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Texas Democrat apologises for comparing electoral district change to the Holocaust

A bitter row in the state legislature over partisan changes to the electoral map has seen arrest warrants issued for some representatives

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President Trump has rejected claims that Israelis committing genocide in Gaza (Image: Getty)

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President Trump has said that the US will set up aid distribution centres in Gaza to deal with the 'real starvation' there (Image: Getty)

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Trump says US to help with food distribution in Gaza

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Republican Kyle Langford described incumbent governor Gavin Newsom as an 'Aryan super soldier' with a 'beautiful white family' (Image: X/@KyleLangfordCA)

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California Republican candidate suggested Auschwitz as a solution to unemployment and praised rival as ‘Aryan super soldier’

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US pulls out of Gaza ceasefire talks after Hamas refused ‘to act in good faith’

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Pro-Palestine vandals defaced the office of New York Representative Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez over her vote against a cut in US security aid to Israel (Image: Getty)

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Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez’s office defaced by pro-Palestine vandals

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President Trump was 'caught off guard' by Israel's recent strikes in Syria, the White House has confirmed (Image: Getty)

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White House confirms US did not approve Israel’s strikes on Syria

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US congressional committee finds Biden administration let $900m go to anti-Netanyahu protests

Taxpayer funding helped six nonprofits fund efforts to undermine the Israeli government, according to an investigation of over 380 documents

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The House Judiciary Committee has reported that the Biden administration allowed $900 million in taxpayer funds to go to NGOs which supported anti-Netanyahu protests in Israel (Image: NBC News)

Israeli Diaspora Minister calls Democrat Senate leader Chuck Schumer a ‘Palestinian’

Amichai Chikli dubbed the veteran lawmaker a ‘self-hating Jew’ over his congratulation of anti-Zionist New York mayoral contender Zohran Mamdani

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Chuck Schumer (pictured) was labelled a 'Palestinian' and a 'self-hating Jew' by Israeli Diaspora Minister Amichai Chikli (Image: Getty)

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The American schools spreading antisemitism in the classroom

Anti-Jewish hate is a growing problem in the US education system

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What awaits Jewish children at American schools? (Photo: Getty Images)

Trump pleads ignorance over ‘Shylock’ comment after passing ‘Big Beautiful Bill’

The president claimed he had ‘never heard’ the term used in an antisemitic context

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President Trump has denied that a comment he made about moneylending 'Shylocks' was antisemitic, claiming he has 'never heard' the term used in an offensive context (Image: Getty)

Columbia president tried to remove Jewish ‘mole’ on university board

Newly published emails show that Claire Shipman downplayed concerns about campus antisemitism and called for the dismissal of one of the institution’s ‘most outspoken Jewish advocates’

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Claire Shipman, acting president of Columbia University, has apologised after it emerged she called for the removal of a Jewish member of the university's board (Image: Getty)

Iran-linked hackers threaten to release White House email cache

The Trump administration has rubbished the claim, calling it a ‘calculated smear campaign’

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July 2, 2025 13:59

A group of Iranian-backed hackers has threatened to release a cache of emails allegedly stolen from senior White House officials (Image: Getty)

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Christians unite for Israel at a summit with a very Jewish feel

Millions of Americans are members of Christians United for Israel, and their 20th annual summit emphasised their support for the Jewish community

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Israel has agreed to 60-day Gaza ceasefire, Trump says

The reported deal is said to allow Hamas to hold onto a limited number of hostages

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July 2, 2025 09:55

US President Trump has claimed that Israel has agreed to a 60-day ceasefire in Gaza (Image: Getty)

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Democrat hatred of Trump distorts reality

The response to the airstrikes on Iran was seriously off base

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June 30, 2025 11:27

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 14: U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) walks to the House Chambers of the U.S. Capitol Building on November 14, 2023 in Washington, DC. The House of Representatives voted on a series of bills including an interim spending bill it passed to fund the government, which will now go to the Senate for consideration. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

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Texas Democrat apologises for comparing electoral district change to the Holocaust

‘They’re in a war there’: Trump rejects claims of genocide in Gaza

Trump says US to help with food distribution in Gaza

California Republican candidate suggested Auschwitz as a solution to unemployment and praised rival as ‘Aryan super soldier’

US pulls out of Gaza ceasefire talks after Hamas refused ‘to act in good faith’

Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez’s office defaced by pro-Palestine vandals

White House confirms US did not approve Israel’s strikes on Syria

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