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United States political news and analysis with a focus on the connection between American policy and the Jewish people and the State of Israel.

Male hands arrested with handcuffs in Criminal concept (illustrative)

Florida man arrested for plotting attack on AIPAC's South Florida offices during Hanukkah

 Flames rise from a Tesla Cybertruck after it exploded outside the Trump International Hotel Las Vegas, in Las Vegas, Nevada, US, January 1, 2025.

One killed, seven wounded in Tesla Cybertruck explosion outside Trump hotel

 Many Jews in the literary world complained of a climate of intolerance in which authors who are perceived to be pro-Israel are facing exclusion and harassment.

The world after October 7, and before Trump 2.0: The essential Jewish conversations of 2024

By Andrew Silow-Carroll/ JTA
 The top ten American stories of 2024

10 of the most-read US Jewish news stories of 2024

By JTA STAFF
 Then-US president Jimmy Carter receives a farewell ceremony at Ben-Gurion Airport, Israel, March 14, 1979

'A brave leader': Netanyahu, Herzog react to Jimmy Carter's death

Then-Prime Minister Menachem Begin and US president Jimmy Carter deliver a speech at the White House, July 19, 1977

A look back at Jimmy Carter's complicated relationship with Israel

 US PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP takes the stage to address supporters at his election night rally in West Palm Beach, Florida, early Wednesday morning.

Hamas open to limited hostage release ahead of Trump's inauguration

  U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and Elon Musk watch the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket on November 19, 2024 in Brownsville, Texas.

Trump sides with tech advisors over dispute about skilled immigrant visas

US PRESIDENT-ELECT Donald Trump delivers remarks in Palm Beach, Florida last week.

Trump asks Supreme Court to pause law that could ban TikTok

By REUTERS
 US former ambassador to the United Nations and South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley speaks during the second day of the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, July 16, 2024.

‘What would we do?’: Nikki Haley reflects on how US would react to an Oct. 7

Jewish Florida State Rep. Hillary Cassel.

Jewish Florida State representative switches to Republican Party, citing Israel support

 U.S. President-elect Donald Trump adjusts the microphone as he meets with House Republicans on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., November 13, 2024.

US colleges urge int'l students to return before Trump inauguration

 House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) speaks to the media, following a meeting with fellow Republicans on the day where a potential government shutdown looms during the holidays, after a spending bill backed by US President-elect Donald Trump failed in the US House of Representatives, on Capitol Hi

US Congress approves stopgap bill to avoid government shutdown

By REUTERS
 Aviva Siegel speaks at a press conference Wednesday, December 18, 2024.

Families of hostages plead for release at US Capitol press conference

 US president-elect Donald Trump attends a viewing of the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket, in Brownsville, Texas, US, November 19, 2024.

'Costly to our nation': Trump renews efforts to end daylight-savings time

 ACCORDING TO one Taiwanese NGO, TikTok users in Taiwan are more inclined than others to believe in Chinese videos.

US lawmakers tell Apple, Google to be ready to remove TikTok from app stores on Jan. 19

 NEWLY ELECTED members of the US Congress pose for a photo on the steps of the Capitol in Washington.

Challenges and opportunities for the Jewish members of the 119th Congress

By RON KAMPEAS/JTA
 U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken waves as he departs for Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, at Ben Gurion International Airport, in Tel Aviv, Israel, October 23, 2024.

US supports Syrian-led transition after Assad’s fall: Blinken

Commander Jared Isaacman of Polaris Dawn, a private human spaceflight mission, speaks at a press conference at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. August 19, 2024. Launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled for August 26

Trump picks Jewish space adventurer Jared Isaacman to head NASA

By PHILISSA CRAMER/JTA
 Former president Donald Trump listens as Adam Boehler, the CEO of the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation, addresses the daily coronavirus task force briefing in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, US, April 14, 2020.

Trump taps Abraham Accords negotiator Adam Boehler as special envoy for hostage affairs

US President-elect Donald Trump participates in an event with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis at the Pelican Golf Club in Belleair, Florida, US, July 31, 2020

Trump considers replacing Hegseth with DeSantis to run Pentagon, WSJ reports

By REUTERS
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