US Elections 2024

Afghan national pleads guitly to plotting 'ISIS-inspired' US election-day terror attack

Abdullah Haji Zada, 18, and Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, 27, were arrested and charged with attempting to carry out an ISIS-inspired plot during the 2024 US Presidential Election.

ISIS fighters.
 Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump takes the stage during a campaign rally at the J.S. Dorton Arena, Raleigh, North Carolina, Nov. 4, 2024.

Miriam, Jared, Josh: 5 Jewish takeaways from Michael Wolff’s insider account of 2024 Trump campaign

US President Donald Trump signs the third executive order during the inaugural parade inside Capital One Arena on the inauguration day of his second presidential term, in Washington, US January 20, 2025.

Nearly 60% of voters credit Trump for hostage deal in Gaza war, poll shows

 (L to R) REPUBLICAN OVERSEAS Israel chairman Marc Zell with volunteers Maayan Yakov and Kory Bardash.

A successful but challenging campaign: Republicans recount their experience


Year in review: The Jerusalem Post's top 10 news stories of 2024

The year 2024 has been an eventful one, and now it is wrapping up. With the benefit of hindsight, The Jerusalem Post looks back at the biggest news stories and events around the world of 2024.

 The Jerusalem Post's top 10 news stories of 2024 (From L clockwise): The Hezbollah pager explosions, the downfall of the Assad regime in Syria, Donald Trump survives an assassination attempt, projectiles fired by Iran are seen in the air above Jerusalem.

'Eurovision' and the 'US Election' among top Google searches for Israelis in 2024

The Google summary divided the most popular searches into categories, ranging from terms related to the war in Gaza and Lebanon, to pop culture and sports.

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'We have to end it': Trump plans to abolish birthright citizenship in the US

In an interview, Trump discussed ending birthright citizenship and removing rights from those born in the country to undocumented parents, NBC News reported. 

US President Donald Trump attends a viewing of the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket, in Brownsville, Texas, US, November 19, 2024.

Elon Musk invested more than $250 mil. into Trump re-election campaign - report

This includes, according to American news reports, more than $20 million into a super PAC [political action committee] called RBG PAC.

  U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and Elon Musk watch the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket on November 19, 2024 in Brownsville, Texas.

Almost one month after Election Day, here’s what we know about how Jews voted

Jewish voters supported Kamala Harris by somewhere between 63% and 71%, but Donald Trump won a higher percentage of Jews than he did in 2020. 

US presidential election race: Donald Trump and Kamala Harris (illustrative)

Trump warns 'all hell to pay' if Gaza hostages not released by Inauguration Day

"If the hostages are not released prior to January 20, 2025, the date that I proudly assume Office as President of the United States, there will be ALL HELL TO PAY," Trump's post said.

 US PRESIDENT-ELECT Donald Trump meets with House Republicans on Capitol Hill in Washington, last week. It is difficult to tell how Trump will react if Israel will fail to end the current war on its various fronts by the time he enters office, says the writer.

Adam Schiff, Jewish senator-elect, says the US is ‘very much weakened as a democracy’

Trump, livid at Schiff for trying to remove him from office, has grouped the incoming senator under the broad category of “the enemy within” and demanded that he be put to trial.

 Rep. Adam Schiff talks to the media after voting at McCambridge Recreation Center in Burbank in the race for U.S. Senate that he ultimately won, Nov. 5, 2024.

Trump's new A-G nominee calls Palestine supporters 'ignorant children'

Pam Bondi, Trump's new nominee for Attorney-General following Matt Gaetz's resignation, is a well-known pro-Israel figure who has previously called Israel "America's most important ally."

 FILE PHOTO: Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump holds rally at the Greensboro Complex in Greensboro, North Carolina.

Biden's shift on missiles for Ukraine, North Korean troops in Kursk, Trump's election victory

The relaxation of the restrictions on US weapons may have come too late to alter the course of the conflict, but it could help Ukraine defend its foothold in Kursk.

 President Joe Biden walks to deliver remarks on the 2024 election results and the upcoming presidential transition of power, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, US, November 7, 2024.

Gaetz withdraws from consideration as Trump attorney general

Gaetz, in a post on X/Twitter, said he wanted to avoid becoming a distraction to the incoming Trump administration.

 Rep. Matt Gaetz speaks before Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at Lee's Family Forum.

Overcoming the Trump divide: A Jewish call for unity and understanding – opinion

American Jews must bridge divides and fight Jew-hatred amid rising political polarization.

 US PRESIDENT-ELECT Donald Trump speaks at an America First Policy Institute gala last week at Mar-A-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida.