House elects Brian Mast, U.S. army veteran who assisted Israeli soldiers as a civilian volunteer, to lead Foreign Affairs Committee The loyal supporter of President-elect Trump wore an Israeli army uniform to Congress in the days after Oct. 7.
Democratic centrists succeed pro-Israel stalwarts Engel and Lowey as chairs of key House panels Progressives fail in their bids to replace the veteran lawmakers, who are leaving Congress.
Gregory Meeks, who said West Bank annexation spending was off-limits with US defense aid, likely to chair House Foreign Affairs panel The New York Democrat would be the first Black lawmaker to lead the influential panel.
Politics Ilhan Omar endorses the Israel boycott and is on the influential Foreign Affairs Committee. Here’s what she and her colleagues say.