Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas has ordered elections for the Palestinian National Council — the parliament of the Palestine Liberation Organization — setting a Nov. 1 vote that would, for the first time, select members by direct popular ballot. The decree, reported by the PA’s official news agency Wafa, marks a rare attempt to inject […]
Trump plans to create a strategic stockpile of critical minerals with $12 billion in funding, aiming to reduce U.S. reliance on China for materials such as lithium, nickel, and rare earths.
Nebraska state troopers narrowly avoided injury after an out-of-control vehicle slid off a slick stretch of Interstate 80 and crashed into a car they were assisting on the roadside.
New work requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) have taken effect for many recipients under changes enacted last year. The updated rules, included in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act signed into law in July 2025, expand eligibility requirements, particularly for able-bodied adults without young dependents, and adjust how long benefits can be […]
Monday marked the fourth week of the nurses’ strike, as hundreds marched through Midtown to Governor Hochul’s office, blasting the governor and urging her to step in and help end the labor dispute.
The US House Republican majority now stands at 218-214 after Speaker Mike Johnson swears in Christian Menefee (D-TX)
Former Governor of New York Andrew Cuomo says Taxing the Rich won’t work and it will just make the rich leave NYC.
Ed Martin has been removed from his role leading the Justice Department’s “weaponization” working group. • The group was tasked with reviewing past investigations into President Trump and his allies. • A Justice Department spokesman said Martin continues to serve separately as pardon attorney, a position he was appointed to by President Trump.
SpaceX said it has acquired xAI, merging Elon Musk’s rocket company with his artificial intelligence firm. • The deal creates a private company valued at more than $1 trillion, combining rockets, xAI’s Grok chatbot, and the social media platform X. • The combined company is expected to move toward an initial public offering around June, […]
Porsche is considering dropping an electric sports car lineup as it moves to curb costs after an aggressive EV expansion.
A Palestinian technocratic committee being groomed to manage Gaza’s civilian affairs after the war has quietly shifted its public branding, swapping its own newly minted logo for one that closely mirrors the emblem of the Palestinian Authority. The National Committee for the Administration of Gaza (NCAG), established last month as a postwar alternative to Hamas, […]
Allegations of medical abuse inside Iran’s detention system are growing, with opposition-linked media and human rights activists warning of a “growing pattern of deaths” among people arrested during recent mass anti-regime protests. According to a report by Iran International, detainees swept up in the government crackdown are being injected with unidentified substances while in custody, […]
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Monday compared demonstrators to ISIS and accusing Washington and Israel of orchestrating what he repeatedly called “sedition.” Writing in English on X, Khamenei claimed protesters “burned people alive” and “beheaded people,” asserting they committed “the very same atrocities that Islamic State committed.” He framed violence as the defining […]
Tu B’Shvat Tish with Mashpia HaRav Mordechai Shteiner of Monsey, at the home of R’ Elimelech Tabak.
A new study suggests that babies are able to distinguish between the different objects they see around them at 2 months old, which is earlier than scientists previously thought. The findings, published Monday in Nature Neuroscience, may help doctors and researchers better understand cognitive development in infancy. “It really tells us that infants are interacting […]
A man identified as Anosh Ahmed is accused of defrauding the federal government of $900 million through healthcare billing schemes in Chicago and reportedly fled to Serbia while still retaining much of the stolen money.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani: 16 people have died outside during a ‘brutal stretch of cold’ in the city.
Trump on Cuba: “They’re not getting any money from Venezuela and they’re not getting any money from anywhere. It’s a failed nation. Mexico is going to cease sending them oil… We are dealing with the Cuban leaders right now.”
Trump on the partial government shutdown: “I spoke with Speaker Johnson, I spoke with Leader Thune, and I think they’re pretty close to a resolution. We were at 5.6% GDP, and we lost a point and a half because of the 43-day shutdown.”
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