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Mike Wagenheim

Mike Wagenheim

Mike Wagenheim is a Washington-based correspondent for JNS, primarily covering the U.S. State Department and Congress. He is the senior U.S. correspondent at the Israel-based i24NEWS TV network.

“At their core, sanctions are not acts of aggression,” Scott Bessent said at an annual terrorism funding conference. “They are instruments of peace.”
“The pro-terror flotilla is a ludicrous attempt to undermine President Trump’s successful progress toward lasting peace in the region,” the U.S. treasury secretary said.
“We have a responsibility to confront antisemitism, defend democratic values and ensure every resident feels safe,” said Steven Meiner, mayor of Miami Beach.
Nemanja Starović spoke with JNS during his visit to Washington, which included meetings about Jewish issues with AIPAC and State Department officials.
The U.N. special rapporteur, who has a history of spreading Jew-hatred, was properly served by two Christian charities, who allege that she defamed them, according to a district court in Colorado.
Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood Al-Saadi “directed and urged others to attack U.S. and Israeli interests and to kill Americans and Jews in the U.S. and abroad,” the Justice Department said.
“There will be ups and downs, but the potential for success is great,” wrote Yechiel Leiter, the Israeli envoy in Washington.
Linda McMahon highlighted student criticism of the Ivy League school’s campus culture while responding to questions from lawmakers during a House hearing on higher education policy.
Neutra, an IDF lone soldier killed on Oct. 7, had deferred his enrollment to Binghamton University to serve in the Israeli military.
The Israeli envoy in Washington told JNS that he thinks that “the shared interest in freeing that country from Hezbollah is ultimately going to win the day.”
The judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled that Francesca Albanese, who is not a U.S. citizen or resident, is protected by the First Amendment.
Rand Paul’s son, William Paul, allegedly told the New York congressman, who is not Jewish, that “you Jews” would be responsible if Rep. Thomas Massie loses his Kentucky primary race.