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Van Hollen says he’s considering presidential bid, wants Israel to be 2028 litmus test
Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), a leading critic of Israel in the Senate, publicly confirmed for the first time this week, after visits to key primary states, that he is considering a 2028 presidential…
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3mRep. Wesley Bell easily blocks Cori Bush’s comeback attempt
Rep. Wesley Bell (D-MO) easily brushed off a comeback attempt by former Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO), whom he defeated in 2024, in a race where AIPAC spent over $3 million to help reelect the pro-Israel incumbent. Bell’s race was called by the Associated Press just over an hour after polls closed. With about one-third of... <a href="">Read More</a>
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3mJewish Colorado AG targeted with campaign poster depicting him with devil horns
A campaign poster circulating among Colorado Republicans depicts Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser, who is Jewish and whose family members are Holocaust survivors, with devil horns, which critics say invokes a classic antisemitic trope. Weiser is the Democratic nominee for governor of Colorado. The poster promotes, but was not created by, Victor Marx, the GOP... <a href="">Read More</a>
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8mHormuz deal on the horizon?
This briefing covers critical updates on Middle East diplomacy, the status of the Israel-Hamas conflict, domestic political controversies, and significant security concerns impacting Jewish institutions.
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4mFlorida synagogue vandal shared Mamdani’s anti-Netanyahu video
A Florida man accused of hurling a brick through the front window of a Sarasota Chabad House shared New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s video labeling Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a “war criminal” just days before the crime. Local police arrested 30-year-old Brayton Laschinger on July 31 and charged him with felony criminal mischief... <a href="">Read More</a>
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Democrats plan to boycott Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing on Muslim Brotherhood
Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Federal Courts subcommittee said on Tuesday that they plan to boycott a subcommittee hearing on Wednesday set to examine Muslim Brotherhood networks in the United States. The Democrats — Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Alex Padilla (D-CA) and Peter Welch (D-VT) — dismissed the... <a href="https://jewishinsider.com/2026/08/ron-dermer-israel-on-campus-coalition-international-relations/">Read More</a>