US Elections 2024

Thousands of non-citizens register, hundreds vote in New Jersey elections due to software error

Trump has increasingly warned that November's midterm elections could be compromised unless stricter safeguards are adopted.

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People vote at a polling location at the Metro Headquarters Building during California's state primary election in Los Angeles, California, on June 2, 2026.
Arab Americans gather at a restaurant for a presidential election watch party In Dearborn, Michigan, US November 5, 2024.

Michigan refuses Trump administration demand for 2024 election ballots

Last week, the Justice Department sent a letter to the clerk in Wayne County demanding ballots, ballot receipts, and ballot envelopes.

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Democratic presidential nominee US Vice President Kamala Harris campaigns in Atlanta, Georgia, October 19, 2024

Gaza war policy cost Kamala Harris victory in 2024 US elections, DNC research shows - report

According to Axios, DNC officials met with activists from the IMEU Policy Project, who told the Democrats that former US president Joe Biden's administration's support for Israel "drained support."

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A guard opens a door inside a prison that holds foreign prisoners, suspected of being part of the Islamic State, in Hasaka, Syria, January 7, 2020.

Afghan Abdullah Haji Zada sentenced to 15 years after planning terror attack in US Election Day

“Today’s sentence, and Zada’s [...] removal from the United States, reflect [...] his betrayal and our commitment to use every tool at our disposal to detect and disrupt such plots," said Eisenberg.

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Jewish organizations offer congratulations, concerns as Trump elected 47th president of US

The World Jewish Congress and the Combat Antisemitism Movement congratulated Trump on winning the elections.

NOVEMBER 6, 2024ByHANNAH SARISOHN
World Jewish Congress President Ronald Lauder seen at the Jerusalem Post Annual Conference in New York, June 3, 2024

Russia denies it was behind US bomb hoaxes or incendiary devices on planes

Security officials said separately that parcels that exploded at logistics depots in Europe were part of a test run for a Russian plot to trigger explosions on cargo flights to the United States.

NOVEMBER 6, 2024ByREUTERS
Poll watchers observe at the Exposition Building during the 2024 U.S. presidential election on Election Day in Portland, Maine, U.S., November 5, 2024.

Trump's impending return to White House brings criminal cases to a halt

Between racketeering, hush-money, and federal prosecutions, will Trump's cases dissolve in his new presidency?

NOVEMBER 6, 2024ByREUTERS
Jury members listen to readback of testimony as Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump attends his criminal trial over charges that he falsified business records to conceal money paid to silence porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016, at Manhattan state court in New York

Detroit Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib gets easily reelected

Tlaib has sharply criticized the Biden administration's support of and arming of Israel in its war with Hamas in Gaza following the Hamas Oct. 7, 2023 attack.

NOVEMBER 6, 2024ByTHE DETROIT NEWS/TNS
FTX Group CEO John J. Ray III listens while U.S. Representative Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) speaks, at a U.S. House Financial Services Committee hearing investigating the collapse of the now-bankrupt crypto exchange FTX after the arrest of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S.

Did assassination attempt help Trump to victory in the US Election? - opinion

An assassination attempt on Trump in Pennsylvania nearly altered the course of history. Instead, it might have won him the election.

NOVEMBER 6, 2024ByALEX WINSTON
Donald Trump pumps his fist as he is rushed offstage during a rally on July 13 in Butler, Pennsylvania after an assassination attempt by Thomas Matthew Crooks.

Adam Schiff wins race for US Senate seat previously held by Dianne Feinstein

The person appointed to serve out Feinstein’s term, Sen. Laphonza Butler, did not run herself. 

NOVEMBER 6, 2024ByASAF ELIA-SHALEV/JTA
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.

Iran plays down importance of US election, voices readiness for confrontation

Tehran does not rule out a potential US-Israel pre-emptive strike to prevent it from retaliating against Israel.

NOVEMBER 6, 2024ByREUTERS
An Iranian missile system is displayed next to a banner with a picture of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, during Iranian defence week, in a street in Tehran, Iran, September 24, 2024.

Republican Jewish Coalition congratulates Trump, says victory helped by Jewish vote

RJC said Trump's victory is the "greatest political comeback in US history."

NOVEMBER 6, 2024ByHANNAH SARISOHN
Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump and Republican vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance point to the stage during Day 1 of the Republican National Convention (RNC), at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S., July 15, 2024.

Does Trump's win make bombing Iran's nuclear sites likely? - interview

Former Israeli ambassador to the United States, Micahel Oren, discusses Trump's victory.

NOVEMBER 6, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Donald Trump over a backdrop of an Iranian flag. (Illustrative)

Crazy campaign plus catastrophic candidates equals surprisingly normal results - opinion

Sometimes, in the insane world of American politics, a three-ring circus produces the most predictable and boring results.

NOVEMBER 6, 2024ByGIL TROY
Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump attends his campaign rally at Macomb Community College in Warren, Michigan, US, November 1, 2024.