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

“As far as I’m concerned, you can regret having a Nazi tattoo, you can try to cover it up, but it’s still there,” JDCA CEO Halie Soifer said.

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

U.S. senatorial candidate from Maine Graham Platner speaks at a town hall at the Leavitt Theater on Oct. 22, 2025 in Ogunquit, Maine. Platner, a veteran of the U.S. Marines and an oyster farmer, is running for the seat held by Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME).

Graham Platner becomes presumptive Dem. nominee as opponent Janet Mills drops out of race

A MAN sets an Israeli flag on fire, as people gather after a two-week ceasefire in the Iran war was announced, in Tehran, earlier this month. Iran’s regime not only harbors genocidal intentions toward Israel but also pursues a broader vision to destabilize the West, the writer says.

Weakening Israel’s defense plays into Iran’s hands - opinion


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

US Senate Democrats block Republican bid to aid Israel, not Ukraine

The House bill would provide $14.3 billion for Israel as it responds to a deadly Oct. 7 attack by Hamas, but also cut the same amount of money from the IRS.

 US senate floor

Senator, Homeland Security chief clash over pro-Hamas DHS employee

The Department of Homeland Security employee had shared images praising Hamas paragliders.

US Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) questions U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas about social media posts regarding the Israel-Hamas war he identified as being made by a DHS emloyee, during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on threats to the United St