The United States will impose 17% tariffs on goods imported from Israel under a sweeping new tariffs system that President Donald Trump unveiled on Wednesday.
The tariffs on Israeli goods are less than some Trump rolled…
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Could Randy Fine lose? In deep-red Florida, the Jewish Trump favorite faces an unexpectedly close race
A bombastic Jewish Republican is unexpectedly at risk of losing his congressional race in a deep-red Florida district seat on Tuesday.
And if Randy Fine does lose, it will be to a Muslim candidate with a track record of…
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House approves bill requiring campuses to report more foreign funding
Congress advanced a bill that requires universities to report more of their foreign funding, a priority of Jewish groups concerned about influence from Israel’s adversaries.
The DETERRENT Act passed the House on Thursday…
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Trump nixes pro-Israel darling Elise Stefanik’s nomination to be UN ambassador
Elise Stefanik will not be the next U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, President Donald Trump announced on Thursday, yanking the darling of pro-Israel advocates from her nomination to a role representing the United…
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Judge blocks Trump bid to suspend refugee funding, in legal victory for Jewish group HIAS
The Trump administration’s bid to suspend funding for refugee admissions was partially blocked by a Seattle federal judge Monday, in response to a lawsuit by refugee aid agencies including the Jewish group HIAS.
The injunction…
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Mike Huckabee, in confirmation hearing to be ambassador to Israel, says he won’t run US policy there
Mike Huckabee, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be ambassador to Israel, told senators that while he personally supports Israel annexing the West Bank, he wouldn’t be directing the president’s policy in the region.
He…
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Nearly 80 bipartisan lawmakers call on Trump administration to unfreeze security funding for religious institutions
Nearly 80 members of Congress from both parties are calling for the Trump administration to end a freeze on security funding for religious institutions.
The halt to the Nonprofit Security Grant Program, or NSGP, began recently…
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Holocaust remembrance pages — and one about Bea Arthur — removed in Pentagon’s DEI purge
When she was 5 years old, Kitty Saks’ home in Vienna was commandeered by the Nazis, leading her family to flee to Brussels, where she was hidden in a convent until the Allies liberated Belgium. Twenty-seven members of her…
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NYC’s Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum has a plan to protest Trump 2.0
In polarizing times, here’s something both sides can agree on: Opponents of Donald Trump’s agenda are struggling to offer any resistance.
“Democrats are like hamsters on a wheel, running furiously and going nowhere,” Continue Reading
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These NY Jews on the left and right agree: They’re fed up with Chuck Schumer
It was supposed to be a major moment for New York Sen. Chuck Schumer and the Jewish community.
The Senate minority leader, who’s also the highest-ranking Jewish elected official in American history, was set to appear at the…
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