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President Trump said Tuesday that the United States will receive a massive shipment of Venezuelan oil, announcing an agreement under which the South American country will sell tens of millions of barrels at prevailing market rates, with Washington retaining authority over how the revenue is used.

According to Trump, the deal involves a transfer of between 30 million and 50 million barrels of oil, which he said will be delivered directly to the United States. He made clear that the proceeds from the sale will not be freely handled by Venezuelan authorities.

“I am pleased to announce that the Interim Authorities in Venezuela will be turning over between 30 and 50 MILLION Barrels of High Quality, Sanctioned Oil, to the United States of America,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social.

He added that the oil will be sold without discounts or premiums and that the resulting funds will be placed under his supervision.

“This Oil will be sold at its Market Price, and that money will be controlled by me, as President of the United States of America, to ensure it is used to benefit the people of Venezuela and the United States!” Trump wrote.

Trump said he has already instructed his administration to move forward with the arrangement without delay.

“I have asked Energy Secretary Chris Wright to execute this plan, immediately.”

The president also explained that the oil will be transported straight to American ports using storage vessels, streamlining the delivery process.

Trump’s announcement comes in the aftermath of the January 3 military operation that removed and captured Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro. Since that operation, the president has repeatedly said he wants to see a broader American energy presence in Venezuela, including increased involvement by U.S. oil companies and expanded production in the country’s vast oil fields.

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In the wake of the fatal ramming during a chareidi draft protest in Yerushalayim, Shas spokesman Asher Medina delivered a forceful and unequivocal response in an interview on Kikar FM, describing the incident as a defining moment in relations between the chareidi public and the state.

Appearing on the program amid the unfolding shock, Medina said the evening marked an unprecedented rupture. “This is an extremely difficult night,” he said. “It can be marked as a red line, perhaps even a watershed moment in relations between the chareidi public and the state. We’ve been through countless difficult demonstrations in recent years — judicial reform, war, hostages — but a line like this has never been crossed. A young man goes out to a protest and doesn’t come home.”

Medina pointed to disturbing footage from the scene, saying it raises fundamental questions about how such an event could occur. “You see a bus driving wildly into a crowd. You ask yourself, who can allow himself to do such a thing? Who feels that this is permitted?”

According to Medina, the prevailing feeling within the chareidi community is one of abandonment and exposure. “There is a very harsh sense that our blood has been made ownerless. The chareidi public has become a punching bag. Every politician who wants to score points allows himself to impose another sanction, another decree, another blow — and then a situation is created where everything is allowed.”

While stressing that he was not drawing investigative conclusions, Medina made clear that Shas is demanding a comprehensive and uncompromising probe. “Shas chairman Aryeh Deri spoke just minutes ago with the police commissioner and demanded that the incident be investigated to the end, without a cover-up and without shortcuts. The driver was arrested, and the police committed to treating the event with the full severity of the law.”

At the same time, Medina said focusing solely on the driver misses the broader issue. “There is something here beyond technical details. It’s the atmosphere. It’s the incitement. If this had happened at another demonstration, in another place, the country would have been shaking. We would be hearing shocking condemnations from every direction. Here, somehow everything passes under the radar.”

Medina rejected claims that Shas or the wider chareidi leadership have remained silent. “The statement issued by Shas was on behalf of the entire faction, and it was not generic. It stated clearly — chareidi blood is not ownerless. Shas was the first to issue a sharp statement, and it was the one that set the condemnation in motion.”

He argued that criticism directed at chareidi leadership fails to address the real source of the problem. “This is not a spirit coming from within the chareidi public. The toxic wind is blowing from above — from politicians who incite, who talk about stripping rights, who portray the chareidi public as an enemy. In the end, it seeps into the street, and then you see scenes like this.”

Medina added that the immediate focus should not be internal recriminations. “There is a family that lost a son. Parents who were never meant to bury a child. This is a night of mourning and shock. Later, we will need to conduct a national reckoning — but first of all, to understand that a red line has been crossed.”

He concluded the interview with a call for unity across the chareidi spectrum in the face of what he described as a broad assault. “When chareidim are attacked — all of us are attacked. Not Shas, not Degel, not chassidim and not Litvaks. This is one front, and that must be the response.”

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Rep. Dan Goldman has formally launched his campaign for re-election to the U.S. House, where he represents New York’s 10th District.

i24NEWS reports that President Trump has given Israel the green light to launch a broader military operation against Hezbollah in Lebanon, with the final decision now in the hands of Prime Minister Netanyahu.

Stephen A. Smith: We should not be complaining about the fact that Nicolas Maduro is captured.

Watters: Is that how it works now? Whoever gets there first gets to keep it? So I guess Russia gets to keep Ukraine.

Rep. Steve Cohen says Pres. Trump should be “wiped out” and compares J6 to 9/11, Pearl Harbor, and JFK’s assassination.

AG. Pam Bondi on the arrest of Maduro: “This isn’t just a drug dealer. He’s a monster. He’s a narcoterrorist… they supplied these drug dealers with machine guns, with grenades, with everything to further their cocaine conspiracy and what they were doing around our country.”

A wave of relief and anticipation swept through the campus of Chevron Yeshiva on Tuesday following confirmation that a yeshiva bochur who had been held in a military prison is scheduled to be released Wednesday morning and return directly to the yeshiva.

The talmid, Yehuda ben Amram, is expected to regain his freedom in the early hours of the day after an early release was secured through sustained efforts by the yeshiva’s senior leadership.

Those involved said the matter was pursued intensively through official channels until the detention was brought to an end.

News of the impending release was met with visible excitement across the Givat Mordechai campus, where preparations are already underway for a large and celebratory reception to welcome the talmid back. Rabbonim of the yeshiva, alumni, and hundreds of current talmidim are expected to take part.

Organizers say the homecoming will be marked by singing and dancing as Yehuda ben Amram returns to the bais medrash and resumes his place among his fellow talmidim.

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JD VANCE: “2026 is going to be a great year for the American economy. Most importantly, it’s going to be a great year for the American worker.”

BREAKING: Michael Reagan, son of President Ronald Reagan, dies at 80 after battle with cancer.

TRUMP: I am pleased to announce that the Interim Authorities in Venezuela will be turning over between 30 and 50 MILLION Barrels of High Quality, Sanctioned Oil, to the United States of America. This Oil will be sold at its Market Price, and that money will be controlled by me, as President of the United […]

New details have emerged from the initial police investigation into the fatal incident during the anti-draft protest in Yerushalayim on Tuesday in which 14-year-old Yosef Eisenthal was tragically killed and three others were injured after being struck by a bus.

According to early findings and eyewitness accounts, the sequence of events began on Shamgar, where a bus hit three pedestrians — ages 14 and 17 — causing light injuries. Despite the impact, the bus continued driving at speed toward Ohel Yehoshua.

Footage from the scene shows the bus accelerating toward a group of protesters standing on the roadway. One 14-year-old was trapped beneath the bus and dragged for a considerable distance. Emergency responders rushed to the scene and carried out complex rescue efforts, but were ultimately forced to pronounce the boy dead.

The Driver’s Account: “I Was Attacked by Rioters”

The bus driver, who was detained immediately after the incident and questioned by police, maintains that he had no intention of harming anyone. In his statement, he said he entered an intersection that was open to traffic when it was suddenly blocked by large crowds.

He told investigators that protesters began attacking the bus, leaving him in what he described as immediate fear for his life. According to the driver, he even called the police emergency line to report the danger he was facing.

Police confirmed that the intersection was not part of a planned road closure and remained officially open to traffic. Investigators said the bus was blocked by individuals involved in disorderly conduct, creating a dangerous situation. Police also stated that the driver reported being attacked prior to the fatal incident.

At the same time, authorities stressed that all angles of the case remain under review, including why the driver continued driving after the initial collision on Shamgar.

Organizers Reject Police Characterization

While police have referred to “violent disturbances,” protest organizers have pushed back strongly, offering a different account of events. They say that the demonstration, which drew thousands, proceeded calmly and in accordance with instructions from leading rabbinic authorities.

In a statement, organizers said, “There were no clashes or riots at the protest itself. The tragedy occurred at a police roadblock more than a kilometer away from the main rally site. Our hearts are broken over this terrible loss, and we pray that we will no longer know sorrow and devastation within our borders.”

Following reports of the fatality, organizers said the protest dispersed quietly and in an orderly manner, while emphasizing that opposition to the draft law would continue.

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As the Trump administration continues to investigate a series of alleged fraud schemes at Minnesota day care centers run by Somali residents, social media users are falsely citing a Craigslist ad as evidence of such deceit. The ad, which is no longer live, said a day care center in Minneapolis’ Ventura Village neighborhood was hiring […]

New York City police say antisemitism continued to dominate the city’s hate crime landscape last year, with Jews accounting for a clear majority of reported bias incidents across all categories.

According to statistics released Tuesday by the NYPD, there were 330 suspected antisemitic incidents recorded in 2025, out of a total of 576 hate crimes citywide. That means more than half of all reported hate crimes—57 percent—were directed at Jews, translating to an alleged anti-Jewish incident roughly once every 26 hours.

The scale of the disparity is especially stark given that Jews make up about 10 percent of New York City’s population.

By comparison, police logged 52 suspected hate crimes motivated by sexual orientation, the next highest category, making antisemitic incidents more than six times as frequent. Other reported cases included 45 incidents targeting Black individuals, 25 targeting Asians, eight directed at Hispanic people, 30 Islamophobic incidents, 11 targeting white individuals, 28 based on gender, 16 involving unspecified ethnicities, and 31 directed at unspecified religious groups.

The NYPD emphasized that the figures reflect suspected hate crimes, not convictions. Investigators must establish a clear discriminatory motive for an incident to be classified as a hate crime, a legal standard that is often difficult to meet. As cases are reviewed, some incidents may later be reclassified as non-bias offenses if that threshold cannot be satisfied.

Because hate crime charges require proof of bias, convictions remain relatively uncommon. When secured, however, they carry enhanced penalties, reflecting the view that such crimes are intended to intimidate or harm an entire group rather than a single individual.

Police data shows that antisemitic incidents in 2025 dipped slightly—by about three percent—from the previous year, when 339 anti-Jewish incidents were reported. Overall, hate crimes across all categories declined by 12 percent compared to 2024.

Even with that decrease, antisemitic incidents remained far higher than any other type of bias crime. The NYPD noted that while reports surged following Hamas’s October 2023 invasion of Israel, Jews were already being targeted at disproportionately high levels well before that point.

The reported incidents span a wide range of offenses, including assaults, vandalism, and harassment.

“These numbers remain far too high and antisemitism continues to be the most persistent hate threat that we face,” NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said at a Tuesday press briefing alongside New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and New York Governor Kathy Hochul.

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Discussion inside the White House about Greenland has intensified again, with officials acknowledging that even the use of American military power has been considered as President Trump renews his focus on the Danish-controlled territory.

Addressing reporters on Sunday, Trump signaled that while Greenland is not his immediate priority, it remains firmly on the administration’s agenda. “We’ll worry about Greenland in about two months. Let’s talk about Greenland in 20 days,” he said.

During remarks aboard Air Force One, Trump framed the issue as a matter of strategic defense, pointing to increased foreign activity near the Arctic island. “Right now, Greenland is covered with Russian and Chinese ships all over the place,” he said. “We need Greenland from the standpoint of national security. And Denmark is not gonna be able to do it, I can tell you. You know what Denmark did recently to boost up security in Greenland? They added one more dog sled.”

Those comments followed a statement from White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, who made clear that all possibilities remain under consideration. “The President and his team are discussing a range of options to pursue this important foreign policy goal, and of course, utilizing the U.S. Military is always an option at the Commander in Chief’s disposal,” Leavitt said in a statement first reported by Reuters.

Leavitt emphasized that Trump’s interest in Greenland is longstanding and tied directly to security concerns in the Arctic. “President Trump has made it well known that acquiring Greenland is a national security priority of the United States, and it’s vital to deter our adversaries in the Arctic region,” she said.

The renewed attention to Greenland emerged just days after a dramatic U.S. military operation in Venezuela that resulted in the capture of President Nicolas Maduro, an event that appeared to bring Trump’s earlier ambitions regarding the world’s largest island back into focus.

Fueling controversy, former Trump administration official Katie Miller, who is married to Deputy White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, posted an image of Greenland overlaid with an American flag shortly after the Venezuela operation. The post triggered sharp backlash from officials in Copenhagen and leaders in Greenland’s semi-autonomous government.

Greenland’s premier, Jens Frederik Nielsen, responded bluntly to the image, calling it “disrespectful” and stressing that “our country is not for sale.”

In Denmark, the reaction was even more severe. Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen warned that a U.S. military move against Greenland would shatter the Western alliance. “If the United States chooses to attack another NATO country militarily, then everything stops,” she said. “That is, including our NATO and thus the security that has been provided since the end of the Second World War.”

Amid the heated rhetoric, Secretary of State Marco Rubio sought to tamp down fears of an imminent conflict. According to the Wall Street Journal, Rubio told lawmakers that there are no immediate plans to invade Greenland and that Washington’s objective remains a negotiated purchase rather than a takeover.

Supporters of that approach point to historical precedent. In 1917, Denmark sold the Danish West Indies to the United States for $25 million in gold, a transaction that resulted in what are now the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Beyond outright acquisition, officials have also explored quieter strategies. Since Trump’s first term, administration figures have examined proposals that would encourage Greenlandic independence from Denmark, followed by a compact of free association that would give the United States a formal role in the island’s foreign policy and defense in exchange for economic support.

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In recent weeks, Major (res.) Dovi Yudkin has been exposing the abuse of Chareidim in military prison, the lack of even the most basic accommodations for Chareidi soldiers, and the astonishing reality that the IDF has no need for Chareidi soldiers, as evident by the fact that hundreds of thousands of reservists have not been […]

The names, ranks and ages of the 32 Cuban military personnel killed during the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro by U.S. forces were published Tuesday by the Cuban government, which announced two days of mourning. Among the deceased are colonels, lieutenants, majors and captains, as well as some reserve soldiers, ranging in age from 26 to […]

Thousands of Iranians poured back into the streets Tuesday as the country’s largest protest movement in years surged into its 10th day, with a government announcement of a token monthly cash payment instead intensifying public fury rather than easing it. Demonstrations erupted across Iran after officials revealed that roughly 80 million eligible citizens would receive […]