Cruz rips House committee over changes to Muslim Brotherhood terrorism bill

Terror and crumpets

Today's briefing covers U.S.-Iran diplomatic tensions, U.K. security challenges, the UN secretary-general race, controversial city hires, and the return of Sunkist's beloved Fruit Gems candy.

The U.K.’s new government faces its first big security test

Two security incidents that were reported in the U.K. over the weekend are presenting Prime Minister Andy Burnham with some of his new government’s first major tests since taking power over the summer: how to address domestic counterterror threats and mounting issues related to asylum seekers, while also responding to concerns by British Jews over... <a href="">Read More</a>

'Un-American': Ohio man who tried to host home minyan tells of harassment ahead of Supreme Court case

When Daniel Grand emailed friends and neighbors to invite them to a minyan at his home in 2021, he never imagined that email would set off a series of events that would trigger surveillance, harassment, antisemitism and ultimately a Supreme Court case. But five years later, Grand, an Orthodox Jew from University Heights, Ohio, is... <a href="https://jewishinsider.com/authors/will-bredderman/">Read More</a>

Top Mamdani international affairs staffer linked to global left-wing influence network

A few months before New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani met with Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva during the U.N. General Assembly on Monday, his administration hired an expatriate supporter of the left-wing South American leader — an academic and activist involved in a group tied to the sprawling global influence network of... <a href="">Read More</a>

U.N. secretary-general race puts candidates’ Israel records in focus

The race to succeed U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres is still wide open, with seven candidates vying to lead an organization whose approach toward Israel has become a central concern for the United States and pro-Israel advocates.&nbsp; But even as the candidates stake out different records on Israel, diplomats and experts caution that the next secretary-general... <a href="">Read More</a>