Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY) denied an apology from celebrity father Mohamed Hadid after a report emerged that he had sent the New York Democrat several homophobic and racist messages. Hadid, who is Palestinian and is the father of models Bella and Gigi Hadid, has been outspoken over his opposition to Israel, even comparing the Jewish […]
Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) gave Columbia University President Minouche Shafik advice while visiting the campus on Monday, encouraging her to ask the former presidents of Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania “what not to do” when it comes to handling the rise of antisemitism. Moskowitz spoke during a press conference with Reps. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), […]
House Freedom Caucus members are punching back at their Republican colleagues after being accused over the weekend of costing the GOP key policy wins on border security. Certain Republicans blamed hard-liners’ tactics for allowing Ukraine aid to be approved in a bipartisan way in the House over the weekend without border concessions attached. The House […]
President Joe Biden delivered a qualified denunciation of anti-Israel protests on college campuses, voicing support for the Palestinian people as he condemned the wave of antisemitism facing Jewish students. The president, asked by reporters about a series of disruptive protests sweeping elite universities including Columbia University and Yale University, denounced the tactics of protesters, who […]
Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) has decided who he wants to be Harvard‘s next president, endorsing outgoing Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) to take the university’s top position, currently held by interim President Alan Garber. Garber took the position when Claudine Gay stepped down in December amid plagiarism allegations and Gay’s controversial testimony in front of the […]
A Yale University student attended a protest Saturday night as a student journalist covering the event but was stabbed in the eye with a Palestinian flag when the attacker realized she was Jewish. Sahar Tartak, alongside her friend who was wearing Hasidic Jewish attire, attended the protest where she was filming as the Yale Free […]
The Republican Jewish Coalition is endorsing Rep. Bob Good‘s (R-VA) primary challenger after he opposed aid to Israel amid its fight against Hamas. RJC CEO Matt Brooks blasted Good’s record in a statement on Monday and endorsed his opponent, Republican state Rep. John McGuire, who the RJC says has “made his support for Israel clear.” […]
The U.S. Supreme Court has opted not to hear Kari Lake’s voting machine lawsuit, spelling further trouble for the former Arizona gubernatorial candidate’s lawsuit. The lawsuit had been filed by Lake and former Arizona secretary of state candidate Mark Finchem, who argued in their court filing that they had sufficiently argued that all Arizona-certified optical […]
With the Equal Rights Amendment on the ballot this November, New York Democrats are hopeful that more voters will turn out to vote in favor of protecting abortion rights, but state Republicans are highlighting possible ramifications of the amendment, such as the removal of a drinking age. The ERA includes a dozen potential new protected […]
President Joe Biden commemorated Earth Day 2024 by reiterating his pledge to fight climate change and promote new green energy technologies. The president was joined on Monday by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA), and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), all three progressives and some of the loudest voices in Congress focusing on green […]
