Johnson will reject Schumer’s bid to put Antisemitism Awareness …
Nov 15, 2024 · House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) plans to reject Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-NY) proposal to add the long-stalled Antisemitism Awareness Act to the 2025 National Defense Authorization Act, throwing the legislation back into limbo.
Trump-backing Jewish activist backs out of MSG rally over Tucker ...
Shabbos Kestenbaum, a Jewish activist who has emerged as a surrogate at Trump campaign events for speaking out against antisemitism within the Democratic Party, backed out of former President Donald Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally on Sunday over Tucker Carlson being granted a speaking slot.
The mystery behind Biden’s anti-Israel book purchase
Dec 3, 2024 · Last Friday, a photographer captured President Joe Biden leaving a Nantucket, Mass., bookstore holding a copy of The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine, a controversial book by the Palestinian-American historian Rashid Khalidi, an anti-Israel academic who recently retired from Columbia University.. The Black Friday purchase drew immediate ire from pro-Israel advocates certain that Biden was ...
Trump picks Iran critic, hawkish Israel supporter Mike Waltz as ...
President-elect Donald Trump named Rep. Mike Waltz (R-FL) as his next national security adviser, adding another Israel and Iran hawk, who generally takes traditional conservative views on foreign policy to his national security team.
Messy battle of the billionaires breaks out for Treasury chief
Nov 18, 2024 · As President-elect Donald Trump swiftly moves to name his picks for several top Cabinet positions in his incoming administration, he has been more carefully weighing a pair of leading candidates for Treasury secretary — who are now jockeying to win the coveted nomination in a messy proxy battle over one of the most consequential roles in Washington.
Trump picks Matt Gaetz, with checkered record on antisemitism, …
Former President Donald Trump announced that he’s planning to nominate ethically-embattled, far-right former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) as his attorney general, tapping a figure with a checkered record on antisemitism for a role with key responsibilities in addressing discrimination and …
Schumer says that defense bill is ‘the only way’ to pass …
Nov 19, 2024 · Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said that incorporating the Antisemitism Awareness Act into the 2025 National Defense Authorization Act is “the only way” to get the legislation passed in the Senate and sent to President Joe Biden’s desk, even though House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has publicly rejected the idea.
Campuses confront resurgence of anti-Israel activism after Oct. 7 ...
Oct 15, 2024 · As the anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks approached earlier this month, Jewish students at American universities waited with trepidation — would their memorial events be targeted by anti-Israel demonstrators?
Trump selects Tulsi Gabbard to be director of national intelligence
Nov 13, 2024 · Former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, a former Democrat who defected to the Republican Party, was selected to be be President-elect Donald Trump’s director of national intelligence, a pick that could be cause for significant alarm among Republican hawks and could raise concerns for the pro-Israel community.
Trump announces former Gov. Mike Huckabee as pick for …
Nov 12, 2024 · President-elect Donald Trump announced that he will nominate former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, a committed Christian Zionist, to be ambassador to Israel.