Presidential Elections

The pastry lovers of the US succeeded this month where the political pundits and public opinion pollsters failed. Intermountain Jewish News readers got a taste of the cookie politics before the election.

As midnight arrived on the East Coast, it appeared increasingly likely that Donald Trump would retake the presidency — a victory that would reshape the US and that could change its relationship with Israel while ushering in an administration whose domestic priorities do not match those of most American Jews. 

Tim Walz, the Minnesota governor who burst into national view after calling Republicans “weird,” will be Kamala Harris’ running mate on the November Democratic ticket. Jewish Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro had been one of the names in the running to take the spot.

An upcoming fundraiser for Donald Trump dropped commentator Candace Owens from its guest lineup on July 23, following blowback over Owens’ record of embracing anti-Semitic rhetoric and Holocaust denial.

One day after President Joe Biden ended his campaign, leading Democrats have coalesced around Vice President Kamala Harris — and begun speculating about her running mate. At least two Jewish governors are thought to be top contenders: Pennsylvania’s Josh Shapiro and Illinois’ J.B. Pritzker.

Coming down the stairs in the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem’s Old City in 2017, Kamala Harris saw the Western Wall and knew what she had to do. Harris, then a California senator, reached into her pocket and pulled out a blue kippah and clips she had prepared for the occasion. She told her Jewish husband, Doug Emhoff, to bend down a bit and fastened the kippah to his head.

With pressure mounting followed a disastrous debate performance on June 27 against former President Donald Trump, President Joe Biden on Sunday ended his reelection campaign and endorsed his vice president, Kamala Harris.

Jewish and Israeli leaders and lawmakers condemned the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, as did Gabrielle Giffords, the former Arizona congresswoman who survived an assassination attempt.

Days before Republican voters began casting their presidential primary ballots this week, Nikki Haley was hoping that she could pull off an unlikely win over Donald Trump.

NEW YORK — Much of the American Orthodox community had lined up behind Trump ahead of the election. Polls showed Orthodox voters supporting him by overwhelming margins. In the same week that Orthodox men burned masks in the streets...