Election 2024
Sen. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania, left, is joined by Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and former U.S. Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn on Sept. 29. (Photo by Adam Reinherz)
September 30, 2024, 12:23 pm
Sen. Bob Casey and Rep. Adam Schiff address Israel and rising antisemitism during Pittsburgh visit
In final weeks of election season, attention called to U.S.-Israel relations, attacks on Jewish students and need to preserve democracy
By Adam Reinherz
Jon Stewart at the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear in 2010 (Photo by Cliff, creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons)
January 25, 2024, 10:39 am
Jon Stewart to return as part-time host of ‘The Daily Show’
Stewart, who hosted the show from 1999 to 2015, will return to the anchor's desk on Mondays from Feb. 12 through the November election.
By Jacob Gurvis
Rep. Summer Lee (Photo courtesy of summerlee.house.gov)
January 18, 2024, 10:18 am
Top House Democratic leaders endorse Summer Lee
Lee was one of only 10 lawmakers to vote against a resolution condemning the deadly invasion of Israel by Hamas on Oct. 7.
By Toby Tabachnick
U.S. Capitol (Photo by Martin Falbisoner, CC BY-SA 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons)
January 9, 2024, 10:37 am
Laurie MacDonald announces campaign for District 12 seat
Another challenger, along with Bhavini Patel, for Rep. Summer Lee's seat
By Toby Tabachnick
U.S. Senate candidate David McCormick (pointing) and wife Dina Powell McCormick visit Kfar Azza, one of the sites of Hamas’s Oct. 7 massacre, in early January 2023. (Courtesy photo via JNS)
January 8, 2024, 10:33 am
‘Absolutely eradicate Hamas,’ Pennsylvania Senate candidate David McCormick says
The former hedge-fund manager and U.S. Army veteran returns from a trip to Israel.
By Andrew Bernard
The Pennsylvania State Capitol building (Photo by New_Folder/iStockphoto.com)
December 29, 2023, 10:37 am
Pennsylvania’s primary remains on first day of Passover. How can observant Jews still vote?
Halachically observant Jews will not be able to go to the polls on election day. But if you are one, you can still vote.
By Jarrad Saffren
U.S. Rep. Dean Phillips, a Minnesota Democrat, attends a news conference on Iran negotiations on Capitol Hill, April 06, 2022. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
December 28, 2023, 10:52 am
What you need to know about Dean Phillips, the Jewish congressman running for president
He has staked his campaign on Biden’s unpopularity.
By Ron Kampeas
Summer Lee announces her 2022 campaign for a congressional seat representing Pennsylvania. (Photo by Mark Dixon, CC BY 2.0., via Wikimedia Commons)
November 11, 2023, 9:20 pm
New polling shows Summer Lee has low approval rating
Lee will be facing Bhavini Patel in the Democratic primary.
By Toby Tabachnick
WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 11: Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), and Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) participate in a town hall hosted by the NAACP moderated by CNN Commentator Angela Rye, center, on September 11, 2019 in Washington, DC. The congresswomen talked about their backgrounds and how they were disruptors who “challenged conventional wisdom and assumptions” about how to get elected, among other topics. (Photo by Zach Gibson/Getty Images)
September 12, 2023, 4:16 pm
Pro-Israel advocates face early challenges in effort to unseat Squad members
After Democratic leadership endorsed all incumbents, several top prospective primary challengers are having second thoughts
By Matthew Kassel
I voted stickers at the Hope Highlands Middle School polling site in Cranston, Rhode Island, Nov. 3, 2020. (Photo by Jonathan Wiggs/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
March 8, 2023, 5:25 pm
4 states, including PA, have a presidential primary on the first day of Passover
Legislation has been introduced in Pennsylvania to change the date.
By Ron Kampeas
Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley speaks to guests at the Republican Jewish Coalition Annual Leadership Meeting in Las Vegas, Nov. 19, 2022. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
February 14, 2023, 6:38 pm
Nikki Haley is the first Republican to challenge Trump
A favorite of the pro-Israel establishment
By Ron Kampeas
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