Elections have consequences, as the saying goes, and among these consequences is the reshuffling of power within the Washington inner circle. This is true not only for politicians who either move up the influence ladder or descend toward irrelevance but also for those in the policy advocacy game. ...
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Why is Washington so pro-Israel? Political correspondent Nathan Guttman explores this question and more in this week's Politics & Power. ...
In this week's Politics & Power, Nathan Guttman explores the controversy surrounding republican freshman congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene. ...
For some, the transition was swift and painless. On the streets next to Capitol Hill, DC residents broke out into spontaneous dancing, as soon as police lifted the barricades next to their homes at the end of Joe Biden’s inauguration ceremony. Across the country, cheerful Americans posted photos online of ...
Politics & Power columnist Nathan Guttman explores how January 6th's Capitol Hill insurrection dealth American Jews a double blow. ...
Before they leave for the Sunshine State, Israel’s government is making sure to show its gratitude to Kushner for four years of holding the administration’s Middle East portfolio, brokering normalization agreements with four Arab countries and shifting America’s policy in the region to a more Likud-oriented posture. Israelis may not ...
The latest news came late last week. Morocco has joined the growing list of Arab countries upgrading their relations with Israel. This list now includes the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Sudan. ...
Despite a failed reelection campaign, Donald Trump and his team registered several notable gains this election season. Trump slightly increased the share of Black and Hispanic Americans voting for him, alongside an impressive turnout from a small but well-organized subgroup: Orthodox Jews. According to polls and estimates, more than 80 ...
Two weeks have passed since election day, and there’s nothing anyone wants more than to put this whole thing behind us. But before we do so, we need to settle the least important question of these elections, yet the one most likely to come up during your (virtual) Thanksgiving, Passover ...
Hard to believe, but the elections do not center around the Jewish community, its anxieties, wishes and aspirations. But this doesn’t mean that Jewish issues are off the table, or out of the stump speeches both candidates have been delivering in their endless rallies these past days. ...
One of Donald Trump’s favorite lines when addressing Jewish American or Israeli listeners, is that if he ran for office in Israel, he’d get “98 percent” of the votes. He’s not exaggerating by much. ...