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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


Angela Alsobrooks beats AIPAC-aligned opponent in Maryland Democratic primary

In one of the costliest Senate primary races in US history, Trone spent at least $62 million of his own money and did not accept money from political action committees.

 Angela Alsobrooks, picture taken 2011

House passes bill that would enshrine IHRA definition into US law

The bill’s passage would mean the definition would apply when officials adjudicate Title VI complaints alleging campus antisemitism.

 US REP. Marjorie Taylor Greene stands next to House Speaker Mike Johnson, earlier this month. Greene has been working to punish Johnson for passing the four-part foreign aid package, the writer notes.

Senator Joe Lieberman and 'The Jerusalem Report' - opinion

Ironically, as I watched the senator read my Jerusalem Report, I had been writing fairly regularly for the publication – mainly providing interesting anecdotes from the Jewish world.

 Senators Joe Lieberman (left) and John McCain visit the Western Wall on March 19, 2008.

US House sends impeachment of Biden border official to Senate

The 100 senators are due on Wednesday to be sworn in as jurors for a trial that could take at least a week.

 US President Joe Biden looks on during his visit at the Chavis Community Center in Raleigh, North Carolina, US, March 26, 2024.

My stepfather, Joe Lieberman, modeled integrity inside and out

Senator Joe Lieberman would have been a star pupil in Rabban Gamliel’s academy.

 JOE LIEBERMAN

Father of lone soldier killed in Jerusalem stabbing attack running for Georgia state Senate

David Lubin is running in Georgia’s May 21 primary as a moderate Democrat.

 MOURNERS ATTEND the funeral of Border Police Sgt. Rose Ida Lubin at Mt. Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem, earlier this month. She was murdered in a stabbing attack.

Progressive members of US Senate express concern over aid bill funding 'blank check' for Netanyahu

In a statement, Van Hollen said he was disappointed the bill included a blanket ban on any funds going to UNRWA.

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.

US Senate tables resolution for assessing potential Israeli human rights violations

Independent Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, introduced the resolution last year on Dec. 14. 

 US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer next to House Speaker Mike Johnson and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, as supporters of Israel gather in solidarity and protest against antisemitism, amid the war with Hamas, during a rally on the National Mall in Washington, US November 14, 2023.

Senate staffer fired after sex tape scandal, shows explicit acts in Senate building

The video had been initially shared in a private group chat for gay men in politics, before being leaked online.

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

After uproar, NY State Sen. Julia Salazar fires staffer who endorsed Hamas attack

Salazar said that her staffer's comments "do not reflect" the senator or her office.

 Salazar speaking on a bill in the New York Senate chamber, March 2021