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Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., speaks during a news conference, Dec. 8, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)

Rep. Cori Bush loses Missouri primary, becoming second ‘Squad’ member defeated by fellow Democrat

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y. speaks during an election night watch party on Tuesday, June 25, 2024, in Yonkers, N.Y. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

Rep. Jamaal Bowman’s crushing defeat sounds alarms for Democrats’ anti-Israel wing

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., from left, speaks alongside, Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., Rep. Jonathan Jackson, D-Ill., and Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., during a vigil with state legislators and faith leaders currently on hunger strike outside the White House to demand that President Joe Biden call for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza on Nov. 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard, File)

Squad’s anti-Israel rhetoric spurs tough primary challenges

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., from left, speaks alongside, Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., Rep. Jonathan Jackson, D-Ill., and Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., during a vigil with state legislators and faith leaders currently on hunger strike outside the White House to demand that President Joe Biden call for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza on Nov. 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard, File)

More than 20 progressive groups form a coalition to counter pro-Israel groups before the election

By Farnoush Amiri - Associated Press

Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., cries while speaking alongside state legislators and faith leaders currently on hunger strike outside the White House to demand that President Joe Biden call for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza on Nov. 29, 2023. A group of progressive lawmakers are fighting back against a multimillion dollar campaign to push them out of Congress for their vocal opposition to Israel's deadly bombardment of Gaza after the Oct. 7 terrorist attack. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard, File)

How ‘the Squad’ is fighting back against pro-Israel PACs with record fundraising

By Farnoush Amiri - Associated Press

The American Israel Public Affairs Committee will welcome 18,000 guests to its three-day policy conference, which begins Sunday in the nation's capital.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez calls largest pro-Israel PAC ‘racist’ and ‘bigoted’

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

Vice President Mike Pence speaks at the the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) 2020 Conference, Monday, March 2, 2020 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Two attendees at pro-Israel conference positive for virus

By CAROLE FELDMAN - Associated Press

Democratic presidential candidate and former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg speaks at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) 2020 Conference, Monday, March 2, 2020 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Mike Bloomberg takes swipe at Bernie Sanders at AIPAC over Israel

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledges the crowd as he is introduced before speaking at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) Policy Conference in Washington, Monday, March 2, 2015. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Pete Buttigieg, Amy Klobuchar shun pro-Israel AIPAC conference

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks at the 2019 American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) policy conference, at Washington Convention Center, in Washington, Tuesday, March 26, 2019. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Mitch McConnell tells House Dems to pass bill cutting funds for BDS movement: ‘Talk is cheap’

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks at the 2019 American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) policy conference, at the Washington Convention Center, in Washington, Monday, March 25, 2019. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Chuck Schumer pleads with AIPAC to ignore Ilhan Omar Israel comments

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

Vice President Mike Pence speaks at the 2019 American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) policy conference, at Washington Convention Center, in Washington, Monday, March 25, 2019. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Pence slams Ilhan Omar, Democrats at AIPAC

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., speaks during a television news interview just outside the House Chamber prior a vote on an anti-hate resolution, an action sparked by controversial remarks from freshman Democrat Ilhan Omar, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, March 7, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Steny Hoyer at AIPAC condemns Israel boycott, divestment movement

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer of N.Y., accompanied by Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., left, calls on a reporter during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Jan. 25, 2019, after President Donald Trump announces a deal to reopen the government for three weeks. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) **FILE**

Liberal activist group demands Democrats boycott AIPAC gathering

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

In this Feb. 5, 2019, file photo, Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., listens to President Donald Trump's State of the Union speech, at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Ilhan Omar addresses anti-Semitic tweets: ‘I unequivocally apologize’

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

In this Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017 photo, new State Rep. Ilhan Omar is interviewed in her office two days after the 2017 Legislature convened in St. Paul, Minn. Omar is the first Somali-American to be elected to a state legislature in the U.S. The 33-year-old wife, mother, refugee and immigrant reflected on her many roles and how she'll try to voice and inspiration for denigrated minority communities like her own. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

Ilhan Omar retweets Ady Barkan thread denouncing Nancy Pelosi, pushing Jewish money claims

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

In this Jan. 16, 2019, file photo, Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., center, walks through the halls of the Capitol Building in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

The Latest: Trump: Rep. Omar should be ashamed of comments

Associated Press

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at the 2016 American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) Policy Conference at the Verizon Center, on Monday, March 21, 2016, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

CHARLES HURT: Donald Trump reveals inner statesman, terrifies naysayers

By Charles Hurt

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at the 2016 American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) Policy Conference, March 21, 2016, at the Verizon Center in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Hillary Clinton goes after Donald Trump in AIPAC speech: ‘If you see a bully, stand up to him’

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at the 2016 American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) Policy Conference, March 21, 2016, at the Verizon Center in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Israel support strong among presidential candidates

By Guy Taylor and David Sherfinski - The Washington Times