The Latest Breaking News from Jack Lew

With Zohran Mamdani officially securing the Democratic nomination in the New York City mayoral race, centrist figures within the Democratic party, such as former Treasury Secretary Jack Lew, are raising questions on the city’s future under a self-described Democratic Socialist.

Report by USAID-funded network said ‘highly likely’ the threshold for famine has been surpassed in northern Gaza.

The report sparked the most contentious internal debate in the State Department since the Oct. 7 attack, U.S. officials said.

US President Joe Biden warned Israel on Thursday that it cannot use aid as a "bargaining chip" in its fight against Hamas and called for an immediate temporary ceasefire in Gaza, where fears of a looming famine have multiplied.

US leader’s remarks mark a subtle shift in position as Washington previously rejected ‘drawing red lines for Israel’.

Obama administration alum confirmed by US Senate in 53-43 vote

The lack of a U.S. ambassador in Israel hobbles the Biden administration's ability to pursue its goals. The U.S. also lacks ambassadors in Egypt and other countries in the region.

Lindsey Graham, who said he wants to see Gaza ‘levelled’, among bipartisan group expected to visit Israel, Saudi Arabia and Egypt

In September, President Joe Biden nominated longtime Washington bureaucrat Jack Lew to serve as the US ambassador to Israel