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Abdul El-Sayed fields accusations of family ties to terror orgs. as midterms apporach - report

El-Sayed, a Michigan-born child of Egyptian immigrants, has recently come under scrutiny for his family's purported ties to the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt. 

Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed speaks to reporters following a campaign event at the Ionia Theater on October 11, 2026 in Ionia, Michigan.
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia's President Vladimir Putin shake hands as they meet in Helsinki, Finland July 16, 2018

Bipartisan group of US senators opposes Trump's Russian diesel deal

US Senator Jon Ossoff (D-GA) speaks at a press conference following the Democratic weekly policy lunch on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., December 9, 2025.

Georgia Senate candidate says Israeli forces 'violated law of conflict' when asked about genocide

Senator James Lankford (R-OK) addresses attendees inside First Church, on the day of a ceremony to mark the 30th anniversary of the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, US, April 19, 2025

ADL honors US senators Rosen, Lankford for bipartisan work against antisemitism


Jon Ossoff is not betraying Israel, and his critics do not speak for Georgia’s Jews - opinion

American Jews, and Georgia’s Jews, are not “single issue” voters. Ossoff represents exactly that sentiment in the American Jewish community, and among American voters at large.

 US Senator Jon Ossoff (D-GA) attends a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on voting rights on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, April 20, 2021.

Why an anti-Israel DSA member bested Alex Vindman in a Florida Senate primary

Nixon has repeatedly accused Israel of committing genocide and criticized Vindman for staying silent on Israel.

Florida's Democratic US Senate nominee Angie Nixon greets people on the campaign trail in Miami ahead of Tuesday's primary.

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.

Rep. Randy Fine, the Jewish Republican incumbent in Florida’s 6th Congressional District, won his primary against social media personality Dan Bilzerian on Tuesday. Here, Fine addresses The Jerusalem Post Annual Conference in New York, June, 2026.

Conditions aboard USS Lincoln 'exacerbated by decision to start Iran war,' senators tell Hegseth

Criticizing Hegseth and US President Donald Trump for dismissing the reports, the senators argued that the situation on Lincoln was "preventable" and similar to issues USS Gerald R. Ford faced.

USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) conducts US blockade operations related to the Strait of Hormuz on April 16, 2026.

Progressive Democrat Peggy Flanagan defeats AIPAC-backed Angie Craig in Minnesota Senate primary

Meanwhile, Minnesota Republicans chose State Representative Lisa Demuth as nominee for governor over former MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell. to face off against Amy Klobuchar in November.

Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, speaks during a volunteer appreciation event at Black Heart of Saint Paul on August 8, 2026 in St. Paul, Minnesota.

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.

US Senator Darline Graham (R-SC) arrives for a vote at the US Capitol, in the wake of US President Donald Trump saying he may temporarily drop the nomination of Todd Blanche to be US attorney general, in Washington, DC.

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.

US Senator for South Carolina Darline Graham Nordone, sister of late Senator Lindsey Graham, reacts after being ceremonially sworn in by US Senate President pro tempore Chuck Grassley (R-IA) during an event on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, US, July 14, 2026.

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 Democratic Senate primary winner Abdul El-Sayed arrives at a press conference in Detroit in August.

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.”

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel speaks on the third day of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, on August 21, 2024. (Saul Loeb / AFP via Getty Images)

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.

Sen. Darline Graham, A South Carolina Republican, arrives for the Senate Judiciary Committee vote to move the nomination of Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche out of committee in the Hart Senate Office Building on Tuesday, Aug 4, 2026.