Midterm elections

Karen Bass, Spencer Pratt head to November run-off in Los Angeles mayoral race

Karen Bass leads 37% in the LA mayoral race, facing Republican Spencer Pratt in the November run-off after a crowded first round marked by wildfires, homelessness, and political clashes.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass dances near supporters while attending her election night watch party as she runs for reelection in the Los Angeles mayoral race during the California primary election in Los Angeles, June 2, 2026.
Former US vice president Kamala Harris during a book tour, pictured in South Carolina, April 16, 2026.

Kamala Harris accuses Netanyahu of pulling Trump into Iran war

US President Donald Trump speaks with members of the media aboard Air Force One, January 11, 2026; illustrative.

WATCH: Trump: Watching Iran closely, we have a massive armada heading in that direction

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump gestures as he addresses House Republicans at their annual issues conference retreat, at the Kennedy Center, renamed the Trump-Kennedy Center by the Trump-appointed board of directors, in Washington, DC, US, January 6, 2026.

Trump declares he will get impeached if Republicans lose midterms, plans to meet health insurers


In Nevada’s nail-baiter race, the Jewish vote could determine the winner

Republicans are likely to win back the House of Representatives and eyeing a Senate victory as well, while Democrats seek to expand their Senate margin, promising voters to codify Roe v. Wade.

 Will the Jewish vote determine the outcome of the Nevada race?

Americans divided on midterm voting intentions but economy remains top issue- study

The recent Pew survey, three weeks before midterms, found that economy remained top issue for US voters. 

A bird flies by the United States Capitol building in Washington, US, March 17, 2022.

Biden approval holds near lowest level of his presidency - poll

US President Joe Biden's approval rating stayed close to the lowest level of his presidency this week, a dark sign for his Democratic Party's prospects in the November 8 midterm elections.

 US President Joe Biden speaks after signing an executive order to help safeguard women's access to abortion and contraception after the Supreme Court last month overturned Roe v Wade decision that legalized abortion, at the White House in Washington, US, July 8, 2022.

JDCA endorses nine additional candidates ahead of the 2022 midterms

The nine candidates being endorsed by the JDCA are running against Republicans who dent the outcome of the 2020 election and oppose abortions.

Matthew Brooks (R) and Halie Soifer (C) speaking at AJC's global forum plenary session, June 2019

Biden overhauls US policy on marijuana, pardons prior federal offenses

Biden said thousands of people with prior marijuana possession convictions will be pardoned.

US President Joe Biden responds to a question about Ukraine during an event to announce his budget proposal for fiscal year 2023, in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, US, March 28, 2022.

Facebook to ban certain political ads before elections

Meta, Facebook's parent company, announced that it will restrict certain political ads in the United States, Israel, Brazil and Italy.

People are silhouetted as they pose with mobile devices in front of a screen projected with a Facebook logo, in this picture illustration taken in Zenica October 29, 2014.

How US midterm elections renew cyber threat debate - opinion

In the elections, we have the chance to choose between gaining knowledge and freedom by understanding our role in the question of liberty vs security or live in ignorance and apparent security.

 Cyber attack

Midterms coming up, Jewish organizations working to 'get out of the vote'

The Republican Jewish Coalition, the Jewish Democratic Council of America, AIPAC-PAC and the Democratic Majority for Israel PAC are a few of the organizations.

Matthew Brooks (R) and Halie Soifer (C) speaking at AJC's global forum plenary session, June 2019

The Republican Congress revenge agenda: Ignore, investigate, impeach - opinion

In their campaigns and speeches around the country, Republicans are making it clear that their real agenda is the “3-I’s” of revenge for wrongs real and imagined: Ignore, Investigate and Impeach.

 US PRESIDENT Joe Biden and his son Hunter board Air Force One as they depart for Charleston, South Carolina, from Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, last month.

Why do Israelis care less about the Iran nuclear threat?

POLITICAL AFFAIRS: If the security establishment cannot agree on whether reentering the deal would be good or bad for Israel in the long term, what should the public think?

 IRANIAN PRESIDENT Ebrahim Raisi speaks during a press conference in Tehran, on August 29. Today, Raisi said that reviving a 2015 deal with world powers is meaningless unless the UN nuclear watchdog puts an end to the probe on undeclared sites in the country.