Antisemitic violence reached its deadliest level in more than three decades in 2025, with 20 people killed in attacks across seven countries, according to a new global report. The J7 Large Communities’ Task Force Against Antisemitism documented more than 23,000 antisemitic incidents in the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Australia, Canada, and Argentina. Together, those seven countries are home to more than 90% of the Jewish population living outside Israel. According to the report, 20 people were killed in antisemitic attacks in 2025, making it the deadliest year for antisemitic violence since 1994. All of the fatal attacks occurred in J7 countries.  Violent antisemitic incidents increased 97% since 2022, while the total number of reported incidents rose 136% during the same period. The Anti-Defamation League, which represents the United States in the J7 coalition, said the findings show the urgency of confronting antisemitism. “This isn’t a warning sign anymore, it’s already happening,” ADL Senior Director of Global Research and Diplomatic Affairs Aykan Erdemir said. “If governments let antisemitism take root and perpetrators walk free, the violence won’t stop with Jewish communities. History shows Jews are the canary in the coal mine: when hatred against Jews rises unchecked, it’s an early warning that everyone’s safety and rights are at risk.” The report concluded that antisemitism is “no longer confined to the fringes” in the countries it examined. It also found that anti-Zionism related to the war in Gaza has become “a vehicle for antisemitic expression,” while educational institutions have become an “acute flashpoint” for hatred. Combined with growing online extremism, the report said Jewish people “across the globe report hiding their Jewish identity in public” and questioning “whether they have a future in their home countries.” The report documented increases across every country studied. Australia recorded a 270% increase in antisemitic incidents since 2021, Germany posted the highest per-capita rate, and the United States documented 6,274 incidents in 2025, including 300 physical assaults, despite a decline from the previous year. France reported a 124% increase in incidents since 2021, while the United Kingdom saw a 64% increase and Canada recorded a 60% increase. Argentina experienced a 46% increase over the same period.  The report said also examined Ireland, which is not part of the J7 coalition. Although Ireland’s Jewish population numbers only about 2,200 people, researchers said antisemitism has become increasingly common in everyday life and noted that the country lacks both a national strategy to combat antisemitism and government-funded security for Jewish institutions.   The findings come amid several recent antisemitic attacks and alleged plots targeting Jewish institutions in the United States. In April, authorities arrested two teenagers accused of plotting an attack on Congregation Beth Israel in Houston. Authorities accused 18-year-old Angelina Han Hicks of plotting alongside two male subjects to “kill as many Jews as possible.” Although investigators said the alleged attack was planned for 2028, prosecutors warned there was concern an attack could occur much sooner. Erdemir said governments should focus on preventing attacks before they occur. “The most urgent priority for every government should be protecting Jewish communities and institutions before they’re attacked, not after,” he said. He added that security measures alone would not solve the problem. “Governments can’t rely on security alone,” Erdemir said. “It takes a whole of society effort, government, business, schools, civil society and everyday citizens, to root out the hate targeting Jewish communities worldwide.”  

President Donald Trump on Wednesday unveiled a $22.5 billion plan to overhaul Washington Dulles International Airport, calling the longtime gateway to the nation’s capital “one of the worst airports anywhere in the world.”  “It’s considered one of the worst airports anywhere in the world, we’re going to make it maybe the best with some hard work,” Trump said. “This transformation is another step in our ongoing efforts to make Washington, D.C., safe and beautiful again.”  Trump said he expected the project to draw bipartisan support. “Whether you’re Republican or Democrat, you don’t want to go and be subjected to this airport,” he said. The proposal would replace aging concourses, add a new parking garage, modernize security screening and baggage handling, expand the AeroTrain system, and improve pedestrian access throughout the airport.  Transportation officials said the project will take years to complete and create thousands of jobs.   Located about 25 miles west of downtown Washington, Dulles opened in 1962 and recorded its busiest year on record in 2025. The federal government will partner with United Airlines and the  Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) to complete the transformation, though officials have not disclosed how the project’s cost will be divided. United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby called Dulles “the gateway that connects the nation’s capital to the world” and said the modernization project would make the airport a “showcase for the nation’s capital.” The Department of Transportation said it reviewed more than 30 proposals before selecting the design unveiled Wednesday.  The airport renovation is part of the Trump administration’s effort to restore and modernize prominent public spaces in Washington.  “As the capital city of the greatest Nation in the history of the world, it should showcase beautiful, clean, and safe public spaces,” Trump has said.

As Michigan Democrat Abdul El-Sayed campaigns for the U.S. Senate, his calls during the COVID-19 pandemic for renewed lockdowns, business fines, and expanded vaccination are likely to face scrutiny.  During his failed 2021 campaign for Michigan governor, El-Sayed said he would have ordered another statewide shutdown to slow the spread of COVID. “There’s no question,” El-Sayed said when asked whether, as governor, he would shut the state down. “If you look at where the science and where the science has been. The CDC itself has suggested that we ought to shut things down. And we know that shutdowns in the past have been successful whether it was in the Spring or the Fall. This is a responsibility.”  El-Sayed proposed what he described as a two- to three-week “pause” and said that if businesses did not comply, they should face “a very annoying but real fine.”  “I get that people are sick of this but it’s the right thing to do to stop the spread of this contagious variant of the virus. What is the alternative?” He also argued that systemic racism and poverty contributed to challenges in distributing vaccines in cities such as Detroit. “We know the biggest challenge to delivering public health in a community like Detroit, because of systemic racism and poverty it creates, is the last mile problem,” he said. “You can offer a vaccine in places…but we all now that is not really where people actually live and we got to get them out to people’s doorstep.”  To address vaccine hesitancy, El-Sayed proposed working with trusted community leaders, including pastors and neighborhood organizations. “What I’d like to see, right, and this is a big lift, right, is more focus on taking on the vaccine hesitancy, whether it’s a block club captain or a local pastor and thinking about that last mile problem by putting vaccines on wheels and getting them out into people’s communities,” he said.  During the pandemic, El-Sayed also launched a twice-weekly podcast to keep listeners informed about COVID-19 and public health policy. At the time, he described himself as “a physician and former city health commissioner,” while also serving as a CNN contributor focused on public health issues.  El-Sayed’s current Senate platform includes support for Medicare for All, codifying abortion rights, and expanding access to so-called “gender-affirming care.” His campaign has not specified whether he supports El-Sayed did not specify if he supports “gender reassignment surgeries” for children. 

Former President Barack Obama will headline a Democratic fundraiser next month on Martha’s Vineyard as party leaders ramp up preparations for an aggressive redistricting campaign ahead of the 2028 election, even as Democrats continue grappling with financial challenges at the national level. The August 31 fundraiser will benefit the National Democratic Redistricting Committee (NDRC), the party’s primary organization dedicated to congressional redistricting efforts. The event, hosted by former Attorney General Eric Holder, will feature “dinner and a discussion” with the former president, according to an invitation first obtained by Punchbowl News. The fundraiser will take place on the ritzy Massachusetts island long associated with affluent seasonal residents, celebrities, and Democratic political figures. The event comes as Democrats prepare for what party leaders expect will be a costly and contentious battle over congressional maps ahead of the 2028 election. Democratic officials have already signaled interest in pursuing new congressional maps in several blue states — including New York, Maryland, Virginia, Illinois, and potentially California — seeking to offset Republican gains achieved through recent redistricting efforts in states such as Texas. Many of those efforts would require expensive statewide referendum campaigns or constitutional amendments. In Virginia, for example, Democrats would need to finance a statewide campaign to amend the state’s redistricting process after a previous effort failed. Similar legal and political hurdles exist in several other Democratic-controlled states. Obama has remained deeply involved in Democratic redistricting efforts since leaving office. The NDRC was founded in 2017 by Holder, who served as attorney general throughout most of Obama’s presidency. Obama has repeatedly lent his fundraising power to the organization, including hosting one of his first post-presidency political fundraisers on its behalf. A 2023 fundraiser reportedly raised roughly $1.5 million for the group. The organization hosted a similar August fundraiser on Martha’s Vineyard in 2025, with Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Obama both speaking. The former president publicly supported Democrat-backed congressional map redraws in California and Virginia in recent years. The renewed focus on redistricting follows Republicans’ successful push to redraw congressional maps in several states before the 2026 midterms. After President Donald Trump urged Texas Republicans to revisit the state’s congressional districts, GOP lawmakers approved a new map designed to create additional Republican-leaning seats. Republicans have also pursued new maps in Ohio, Florida, North Carolina, and Tennessee. Democrats have argued those moves created a Republican advantage heading into the 2026 elections and have increasingly shifted their attention toward reversing that advantage during the next redistricting cycle. “The race by Republicans to gerrymander is not over — and between potential redraws and the November election, the 2028 redistricting fight is already underway,” NDRC President John Bisognano said in a statement announcing the organization’s continued focus on future map battles. Martha’s Vineyard has long served as a destination for prominent Democratic politicians and wealthy donors. The island’s housing market ranks among the most expensive in the country. According to a January report in the Vineyard Gazette, the median home sale price on Martha’s Vineyard approached $1.7 million in 2025, while the average single-family home sold for approximately $2.6 million. Former President Obama himself has longstanding ties to Martha’s Vineyard, where he has vacationed frequently since leaving office. The former president previously stayed at Blue Heron Farm, a sprawling Chilmark estate that sold for $37 million last year. The NDRC has not publicly disclosed a fundraising target for the event, and organizers have not released ticket pricing or sponsorship levels.

PragerU CEO Marissa Streit has warned of the rise in “adultism” training that teaches children that their parents are the oppressors. Streit has stated that teachers are being instructed to teach about “adultism,” a Left-wing philosophy that teaches parents enforcing boundaries on their kids against underage sex, life-changing medical decisions, and opposite-gender clothing is a form of tyrannical “fascism.” In an interview with Fox News Digital, Streit warned that concepts such as adultism, along with DEI and Critical Race Theory, are all being repackaged as “ethnic studies curriculum.” She said at least 22 states are continuing to promote woke ideologies through this new label. “[Ethnic studies] teaches the teacher to tell the student that the term adultism is a negative thing,” Streit said. “When an adult is behaving like an adult by telling their child that the child should not dress a certain way or have sex at an early age or even request sex or gender changes … the parent is engaging in adultism.” Streit showcased the book “Lessons In Liberation: An Abolitionist Toolkit for Educators,” published by the worker-owned anarchist publishing company AK Press. The book’s information page mentions that it covers student organizing, radical sex education ideology, and anti-ICE immigration policies. Streit read a passage from the manual, which allegedly stated, “Adultism teaches us that adults have the power and the right to decide what young people’s boundaries should be.” Streit said that the controversies of teachers hiding medical procedures and pronouns from children are due to this rise in “adultism” teaching. She cited a recent resolution passed by the American Federation of Teachers stating that it will protect students from “forced outing” of a child’s gender ideology to parents as evidence for this. Streit then linked adultism to the Democratic Socialists of America’s plan to dismantle major U.S. institutions. “The ultimate goal is the DSA platform, and that is to radically transform America,” Streit said. She pointed to the DSA’s plan to abolish the Senate, the Electoral College, the Supreme Court, and other American institutions. “They have to break the bond between a child and the parent. They have to break the bond between a parent and the community,” Streit said. “By creating an entire chaotic environment, you create an environment of collective grievance where the individual feels helpless and hopeless … then a new form of government comes out and says, ‘Well, you can’t trust anybody else, so therefore put your trust in us.’ And that is always what socialists have done.” Workshops promoting adultism have reached the public’s attention and caused controversy in the past. John O’Connell High School in partnership with Teachers 4 Social Justice reportedly hosted a conference on “adult supremacy” during an “Ethnic Studies Everywhere” conference, the California Post reports. “Due to systemic power dynamics, inherently, the relationship between students and educators is an oppressive one. Oppressor (educator) & oppressed (student),” a presentation slide leaked to the internet declared.