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Former US President Donald Trump speaks during the 2023 Conservative Political Action Coalition (CPAC) Conference in National Harbor, Maryland, on March 4, 2023. (ROBERTO SCHMIDT / AFP)
March 25, 2026, 2:26 pm
US conservatives gather for CPAC with the right openly divided over Iran war
Trump maintains broad support among his base, but the fighting has put a strain on his party, with ‘America First’ activists questioning a conflict that has no clear end in sight
By Thomas Beaumont and MIKE CATALINI
Matt Gaetz during a One America News broadcast on July 16, 2025. (Screen capture/X)
July 18, 2025, 7:35 pm
In sign of shift, far-right US network airs segment on unchecked settler violence
Arab reports say settlers killed 117 heads of livestock, stole 400 from Bedouin community in West Bank; IDF disperses Palestinians protesting illegal outpost
By ToI Staff, Jacob Magid and Nurit Yohanan
Republican US presidential candidate former president Donald Trump, center, and Rep. Elise Stefanik, left, listen as former Rep. Lee Zeldin speaks at a campaign event in Concord, New Hampshire, January 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
November 27, 2024, 11:39 pm
Trump appointees targeted by bomb threats, including with pro-Palestinian messaging
Lee Zeldin says his home was sent a pipe bomb with ‘pro-Palestinian themed message,’ as threats and swatting attacks target Stefanik, Gaetz and others; FBI probing
By AP
Hundreds attend the Zionist Organization of America's annual gala, New York, November 17, 2024. (Joseph Strauss via JTA)
November 19, 2024, 1:44 pm
ZOA fetes Trump victory, ‘most pro-Israel cabinet’ in US history at annual gala
Attendees brush off concerns over US president-elect’s picks for AG and defense secretary, stressing their pro-Israel stances, remain unbothered by anti-Israel protesters outside
By Joseph Strauss
US Rep. Matt Gaetz speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard, File)
November 14, 2024, 4:29 am
Trump’s AG pick called ADL ‘racist,’ invited Holocaust denier to State of the Union
Jewish groups rush to denounce Florida congressman Matt Gaetz, who opposed an antisemitism bill because it designated the claim that Jews killed Jesus as antisemitic
By jacob gurvis
Illustrative: Amanda Silberstein, a Jewish Cornell University student, testifies before the US House on the antisemitism she has experienced on campus; pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel protesters demonstrate behind her, Washington, DC, November 8, 2023. (Screenshot via YouTube)
November 9, 2023, 1:53 pm
At US House antisemitism hearing, anti-Israel protester interrupts Jewish student
Cornell student Amanda Silberstein was disrupted in Congress as she testified how professors, student groups have fueled Jew-hatred on campus following the Oct. 7 Hamas massacre
By Andrew Lapin
Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., speaks to reporters hours after he was ousted as Speaker of the House, Tuesday, October 3, 2023, at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
October 4, 2023, 1:08 pm
US House speaker chaos stuns lawmakers, frays relationships and roils Washington
Moderate Republicans warn of government shutdown, drop in credit rating and end to support for Ukraine as radical wing ousts speaker for the first time ever
By STEPHEN GROVES
Rep. Kevin McCarthy leaves the US House floor after being ousted as Speaker of the House at the Capitol in Washington, October 3, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
October 3, 2023, 11:26 pm
A 1st in US history: McCarthy ousted as House speaker as Dems join with GOP critics
Eight Republican lawmakers vote with Dems to strip California congressman of top role; he says he won’t run again; Israeli counterpart thanks McCarthy for bolstering bilateral ties
By LISA MASCARO and Farnoush Amiri
Rep. Matt Gaetz answers questions from members of the media after speaking on the House floor, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, October 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
October 3, 2023, 8:57 am
GOP lawmaker Gaetz files motion to oust McCarthy as speaker, sparking House tumult
Procedural tool employed for first time in over 100 years as conservative Republican fumes over congressional leader’s reliance on Democratic votes, but support for move unclear
By Farnoush Amiri and KEVIN FREKING
Rep. Matt Gaetz, a Florida Republican, walks to the House chamber, at the US Capitol, in Washington, September 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
October 1, 2023, 9:13 pm
Far-right Republican seeks to oust McCarthy after bill to avoid government shutdown
US House speaker tells Florida lawmaker Matt Gaetz to ‘bring it on,’ after Gaetz accuses him of violating pledges he made in January to secure enough GOP support for speakership
By KEVIN FREKING
Left: US Rep. Jerry Nadler mingles during his election night victory party in the Democratic primary election, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022 (AP Photo/John Minchillo); Right: Attorney Dan Goldman addresses supporters on the evening of the Democratic primary election Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022, in New York (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
August 24, 2022, 6:47 am
Jerry Nadler, Daniel Goldman win New York primary battles against incumbents
The ‘dean’ of the Jewish Caucus and the heir to the Levi Strauss fortune will face off with Republican candidates in November
By AP and ToI Staff
Rep. Jim Jordan, Republican of Ohio, takes part in a discussion at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Feb. 26, 2022, in Orlando, Florida (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)
May 1, 2022, 4:49 pm
Evidence mounts of GOP involvement in Trump’s effort to overturn election
New details emerge on how, long before the Capitol attack, several Republican lawmakers directly took part in the former US president’s campaign to reverse democratic results
By Farnoush Amiri
US Rep. Matt Gaetz speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Florida, on February 26, 2021. (AP/John Raoux, File)
September 26, 2021, 11:42 am
Gaetz: ‘Racist’ ADL called for Fox’s Carlson to be fired for supremacist theory
Watchdog issued call after TV host promoted ‘Great Replacement,’ a white supremacist theory falsely claiming Jews orchestrating replacement of white people with nonwhite immigrants
By Ben Sales
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
US Rep. Matt Gaetz speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Florida, on February 26, 2021. (AP/John Raoux, File)
April 2, 2021, 12:38 am
Gaetz alleges extortion plot that included freedom for missing Jewish FBI agent
Florida Republican under investigation for alleged sexual relationship with minor brings Robert Levinson, who went missing in Iran in 2017, into increasingly complex scandal
By Ron Kampeas
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