
Rafi Schwartz, The Week US
Rafi Schwartz has worked as a politics writer at The Week since 2022, where he covers elections, Congress and the White House. He was previously a contributing writer with Mic focusing largely on politics, a senior writer with Splinter News, a staff writer for Fusion's news lab, and the managing editor of Heeb Magazine, a Jewish life and culture publication. Rafi's work has appeared in Rolling Stone, GOOD and The Forward, among others. He is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin, Madison, with a major in religious studies, and a minor in integrated liberal studies.
Rafi lives in the Twin Cities, where he does not bike, run or take part in any team sports. He does, however, have a variety of interests, hobbies and passions.
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GOP Senate panel votes to refer Fauci for contemptSpeed Read GOP lawmakers had “openly acknowledged” they wanted Fauci to perjure himself
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Iraq airstrikes expand Saudi Arabia’s wartime footprint in a volatile regionIN THE SPOTLIGHT Could the kingdom’s attack on Iran-linked fighters be a sign of conflicts to come?
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Refunds for Trump’s 2025 tariffs hit $100BSpeed Read This leaves just $66 billion left of the total tariff money that has not been refunded
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DC Guard deployment to cost estimated $1.4B extraSpeed Read The deployment was projected to run at least through the end of Trump’s term
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First 2 deaths reported in cyclosporiasis outbreakSpeed Read These are the first known deaths related to the disease in the U.S.
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The TACO moments that define Trump’s second term so farIn depth ‘Trump Always Chickens Out’ has become a common refrain whenever the president backs off from one of his characteristically bombastic threats or promises
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Fed holds interest rates as inflation tensions mountSpeed Read But the bank also said rates could increase in the near future if inflation does not go down
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Did Trump just wreck international academia in the US?TODAY'S BIG QUESTION New administration rules for foreign students have education experts worried about the future of American academic leadership
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Musk’s x.AI sues Minnesota over ‘nudification’ banSpeed Read Those in violation could be subject to fines of “$500,000 for each unlawful access, download or use”
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Democrats start to panic and plan for MAGA midterm interferenceIN THE SPOTLIGHT With congressional control on the line, Chuck Schumer and company are starting to take Donald Trump’s threats to the electoral process seriously
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McConnell not ‘medically cleared’ to resume workSpeed Read The senator was hospitalized six weeks ago following a fall at his home
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Minnesota man gets two life terms for political killingsSpeed Read Vance Boelter assassinated former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband
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Epstein model scout found dead in ParisSpeed Read Daniel Siad’s name appeared over 2,000 times in the Epstein files
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Zelenskyy fires top general after mass protestsSpeed Read The general had “come to represent the darkest, most punishing realities” of war
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Court pauses Paramount-Warner Bros. mergerSpeed Read Paramount is attempting to acquire Warner Bros. for $111 billion
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Democrats rush to replace Platner in frantic primary pushIN THE SPOTLIGHT A truncated primary race has pushed Pine Tree State candidates into a sprint, even as some national Democrats stay conspicuously away
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Wildfire smoke blankets Midwest, parts of NortheastSpeed Read Over 120 million people were at risk of dangerous air quality
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Pentagon announces testosterone screeningsSpeed Read New soldiers must “have the right testosterone levels to operate at” their “absolute best,” Hegseth said
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ICE halts traffic stops after Maine, Texas shootingsSpeed Read Two fatal ICE shootings have occurred in the past week
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38 things Trump has called other world leadersIN THE SPOTLIGHT The fickle American president has spent years lobbing insults and nicknames at friend and foe on the global stage alike
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Lindsey Graham’s sister to be temporary replacementSpeed Read Graham Nordone has not previously held elected office
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Have Trump and Zelenskyy turned a diplomatic corner?TODAY’S BIG QUESTION Plans to expand Ukrainian access to American defense batteries suggest a thaw in an infamously icy international relationship
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ICE didn’t film Texas killing, wasn’t seeking slain manSpeed Read ICE has provided no evidence to support its claim that Salgado Araujo was shot by an agent in ‘self-defense’
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Judge orders Trump to pay Carroll $5M awardSpeed Read Trump ‘has been stalling this case for years’
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