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THE US CAPITOL BUILDING in Washington: The first order of business should be the old business which Congress failed to finish last year; Congress and the Trump administration need to be more aggressive in addressing antisemitism, states the writer.

Congress members push to strengthen Abraham Accords

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

US President Donald Trump gestures, before boarding Air Force One as he departs for Florida, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, US, March 28, 2025

Trump preparing executive order to increase weapons exports, sources say

Mia Love, who was the Republican candidate for the 4th congressional district, talks to the press from the party headquarters as results came in for the 2012 US presidential election in Salt Lake City, Utah, November 6, 2012.

Mia Love, first Black Republican woman elected to Congress, dies at 49

Reps. Nita Lowey and Eliot Engel of New York speak to AIPAC's annual policy conference on March 25, 2019.

Before Nita Lowey died, Trump’s DOGE eviscerated the $250m. Middle East peace fund named for her

By Deborah Danan/JTA

US President Donald Trump makes an announcement about an investment from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, DC, US, March 3, 2025.

Trump to order abolishment of Department of Education

By REUTERS

U.S. President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol on March 04, 2025 in Washington, DC. Vice President JD Vance and Speaker of the House (R-LA) applaud behind.

Israel, Gaza and hostages get just brief mention in Trump’s address to Congress

By BEN SALES/JTA

US President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol on March 04, 2025 in Washington, DC.

'America is back' Trump declares in first address

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

The family of Edan Alexander, an American held captive in Gaza, join protests for his release in December 2024 in New York City.

Who is Edan Alexander, the American-Israeli hostage whose parents will be at Trump’s address

By BEN SALES/JTA

ANTISEMITISM ON display at the UK’s Free Palestine rally.

Congress must fully fund the Nonprofit Security Grant Program

By MICHAEL MASTERS

Israeli Opposition head and Yesh Atid Chair Yair Lapid addresses AIPAC in Washington, February 24, 2025.

'Biggest mistake of their lives': Yair Lapid warns Iran in AIPAC address

By JOANIE MARGULIES

Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-WI) speaks during a press conference on Capitol Hill on June 26, 2024 in Washington, DC. Republicans in the House are attempting to hold Attorney General Derrick Garland in contempt of Congress after he advised that President Biden assert Executive Privilege over the audio

‘Schumer turned his back on Israel’: Van Orden urges American Jews to reconsider their alliances

Members of Christians United for Israel march to show solidarity with Israel, in Jerusalem, in 2008.

Jewish critics of Christian allies are hurting Israel

Tulsi Gabbard, Donald Trump's new director of national intelligence, testifies before a Senate Intelligence Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 30, 2025.

US Senate confirms Trump nominee Gabbard as intelligence chief

By REUTERS

Letters

Letters to the Editor, February 12, 2025: Simple answer

By LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

President-elect Donald Trump, Tiktok (Illustrative)

Trump orders creation of US sovereign wealth fund, says it could buy TikTok

By REUTERS

Ken Martin, DNC Chair Candidate, speaks at the "Win With Workers" Rally and Press Conference at the DNC Midwestern Candidate Forum on January 16, 2025 in Detroit, Michigan.

Democrats elect Minnesota's Ken Martin as their new leader

By REUTERS

THE US CAPITOL BUILDING in Washington: The first order of business should be the old business which Congress failed to finish last year; Congress and the Trump administration need to be more aggressive in addressing antisemitism, states the writer.

A new administration and new Congress brings new opportunities

By NATHAN DIAMENT

U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) speaks to supporters of student loan debt relief in front of the Supreme Court as the justices are scheduled to hear oral arguments in two cases involving President Joe Biden's bid to reinstate his plan to cancel billions of dollars in student debt in Washington, U.S., F

Progressive reps. re-up calls for war crime accountability for Israel, Hamas in wake of ceasefire

By HANNAH SARISOHN