U.S. Politics
At least five U.S. personnel wounded by rocket strike on the Al-Asad Airbase in Iraq • Biden briefed about timing and nature of Iranian strike on Israel • Details still not clear, U.S. officials say.
Pro-Israel groups have spent millions to unseat the Missouri Democrat, who recently doubted whether Hamas is a terrorist organization.
U.S. President Joe Biden convened his national security team in the Situation Room on Monday to discuss the situation in the Middle East.
“I was 20,” Josh Shapiro, a potential Democratic vice presidential pick, told reporters on Friday. “I have said for years, years before Oct. 7, that I favor a two-state solution.”
“If this is not promptly rectified, the committee is prepared to compel their production,” Rep. Virginia Foxx wrote to the Ivy League school.
Gov. Maura Healey told JNS she was grateful for the legislators and advocates who will help make sure that the state is “safer for our Jewish community.”
The chief prosecutor wrote to families of the victims, acknowledging that the government knows “that the decision to enter into a pre-trial agreement will be met with mixed reactions.”
“Through appropriate channels, we have been able to continue to communicate with Hamas,” a State Department spokesman said Wednesday.
Washington revised travel warnings amid reports that leading U.S. and British airlines canceled flights to Tel Aviv.
“Now is the time for all of us to stand together and make clear that hate crimes, antisemitism, bigotry and appeals to violence have absolutely no place in our society,” the statement from a group of 20 representatives said.
The top American diplomat stressed the importance of achieving a ceasefire agreement in Gaza.
“Some of these comments, if ultimately attributable to the shooter, appear to reflect antisemitic and anti-immigration themes, to espouse political violence and are described as extreme in nature,” Paul Abbate, the deputy director of the FBI, testified to Congress.
