Capitol Hill

Convicted January 6 rioter appointed to sensitive Pentagon counterterrorism job - report

Elias Irizarry, 24, was appointed to a post in the Defense Department’s Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict, the Washington Post reported. 

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A mob of supporters of US President Donald Trump storm the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, U.S., January 6, 2021. Picture taken January 6, 2021.
L to R: Bishop Robert Stearns, President of Eagles Wings; Dr. Susan Michael, President of ICEJ USA; Jordanna McMillan, U.S. Dir., Israel Allies Foundation

Hundreds of rabbis and pastors mobilize on Capitol Hill for Israel Advocacy Day

Faith leaders participated in over 100 congressional meetings to advocate for Israel and the fight against extremism

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Brian McGinnis gets stuck in a door, injuring his arm, as Sen. Tim Sheehy and US Capitol Police officers attempt to remove him from a Senate Armed Services Subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill on March 4, 2026 in Washington, DC.

Sen. Tim Sheehy forcibly removes anti-war protester who shouted, ‘No one wants to fight for Israel’

The protester, Brian McGinnis, a Marine veteran running as a Green Party candidate in North Carolina’s Senate race, disrupted a Senate Armed Services subcommittee hearing on military readiness.

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Previous guests at the IAF Chairman's Conference include Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (Courtesy)

Israel Allies Foundation convenes global pro-Israel conference in Washington

The three-day gathering will focus on international legislative cooperation, responses to global challenges facing Israel, and issues related to antisemitism and regional security.

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Trump's golden statue compared to Golden Calf in online derision

The statue drew instant derision online, with commentators comparing it to the golden calf that enraged the prophet Moses in the Old Testament.

FEBRUARY 27, 2021ByREUTERS
A statue of former US President Donald Trump is pictured at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Florida, US February 26, 2021.

Trump refused to call off rioters as Republican leader pleaded - CNN

"Well, Kevin, I guess these people are more upset about the election than you are," Trump reportedly told House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy.

FEBRUARY 13, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
SUPPORTERS OF US President Donald Trump protest in front of the Capitol Building in Washington, DC, on January 6.

US Senate honors police officer who saved Romney, lawmakers during riot

By unanimous consent, the Senate passed a measure to give the Congressional Gold Medal to officer Eugene Goodman of the US Capitol Police force.

FEBRUARY 13, 2021ByREUTERS
Officer Eugene Goodman named acting deputy sergeant of arms of the Capitol Police escorts Vice President-elect Kamala Harris as they arrive for the inauguration of Joe Biden as the 46th President of the United States on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., January 20, 2021.

Trump lawyers portray impeachment trial as Democratic witch hunt

Democrats were unimpressed by the presentation.

FEBRUARY 13, 2021ByREUTERS
Michael van der Veen, attorney for former President Donald Trump, answers a question submitted by a Senator during the fourth day of the impeachment trial of the former president on charges of inciting the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., February 12, 2021. U.S

Democrats: Trump initiated Capitol attacks with false election claims

The House of Representatives has charged Trump, a Republican, with inciting an insurrection by exhorting thousands of supporters to march on the Capitol.

FEBRUARY 10, 2021ByREUTERS
Supporters of US President Donald Trump gather in Washington at Capitol

Why did Trump's lawyer, David Schoen, keep putting his hand on his head?

Was the fact that he covered his head while drinking also because he is an Orthodox Jew?

FEBRUARY 10, 2021ByLAURA E. ADKINS/JTA, RON KAMPEAS/JTA
Trump's impeachment lawyer David Schoen covering his hand with his head before drinking water

Joe Biden has restored hope in the US Department of Justice - opinion

Merrick Garland’s nomination underscores US President Joe Biden’s commitment to restore integrity and the rule of law.

FEBRUARY 7, 2021ByAVI S. OLITZKY
GEORGIA DEMOCRATIC Sen. Raphael Warnock departs following a vote in the basement of the US Capitol last month.

Holocaust survivor shocked to see Nazi symbols in Capitol Hill riot

Most of Irene Fogel Weiss' family were among the approximately 1 million Jews murdered at the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp in occupied Poland.

FEBRUARY 3, 2021BySHIRA FEDER/JTA
Irene Fogel Weiss points to a photo of herself upon arrival in Auschwitz in May 1944.

Congresswoman Kathy Manning: Bombs from Gaza prepped me for Capitol mob

“As my heart started to race, I thought to myself, ‘I’ve been through much worse," she said.

FEBRUARY 3, 2021ByRON KAMPEAS/JTA
Congresswoman-elect Kathy Manning arrives at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Nov. 13, 2020.

'Bomb-making manuals' found in home of Proud Boy who stormed Capitol

Prosecutors said he used a police shield to break a window, allowing other rioters to enter the building.

JANUARY 30, 2021ByREUTERS
Proud Boys activist Kyle Chapman at a rally in Portland on June 4, 2017. Chapman now says he has transformed the group into an explicitly white supremacist organization. (Natalie Behring/Getty Images)