security experts after briefings denied

Biden's team is pressing ahead with a transition despite President Donald Trump's refusal to concede.

By REUTERS
13/11/2020
Biden taps Ezekiel Emanuel to coronavirus task force, faces controversy

Concerns were raised that Emanuel doesn't value saving those over the age of 75, with some equating his views to eugenics.

12/11/2020
Alejandro Mayorkas
Alejandro Mayorkas, the Cuban-Jewish attorney who may head Biden's DHS

Mayorkas' ties with Israel extend beyond his family. In 2016, he spearheaded a deal to automate the sharing of cyber-data between Israel and the US.

Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) gives US President Donald Trump a look after he suggested the
Ezra Cohen-Watnick promoted to key Defense Dept. post

He made headlines in 2017 for leaking intelligence that bolstered President Trump's claims that Obama had him wiretapped.

By GABE FRIEDMAN/JTA
12/11/2020
Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump
Ivanka, Jared pull their kids from DC Jewish school amid COVID-19 concerns

Three parents of children who attend the school said the withdrawal came after parents raised concerns that Kushner and Trump were seen at events not complying with coronavirus protocols

By RON KAMPEAS/JTA
12/11/2020
United States Supreme Court
Justices Kavanaugh, Roberts suggest Obamacare might not be repealed

Roberts and Kavanaugh appeared to agree that the mandate to buy insurance can be severed from the rest of the law.

By REUTERS
10/11/2020
American and Israeli Jews [Illustrative]
How can Israeli gov't repair relationship with liberal US Jews?

Netanyahu’s close personal relationship with the US president, who is anathema to liberal Jewish America, has created real divisions between the two sides.

US Defense Secretary Mark Esper speaks to reporters at the Pentagon on March 5
Trump says he has fired Defense Secretary Mark Esper

Trump publicly split with Esper in recent months over a range of issues.

By REUTERS
09/11/2020
General view of the United States Supreme Court Building in Washington, US, July 6, 2020.
Conservative US Supreme Court prepares to hear Obamacare challenge

Biden and other Democrats have criticized Republican efforts to strike down the law in the midst of a deadly coronavirus pandemic.

By REUTERS
09/11/2020
Michèle Flournoy
Biden’s likely secretary of defense Michèle Flournoy and Israel - Analysis

In a 2018 interview with the Post, Flournoy slammed Trump for abandoning Syria to Bashar Assad’s regime and Iran.

DONALD TRUMP has said on many occasions that he will be president for life.
Is Donald Trump the richest US president of all time?

Trump has always been well-known for his reputation as a businessman, and has not been shy about having made a fortune outside the political stage.

Trump administration advances $10 billion defense sale to UAE

The ordnance sale was first reported by CNN.

By REUTERS
07/11/2020
Head of US agency overseeing nuclear weapons stockpile resigns

The action drew criticism from Senator James Inhofe, Republican chairman of the Armed Services Committee who praised Gordon-Hagerty and harshly criticized Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette.

By REUTERS
07/11/2020
Warren G. Harding - a forgotten Zionist hero‏

One hundred years ago this week, a new US president came in who would change history.

Lois Frankel defeats Laura Loomer in South Florida

The race pitted two Jews at different poles of the sociopolitical culture wars against each other.

By GABE FRIEDMAN/JTA
05/11/2020
Mississippi voters replace old Confederate state flag

The new flag will replace the flag the state had flown for 126 years

04/11/2020
New Jersey, Arizona legalize recreational marijuana

Oregon also legalized the use of magic mushrooms for therapeutic use.

By REUTERS
04/11/2020
The Orthodox and the unorthodox appeal to pardon comedian Ari Teman

Chabad Rabbis and prominent comedians have joined forces to plea for a pardon for Jewish comedian Ari Teman.

By RON KAMPEAS/JTA
01/11/2020
U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders speaks during a rally in St Louis, Missouri, U
Bernie Sanders calls Israel 'authoritarian' at Pittsburgh memorial

"All over the world... in Israel... We see intolerant authoritarian political leaders attacking the very foundations of democratic societies," said Sanders.

By BEN SALES/JTA
30/10/2020
US President Donald J. Trump introduces Judge Amy Coney Barrett as his nominee to be an Associate Ju
Amy Coney Barrett joins the Supreme Court - Jewish leaders react

“President Donald Trump made a wise choice in nominating her, and we are pleased that the Senate moved swiftly to confirm her to the Court,” Senator Norm Coleman said.

Trump calls Borat's Sacha Baron Cohen a 'creep' after Giuliani scandal

The plot of the Borat sequel revolves around his attempts to marry off his 15 year-old daughter to Vice President Mike Pence or, failing that, Giuliani.

Adam Schiff: Kevin McCarthy and Steve Scalise 'amplify' antisemitism

Schiff is the Jewish Democratic congressman from California who led the House’s impeachment inquiry of Trump last year.

By BEN SALES/JTA
24/10/2020
US may file antitrust charges against Facebook as soon as Novermber - WaPo

Facebook said in August that Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg was interviewed at an FTC investigative hearing as part of the government's antitrust probe into the company.

By REUTERS
24/10/2020
Mexico's ex-defense minister detained in the US at request of DEA

Multiple members of Pena Nieto's cabinet and party have been implicated in high-level corruption cases, sometimes involving allegations of links to organized crime.

By REUTERS
16/10/2020
Sec. guard who fatally shot Denver protester to be charged with murder

Keltner, 49, died from a single gunshot wound, authorities said. Keltner's son told the Denver Post his father was not affiliated with any group, but was at the rally to support police.

By REUTERS
16/10/2020
A militia group from Ohio protests against the state's extended stay-at-home order to help slow the
Fourteenth suspect arrested in alleged plot to kidnap Michigan governor

Higgins is the eighth man charged by Michigan authorities in the case, all of them described by prosecutors as members or associates of an anti-government militia group called the Wolverine Watchmen.

By REUTERS
16/10/2020
New World Order redux

McMaster, key to Trump administration’s first year, paints gloomy future picture

US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Judge Amy Coney Barrett reacts as US President Donald Tr
Trump's SCOTUS pick Amy Coney Barrett dodges questions on LGBT, abortion

Barrett also declined to say whether she would consider stepping aside from an upcoming Obamacare case, as Democrats have requested.

By REUTERS
13/10/2020
US REP. Keith Ellison speaks during the first session at the Democratic National Convention in Phila
Ellison, first Muslim elected to Congress, to speak at Rabin memorial

The participation of Ellison has added significance because Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez withdrew her commitment last week to attend the event.

By RON KAMPEAS/JTA
03/10/2020
U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL)
Bipartisan bill would give Israel a veto on Middle East arms sales

The bill “would require the President to consult with the Israeli government to ensure [qualitative military edge] concerns are settled.”

By RON KAMPEAS/JTA
03/10/2020
The Hague
Human rights lawyers sue Trump administration over ICC sanctions

he filing argues that the executive order violates constitutional rights, including freedom of speech.

By REUTERS
01/10/2020
US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Judge Amy Coney Barrett reacts as US President Donald Tr
Amy Coney Barrett confirmed as Trump's nomination for Supreme Court

If confirmed, Barrett will replace the late Justice Ginsburg.

By REUTERS
27/09/2020
Protestors demonstrate outside the US Supreme Court after President Donald Trump announced US Court
Jewish progressives and Democrats: Barrett nomination a step backwards

Jewish progressives have criticized Amy Coney Barrett over her stance on abortion and healthcare, among other issues.

US President Donald J. Trump introduces Judge Amy Coney Barrett as his nominee to be an Associate Ju
What are the steps to confirm Amy Coney Barrett to the US Supreme Court?

Trump wants Barrett seated before the Nov. 3 election.

By REUTERS
27/09/2020
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