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

Donald Trump – friend or foe to Israel?

 Pennsylvania Democratic Senatorial candidate John Fetterman waves as he arrives onstage at a watch party during the midterm elections at Stage AE in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on November 8, 2022.

Former Fetterman aide concerned for Senator's wellbeing - NYT

 U.S. President Donald Trump holds a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 30, 2025.

Trump’s 2026 budget request includes plans for an Israeli-inspired ‘Golden Dome for America’

By ANDREW LAPIN/JTA
 U.S. National Security Advisor Mike Waltz speaks with the media following meetings with a Ukrainian delegation in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, March 11, 2025.

Numerous White House personnel firings may come soon as next week

 A 3D-printed miniature model of U.S. President Donald Trump with the National Public Radio (NPR) logo in the background is seen in this illustration taken April 23, 2025.

Trump signs order that aims to cut funding to NPR, PBS

 US President Donald Trump, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and national security advisor Mike Waltz over a backdrop

Trump's cabinet reshuffle: Good for Israel at UN, not so clear on Hamas, Iran

U.S. army soldiers fuel a military truck at Qayyara airbase west of Mosul, Iraq, August 10, 2017

Pentagon to seek 'Right to Repair' provisions in Army contracts

By REUTERS
'First Landing of Columbus on the Shores of the New World' painting by Dióscoro Puebla (1862).

Trump: 'I'm bringing Columbus Day back from the ashes'

 book with a cover design of the Iran-US negotiations is seen in Tehran, Iran, April 26, 2025

Trump threatens to 'lead the pack' on attacking Iran if nuclear talks fail

 U.S. President Donald Trump attends a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 10, 2025.

White House wants to defund independent Social Security board, sources say

By REUTERS
 US Secretary of State Marco Rubio looks on upon his arrival at the Quai d'Orsay, France's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, before a bilateral meeting with his French counterpart in Paris, France April 17, 2025.

Rubio replaces top US diplomat for Europe with former Senate staffer, consultant

By REUTERS
 U.S. President Donald Trump attends a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 10, 2025.

'Never again means now': Trump calls on US to remember victims of the Holocaust

 US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks during a press conference, in Panama City, Panama April 9, 2025

Trump says that Hegseth 'doing a great job' at leading Pentagon following reports of leaks

 (Illustrative) US President Donald Trump and Defense Secretaty Pete Hegseth over a backdrop of leaked Signal Chat messages of a US strike on the Houthis in Yemen.

White House searches for new defense secretary after Hegseth's Signal blunder

 Elon Musk promises thousands of units by the end of the year

Elon Musk ready to leave US federal government, WAPO reports

By REUTERS
 A US Secret Service officer near the White House on March 09, 2025 in Washington, DC.

US officials mistakenly share confidential White House data with thousands of employees

 US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth attends a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, April 10, 2025

Defense chief Hegseth shared war plans in second Signal chat, NYT reports

By REUTERS
 Demonstrators attend a protest in Timers Square, following the arrest by US immigration agents of Palestinian student protester Mahmoud Khalil at Columbia University, in New York City, March 15, 2025.

Mahmoud Khalil criticizes ICE detention in op-ed on Palestinian rights

People take part in a protest against US President Donald Trump, tariffs, deportations, a variety of other policies, and Elon Musk at the White House in one of many demonstrations taking place nationwide, in Washington on April 19, 2025.

Thousands of protesters rally against Trump across US, including over arming Israel, Gaza concerns

By REUTERS
 Secretary of State Marco Rubio talks to Michael Benz, a Jewish former Trump official with a Hitler-praising online alter ego, in a video posted by the US State Department, April 16, 2025.

Marco Rubio sits with Michael Benz, Jewish former Trump official with antisemitic online persona

By ANDREW LAPIN/JTA
 U.S. President Donald Trump attends a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 10, 2025.

Trump passport policy discriminates against transgender people, judge rules

By REUTERS
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