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[Video below.] House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries declined Sunday to rule out the possibility that Democrats could pursue impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump if they capture control of the House in the November midterm elections, saying any future action would depend on the facts, the law and the Constitution.

“No, we haven’t ruled anything in and we haven’t ruled anything out in terms of impeachment,” Jeffries said on ABC’s “This Week.”

Jeffries said he would look to Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., and other Democrats serving on the House Judiciary Committee, as well as Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., and Democratic members of the House Oversight Committee, to take the lead in examining potential wrongdoing.

“[And] be guided by the Constitution, and then let the chips fall where they may, in the best interests of the American people, so that the House, once again, can function like a separate and co-equal branch of government and a check and balance on an out-of-control executive branch,” Jeffries said.

Trump was impeached twice by the House during his first term and acquitted by the Senate on both occasions. The President has recently predicted that Democrats would attempt to impeach him again if they regain the House majority.

“They’re going to impeach me. They have no idea why,” Trump said at a rally last week.

Jeffries also promised that a Democratic-controlled House would use its investigative and oversight authority to pursue individuals it determines have engaged in wrongdoing, saying Democrats would “hold the crooks accountable.”

“If someone has been screwing over the American people, shortchanging the American people, or stealing from the American people, they’re going to be held accountable under a Democratic majority,” Jeffries said.

Reuters reported last month that House Democrats have been developing plans for extensive investigations if they regain control of the chamber, focusing in part on companies and financial institutions connected to Trump. According to that report, Democrats involved in the planning were emphasizing investigations rather than an immediate effort to impeach the President.

Despite his sharp criticism of the Trump administration, Jeffries also left open the possibility that a Democratic House majority could work with the President on issues where the two sides find agreement.

“We’ve said from the very beginning of this Congress, if the other side of the aisle is willing to find the common ground necessary to decisively address the fact that everyday Americans are drowning in this Republican economy, working hard, playing by the rules, can’t thrive and can barely survive, then we’re committed to actually trying to find that common ground, as we just recently did with the housing affordability bill that is now law,” Jeffries said.

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A new academic study by a Yale University professor concluded that The New York Times’ reporting on Israel’s war against Hamas systematically presented the conflict in ways unfavorable to Israel, including by giving far greater attention to Palestinian suffering than Israeli suffering and minimizing Palestinian violence.

The study was conducted by Edieal Pinker, a professor at the Yale School of Management, and published in the academic journal Studies in Conflict & Terrorism.

Pinker examined 1,559 New York Times articles published between the Hamas-led October 7, 2023, attack on Israel and June 7, 2024. His analysis found that the newspaper frequently left out Israeli military casualties while giving less prominence to acts of violence carried out by Palestinians.

“Personal accounts of Palestinian suffering appear two out of every three days, while comparable accounts of Israeli suffering rarely appear,” Pinker wrote in his study.

According to Pinker’s analysis, the cumulative effect of the newspaper’s reporting was to depict Israel as the “sole aggressor” in the conflict while presenting Palestinians primarily as “passive victims.”

The New York Times rejected Pinker’s conclusions and defended its reporting on the Israel-Hamas war.

“Our editors make careful and deliberate choices about every story we publish to ensure our language, framing, prominence and tone remain true to our mission of independent journalism,” a spokesperson for the Times said in a statement.

“We remain open to good-faith disagreement but will not change our coverage to buttress entrenched perspectives,” the spokesperson added. “Our commitment is to independent reporting that our readers can trust.”

U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee also responded to the study, sharply criticizing the Times and what he described as broader bias in mainstream news organizations.

“When you didn’t think you could have more contempt for the NYT & the bias of MSM, this will solidify your outrage as to how unreliable once respected & now discredited news organizations have become,” Huckabee wrote on X.

A British Breslover, Yitzchok Elmkies z”l, a father of seven, was found dead in a wooded area near Uman over Rosh Hashanah, with Ukrainian authorities investigating the circumstances of his death amid reports that signs of violence were discovered on his body.

Elmkies was approximately 45 to 50 years old and a resident of England and had been staying in Uman in recent months. One report said that he had been living in the Ukrainian city for approximately a year and a half.

According to sources, Elmkies was discovered by Breslover chassidim who had gone into the forest for hisbodedus during Rosh Hashanah. They came across him lying unresponsive and summoned emergency personnel and local authorities. Responders who arrived at the scene were unable to save him and pronounced him dead.

Signs of violence were found on Elmkies’ body, raising the possibility that he had been murdered. Investigators were examining a possible homicide. However, as of Sunday night, Ukrainian authorities had not officially confirmed that Elmkies was murdered, and the precise circumstances surrounding his death remained under investigation.

United Hatzalah confirmed that a Jewish man from England had been found dead in the forest near the tziyun of Rav Nachman of Breslov.

“During the holiday, we dealt with a case involving a person, a Jewish resident of England, who was found lying lifeless in the forest. The circumstances of the incident are under investigation,” said Aharon Ben Harush, director of the United Hatzalah delegation and deputy head of its Uman branch.

Ben Harush said United Hatzalah representatives in Uman were also working with Ukrainian officials in an effort to have the body released as quickly as possible for kevurah.

“United Hatzalah representatives in Uman are working with the authorities to have his body released for burial as soon as possible,” he said.

The discovery occurred during the massive annual Rosh Hashanah gathering in Uman, where tens of thousands of Yidden from Israel, the United States, Britain and countries around the world had traveled to spend the Yom Tov near the tziyun of Rav Nachman of Breslov.

During the two days of Rosh Hashanah, United Hatzalah personnel operating their Uman medical clinic treated dozens of people who became ill or suffered injuries of various kinds.

Elmkies’ death cast a pall over the enormous Rosh Hashanah gathering, particularly as word spread that he had been found by fellow chassidim in a forest used by visitors for hisbodedus.

Ukrainian police were continuing to investigate the case Sunday night and had not yet publicly announced a definitive cause or manner of death. Reports emphasizing the possibility of murder remained based on the reported signs of violence and information from people familiar with the scene rather than an official determination by investigators.

Elmkies is survived by seven children.

Yehi zichro boruch.

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