Capitol Hill

Israel Allies Foundation convenes global pro-Israel conference in Washington

The three-day gathering will focus on international legislative cooperation, responses to global challenges facing Israel, and issues related to antisemitism and regional security.

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Previous guests at the IAF Chairman's Conference include Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (Courtesy)
US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks during the Reagan National Defense Forum at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, US, December 6, 2025.

Hegseth says he would have ordered second strike on Caribbean vessel

"I fully support that strike," Hegseth said at the Reagan National Defense Forum in Simi Valley, California. "I would have made the same call myself."

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FBI Director Kash Patel speaks during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, DC, US, November 12, 2025

FBI probing Democrats who called for US military to refuse illegal Trump orders

US President Donald Trump also has accused the six Democrats of sedition and said in a social media post that the crime is punishable by death.

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(L-R): Josh Gottheimer, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Norman Brownstein

No. 24: Norman Brownstein, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Josh Gottheimer: Lobbying for Israel in DC

Norman Brownstein, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, and Josh Gottheimer all provide extensive pro-Israel voices on Capitol Hill.

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Trump lawyers portray impeachment trial as Democratic witch hunt

Democrats were unimpressed by the presentation.

FEBRUARY 13, 2021ByREUTERS
Michael van der Veen, attorney for former President Donald Trump, answers a question submitted by a Senator during the fourth day of the impeachment trial of the former president on charges of inciting the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., February 12, 2021. U.S

Democrats: Trump initiated Capitol attacks with false election claims

The House of Representatives has charged Trump, a Republican, with inciting an insurrection by exhorting thousands of supporters to march on the Capitol.

FEBRUARY 10, 2021ByREUTERS
Supporters of US President Donald Trump gather in Washington at Capitol

Why did Trump's lawyer, David Schoen, keep putting his hand on his head?

Was the fact that he covered his head while drinking also because he is an Orthodox Jew?

FEBRUARY 10, 2021ByLAURA E. ADKINS/JTA, RON KAMPEAS/JTA
Trump's impeachment lawyer David Schoen covering his hand with his head before drinking water

Joe Biden has restored hope in the US Department of Justice - opinion

Merrick Garland’s nomination underscores US President Joe Biden’s commitment to restore integrity and the rule of law.

FEBRUARY 7, 2021ByAVI S. OLITZKY
GEORGIA DEMOCRATIC Sen. Raphael Warnock departs following a vote in the basement of the US Capitol last month.

Holocaust survivor shocked to see Nazi symbols in Capitol Hill riot

Most of Irene Fogel Weiss' family were among the approximately 1 million Jews murdered at the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp in occupied Poland.

FEBRUARY 3, 2021BySHIRA FEDER/JTA
Irene Fogel Weiss points to a photo of herself upon arrival in Auschwitz in May 1944.

Congresswoman Kathy Manning: Bombs from Gaza prepped me for Capitol mob

“As my heart started to race, I thought to myself, ‘I’ve been through much worse," she said.

FEBRUARY 3, 2021ByRON KAMPEAS/JTA
Congresswoman-elect Kathy Manning arrives at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Nov. 13, 2020.

'Bomb-making manuals' found in home of Proud Boy who stormed Capitol

Prosecutors said he used a police shield to break a window, allowing other rioters to enter the building.

JANUARY 30, 2021ByREUTERS
Proud Boys activist Kyle Chapman at a rally in Portland on June 4, 2017. Chapman now says he has transformed the group into an explicitly white supremacist organization. (Natalie Behring/Getty Images)

Israeli drones will help locate survivors during natural disasters

These drones will handle events similar to the US capitol riots.

JANUARY 27, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Optimus, a drone manufactured by Airobotics, the Israeli drone maker that says it has recently been granted the first certificate in the world to fly a fully automated drone, with no human operator, is seen during a demonstration for Reuters near their offices in Petah Tikva, Israel March 20, 2017.

A Canadian view of the Capitol riots in the United States - opinion

What all Western democracies have to do is better understand how such extremism has been nourished and nurtured.

JANUARY 23, 2021ByKEVIN LYNCH, PAUL DEEGAN
An explosion caused by a police munition is seen while supporters of US President Donald Trump gather in front of the US Capitol Building in Washington, US, January 6, 2021

NJ rep. demands investigation into 'suspicious' tours before Capitol siege

In a video address on Facebook, Sherill called the tours "reconnaissance for the next day."

JANUARY 18, 2021ByTZVI JOFFRE
A supporter of US President Donald Trump waves Trump and Confederate flags after making his way to the second floor of the US Capitol during the insurrection on January 6.