
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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Meta to pay $18B, make teen safety changes in states dealSpeed Read The company urged other social media brands to follow its lead
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The Trump family is poised to own a crypto bank as regulators sound the alarmIN THE SPOTLIGHT World Liberty Financial now has conditional approval to act as a crypto-focused bank, putting the president’s family in unprecedented financial territory
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Dolly Parton, music and cultural icon, dies at 80Speed Read Parton died in Nashville, Tennessee, after a battle with cancer
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49ers owner arrested in Ohio prostitution stingSpeed Read Jed York pleaded no contest to the misdemeanor charges
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GOP senator blocks Trump nominees over wetlandsSpeed Read The North Dakota senator vowed to block every one of the president’s nominees
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UAE cuts Iran trade amid threats by Tehran, TrumpSpeed Read Iran said the accusations by the UAE were “baseless”
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The FCC’s abandonment of TV owner caps could reshape national mediaIN THE SPOTLIGHT Critics warn that a crucial rules change could usher in a new era of MAGA monopolies
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Ethiopians in US to lose TPS status after rulingSpeed Read The ruling will apply to about 5,000 Ethiopians living in the U.S.
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Court denies Trump bid to claw back $5M verdictSpeed Read Trump paid writer E. Jean Carroll the $5 million payment last month
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US to swap out aircraft carrier strained by Iran warSpeed Read There have been widespread reports of poor conditions on the USS Abraham Lincoln
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Trump and Brazil have a plenipotentiary problem bigger than a single diplomatIN THE SPOTLIGHT The president’s push for statesmanship supremacy has put Brasilia and Washington on a public collision course
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Trump press secretary Karoline Leavitt to step downSpeed Read Leavitt returned to the job last month from maternity leave
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Doug Burgum’s Interior Department is slowly coming apartIN THE SPOTLIGHT Calls for help are coming from inside the department as external pressures and internal friction come to a head
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Syria sentences Assad to death in absentiaSpeed Read The former Syrian dictator was found guilty of murder, torture and crimes against humanity
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Trump signs order to limit childhood vaccinationsSpeed Read The White House proposed a drop in vaccinations from 17 to 11
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Are the allegations against Rep. Max Miller a catch-22 for majority-focused Republicans?TODAY’S BIG QUESTION Claims of domestic violence have some in the GOP worried about a ‘Platner on steroids’ scenario
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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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