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US President Donald Trump takes the oath of office during the 60th presidential inauguration, in the Rotunda of the US Capitol in Washington, January 20, 2025. (Saul Loeb/Pool photo via AP)
January 20, 2025, 11:52 pm
Trump returns to office, vowing dramatic change and promising American ‘golden age’
Calling Biden years ‘a horrible betrayal,’ returning president pledges fossil fuel development, crackdown at Mexico border, stop to government diversity programs, and end to wars
By AP and ToI Staff
This combo of file images shows Elon Musk, the owner of X and CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, left, and the head of the ADL, Jonathan Greenblatt. (Alain Jocard/AFP, JP Yim/Getty Images via AFP)
September 11, 2023, 5:06 am
As Musk and the ADL duke it out, critics within both camps settle old scores
Pundits who have derided Anti-Defamation League’s seeming leftward turn decry tech mogul’s threat to sue, but some Jewish observers say anti-hate group has overstepped mandate
By Canaan Lidor
Protesters, demonstrators and activists gather in front of the US Supreme Court as the justices hear arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health, a case about a Mississippi law that bans most abortions after 15 weeks, on December 1, 2021 in Washington, DC. (CHIP SOMODEVILLA / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
December 1, 2021, 10:29 pm
Conservative-dominated US Supreme Court appears likely to roll back abortion rights
Hundreds of demonstrators gather outside as nine justices hear arguments for and against Mississippi law that bans the procedure after 15 weeks
By Charlotte Plantive and Chris Lefkow
Judge Amy Coney Barrett in Milwaukee, Aug. 24, 2018. (Rachel Malehorn, rachelmalehorn.smugmug.com, via AP)
October 7, 2020, 5:26 am
US Supreme Court nominee lived in home tied to controversial Christian sect
Amy Coney Barrett, Trump’s choice to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg, resided in house owned by co-founders of People of Praise, a mysterious group accused of subjugating women
By Michael Biesecker and Michelle R. Smith
US Judge Brett Kavanaugh speaks after being nominated by US President Donald Trump (L) to the Supreme Court in the East Room of the White House on July 9, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images via JTA)
June 29, 2020, 11:55 pm
Supreme Court ruling could force US aid recipients to follow US policy on Israel
Decision in case on opposing sex trafficking finds foreign organizations operating abroad are not protected by First Amendment; NGOs in Middle East also considered in deliberations
By Ron Kampeas
Illustrative: Chief Justice John Roberts speaks during oral arguments before the Supreme Court as a case is livestreamed on a laptop, May 4, 2020. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images via JTA)
May 9, 2020, 9:31 am
US top court’s hypothetical: Can Washington require groups to recognize Israel?
In live-streamed case about NGOs, HIV funds and prostitution, Justice Brett Kavanaugh unexpectedly brings up Washington’s support for the Jewish state
By Ron Kampeas
Ady Barkan attends the Los Angeles Supports a Dream Act Now! protest at the office of California Senator Dianne Feinstein on January 3, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Gabriel Olsen/Getty Images via JTA)
August 2, 2019, 9:16 pm
Israeli-American activist says US must have better conversation on healthcare
Ady Barkan, an ALS sufferer name-checked by Elizabeth Warren at Democratic debate, says issue ‘too important for 30-second sound bites shouted between ten different candidates’
By Ben Sales
President Donald Trump arrives for a campaign rally at Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport on November 3, 2018, in Belgrade, Montana. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
December 22, 2018, 9:14 pm
Trump’s 2018: A year in a stranger-than-sitcom presidency
US president’s year included heated Kavanaugh nomination, Kim Jong-Un summit, frequent Twitter rants about Mueller probe, and resignation of his defense secretary to top it off
By Calvin Woodward
President Donald Trump looks at his watch near the end of a campaign rally Monday, November 5, 2018, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
November 7, 2018, 9:24 am
Trump calls midterms a ‘tremendous success’ despite losses
White House notes most presidents lose ground in Congress during midterm elections, credit Trump’s campaigning with high turnout in Republican base
By Catherine Lucey and Jonathan Lemire
Julie Swetnick in a photo provided by her lawyer, Michael Avenatti, on Twitter. (Michael Avenatti/Twitter via JTA)
October 26, 2018, 7:53 am
Top Republican asks for criminal investigation into Jewish Kavanaugh accuser
Chuck Grassley says allegations in sworn statement by Julia Swetnick and lawyer Michael Avenatti ‘likely contained materially false claims’
By KEVIN FREKING
George Soros, Founder and Chairman of the Open Society Foundations as he arrives for a meeting in Brussels, April 27, 2017. (AFP/OLIVIER HOSLET)
October 23, 2018, 6:32 am
Explosive device found in mailbox at George Soros’s New York home
Device detonated by sappers at residence of Jewish philanthropist, who is a favored target of right-wing groups; police say he was not home at the time
By ToI Staff
The Stormer Book Clubs took credit for anti-Semitic fliers that appeared across the country last week. (Anti-Defamation League/JTA Collage)
October 19, 2018, 8:11 pm
The neo-Nazi group behind the fliers blaming Jews for the Kavanaugh allegations
Some white supremacists seek to be part of a ‘legitimate’ American far-right; Daily Stormer Book Clubs ‘not even trying to pretend to do that’
By Josefin Dolsten
President Donald Trump speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
October 17, 2018, 2:36 am
Trump says Saudi Arabia should be presumed innocent over missing journalist
President compares rush to blame Saudis for killing Jamal Khashoggi to allegations of sexual assault leveled against Brett Kavanaugh
By Catherine Lucey, Jonathan Lemire and Zeke Miller
Natalie Portman arrives at Variety's Power of Women event on Oct. 12, 2018, at the Beverly Wilshire hotel in Beverly Hills, California (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
October 13, 2018, 8:25 am
Natalie Portman calls for action at Hollywood women’s luncheon
Jerusalem-born actress and activist addresses the under-representation of women in all industries, says ‘our culture protects the perpetrators of sexual violence, not its victims’
By Lindsey Bahr
This poster hung on several college campuses and Iowa organizations blames Jews for sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. (StandWithUs via JTA)
October 13, 2018, 1:56 am
3 NY colleges ban man over anti-Semitic fliers on Kavanaugh allegations
President of Vassar praises joint decision with Marist and Dutchess Community to rebuff effort by ‘outside group to perpetuate its message of intolerance’
By JTA
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