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Attendees wait in line to enter the Conservative Political Action Conference in Grapevine, Texas, Wednesday, March 25, 2026, as the annual gathering of thousands of conservatives from around the country and overseas begins. (AP/Thomas Beaumont)
March 26, 2026, 8:02 pm
Trump’s Iran war tests MAGA movement’s ‘America First’ creed
At large right-wing CPAC convention in Texas, many attendees put their faith in US president, despite antiwar rhetoric from right-wing podcasters and dissent from GOP lawmakers
By Frankie TAGGART
Far-right influencer Jake Lang speaks in front of Gracie Mansion at a protest he organized on March 9, 2026, in New York City. (Ryan Murphy/Getty Images via JTA)
March 20, 2026, 8:31 pm
Jan. 6 protester Jake Lang renounced his Judaism to court the far right. It isn’t working
Despite burning a Talmud and other antisemitic displays, the extremist influencer is being roasted by peers including Nick Fuentes as the Iran war deepens a conservative rift over Israel
By Grace Gilson
US conservative political commentator Ben Shapiro speaks during Turning Point's AmericaFest conference in remembrance of late right-wing political activist Charlie Kirk, in Phoenix, December 18, 2025. (Olivier Touron/AFP)
December 25, 2025, 9:45 am
Ben Shapiro’s desperate stand against right-wing antisemitism is receiving major pushback
Showdown at Turning Point USA convention highlights how Jews and Israel have become fault lines in conservative American politics
By Andrew Lapin
Israeli Air Force F-15I and F-35I fighter jets fly alongside a US B-52 bomber during a drill on March 4, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)
November 13, 2025, 5:14 pm
Israel seeking 20-year ‘America-first’ security agreement with US — report
With current MOU set to lapse in 2028, Israel said trying to navigate GOP foreign aid skepticism by emphasizing US-Israel cooperation; Netanyahu says Israel looking to be more independent
By Lazar Berman
Then the Republican nominee running for a second nonconsecutive term, Donald Trump speaks with Tucker Carlson during a Tucker Carlson Live Tour show at Desert Diamond Arena, October 31, 2024, in Glendale, Arizona. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
June 18, 2025, 3:45 pm
As US appears increasingly likely to enter Iran conflict, tensions roil MAGA movement
Strong isolationist faction within the Republican party vocally opposes entering fight against Iranian nuclear threat; Vance indicates it can still fit with America First approach
By Ami Eden
US President Donald Trump adjusts "Make America Great Again" hats as he prepares to sign executive orders in the Oval Office at the White House on April 23, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP)
June 13, 2025, 8:54 pm
Israeli strikes on Iran divide Trump’s coalition, pitting hawks against isolationists
Supporters fear the US getting dragged into another Middle East war, challenging Republican leaders’ ‘America First’ policy; 90% of MAGA supporters said to oppose aiding Israel
By AFP
Republican US vice presidential candidate Senator JD Vance gives a thumbs-up to supporters as he is introduced during the first day of the Republican National Convention on July 15, 2024, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
July 16, 2024, 4:01 am
Trump VP pick JD Vance aims to balance Israel support with ‘America First’ mantra
Freshman senator rejects US ‘micromanaging’ Israel on overhaul, Gaza war; after once likening him to Hitler, Vance now defends Trump for claiming Jewish Dems hate their religion
By Jacob Magid
In this Feb. 5, 2021 file photo, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
April 17, 2021, 6:05 am
Marjorie Taylor-Green said behind new GOP group to save ‘Anglo-Saxon’ traditions
Hard-right Republicans discuss forming an ‘America First Caucus’ to follow in Trump’s footsteps, limit immigration to those who respect ‘this nation’s culture and rule of law’
By Alan Fram
In this Nov. 4, 2014, file photo, Ohio State Treasurer Josh Mandel speaks at the Ohio Republican Party election night celebration in Columbus, Ohio (AP Photo/Tony Dejak, File)
February 11, 2021, 8:16 am
Ohio’s Josh Mandel announces 3rd run for Senate, pushing ‘America First’ agenda
Jewish former state treasurer adopts slogan that has sparked concern for its links to anti-Semitism; says Trump’s 2nd impeachment trial makes his ‘blood boil’
By Ron Kampeas
Violent protesters, loyal to US President Donald Trump, storm the Capitol, January 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
January 7, 2021, 4:06 pm
Holocaust-denying neo-Nazis among the Trump supporters who stormed US Capitol
White supremacists join Washington rampage, with experts saying the violence was stoked by far-right conspiracy theories like QAnon
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Nick Fuentes answers question during an interview with Agence France-Presse in Boston, May 9, 2016. (William Edwards/AFP via Getty Images/via JTA)
December 9, 2019, 3:53 am
In the US, the ‘groyper army’ seeks to make anti-Semitism mainstream
A brazen Inquisition force, Young America First adherents make waves and headlines in effort to unmask ‘fake’ conservatives and ‘frauds’
By Ron Kampeas
US resident Donald Trump speaks to reporters as he leaves the White House in Washington for a trip to New York City, November 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
November 13, 2019, 12:23 am
Trump says he worries about Israel as missiles fly, jokes at political deadlock
At Orthodox Jewish event, president boasts of ‘98%’ approval rating in Israel, quips he could move there and soon become PM: ‘They keep having elections and nobody is elected’
By ToI Staff
US President Donald Trump arrives to speak at the National Association of REALTORS Legislative Meetings and Trade Expo, May 17, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
May 18, 2019, 9:13 am
US-Iran tensions test Trump’s ‘America First’ pledge
With 2020 elections fast approaching, stakes are high for the first-term president as he strikes a balance maintaining a hard line with Tehran while avoiding a largely unwanted war
By Zeke Miller and Steve Peoples
In this January 22, 2019, photo, Representative Mario Diaz-Balart, left, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, Senator Marco Rubio and Senator Rick Scott, speak to the media after their meeting with US President Donald Trump about Venezuela, at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
February 3, 2019, 12:31 am
Senate reasserts foreign policy role, reshaping Trump’s ‘America First’ agenda
Traditional conservatives are pitted against the GOP’s nonintervenionalist wing as they vie for influence over the White House’s overseas policies
By LISA MASCARO
US President Donald Trump takes part in a ceremony at the American Cemetery of Suresnes, outside Paris, on November 11, 2018 as part of Veterans Day and commemorations marking the 100th anniversary of the 11 November 1918 armistice, ending World War I. (SAUL LOEB / AFP)
November 12, 2018, 7:58 am
Trump largely alone as world leaders take aim at nationalism
Visit to Paris for WWI commemorations highlights how the president has dramatically upended decades of US foreign policy and shaken its closest allies
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and Jill Colvin
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