Charleston, South Carolina elects first GOP mayor since 1870s

The historic South Carolina city of Charleston has elected its first Republican mayor since the Reconstruction Era. William Cogswell, formerly a Republican state lawmaker, defeated incumbent Democratic Mayor John Tecklenburg by about 2 percentage points in Tuesday’s runoff, according to the South Carolina Election Commission. Results posted online by the commission showed a 569-vote margin […]

Dem Rep. Dean Phillips Slams Biden on Hostage Deal

Rep. Dean Phillips, D-Minn., who is also running for president, on Tuesday slammed President Joe Biden’s acceptance of an Israel-Hamas hostage deal and said he would not agree to the arrangement if he was the U.S. leader.[#item_full_content]

Trump Racks Up More Than 80 Congressional Endorsements

Former President Donald Trump, who is the frontrunner for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination, has racked up more congressional endorsements than any other candidate in the Republican field and is about to receive two more.[#item_full_content]

Colo. Supreme Court to Hear Trump’s 14th Amendment Case

The Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear appeals from both a liberal group that sought to disqualify Donald Trump and the former president himself after a state judge ruled that Trump “engaged in insurrection” on Jan. 6, 2021, but can still appear on the state’s…[#item_full_content]

Body of missing Israeli woman Shani Gabay found, mayor says: ‘Bitter news’

A young Israeli woman who vanished following Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack has been found dead, reports say. The body of Shani Gabay, 26, was discovered Wednesday, weeks after she went missing. Gabay worked at the music festival in Kibbutz Re’im that was the target of the initial terrorist massacre last month. Yokneam Mayor Simon Alfasi […]

Timeline of decades-long Israeli-Arab, Palestinian conflict

Israel’s first war with neighboring Arab countries began on the same day the Jewish state was re-established on May 14, 1948. Jewish sovereignty ended 2,000 years earlier, in the year 70 A.D. at the hands of the Roman conquest. The first Jewish commonwealth dates back 3,000 years to the time of King David. That war […]