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Dutch House of Representatives adopts motion to ban Muslim Brotherhood in the Netherlands

The motion, proposed by Party for Freedom (PVV) MPs Maikel Boon and Geert Wilders, is not the first time PVV has tried to ban the MB; it is the first time it has been successful.

|ByMATHILDA HELLER
Sign on the wall of an officially shut down branch of the Muslim Brotherhood is seen on January 14, 2026 in Amman, Jordan.
Former US President Bill Clinton speaks during the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) meeting in Manhattan, New York City, US, September 19, 2022.

Bill Clinton to lawmakers investigating Epstein: 'I saw nothing'

"We are only here because he hid it from everyone so well for so long," Clinton said.

|ByREUTERS
US President Donald J. Trump delivers the first State of the Union address of his second term to a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber of the United States Capitol in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, February 24, 2026.

Trump says Iran will 'never' have nuclear weapons during State of the Union address

As US-Iran tensions rise, US President Donald Trump stated that he will “never allow the world’s number one sponsor of terror to have a nuclear weapon.”

|ByGOLDIE KATZ, JAMES GENN
View of debris as the Coast Guard, local, state and federal agencies respond in the aftermath of the collision of American Eagle flight 5342 and a Black Hawk helicopter that crashed into the Potomac River, near Reagan Washington National Airport in Washington DC, January 30, 2025.

US House narrowly fails to pass aviation safety bill drafted after deadly 2025 crash

According to the NTSB, safety equipment required by the ROTOR Act would have prevented the January 2025 midair collision between an American Eagle regional jet and a military Black Hawk helicopter.

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Representatives urge US to sanction Gaza group Popular Resistance Committees for role in Oct. 7

PRC participated in Hamas' attacks on October 7 and boasted about their involvement, according to a release from Rep. Brad Sherman's office.

APRIL 9, 2024ByHANNAH SARISOHN
Rep. Brad Sherman, September 16, 2020.

Leading Jewish Democratic group endorses Jamaal Bowman’s primary challenger

This week, footage surfaced by Politico showed Bowman at a November rally expressing doubt that Israeli women had been raped on October 7, calling the allegations “propaganda.”

MARCH 28, 2024ByLUKE TRESS/JTA
REP. JAMAAL BOWMAN (D-New York) speaks at a watch party in Yonkers, New York, last year.

‘March Madness’ in the House of Chaos - opinion

Before leaving on yet another recess, the House was thrown into one more crisis when conspiracy theorist and Jewish space laser discoverer Marjorie Taylor Greene tossed one of her trademark bombs.

MARCH 28, 2024ByDOUGLAS BLOOMFIELD
US House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) pumps fists with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) before the State of the Union address.

Bipartisan bill introduced to make reporting campus antisemitism, and discrimination easier

“All students deserve to learn and live on college campuses without fear of discrimination, harassment, or intimidation,” Manning said in the release.

MARCH 20, 2024ByHANNAH SARISOHN
Members of the 118th Congress raise their right hands as they are sworn into office to serve in the US House of Representatives on the fourth day of Congress at the US Capitol in Washington, US, January 7, 2023.

South Carolina congresswoman calls for uniform antisemitism reporting for colleges

The Department of Education should terminate federal assistance to any college or university that fails to comply with the proposed reporting requirements, it went on. 

MARCH 20, 2024ByHANNAH SARISOHN
US Rep. Nancy Mace (R-NC) addresses the press.

US Congress deal bars US funds to UNRWA until March 2025, sources say

The US Senate passed legislation last month cutting off funding for the agency, part of a $95 billion bill providing aid to Israel that has stalled in the House of Representativies.

MARCH 20, 2024ByREUTERS
The UNRWA school gate is pictured in the Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem in the West Bank, February 5, 2024.

Jewish Federations praise US House for passing TikTok bill, citing antisemitism on app

JFNA said it urges the Senate to pass the bill and send it to President Biden, who indicated he will sign it. 

MARCH 13, 2024ByHANNAH SARISOHN, REUTERS
A view shows the office of TikTok after the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bill that would give TikTok's Chinese owner ByteDance about six months to divest the U.S. assets of the short-video app or face a ban, in Culver City, California, March 13, 2024.

Georgia politician accused of antisemitism for remark about Jewish writer

Georgia State Representative Esther Panitch, urged Rep. Mike Collins to delete the comment.

MARCH 4, 2024ByMICHAEL STARR
Mike Collins, who is running for election to the US House to represent Georgia's 10th Congressional District, delivers a speech during a rally in support of defendants being prosecuted in the January 6 attack on the Capitol, in Washington, US, September 18, 2021.

Netanyahu shows 'utter disregard' for Palestinian lives - Six House Democrats

"He has shamefully been unwilling to allow humanitarian services in at the scale needed.”

MARCH 2, 2024ByRON KAMPEAS/JTA
U.S. House Democrats from left to right Becca Balint of Vermont, Madeleine Dean of Pennsylvania and Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut tour the West Bank village of Khirbet Zanutah in Feb. 20, 2024.

White House accuses House Speaker of aiding Iran in latest Ukraine aid push

Iran is "actively enabling Russia's war in Ukraine and its attacks against Ukrainian cities," deputy press secretary and senior communications adviser Andrew Bates said.

FEBRUARY 23, 2024ByREUTERS
US House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) takes questions during a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, US. February 14, 2024.