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Image: Michael Blake speaks during a debate between Democratic mayoral primary candidates, June 4, 2025, New York, New York. (Yuki Iwamura-Pool/Getty Images/ via JTA); Cutout: Screenshot of 'Rabbi Linda Goldstein' account on X, taken June 11, 2026.
June 11, 2026, 11:50 am
US Rep. Torres’s primary challenger in NY is duped by satirical ‘Chief Rabbi of Gaza’
Michael Blake, a former state assemblyman running to represent the Bronx, told ‘Linda Goldstein’ he’d consider visiting her ‘congregation’ in the Strip
By ToI Staff
Left: US Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez speaks during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, on March 25, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite); Right: US congressional candidate Maureen Galindo appears in an interview, posted to YouTube on February 16, 2026. (Screenshot via SPEAK USA Videos and Podcasts)
May 21, 2026, 12:35 pm
AOC, leading Dems condemn Texas candidate who said she’d put ‘Zionists’ in ICE jail
Maureen Galindo, running in Democratic primary to represent San Antonio in DC, says most ‘American Zionists’ are probably pedophiles; PAC backing her is linked to Republican group
By Grace Gilson
Graham Platner, a Democratic candidate for the US Senate in Maine, speaks at a town hall in Ogunquit, Maine, October 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones)
May 1, 2026, 1:20 am
Anti-Israel oysterman in Maine poised to become Democratic nominee for US Senate
State’s governor ends campaign after negative ads failed to derail Graham Platner despite his Nazi tattoo, history of derogatory comments online
By Andrew Lapin
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro greets members of the crowd after speaking at a Clinton County Democratic Party event at the Avenue 209 coffee shop, April 11, 2026, in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania. (AP/Marc Levy)
April 24, 2026, 12:48 pm
Jewish Democrat Josh Shapiro tests political muscle in Pennsylvania’s midterms
Moderate pro-Israel governor, vocal about his faith, widely seen as 2028 presidential hopeful; his party’s performance in swing state this year is chance to show voters he can win
By AP and ToI Staff
Protesters with Jewish Voice for Peace get arrested after blocking traffic during a demonstration outside the New York office of U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer, calling for an end to the US-Israel war with Iran and opposing US weapons support on Monday, April 13, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
April 14, 2026, 1:13 am
Dozens arrested at anti-Israel protest in NYC calling to block sale of US bombs
JVP-led protesters attempt to hold sit-in inside the offices of Democratic senators Schumer and Gillibrand, who haven’t backed resolutions by Bernie Sanders to stop $600M sale
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., center, and fellow Republicans depart a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, March 25, 2026. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)
April 10, 2026, 8:33 am
US Republicans block attempt to rein in Trump’s war powers over Iran campaign
US president’s threat that ‘a whole civilization will die’ sparks new concern among Democrats, who have begun to openly float impeachment for the first time since his reelection
By Patricia Zengerle and Richard Cowan
Democratic candidate for Congress, Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss, speaks during a U.S. House 9th District primary debate, in Chicago, Wednesday, February 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
March 18, 2026, 4:25 pm
Jewish Netanyahu critic wins Illinois primary after AIPAC spends millions against him
Set to vie for blue Chicago-area seat, Democrat Daniel Biss slams negative campaign by pro-Israel lobby and says his victory shows that voters understand nuance regarding Israel
By ToI Staff and AP
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Republican candidate for the US Senate, poses for a selfie with a supporter during a primary election night watch party, in Dallas, March 3, 2026. (Julio Cortez/AP)
March 4, 2026, 11:15 am
Republicans headed to runoff in pivotal Texas midterm, Democrats too early to call
With control of Congress at stake, longtime GOP lawmaker Cornyn set for May runoff with MAGA favorite Paxton; polling station confusion causes voting extension in some places
By Thomas Beaumont and Will Weissert
Somaya Bashir speaks during an anti-government protest at Habima Square, Tel Aviv in January, 2026. (Courtesy/ Caroline Dervil)
February 9, 2026, 8:46 pm
Activist Somaya Bashir to run for Democrats’ slate, calls for Arab-Jewish partnership
Bashir aims to become left-wing party’s first Arab candidate, seeks meaningful political influence to tackle violence and inequality, says she didn’t consider joining Arab parties
By Ariela Karmel
US President Donald Trump speaks on the phone during a North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) Tracks Santa Operation call at his Mar-a-Lago club, Palm Beach, Florida, December 24, 2025. (AP/Alex Brandon)
December 27, 2025, 12:30 pm
Trump demands US Justice Department ’embarrass’ Democrats with ties to Epstein
President says ‘Radical Left’ trying to distract from GOP ‘success’ after DOJ starts reviewing more than a million new documents related to late pedophile who was once his friend
By AFP
Seated, left to right, are billionaire Thomas Pritzker, former prime minister Ehud Barak and director Woody Allen, as magician David Blaine stands to the left and late disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein stands between Barak and Allen, in an undated photo from Epstein's estate published by US Congressional Democrats on December 18, 2025. (House Oversight Democrats)
December 19, 2025, 3:44 pm
Former PM Ehud Barak seen in a new Epstein estate image released by US Congress
Latest batch of 68 photos, published a day before US Justice Department’s deadline to release files, includes close-up of ‘Lolita’ quotes written in black ink across a woman’s body
By ToI Staff and Reuters
US President Donald Trump delivers remarks at the US-Saudi Investment Forum at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, on November 19, 2025. (Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP)
November 21, 2025, 4:22 pm
Trump: Democrats who urged US troops to refuse illegal orders ‘punishable by DEATH’
Video by Democratic lawmakers who are veterans and skeptical of Caribbean campaign is ‘seditious behavior from traitors,’ says US president; White House clarifies he doesn’t want them executed
By Doina Chiacu, Nandita Bose and Bo Erickson
US President Donald Trump turns to House speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., as he delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, as US Vice President Mike Pence watches, February 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik File)
November 6, 2025, 6:15 pm
Former US House speaker Nancy Pelosi says she won’t seek reelection next year
First elected to Congress in 1987, groundbreaking Democratic lawmaker, now 85, represented San Francisco, passed Obama’s legislative agenda, and led both of Trump’s impeachments
By Agencies
US Representative Jerry Nadler, a New York Democrat, speaks to members of media outside Greater New York Federal Building in New York, on May 28, 2025. (Yuki Iwamura/AP)
September 2, 2025, 7:59 am
Longtime US Democratic congressman Jerry Nadler won’t seek reelection
Lawmaker, 78, tells NY Times that seeing former president Biden step down over age concerns made him see need for a younger generation of Democrats to emerge
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Democratic Massachusetts Rep. Katherine Clark, the House Minority Whip, speaks during a news conference on the Equality Act at the Capitol on April 29, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
August 19, 2025, 5:35 pm
US House minority whip walks back reference to ‘genocide’ in Gaza
Democratic Rep. Katherine Clark says she was only repeating her constituent’s wording when she seemed to echo accusation at town hall: ‘I am not accusing Israel of genocide’
By JTA and ToI Staff
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