Matthew Shea

My colleague @HaleyCohen19 with an important report on the uniquely high rate of antisemitism in the school system I grew up in. ADL: MD ranked 9th in total antisemitic incidents nationwide in 2025, two-thirds of which occurred in Montgomery County. jewishinsider.com/2026/05/montgo…

An unlikely pairing at the National Press Club last night: @bringhomenow U.S. co-founders and a Qatari minister honored together. I covered last night's @JamesFoleyFund Freedom Awards where the recipients united to celebrate bringing hostages home. jewishinsider.com/2026/05/hostag…

“At 10 a.m. tomorrow the current strategy will be available to all Americans and the world.”

“Countries that wrongfully detain our citizens run the danger of being designated as state sponsors of wrongful detention, with all the attendant consequences that accrue…and as the regimes in Iran and Afghanistan know, there are true consequences to that designation,” Gorka said.

BREAKING | Sebastian Gorka, deputy assistant to the president and senior director for counterterrorism, announced that yesterday President Donald Trump signed a new U.S. counterterrorism strategy that will be released tomorrow.

NEW @J_Insider | Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) warned on Tuesday that anti-Israel sentiment has moved from the political fringes to a "dominant" position within the Democratic Party and warned the same could happen to his own party. jewishinsider.com/2026/05/don-ba…

NEW @J_Insider | Polling from the Israel Democracy Institute found that a majority of Israelis believe ending the Iran war now would undermine Israel's security. PLUS: Views on Lebanon talks, U.S. influence and negative sentiment toward the Jewish state jewishinsider.com/2026/05/majori…

NEW | Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said he would support “big, strong and short” U.S. military action against Iran following Tehran’s latest strikes on the UAE — the first such attack on the critical American ally since the fragile U.S.-Iran ceasefire took hold in early April. jewishinsider.com/2026/05/lindse…

NEW | House Dems and Jewish groups welcomed the passage of $300 million for the Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP), but warned that the level of funding remains insufficient to fully protect the Jewish community amid a surge in antisemitism. Latest @J_Insider: jewishinsider.com/2026/04/house-…

On why Mills dropped out: "For Janet Mills it’s a very personal decision. I don’t know what made her decide that, or what thought process she went through," Rosen said. "I can tell you now it’ll be up to voters in Maine to decide who they want to be there next senator."

Following Gov. Janet Mills’ exit from the Maine Senate race, Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV) was asked by reporters if Graham Platner needs to make up for his past of praising Hamas and glorifying his Nazi tattoo – but Rosen evaded the subject. “I think Platner is going to have to run his campaign, not just in Maine, but he’s going to have to talk about himself and what he’s going to do when he gets here," Rosen told me. "Because for all of us, when you run a campaign, you just can't be against the other person, you also have to show what you’re going to do and why that’s important to the people of your state, the people of the country. So that’ll be on him to do that now.”

The Senate today voted to block Dems' sixth attempt at passing an Iran War Powers Resolution. In my latest @J_Insider Senators weigh in on the vote, what comes next and address DefSec Hegseth's comments this morning that the 60-day deadline clock stops during a ceasefire. jewishinsider.com/2026/04/senate…

BREAKING | Senate votes down latest War Powers resolution effort from Dems. The latest resolution, sponsored by Sens. Schiff and Schumer failed by a measure of 50-47. Sens. Fetterman, Paul, and Collins voted with the opposition party. Collins a notable first-time flip.

Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) told me he expects Congress to make another "big push" urging President Donald Trump to fill the position of special envoy for the Abraham Accords. The role has remained vacant since 2023 – despite a push from House Rs last year. jewishinsider.com/2026/04/congre…

@RepMikeLawler told me he expects Congress to make a "big push" urging President Donald Trump to fill the position of special envoy for the Abraham Accords. The position, which Lawler helped create, has remained vacant since 2023 – despite an effort from House Rs last year. jewishinsider.com/2026/04/congre…

@RepMikeLawler told me he expects Congress to make a “big push” to urge President Trump to fill the special envoy role for the Abraham Accords once the conflict in Iran subsides. The role has been vacant since 2023, despite a push from House Rs last year. Details @J_Insider: jewishinsider.com/2026/04/congre…

New @J_Insider from me: Senate Rs tell me they expect the WH to comply with the approaching 60-day War Powers deadline and seek a 30-day extension for the Iran war — but they remain uncertain and divided on whether to authorize continued U.S. military action in Iran. jewishinsider.com/2026/04/gop-se…