US politics
Clayton will take over as US intelligence chief on Monday, Pulte says
Jay Clayton will step into a role that was vacated in June when Tulsi Gabbard stepped down after a tenure marked by clashes with congressional Democrats.
Reconciliation with Netanyahu will not turn Vance into a Zionist, former consul warns
How do Jews, Israel factor into other Michigan races ahead of the elections?
New Connecticut law requires educators to develop curriculum materials for Islamic, Arab studies
US Senate confirms Trump's nominee Clayton as Director of National Intelligence, nation's top spy
Clayton's hearing earlier this month at times erupted into shouting, as Clayton insisted to several Democratic senators that he was not an election denier.
US Senator McConnell discharged from hospital but not yet 'cleared' to return to work
“I’m still working hard to get back to my full schedule of work in the Senate and in Kentucky, keeping up with intense physical therapy per my doctors’ orders," McConnell said in a statement.
In Detroit, pro-Israel Senate candidate Haley Stevens meets pro-Palestinan El-Sayed supporter
The interaction spotlighted two questions hanging over Michigan’s primaries: To what degree are voters factoring Israel into their decisions, and does pro-Palestinian sentiment cross racial lines?
As Maine's Senate race begins, Jewish voters find themselves 'politically homeless'
With Democrats eyeing a key Senate pickup in Maine, some Jewish voters say Israel has become a defining issue in the Collins-Jackson race, leaving them torn ahead of Election Day.
Charles Kushner leaves New York over what he calls Mamdani's 'antisemitism'
According to US Ambassador to France Charles Kushner, his decision is driven less by Mamdani's socialist policies than by what he characterized as hostility toward Jews and Israel.
Darline Graham to run for full term to replace her brother in US Senate
Her announcement comes days after US President Donald Trump asked her to run for the US Senate in a special Republican primary in South Carolina on August 11.
Michigan's Senate race tests pro-Israel Jews' loyalty to Democratic Party
The state’s upcoming US Senate primary is making many deeply uneasy. Many a Jew in the mitten state is pulling for pro-Israel centrist US Rep. Haley Stevens to win on Aug. 4.
Why distancing from Israel is becoming an asset for Democrats - analysis
As the comedian Bill Maher quipped last year, anti-Israel politics has become today’s Che Guevara T-shirt.
Replacements for Graham Platner as Democratic senate candidate 'won't fund Israel's genocide'
“Graham got into this race saying, ‘This is genocide,'” Wood said. “And I learned that it is so important in these moments to draw those moral lines.”
A Trump attack on Jon Ossoff in Thursday night's address could fuel the first Jewish presidency
Ossoff “might be the Democrat that can thread the needle because even though he’s Jewish, he’s very critical of the Israeli government, very critical of Benjamin Netanyahu," said Messersmith.
