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Jonathan Salant

Jonathan D. Salant

Jonathan D. Salant has been a Washington correspondent for more than 35 years and has worked for such outlets as Newhouse News Service, the Associated Press, Bloomberg News, NJ Advance Media and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. A former president of the National Press Club, he was inducted into the Society of Professional Journalists D.C. chapter’s Journalism Hall of Fame in 2023.

U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C.
U.S. News
Some but not all AIPAC-backed candidates win Illinois primaries
“Campaigns defined largely by opposition to AIPAC, our members and the values we represent continue to fall short on election night,” the pro-Israel group said.
Mar. 18, 2026
Jonathan D. Salant
Baseball
U.S. News
Team Israel hopes its improvement at WBC draws more interest in team in future
Mar. 12, 2026
Jonathan D. Salant
Baseball
U.S. News
Team Israel wins again, surpasses prior records though it won’t advance in World Baseball Classic
Mar. 11, 2026
Jonathan D. Salant
Israeli US flags
U.S. News
Survey suggests 37% of Americans think US too supportive of Israel
“Polls fluctuate but the reality is that Israel is fighting a just and moral war against a barbaric enemy,” an AIPAC spokesman told JNS.
Sep. 19, 2025
Jonathan D. Salant
Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) speaks during a protest at Upper Senate Park near the U.S. Capitol on in Washington, D.C., April 8, 2025. Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images.
Israel News
House Dems push to investigate deaths of Palestinian Americans by IDF, settlers
They say that requests for such probes have been ignored by previous administrations, and that the policy is continuing under U.S. President Donald Trump.
Sep. 17, 2025
Jonathan D. Salant
Cruz
U.S. News
Tucker Carlson ‘turning into Ilhan Omar,’ Cruz says in Heritage talk
The Texas Republican talked about his efforts to have the Muslim Brotherhood recognized as a foreign terror organization.
Sep. 11, 2025
Jonathan D. Salant
Food in Gaza
Israel News
Half of US voters think Israel is committing ‘genocide’ in Gaza, per Quinnipiac poll
Support for the Jewish state largely broke along party lines, with 75% of Democrats accusing Israel of “genocide” and 64% of Republicans opposing that claim.
Aug. 27, 2025
Jonathan D. Salant
Healey Clark
Israel News
No. 2 House Democrat clarifies comment about Gaza ‘genocide’
“I want to be clear that I am not accusing Israel of genocide,” House Minority Whip Katherine Clark told JNS.
Aug. 18, 2025
Jonathan D. Salant
Massachusetts State House
U.S. News
New Massachusetts educational guidance takes ‘guesswork’ out of fighting Jew-hatred
“This is something that needs to be addressed head-on,” Simon Cataldo, a state representative, told JNS. “It’s not going to get better on its own.”
Aug. 13, 2025
Jonathan D. Salant
US-Israeli Flag
U.S. News
Push and pull of American Jewish voters and Israel tells part of political story
“We would characterize the presidential vote preferences of Jewish voters in the last few elections as largely consistent,” Hannah Hartig, a senior researcher at the Pew center, told JNS.
Aug. 12, 2025
Jonathan D. Salant
Jonathan Greenblatt
U.S. News
New tool offers ‘comprehensive picture’ of how states are doing, ADL says
“We have a crisis right now, and we need to pull every lever on the state level and the federal level,” Shira Goodman, vice president of advocacy for the ADL, told JNS.
Aug. 8, 2025
Jonathan D. Salant
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