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Mel Gibson wins the AACTA Award for Best Direction for Hacksaw Ridge in Sydney, Australia, Dec. 7, 2016. (Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images for AFI)
January 16, 2025, 4:20 pm
Trump taps Mel Gibson, actor-director with record of antisemitism, as ‘special ambassador’ to Hollywood
Gibson’s history includes a highly publicized drunken antisemitic rant in 2006.
By Andrew Lapin
January 14, 2025, 6:13 pm
Pete Hegseth, in Senate confirmation hearing, blames Oct. 7 on US withdrawal from Afghanistan
He also defended a Crusader-inspired tattoo.
By Andrew Lapin
The International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, in 2016. (Credit: U.N. Photo)
January 9, 2025, 6:57 pm
With more support from Dems, House passes bill to sanction Hague court
Rep. Tim Burchett: “These decisions by the ICC are reckless and they not only put Israel at risk, they put Americans at risk as well.”
By Andrew Bernard
Mark Isakowitz has been named as Senator-elect David McCormick’s new chief of staff. (Photo provided by Mark Isakowitz)
December 16, 2024, 10:25 am
Implementing vision
Dave McCormick’s new chief of staff is ready to help the senator elect hit the ground running
By David Rullo
Itamar Ben-Gvir, leader of Israel's Otzma Yehudit party, and Bezalel Smotrich, leader of the Religious Zionist Party, attend a rally with supporters in the southern Israeli city of Sderot, Oct 26, 2022. (Gil Cohen-Magen/AFP via Getty Images)
December 9, 2024, 9:35 pm
Bucking Israel’s far right, several large American Jewish groups say they oppose resettling Gaza
The statements by some of the largest Jewish organizations in the country come as a number Israeli government ministers call for resettling the Palestinian enclave.
By Andrew Lapin
Voting stickers at a polling station in Green Bay, Wisconsin, April 2, 2024. (Joshua Lott/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
December 4, 2024, 7:54 pm
Almost one month after Election Day, here’s what we know about how Jews voted
Donald Trump won a higher percentage of Jews than in 2020, but not by the margins he predicted.
By Ron Kampeas
Calin Georgescu at the Romanian tv station "Digi 24" in Bucharest, Romania, Nov. 13, 2024. (Octav Ganea / DIGI24/INQUAM PHOTOS / AFP via Getty Images)
November 26, 2024, 10:06 am
Far-right politician who praised Nazi collaborators shocks with top finish in Romanian presidential election
Calin Georgescu now heads to a runoff against a liberal lawmaker.
By Philissa Cramer
U.S. politician Bernie Sanders at the launch of his book "It's Okay to Be Angry at Capitalism" at the House of World Cultures in Berlin, Oct. 12, 2023. (Jens Kalaene/dpa/picture alliance via Getty Images)
November 21, 2024, 10:02 am
19 Senate Democrats back unsuccessful attempt to block weapons shipments to Israel
The resolutions were opposed by all Republicans as well as most Democrats in the Senate, including Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.
By Luke Tress
November 20, 2024, 11:16 am
Chronicle poll results: Issues influencing voting
We asked our readers which issue most influenced their voting this election cycle. Here's what they said.
By Toby Tabachnick
Howard Lutnick speaks at the 2024 Bitcoin Conference, Nashville, Tennessee, July 27, 2024. (Johnnie Izquierdo/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
November 19, 2024, 4:27 pm
Trump taps Jewish financier Howard Lutnick as commerce secretary
The billionaire investor, a co-chair of Trump’s transition team, will oversee the administration’s contentious tariff plans if confirmed for the role.
By Luke Tress
U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C. (Credit: Maxim Kapytka/Pexels)
November 15, 2024, 1:50 pm
Senators introduce bill, which passed House 422-2, blocking Oct. 7 terrorists from entering US
The “common-sense” bill “would ensure that no migrant tied to Hamas" and the Oct. 7 terrorist attack is allowed to enter US or receive immigration benefits
By JNS
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks with Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump at a Turning Point Action Rally in Duluth, Georgia, on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
November 15, 2024, 10:56 am
Trump taps RFK Jr., whose anti-vaccine activism has included antisemitic comments, to lead Dept. of Health and Human Services
Kennedy has claimed that COVID was “ethnically targeted” to avoid Ashkenazi Jews
By Andrew Lapin
Rep. Matt Gaetz at the Republican National Convention, July 17, 2024, in Milwaukee. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
November 13, 2024, 7:25 pm
Trump picks Matt Gaetz, who called ADL ‘racist,’ for attorney general
The Republican firebrand has attacked George Soros and tangled with Jewish groups.
By Jacob Gurvis
November 13, 2024, 11:07 am
Chronicle poll results: Confidence in casting ballot for president
Few questioned their choice
By Toby Tabachnick
November 13, 2024, 10:10 am
Chronicle poll question
Which of these issues most influenced your voting this election cycle?
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