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Democratic US senators demand immediate hearings on Iran war

Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey told reporters that the senior Democrats on the Foreign Relations and Armed Services committees have made the requests to Republican chairmen.

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US SEN. Cory Booker (D-NJ) speaks to the media after hearing Congressional briefings on Iran at the US Capitol on March 3, 2026 in Washington, DC.
US President Donald Trump - Operation Epic Fury. March 2, 2026.

US Senate Republicans block bid to curb Trump’s Iran war powers

The Senate voted 53 to 47 against advancing the resolution, largely along party lines, with all but one Republican voting against the procedural motion and all but one Democrat supporting it.

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US President Donald J. Trump delivers the first State of the Union address of his second term to a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber of the United States Capitol in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, February 24, 2026.

Trump says Iran will 'never' have nuclear weapons during State of the Union address

As US-Iran tensions rise, US President Donald Trump stated that he will “never allow the world’s number one sponsor of terror to have a nuclear weapon.”

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View of debris as the Coast Guard, local, state and federal agencies respond in the aftermath of the collision of American Eagle flight 5342 and a Black Hawk helicopter that crashed into the Potomac River, near Reagan Washington National Airport in Washington DC, January 30, 2025.

US House narrowly fails to pass aviation safety bill drafted after deadly 2025 crash

According to the NTSB, safety equipment required by the ROTOR Act would have prevented the January 2025 midair collision between an American Eagle regional jet and a military Black Hawk helicopter.

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New US envoy Huckabee celebrates move to Israel with social media post

The US Senate confirmed former Huckabee to be the country’s ambassador to Israel last week, installing a staunch pro-Israel conservative in the high-profile post.

APRIL 17, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, U.S. President Donald Trump's nominee to be ambassador to Israel, testifies during his Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on March 25, 2025 in Washington, DC.

US Senate rejects Bernie Sanders-led effort to block arms sales to Israel

The Senate voted 82-15 and 83-15 to reject two resolutions of disapproval over sales of massive bombs and other offensive military equipment.

APRIL 3, 2025ByREUTERS
US Senate floor

US Senate committee investigating AMP for alleged Hamas connections

US Senate investigates American Muslims for Palestine over alleged Hamas ties and campus links, raising concerns about student safety and extremist influence.

MARCH 30, 2025ByMICHAEL STARR
PRO-PALESTINIAN DEMONSTRATORS hold a rally at Columbia University in New York City on the first anniversary of the October 7 Hamas attack, last month.

Trump compares Chuck Schumer to Palestinians in Truth Social post

Trump appeared to insult both the Palestinian people and the US Senate Minority Leader, a New York Jew, in his post on Truth Social on Thursday.

FEBRUARY 6, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
US President Donald Trump speaks to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) during a meeting with the House and Senate Democratic leadership in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, US, December 11, 2018.

New resolution calls for US, Israel to 'keep all options' on the table to counter nuclear Iran

Iran-hawk Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) led the resolution along with Sens. John Fetterman (D-PA) and Katie Britt (R-AL) and Reps. Moskowitz (D-FL) and Lawler (R-NY). 

JANUARY 31, 2025ByHANNAH SARISOHN
U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives members attend a joint session of Congress to certify Donald Trump's election, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. January 6, 2025.

US Senate blocks bill to sanction International Criminal Court

The chamber voted 54-45, meaning the measure, which had already passed the Republican-majority House of Representatives could not get the 60 yes votes needed.

JANUARY 28, 2025ByHANNAH SARISOHN, REUTERS
The entrance of the International Criminal Court (ICC) is seen in The Hague March 3, 2011.

Jewish groups engage new Congress on Israel, antisemitism, and security

Jewish advocates met with new and returning members of Congress, emphasizing priorities on Israel, combating antisemitism, and security policies as the new session kicked off on Capitol Hill.

JANUARY 5, 2025ByHANNAH SARISOHN
AMERICAN AND ISRAELI flags fly during a demonstration in support of Israel at the US Capitol in 2002.

'Inconceivable': Pennsylvania senator mistakes Star Wars prop for drone

This was not the drone he was looking for.

DECEMBER 19, 2024BySHIR PERETS
EHANG’S AUTONOMOUS aerial passenger drone.

Biden backs Israel at UN and in Senate, even as party divisions persist - analysis

The White House made clear to Senate Democrats that it was opposed to Sanders’s initiative that would have embargoed future arms sales to Israel.

NOVEMBER 22, 2024ByHERB KEINON
‘A DURABLE end to the war must come with the release of the hostages,’ US Deputy Ambassador to the UN Robert Wood says. ‘This resolution abandoned that necessity, and for that reason, the United States could not support it.’ Here, members of the United Nations Security Council vote on the draft res

FBI, DHS leaders decline to testify publicly about threats facing US

Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Gary Peters called their refusal to publicly testify a "shocking departure" that runs counter to 15 years of precedent.

NOVEMBER 21, 2024ByREUTERS
U.S. Department of Homeland Security emblem is pictured at the National Cybersecurity & Communications Integration Center (NCCIC) located just outside Washington in Arlington, Virginia September 24, 2010.