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Mike Wagenheim

Senior U.S. Correspondent, i24NEWS


Mike Wagenheim serves as i24NEWS' Senior U.S. Correspondent, covering American government, diplomacy, religion, business and culture, all through the lens of the Middle East. Previously based in the network's headquarters in Israel, his beats included the Israeli government and religious issues.


Le secrétaire américain au Trésor, Scott Bessent

3 min

US / Canada

US Treasury sanctions Hezbollah-linked gold exchange

US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) targets revenue streams tied to Iran and Lebanon's informal financial sector

Read time: 3 min.


Le secrétaire américain au Trésor, Scott Bessent

3 min

US / Canada

US Treasury sanctions Hezbollah-linked gold exchange

US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) targets revenue streams tied to Iran and Lebanon's informal financial sector

Read time: 3 min.


Ellen Germain on International Holocaust Remembrance Day

3 min

US / Canada

US Holocaust envoy warns denial and survivor needs remain urgent, year-round challenges

WATCH ● Ellen Germain highlights restitution efforts and education as living witnesses to the Holocaust continue to dwindle

Read time: 3 min.


A hand-drawn swastika is seen in Washington, the United States.

3 min

Europe

UNESCO survey finds widespread antisemitism in European classrooms

A new UNESCO survey of 2,000 teachers across 23 European countries reveals alarming levels of antisemitism in schools, including Holocaust denial, Nazi symbols, and even physical attacks on students

Read time: 3 min.


Palestinians carry packages of food taken from a humanitarian aid convoy that moved along the Morag corridor near Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip

4 min

Middle East

$1 billion to join Trump’s Board of Peace isn’t mandatory - who’s in?

“Beyond the voluntary $1 billion pledge, membership will not require any additional mandatory financial contribution or assessed dues."

Read time: 4 min.


U.S. Senator James Lankford (R-OK)

2 min

US / Canada

Lankford, Rosen lead push to shield US Jewish communities from growing threats

Senators James Lankford and Jacky Rosen have urged Senate leadership to increase resources for Jewish communities. i24NEWS spoke with Lankford on the efforts to enhance security, confront antisemitism

Read time: 2 min.


La ville de Gaza en ruines, novembre 2025

2 min

West Bank & Gaza Strip

Palestinian technocratic committee to be announced this week

"This group was very carefully vetted and selected with close collaboration from mediators in Qatar, Turkey, Egypt, the UAE, Bahrain, and Morocco"

Read time: 2 min.


Le président américain Donald Trump et le guide suprême iranien Ali Khamenei

2 min

US / Canada

At least 12,000 reportedly killed in Iranian protest crackdown | LIVE BLOG

“Help is on the way”: Trump cancels meetings with Iranian officials, urges protesters to continue demonstrations

Read time: 2 min.


Khan Yunis, December 11, 2025

3 min

Israel-Hamas war

Western foreign ministers warn of 'catastrophic Gaza humanitarian crisis'

Canada, France, UK, and 7 other countries call for greater aid access and support for civilians amid winter conditions

Read time: 3 min.


Les parents de Ran Gvili

3 min

Israel-Hamas war

“Don’t leave him behind”: Ran Gvili’s sister appeals to US officials for his return

Shira Gvili, sister of Israeli hostage Ran Gvili, meets with US political leaders to advocate for her brother’s return, urging officials not to move forward with peace negotiations until he is freed.

Read time: 3 min.


US Secretary of State Marco Rubio gives a media briefing during the ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting at the Convention Centre in Kuala Lumpur on July 11, 2025.

2 min

US / Canada

Rubio to i24NEWS: Announcement concerning blacklisting of Muslim Brotherhood imminent

Trump's executive order launched an inquiry into whether branches of the Egypt-based group should be designated as terrorist organizations

Read time: 2 min.


Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky (L) meets with US President Donald Trump in The Hague, June 25, 2024.

3 min

War in Ukraine

US Officials Unveil 'Unprecedented' Security Guarantees in Ukraine Peace Talks

Security guarantees, reconstruction plans, and territorial issues discussed as negotiations advance, officials say

Read time: 3 min.


US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks to members of the media before departing for Israel at Joint Base Andrews

1 min

US / Canada

Rubio doesn't plan to attend next week’s NATO foreign ministers meeting in Brussels, i24NEWS learns

While the admin wouldn’t directly confirm or deny this, a senior State Department official said 'it would be completely impractical to expect the Secretary of State at every meeting'

Read time: 1 min.


People at the Reagan National Airport security line in Arlington, Virginia, on day 40 of the government shutdown, on November 9, 2025

2 min

US / Canada

US government may reopen in coming days as Senate Democrats cave to vote

An end to the weeks-long US government shutdown in sight as Senate Democrats cave to a key vote that could lead to its reopening in the coming days leading up to thanksgiving weekend

Read time: 2 min.


Quds Force Hasan Izadi aka Masood Rahnema (far right) at an event with Venezuelan president Maduro to memorialize Iran's Raisi.

3 min

Iran & Eastern States

Revealed: Iran planned to assassinate Israel’s ambassador to Mexico

“Just the latest in a long history of Iran's global lethal targeting of diplomats, journalists, dissidents and anyone who disagrees with them" that should deeply worry everyone, a U.S. official said

Read time: 3 min.


Le président égyptien Abdel Fattah al-Sissi et le président américain Donald Trump, le 10 avril 2019, à la Maison Blanche, à Washington (Etats-Unis).

4 min

Israel-Hamas war

Hamas has not violated Gaza deal: 'phase one successful, moving to phase two’, say senior US advisors

"The goal now is to stabilize conditions and make sure aid reaches civilians who need it most.”

Read time: 4 min.


US President Donald Trump, Israel President Isaac Hertzog and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

2 min

Diplomacy

Netanyahu was invited to the summit in Sharm el-Sheikh - but declined

Egypt initially confirmed that the Prime Minister would attend the summit but his office later withdrew it "due to the holiday" • Erdogan and Abbas are expected to take part in the summit

Read time: 2 min.


Le président américain Donald Trump annonce, depuis le Bureau ovale de la Maison-Blanche à Washington, un accord avec le laboratoire AstraZeneca visant à faire baisser le prix des médicaments, le 10 octobre 2025.

4 min

International

Trump to set off on tour to finalize his plan for "Peace in the Middle East"

According to the itinerary, the U.S. president will first meet with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu at the Knesset, followed by the hostage families, before addressing the rest of its members

Read time: 4 min.


المختطفون الإسرائيليون الذين استلمتهم إسرائيل اليوم من حماس

2 min

Israel-Hamas war

All 20 living hostages are back in Israeli hands after two years of captivity | LIVE BLOG

U.S. President Trump begins his speech at the Israeli Knesset

Read time: 2 min.


Réunion du gouvernement israélien pour approuver l'accord sur les otages, avec la participation de Steve Witkoff et Jared Kushner, le 09/10/2025

6 min

International

U.S. to send some 200 troops to Israel to monitor ceasefire agreement

According to the officials, the U.S. troops are not intended to go into Gaza, but rather they are being deployed to help create a joint control center

Read time: 6 min.


Israel's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Danny Danon speaks during a Security Council meeting at the United Nations headquarters

2 min

International

Palestinians organizing mass walkout during Netanyahu speech to UN General Assembly

“These are not acts of diplomacy but cheap stunts designed to distract from the truth,” Danny Danon, Israel’s U.N. envoy, told i24NEWS.

Read time: 2 min.


IDF strikes Yemeni capital Sana'a

2 min

Israel-Hamas war

IDF strikes Yemeni capital Sana'a after Eilat drone attack | LIVE BLOG

Netanyahu ordered the strikes on Houthi targets in Sanaa from the "Wing of Zion" plane en route to New York

Read time: 2 min.


Dr. Sebastian Gorka, Deputy Assistant to President Trump and Senior Director for Counterterrorism

3 min

Israel-Hamas war

U.S. Counterterrorism Chief: military strikes alone won’t stop Hamas

“Even when you are very good at killing terrorists, if their ideology continues to recruit six replacements for every jihadi you eliminate, it’s a perpetual machine”

Read time: 3 min.


Student negotiator Mahmoud Khalil is on the Columbia University campus in New York at a pro-Palestinian protest encampment

2 min

US / Canada

Khalil deportation shows those who lie to enter U.S. will face justice, WH spox tells i24NEWS

"As we've always maintained, the Executive Branch has the lawful authority to take actions to protect the public and to ensure the integrity of our immigration system.'

Read time: 2 min.


U.S. Senator James Lankford (R-OK)

3 min

Middle East

US Sen. Lankford to i24NEWS: Abraham Accords remain vital

"As long as I’m in the Senate, I’m going to continue to push whoever the next president is to carry the Abraham Accords forward,” he said

Read time: 3 min.


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