2020 United States elections

Trump spy nominee Jay Clayton faces tense hearing after refusing to say Joe Biden won in 2020

Clayton said only that Biden had been "certified" as president, while also insisting, "I am not an election denier."

Jay Clayton, US President Donald Trump's nominee to be Director of National Intelligence, testifies during a Senate Intelligence Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington.
The Iranian delegation led by Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, Speaker of the Parliament of Iran (center) arrives to meet with the Pakistani delegation led by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif (not pictured) on June 21, 2026 in Obbuergen, Switzerland.

US officials say attacks halted, Qatar talks to be held this week

AFGHAN CHILDREN sit on a concrete bench at a hilltop, amid telecom shutdown across the country, in Kabul, Afghanistan, September 30, 2025.

Millions of Afghan children facing severe risks from changing climate, UNICEF says

A view of a residential building damaged by a strike in Tehran, Iran, March 23, 2026.

US strikes on Iran may constitute war crimes, international law experts announce


NC Republican who vacationed at Hitler’s retreat wins congressional race

In captions, he called Hitler “Führer,” a term of reverence, and said the experience “did not disappoint.”

Screenshots from Madison Cawthorn's Instagram account show pictures from a 2017 visit to the site of a Nazi retreat used frequently by Adolf Hitler. In the caption of the now-deleted pictures, Cawthorn called Hitler "the Führer."

Jewish Dem. at Fox News infuriated Trump by calling Arizona for Biden

“We made it basically after a half hour of debating ‘is it time?'” Mishkin said.

U.S. President Donald Trump addresses reporters during a news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., September 10, 2020

Elaine Luria, Elissa Slotkin prevail in competitive Congress races

Luria and Slotkin are two Jewish members of the so-called “Gang of Nine.”

Rep. Elaine Luria (D-VA) speaks about the formation of the Congressional Servicewomen and Women Veterans Caucus on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., May 15, 2019

With Trump, Biden battle, American Jews grapple with political shifts

The first exit poll of Jewish voters showed their most resounding rejection of an American president in 20 years.

A voter fills out her ballot during early voting at ONEOK Field in Tulsa, Oklahoma, US, October 30, 2020.

US sets new record for increase in COVID-19 cases day after election

In addition to rising cases, on Tuesday hospitalizations topped 50,000 for the first time in three months.

Healthcare workers wheel the bodies of deceased people from the Wyckoff Heights Medical Center during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, New York, U.S., April 4, 2020

American Jews vote overwhelmingly for Biden with 56 point margin - poll

The poll also found that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seen highly unfavorably among American Jews.

US DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL candidate Joe Biden arrives at a campaign event in Hermantown, Minnesota, September 18, 2020

Activists: Israeli contributions to Trump campaign are in spirit and votes

Adelsons and Bloomberg were biggest contributors to candidates

Marc Zell,chairman of Republicans Overseas Israel, gives a speech at the Gush Etzion settlement of Sde Boaz, October 22, 2020

Is the US cyber bombing Russia right now? - analysis

During the 2018 midterm elections, the US essentially cyber body-slammed the Russian intelligence agency responsible for the 2016 interference.

Cyber Hackers

Cancel culture - when friends don’t let friends disagree

To my way of thinking, this loss of civility is the real issue.


Rouhani says for Iran it is not important who wins US election

"For Tehran, the next US administration's policies are important and not who wins the US election," Rouhani said in a televised cabinet meeting.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is seen during meeting with health ministry top officials in Tehran