Cornell suspends professor who excluded Israeli student from class on Gaza

One last MOU for the road

This Daily Kickoff explores Sen. Darline Graham's debate challenges, the growth of DSA candidates, and global tensions surrounding U.S.-Iran economic policies and Israel-U.S. military aid models.

JINSA calls for change in U.S.-Israel military alliance

As Israel and the Trump administration negotiate the next U.S.-Israel memorandum of understanding, a new report from the Jewish Institute for National Security of America demonstrates how even among hawkish experts in Washington, the question is increasingly not how to preserve the traditional military aid model, but what should replace it. The report, titled “Shifting... <a href="">Read More</a>

Turkey-linked group in Eric Adams bribery scandal advertising event with Ryan Zinke

A Turkish-tied organization that launched in 2023 with an alleged straw-donor fundraiser for former New York City Mayor Eric Adams has spent recent weeks selling tickets for a Sept. 20 gathering listing Rep. Ryan Zinke (R-MT) as a “featured speaker ” —&nbsp;even as Zinke’s office insists he’s not attending the event. The CEO Club New... <a href="">Read More</a>

Darline Graham’s foreign policy flub rattles GOP ahead of S.C. Senate runoff

Sen. Darline Graham’s (R-SC) stumbling performance at the final GOP primary debate on Tuesday has prompted questions among Republicans in Washington about her prospects in next week’s runoff against Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC). Graham’s debate performance has been widely panned for her response to a question about Taiwan and the South China Sea, during which... <a href="https://jewishinsider.com/2026/07/debra-band-judaica-illuminated-biblical-manuscripts-ketubot/">Read More</a>

Socialist surge happening in under-the-radar local and state legislative races

The Democratic Socialists of America notched another win this week in Florida’s Democratic Senate primary, with the shock victory of state Rep. Angie Nixon, a DSA member, over a much better-funded, establishment-backed challenger.&nbsp; The far-left group has also notched at least six new victories in deep-blue House districts where its members are all but guaranteed... <a href="">Read More</a>