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Democratic Representative Ritchie Torres of New York speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 17, 2023. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images/AFP)
June 8, 2024, 5:15 am
Ritchie Torres slams ‘blithering idiots’ behind secret Israeli influence campaign
Lawmaker says ‘brain might be rotting’ of anyone who thinks he needs convincing to support Israel, after NYT report on effort to encourage Black Democrats to back military funding
By Luke Tress
The Facebook logo is seen on a cell phone in Boston, October 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)
June 5, 2024, 5:04 pm
Diaspora Ministry funded fake social media posts to spread pro-Israel content — NYT
Paper says influence campaign, which reportedly targeted Black US lawmakers, was commissioned by Israeli government, didn’t have widespread impact; ministry denies involvement
By ToI Staff
US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer speaks with reporters after Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock defeated Republican challenger Herschel Walker in a runoff election in Georgia, at the Capitol in Washington, December 7, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
December 8, 2022, 8:26 pm
Schumer reelected US Senate leader after Democrats expand majority
New York lawmaker unanimously selected for another term in post, says aiming to ‘accomplish as much in the next two years’ as in the past two
By LISA MASCARO
Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock speaks during an election night watch party, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022, in Atlanta. Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock has defeated Republican challenger Herschel Walker in a runoff election in Georgia. (AP/John Bazemore)
December 7, 2022, 6:18 am
Democratic Senator Warnock wins Georgia runoff against Trump-backed Walker
Victory hands Democrats an outright majority in the Senate for the rest of Biden’s term
By Bill Barrow and Jeff Amy
Senator Cory Booker speaks during a news conference in Hoboken, New Jersey, May 6, 2021. (Seth Wenig/AP)
June 3, 2021, 1:42 pm
US Sen. Booker launches new group of Black, Jewish senators against antisemitism
Black-Jewish coalition will include fellow Democrats Warnock and Blumenthal, also Republican Tim Scott; idea spurred by reports of rising anti-Jewish incidents
By Asaf Shalev
On March 19, 2021, flowers, candles and signs are displayed at a makeshift memorial in Atlanta. A deadly rampage at three Georgia massage businesses, where the employees were mostly of Asian descent, has prompted Asian American women to openly share stories of being sexually harassed or demeaned based on their race. (AP Photo/Candice Choi, File)
March 21, 2021, 10:11 am
‘We are what America looks like’: Hundreds rally to denounce Georgia shooting
Demonstrators across the US protest hate after a man shot to death 6 women of Asian descent; police investigate if attack can be classified as hate crime
By Kate Brumback
Then-Georgia Democratic candidates for US Senate Raphael Warnock, left, and Jon Ossoff, right, gesture toward a crowd during a campaign rally in Marietta, Georgia, November 15, 2020. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)
January 23, 2021, 2:54 am
Jewish Democrats see Ossoff and Warnock as a heroic new Black-Jewish duo
The incoming Georgia senators are linked by late civil rights hero John Lewis and by perceived racism from opponents, thus strengthening dormant relations between their communities
By Ron Kampeas
Democratic US Senate candidate Rev. Raphael Warnock waves to supporters during a drive-in rally, Jan. 3, 2021, in Savannah, Georgia (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
January 17, 2021, 11:44 am
Hackers attack Atlanta synagogue stream of senator-elect Warnock’s sermon
Rabbi says ‘malicious user agents’ blocked access for speech by newly elected Democrat, who serves as pastor at church where Martin Luther King Jr. preached until his assassination
By Ron Kampeas
US President-elect Joe Biden speaks at The Queen theater, in Wilmington, Delaware, November 25, 2020. (Carolyn Kaster/AP)
January 7, 2021, 4:07 pm
Unbridled by Republicans, Democratic Senate win is a game-changer for Biden
If Georgia results are confirmed, Democrats would control both chambers of Congress as well as White House for first time since initial two years of Obama presidency
By Shaun Tandon
Then-Georgia Democratic candidates for US Senate Raphael Warnock, left, and Jon Ossoff, right, gesture toward a crowd during a campaign rally in Marietta, Georgia, November 15, 2020. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)
January 7, 2021, 12:08 am
Democrats gain Senate control after Ossoff and Warnock both win in Georgia
Stunning defeat of pro-Trump incumbents will give southern state its first Jewish and black senators and delivers heavy blow to GOP
By AP and ToI Staff
Democratic Senate candidate Jon Ossoff speaks during a campaign rally in Atlanta, Georgia, on December 15, 2020. (JIM WATSON / AFP)
January 6, 2021, 5:11 pm
Ossoff claims victory in Georgia race that would give Dems control of Senate
US media outlets still report race as too close to call, though Jewish Democrat seen as clear favorite; he thanks state’s voters for ‘electing me to serve you’
By Agencies
Screen capture from video of Democratic Senate candidate Raphael Warnock declaring victory in a Georgia run-off vote, January 6, 2021. (Twitter)
January 6, 2021, 9:49 am
Winning Georgia, Warnock takes Democrats step closer to US Senate control
Pastor becomes state’s 1st Black senator as majority hangs on the outcome of state’s other run-off election, between Republican David Perdue and challenger Jon Ossoff
By Steve Peoples, Bill Barrow and Russ Bynum
Voters sign in to vote at the Lawrenceville Road United Methodist Church in Tucker, Ga. during the Senate runoff election Tuesday morning, Jan. 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Ben Gray)
January 6, 2021, 3:25 am
Votes being tallied as polls close in decisive Georgia runoff
Democrats need both their candidates, Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff, to win to seize the Senate majority in vote overshadowed by Trump’s refusal to concede presidential election
By Steve Peoples, Bill Barrow and Russ Bynum
A voter casts his ballot in Georgia's Senate runoff election on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
January 5, 2021, 10:27 pm
Georgians deciding US Senate control in election’s final day
State election officials report light turnout Tuesday morning, though more than 3 million cast ballots early in vote that will determine fate of Senate
By Steve Peoples, Bill Barrow and Russ Bynum
US President Donald Trump speaks during a rally in support of Republican incumbent senators Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue ahead of the Senate runoff race, Dalton, Georgia January 4, 2021. (Mandel Ngan/AFP)
January 5, 2021, 6:34 am
‘This is it’: Biden, Trump rally in Georgia as parties vie for control of Senate
President urges Republicans to ‘swamp’ the polls, rails about election loss, as Democrats call for ‘a new day’ in critical runoff race
By Bill Barrow, Will Weissert and Jeff Amy
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