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US to seek death penalty in Washington DC homicide cases, Trump says

City officials have rejected the claim that violent crime is rampant, pointing to federal and city statistics that show it has declined significantly since a spike in 2023.

US President Donald Trump, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, August 6, 2025.
US ambassador to France, Charles Kushner.

Charles Kushner is a refreshing ally for Israel in Paris - analysis

A member of the National Guard mounts guard near the US Capitol building, as the House of Representatives debates impeaching US President Donald Trump a week after his supporters stormed the Capitol building in Washington, US, January 13, 2021

US National Guard troops in Washington to begin carrying weapons, officials say

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar (R) and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (L) during a meeting in February; illustrative.

Sa'ar departs for state visit to US, to meet counterpart Rubio, Jewish leaders


Khamenei: US issue 'unsolvable,' Iran will never bow down in nuclear standoff

"They want Iran to be obedient to America. The Iranian nation will stand with all of its power against those who have such erroneous expectations," Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was reported as saying.

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting in Tehran, Iran, August 24, 2025.

Reform movement urges against death penalty for alleged Capital Jewish Museum shooter

Elias Rodriguez stands accused of shooting Israeli embassy staffers Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim to death outside the Capital Jewish Museum on May 21.

 Elias Rodriguez

Vance, Hegseth greet troops in Washington, face jeers from protesters

White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller called DC protesters who heckled the pair "stupid white hippies."

White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and U.S. Vice President JD Vance, greet members of the National Guard, at Union Station in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 20, 2025.

Dozens of Modern Orthodox rabbis call for ‘moral clarity’ in the face of Gaza humanitarian crisis

“Orthodox Jewry, as some of Israel’s most devoted supporters, bears a unique moral responsibility,” the letter says. “Judaism’s vision of justice and compassion extends to all human beings."

Palestinians run towards airdropped aid packages, in Deir Al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, August 19, 2025

Man charged with throwing sandwich at US agent was Justice Dept staffer

"I just learned that this defendant worked at the Department of Justice — NO LONGER," Bondi wrote on X. "Not only is he FIRED, he has been charged with a felony."

 The seal of the US Justice Department is seen on the podium in the Department's headquarters briefing room before a news conference with the Attorney General in Washington, January 24, 2023.

Trump says he will take control of DC police, deploy National Guard to capital

"The Homeless have to move out, IMMEDIATELY. We will give you places to stay, but FAR from the Capital," Trump wrote on Truth Social.

Daniel Kingery, 61, is arrested by U.S. Park Police after he refused to leave McPherson Square, a park he was living in as part of a larger homeless encampment, which was cleared by U.S. Park Service and police in Washington, U.S., February 15, 2023.

US amb. Leiter prepares future Christian student leaders for fight against antisemitism

The Passages DC Experience gathered Christian student leaders from across the US and Canada in Washington to learn how to combat antisemitism and advocate for Israel.

Passages presenting Ambassador Leiter an award for his contribution to U.S. – Israel relations.

'We'll have no choice': Trump threatens to take federal control of Washington over crime in capital

"If DC doesn’t get its act together, and quickly, we will have no choice but to take Federal control of the City," Trump said.

US President Donald Trump waves as he boards Air Force One at Lehigh Valley International Airport in Allentown, Pennsylvania, US, August 3, 2025

Pro-Israel US lawmakers pressured Israel to allow more humanitarian aid into Gaza - exclusive

The message came from both senior Republican lawmakers in Congress and officials in the White House, according to two sources familiar with the matter.

Humanitarian aid is airdropped over Gaza as seen from northern Gaza Strip, July 27, 2025

Normalization and post-conflict order with Israel can be realized through IMEC - opinion

If a diplomatic framework materializes that facilitates Israeli-Palestinian stabilization and paves the way for Israeli-Saudi normalization, the IMEC could operate as a transformative mechanism.

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu and his Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, meet in Jerusalem in 2017.

This week in Jewish history: Israel and Jordan end state of enmity

A highly abridged weekly version of Dust & Stars – Today in Jewish History.

 THEN-PRIME MINISTER Yitzhak Rabin and Jordan’s King Hussein shake hands, as then-US president Bill Clinton applauds, at the peace treaty signing ceremony at the border between the two countries, in 1994.