Settlement expansion “may not be helpful” in achieving peace, the Trump administration said, its first pronouncement on an issue that has for decades confounded U.S.-Israel relations. … more

During a combative news conference in August, White House adviser Stephen Miller told reporters that the United States should prioritize immigrants who speak English … more

Douglas Tuman of West Hempstead defeated Cindy Grosz in last week’s 4th Congressional District Republican primary, with 74 percent of the vote.  Tuman, 39, is now set to challenge … more

It is deeply humbling for me to stand before this vibrant democracy to have the great honor to address this Knesset, the first vice president of the United States to be afforded that privilege here … more

Longtime pro-Israel Rep. Eliot Engel’s defeat last week by Jamaal Bowman, a progressive who’s been critical of the Jewish state, doesn’t signal a Zionist wipeout. Engel’s … more

Republican Jews have President Donald Trump to thank for their party’s renewed dominance of Washington politics. So what do they think of him? Marlyn Appelbaum paused to … more

President Joe Biden, in his inaugural address on Wednesday, told a strife-ridden nation that “we must end this uncivil war that pits red against blue, rural vs. urban, conservative vs. … more

Vice President Mike Pence promised the Knesset on Monday that the U.S. Embassy would move to Jerusalem “before the end of next year,” advancing the timeline of several years that was … more

Joe Biden filled the months before Inauguration Day lining up a slate of Cabinet secretaries, assistants and advisers, many of them Jewish. Biden’s choices reflect a diverse cross-section of … more

President Donald Trump paid extended tribute to the memory of the Holocaust and to Israel in a speech to the World Jewish Congress. Speaking via prerecorded video … more