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US Senate blocks Homeland Security funding, raising likelihood of shutdown
The legislation would have provided $64.4 billion through September 30 to cover immigration enforcement and other functions handled by DHS, including airport security and disaster response.
Credit Suisse Nazi-era accounts under renewed US Senate scrutiny
Democrats say deal reached with Trump to avert shutdown, immigration talks to continue
Netanyahu met Republican US Senator Ernst at Jerusalem Office, PMO says
US Senate advances $95 billion Ukraine, Israel aid bill after failed border deal
The security aid bill includes $61 billion for Ukraine as it battles a Russian invasion, $14 billion for Israel in its war against Hamas.
Israel aid debate reveals differences among Jewish groups over immigration
Israel and immigration — or border security — became linked when Republicans said they’d only support aid to Israel and Ukraine if it was paired with significant new US immigration restrictions.
US House speaker slams Biden ahead of meeting with Knesset speaker
"There's an absence of leadership in the White House as President Joe Biden is attempting to dial down support for Israel," Johnson said.
US Congress passes bill to avert government shutdown, sends it to Biden
"We have good news for America. There will not be a shutdown on Friday," Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat, said on the Senate floor just before the vote in that chamber.
Sanders's human rights proposal against Israel endangers Jewish lives - editorial
Sanders’s hostility toward Israel is well known – he couches it in an enmity to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the policies of right-wing governments, but it seems to go beyond that.
US Senate tables resolution for assessing potential Israeli human rights violations
Independent Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, introduced the resolution last year on Dec. 14.
US House Committee demands answers from universities on antisemitism
The letter takes particular aim at Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion efforts, asking the university presidents, “Do your diversity, equity, and inclusion departments serve Jewish students on campus?”
Senate task force calls education committee to hold hearing on antisemitism on college campuses
The letter cited a study that said 73 percent of Jewish college students surveyed experienced or witnessed antisemitic incidents on their campuses since the start of the 2023-24 school year.
Kansas state legislature passes pro-Israel resolution amid Gaza war
“The State of Israel is an invaluable and trusted ally of the United States and a beacon of democracy in the Middle East," Kansas representatives and senators said.
John Fetterman: Hamas must go, I would be 'last man standing' for Israel
As an advocate of healthcare as a right and criminal justice reform, Fetterman says "I would be the last man standing to be absolutely there on the Israeli side on this with no conditions.
