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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

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

U.S. President Donald Trump signs the Laken Riley Act at the White House in Washington, U.S., January 29, 2025.

US representative introduces legislation to make $250 bill featuring Trump's face

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

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.

Antisemitism Awareness Act revived after failing to appear before Senate

A U.S. Air Force MQ-1 Predator, unmanned aerial vehicle, armed with AGM-114 Hellfire missiles.

Trump administration backs big arms sales to Israel, defying Congress

By REUTERS

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.

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

By HANNAH 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.

In vote of 243-140, ICC sanctions bill passes House, heads to Senate

By HANNAH SARISOHN

AMERICAN AND ISRAELI flags fly during a demonstration in support of Israel at the US Capitol in 2002.

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

By HANNAH SARISOHN

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

A COALITION of pro-Palestinian students at the University of Michigan and other supporters protest in the street, in Dearborn, last May. Last weekend, a student was attacked off campus for answering ‘yes’ in response to the question ‘are you Jewish?’

House Republican staff report outlines efforts to fight college campus antisemitism

By HANNAH SARISOHN

US SENATE Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill, last week.

Chuck Schumer reelected head of Senate Democrats — but this time as minority leader

By RON KAMPEAS/JTA

SEN. LISA MURKOWSKI, a Republican from Alaska, says she will vote against confirming any Trump nominee who has not had a full FBI vetting, the writer notes.

Trump’s second term begins with divisive decisions and unforced errors

By DOUGLAS BLOOMFIELD

Members of the House of Representatives vote for the third time on whether to elevate House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) to Speaker of the House in the U.S. Capitol on October 20, 2023 in Washington, DC.

Bill to revoke tax-exempt status of terror-supporting NGOs fails to pass US House

By Mathilda Heller

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.

Involving US troops in Israeli conflicts requires congressional approval, House lawmakers argue

By Svetlana Shkolnikova/ TNS

US HOUSE SPEAKER Mike Johnson speaks to the media following the passage of a stopgap bill to keep the federal government funded for another three months and avert a month-end partial shutdown, at the Capitol.

American voters, this current failed Congress wants your votes

By DOUGLAS BLOOMFIELD

US Representative George Santos (R-NY) walks to a vote on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, January 12, 2023.

Expelled former congressman Santos pleads guilty to corruption charges

By REUTERS

US PRESIDENT Joe Biden meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office yesterday.

US House Republicans say Biden committed impeachable offenses

By REUTERS

US Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle exits after testifying before a House of Representatives Oversight Committee hearing on the security lapses that allowed an attempted assassination of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, July 22, 2024.

US Secret Service chief resigns following Trump assassination attempt

By REUTERS