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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 340

US politics

Former US president Donald Trump attends his trial at the Manhattan Criminal court, May 6, 2024, in New York. (Win McNamee/ Pool Photo via AP)
August 5, 2024, 11:48 pm
US Supreme Court upholds gag order on Trump in hush money case
Missouri attorney general had filed long-shot lawsuit against New York, arguing gag order was politically motivated and wrongly limited ex-president’s ability to campaign
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro speaks during a "Harris for President" event in the gymnasium of Wissahickon High School in Ambler, Pennsylvania, on July 29, 2024. (Matthew Hatcher / AFP)
August 2, 2024, 9:25 am
Speculation mounts Harris to tap Pennsylvania’s Jewish governor Shapiro as running mate
Shapiro has emphasized Jewish heritage, been outspoken in support of Israel, criticized antisemitism at college campus protests; called Netanyahu ‘one of worst leaders of all time’
By Jackie Hajdenberg and Ben Sales
Jacob Reses, left, accompanies JD Vance to a meeting with Senate Republicans at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on November 16, 2022. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images/ via JTA)
August 1, 2024, 4:15 am
Meet JD Vance’s Jewish chief of staff, Jacob Reses
Modern Orthodox day school alum, 33, quietly becomes one of most influential conservatives in US after his boss was chosen as Trump’s running mate; interned for Hillary Clinton
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally, July 27, 2024, in St. Cloud, Minn. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
July 30, 2024, 10:20 pm
Trump says Kamala Harris, who is married to a Jew, ‘doesn’t like Jewish people’
Former president says Democratic hopeful ‘dislikes Israel even more than Biden did’; Emhoff, who has been outspoken in his mission to combat antisemitism, declines to comment
By AP and ToI Staff
Former US president and 2024 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump takes in the crowd after speaking during a campaign rally at the Bojangles Coliseum in Charlotte, North Carolina, on July 24, 2024. (Logan Cyrus / AFP)
July 26, 2024, 1:46 am
Trump: ‘If Iran assassinates me, US must wipe it off the face of the Earth’
In online post threatening arch-rival Tehran, former US president shares video of Netanyahu referencing reported Iranian plots against him during speech in Congress
By AFP
Then-US senator Kamala Harris and Douglas Emhoff pose near the Western Wall, Jerusalem, November 2017. (Halie Soifer via JTA)
July 23, 2024, 5:22 pm
Kamala Harris has long embraced Jewish ties, but critics take issue with her Gaza stance
Democrat visited Israel in 2017, accompanied Jewish husband to Western Wall, has called attention to Hamas atrocities, but has also shown sympathy for anti-Israel protests
By Ron Kampeas
US Vice President Kamala Harris and Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro (L) speak to the press while making a stop at the Reading Terminal Market in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 13, 2024. (Ryan Collerd/AFP)
July 23, 2024, 12:03 pm
At least two Jewish governors thought top contenders to be Harris’s running mate
State leaders Josh Shapiro, J.B. Pritzker could join VP on Democratic ticket; Sen. Mark Kelly, whose wife is Jewish, and pro-Israel Gov. Andy Beshear also said in running
By Andrew Lapin and Ron Kampeas
President Joe Biden speaks at the 115th NAACP National Convention in Las Vegas, Tuesday, July 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
July 22, 2024, 8:40 am
Biden, a tenacious president who fought a battle too far
After decades of being counted out, oldest president in American history wanted to prove doubters wrong one more time, but found he was up against his limit
By Danny Kemp
Republican US presidential candidate and former president Donald Trump is helped off the stage at a campaign event in Butler, Pennsylvania, after an assassination attempt, July 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
July 15, 2024, 10:28 am
Trump heads to Republican convention with call for unity after assassination attempt
Former US president speaks to Biden as both urge public to take a step back from violent rhetoric; FBI yet to determine shooter’s motive, investigating possible domestic terrorism
By Agencies
Republican US presidential candidate former president Donald Trump is helped off the stage at a campaign event after being shot in his ear, July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/ Gene J. Puskar)
July 14, 2024, 4:15 am
Trump shot in the ear at Pennsylvania rally; campaign says he’s fine; shooter killed
Assassination attempt confirmed by FBI, which identifies attacker as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks; audience member killed, 2 critically injured; Biden condemns: ‘It’s sick’
By AP and ToI Staff
President Joe Biden speaks at a news conference on July 11, 2024, on the final day of the NATO summit in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
July 12, 2024, 4:47 pm
After gaffes on Harris and Zelensky, Biden faces more pressure from Dems to quit race
US president refers to his ‘Vice President Trump’ at news conference, introduces Ukraine leader as ‘President Putin’ at NATO summit; 17 congressional Democrats want him to end re-election bid
By Andrea Shalal, Nandita Bose and Andy Sullivan
US Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer motions to President Joe Biden after he delivered remarks at the White House on June 18, 2024, in Washington. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images/AFP)
July 11, 2024, 5:02 am
Schumer said privately signaling to donors he’s open to replacing Biden as candidate
George Clooney withdraws his support for US president, saying ‘the Joe Biden I was with three weeks ago at the fundraiser… was the same man we all witnessed at the debate’
By Trevor Hunnicutt, Jeff Mason and Jarrett Renshaw
US President Joe Biden attends a church service at Mt. Airy Church of God in Christ, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on July 7, 2024. (AP Photo/ Manuel Balce Ceneta)
July 7, 2024, 8:11 pm
Biden hits campaign trail in key state in bid to allay Democratic jitters
US president has drawn support from key Democrats who previously questioned his ability to defeat Trump, but campaign is preparing for series of calls within party for him to quit
By Colleen Long and Will Weissert
US President Joe Biden speaks during a Medal of Honor Ceremony at the White House in Washington, July 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
July 4, 2024, 4:09 am
‘I’m not leaving’: Biden rejects pressure to quit, as Democratic governors back him
US president hammers the message that ‘I’m in this race to the end’ in meetings with party officials, amid attempt to salvage his reelection bid after poor debate performance
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., and Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., speak during a news conference at the US Capitol, May 8, 2024, in Washington, after police cleared an anti-Israel tent encampment at George Washington University and arrested demonstrators. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
July 3, 2024, 5:29 pm
Next up, Cori Bush: After Jamaal Bowman’s defeat, pro-Israel donors pivot to Missouri
An AIPAC-led campaign has set its sights on deposing the St. Louis congresswoman, another member of the far-left ‘Squad’ up for reelection, though success is far from a given
By Ron Kampeas
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