When Rabbi Jacob Schacter visited the Normandy American Cemetery in 2014, one detail stayed with him long after his return home. The observation seemed insignificant at first. But for Schacter and the historians and genealogists who would later found Operation Benjamin, it raised a troubling question: Why did there appear to be so few Jewish […]

Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) highlighted Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA), Rep. James Talarico (D-TX), and former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper as three Democrats he sees as “leaders” in the party who are “stepping up” and prioritizing the people. Booker told Jake Tapper on State of the Union on Sunday his party “desperately needs new leadership” […]

United States officials said Sunday that negotiations between the U.S. and Iran have been slowed in part because Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei is operating from an extremely isolated location that has made communication inside the Iranian government difficult. Iran’s supreme leader “is effectively holed up in an undisclosed location with little access to the outside world […]

President Donald Trump endorsed Kansas Senate President Ty Masterson for governor of Kansas on Sunday, formalizing support for the Trump-aligned candidate. Trump cited Masterson’s record on the Second Amendment, cutting taxes, and keeping the border secure in the announcement, saying Masterson will “work tirelessly to Champion Kansas Values.”  Masterson has been linked prominently to Trumpworld […]