
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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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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Hamas to dissolve Gaza government but not disarmIN THE SPOTLIGHT The militant group that has ruled Gaza for decades sends mixed signals that it’s ready for a change
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Le Pen affirms presidential run after rulingSpeed Read The French far-right leader will attempt to replace President Emmanuel Macron
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Democrats pull Platner support after rape allegationSpeed Read The Democratic Senate nominee faces an accusation from a former girlfriend who says he sexually assaulted her in 2021
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How might Trump’s September GOP convention upend the midterms?TODAY’S BIG QUESTION A just-announced ‘Trumpapalooza’ event in Dallas offers risks and rewards for Republicans worried over brutal electoral headwinds in the fall
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Amnesty accuses Sudanese militia of ethnic cleansingSpeed Read Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces is charged with committing war crimes in North Darfur
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EU prosecutors raid right-wing bloc over fundsSpeed Read Raids were conducted as part of an investigation into the embezzlement of European Union funds by the former far-right Identity and Democracy group
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Could a schism over Israel scuttle Democrats’ midterm momentum?TODAY’S BIG QUESTION A new crop of candidates is rattling Democratic leadership with their willingness to criticize what was once a pillar of party unity
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Supreme Court lets Trump fire officials, except at FedSpeed Read The court reversed a 90-year-old precedent that protected agency heads from being fired
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GOP senators seem increasingly game to buck some Trump prioritiesIN THE SPOTLIGHT Is growing pushback from conservative corners of the upper chamber a sign that Trump’s grip on his party may be slipping?
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Venezuela deaths rise amid search for quake survivorsSpeed Read Over 500 people have been confirmed dead
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Trump cancels housing bill signing, denying GOP a winSpeed Read His announcement “caught lawmakers and some staff by surprise,” said The Washington Post
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ICE protesters jailed up to 100 years over shootingSpeed Read Seven protesters were sentenced to prison over an incident last July
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The Meloni-Trump photo fracas signals a growing US-Italy rifttalking points Dueling narratives over who asked whom to pose for what have exposed shifting geopolitical headwinds
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Judge blocks subpoenas of Minnesota officialsSpeed Read The subpoenas represent a “blatantly unlawful and unethical use of the grand jury process,” the judge said
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Do Trump’s latest moves mean the end of the Department of Education as we know it?TODAY'S BIG QUESTION A new push attempts to reallocate educational programs across the government
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