Judaism

Occasionally having the president's ear is no substitute for real influence or power, especially considering how often the president disregards his counsel. (Heidi Levine, pool via AP)

Beltway Confidential

No, Ivanka is not the most powerful Jewish woman in the US

Becket Adams · June 2, 2017 9:48 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin compared Hillary Clinton and others who accuse Russia of conducting cyberattacks against the Democratic Party to anti-Semites. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

National Security

Putin compares Clinton team to antisemites over Russia accusations

Joel Gehrke · June 2, 2017 2:54 pm

The message written in the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum guestbook by President Trump and his wife Melania, in Jerusalem, Israel, Tuesday, May 23, 2017. (Debbie Hill, UPI Pool via AP)

Beltway Confidential

Fake outrage over Trump’s Holocaust memorial note at Yad Vashem ignores how Obama imperiled living Jews

Philip Klein · May 23, 2017 5:45 pm

President Trump and first lady Melania Trump lay a wreath at Yad Vashem to honor the victims of the Holocaust, in Jerusalem, Tuesday. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

National Security

Trump lays wreath at Israel’s Holocaust memorial

Sarah Bedford · May 23, 2017 11:56 am

Kushner and Ivanka Trump, who are practicing Orthodox Jews, are not allowed to ride in a vehicle on Shabbat, which begins on Fridays at sunset and ends after sunset Saturday. (AP)

Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner get rabbinic pass to travel with Trump on Air Force One

Meghana Kurup · May 19, 2017 5:24 pm

National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster leaves following a briefing at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, May 16, 2017. President Donald Trump claimed the authority to share "facts pertaining to terrorism" and airline safety with Russia, saying in a pair of tweets he has "an absolute right" as president to do so. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Beltway Confidential

McMaster’s press briefing was a disaster for fraying US-Israeli relations

Philip Wegmann · May 16, 2017 8:00 pm

Beltway Confidential

‘Heil Trump’ graffiti hoax finally solved

David Freddoso · May 5, 2017 8:28 pm

President Trump hopes to help the Israelis and Palestinians end their long-standing conflict. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump to meet Palestinian Authority leader at White House on Wednesday

Anna Giaritelli · May 3, 2017 2:22 am

Fix the Fixer

John Podhoretz · April 28, 2017 8:00 am

President Donald Trump speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 25, 2017, during the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's National Days of Remembrance ceremony. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Beltway Confidential

Trump, thankfully, uses teleprompter at Holocaust museum

Timothy P. Carney · April 25, 2017 3:45 pm

He will deliver the keynote address at the morning event in the Capitol Rotunda, the museum said in a press release Sunday. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

Trump to deliver keynote at National Holocaust Museum event

Robert King · April 23, 2017 4:51 pm

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he is willing to make peace with the Palestinians if they can "pass the test of peace," during a Fox News interview Friday evening. (Gil Cohen-Magen/Pool via AP)

Netanyahu: Palestinian Authority must pass Israel’s ‘test of peace’

Anna Giaritelli · April 22, 2017 2:41 am