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Liz Crotty takes the middle path to Manhattan DA

Liz Crotty, one of eight Democratic candidates running for Manhattan district attorney, occupies something of a rarefied lane: She is the only avowed centrist in a field crowded with progressives who…

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Nineteen Jewish House Democrats, writing under the auspices of the Congressional Jewish Caucus, sent a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday opposing a reported plan to merge the offices of the State Department’s special envoy for Holocaust issues (SEHI) and special envoy to monitor and combat antisemitism (SEAS). Longtime Holocaust envoy Ellen... <a href="">Read More</a>

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El-Sayed refuses to tone down Israel attacks amid pleas from Dem podcast hosts

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Israeli ambassador’s son seriously wounded in West Bank car-ramming attack

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