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Former US senator Jon Kyl, key author of Jerusalem Embassy Act, dies at 84
In addition to his work securing funding for the Arrow missile defense system, Kyl also fought against former US president Barack Obama’s recognition of a Palestinian state
US Senators introduce resolution seeking answers on West Bank violence, human rights abuses
FBI Director Kash Patel faces Senate grilling over Epstein files, travel funds, personal record
US Senator Mitch McConnell appears at Capitol following lengthy absence, hospitalization
Republican campaign staffer fired over use of SS soldiers in Facebook profile photo - report
Stephen Woytek also follows SS uniform suppliers on Facebook, and the report notes his apparent longstanding hobby of military reenactment.
Chris Pappas projected to win New Hampshire Democratic nomination to the US Senate
The Associated Press called the race just an hour after polls closed, at 6pm, when Pappas accrued 61.9% of voter support to Manzur’s 36.1%, with 22% of ballots counted.
Sen. Fetterman rejects former staffers' accusations of neglecting Senate duties as 'hit pieces'
The WSJ report cited interviews with former staffers who detailed how Fetterman has appeared to neglect his constituents’ concerns. In response, the senator called the report "smears."
Markey, progressive critic of Israel, wins Massachusetts Democratic primary
‘We need to end the war in Iran and stop the bombing in Gaza,’ the 80-year-old incumbent told his supporters.
Massachusetts progressive Markey, a longtime Israel critic, expected to rout centrist challenger
Although polls project that Markey, a progressive stalwart, will retain his seat, this race began as a neck-and-neck battle between the old and new guard.
Abdul El-Sayed apologizes to Jewish Democrats over past Temple Israel attack comments
On Saturday, El-Sayed insisted that his push for “context” to the attack was broadly appropriate, but not at that moment, explaining that such “conversations” could happen "in the fullness of time."
El-Sayed distances himself from Hasan Piker as Jewish Democrats question his Israel stance
If not necessarily a sharp pivot, El-Sayed’s words, coming from a strident Israel critic in his own right, still represented an acknowledgement that his biggest campaign surrogate poses problems.
Oklahoma Senate candidate with ad tossing AIPAC 'trash' faces off against centrist in primary
The two candidates are battling at the ballot box for the second time this summer after neither of them secured the needed majority to win the June primary contest.
Stuck between antisemitism and anti-Zionism, sense wins out in Florida primaries - comment
Florida’s primaries produced plenty of the political chaos for which the state has become famous. Ultimately, antisemitism was rejected, and it was a good night for pro-Israel and Jewish candidates.
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.