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Some Republicans voice concern over Trump's plan to accept Qatari plane

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer vowed to block all of Trump's nominees to the Justice Department until the agency reports what it knows about the Qatari offer.

 The motorcade of US President Donald Trump is parked next to a 12-year old Qatari-owned Boeing 747-8 that Trump was touring in West Palm Beach, Florida, February 15, 2025.
 THE USAID building in Washington: Reports indicate that humanitarian aid funds intended for rebuilding Gaza’s infrastructure have also benefited groups tied to Hamas, the writer notes.

It's time end funding to USAID - opinion

 NEW ZEALAND’S Foreign Minister Winston Peters addresses the UN General Assembly, last September. New Zealand’s foreign policy, particularly its stance on Israel, is not just a matter of local politics or a passing disagreement.

Does New Zealand's foreign policy betray Western values? - opinion

 Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks at the Republican Jewish Coalition conference in Las Vegas, Nov. 5 2021.

A grant to study Hebrew is ‘woke DEI,’ Ted Cruz says


Ted Cruz: Biden admin. poured 'millions of dollars' into Hamas

“They secretly poured literally uncountable hundreds of millions of dollars toward Hamas, including tens of millions of cash they could never account for,” Cruz said. 

 US SENATOR Ted Cruz speaks at an event in Phoenix last month. Last week, he introduced a proposed amendment setting limitations of three two-year terms for members of the House and two six-year terms for the Senate, the writer notes.

'Showering cash on Iran': Ted Cruz claims Biden, Blinken funded Hamas massacre

Cruz also claimed that the White House was essentially telling Israel "not to kill the terrorists."

 US Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) speaks alongside House Republican impeachment managers and other Senate Republicans during a press conference on the impeachment of U.S. Secretary of Department of Homeland Security, Alejandro Mayorkas on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, April 16, 2024.

US envoy nominee: I’ll do everything to extradite Ahlam Tamimi

The US has pushed for her extradition given that two of the victims of the attack which took place at the Sbarro pizza restaurant were American citizens.

 AHLAM TAMIMI, sentenced to 16 life terms for involvement in the suicide bombing attack on the Sbarro pizzeria in Jerusalem in 2001, hugs her father who came to greet her at Amman airport in 2011 following her release from prison in Israel.

US Republicans defend Trump by attacking criminal justice system

Most Republicans have trained their invective on Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, accusing the prosecutor of mounting a politically motivated investigation.

 US President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, US, November 13, 2020

Ted Cruz decries possible Iran deal revival: 'Ayatollah wants death to Israel'

“A year ago, [US President] Joe Biden gave Afghanistan to the Taliban,” said Cruz. “Now he intends to give a nuclear arsenal to Iran.

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei meets with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (not pictured), in Tehran, Iran July 19, 2022.

New IRS will have 'more soldiers than the entire Israeli army' - Sen. Kennedy

The Inflation Reduction Act is still awaiting a vote in the House of Representatives. Senator Kennedy is not the only member of the GOP to raise concerns about the bill.

 US Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) departs the Senate floor following a vote to proceed to the Inflation Reduction Act on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, US August 6, 2022.

Welcome to Crazytown, USA! - opinion

What they haven’t and will never be able to take away because of our God-given second amendment rights – are guns. Lots and lots of guns. All redeemable for the right number of tickets.

Former Republican US presidential candidate Senator Ted Cruz speaks during the third night of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. July 20, 2016

Ted Cruz heads the opposition to gun laws - opinion

Cruz insists no new laws are needed. He wants to see all schoolhouse doors locked but one, which will have an armed guard. He also wants teachers to carry guns.

US SENATOR Ted Cruz (right) looks on as Texas Governor Gregg Abbott speaks to the media in Uvalde last week, after a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary School.

'Rescind $1-million grants to anti-Israel NGOs,' Republican senators tell Blinken

"As a policy matter, it is wholly unacceptable for the State Department to fund NGOs to delegitimize and isolate Israel," said a Republican letter to Antony Blinken.

The ceremonial swearing in of Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) in the Old Senate Chambers at the U.S. Capitol, January 3rd, 2019.

Bipartisan group of House members expresses concerns about nuclear deal

“The only approach that has a prayer of working is maximum pressure,” Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) told the Post.

 Democratic New Jersey Rep. Josh Gottheimer speaks at the Jerusalem Post 10th Annual Conference

GOP senators vow to thwart any Iran deal if Congress can't review it

Led by Senator Ted Cruz the senators told President Joe Biden they would use "the full range of options and leverage available" if needed.

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks at the Republican Jewish Coalition conference in Las Vegas, Nov. 5, 2021.