American politics

A request for Israel amid elections: Help us help you - opinion

Israel’s political culture has always been robust, direct, and intensely democratic. Its representative democracy remains an extraordinary example – not only in the Middle East but far beyond it. 

|ByBOBBY RECHNITZ
Israel’s election campaign is gathering pace, with the country’s political parties competing over the questions of security, leadership and the direction Israel takes after three years of war.
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Trump hosts a dinner in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington

Trump toys with the idea of renaming New Mexico to 'New America'

US President Donald Trump released a post on social media supporting the idea of changing the state of New Mexico's name to 'New America.'

|ByREUTERS
Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump and Republican vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance point to the stage during Day 1 of the Republican National Convention (RNC), at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S., July 15, 2024.

SNAFU on the Potomac: Trump, Iran, and the dysfunction in Washington - opinion

The incumbents will swear they’ve been working diligently for you, but it is all the others who’ve made the mess. Most citizens will agree on the need for change but then send in the same old clowns.

|ByDOUGLAS BLOOMFIELD
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) holds a press conference after the Senate passed a continuing resolution to avoid a shutdown of the federal government, in Washington, U.S., November 15, 2023.

Chuck Schumer’s guardian act was never about Israel. It was about power - opinion

Both halves of that promise are now broken. Schumer was not guarding Israel, and he was not guarding American Jews. He was guarding his caucus and his own gavel.

|ByMICHA DANZIG

Michigan's Arab American, left-wing communities vow 'uncommitted' against Biden in upcoming primary

"Michigan voters are sending Biden a clear message in the February 27 Democratic primary that he can count us out.

FEBRUARY 22, 2024ByHANNAH SARISOHN
REP. RASHIDA TLAIB (D-Michigan) speaks at a climate rally in Iowa in January.

NYC mayor’s message to pro-Palestinian protesters: 'Bring the Hostages Home'

New York City Mayor Eric Adams calls for the release of hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

FEBRUARY 14, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
New York City Mayor Eric Adams speaks during a Lights for Liberty event demanding the release of the remaining 135 hostages held in Gaza

Trump legal team rejects calls for testimony limits in defamation case

US District Judge Lewis Kaplan this month ruled that the former president may not tell the jury he did not rape Kaplan.

JANUARY 14, 2024ByREUTERS
Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media as he arrives at a Manhattan courthouse, for the trial of himself, his adult sons, the Trump Organization and others in a civil fraud case brought by state Attorney General Letitia James, in New York City, U.S., October 2, 2023.

Trump hits back at Biden, attacks Haley in first 2024 trip to Iowa

He called the US a "failing" nation, beset by "terrorists" and immigrants from "mental asylums" pouring over the US-Mexico border.

JANUARY 6, 2024ByREUTERS
Former US President Donald Trump speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Florida, US February 28, 2021.

US Senate to take up Israel, Ukraine aid as soon as next week - Schumer

Schumer also said he will discuss US border security with President Joe Biden and Senate Democrats.

NOVEMBER 28, 2023ByREUTERS
CURRENT US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is among the top Democrats who opposed the 2015 JCPOA.

Israel already needs a plan for the day after it topples Hamas - analysis

Amid the horror, shock, and fury that has gripped this country since October 7, there has been little public discussion inside Israel of this issue and the future of the Gaza Strip.

OCTOBER 18, 2023ByHERB KEINON
A convoy of Israeli tanks at sunset near the southern Israeli border with Gaza, October 12, 2023.

US House without a leader after ousting Kevin McCarthy in historic vote

The 216 to 210 vote marked the first time in history that the House removed its leader, driven by a relatively small group of right-wing Republicans.

OCTOBER 3, 2023ByREUTERS
US HOUSE SPEAKER Kevin McCarthy walks through Statuary Hall in the Capitol Building in Washington.

Netanyahu's legacy will be permanently darkened by corruption - opinion

WASHINGTON WATCH: Is Netanyahu a threat to the Jewish Diaspora?

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023ByDOUGLAS BLOOMFIELD
PRIME MINISTER Netanyahu saw US President Joe Biden for an hour in a New York City hotel room, sandwiched between presidential meetings with other foreign leaders in town for the UN General Assembly, the writer notes.

Nikki Haley: 'We have a country to save, and I’m determined to do it'

It was an honor to meet Nikki Haley and gain an in-person glimpse of her greater vision for America and her pro-Israel stance that she cherishes so much.

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023ByJOSEPH SCUTTS
Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley tours Thrillville at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines on August 12.

Republicans are holding the US gov't hostage - opinion

House Republicans are holding the government hostage, refusing to budge unless the ultra-conservative wing’s ever-changing demands are met.

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023ByDOUGLAS BLOOMFIELD
US HOUSE SPEAKER Kevin McCarthy walks through Statuary Hall in the Capitol Building in Washington.