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Amid the looming coalition crisis over the lack of a Chareidi draft bill, Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara announced on Thursday evening that “the IDF will issue over 50,000 draft notices to yeshiva students in the upcoming month of Tammuz and will soon present an enforcement plan against draft dodgers.” “This was presented by army officials at a meeting with the Attorney General today with the participation of the head of the IDF’s Manpower Directorate.” According to the Attorney General’s letter, this concerns approximately 54,000 orders (referred to as “the pool”) that will be sent during the upcoming month of July, with reporting dates staggered throughout the recruitment year, according to a plan to be determined by the army. At the same time, the army will soon present a plan to encourage voluntary recruitment of those receiving the orders, alongside “concrete steps” to improve enforcement regarding evaders, including proactive enforcement actions by the army, improved enforcement at Ben Gurion Airport, and improved cooperation with the Israel Police in enforcement actions. (YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)

In a turn of events nearly everyone knew was going to happen, Elon Musk launched a blistering attack on President Trump Thursday, declaring all-out war with a savage message on X: “Without me, Trump would have lost the election, Dems would control the House, and the Republicans would be 51-49 in the Senate.” Musk didn’t hold back, calling out what he called “ingratitude” as their once-close alliance descends into chaos. This dramatic public spat marks a shocking rupture between two of the biggest personalities in American politics and tech. The feud centers around Trump’s signature “One, Big, Beautiful Bill,” a massive tax-and-spending package projected to add trillions to the U.S. national debt over the next decade. Musk, who once supported Trump’s agenda, launched a digital campaign Wednesday to “Kill the Bill,” claiming it includes “a mountain of disgusting pork” and unfair cuts to electric vehicle and solar incentives. Trump responded during a meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, suggesting Musk was angry about the bill’s EV tax credit rollback. “I’m very disappointed because Elon knew the inner workings of this bill,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office during a bilateral meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. “I’m very disappointed in Elon. I’ve helped Elon a lot.” Trump suggested that Musk, who earlier this week called the GOP bill a “disgusting abomination,” was upset that the bill cut out a tax credit meant to incentivize electric vehicle purchases. “Elon’s upset because we took the EV mandate, which was a lot of money for electric vehicles and they’re having a hard time with electric vehicles and they want us to pay billions of dollars in subsidy,” Trump said. “Elon knew this from the beginning.” But Musk fired back on X, exposing the president’s hypocrisy: “Whatever. Keep the EV/solar incentive cuts in the bill, even though no oil & gas subsidies are touched (very unfair!!), but ditch the MOUNTAIN of DISGUSTING PORK.” Adding fuel to the fire, Musk questioned Trump’s claims that he “knew the inner workings of the bill better than anybody,” asserting, “False, this bill was never shown to me even once and was passed in the dead of night so fast that almost no one in Congress could even read it!” Sources close to the ongoing fallout reveal that long-standing speculation about their falling out has just become reality. For months, the two figures maintained a veneer of friendship—Trump even praised Musk as a “friend” in the Oval Office last week, praising him for his work on DOGE. Now, with Musk distancing himself from Trump and criticizing him openly, their relationship has crumbled in spectacular fashion—dragging their once-allyship into the spotlight as a full-blown public feud. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

The IDF issues evacuation warnings for four buildings and the area surrounding them in Beirut’s southern suburbs, ahead of airstrikes against a Hezbollah assets in the Lebanese capital.

PHOTOS: FDNY Commissioner Robert S. Tucker, along with other top FDNY officials, visited Misaskim headquarters, where they were briefed on the organization’s critical work through the Yedid program and their response to tragedies and crisis incidents in the community.

Reports of two people injured after a group of Arabs attacked Jews with rocks near a farm between Roi and Beka’ot in the Jordan Valley. One of the victims is reportedly in moderate condition. A helicopter was dispatched for a quick evacuation of the injured.

President Trump cast doubt on his current rapport with Elon Musk on Thursday, following harsh criticism from the billionaire entrepreneur aimed at the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act.” The president’s remarks suggested that their previously strong bond might now be fractured.

“Elon and I had a great relationship. I don’t know if we will anymore,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office ahead of a scheduled meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz.

“He hasn’t said bad about me personally, but I’m sure that’ll be next. But I’m very disappointed … I’ve helped Elon a lot.”

Since stepping down last week from his role as head of the Department of Government Efficiency, Musk has taken to X in a barrage of posts denouncing the Trump-supported bill. Over several days, he labeled the legislation “disgusting” and implored lawmakers to “kill the bill.”

Musk, who leads both Tesla and SpaceX, took issue with the Republican-backed plan over its projected impact on the national deficit and reportedly fumed over the elimination of electric vehicle tax credits that had been implemented under Biden’s administration.

“He’s not the first. People leave my administration and they love us and then at some point they miss it so badly, and some of them embrace it and some of them actually become hostile. I don’t know what it is, it’s sort of Trump derangement syndrome, I guess they call it. … The glamor is gone, the whole world is different, and they become hostile,” Trump said of Musk.

“I’m very disappointed because Elon knew the inner workings of this bill,” the president added. “He never had a problem until right after he left.”

{Matzav.com}

PHOTOS: FDNY Commissioner Robert S. Tucker, along with other top FDNY officials, visited Boro Park Chaverim headquarters, where they met with coordinators from both Boro Park and Flatbush Chaverim and toured their equipment to gain insight into their operations.

The IDF releases a video showing the demolition of a Hamas tunnel in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis during recent operations.

A 21-year-old Israel Defense Forces commando left the front line in Gaza to donate life-saving bone marrow to a 5-year-old girl battling leukemia.

The soldier, identified as A., a resident of Kfar Tavor near Mount Tabor in the eastern Lower Galilee serving in the Golani Commando Unit (formerly known as the Golani Reconnaissance Battalion), was contacted by Hadassah University Medical Center in Yerushalayim’s Ein Kerem as he was about to leave the combat zone, Israeli outlet Channel 12 News reported on Thursday.

Years earlier, as he joined the army at the IDF’s induction center, he had submitted a saliva sample to Hadassah’s volunteer bone marrow donor registry. That sample led to his identification as a perfect genetic match for a young patient in need.

“I was sitting on the truck, packed and ready to head out of Gaza, when I got the call,” A. recalled. “The coordinator told me I could save a life. At first, I didn’t realize how big of a privilege this was.”

Though the process was initially delayed due to the recipient’s medical condition, A. was eventually located again—this time during another deployment in Gaza—after Hadassah staff tracked him down through his commanding officer. With permission from his battalion commander, he was pulled from the field and proceeded with the procedure in Yerushalayim.

The donation was performed via bone marrow extraction from the pelvic bone—a method requested due to the young age of the recipient.

The procedure, while slightly invasive, is safe and does not pose long-term risks to the donor, said Professor Reuven Or, director of Hadassah’s bone marrow registry.

“This donation can only happen because of the choice soldiers are given on enlistment day to join the registry,” said Eden Dahan, a Hadassah transplant coordinator. “We preserve those samples for years, and when a match is found—even during wartime—we reach out.”

A. is now recovering and feels immense pride. “There’s no better feeling than knowing I saved a life,” he said. “I hope the transplant succeeds. That’s what matters most.”

According to Hadassah registry director Ofra Elkobi, A. is one of many soldiers located during the war who have paused their duties to donate. “Israel’s younger generation is proving to be the generation of victory—not only in battle, but in saving lives,” she said. JNS

{Matzav.com Israel}

President Donald Trump intensified his assertions that officials using an autopen undermined the actions of his predecessor, Joe Biden, even suggesting Thursday that “essentially whoever used the autopen was president.” “I happen to think I know” who was using a tool that allows for auto signatures, Trump told reporters in the Oval Office, while saying it was the “biggest scandal” in years. The Justice Department under Democratic and Republican administrations has recognized the use of an autopen to sign legislation and issue pardons for decades. Trump presented no evidence that Biden was unaware of the actions taken in his name, and the president’s absolute pardon power is enshrined in the U.S. Constitution. “It’s a very bad thing, very dangerous,” Trump said, arguing that, “Essentially, whoever used the autopen was the president.” Those comments came a day after Trump directed his administration to investigate Biden’s actions as president, alleging aides masked his predecessor’s “cognitive decline” and casting doubts on the legitimacy of his use of the autopen to sign pardons and other documents. An executive order he signed marked a significant escalation in Trump’s targeting of political adversaries and could lay the groundwork for arguments by the Republican that a range of Biden’s actions as president were invalid. Biden responded in a statement Wednesday night: “Let me be clear: I made the decisions during my presidency. I made the decisions about the pardons, executive orders, legislation, and proclamations. Any suggestion that I didn’t is ridiculous and false.” Trump wrote in a memo Wednesday that, “This conspiracy marks one of the most dangerous and concerning scandals in American history.” The American public, he said, “was purposefully shielded from discovering who wielded the executive power, all while Biden’s signature was deployed across thousands of documents to effect radical policy shifts.” Trump directed Attorney General Pam Bondi and White House counsel David Warrington to handle the investigation. Even as Trump doubled down on his accusations, it is unclear how far Trump will push this effort, which would face certain legal challenges. It nonetheless reflects his fixation on Biden, who defeated him in 2020, an election that Trump never conceded and continues to falsely claim was rigged against him. In lobbing allegations against Biden on Thursday, Trump continued to insist that the 2020 election was stolen from him. Trump frequently suggests that Biden was wrong to use an autopen, a mechanical device that replicates a person’s authentic signature. Although they’ve been used in the White House for decades, Trump claims that Biden’s aides were usurping presidential authority. Biden issued pardons for his two brothers and his sister shortly before leaving office, hoping to shield them from potential prosecution under Trump, who had promised retribution during last year’s campaign. Other Biden pardon recipients included members of a congressional committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol. Trump often suggests that his political opponents should be investigated, and he has directed the Justice Department to look into people who have angered him over the years. They include Chris Krebs, a former cybersecurity official who disputed Trump’s claims of a stolen election in 2020, and Miles Taylor, a former Department of Homeland Security official who wrote an anonymous op-ed sharply critical of the president in 2018. Meanwhile, House Oversight Chairman James Comer of Kentucky, […]

President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping had a long-awaited phone call on Thursday that centered almost exclusively on trade issues. Both sides agreed to arrange meetings between their respective teams, setting the stage for additional negotiations.

“I just concluded a very good phone call with President Xi, of China, discussing some of the intricacies of our recently made, and agreed to, Trade Deal,” Trump shared on Truth Social following the 90-minute discussion.

“There should no longer be any questions respecting the complexity of Rare Earth products,” he continued, characterizing the conversation as ending on a positive note for both the United States and China.

One of the more difficult sticking points in the trade discussions had been China’s tight grip on rare earth elements. As previously reported by The Post, Beijing had been unwilling to relax its export limitations on these critical materials.

These rare earth resources, controlled in large part by China, are indispensable for manufacturing a range of advanced technologies, including smartphones, drones, and electric vehicles. The potential for Beijing to cut off exports had raised serious alarms over the impact such a move could have on U.S. national security and economic stability.

Just days earlier, Trump had expressed frustration over China’s handling of the agreement. “The bad news is that China, perhaps not surprisingly to some, HAS TOTALLY VIOLATED ITS AGREEMENT WITH US. So much for being Mr. NICE GUY!” he posted on Truth Social last Friday.

Despite that fiery criticism, the tone of the recent phone call appeared more conciliatory. According to Trump, Xi extended a personal invitation for him and his wife, Melania, to visit China — and the president responded with an invitation of his own.

Xi also invited Trump and his wife, Melania, to visit China, and the US president reciprocated the offer, he wrote.

“As Presidents of two Great Nations, this is something that we both look forward to doing,” Trump wrote of the prospective China visit.

“The conversation was focused almost entirely on TRADE. Nothing was discussed concerning Russia/Ukraine, or Iran.”

In an earlier exchange with a reporter inside the Oval Office, Trump had remarked that he planned to take a cooperative approach with China during talks, brushing aside any expectation that he would press the issue of COVID-19.

Although tensions over trade had been mounting for months, the two leaders had not engaged directly until now. This phone call marked a notable shift, with the potential for more substantial progress in the near future.

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WATCH: Jolani’s Syrian forces intercepted a massive weapons shipment in Qusayr, Syria, containing dozens of Kornet anti-tank missiles and 30mm rounds, intended to go into the hands of Hezbollah terrorists.

POTUS: “The autopen I think is the big scandal outside of the rigged election of 2020. I think the biggest scandal of the last many years is the autopen.”

TRUMP ON ELON: “Elon is upset because we took the EV mandate, which was a lot of money for electric vehicles, and they’re having a hard time … I know that disturbed him… He wanted somebody that he knew very well to run NASA and I didn’t think it was appropriate… He happened to be a Democrat. We won, we get certain privileges.”

President Biden insists that he was fully in control during his time in office and dismissed any claims that others were acting on his behalf through the use of an autopen. His defense came just hours after President Trump called for an official investigation into the matter.

Trump instructed Attorney General Pam Bondi on Wednesday to initiate a probe into the potential misuse of the autopen by Biden’s aides. He raised the possibility that they had taken advantage of Biden’s mental state to make significant decisions in his name.

“I made the decisions about the pardons, executive orders, legislation, and proclamations. Any suggestion that I didn’t is ridiculous and false,” Biden declared in a formal statement.

He also blasted the inquiry as a political ploy. “This is nothing more than a distraction by Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans who are working to push disastrous legislation that would cut essential programs like Medicaid and raise costs on American families, all to pay for tax breaks for the ultra-wealthy and big corporations.”

The controversy reignited after the Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project released findings that revealed Biden had authorized numerous critical documents using an autopen, including presidential proclamations, clemency grants, and directives.

Trump wasted no time in using these revelations to question the authenticity of those actions, particularly focusing on the flurry of pardons issued in Biden’s final days in office.

This week, the White House verified that Ed Martin, the leader of a task force scrutinizing potential abuse of executive powers, is examining whether Biden was mentally capable at the time or if others exploited his condition through tools like the autopen.

At the same time, Republicans in the House, spearheaded by Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer of Kentucky, launched their own review. They have requested testimony from five individuals who previously worked closely with Biden to determine if there was an intentional effort to hide concerns over his mental state.

On Wednesday, Trump escalated the matter by formally initiating a deeper inquiry into the autopen controversy. This probe will be overseen by White House counsel David Warrington and coordinated with Attorney General Bondi.

“In recent months, it has become increasingly apparent that former President Biden’s aides abused the power of Presidential signatures through the use of an autopen to conceal Biden’s cognitive decline and assert Article II authority,” Trump wrote in a directive to Bondi.

“This conspiracy marks one of the most dangerous and concerning scandals in American history,” he warned. “The American public was purposefully shielded from discovering who wielded the executive power, all while Biden’s signature was deployed across thousands of documents to effect radical policy shifts.”

Presidents have relied on autopen machines dating back to at least Jefferson’s time, using them mostly for routine documents like seasonal greetings. The practice, as it’s currently known, became more prevalent during Truman’s presidency and has been common ever since.

Trump, however, cast doubt on the integrity of Biden’s use of the device, expressing concern that it might have enabled staffers to usurp presidential powers.

“Given clear indications that President Biden lacked the capacity to exercise his Presidential authority, if his advisors secretly used the mechanical signature pen to conceal this incapacity, while taking radical executive actions all in his name, that would constitute an unconstitutional wielding of the power of the Presidency, a circumstance that would have implications for the legality and validity of numerous executive actions undertaken in Biden’s name,” Trump stated in his memo.

The investigation is also expected to examine whether there were coordinated efforts by Biden’s aides to dismiss genuine footage of his mental lapses as manipulated or fake.

This controversy has resurfaced amid renewed scrutiny of Biden’s cognitive function, especially in the wake of Jake Tapper’s recently published book Original Sin, which delves into the mental condition of the 46th president throughout his administration.

{Matzav.com}

UPDATE: The individual critically injured when a wall collapsed outside T Fusion Kosher Steakhouse at Quentin Road and East 33rd Street has tragically passed away at Brookdale Hospital. Sources tell Flatbush Scoop that the victim was a worker who was fatally injured during a partial roof collapse Thursday morning. A full investigation into the incident is currently underway.