Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

In an unusual twist, AIPAC praises Bernie Sanders over his Israel-Hamas ceasefire stance

Sanders later distanced himself from the pro-Israel lobby, in the latest example of how a fissure among progressives is affecting politics.

By Ron Kampeas November 6, 2023 5:00 pm

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing, July 12, 2019. (Aurora Samperio/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez calls AIPAC ‘racist and bigoted’

The New York lawmaker also called the pro-Israel group “an extremist organization that destabilizes US democracy.”

November 1, 2023 2:01 pm

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez joins growing list of progressives who will skip Israeli president’s speech to Congress

She joins fellow New York Rep. Jamaal Bowman, Ilhan Omar and Cori Bush. More progressives have yet to make up their minds.

July 14, 2023 4:07 pm

‘Yes, I wept’: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez explains her ‘present’ vote on Iron Dome, and the tears that followed

By Ron Kampeas September 24, 2021 5:37 pm

Ilhan Omar

Ilhan Omar clarifies remarks on Hamas, US and Israel, but not before condemning Jewish lawmakers’ demand for a clarification

By Ron Kampeas June 10, 2021 2:17 pm

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez holding a news conference in Washington, DC on November 14, 2019. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

For progressive Democrats, the condemnation of antisemitism is lumped in with other forms of hate

By Ron Kampeas May 27, 2021 10:25 am

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ted Cruz fight a Twitter battle over Holocaust analogies

By Ron Kampeas January 12, 2021 10:01 am

Keith Ellison

Keith Ellison, first Muslim elected to Congress, to speak at Rabin memorial snubbed by Alexandria Ocasio Cortez

By Ron Kampeas October 2, 2020 3:58 pm

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez withdraws from event honoring Yitzhak Rabin

By Ron Kampeas September 26, 2020 6:49 pm

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez considering withdrawal from Americans for Peace Now event memorializing Yitzhak Rabin

By Ron Kampeas September 25, 2020 7:01 pm

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