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Trump's media machine-gun: How Karoline Leavitt is rewriting the White House rules

The new front line of American politics is young, female, and digital-first - and it is led by the youngest press secretary in the history of the White House.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt walks outside of the White House in Washington, DC, US, July 21, 2025
Jack Schlossberg sits at a table before presenting the 2019 Profile in Courage Award to US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library in Boston, Massachusetts, US, May 19, 2019.

Kennedy heir Jack Schlossberg launches bid for New York’s 12th District congressional seat

Opposition head MK Yair Lapid leads a faction meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, May 26, 2025

Lapid calls UN's treatment of Israel a 'diplomatic equivalent of a psychotic episode'

Then-Democratic presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg speaks to voters in Cedar Falls, Iowa, Jan. 15, 2020.

Pete Buttigieg lacks principled leadership: He is not good for America - opinion


The Islamic Republic's legacy reminds us of the dangers of unchecked power - opinion

The country is at a crossroads, facing the daunting task of reconciling its tumultuous past with the aspiration for a brighter, more democratic future. 

 IRANIANS VOTE in the first election under Ayatollah Khomeini, on March 30, 1979.

Maybe it's better if Biden is elected, Trump won't let Netanyahu forget this moment

Their background and how they interpret their warm relationship with Israel will be discussed in the next round.

 US President Joe Biden (L) and former US president Donald Trump.

McCarthy's ousting brings US closer to a political big bang - opinion

MIDDLE ISRAEL: The political big bang's newborn party was the Republican Party, the one that is now ready to die.

 Former Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) speaks to reporters after he was ousted from the position of Speaker by a vote of the House of Representatives at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. October 3, 2023

Netanyahu welcomes Black Democratic Congress members as he angles for White House invite

The delegation was led by Rep. Lucy McBath, a Georgia Democrat whose suburban Atlanta district includes a substantial Jewish population.

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Congresswoman Lucy McBath on September 3, 2023.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr: COVID-19 was specifically engineered to avoid harming Jews

The Democratic presidential candidate claimed that COVID-19 was a bioweapons that had been designed to keep Jewish and Chinese people safe.

Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. waves to the audience after delivering a foreign policy speech at St. Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire, U.S., June 20, 2023.

Will judicial reform make Israel weakest system of checks and balances? - Interview

Fewer restrictions meant there was a greater chance that power could be abused to remove opposition.

 Israeli lawyers protest against the expected changes in the legal system, in Tel Aviv, January 12, 2023.

Man arrested in shootings at New Mexico Democratic officials' homes

A string of attacks against elected Democratic officials began in early December.

Albuquerque police Ford utility vehicle

Israel is not democratic, should adopt UK parliamentary system

It would be more fitting to replace Israel's non-democratic system with one similar to the parliamentary democracy practiced in the United Kingdom.

 Ballot slips in a voting booth.

Israel has an obligation to defend itself - opinion

Of course Israel has a right to defend itself. Why wouldn’t it? By even mentioning the “right,” you are welcoming a debate whether Israel does or does not have a “right” to defend itself.

Streaks of light are seen as Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile system intercept rockets launched from the Gaza Strip towards Israel, as seen from Ashkelon, Israel, May 12.

Leading Manhattan DA candidate reportedly paid no federal income taxes

Tali Farhadian Weinstein – who, if elected, would take over the investigation relating to former President Trump’s taxes – reported income as high as $107 million but paid no federal income taxes.

Tali Farhadian Weinstein entered the race for Manhattan district attorney earlier this month. The lawyer, who immigrated from Iran as a child after the Iranian revolution, describes herself as a progressive prosecutor.