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Senate rejects motion to limit Trump's war power in Iran day after voting yes on similar resolution

The US Senate rejected a measure aiming to limit US President Donald Trump's war powers, a day after four GOP senators helped pass a resolution that called for the removal of US forces from Iran.

US President Donald Trump boards Air Force One as he departs Reading Regional Airport in Reading, Pennsylvania, US, June 23, 2026.
US President Donald Trump arrives at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, US, June 23, 2026.

Trump slams Senate's Iran resolution as 'meaningless,' attacks its GOP defenders

Rep. Mike Lawler participates in the annual Israel Day Parade on 5th Avenue, May 31, 2026.

Pro-Israel Democrat Cait Conley to take on vulnerable Republican Rep. Mike Lawler

A protester holds a banner opposing the war with Iran during US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's opening remarks at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on US President Donald Trump's FY2027 budget request for the Department of Defence on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, US, April 30, 20

Republican-majority US Senate votes to curb Trump's powers in Iran war


House passes bill that would enshrine IHRA definition into US law

The bill’s passage would mean the definition would apply when officials adjudicate Title VI complaints alleging campus antisemitism.

 US REP. Marjorie Taylor Greene stands next to House Speaker Mike Johnson, earlier this month. Greene has been working to punish Johnson for passing the four-part foreign aid package, the writer notes.

Senator Joe Lieberman and 'The Jerusalem Report' - opinion

Ironically, as I watched the senator read my Jerusalem Report, I had been writing fairly regularly for the publication – mainly providing interesting anecdotes from the Jewish world.

 Senators Joe Lieberman (left) and John McCain visit the Western Wall on March 19, 2008.

US House sends impeachment of Biden border official to Senate

The 100 senators are due on Wednesday to be sworn in as jurors for a trial that could take at least a week.

 US President Joe Biden looks on during his visit at the Chavis Community Center in Raleigh, North Carolina, US, March 26, 2024.

My stepfather, Joe Lieberman, modeled integrity inside and out

Senator Joe Lieberman would have been a star pupil in Rabban Gamliel’s academy.

 JOE LIEBERMAN

Father of lone soldier killed in Jerusalem stabbing attack running for Georgia state Senate

David Lubin is running in Georgia’s May 21 primary as a moderate Democrat.

 MOURNERS ATTEND the funeral of Border Police Sgt. Rose Ida Lubin at Mt. Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem, earlier this month. She was murdered in a stabbing attack.

Progressive members of US Senate express concern over aid bill funding 'blank check' for Netanyahu

In a statement, Van Hollen said he was disappointed the bill included a blanket ban on any funds going to UNRWA.

Members of the 118th Congress raise their right hands as they are sworn into office to serve in the US House of Representatives on the fourth day of Congress at the US Capitol in Washington, US, January 7, 2023.

US Senate tables resolution for assessing potential Israeli human rights violations

Independent Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, introduced the resolution last year on Dec. 14. 

 US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer next to House Speaker Mike Johnson and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, as supporters of Israel gather in solidarity and protest against antisemitism, amid the war with Hamas, during a rally on the National Mall in Washington, US November 14, 2023.

Senate staffer fired after sex tape scandal, shows explicit acts in Senate building

The video had been initially shared in a private group chat for gay men in politics, before being leaked online.

The US Capitol building, which contains the House of Representatives and the Senate.

After uproar, NY State Sen. Julia Salazar fires staffer who endorsed Hamas attack

Salazar said that her staffer's comments "do not reflect" the senator or her office.

 Salazar speaking on a bill in the New York Senate chamber, March 2021

US Senate Democrats block Republican bid to aid Israel, not Ukraine

The House bill would provide $14.3 billion for Israel as it responds to a deadly Oct. 7 attack by Hamas, but also cut the same amount of money from the IRS.

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