WASHINGTON (TND) — Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer told reporters that Secretary of War Pete Hegseth would not commit to showing all members of Congress the full video of a deadly double strike on an alleged drug boat on September 2.
He shared the news after he attended a closed-door meeting with Hegseth, along with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, as well as fellow top lawmakers known as the „Gang of Eight“ on Tuesday afternoon.
(8 hours ago)
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Secretary of State Marco Rubio briefed the chairs and ranking members of the House and Senate Intelligence Committees on Tuesday about the Sept. 2 strikes on a suspected drug boat in the Caribbean. CBS News congressional correspondent Caitlin Huey-Burns has the details.
(December 2, 2025)
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) released the following statement regarding reports from the Washington Post that on September 2, 2025, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth issued an order to kill all eleven people on the suspected drug boat in the Caribbean:
“At the Pentagon, the buck stops with the Secretary of Defense. Period.
“True leaders own the calls they make and take responsibility for their actions. Secretary Hegseth should release the full video of the strike and lay out publicly what happened, without throwing the uniformed military under the bus.
“Since Signalgate back in the spring, Secretary Hegseth’s leadership has been a distraction from the critical missions of our military, and I called for him to resign then. The President himself yesterday told the country that he would not have wanted a second strike.
“If this reporting is true, President Trump should fire the Secretary, as he did other underperforming cabinet members in his first Administration.”
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) shared a 2016 video, first reported in CNN, where Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth told an audience that the U.S. military “won’t follow unlawful orders from their commander in chief.” Words remarkably similar to Slotkin’s in a video she posted recently where she simply restated the law.
Major Pete Hegseth, in 2016 said:
“If you are doing something that is completely unlawful and ruthless then there is a consequence for that. That’s why the military said it won’t follow unlawful orders from their commander in chief. There’s a standard; there’s an ethos; there’s a belief that we are above so many things are enemies or others would do.”
(November 25, 2025)
“Because they know that Donald Trump will be gone and they will not have that protection,” he added. “They’re going to have to do the safest thing possible, which is follow the Constitution of the United States, and you’ll be fine.”
Gallego then looked directly into the camera and gave a message to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. On Monday, Hegseth said the Pentagon would conduct a “thorough review” of allegations against Kelly, who first heard of the investigation in Hegseth’s post on the social platform X.
“You will never, ever, ever even be half the man that Sen. Kelly is,” Gallego told Hegseth. “You, sir, are a coward. And the fact that you are following this order from the president shows how big of a coward you are. And I can’t wait till you no longer are the secretary of Defense.”
On Monday, the Department of War announced that it has opened a formal review into allegations of misconduct against Kelly over the video.
The Pentagon said it may even call Kelly, a retired Navy captain, back to active duty to face court-martial proceedings or other administrative actions under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ). Four of the other Democrats are former military, but not retired and therefore are not subject to the UCMJ, according to Secretary of War Pete Hegseth. Slotkin is a former CIA officer.
(November 18, 2025)
The investigation comes as President Donald Trump has been pushing relentlessly for consequences for Kelly and five other Democratic lawmakers over a video they made reminding servicemembers of their duty to disobey illegal orders, calling their actions “seditious” and “treason.”
Because Kelly was a senior officer who retired from the Navy, he is required to remain available for recall to the military by law. The other five lawmakers, Sen. Elissa Slotkin, Rep. Jason Crow, Rep. Maggie Goodlander, Rep. Chris Deluzio and Rep. Chrissy Houlahan, are not eligible for recall to a military service.
Rounds said „it looked more like it was written in Russian to begin with.“
The senators said they spoke to Rubio after he reached out to some of them while on his way to Geneva for talks on the plan. Independent Maine Sen. Angus King said Rubio told them the plan „was not the administration‘s plan“ but a „wish list of the Russians.“
The bipartisan group of senators, who are veteran legislators and among those most focused on foreign relations, stood together at the press conference as they relayed Rubio‘s message on the call.
The U.S. bipartisan Senate delegation attending the Halifax International Security Forum had received a phone call from Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
In it, Rubio was quite frank.
According to Republican Senator Mike Rounds, Rubio told senators that the 28-point peace plan drawn up by Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and his Russian counterpart, Kirill Dmitriev, was actually a Russian plan that the U.S. had agreed to pass along to Ukraine.
(November 20, 2025)
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ) and Representatives Jason Crow (D-CO-06), Chris Deluzio (D-PA-17), Maggie Goodlander (D-NH-02), and Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA-06) released the following joint statement:
“We are veterans and national security professionals who love this country and swore an oath to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. That oath lasts a lifetime, and we intend to keep it. No threat, intimidation, or call for violence will deter us from that sacred obligation.“
“What’s most telling is that the President considers it punishable by death for us to restate the law. Our servicemembers should know that we have their backs as they fulfill their oath to the Constitution and obligation to follow only lawful orders. It is not only the right thing to do, but also our duty.“
“But this isn’t about any one of us. This isn’t about politics. This is about who we are as Americans. Every American must unite and condemn the President’s calls for our murder and political violence. This is a time for moral clarity.“
“In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage. We will continue to lead and will not be intimidated.“
“Don’t Give Up the Ship!”
(14 hours ago)
Earlier this morning, President Trump threatened me and a group of service and veteran Members of Congress with arrest, trial, and death by hanging.
Here’s my response.
(November 20, 2025)
President Donald Trump on Thursday accused half a dozen Democratic lawmakers of sedition “punishable by DEATH” after the lawmakers — all veterans of the armed services and intelligence community — called on U.S. military members to uphold the constitution and defy “illegal orders.”
The 90-second video was first posted early Tuesday from Sen. Elissa Slotkin’s X account. In it, the six lawmakers — Slotkin, Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly, and Reps. Jason Crow, Chris Deluzio, Maggie Goodlander and Chrissy Houlahan — speak directly to U.S. service members, whom Slotkin acknowledges are “under enormous stress and pressure right now.”
Ein Video, in dem sechs Kongressmitglieder der US-Demokraten Militärangehörige aufrufen, illegale Befehle nicht zu befolgen, hat US-Präsident Donald Trump in Rage versetzt. Er bezeichnete deren Appell als Hochverrat. Die sechs Demokraten seien „Verräter“, schrieb er auf seiner Plattform Truth Social. Ihr „aufwieglerisches Verhalten“ sei „strafbar mit dem Tode“. In einem weiteren Beitrag begnügte er sich in der für ihn üblichen Großschreibung damit, die Frage zu stellen, ob die Beteiligten eingesperrt werden sollten.
(November 18, 2025)
A vote was held to discharge Resolution S.J.Res.90, the Venezuela Hostilities Removal Resolution, a resolution sponsored by Democrats Tim Kaine and Adam Schiff and Republican senator Rand Paul on October 16.
It aimed to invoke the 1973 War Powers Resolution which asserts that US military action should be approved by US Congress.
The motion was not agreed to, 49 US senators voting in favour, but 51 voting against.
At least four Irish citizens were on board six Global Sumud Flotilla vessels which have been interecpted and detained by the Israeli Navy tonight.
Two of the Irish citizens were on the Sirius and one was on the Alma.
Sinn Féin Senator Chris Andrews was on board the Spectre vessel which was boarded by Israeli military personnel, his party confirmed.
Signatories on board of the flotilla:
– Former Mayor Ada Colau, Barcelona, Spain
– MP Cele Fierro, Movimiento Socialista de los Trabajadores (MST), FIT Unidad, Liga
Internacional Socialista (LIS), Buenos Aires, Argentina
– MP Franciszek Sterczewski, independent, Poznań, Poland
– MP Juan Bordera, Compromís, País Valencià, Spain
– MP Juan Carlos Giordano, Izquierda Socialista (UIT-CI), Frente de Izquierda de los
Trabajadores – Unidad (FIT-U), Argentina
– Councilor Lucía Muñoz Dalda, Palma City Council (Mallorca). Former Member of
Parliament, Spain
– Federal Deputy Luizianne Lins, Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT), Brazil
– MP Lorena Delgado Varas, independent socialist, Sweden
– MP Mariana Mortágua, Bloco de Esquerda, Portugal
– Councilor Mariana Conti, City Council of Campinas, Partido Socialismo e Liberdade
(PSOL), Brazil
– Provincial MP Ezequiel Peressin, Izquierda Socialista (UIT-CI), Frente de Izquierda de los
Trabajadores – Unidad (FIT-U), Córdoba, Argentina
– MP Pilar Castillejo, Candidatura d’Unitat Popular (CUP), Catalonia, Spain
Signatories supporting (not on board):
– MEP Pernando Barrena, EH Bildu, Basque Country
– Senator Gorka Elejabarrieta, EH Bildu spokesperson Spanish Senate, Basque Country
– MP Mertxe Aizpurua, EH Bildu spokesperson, Spanish Congress, Basque Country
– MP Diana Urrea, EH Bildu, Basque Country
– MP Irati Jimenez, EH Bildu, Navarre, Basque Country
– MP Rui Tavares, Partido Livre, Portugal
– MP Kathy Lie, SV, Norway
– MP Inês Sousa Real, Partido Animais e Natureza (PAN), Portugal
– MP Paulo Muacho, Partido Livre, Portugal
– MP Mercedes De Mendieta, Izquierda Socialista, FIT-U and UIT-CI, Argentina
– Provincial MP Mercedes Trimarchi, Izquierda Socialista, FIT-U and UIT-CI, Ciudad de
Buenos de Aires, Argentina.
– MP Isabel Mendes Lopes , Partido Livre, Portugal
– MP Jorge Pinto, Partido Livre, Portugal
– MP Patrícia Gonçalves, Partido Livre, Portugal
– MP Filipa Pinto, Partido Livre, Portugal
– MP Daria Gosek-Popiołek, Wspólne Jutro-Lewica, Poland
– MP Joanna Wicha, Wspólne Jutro-Lewica, Poland
– MP Magda Biejat, Wspólne Jutro-Lewica, Poland
– MP Anna Górska, Wspólne Jutro-Lewica, Poland
– MP Dorota Olko, Wspólne Jutro-Lewica, Poland
– MP Malgorzata Tracz, Independent-Koalicja Obywatelska, Poland
– MP Christophe Lacroix, Socialist Party, Belgium
– MP Isabel Moreira, Socialista Party, Portugal
– MP Pedro Nuno Santos, Partido Socialista, Portugal
– Councilor Toni Morillas González, Izquierda unida, Ayto de Málaga, Spain
– Councilor José Miguel López España, Izquierda unida, Ayto. de Fuengirola, Málaga
– Provincial MP Juan Márquez Torres, Izquierda unida, Málaga, Spain
– Mayor Mari Carmen Romero García, Izquierda unida, Almargen, Málaga, Spain
– Mayor María Remedios Fernández Martín, Izquierda unida, Monda, Málaga, Spain
– Mayor Cristóbal Miguel Corral Maldonado, Izquierda unida, Teba, Málaga, Spain
– Mayor Juan Alberto Naranjo Moral, Izquierda unida, Ardales, Málaga, Spain
– Mayor José Miguel Marín Marín, Izquierda unida, Istán, Málaga, Spain
– Mayor José García Orejuela, Izquierda unida, Alameda, Málaga, Spain
– Vice mayor Justo Manuel Muñoz Del Río, Izquierda unida, Ardales, Málaga, Spain
– Vice Mayor Ana Millán Escamilla, Izquierda unida, Monda, Málaga, Spain
– Vice Mayor José Manuel Ortuño Gómez,Izquierda unida, Alozaina, Málaga, Spain
– Vice Mayor Manuel Bermúdez Castañeda, Izquierda unida, Sedella, Málaga, Spain
– Vice Mayor Rubén Ruiz Pacheco, Izquierda unida, Humilladero, Málaga
– Councilor Teresa Sánchez Ramírez, Izquierda unida, Alhaurín el Grande, Málaga, Spain
– Councilor Sheila Jiménez Nystrom, Izquierda unida, Fuengirola, Málaga, Spain
– Councilor Javier Caravias Chaves, Izquierda unida, Alhaurín de la Torre, Málaga, Spain
– Councilor Maria Francisca Sancho Fernández, Izquierda unida, Con Ronda, Málaga,
Spain
– Councilor Francisco Miguel Vera Rivero, Izquierda unida, Istán, Málaga, Spain
– Councilor María Ángeles Del Pozo Cortes, Izquierda unida, Alameda, Málaga, Spain
– Councilor Rocío Calderón Muñoz, Izquierda unida, Rincón de la Victoria, Málaga, Spain
– Councilor Montserrat Paniagua López, Izquierda unida, Rincón de la Victoria, Málaga,
Spain
– Councilor Alba Delgado Ruiz, Izquierda unida, Arriate, Málaga, Spain
– Councilor María del Pilar Ruiz Muñoz, Izquierda unida, Antequera, Málaga, Spain
– Councilor Antonia Claros Atencia, Izquierda unida,Torrox, Málaga, Spain
– Councilor Aurora María Palma Palma, Izquierda unida, Almáchar, Málaga, Spain
– Vice Mayor Javier Segarra Pascual, Izquierda unida, Periana, Málaga, Spain
– MP Daniel Riazat, independent socialist, Sweden
– Senator Alice Mary Higgins, independent, Ireland
– Senator Frances Black, independent, Ireland
– Senator Eileen Flynn, independent, Ireland
– MP Marina Gonçalves, Partido Socialista, Portugal
– MP Miguel Matos, Partido Socialista, Portugal
– MP Jamila Madeira, Partido Socialista, Portugal
– Senator Lynn Ruane Independent, Ireland
– Deputy Laia Estrada, CUP, Catalan parliament
– Deputy Dani Cornellà, CUP, Catalan parliament
– Deputy Laure Vega, CUP, Catalan parliament
– Federal deputy Sâmia Bomfim, Partido Socialismo e Liberdade (PSOL), Brazil
– State deputy Luciana Genro, Presidenta da Fundação Lauro Campos e Marielle Franco,
Partido Socialismo e Liberdade (PSOL), Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
– State deputy Josemar Carvalho, Partido Socialismo e Liberdade (PSOL), Río de Janeiro,
Brazil
– State deputy Monica Seixas, Partido Socialismo e Liberdade (PSOL), São Paulo, Brazil
– State deputy Camila Valadão, Partido Socialismo e Liberdade (PSOL), Espirito Santo,
Brazil
– District deputy Fábio Félix, Partido Socialismo e Liberdade (PSOL), Federal District, Brazil
– Councilor Roberto Robaina, Partido Socialismo e Liberdade (PSOL), Porto Alegre, Brazil
– Councilor Vivi Reis, Partido Socialismo e Liberdade (PSOL), Belém, Brazil
– Councilor Luana Alves, Partido Socialismo e Liberdade (PSOL), Brazil
– Councilor Jurandir Silva, Partido Socialismo e Liberdade (PSOL),, Brazil
– Councilor Bruna Biondi, Partido Socialismo e Liberdade (PSOL), Brazil
– Councilor Professora Angela, Partido Socialismo e Liberdade (PSOL), Brazil
– Federal Deputy Glauber Braga, Partido Socialismo e Liberdade (PSOL), Brazil
– MP Pierre-Yves Dermagne, Parti Socialiste, Member of the House of Representatives,
Belgium
– MP Håkan Svenneling, Vänsterpartiet, Sweden
– MP Malcolm Momodou Jallow, Vänsterpartiet, Sweden
– MP Adrian Zandberg, Razem, Poland
– MEP Alicia Homs, PSOE (S&D), Spain
– MEP Ana Catarina Mendes, PS (S&D), Portugal
– MP Ana Isabel Santos, PS, Portugal
MEP Ana Miranda, BNG (Greens/EFA), Galicia
– Regional MP António Lima, Bloco de Esquerda, Azores, Portugal
– Councilor Beatriz Gomes Dias, Bloco de Esquerda, Lisbon City, Portugal
– MEP Benedetta Scuderi, Europa Verde – Verdi (Greens), Italy
– MEP Brando Benifei, PD (S&D), Italy
– Councilor Carla Castelo, Evoluir Oeiras, Oeiras City, Portugal
– MEP Carola Rackete, Die Linke (The Left), Germany
– MEP Catarina Martins, Bloco de Esquerda (The Left), Portugal
– MEP Catarina Vieira, GroenLinks (Greens), Netherlands
– MEP César Luena, PSOE (S&D), Spain
– MEP Cristina Guarda, Europa Verde – Verdi (Greens), Italy
– MEP Daniel Attard, Partit Laburista (S&D), Malta
– MP Eva Cruzeiro, PS, Portugal
– MEP Evin Incir, Arbetarepartiet Socialdemokratena (S&D), Sweden
– MP Freddy Mockel, Ecolo, Walloon Parliament, Belgium
– Senator Hajib El Hajjaji, Ecolo, Belgium
– MEP Hana Jalloul, PSOE (S&D), Spain
– MEP Irena Joveva, Gibanje Svoboda (RENEW), Slovenia
– MEP Irene Montero, Podemos (The Left), Spain
– MEP Isa Serra, Podemos (The Left), Spain
– Councilor Joana Mortágua, Bloco de Esquerda, Almada City Council, Portugal
– MEP Leire Pajin, PSOE (S&D), Spain
– MEP Leoluca Orlando, Greens/EFA, Italy
– MEP Lynn Boylan, Sinn Féin (The Left), Ireland
– MP Maciej Konieczny Razem, Poland
– MEP Marc Botenga, PTB (The Left), Belgium
– MP Marcelina Zawisza, Razem, Poland
– MP Margaux De Ré, Ecolo, Belgium
– MEP Maria Ohisalo, Vihreä liitto (Greens), Finland
– MP Marta Stożek Razem, Poland
– MEP Marta Temido, PS (S&D), Portugal
– MEP Matjaž Nemec, Socialni demokrati (S&D), Slovenia
– MEP Merja Kyllönen, Vasemmistoliitto (The Left), Finland
– MP Miguel Costa Matos, PS, Portugal
– MEP Mimmo Lucano, Alleanza Verdi e Sinistra (The Left), Italy
– MEP Mounir Satouri, Les Écologistes (Greens), France
– MEP Özlem Demirel, Die Linke (The Left), Germany
– MP Paulina Matysiak, Razem, Poland
– MEP Per Clausen, Enhedslisten – De Rød-Grønne (The Left), Danmark
– MEP Pernando Barrena, EH Bildu (The Left), Basque Country
– MEP Rima Hassan, LFI (The Left), France
– MEP Saskia Bricmont, Ecolo, (Greens/EFA), Belgium
– Councilor Sérgio Aires, Bloco de Esquerda, Porto City Council, Portugal
– MP Tiago Barbosa Ribeiro, PS, Portugal
– MEP Vicent Marzà Ibañez, Compromís (Greens/EFA), Spain
– MEP Vlad Voiculescu, PLUS (Renew), Romania
– MP Boris Barrera Moreno, Partido Comunista de Chile, Chile
– MP Lydia Mutyebele Ngoi, Parti Socialiste, Member of the House of Representatives,
Belgium
– MP Rajae Maouane, Ecolo, Member of the House of Representatives, Belgium
– Spokesperson and coordinator Álvaro Sanz Remón, Izquierda Unida, Cortes de Aragon,
Spain
– MP Alejandro Bodart, MST en el Frente de Izquierda Unidad y la Liga Internacional
Socialista (LIS), Ciudad de Buenos Aires (mc), Argentina
– MP Vilma Ripoll, MST en el Frente de Izquierda Unidad y la LIS, Argentina
– MP Guillermo Pacagnini, MST en el Frente de Izquierda Unidad y la LIS, Provincia de
Buenos Aires, Argentina
– MP Luciana Echevarría, MST en el FIT Unidad y la LIS, Córdoba, Argentina
– MP Leonardo Rivero, MST en el FIT Unidad y la LIS, Jujuy, Argentina
– Provincial Representative Julieta Campo, Izquierda Socialista en Frete de Izquierda
Unidad y la UIT-CI, Neuquén, Argentina
– Federal Deputy Valmir Assunção, Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT), Brazil
– Federal Deputy Natalia Bonavides, Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT), Brazil
– Federal Deputy Talíria Petrone, PSOL, Brazil
– Federal Deputy Tarcisio Motta, PSOL, Brazil
– Federal Deputy Pastor Henrique Vieira, PSOL, Brazil
– Federal Deputy Fernanda Melchionna, PSOL, Brazil
– Federal Deputy João Daniel, Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT), Brazil
– Federal Deputy Patrus Ananias, Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT), Brazil
– Federal Deputy Luiza Erundina, Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT), Brazil
– Federal Deputy Ivan Valente, PSOL, Brazil
– Federal Deputy Jack Rocha, Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT), Brazil
– Federal Deputy Nilto Tatto, Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT), Brazil
– Federal Deputy Chico Alencar, Partido Socialismo e Liberdade (PSOL), Brazil
In the occupied West Bank, Israeli forces are conducting a raid on Nablus. At least 80 Palestinians have been injured. This comes a day after Israeli forces raided Ramallah and al-Bireh. According to the Palestinian Red Crescent, 58 people were injured, eight by live fire and 14 by rubber-coated bullets. The Palestinian Ministry of Health said that a child had to receive surgery after being hit by live fire. Israeli forces detained three Palestinians in the raid.
The U.S. should not be complicit in or use ANY governmental, American taxpayer resources to aid and abet what amounts to the ethnic cleansing of Palestinian civilians from Gaza.
We cannot stand for this.
(16 hours ago)
“We strongly condemn the effort to expel MK Ayman Odeh from the Israeli Knesset,” the US senators said. “If Israel is going to call itself a democracy, it must tolerate peaceful dissent.” The senators linked the expulsion effort to Odeh’s calls for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, an end to Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories, and a political solution between Israelis and Palestinians.
“For over a decade, MK Odeh has been a leading advocate for peace, justice, and Jewish-Arab partnership,” they said. “The current expulsion effort is a direct response to MK Odeh’s outspoken and brave calls.” The lawmakers described the move as sending “a chilling message to millions of Palestinian citizens of Israel: that their representation is conditional and their rights revocable.” “We stand in solidarity with MK Odeh and with the right of all lawmakers, Arab and Jewish, to speak freely and without fear of political retribution,” they said.
Padilla, in a phone interview after his speech, said he was “sadly, not shocked in the least bit” to hear of Lander’s detention. He spoke to POLITICO about Lander, the backstory of his appearance at Noem’s news conference, the words that pushed him to interrupt her remarks and more.
During remarks on the Senate floor Thursday, Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) spoke about the removal of Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) from a DHS briefing.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said it “sickened my stomach — the manhandling of a United States Senator.” Padilla’s California colleague Adam Schiff called for an immediate investigation.
Several other Democrats were dropping the word “fascism” in conversations as they made their way out of the Capitol.
Security guards wrestled Padilla out of the conference room as he explained he was a senator and wanted to ask the homeland security secretary a question.
Speaking to reporters after the incident, Padilla said: ‚If this is how this administration responds to a senator with a question, you can only imagine what they’re doing to farm workers, to cooks, to day labourers out in the Los Angeles community and throughout California and throughout the country‘
About five minutes into a press conference at the Westwood federal building, Noem told the media that the Trump administration planned to “liberate the city from the socialists and the burdensome leadership that the governor and the mayor have placed on this country.”
Padilla, who was standing near a wall on one side of the room, then tried to interrupt Noem to ask a question, video footage shows. Cameras turned toward him as two Secret Service agents tried to push him backward. “Sir, sir, hands up,” one said.
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It was here, he recalled, inside this hulking red brick school deep in south Brooklyn, where at 16 he was glued to his transistor radio to hear breaking news of the Arab-Israeli War of 1967. It was where he idolized Sandy Koufax, the Jewish pitcher for the Dodgers who refused to play on Yom Kippur, and learned it was cool to be proud of his heritage.
And on Sunday, Mr. Schumer, the New York Democrat, majority leader and highest-ranking Jewish official in the United States, returned to explain how his upbringing in Jewish Brooklyn in the shadow of the Holocaust prompted him to deliver a politically risky speech that brought about a watershed moment in the politics of U.S.-Israeli relations.