Senate Republicans urge Saudi response to Houthi attacks

Jessica Tarlov on her new book, Hasan Piker and the limits of being able to 'acknowledge without accepting'

In her new book, Fox News co-host Jessica Tarlov advocates for constructive disagreement — “acknowledge without accepting,” or hearing someone out, hard as it may be, without torching the relationship or one’s own beliefs. In an interview with Jewish Insider ahead of Tuesday’s release of I Disagree: Winning Arguments Without Losing Friends, Tarlov pointed to... <a href="">Read More</a>

Blakeman-backed House candidate defended Ye’s antisemitic rants

Long-shot Brooklyn Republican House candidate Joel Anabilah-Azumah got a boost last week with an endorsement from Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman — who hopes to unseat New York Gov. Kathy Hochul with an appeal to fellow New York Jews, particularly those discontented with Democrats’ declining support for Israel. But Jewish Insider found that Anabilah-Azumah has... <a href="https://jewishinsider.com/2026/05/trump-xi-meeting-iran-ceasefire-ai-tech-business-leaders/">Read More</a>

Macklemore dropped from Ed Sheeran's U.S. tour after venues refuse to host him over anti-Israel activism

Macklemore has been dropped from the remainder of singer Ed Sheeran’s U.S. tour after several venues objected to hosting the rapper, according to the tour’s promoter, following the rapper’s chants of “Free Palestine” and comments and imagery on Gaza during two recent opening sets for Sheeran.&nbsp; “As the concert promoter for Ed Sheeran’s U.S. Loop... <a href="https://jewishinsider.com/2026/08/florida-trims-the-fringe/">Read More</a>

Department of Education again delays report on foreign funding to universities

The Department of Education again delayed a report on foreign funding to U.S. colleges and universities, the fifth such delay since mid-July. The report under Section 117 of the Higher Education Act was expected to be released Friday. The department announced on Friday that it is again postponing the release, which is now slated to... <a href="https://jewishinsider.com/2013/12/obama-at-saban-forum-full-transcript/">Read More</a>

Trump taps Rep. Wesley Hunt as U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia

President Donald Trump on Monday informed the Senate that he plans to nominate Rep. Wesley Hunt (R-TX) as the U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia, moving toward filling one of the numerous Middle East ambassadorship posts that have sat vacant since the start of his second administration. Hunt, a former Army officer and Apache helicopter pilot,... <a href="">Read More</a>