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Former president Obama to join Michigan Senate nominee El-Sayed on campaign trail in Detroit
Abdul El-Sayed announced an October 24 campaign appearance with Barack Obama in Detroit, as Michigan’s Senate race divides Jewish voters.
US senators expect vote before December 13 on Trump's nuclear power pact with Saudi Arabia
US Senate unanimously passes bipartisan resolution honoring American October 7 victims
US Senate blocks measure demanding report on rising violence in West Bank
Darline Graham advances to runoff, vows to carry on brother Lindsey’s fight in US Senate
One month after Lindsey Graham’s death, his sister thanked Trump for his “complete and total endorsement,” and said her late brother would be proud.
Lindsey Graham's sister advances to runoff in South Carolina Republican Senate primary
US media outlets project that Lindsey Graham's sister, Darline Graham, will advance to the August runoff for the Republican US Senate nomination in South Carolina.
El-Sayed’s Democratic Senate Michigan win indicates US Jews are in danger - opinion
With another fresh US decision-maker defending terror, does America still live by the sentiment of: ‘ Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free?’
Michigan Jewish leaders urge Democratic Party to protect Jewish delegates at convention
Soifer called on El-Sayed to “stand with and defend Nessel and other Jewish Democrats,” noting that JDCA would focus its campaign season on helping elect “Democrats who share our values.”
South Carolina’s Republican Senate nominee likely to be pro-Israel, but no match for Lindsey Graham
Matching Graham’s level of foreign policy experience and focus on the Middle East, a region he often visited, would be difficult.
Bernie Sanders urges Democratic Party to ban AIPAC and super PACs from primaries, pass amendment
Sanders believes that even candidates who support super PAC reforms will continue accepting money from super PACs for use in elections so long as there is benefit to be gained from the arrangement.
Hamas transformed Holy Land Foundation into CAIR, survived convictions, former FBI agent says
The former agent said Hamas agreed to continue to pursue its agenda by “cloaking itself under the cover of legitimacy” out of fear of exposure.
Senators propose bill offering Lebanon $200 million a year to help disarm Hezbollah
Critics have repeatedly noted that Hezbollah operatives have been released by Lebanese authorities or given only symbolic fines despite violating domestic laws.
Senate Republicans narrowly confirm Todd Blanche as attorney general
Blanche won confirmation in a 50-49 vote, with Republican Senators Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski opposing him. Senator Bill Cassidy was the deciding vote.
US Senate passes Russia sanctions championed by Graham; US House next
Graham, a South Carolina Republican who died last month, was among Kyiv's most outspoken allies in Congress in its four-year-long war with Russia.