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Naftali Bennett unveils B’Yachad party plan to cut bureaucracy, boost support for olim

"Is our government building an Israel where Jews believe they and their families can be safe, earn a living and build their futures? Is our government making life easier here - or harder?"

Former prime minister Naftali Bennett on October 13, 2026.
Abdul El-Sayed, winner of Michigan US Democratic primary, speaks during a press conference in Detroit, Michigan, US August 5, 2026.

Republicans see opportunity in progressives' primary wins while Democrats embrace debate

Campaign signs outside of an early voting site in Oak Park, Michigan, on August 2, 2026.

AIPAC draws attention in Michigan Senate primary, but voters say it is not top issue

Event organizer Thomas Sidle holds an Antifa flag as demonstrators behind him hold a banner, during the March4Democracy march, in Washington DC, US, February 28, 2026.

US will focus counterterrorism efforts on left-wing groups, Rubio says


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.

Amer Zahr, national surrogate for Sanders: Don't condemn antisemitism

"Say free, free, free Palestine and nothing else."

Amer Zahr in 2017 in Dearborn.

Democratic pro-Israel group calls Jewish leader enabler of antisemitism

The DMFI attack was an expression of an increasingly fraught debate between mainline pro-Israel groups who want Biden to hew to a standard that keeps expressed criticism of Israel to a minimum

A church in Middlesboro, Kentucky, prays to a Star of David in a still from Maya Zinshtein's documentary "'Til Kingdom Come."

Quarter of Congress wants Israel-US relationship to change - analysis

But the reason that Congress is the critical linchpin in the relationship is because it is Congress that allocates US aid – not the president, not the administration.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Vice President Mike Pence take part in a joint session of Congress to certify the 2020 election results on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, January 6, 2021.

As Vienna talks resume, Senate Republicans seek a congressional review

According to the proposed bill, Biden would need to submit a review of the proposed acts regarding Iran policy to the relevant congressional committees.

Committee chairman Jim Risch (R-ID) speaks during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing in Washington, DC, US July 30, 2020.

DCCC adviser scrutinized for tweets about police brutality, racism

Dyjun Tatro is a legal reform activist who completed his degree while serving time for his involvement with the Original Gangsta Killas street gang.

People take part in a protest against police brutality and in support of Black Lives Matter during a march in New York

IDF urged to allow chametz on army bases during Passover

The letter to the Chief of Staff asks to ensure the supply of kosher food for Passover does not justify a ban on the holding of chametz by secular or non-Jews.

IDF SOLDIERS from the 669 Unit during a training exercise last year.

Trump set to pardon Sheldon Silver, disgraced former NY Assembly speaker

likely be a mix of people that justice reform activists say have been wronged by the criminal justice system and figures who have paid intermediaries to lobby Trump for clemency, or whom Trump knows

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David Cicilline: The Jewish lawmaker leading the Trump impeachment charge

“We have a system of justice predicated on certain constitutional rights, which make this country different from every country in the world,”

House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law Chair David Cicilline speaks during a hearing on "Online Platforms and Market Power", in the Rayburn House office Building on Capitol Hill, in Washington, US, July 29, 2020

Progressive challenge to Biden administration foreign policy underway

Biden’s foreign policy challenge emerges from a progressive coalition petitioning him to stack the second tier of his foreign policy administration with left-wing progressives.

US President-elect Joe Biden delivers a speech alongside US Vice President-elect Kamala Harris after a conference video call focused on foreign policy at his transition headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware, US, December 28, 2020.