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2020 US presidential elections
Debbie Wasserman Schultz speaks onstage at the FORTUNE Most Powerful Women Summit, October 16, 2013 in Washington, DC. (Paul Morigi/Getty Images for FORTUNE/via JTA)
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The 2020 Democratic primary according to Debbie Wasserman Schultz
By Eric Cortellessa
Ahead of debates, Florida congresswoman and former DNC chair says she’s not worried about an acrimonious nomination fight that could divide the party
Debbie Wasserman Schultz speaks onstage at the FORTUNE Most Powerful Women Summit, October 16, 2013 in Washington, DC. (Paul Morigi/Getty Images for FORTUNE/via JTA)
June 26, 2019, 4:02 am
The 2020 Democratic primary according to Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Ahead of debates, Florida congresswoman and former DNC chair says she’s not worried about an acrimonious nomination fight that could divide the party
By Eric Cortellessa
Joe Sestak talks to supporters at a campaign rally in Pittsburgh, March 26, 2015. (Jason Cohn For The Washington Post/Getty Images via JTA)
June 25, 2019, 7:34 am
Joe Sestak, who presaged Democratic criticism of Israel, to run for president
Former naval admiral, a candidate for Senate in 2010, was one of the first democrats to endorse J Street, favoring pressure on Jewish state to bring about two-state solution
By JTA
Democratic US presidential hopeful and former Vice President Joe Biden addresses the Moral Action Congress of the Poor People's Campaign on June 17, 2019, at Trinity Washington University in Washington. (Alex Wong/Getty Images/AFP)
June 20, 2019, 7:07 pm
Biden warns Trump strategy makes Iran conflict ‘more likely’
Former VP and presidential hopeful says it ‘sadly ironic’ that State Department ‘now calling on Iran to abide by the very deal the administration abandoned’
By AFP
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand speaking at a news conference at the U.S. Capitol, March 14, 2017. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
June 20, 2019, 6:40 am
21 Dems were asked where they’d go first as president, 1 said Israel
While most presidential hopefuls tell NYT their maiden international trip would be where relations have soured under Trump, only Kirsten Gillibrand wants to head to Mideast
By Eric Cortellessa
The New York Times solicited views on Israel from almost all of the Democratic presidential candidates. (Screenshot from New York Times via JTA)
June 20, 2019, 12:58 am
Queried on Israel and human rights, Democratic hopefuls offer guarded criticism
New York Times says it’s testing Democrats’ ‘willingness to criticize Israel,’ claims ‘few candidates’ would do so
By TOI staff
Democratic US presidential candidate and South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg speaks at the Iowa Democratic Party's Hall of Fame Dinner, on June 9, 2019, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (Scott Olson/Getty Images/AFP)
June 17, 2019, 11:06 pm
Pete Buttigieg says he won’t move US embassy back to Tel Aviv if elected
Democratic presidential candidate says nothing to gain by reversing Trump’s decision to move mission to Jerusalem
By JTA and TOI staff
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., laughs at a campaign event, Monday, June 10, 2019, in Concord, N.H. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
June 13, 2019, 4:51 am
Amy Klobuchar meets with Jewish Democratic funders
Senator from Minnesota is polling in the low single digits in her bid to become party nominee for the 2020 elections
By Ron Kampeas
Democratic US presidential candidate and South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg speaks at the Iowa Democratic Party's Hall of Fame Dinner, on June 9, 2019, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (Scott Olson/Getty Images/AFP)
June 11, 2019, 10:01 pm
Democrat Buttigieg warns he would cut Israel aid over West Bank annexation
In first major foreign policy address, presidential candidate condemns ‘increasingly disturbing signs that the Netanyahu government is turning away from peace’
By TOI staff
In this file photo from November 8, 2016, Kamala Harris, right, votes with her husband, Douglas Emhoff in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)
June 9, 2019, 2:50 pm
Kamala Harris’ Jewish husband takes on growing public role in 2020 race
Douglas Emhoff is one of several spouses in the crop of Democratic presidential hopefuls who could be America’s first ‘first gentleman’
By AP
From left to right, Democratic presidential contenders Elizabeth Warren, Tim Ryan, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris and Bernie Sanders. All five, along with several others, delivered video messages at the American Jewish Committee’s 2019 Global Forum. (Getty Images/JTA Montage/via JTA)
June 5, 2019, 7:45 am
US Democratic candidates’ diverse videos at Jewish confab hint at what’s to come
13 spots submitted to AJC conference in Washington show field united on combating right-wing extremism, but divided in interpretations of US-Israel alliance
By Ron Kampeas
US President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, right, at Akasaka Palace in Tokyo on May 27, 2019. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
May 27, 2019, 5:10 pm
Trump, Japan’s Abe at odds over North Korean missile tests
US president forgoes custom of avoiding partisan attacks while abroad to call Democratic candidate Joe Biden a ‘low IQ individual’
By Jill Colvin and DARLENE SUPERVILLE
Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Ind., speaks during a fundraiser at the Wynwood Walls, Monday, May 20, 2019, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
May 24, 2019, 6:59 am
US should ‘guide’ Israel like a wayward friend, Buttigieg tells Jewish leaders
Democratic presidential hopeful says Palestinians don’t have necessary leadership for peace, but Washington should not endorse wholesale everything Netanyahu government wants
By Eric Cortellessa
In this May 13, 2019, photo, former US vice president and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden speaks to a supporter during a campaign stop at the Community Oven restaurant in Hampton, New Hampshire. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)
May 22, 2019, 11:30 am
North Korea calls Biden a ‘fool of low IQ’ over Kim criticism
After US presidential hopeful brands regime leader a ‘tyrant,’ Pyongyang retorts that he’s an ‘imbecile bereft of elementary quality as a human being’
By KIM TONG-HYUNG
In this photo from September 18, 2018, former US president Jimmy Carter answers questions from students during his annual town hall with Emory University freshman in the campus gym in Atlanta. (Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, File)/
May 19, 2019, 6:11 pm
Jimmy Carter finds a renaissance in 2020 Democratic scramble
Allies of longest-living former US president, a perennial critic of Israel’s policy on Palestinians, hope praise from prospective presidential candidates will bolster his legacy
By Bill Barrow
Democratic presidential candidate, former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign rally at Eakins Oval in Philadelphia, Saturday, May 18, 2019. (AP/Matt Rourke)
May 19, 2019, 12:07 am
At 1st major rally, Biden calls for unity, knocks ‘divider-in-chief’ Trump
Former US VP takes a few swipes at president, says ‘nation needs to come together’
By Michael Mathes
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