United States

Jay Rockefeller, heir to famed dynasty and healthcare advocate in US Senate, dies at 89

Rockefeller was married to public television executive Sharon Percy Rockefeller, with whom he had four children.

Jay Rockefeller makes opening remarkes during a hearing on Capitol Hill addressing domestic violence in professional sports on December 2, 2014 in Washington, DC.
Prime Minister and Likud party chairman Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to the media after casting his ballot in Israel’s general elections at a polling station in Jerusalem, October 27, 2026

Israeli watchdog demands probe into possible ties between Trump's aid waiver, Netanyahu endorsement

 US Vice President JD Vance speaks during a press briefing, the first since Karoline Leavitt stepped down as press secretary, at the White House, in Washington, DC, US, September 3, 2026.

Editor's Notes: Why JD Vance is beginning to sound more like Rahm Emanuel on Israel - comment

Los Angeles Mayor-elect Nithya Raman delivers remarks after defeating incumbent Mayor Karen Bass in Los Angeles Friday, 6th November 2026

Democratic socialist Raman elected Los Angeles mayor in upset over Bass


Trump approval near record low ahead of midterm elections, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds

Only 32% of respondents said they approved of the job Trump was doing in the White House, unchanged from a week earlier and just above his record-low reading of 31% two weeks ago.

US President Donald Trump delivers remarks ahead of the midterm elections at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, after being reopened following months of repairs, on the National Mall in Washington, DC, US, November 2, 2026.

Dan Goldman and the dawn of performative politics - opinion

Ee are witnessing the end of an era, the end of politics centered primarily on policy, principle, and sincere conviction, and the emergence of something different: politics of performance.

Congressman Dan Goldman

How Israel hopes third war with Iran will be different than Gaza - analysis

Some top officials hope unique advantages held over Iran will avoid the repeat of endless “rounds” similar to what Israel has had with Hamas.

Smoke and flames rise at the site of airstrikes on an oil depot in Tehran on March 7, 2026.

US judge tosses case against ex-FBI officials accused of lying about Hunter Biden probes

US Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqui dismissed the case at a remarkably early stage, finding that prosecutors had not shown sufficient evidence that the two officials knowingly made false statements.

Hunter Biden, his wife Melissa Cohen Biden and their son Beau attend the Presidential Citizens Medal ceremony in the East Room of the White House on January 02, 2025 in Washington, DC.

Haley Stevens cheered at Jewish day school after endorsing GOP Senate candidate

Representatives of Agudath Israel of America, a major Orthodox advocacy group, shared footage of Stevens' minute-long standing ovation on social media.

Michigan Democratic Representative Haley Stevens (L) endorses Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers (R).

Former Mossad chief calls Saudi Crown Prince 'not a mature enough person' at Taglit conference

Cohen also praised the cooperation between Israel and the United States in confronting Iran, describing it as something he and others "always wanted to see."

Former Mossad chief Yossi Cohen at a Taglit conference, November 2, 2026.

Eight years after Pittsburgh, the virus has a campaign office - opinion

Today’s antisemites cite human rights, deceptively demonizing Israel as a “genocidal apartheid state” whose very existence is a crime. The host changes. The diagnosis never does.

Michigan’s Democratic winner for Senate, Abdul El-Sayed, takes the stage in Detroit in July.

American Jews face new political challenges over Israel and Muslim candidates - opinion

Most Jews, including those who supported Mamdani, were very much aware of what his program was. He hid nothing, no matter how much he smiled.

Republican US Senate candidate, former US Representative Mike Rogers shakes hands with US President Donald Trump during a rally, ahead of the midterm elections, at an entertainment complex in Port Huron, Michigan, US, October 25, 2026.

Araghchi says Qatari-mediated dialogue with US was ‘very intense’ despite lack of breakthrough

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi and the Russian Foreign Ministry both urged all parties to the conflict to focus on political solutions rather than resorting to arms again.

An Iranian woman holds Iran's national flag on a street in Tehran on November 1, 2026.

Ohio Senate race between Israel supporters becomes proxy battle for AIPAC versus J Street

While Republican Sen. Jon Husted is technically the incumbent, many voters see Democrat Sherrod Brown as the incumbent.

"I Voted" stickers are seen on a table on the last day of early voting at the Cuyahoga Board of Elections on November 1, 2026 in Cleveland, Ohio.