😵 Congress blinks on antisemitism

Sen. Mark Kelly: ‘I’m going to always stand by Israel as a nation’

Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) said on Sunday on NBC’s “Meet The Press” that he will “always stand by Israel as a nation,” while adding that he hopes Israelis will oust Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the elections later this year. “I’m not happy with the decisions that the prime minister of Israel has made over... <a href="">Read More</a>

Trump says U.S. is still negotiating with Iran but Tehran isn’t ‘ready’ for a deal

President Donald Trump said in remarks at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Friday that the U.S. is continuing to negotiate with Tehran even amid U.S. strikes on Iran, but added that he didn’t think that Iranian leaders were ready to make a deal. “They are talking to us right now. They’d love to make... <a href="">Read More</a>

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer endorses Haley Stevens for Senate

With less than two weeks until Michigan’s contentious Democratic Senate primary, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer endorsed Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI) on Friday, offering a burst of momentum to the moderate Democrat’s campaign against progressive, anti-Israel firebrand Abdul El-Sayed.&nbsp; “Haley will do whatever it takes to get things done for people in Michigan, and we need... <a href="">Read More</a>

Jewish leaders blame Mamdani for fueling Manhattan attack, while most Dems avoid pointing fingers

Shockwaves from the Tisha B’Av stabbings on the Upper West Side reverberated through New York’s Jewish and Democratic party elected leadership on Friday, as some blamed New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s invective against Israel, while others called more broadly to turn down the temperature on the rhetoric in the city. Thursday afternoon, a man... <a href="https://jewishinsider.com/2025/05/michael-roth-democrat-congressional-candidate-new-jersey/">Read More</a>

Netanyahu to meet with Trump at White House on Tuesday

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will fly to Washington on Monday, where he will meet with President Donald Trump and attend the funeral of Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), his office announced on Friday.&nbsp; Slated for Tuesday, the Oval Office meeting — Trump and Netanyahu’s first in-person sitdown since the start of the Iran war in... <a href="">Read More</a>