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House Minority Whip Katherine Clark calls war in Gaza a ‘genocide’ — then walks it back

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Kathy Hochul reportedly considering endorsing Mamdani as his popular support grows

Dan Goldman says he won’t endorse Mamdani without ‘concrete steps’ to assuage Jewish NYers’ fears

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ESPN host Udonis Haslem called last year’s top draft pick ‘Rosh Hashanah’ on air

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Argentinian President Javier Milei will use ‘Jewish Nobel’ to launch ‘Isaac Accords’

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