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J Street hopes to capitalize on growing Democratic frustration with Israel
Three months after a ceasefire largely ended the fighting between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, the battle over the future of U.S.-Israel relations still rages in Washington. Both the left and the right…
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18mTrump praises Qatar's 'great bravery' on Iran
Today's Kickoff explores legislative reactions to the U.S.-Iran memorandum, primary election battles in D.C. and New York, and Ivanka Trump's new AI initiative for visually impaired veterans.
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5mIsrael divisions and a Trump threat shape Washington's first open mayor's race in 12 years
Today’s mayoral primary in Washington, D.C., has not gotten the same kind of frenzied national attention that accompanied recent mayoral contests in New York City, which pitted Zohran Mamdani, a democratic socialist, against a centrist Democrat, and in Los Angeles, where Republican Spencer Pratt made an insurgent bid against Mayor Karen Bass and Nithya Raman,... <a href="">Read More</a>
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3mGoldman criticizes AIPAC despite endorsement in debate with Lander
Israel again took center stage on Monday night in a debate between former New York City Comptroller Brad Lander and Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY) — with the incumbent congressman trying to prove his progressive bona fides by criticizing AIPAC, despite the group’s support for his campaigns. Both candidates, each a self-identified “progressive Zionist,” inveighed in... <a href="">Read More</a>
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5mConley faces wave of suspected GOP spending in final days of NY-17 primary race
With the Democratic primary in New York’s 17th Congressional District coming down to a two-person race between veteran and former national security official Cait Conley and Rockland County Legislator Beth Davidson, an alleged Republican-linked group is spending big in an effort to block Conley from the nomination. The district, currently represented by Rep. Mike Lawler... <a href="">Read More</a>
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3mIvanka Trump unveils Meta initiative to distribute AI glasses to visually impaired veterans
Ivanka Trump on Friday announced a collaboration between Meta and the Blinded Veterans Association that aims to donate Ray-Ban Meta AI glasses to all legally blind American veterans, which the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs estimates number roughly 130,000. The event was co-hosted by Meta and UFC. Speaking at a Freedom 250 reception at Ned’s... <a href="">Read More</a>