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Casino magnate Sheldon G. Adelson, left, (Steve Mack/Getty Images, via JTA) and US President Donald Trump, right. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP)

Adelsons ‘biggest spenders’ in US politics with $55 million for Republicans

NYT: Casino mogul’s relationship with Trump is not about personal affinity but based on a ‘mutual appreciation for something both men have built their careers on: the transaction’

September 23, 2018, 6:26 pm

Adelsons ‘biggest spenders’ in US politics with $55 million for Republicans

NYT: Casino mogul’s relationship with Trump is not about personal affinity but based on a ‘mutual appreciation for something both men have built their careers on: the transaction’

By JTA

US President Donald Trump speaks during a Congressional Medal of Honor Society Reception in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on September 12, 2018. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

September 16, 2018, 10:31 pm

Pollsters issue grim warnings to White House, Republicans ahead of election

GOP researchers fear dislike of Trump could fuel Democratic surge and Republican apathy come November

By Julie Pace, Catherine Lucey and Zeke Miller

Holocaust denier Charles C. Johnson interviewed on ABC News in April 2016. (Screen capture: YouTube)

September 14, 2018, 3:03 pm

Holocaust denier attends fundraiser for Republican congressman

Far-right activist Charles C. Johnson had previously been invited to Washington meetings by Reps. Matt Gaetz and Dana Rohrabacher

By JTA

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a remembrance ceremony at the Paneriai Holocaust Memorial near Vilnius, Lithuania, on August 24, 2018. (AFP Photo/Petras Malukas)

September 5, 2018, 2:42 pm

Foreign Ministry says it will seek an ‘improved’ Iran deal in 2019

Annual ‘objectives’ plan also reportedly shows diplomatic service plans to improve relations with US Democrats, engage with other partners in Israeli-Palestinian negotiations

By TOI staff

Senator John McCain (Republican-Arizona) receives the Liberty Medal from the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Monday, Oct. 16, 2017. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

August 26, 2018, 3:36 am

John McCain, US war hero and maverick Republican senator, dies at 81

Former presidential candidate, known for bridging political divides and years held captive in north Vietnam, succumbs to brain cancer, office says

By Nancy Benac

Senator John McCain arrives at Capitol Hill in Washington, July 25, 2017. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Marti)

August 24, 2018, 9:22 pm

McCain stopping medical treatment for his brain cancer

Family says veteran US senator and war hero has chosen to discontinue treatment for aggressively spreading disease ‘with his usual strength of will’

By AP

In this November 6, 2008 photo, Rashida Tlaib, a Democrat, is photographed outside the Michigan Capitol in Lansing, Michigan. (AP Photo/Al Goldis)

August 22, 2018, 2:50 am

Is one-state support the future of the Democratic party?

An avowed one-stater Democrat is about to be elected to Congress, but are her positions part of a growing trend, or an isolated case?

By Ron Kampeas

Paul Nehlen, a Republican primary challenger to House Speaker Paul Ryan, speaks in Janesville, Wisconsin, August 3, 2016 (AP Photo/Scott Bauer, File)

August 15, 2018, 9:51 am

White supremacist Paul Nehlen loses Wisconsin primary, but garners 11% of vote

Somali-American State Rep. Ilhan Omar, slammed for ‘apartheid Israeli regime’ comment during 2012 Gaza war, wins Minnesota Democratic nomination

By TOI staff and AP

August 10, 2018, 9:12 pm

Missouri Republican who said ‘Hitler was right’ wins state House primary

Party leaders denounce Steve West’s ‘shocking and vile’ comments; he will face Democrat Jon Carpenter in November election

By JTA and AP

House Homeland Security Committee member Rep. Scott Perry, Republican of Pennsylvania, arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, November 17, 2015. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

August 5, 2018, 6:19 pm

Congressman still showing off bogus pro-Israel award from Sacha Baron Cohen

On his website, Rep. Scott Perry of Pennsylvania touts his medal from the nonexistent ‘Yerushalayim Television’

By Luke Tress

Cecily Wright, chair of the Spokane County Republican Party in Washington state offered a defense of James Allsup during a July 11, 2018 meeting (YouTube screenshot)

August 4, 2018, 12:19 pm

Washington state Republican official resigns after hosting white supremacist

Cecily Wright apologizes for inviting James Allsup, who marched with neo-Nazis at Charlottesville

By JTA

Paul Nehlen, a Republican, stands outside his campaign office on May 19, 2016, in Kenosha, Wisconsin,. (AP/Carrie Antlfinger)

July 29, 2018, 10:01 am

From Nazis to supremacists, more bigots on US ballots, experts say

Fringe ideas like Holocaust denial and white supremacy have found new lives in 21st century US politics and the era of President Donald Trump

By Michael Mathes

US President Donald Trump addresses the Pledge to America's Workers event at the White House in Washington, DC on July 20, 2018 (AFP PHOTO / Brendan Smialowski)

July 21, 2018, 12:32 pm

Inside Trump’s isolation after the Putin summit

An avalanche of bipartisan criticism awaited the US leader on his return from Helsinki — and though the president may like doing things his way, he never likes being alone

By Zeke Miller and Jonathan Lemire

Seth Grossman, Jewish Republican congressional candidate for New Jersey’s 2nd District in March 2018. (Screen capture: YouTube)

July 10, 2018, 11:19 pm

Calls for Jewish GOP candidate to withdraw after posting racist propaganda

Party pulls support for NJ congressional candidate Seth Grossman as he posts that black people ‘are a threat to all who cross their paths’

By JTA

Neo-Nazi leader Arthur Jones speaks in Kentucky, April 2017 (YouTube screenshot)

July 5, 2018, 6:37 pm

Illinois governor urges neo-Nazi candidate to drop out of race

Bruce Rauner joins fellow Republican Ted Cruz in denouncing congressional bid of self-proclaimed Nazi and Holocaust denier Arthur Jones

By JTA and TOI staff