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Jewish groups rally behind bipartisan Senate antisemitism bill with $1B security allocation

The bill follows several other recent attempts to advance antisemitism legislation in Congress.

Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV) walks into the Senate Chamber on December 11, 2025 in Washington, D.C.
A protester holds a banner opposing the war with Iran during US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's opening remarks at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on US President Donald Trump's FY2027 budget request for the Department of Defence on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, US, April 30, 20

US Senate advances measure curbing Trump's Iran war powers

U.S. Senate candidate from Maine Graham Platner speaks during a campaign event on May 2, 2026, in Appleton, Maine.

At Jewish Democrats summit, Senate candidate Graham Platner divides the room

Philippine Secretary of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Jonvic Remulla gestures as he arrives at the Senate, which holds Senator Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa, the chief enforcer of former President Rodrigo Duterte's drug war, in protective custody amid an International Criminal

Mystery surrounds Senate shooting as Phillipine president calls emergency meeting after chaos


Sen. Rick Scott: ‘The anti-Israel voice is not America’

At The Jerusalem Post Washington Conference, the Florida senator urged leaders to condemn antisemitism “every single time” and to deepen pro-Israel engagement on Capitol Hill.

Florida Sen. Rick Scott speaks at The Jerusalem Post's Annual Conference in New York, US, May 19, 2025'

US Senate to hold vote Thursday on Republican healthcare plan

The Republican-proposed alternative plan aims to address expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies

 Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) speaks at a press conference following the weekly policy luncheon, more than a month into the ongoing U.S. government shutdown on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, US, November 4, 2025

Democrats troubled by video of US strike on Caribbean drug boat, Republicans defend attack

The second strike, ordered by Admiral Frank Bradley, led some lawmakers to suggest that the US may have violated the law of war.

US Navy Admiral Frank "Mitch" Bradley walks in a hallway, as he departs a classified briefing for leaders of the Senate Armed Services Committee on US strikes against Venezuelan boats suspected of smuggling drugs, on Capitol Hill in Washington, December 4, 2025.

Chuck Schumer receives emailed bomb threats, confirms everyone is safe

The bomb threats were sent to Schumer's Rochester, Binghamton, and Long Island offices, with "MAGA" in the subject line, and an email address claiming the 2020 election was "rigged."

US Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) speaks at a press conference following the weekly policy luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington, November 19, 2025; illustrative.

Holocaust museums 'false propaganda' used to blackmail world - American Muslims for Palestine head

Osama Abu Irshaid says Jews have a "monopoly on the victim mentality," calling for a new "Palestinian genocide" narrative.

 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Lone US Republican rep. votes against releasing Epstein files as Senate weighs bill

Rep. Clay Higgins (R-Louisiana) was the sole vote against the House measure requiring the release of the unclassified records on sex criminal Jefferey Epstein.

U.S. Representative Clay Higgins (R-LA) chairs a subcommittee hearing of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee for testimony from Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Inspector General Joseph Cuffari about unaccompanied migrant children, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S.,

US Senate approves deal to end longest government shutdown in history, sends to House

The 60-40 vote passed with the support of nearly all of the chamber's Republicans and eight Democrats.

The US Capitol building is illuminated the night the Senate passed a short-term government funding bill, more than a month into the longest US government shutdown, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 10, 2025.

Senate to vote on bill to end longest ever US gov't shutdown

Senate sources told ABC that there would be “more than enough” Democrats to vote on the bipartisan measure, though most are expected to vote against the measure.

US Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ) uses his phone on the US Capitol steps as Republican lawmakers struggle to pass US President Donald Trump's sweeping spending and tax bill, on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, July 1, 2025.

Trump seeks end of Senate filibuster as shutdown drags on, but Republicans are unmoved

"We have to get the country open. And the way we're going to do it this afternoon is to terminate the filibuster," Trump told Republican senators.

US President Donald Trump speaks during a breakfast with Republican Senators at the White House in Washington, DC, US November 5, 2025.

Trump withdraws State Department Middle East nominee, source says

Trump withdraws Joel Rayburn's nomination as assistant secretary of state after concerns over his role in US troop deployment discussions in Syria.

Joel Rayburn, then-US deputy assistant secretary for Levant Affairs and special envoy for Syria, attends a news conference at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, October 29, 2019.