Mehdi Hasan tells Jewish advocates, lawmakers to 'cry more' after El-Sayed victory

Vance blames GOP’s dismal midterm performance on Iran war, U.S.-Israel relationship

Vice President JD Vance blamed Republicans’ poor performance in the midterm elections on Tuesday evening on the U.S. war in Iran, calling it “obvious to almost everyone,” as well as the current state of the U.S.-Israel relationship. Vance offered his assessment in a lengthy statement on X on Wednesday morning, attributing the fact that “many... <a href="https://jewishinsider.com/2026/11/new-yorks-top-democrats-shrug-off-gop-challengers/">Read More</a>

Republicans get the midterm blues

Democrats secure a sweeping victory in midterm elections, while President Trump announces an end to U.S. military aid to Israel, amid broader geopolitical shifts and regional tensions.

Supreme Court hears oral arguments in religious preschool case

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Tuesday in St. Mary Catholic Parish v. Roy, a church-state case testing religious groups’ ability to participate in Colorado’s state-funded universal preschool program. Two Catholic parishes and two Catholic families are suing the state over whether religious preschools should be exempt from nondiscrimination rules banning them from bias... <a href="">Read More</a>

Trump says Iran war ‘was a piece of’ Republican midterm losses 

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the war with Iran played a role in the Democratic sweep in the midterm elections. “Iran was a piece of it,” Trump said in a telephone interview with The Wall Street Journal, pointing to the rise in oil prices as a key issue. Trump added, “I did the... <a href="">Read More</a>

Democrats sweep control of House, Senate in historic landslide

Fueled by voter frustration over the economy, high gas prices, ongoing military operations against Iran and the Trump administration’s corruption and overreach, Democrats won a landslide in Tuesday’s midterm elections, winning back both the House and Senate, and electing lawmakers from some of the reddest states and districts on the political map. The Democratic rout was thorough. Democrats are expected to win at least eight Senate seats, and over 250 House seats — beyond party leaders’ wildest expectations. They won a Senate seat in Kansas for the first time since before FDR’s New Deal. They ended the GOP’s decades-long winning streak... <a href="">Read More</a>