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Senator John Fetterman and wife Gisele Barreto Fetterman meet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and wife Sara in Jerusalem, March 19, 2025.

Pennsylvania Jewish groups condemn ‘genocide’ slogan on Gisele Fetterman’s charity

By BEN SALES/JTA

Then-Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer, a New York Democrat, walks out of the Senate Chamber following a series of votes at the US Capitol, February 12, 2024.

US Senate Republican calls top Democrat Chuck Schumer 'Fuhrer'

US President Donald Trump delivers remarks on tariffs alongside a photo of Netanyahu against a backdrop of a stock market chart. (illustration)

What do Trump's tariffs on Israel mean for the economy, hi-tech, and construction in Israel?

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

ELON MUSK listens to US President Donald Trump speak in the Oval Office of the White House.

Trump tells Cabinet, others that Musk will leave soon, Politico reports

By REUTERS

A general view of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia September 30, 2014.

Trump administration begins mass layoffs at health agencies, sources say

By REUTERS

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 refuses to rule out third term, says he is 'pissed off' at Putin

By REUTERS

US President Donald Trump attends a meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (not pictured), ahead of the NATO summit in Watford, in London, Britain, December 3, 2019.

New York City ex-allies clash over Trumpian style in an Orthodox district race

By BEN SALES/JTA

A screenshot of the reported text chain between members of the Trump administration regarding a strike on Yemen.

Trump admin. accidentally leaks war plans against Houthis to 'Atlantic' editor

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

US President Donald Trump talks to the media next to Tesla CEO Elon Musk, with a Tesla car in the background, at the White House in Washington, DC, US, March 11, 2025.

Elon Musk, Donald Trump want to kill Social Security. Here's how it can be saved from DOGE

By DOUGLAS BLOOMFIELD

Rep. Nita Lowey in the Capitol, Oct. 16, 2019.

Nita Lowey, longtime Jewish congresswoman and Middle East peace advocate, dies at 87

By PHILISSA CRAMER/JTA , RON KAMPEAS/JTA

Colombians deported from the United States arrive at El Dorado International Airport in Bogota, Colombia, January 28, 2025.

Trump administration launches new 'self-deportation' app

By REUTERS

U.S. President Donald Trump gestures onstage at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) annual meeting in National Harbor, Maryland, U.S., February 22, 2025

US Jews oppose Gaza relocation plan, trust US gov't support for Israel, don't trust Trump

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

US President-elect Donald Trump gestures during a rally the day before he is scheduled to be inaugurated for a second term, in Washington, US, January 19, 2025.

Trump's approval rating slips as Americans worry about the economy

By REUTERS

THEN-US VICE PRESIDENT Kamala Harris concedes defeat in the presidential election last November. The Democratic Party is undergoing a period of introspection, and even in the post-Biden era, there are figures within the party who still identify as Zionists, the writer maintains.

Israeli Right leaders should build relationships with pro-Israel Democrats

By AKIVA LAMM

Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. waves to the audience after delivering a foreign policy speech at St. Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire, U.S., June 20, 2023.

US Senate confirms Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health secretary

By REUTERS

Tesla CEO and X owner Elon Musk speaks as Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. president Donald Trump reacts during a rally at the site of the July assassination attempt against Trump, in Butler, Pennsylvania, US, October 5, 2024.

Mass firings of federal workers begin as Trump and Musk purge US government

By REUTERS

Elon Musk, Chief Executive Officer of SpaceX and Tesla and owner of X, formerly known as Twitter, attends the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at the Porte de Versailles exhibition centre in Paris, France, June 16, 2023.

Trump makes Musk, the world's richest man, a 'special government employee'

By REUTERS