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Republicans defend US House majority as 50 competitive races loom ahead of 2026 midterms

The outcome of the races could decide whether Democrats gain the three seats needed to reclaim control of the chamber from Republicans.

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The US Capitol exterior after the US House of Representatives approved legislation to avert a government shutdown before the midterm elections, at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, September 1, 2026.
U.S. Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) looks on as U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Rand Paul (R-KY) presides over a vote whether to hold Anthony Fauci, the former director of the NIAID, contempt for having invoked the 5th Amendment.

Sen. Fetterman rejects former staffers' accusations of neglecting Senate duties as 'hit pieces'

The WSJ report cited interviews with former staffers who detailed how Fetterman has appeared to neglect his constituents’ concerns. In response, the senator called the report "smears."

|ByCORINNE BAUM
US flag and Judge gavel are seen in this illustration taken, August 6, 2024.

They tried to punish Jews for calling out antisemitism. Federal court said no - opinion

After 13 months as defendants, a Jewish couple won dismissal of a lawsuit over comments they made on an Instagram post.

|ByJACLYN S. CLARK
Beth El Temple in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Harrisburg Jewish federation collapse leaves community rebuilding from the ground up

The slow-rolling collapse in Harrisburg, which has roughly 9,000 Jews in the city area, has included the closure of programs and the displacement of Jewish institutions.

|ByGRACE GILSON/JTA

FBI says shooter who tried to kill Trump Googled details on JFK assassination

Former President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963, by Lee Harvey Oswald.

JULY 24, 2024ByREUTERS
Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump is assisted by the Secret Service after gunfire rang out during a campaign rally at the Butler Farm Show in Butler, Pennsylvania, US, July 13, 2024.

Top 7 Small Business Insurance Options in Pennsylvania for 2024

Discover the best small business insurance options in Pennsylvania for 2024. Protect your business with these top 7 choices tailored to your needs.

JULY 24, 2024ByAHAD WASEEM

Here's what we know about Thomas Crooks, who came within inches of killing Trump - explainer

What is unique about Crooks — when compared to other recent shooters who opened fire at schools, churches, malls and parades — is that he came within inches of killing a presidential candidate.

JULY 14, 2024ByREUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump is assisted by the Secret Service after gunfire rang out during a campaign rally at the Butler Farm Show in Butler, Pennsylvania, US, July 13, 2024.

UPenn student: ‘I know I’m unsafe,’ anti-Israel activists plan escalation

Yakoby told The Post that he and other concerned students had warned the administration about escalation of the protests, but had by Friday had received no response.

MAY 8, 2024ByMICHAEL STARR
STUDENTS HOLD a protest encampment in support of Palestinians on the Columbia University campus, in New York City, this week.

Alleged ISIS-affiliated Uzbek man lived in US for 2 years before government discovery

It was a year after the Uzbek government released official international notice on Jovokhir Attoev that the United States realized that he was wanted in Uzbekistan for alleged ISIS affiliation.

MAY 6, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
An ISIS flag seen at Israel's kibbutz Sufa following a massacre by infiltarting Hamas terrorists, pictured on October 11, 2023

Pennsylvania Jews rally against antisemitism after graffiti at synagogue

A red swastika was spray painted on a sign sitting outside the synagogue and "free Gaza" was written on the building of a Jewish-owned eatery.

APRIL 5, 2024ByMICHAEL STARR
A man walks past graffiti reading 'Free Palestine', amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Dublin, Ireland, November 15, 2023.

What I told my children when our synagogue was graffitied with a swastika

Swastika vandalism shocks PA synagogue community, sparking reflection on antisemitism and support for Israel.

APRIL 2, 2024ByERIN BESER/JTA
A grave is desecrated with a swastika at the Jewish cemetery in Westhoffen, near Strasbourg, France, December 4, 2019.

More than 100 pro-Palestinian protesters arrested at Pennsylvania Capitol - report

All protesters were ordered by officers to disperse before being taken into custody, and many protestors wore shirts saying "divest from genocide."

FEBRUARY 6, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A general view of the Pennsylvania State Capitol, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, US, January 17, 2021.

UPenn professors embark on high-level faculty solidarity mission to Israel

‘We sought to bear comfort to our brothers and sisters in Israel and to more fully absorb the depth of this trauma’

JANUARY 4, 2024ByATARA BECK
UPenn professors tour Israel's south, January 2024

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.

DECEMBER 29, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
U.S. Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) walks through the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., November 15, 2023.