Capitol Hill

Sen. Tim Sheehy forcibly removes anti-war protester who shouted, ‘No one wants to fight for Israel’

The protester, Brian McGinnis, a Marine veteran running as a Green Party candidate in North Carolina’s Senate race, disrupted a Senate Armed Services subcommittee hearing on military readiness.

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Brian McGinnis gets stuck in a door, injuring his arm, as Sen. Tim Sheehy and US Capitol Police officers attempt to remove him from a Senate Armed Services Subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill on March 4, 2026 in Washington, DC.
Previous guests at the IAF Chairman's Conference include Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (Courtesy)

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.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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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Is America bringing lessons of ‘war on terror’ home? - analysis

In the wake of the violent protests in Washington on January 6, there have been calls to round up “domestic terrorists” and put down an “insurrection.”

JANUARY 12, 2021BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Protesters climb the wall of the US Capitol, January 6, 2021.

Shock and amazement as State Dept. website ‘ends’ Trump's term

Staffer allegedly changed the site without authorization amid heated tensions in Washington.

JANUARY 12, 2021BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
The seal of the United States Department of State is seen in Washington, US, January 26, 2017.

Democracy in the US and Israel is being tested - opinion

Something has happened to us in the last four years.

JANUARY 12, 2021ByODED REVIVI
BARACK AND Michelle Obama greet Donald and Melania Trump before the presidential inauguration in Washington on January 20, 2017.

Could America today face a similar fate to that of Nazi Germany?

Growing up, I always wondered how Germany, an epicenter of European culture in the 1930s, could become such a dark, hateful place.

JANUARY 12, 2021ByJULIAN VOLOJ/JTA
A Capitol police officer stands with members of the National Guard behind a crowd control fence surrounding Capitol Hill a day after a pro-Trump mob broke into the Capitol building, Jan. 7, 2021

Capitol riots: US police departments begin investigating officers involved

Among the departments noted in the report are those from California, Washington state and Texas.

JANUARY 11, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Supporters of US President Donald Trump gather in Washington at Capitol

Israeli at Capitol storming: We left once we saw guns drawn

"Someone decided to break the glass and suddenly we saw police aiming their weapons at us through the door," said the Israeli rioter.

JANUARY 11, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
JANUARY 06: U.S. Capitol police officers point their guns at a door that was vandalized in the House Chamber during a joint session of Congress on January 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. Congress held a joint session today to ratify President-elect Joe Biden's 306-232 Electoral College win over Presiden

Letters to the editor, January 10, 2021: Where might Joe go?

Readers of the Jerusalem Post have their say.

JANUARY 10, 2021ByLETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters

Could it happen in Israel? - comment

The question entered my mind while I watched the events evolve on CNN and Fox News on Wednesday, and continues to haunt me.

JANUARY 10, 2021BySUSAN HATTIS ROLEF
What exactly of what happened in Washington could be transposed to the current Israeli reality? Pictured: Supporters of US President Donald Trump during a ‘Stop the Steal’ protest outside of the Capitol Building in Washington, DC, last week.

Capitol riots: Trump supporters crushed cop between his shield and door

Another officer was killed after rioters struck him in the head and caused a brain clot • The FBI continues to arrest participants after identifying them on social media

JANUARY 10, 2021ByAARON REICH
Pro-Trump protesters storm into the US Capitol during clashes with police, during a rally to contest the certification of the 2020 US presidential election results by the US Congress, in Washington, US, January 6, 2021

Capitol riots: Rioters arrested after identified from social media

Senators urge mobile carriers to save social media content related to the riot • FBI asks public for help identifying suspects.

JANUARY 10, 2021ByREUTERS
Jacob Anthony Chansley, also known as Jake Angeli, of Arizona, stands with other supporters of US President Donald Trump as they demonstrate on the second floor of the US Capitol near the entrance to the Senate after breaching security defenses, in Washington, US, January 6, 2021.