PM meets US lawmaker in Jerusalem as nuclear talks heat up; House Speaker Pelosi to visit Knesset Wednesday

Leading Democrat will be greeted with an official ceremony at the Knesset and will observe deliberations

By announcing she would seek 19th term, lawmaker avoids becoming lame duck in year when her party is under pressure to raise vast sums of money to defend control of Congress

Biden says Reid always kept his word'; Obama says former boxer left world a 'better place'; Pelosi recalls his 'immense courage and ferocious conviction'

FM meets with VP, NSA, and Congressional leaders; says Iran is his visit's main focus, but lso highlights importance of improving Palestinian lives, boosting bipartisan support

Foreign Minister also stresses 'need for alternative' to JCPOA during meeting with Jake Sullivan, though US still says it hasn't exhausted efforts to revive the accord

Passage buys lawmakers time to craft measures to fund federal agencies, programs; If cap not raised by Oct. 18, the US probably will face financial crisis, treasury head warns

US correspondent Jacob Magid on the Squad and senator Jon Ossoff, with Startup Israel editor Ricky Ben-David on the Israeli COVID jab and Leo DiCaprio's Aleph Farms' investment

After funding for Israel's missile defense cut from US spending bill, Michael Oren says politicization of issue could become a 'strategic vulnerability' for Jerusalem

$1 billion in missile defense still certain to be okayed, but progressives' ability to block its inclusion in budget bill shows bloc has more influence than critics assumed