Slotkin backs Angie Craig in Minnesota Senate race

Senate defense bill includes U.S.-Israel defense tech cooperation provision

The Senate's 2027 NDAA draft proposes enhanced U.S.-Israel defense and intelligence cooperation, countering regional threats despite controversy regarding military integration and sovereignty concerns from some critics.

Vance chief of staff Jacob Reses to depart Trump administration

Jacob Reses, the longtime chief of staff to Vice President JD Vance, will depart the Trump administration at the end of the summer, a source familiar with the matter confirms to Jewish Insider. Reses, 35, became a confidante to Vance in 2021, advising the vice president through the heated primary and general election contests for... <a href="">Read More</a>

Klain has no disdain for Platner's Nazi tattoo

Today's Daily Kickoff covers strikes between the U.S. and Iran, dark-money influence on Justice Democrats, political shifts in Israel, and controversies surrounding congressional candidates and antisemitism advocacy.

Netanyahu's challengers search for a path to power

The Likud party’s statement on Wednesday confirming that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would stand on the ballot this fall put to bed long-swirling rumors that the prime minister was considering forgoing another run — potentially in exchange for the government dropping its legal case against him. That speculation had deepened earlier in the week,... <a href="">Read More</a>

Stefanik praises Shapiro, Fetterman as exceptions on antisemitism

Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) praised Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro and Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) on Wednesday, arguing that both Democrats’ forceful condemnations of campus antisemitism after Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attacks made them outliers in their party on the issue. Speaking on a webinar with the Jewish Institute for National Security of America to discuss... <a href="">Read More</a>