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Mamdani’s rhetoric on Netanyahu still worries Jewish leaders after arrest reversal
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s admission that he cannot legally arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has done little to calm Jewish leaders, who say the mayor’s broader rhetoric continues to deepen tensions at a moment of heightened concern over antisemitism. Israel has remained one of the defining points of friction between Mr. Mamdani…
Read MoreGov. Whitmer backs Stevens in fierce Michigan Senate primary
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has come off the sidelines to throw her support behind Rep. Haley Stevens’ bid for the U.S. Senate, giving her a late-innings boost in her hard-fought race against Abdul El-Sayed for the Democratic nomination. “As governor, I’ve had one strategy: get things done, and that strategy informs everything that I do,”…
Read MoreMichigan woman baffled to learn she donated over $150,000 to ActBlue and Democrats
According to Federal Election Commission records, 88-year-old Elizabeth Waffle has been giving nearly nonstop to the Democratic fundraising juggernaut ActBlue since 2020 for a total of more than $150,000 in donations. But Ms. Waffle, who lives in a trailer down a dirt road in Milan, Michigan, said she doesn’t believe she made all of those…
Read MoreTrump trade rep says more tariffs are coming as blanket levies expire, Democrats raise cost worries
President Trump will keep tariffs at the center of his economic policy despite legal headwinds and Democratic complaints that levies fuel higher prices, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer told Congress on Wednesday. Mr. Greer said the specific authorities that Mr. Trump is using to impose tariffs “have changed, but the trade strategy has not.” “We…
Read MoreEpstein survivors call on Tillis, Cornyn to block Blanche nomination
A group of women victimized by Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking ring urged Republican Sens. Thom Tillis and John Cornyn to vote against Todd Blanche’s nomination to serve as attorney general. Jess Michaels, an Epstein victim and an advocate for sexual assault survivors, posted a letter on social media addressed to the two lawmakers and signed…
Read MoreEl-Sayed pushes back on Tapper’s Iran questions in contentious interview
Abdul El-Sayed, a Democratic Senate candidate in Michigan, pushed back Sunday on questions by CNN host Jake Tapper in a contentious interview about Iran and Israel. Mr. Tapper first asked Mr. El-Sayed to respond to comments by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani to The New York Times. The New York mayor said Democrats who…
Read MoreSheinbaum to attend World Cup final after accepting Trump’s invitation
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said she plans to attend Sunday’s World Cup title game after receiving an invitation from President Trump. “I received an invitation from President Trump to go Sunday to the final of the World Cup. I made the decision, yes, to go because, well, it’s a direct invitation from the president of…
Read MoreTrump asks Sen. Darline Graham to run for full term, ‘honor the legacy of her beloved brother’
President Trump has asked new South Carolina Sen. Darline Graham, who was appointed to temporarily fill her late brother’s seat, to run for a full term and offered his endorsement. If she complies, the president’s support could prevent other potential Republican candidates from jumping into the special primary race to become the party’s new Senate…
Read MoreNovember in mind: Trump works in a midterm campaign pitch into a primetime address
President Trump promised a speech Thursday night on pitfalls in election security. He did that, but only after offering a full-throated commendation of his second-term agenda that served as a primetime ad for Republicans heading into a tough midterm election season. With Democrats savoring the chance to retake the House and Senate, Mr. Trump led…
Read MoreTrump willing to wipe out the IRGC as he did ISIS
President Trump confirmed Wednesday he would be willing to wipe out the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps as he did to the Islamic State in 2019 if necessary. Mr. Trump during an interview on Fox Business was asked about how he concluded that he could not negotiate with the IRGC during previous talks with Iran and…
Read MoreJack Smith’s ‘Arctic Frost’ team spied on lawmakers’ texts without shielding privileged info
Newly released records show that investigators working for former special counsel Jack Smith directly accessed text messages belonging to 44 current and former members of Congress. Mr. Smith’s investigators bypassed a “Filter Team” process meant to screen out privileged material before investigators could see it, said Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles E. Grassley and Senate…
Read MoreMan with firearm arrested outside of U.S. Capitol
U.S. Capitol Police on Monday arrested an armed motorist at a security stop. Police stopped the man in his vehicle outside of the north security barricade on Constitution Avenue NE that leads to the Senate side of the Capitol building. Photos of the stop posted on social media show police officers surrounding a gray SUV.…
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