US politics

Darline Graham wins South Carolina Republican Senate primary runoff

The win is also a victory for US President Donald Trump, who recruited Graham and endorsed her following the death of her brother, Lindsey Graham, last month. 

US Senator Darline Graham (R-SC) raises a fist as she speaks during a campaign rally for her at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, US, August 21, 2026.
Hasan Piker looks on as U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed delivers a stump speech in Ann Arbor, Michigan, April 7, 2026.

El-Sayed distances himself from Hasan Piker as Jewish Democrats question his Israel stance

Rep. Randy Fine, the Jewish Republican incumbent in Florida’s 6th Congressional District, won his primary against social media personality Dan Bilzerian on Tuesday. Here, Fine addresses The Jerusalem Post Annual Conference in New York, June, 2026.

FBI arrests Ohio man accused of threatening to kill Rep. Randy Fine, his family

US President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally for U.S. Senator Darline Graham (R-SC) at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, US, August 21, 2026.

US support for Iran war falls to 31% as Trump approval remains at record low- poll


Darline Graham to run for full term to replace her brother in US Senate

Her announcement comes days after US President Donald Trump asked her to run for the US Senate in a ​special Republican primary in South Carolina on ​August 11.

US Senator for South Carolina Darline Graham Nordone, sister of late Senator Lindsey Graham, reacts after being ceremonially sworn in by US Senate President pro tempore Chuck Grassley (R-IA) during an event on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, US, July 14, 2026.

Michigan's Senate race tests pro-Israel Jews' loyalty to Democratic Party

The state’s upcoming US Senate primary is making many deeply uneasy. Many a Jew in the mitten state is pulling for pro-Israel centrist US Rep. Haley Stevens to win on Aug. 4. 

Abdul El-Sayed campaigns for the U.S. Senate at the Michigan Democratic Nominating Convention in Detroit, Michigan, April 19, 2026.

Why distancing from Israel is becoming an asset for Democrats - analysis

As the comedian Bill Maher quipped last year, anti-Israel politics has become today’s Che Guevara T-shirt.

LEFT: New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani rides a go-kart at Coney Island on July 13, 2026. RIGHT: US Rep. Pat Ryan (D-NY) speaks on Day 4 of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on August 22, 2024.

Replacements for Graham Platner as Democratic senate candidate 'won't fund Israel's genocide'

“Graham got into this race saying, ‘This is genocide,'” Wood said. “And I learned that it is so important in these moments to draw those moral lines.”

Sen. Bernie Sanders (center) stands with Troy Jackson (left), who is now running for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate, and Graham Platner (right), who was then the Democrats' presumptive nominee, during Sanders' “Fighting Oligarchy” tour, May 24, 2026, in Orono, Maine.

A Trump attack on Jon Ossoff in Thursday night's address could fuel the first Jewish presidency

Ossoff “might be the Democrat that can thread the needle because even though he’s Jewish, he’s very critical of the Israeli government, very critical of Benjamin Netanyahu," said Messersmith.

Sen. Jon Ossoff arrives in the U.S. Capitol for a vote, Jan. 7, 2026.

Trump accuses China of 2020 voting interference, contradicting US intelligence findings

The president said he was declassifying sensitive information that showed China had illicitly acquired 220 million US voter files, including names, addresses, and other data used to register to vote.

US President Donald Trump speaks at the Pennsylvania Defense and Innovation Summit at the United States Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, US, July 15, 2026.

Trump delivers speech on election security, calls CBS, NBC 'fake news' for refusing transmission

US President Donald Trump also said that NBC and CBS, two of the three major US television networks, should have their licenses revoked for their decision not to air the president's speech.

US President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference on the day of a NATO leaders' summit in Ankara, Turkey, July 8, 2026.

US House Republicans push forward on Trump funding plan for Iran war, election overhaul

Democrats have criticized Republicans for pushing for a $95 billion defense budget while failing to address soaring prices for gasoline, food, and other goods that voters say are their top issues.

A view of the dome of the US Capitol building on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, US, September 19, 2025.

As Jewish Republicans sour on JD Vance, many are rallying behind Marco Rubio for 2028

Pro-Israel criticism of Vance has grown in response to the terms of the Iran deal last month which delivered multiple concessions to the Islamic Republic.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Vice President JD Vance attend a meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, US, October 7, 2025.

US will focus counterterrorism efforts on left-wing groups, Rubio says

A Thursday conference on political violence has sparked Democratic concerns that the Trump administration is politicizing counterterrorism by focusing on "far-left terror."

Event organizer Thomas Sidle holds an Antifa flag as demonstrators behind him hold a banner, during the March4Democracy march, in Washington DC, US, February 28, 2026.