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‘Shall not develop nuclear weapons’: 14-point memorandum of understanding between the US and Iran

Sides declare ‘immediate, permanent end to war on all fronts, including Lebanon’; fate of Iran’s enriched uranium will be ‘adequately addressed in final deal’ to be inked within 60 days

June 17, 2026, 3:22 pm

‘Shall not develop nuclear weapons’: 14-point memorandum of understanding between the US and Iran

Sides declare ‘immediate, permanent end to war on all fronts, including Lebanon’; fate of Iran’s enriched uranium will be ‘adequately addressed in final deal’ to be inked within 60 days

By Jacob Magid

June 16, 2026, 4:18 pm

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Is the Trump administration turning its back on Israel?

President Donald Trump speaks before signing a proclamation in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on June 11, 2026. (Kent NISHIMURA / AFP)

June 15, 2026, 10:21 am

Netanyahu under fire over Trump’s Iran deal

Israeli politicians on the right and left say the agreement leaves the country in danger even as Jerusalem declares its hands won’t be tied on Hezbollah.

By Tovah Lazaroff and Grace Gilson

June 14, 2026, 8:38 pm

Trump announces deal with Iran is ‘now complete’

Pakistan’s prime minister, a key mediator in the deal, said the official signing ceremony will take place Friday.

By Grace Gilson

Reps. Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna conduct a news conference after reviewing unredacted portions of the Jeffrey Epstein files, outside a Department of Justice office in NoMa on Feb. 9, 2026. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

June 1, 2026, 10:06 pm

Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie team up to strip US-Israel military tech cooperation from defense bill

The move marks the latest instance of lawmakers across the political aisle finding common cause on Israel-related policy.

By Grace Gilson

Vice President JD Vance takes the stage during a Turning Point USA event at Akins Ford Arena at the Classic Center on April 14, 2026 in Athens, Georgia. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

April 15, 2026, 1:57 pm

JD Vance heckled over Middle East policy at Turning Point USA event

“I recognize that young voters do not love the policy we have in the Middle East, OK,” Vance responded.

By Grace Gilson

A girl walks inside Gaza to get food (Jaber Jehad Badwan, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons)

August 18, 2025, 11:20 am

US suspends Gaza visas after criticism by Laura Loomer

“This is a national security threat,” the Jewish far-right provocateur tweeted.

By Philissa Cramer

A B-2 Spirit bomber deployed from Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, flies near Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, during an interoperability training mission Jan. 15, 2019. (Credit: Master Sgt. Russ Scalf/U.S. Air Force photo)

June 21, 2025, 9:56 pm

‘Very successful’ US strikes on Iranian nuclear sites at Fordow, Natanz, Isfahan, Trump says

The U.S. president said that “all planes are now outside of Iran air space” and that “full payload of bombs” had been dropped on Fordow.

By Andrew Bernard

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, President Trump's nominee to be ambassador to Israel, testifies during his confirmation hearing. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

April 10, 2025, 9:52 am

Senate confirms Mike Huckabee as Israel ambassador

Pennsylvania's John Fetterman was the sole Democrat to support Trump’s pick.

By Grace Gilson

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks at a business session with the nation’s governors in the State Dining Room of the White House, Feb. 21, 2025. (Credit: Joyce N. Boghosian/White House)

February 25, 2025, 9:45 am

Trump rescinds Biden-era rule linking arms sales and human rights

The Biden directive required recipients of U.S. arms to provide written assurances within 45 days that they were abiding by international law.

By David Isaac

Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz, left, and Japanese Defense Minister Hamada Yasukazu shake hands after signing a defense memorandum in Tokyo, Aug. 30, 2022. (David Mareuil/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

September 1, 2022, 11:04 am

Israel and Japan sign new defense agreement as they mark 70 years of relations

Gantz: The new agreement “will strengthen the defense capability of each country as well as our joint contribution to peace and stability in our regions and all over the world.”

By Jordyn Haime

Embassy Dedication Ceremony (U.S. Embassy Jerusalem, creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons)

August 1, 2022, 9:25 am

Netanyahu’s annexation vow threatened Abraham Accords, Jared Kushner says in book

The book looks at Kushner's stint as special advisor to President Donald Trump, his father-in-law, describing the secretive negotiations that would result in the Abraham Accords.

By Philissa Cramer

President Joe Biden (Photo via POTUS/Twitter)

July 13, 2022, 11:27 am

The many messages of Biden’s Mideast trip

Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid said during the weekly Cabinet meeting on Sunday that this would be a “historic” week for the Jewish state.

By Israel Kasnett

President Joe Biden pauses while delivering remarks on the mass shooting at a Texas elementary school, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, May 24, 2022. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

May 26, 2022, 3:00 pm

Biden’s decision to keep Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps on terror list is reportedly final

The IRGC regularly calls for Israel’s destruction, and it backs terrorist groups and insurgents around the world with money, training and guidance.

By Ron Kampeas

A view of the Russian-built Bushehr nuclear power plant in southern Iran, Aug. 21, 2010. (IIPA via Getty Images)

April 11, 2022, 4:42 pm

Biden will not remove Iran’s Revolutionary Guard from terrorist list, a move that endangers Iran deal

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said last week that he is not overly optimistic at the prospects of actually getting an agreement to conclusion.

By Ron Kampeas