US Elections 2024

Michigan refuses Trump administration demand for 2024 election ballots

Last week, the Justice Department sent a letter to the clerk in Wayne County demanding ballots, ballot receipts, and ballot envelopes.

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Arab Americans gather at a restaurant for a presidential election watch party In Dearborn, Michigan, US November 5, 2024.
Democratic presidential nominee US Vice President Kamala Harris campaigns in Atlanta, Georgia, October 19, 2024

Gaza war policy cost Kamala Harris victory in 2024 US elections, DNC research shows - report

According to Axios, DNC officials met with activists from the IMEU Policy Project, who told the Democrats that former US president Joe Biden's administration's support for Israel "drained support."

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A guard opens a door inside a prison that holds foreign prisoners, suspected of being part of the Islamic State, in Hasaka, Syria, January 7, 2020.

Afghan Abdullah Haji Zada sentenced to 15 years after planning terror attack in US Election Day

“Today’s sentence, and Zada’s [...] removal from the United States, reflect [...] his betrayal and our commitment to use every tool at our disposal to detect and disrupt such plots," said Eisenberg.

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US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump arrive to sign an executive order on "Fostering the Future" in the East Room of the White House, in Washington, US, November 13, 2025.

Trump administration sues California over new redistricting maps

US Attorney General Pam Bondi, in a statement, said, “California’s redistricting scheme is a brazen power grab that tramples on civil rights and mocks the democratic process.”

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Houthis escalate tensions with US in Red Sea - analysis

The Houthis say that their position against "hostile American ships and naval vessels indicates one fact: that position has not and will not change, as long as the aggression" by Israel continues.

NOVEMBER 13, 2024BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
NOW THAT ISRAEL revised its doctrine, neighboring states’ armies should be deterred in peacetime and preempted in wartime, but jihadist militias should be fought anytime, because Israel cannot afford their presence anywhere along its borders. Here, Houthi supporters raise their rifles along with th

Biden, Trump to meet at White House for transition talks after Harris defeat

Biden and Trump have sharply criticized each other for years, and their respective teams hold vastly different positions on policies from climate change to Russia to trade.

NOVEMBER 13, 2024ByREUTERS
US PRESIDENT Donald Trump holds up the proclamation stating that the US recognizes Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and will move its embassy there, at the White House in 2017.

Trump will nominate Fox News host Pete Hegseth for defense secretary

Hegseth, if confirmed, could aid Trump's promise to remove generals he believes prioritize progressive diversity policies opposed by conservatives.

NOVEMBER 13, 2024ByREUTERS
Pete Hegseth has been tapped by President-elect Trump to serve as his secretary of defense.

Trump picks Jewish real estate tycoon Steven Witkoff for Mideast envoy

Trump also said he will nominate Fox News Channel host Pete Hegseth to be secretary of defense.

NOVEMBER 13, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, REUTERS
Steve Witkoff stands onstage with US President Donald Trump during a campaign rally at Atrium Health Amphitheater in Macon, Georgia, US, November 3, 2024

Here's Where Gold & Silver Stand After the Big Election

Precious metals faced a challenging day following Donald Trump's U.S. presidential election victory. Despite that, gold and silver's bull market is still very much alive.

NOVEMBER 12, 2024ByJESSE COLOMBO
Here's Where Gold & Silver Stand After the Big Election

US Supreme Court rejects Trump ex-aide Meadows' bid to move Georgia election case

Meadows's attempt to take the case out of the democratic stronghold of Fulton County into a friendlier jury pool was rejected by SCOTUS.

NOVEMBER 12, 2024ByREUTERS
White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows speaks to reporters following a television interview, outside the White House in Washington, US October 21, 2020.

Muslim advocacy groups may have moved the needle in the US election - analysis

CAIR, the largest Muslim advocacy group in the US, declined to endorse either of the major candidates, while Emgage endorsed Harris despite ‘strong disagreement’ with her Israel policy

NOVEMBER 12, 2024ByCLINT VAN WINKLE / THE MEDIA LINE
US President Joe Biden greets Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, at a dinner in Washington, last month. The administration is faced with the critical dilemma of whether to join Israel in retaliating against Iran, says the writer.

Trump picks South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem as Homeland Security secretary

Noem, once seen as a possible running mate for Trump, is currently serving her second term as South Dakota's gov after a reelection in 2022

NOVEMBER 12, 2024ByREUTERS
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem speaks to the Republican Jewish Coalition in Las Vegas, Nov. 5, 2021.

Trump to tap immigration hardliner Stephen Miller as deputy chief of staff for policy, CNN reports

JD Vance appears to have confirmed the appointment on social media.

NOVEMBER 11, 2024ByREUTERS
Stephen Miller

How Oct. 7 attack and war in Gaza shaped North Texas Jewish and Muslim votes

Jewish community leaders say the fallout of the October attacks complicated their relationship with the Democratic Party, causing a rightward shift.

NOVEMBER 11, 2024ByADRIAN ASHFORD/THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS/TNS
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks during a community event commemorating the Oct. 7, 2023, attack in Israel at Congregation Shearith Israel.