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Florida House adopts bill to ban use of West Bank term in official documents

At the House Government Operations Subcommittee on Tuesday, the bill received 16 yes votes and 1 no, making it adopted.

An Israeli border policeman runs as a pro-Palestinian Jewish activist holds a sign during a protest against Jewish settlements in Salfit in the West Bank, December 3, 2020
 US SENATOR Bernie Sanders speaks at a May Day rally in Philadelphia earlier this month. In a Senate committee meeting, Sanders said: ‘We can agree that antisemitism is unacceptable in all forms, but some of us happen to believe that the response of the Netanyahu government to the Hamas attack is al

Holocaust Memorial Museum board looks to oust Bernie Sanders after years of absence - report

DEMOCRATIC US Sen. Tim Kaine (C) speaks next to fellow Democrats Chuck Schumer (L) and Adam Schiff during a press conference on Capitol Hill last week.

Washington needs quality control, not cover-up - opinion

US President Donald Trump speaks at the Detroit Economic Club in Detroit, Michigan, US, January 13, 2026.

Trump, Venezuela's Rodriguez tout positive phone call, Trump finds Senate win


New US bill brings together Abraham Accords signatories against Iran

The DEFEND Act aims to "combat Iranian aggression threatening peace" as Iran is "on the one-yard line in their pursuit of a nuclear weapon."

 Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei attends a meeting via video conference with people from East Azarbaijan in Tehran, Iran, February 17, 2022.

Late Senator Orrin Hatch wore a mezuzah around his neck for 40 years

Former US Senator Orrin Hatch used his Mormon faith to style himself as a lifelong friend of Jews and Israel.

Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee Orrin Hatch (R-UT) listens as Alex Azar II testifies on his nomination to be Health and Human Services secretary in Washington, US, January 9, 2018.

Senate confirms Deborah Lipstadt to serve as next antisemitism envoy

“It is time for the Senate, at long last, to confirm this nominee to fight antisemitism around the world," said Senator Jon Ossoff (D-GA).

 Deborah Lipstadt walks a red carpet for "Denial" during the 11th Rome Film Festival at Auditorium Parco Della Musica in Rome, Oct. 17, 2016.

Senate Committee advances Lipstadt’s nomination as next antisemitism envoy

The final step would be a Senate vote, some eight months after President Biden announced his intention to nominate her to the position.

Deborah Lipstadt, President Joe Biden's nominee to be antisemitism monitor, testifies in the Dirksen Office building near the U.S. Capitol, Feb. 8, 2022.

Congress again postpones Lipstadt's confirmation

Although her nomination was the first item on the agenda, chairman Bob Menendez (D-New Jersey) decided to pull her name at the last minute.

US academic Deborah Lipstadt (C) exults 11 April 2000 the High Court in London after winning a libel case brought against her and Penguin publications by British revisionist historian David Irving.

Chuck Schumer urges US aid for Ukraine: 'There's a Holocaust going on'

“When you see that people are lined up on buses just to leave a conflict zone, and Putin’s artillery shells those buses, that is just below humanity, below dignity.”

US Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) walks through the US Capitol in Washington, US, December 17, 2020.

The real reason for Pelosi's visit to Israel - opinion

One would think that the primary purpose politicians have for visiting Israel would be briefings about security, but that would only be partially true.

 US HOUSE Speaker Nancy Pelosi waves from the VIP gallery in the plenum, during her visit to the Knesset last week.

Russia sanctions bill: GOP, Dems struggle to find common ground

The proposed bill, known as the NYET Act (Never Yielding Europe's Territory), seeks to sanction the Nord Stream 2 pipeline and major banks, and provide $500m. in military funds for Ukraine.

The US Capitol building, which contains the House of Representatives and the Senate.

On This Day: Donald Trump acquitted in second impeachment trial 1 year ago

The impeachment sought to hold Trump responsible for the Capitol insurrection, when his supporters on January 6, 2021 stormed the US Capitol.

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally on the eve of the U.S. mid-term elections

GOP Senate candidate shoots Democrats Biden, Pelosi in Super Bowl ad

Jim Lamon is running to become the new senator for Arizona, challenging incumbent Democrat Sen. Mark Kelly. In the ad, he is shown taking on the "DC Gang."

 Jim Lamon, a GOP candidate challenging Mark Kelly for senator of Arizona (illustrative).