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Pahlavi or Khamenei: Iran is at a crossroads - opinion

The West keeps mistaking regime survival tactics for reform; the Iranians know better and have paid with their lives.

|ByMANI BASHARZAD, MIKE SALEM
Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of the last Shah of Iran, attends a press conference about the situation in Iran and the need to support Iranians, in Paris, France, June 23, 2025.
FILE PHOTO: Kevin Warsh, Fellow in Economics at the Hoover Institution and lecturer at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, speaks during the Sohn Investment Conference in New York City, U.S., May 8, 2017.

Senate Democrats seek pause in Warsh nomination amid Fed probes

Senate Democrats urged a delay in Kevin Warsh’s nomination as Fed chair, citing Justice Department probes into current Federal Reserve leaders and warning of political pressure on the central bank.

|ByREUTERS
A view of the US Capitol building a day before a partial government shutdown is scheduled to take place, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, US, September 30, 2025.

US government starts likely brief shutdown as House fails to approve deal

The Senate passed the spending package by a bipartisan vote of 71 to 29, but the House of Representatives is out of town and not expected to take up the measure until Monday.

|ByREUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
US Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) speaks with the media while arriving for a vote, as members of Congress work to resolve a dispute over immigration enforcement and avert a looming partial government shutdown, on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 29, 2026.

Democrats say deal reached with Trump to avert shutdown, immigration talks to continue

Senate Democrats strike a deal to prevent a partial government shutdown, temporarily separating immigration issues from funding talks to secure essential government operations.s

|ByREUTERS

US Senate confirms Jack Lew to be ambassador to Israel

Washington has not had an ambassador to Israel since July, when Tom Nides left the post. Now, former Treasury secretary Jack Lew will take it up.

OCTOBER 31, 2023ByREUTERS
US AMBASSADOR Jack Lew speaks in Washington in 2016, when he was secretary of the Treasury.

Las Vegas man charged for antisemitic death threats against Sen. Rosen

The caller lashed out at Nevada Senator Jacky Rosen’s Jewish heritage and her Israel advocacy, according to the charges.

OCTOBER 31, 2023ByRON KAMPEAS/JTA
Democratic Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) meets with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer in the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, U.S., November 13, 2018

Schumer says US Senate will move quickly on Israel

A confirmation hearing for Jack Lew, the nominee to be the next ambassador to Israel, is scheduled on Wednesday.

OCTOBER 17, 2023ByREUTERS
Majority Leader of the US Senate Chuck Schumer (left) with President Isaac Herzog. October 15, 2023

Pelosi runs for re-election as Trump vies for 2024 presidency

Pelosi, a Democrat who twice served as House speaker, is the first woman to hold the position that is second in line for the presidency if the president is incapacitated.

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023ByREUTERS
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) leaves her office to announce her decision about her future at the US Capitol in Washington, US, November 17, 2022.

Netanyahu talks Iran, Hezbollah, AI with Sen. Daines amid terror wave

Daines visited Jerusalem as concern was high among officials that Iran was purposely inflaming tensions in the West Bank to distract Israel from its pursuit of a nuclear weapons program.

AUGUST 30, 2023ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seen meeting with US Senator Steve Daines.

Michigan state senator apologizes for visit to Israel

Michigan State Senator Sylvia Santana said that she "should have exercised better discretion" before going on the trip.

AUGUST 10, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Senator Sylvia Santana.

Mitch McConnell freezes mid-sentence at press conference in health scare

McConnell, who has served in the Senate since 1985, fell and suffered a concussion and a broken rib in early March and missed six weeks of Senate action.

JULY 27, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
THE CURRENT US Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell arrives to speak at the AIPAC Policy Conference in Washington, in 2020.

US senators look to overhaul security clearances after damaging documents leak

The issue has been in the national spotlight with the arrest last month of Jack Teixeira, a 21-year-old low-ranking member of the Air National Guard accused of taking advantage of his clearance.

MAY 10, 2023ByREUTERS
Jack Douglas Teixeira, a U.S. Air Force National Guard airman accused of leaking highly classified military intelligence records online, makes his initial appearance before a federal judge in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. April 14, 2023 in a courtroom sketch.

New US report on Abu Akleh killing must be released, senator says

The request was made by Democratic Senator Chris Van Hollen in a letter sent to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday.

MAY 3, 2023ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
A Palestinian walks in front of a mural depicting the slain Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh ahead of the visit of US President Joe Biden at Bethlehem in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, July 13, 2022.

Senate Democrats welcome Sharm el-Sheikh meeting, call for de-escalation

Among the senators who joined the call were Ben Cardin (D-MD), Chris Murphy (D-CT), Tim Kaine (D-VA), and Cory Booker (D-NJ).

MARCH 22, 2023ByOMRI NAHMIAS
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Ranking Member Bob Menendez (D-NJ) speaks during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on US Policy in the Middle East, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, US, September 24, 2020.