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Seven months after Trump intervention, US senators seek Venezuela elections

"The people of Venezuela deserve free, fair, and transparent elections, and it is vital to the national security interests of the United States that those elections occur expeditiously," Cruz said.

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A supporter of opposition leader Maria Corina Machado’s Vente Venezuela wears a Venezuelan flag during a rally marking the two-year anniversary of presidential elections, which authorities said Nicolas Maduro won, in Caracas, Venezuela, July 28, 2026.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with US Republican Senator Tom Cotton in Washington, July 29, 2026.

Prime Minister Netanyahu meets with US Senators Cotton, Fetterman during visit to Washington

"You’ve been a great, great friend of Israel, none better," Netanyahu told Cotton. "And I know you’re a champion of the Israel-American alliance, which enhances the security of both our countries."

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National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir gestures on the day the Supreme Court hears a petition seeking to force the prime minister to oust him, in Jerusalem.

Agents of chaos are reshaping a world beyond post–World War II norms - opinion

Agents of chaos should be the ones who are given no quarter by the public whenever the opportunity arises.

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US Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) moves through the Senate subway during a vote in the US Senate on a bipartisan war powers resolution aiming to stop the military campaign against Iran, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, US, March 4, 2026.

Ted Cruz blasts Joe Kent, Tucker Carlson, over Operation Epic Fury criticism

The senator joined CBS News show The Takeout to explain why he believes US President Donald Trump's actions against Iran were justified, countering Kent's claims to the contrary.

|ByTZVI JASPER

The U.S. embassy move: A powerful message, America will stand by our friends

I have long advocated that the United States take this action, and I commend President Trump for fulfilling this campaign promise.

MAY 14, 2018ByTED CRUZ
Republican US presidential candidate Ted Cruz speaks to supporters at his 2016 New Hampshire primary night rally

Iraqi army attacks Kurdish forces on road to Erbil

According to local reports the Kurdish forces near Altun Kupri tried to blow up a bridge to slow the Iraqi advance.

OCTOBER 21, 2017BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Kurdish Peshmerga fighters are seen yesterday in the Karez area west of Mosul, Iraq.

Trump waves state flag, says aid on way for storm-torn Texas

Officials briefed Trump and his wife Melania during stops in Corpus Christi and Austin.

AUGUST 30, 2017ByREUTERS
US President Donald Trump walks in front of a map of Houston during a briefing on Tropical Storm Harvey relief efforts at the Texas Department of Public Safety Emergency Operations Center in Austin, Texas, US, August 29, 2017.

Ted Cruz urges recognition of capital on Jerusalem Day

US lawmaker took to the Senate floor on Jerusalem Day to call on President Trump to make good on his campaign pledge and move the US embassy to Jerusalem.

MAY 24, 2017ByJOY BERNARD
Former Republican U.S. presidential candidate Senator Ted Cruz speaks during the third night of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, July 20, 2016

Ted Cruz: Cut US funding to UN until reversal of Israel vote

Republican Senator from Texas takes to Twitter, saying he spoke to Netanyahu to send him Hanukka greetings along with the assurance of "strong support in Congress."

DECEMBER 25, 2016ByJPOST.COM STAFF
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

US lawmakers criticize upcoming UNESCO committee vote on Jerusalem

US lawmakers to UNESCO: "This proposed resolution is yet another attempt to rewrite history by denying Jewish and Christian ties to Jerusalem."

OCTOBER 26, 2016ByJTA
Former Republican U.S. presidential candidate Senator Ted Cruz speaks during the third night of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, July 20, 2016

Standard-bearer chosen, but cracks widen

Trump accepts GOP presidential nomination • Cruz refuses to endorse him.

JULY 22, 2016ByMICHAEL WILNER
Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump appears onstage to introduce his wife Melania at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Pence, Cruz, Gingrich cite Israel on contentious GOP convention night

Republican mega-donor Sheldon Adelson reportedly would not let Ted Cruz into his suite at the convention following speech in which he failed to endorse Trump.

JULY 21, 2016ByJTA
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 booed for refusing to back Trump, exposing Republican rift

US Senator and former presidential candidate's wife ushered off floor of GOP convention out of concern for her safety following her husband's speech.

JULY 21, 2016ByREUTERS
Former Republican U.S. presidential candidate Senator Ted Cruz speaks during the third night of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, July 20, 2016

Ensuring restitution for Nazi-looted art

The US Congress works to pass the HEAR act

JUNE 8, 2016ByTED CRUZ
THE PAINTING ‘St. Maurice and His Companions of the Theban Legion’ by an unknown South German artist is displayed in an exhibition of Old Master paintings entitled ‘Reclaimed: Paintings from the Collection of Jacques Goudstikker’ at the Jewish Museum in New York, 2009.