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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) was blasted Thursday by Jewish critics after documents emerged indicating that he told Columbia University’s leaders to ignore criticism of antisemitism in campus protests.

Former Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY), one of the most prominent pro-Israel politicians in America, accepted the endorsement of several Arab American leaders for former President Donald Trump in New York City on Thursday.

Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) told Joe Rogan on The Joe Rogan Experience Thursday that liberals should learn from the classic John Singleton 1991 film Boyz n the Hood that math is not “racist.”

“The hero is said to control his urges – not suppress them, nor leave them unchecked – the hero expresses the balance between them and the correct measure.”

Former President Donald Trump has asked Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead a reorganization of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in a new administration.

Israel said Thursday that it would ensure the safety of Lebanon’s cultural heritage sites, even as it evacuates cities that are near ancient ruins and archaeological treasures.

The International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA World) has not only rejected a bid by its Israeli chapter to host its annual conference, but also suspended the Israeli branch, Aguda, entirely.

An ad run by Democrats in California’s hotly contested 22nd congressional district knocks incumbent Republican Rep. David Valadao for voting to impeach President Donald Trump, hoping to suppress GOP turnout in the district.

State Department Matthew Miller struggled Wednesday to explain why the Biden-Harris administration wants to put a U.S. consulate to the Palestinians on sovereign Israeli territory, over the objections of the Israeli government.

Former President Donald Trump pledged Wednesday to “stop the suffering and destruction in Lebanon” if elected.

“Free Gaza” was found marked on incendiary devices used to burn ballot drop boxes in Washington state earlier this week, according to news reports, suggesting for the first time that the arson may have had a political motive.

Ariane Tabatabai, an official who has drawn public scrutiny due to her apparent links to the Iranian regime, has reportedly been reassigned following months of inquiries and complaints by Republican members of Congress.

The U.S. Marines have successfully tested a modified version of Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system, which was invented in Israel and developed with funding from the United States.

Embattled incumbent Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) is facing a new ad blitz from the conservative Frontiers of Freedom super PAC that focuses on the anti-Catholic bigotry of the Democratic Party.

Biden has often trashed millions of Trump supporters, in full view of the media, and to the delight of Democrats.

The Trump-Vance campaign demanded Tuesday evening that Vice President Kamala Harris “disavow” President Joe Biden’s comment that Trump supporters were “garbage.”

Vice President Kamala Harris delivered a long list of old lies in her “closing argument” speech in Washington, DC, on Tuesday night, defying fact-checkers and repeating false claims that had already been debunked during the campaign.

Grammy-nominated musician John Ondrasik, also known as “Five for Fighting,” released a new song on Tuesday, “Song for the Hostages,” and launched a yellow ribbon campaign to renew awareness about the 101 Israelis still in captivity.

Comedian Michael Rapaport reacted angrily to news of CNN banning a conservative commentator over a confrontation with commentator Mehdi Hasan, who had used “Nazi” slurs to attack Republicans and conservatives.

Israeli defense minister Yoav Gallant said Tuesday that the once-feared, Iran-backed Hezbollah terror organization has been reduced to 20% of its rocket capacity — a reflection of Israel’s military success in the ongoing Lebanon war.

A rocket that hit a United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) post in southern Lebanon on Tuesday, injuring international peacekeeping troops, was likely fired by Hezbollah, according to the organization and media reports.

The United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA), the major teachers’ union in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), passed a resolution last week backing an arms embargo against Israel proposed by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT).

The America First Legal foundation filed a bar complaint in Utah on Monday against Michael Teter, director of The 65 Project, a left-wing “lawfare” group that has been threatening potential lawyers for Donald Trump with sanctions.

Stephen K. Bannon opened his podcast on Tuesday morning, hours after his release from federal prison, by declaring that among the many things he had learned, he had seen that young black and Hispanic men “detest” Kamala Harris.

CNN defended homophobic radical commentator Mehdi Hasan, who referred to Republicans as Nazis, by banning conservative commentator Ryan Gidursky for responding with a joke about Hasan being a terrorist with a “pager.”

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) shocked Hamas operatives in northern Gaza by surrounding them, then winning a close-fought battle in which the Iran-backed terrorists used a hospital as a base, in violation of international law.

Israel’s defense ministry announced Monday that it had acquired a new laser beam system for downing projectiles — one that will not replace the Iron Dome missiles, but will run alongside it, and that will be much cheaper to operate.

Other than those mildly offensive comments — standard fare for comedy — that was it. There were no “antisemitic and racist speeches.”

Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff warned that former President Trump would praise Nazis “behind closed doors” in what was billed as a “closing argument” against Trump on the topic of antisemitism in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on Monday.

“You know something, Trumpmaniacs? I don’t see no stinkin’ Nazis in here,” Hogan thundered, to cheers from the crowd.

Israel’s parliament, or Knesset, passed a law Monday banning the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) from operating in the country and restricting its operations in the West Bank and in Gaza.

The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) Action Fund issued a statement Monday condemning insults against what it called the “Latinx” community at former President Donald Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden on Sunday.

The mainstream media are dutifully parroting the Harris/Walz campaign’s claim that Donald Trump’s rally Sunday at Madison Square Garden was a “Nazi” reenactment.

Israelis would prefer to see American voters choose former President Donald Trump over Vice President Kamala Harris by the staggering margin of 66% to 17%, according to a poll by Israel’s left-leaning Channel 12 on Monday.

A major Satmar group of ultra-Orthodox Hasidic Jews in New York officially endorsed former President Donald Trump on Monday for president, despite Democrat claims that he held a “Nazi” rally in Madison Square Garden on Sunday.