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Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, U.S. President Donald Trump's nominee to be ambassador to Israel, testifies during his Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on March 25, 2025 in Washington, DC.

New US envoy Huckabee celebrates move to Israel with social media post

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

US Senate floor

US Senate rejects Bernie Sanders-led effort to block arms sales to Israel

PRO-PALESTINIAN DEMONSTRATORS hold a rally at Columbia University in New York City on the first anniversary of the October 7 Hamas attack, last month.

US Senate committee investigating AMP for alleged Hamas connections

By MICHAEL STARR

US President Donald Trump speaks to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) during a meeting with the House and Senate Democratic leadership in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, US, December 11, 2018.

Trump compares Chuck Schumer to Palestinians in Truth Social post

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.

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

By HANNAH SARISOHN

The entrance of the International Criminal Court (ICC) is seen in The Hague March 3, 2011.

US Senate blocks bill to sanction International Criminal Court

By HANNAH SARISOHN , REUTERS

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

EHANG’S AUTONOMOUS aerial passenger drone.

'Inconceivable': Pennsylvania senator mistakes Star Wars prop for drone

‘A DURABLE end to the war must come with the release of the hostages,’ US Deputy Ambassador to the UN Robert Wood says. ‘This resolution abandoned that necessity, and for that reason, the United States could not support it.’ Here, members of the United Nations Security Council vote on the draft res

Biden backs Israel at UN and in Senate, even as party divisions persist

U.S. Department of Homeland Security emblem is pictured at the National Cybersecurity & Communications Integration Center (NCCIC) located just outside Washington in Arlington, Virginia September 24, 2010.

FBI, DHS leaders decline to testify publicly about threats facing US

By REUTERS

Chairman Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) delivers opening remarks during a Senate Appropriations Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee hearing on President Biden’s proposed budget request for the Department of Treasury, with testimony from U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, on Capitol Hi

Sen. Van Hollen supports joint resolutions of disapproval limiting offensive weapons to Israel

By HANNAH SARISOHN

(L-R): International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim Khan; Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Senate leader elect threatens ICC sanctions over pending Netanyahu warrants

By TOVAH LAZAROFF

US senator Kirsten Gillibrand

US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand visits grave of Lubavitcher Rebbe on Election Day

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Rep. Adam Schiff talks to the media after voting at McCambridge Recreation Center in Burbank in the race for U.S. Senate that he ultimately won, Nov. 5, 2024.

Adam Schiff wins race for US Senate seat previously held by Dianne Feinstein

By ASAF ELIA-SHALEV/JTA

AS OF September 2024, 42 countries have signed the Global Guidelines for Countering Antisemitism that Dr. Deborah Lipstadt, the US State Department’s special envoy to monitor and combat antisemitism, was instrumental in creating.

‘We can’t afford to be silent': US antisemitism envoy tells 'Post'

By Darcie Grunblatt

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer speaks to reporters accompanied by U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and U.S. Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) following the weekly Senate caucus luncheons on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S

Sen. Schumer, it’s time for the Senate to turn words into action on antisemitism

By SACHA ROYTMAN DRATWA

U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) speaks at a Republican fundraising dinner in Columbia, South Carolina, U.S. August 5, 2023.

US Senator Graham calls for military force against Iran over Hezbollah threats

By HANNAH SARISOHN

US Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) gives a statement to the press, amid the ongoing conflict in Gaza between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Tel Aviv, Israel, May 29, 2024.

Lindsey Graham: Iran liable for any major Hezbollah attack on Israel

By TOVAH LAZAROFF