Current majority leader, 83, will serve out his term; Hoyer is known for closeness to AIPAC, led Democratic freshmen trips to Israel

America's first woman to wield the speaker's gavel says she'll step aside in new Republican-controlled chamber

United Democracy Project campaigns against Pittsburgh-area Democratic candidate Summer Lee, who has previously compared Israel to white people who shoot Blacks

US President hits back at predecessor, who called him an 'enemy of the state' on Saturday, as parties gear up for midterms

Balint says her family's Holocaust history inspires her political activism; she easily fended off her main competitor, the state’s lieutenant governor Molly Gray

Figure is at 9% among Republicans; meanwhile, 33% of Democrats support the pro-Palestinian BDS movement, compared to 9% of Republicans

'Help is here,' Biden declares after House of Representatives passes landmark bill, which president says he'll sign into law on Friday

Elissa Slotkin says anti-democratic forces would be handed a gift if party is torn apart; her use of Yiddish phrase for 'deep shame' stumps journalist during interview

Democratic representative falsely accused by opponent of being related to billionaire George Soros, a conservative bogeyman, criticism of whom has had anti-Semitic undertones

Democrats assert Trump administration guilty of 'cover-up' in firing of inspector general who raised questions about propriety of deals given human rights concerns in Yemen