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A horrifying photo shows one of the two National Guard members who have been shot near the White House. The conditions of both are unclear.

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Two sources confirm to Fox News that two National Guard members were shot in Washington, D.C. about a mile from the White House, but their conditions are not known. The whereabouts of the alleged shooter are not known.

BREAKING UPDATE: At least 2 National Guard members have been shot near the White House – AP

BREAKING: A National Guard soldier has reportedly been SHOT outside the White House Condition is unknown, and it is not clear who shot them.

A sweeping challenge to President Trump and a group of his allies over the 2020 election came to an abrupt end on Wednesday, when the newly installed prosecutor announced he was abandoning the case entirely. Within minutes, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee signed off on the request, bringing the long-running prosecution to a full stop.

Judge McAfee issued a brief ruling granting the motion almost immediately after it was filed, writing simply: “This case is hereby dismissed in its entirety.”

The move came from Peter Skandalakis, who had stepped in to run the case after a year-long ordeal in which he attempted — unsuccessfully — to find an outside attorney willing to take over following the removal of District Attorney Fani Willis. In a 23-page explanation, Skandalakis admitted that the sprawling prosecution “is on life support and the decision [on] what to do with it falls on me and me alone.”

He went on to argue that the matter never belonged in state court to begin with. Skandalakis pointed directly to Jack Smith’s decision to abandon the federal version of the Georgia allegations after Trump’s 2024 victory, noting that the special counsel had concluded the case was barred by Department of Justice policy prohibiting charges against a sitting president. “If Special Counsel Jack Smith, with all the resources of the federal government at his disposal… concluded that prosecution would be fruitless,” Skandalakis wrote, “then I too find that, despite the available evidence, pursuing the prosecution… would be equally unproductive.”

Trump’s attorney Steve Sadow welcomed the development and praised the prosecutor, saying, “The political persecution of President Trump by disqualified DA Fani Willis is finally over. This case should never have been brought. A fair and impartial prosecutor has put an end to this lawfare.” Sadow described Skandalakis as “a fair and impartial prosecutor.”

Skandalakis had announced earlier this month that he was assuming responsibility for the case after being unable to secure “another conflict prosecutor,” warning that the deadline to appoint someone was reaching its end and risked dismissal if no replacement was found.

The original indictment, issued on Aug. 14, 2023, named Trump and 18 others on charges ranging from racketeering to conspiracy. Nine days later, Trump traveled to Atlanta for booking, becoming the first president in American history to sit for a mugshot. The roster of co-defendants included figures such as Rudy Giuliani, John Eastman, Sidney Powell, Jenna Ellis, Kenneth Chesebro, Mark Meadows, Jeffrey Clark, Michael Roman, Scott Hall, Cathy Latham, David Shafer, Ray Smith, Robert Cheeley, Shawn Still, Harrison Floyd, Misty Hampton, Stephen Lee, and Trevian Kutti. Four of them — Chesebro, Ellis, Hall, and Powell — entered guilty pleas in late 2023, receiving probation and other penalties.

But the case’s momentum had already been severely damaged by the scandal involving Willis and Nathan Wade, whom she had appointed as a special prosecutor. After revelations that the two had been in a personal relationship, Wade was pushed off the case in March 2024. The Georgia Court of Appeals then barred Willis and her office from any further involvement on June 3. Her final attempt to stay on the matter ended in September 2025, when the state’s Supreme Court refused to hear her appeal.

In his dismissal motion, Skandalakis laid out several reasons the case could not responsibly continue. He pointed out that the trial might not begin for a decade, given that Trump is not due to leave office until January 2029. He also emphasized that his office lacks the staff and resources required to manage a massive RICO prosecution of this size, and questioned the entire theory of the indictment. Actions listed as part of the alleged conspiracy — he wrote — were nowhere near sufficient to support a racketeering charge. “Overt acts such as arranging a phone call, issuing a public statement, tweeting to the public to watch the Georgia Senate subcommittee hearings… are not acts I would consider sufficient to sustain a RICO case,” Skandalakis wrote.

With Wednesday’s ruling, all criminal cases against Trump have now been closed. The only remaining courtroom battle is his appeal of the Manhattan verdict on 34 counts related to business records, for which he was given no punishment at sentencing.

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A forceful public letter was released today by the Chief Rav of Israel, Rishon LeTzion Rav David Yosef, addressing the frightening rise of domestic abuse and urging Klal Yisroel to eradicate this destructive behavior from our midst.

In strong language, the Chief Rav wrote that any form of assault within the home is a grave aveirah that runs counter to the very foundations of Torah life. He stressed that batei din are obligated to deal with such cases immediately and without leniency.

Rav Yosef lamented that “Sadly, we sometimes hear about severe cases of fighting and violence within families, even to the point of raising hands. Such acts are like those of the gentiles, devoid of manners and values, who have lost all human dignity. Our holy Torah calls such a person: ‘a wicked man.’” He described these episodes as foreign to a Jewish home and contrary to every value embedded in halachah.

He invoked the powerful warnings of his father, Rav Ovadia Yosef zt”l, who repeatedly denounced anyone who dares strike his wife. As he wrote, “As is known, my revered father, Rav Ovadia Yosef zt”l, warned many times and said sharp and precise words against the ‘wicked’ man who dares to raise his hands, especially against his wife, the queen of his home. ‘Cut off the hand of anyone who raises a hand against his wife. This is a serious sin, this is the act of gentiles, not the act of a Jew.’”

The Chief Rav made clear that the psak in batei din is unequivocal: “Any manifestation of violence, of any kind, is handled immediately, with great severity and seriousness by the esteemed judges.” He stressed that there is no tolerance or delay when dealing with such behavior.

Turning to the rabbanim and leaders in the field, Rav Yosef urged them to take an active role in helping victims and guiding them toward proper support. He wrote, “From here, I call on all community rabbis and public leaders in their respective areas, to stand by the victims, guide and direct them, and at times even immediately involve treatment agencies and law enforcement authorities, and to eradicate this scourge from among us, as it is a matter of life and death.”

Rav Yosef closed his powerful letter with an appeal to every member of Klal Yisroel: “To all our brothers and sisters, all the children of Israel, I send this call with affection: honor and cherish your wives. The woman is the crown of the home; she is the blessing of the home. Woe to the soul of anyone who does not know how to respect the honor of his wife, as this is one of the foundations of our Judaism.”

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Israeli officials have begun advancing steps tied to President Donald Trump’s Gaza framework, according to a Kan News update on Wednesday, as Washington intensifies its demands and the number of murdered hostages still inside Gaza continues to fall.

Military sources say the IDF is gearing up to bring large engineering vehicles into Rafah soon—possibly within the coming week—to start removing debris. This clearing work is intended to pave the way for a new humanitarian zone for Gazan civilians, one that would be completely out of Hamas’ hands.

Defense officials indicated that Israel has already updated the armed factions working alongside it in the area, explaining that the coordinated effort is meant to build a section of territory insulated from Hamas control. They described this as an early, practical step toward initiating the next part of the plan.

Under the American outline, a multinational force is eventually supposed to take responsibility for this secured zone, dubbed “New Gaza,” which currently remains under Israeli oversight. However, while several countries have signaled readiness to send troops, they remain unwilling to operate in “Old Gaza,” where Hamas still maintains its grip.

IDF units have already begun some of the groundwork in Rafah, including removing unexploded munitions and filling tunnels with concrete. Military officials said that even if discussions over the plan move forward, Hamas’ steadfast refusal to disarm means that these engineering activities still serve Israel’s goal of weakening and dismantling terrorist networks.

The scope of these preparations does not extend to Rafah’s Janina district, which Israeli intelligence believes still shelters dozens of underground Hamas operatives.

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As diplomatic pressure intensifies, Hamas officials are continuing to defend their stance on the group’s weapons, even as outside actors push for commitments ahead of the next phase of the Gaza ceasefire framework.

During an interview with al-Hadath/al-Arabiya, Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem reiterated that decisions about arms cannot be imposed from the outside. He insisted that “the issue of weapons should first be resolved within national dialogue and internal consultation, reaching political understandings related to the overall Palestinian situation,” making clear that internal agreement must drive any decision.

Qassem underscored that the conversation around disarmament “is connected to internal consensus, and is also tied to a real political process that leads to an independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital, far from the Israeli logic that speaks of disarmament and similar terms.” He framed the debate as inseparable from broader political objectives.

He stressed that Hamas views its participation in ceasefire talks as proof of its readiness to advance. According to him, the organization has “fully committed to everything required in the first stage in order to open the way for transitioning to the second stage, which Israel continues to obstruct,” a claim he said explains the current deadlock.

Qassem described recent engagements with international actors as part of that effort. Hamas, he said, has been conducting discussions with Egyptian, Turkish, and Qatari representatives, as well as with other Palestinian groups, “to consult and engage in dialogue, and to reach agreed-upon national political understandings to move into the second stage,” noting that this next phase “contains further matters and complications and requires national consensus before entering it.”

He also said the movement has tried to show goodwill during these talks, explaining that “the movement is working seriously to reach the second stage, with all the arrangements it requires regarding the situation in the Gaza Strip.” He pointed to the delegation’s trip to Cairo as evidence that Hamas “is serious” about preparing for what comes next.

The roadmap announced by President Donald Trump on October 10, 2025, sought to halt hostilities and chart a political course for Gaza, calling for the Strip’s disarmament and the creation of a technocratic Palestinian administration overseen by the international community.

While those provisions remain key sticking points, Hamas officials have continued to say that the weapons question remains open. Earlier in the week, senior Hamas figure Khalil al-Hayya maintained that the matter “is tied to the end of the Israeli occupation,” indicating that the group does not view disarmament as imminent.

At the same time, international pressure is growing. Qatar’s Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani stated that his government is urging Hamas to accept the necessity of disarmament, noting that Doha believes the group is signaling readiness to step away from governing Gaza.

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According to a report by the Iranian opposition outlet Iran International, the Mossad thwarted an Iranian Quds Force plot to carry out attacks against Israeli diplomats in Senegal and Uganda. The report says Iran recruited operatives from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and several African countries to gather intelligence on Israeli embassies and prepare violent attacks. According to […]

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Former New York City Fire Commissioner Robert Tucker is breaking his silence after abruptly resigning just hours following Zohran Mamdani’s stunning mayoral election win, revealing that it was the Democratic socialist’s campaign rhetoric on Israel that drove him out the door. In a newly released clip from an upcoming CBS Mornings interview, Tucker — a […]

The IDF released new documentation from the battle fought by the Golani Reconnaissance Unit deep inside Lebanon, marking one year since the unit crossed the Litani River on November 26, 2024. The footage shows the moment a terrorist was spotted in the river and eliminated by Golani soldiers. During the fighting, the troops also located […]

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by Rabbi Eliezer Sandler

The concept of the Yissachar-Zevulun Torah Learning Pact goes back well over 3,500 years, to the time of Yaakov Avinu and his sons. It is named for the Torah pact between two of his sons – Yissachar the scholar and Zevulun the merchant. Not only was it an equal pact but, Chazal explained, the deed of Zevulun/the Sponsor is considered even greater than that of Yissachar, because without the support of Zevulun, Yissachar would not have had the wherewithal to study Torah undisturbed.”

It is well-known that when it comes to learning Torah, people who sponsor the learning, often do so, not just as a donation. By financially supporting specific Torah scholars, they enter into a binding, written, signed and sealed learning partnership pact whereby the Sponsor (the Zevulun) is deemed by Halacha as if he personally studied the Torah completed by the Scholar (the Yissachar). (See below.) 

Thus, those who support the Talmidei Chachomim at Shas Yiden via a Yissachar-Zevulun Pact merit a portion in every daf of the entire Talmud Bavli and associated texts that they study, and complete the entire cycle in the space of ONE year. Some of the Sponsors opt to continue sponsoring repeat cycles of Shas which accrue to them.

Sar Hatorah, Maran Hagaon Harav Chaim Kanievsky, zt”l, Nasi Shas Yiden, emphasized: The most mehudar Yissachar-Zevulun pact to support in our times is that offered by Shas Yiden – it comprises the entire Shas, Rashi and Tosfos – all in just one year!

Rav Chaim explained why this pact with Shas Yiden is the most mehudar. Chazal say that the highest level of learning is when one understands what he is learning b’iyun u’ve’amkus. However, even higher than that is when one remembers b’al peh all what he has learned. I have farhered the Shas Yiden avreichim geonim many times and can attest ZEI KENNEN SHAS (they know Shas)!

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The Yissachar-Zevulun Pact in Halacha

The Shulchan Aruch in Yoreh De’ah Chapter 246 regarding the efficacy of the Yissachar-Zevulun Sponsorship Pact for the Zevulun (the Sponsor) states clearly:  It is deemed as if he (the one sponsoring the learning) himself learned all the Torah studied under the pact. 

All the learning under the Shas Yiden Yissachar-Zevulun Pact is yours בעוה”ז ובעוה”ב (in both This World and the World to Come)! Concerning this, the Netziv of Volozhin comments that in Olam Habah, the Zevulun sponsor will sit together with the Gedolei Torah of the past and merit to participate in their discussions and pilpulim on all the Torah learned.

Achieve Almost 7 million Mitzvos in One Year

The Vilna Gaon in Shnos Eliyahu Pe’ah 41 states that one should hold precious every word of Torah that he learns because each word is considered a mitzvah of its own. 

Thus, since in Talmud Bavli, Rashi and Tosfos there are 6,608,891 words, that translates into almost 7 million mitzvos accruing through Yissachar-Zevulun at Shas Yiden. 

Official Shtar from Shas Yiden

Each Yissachar-Zevulun pact is confirmed by an official contract (shtar) from Shas Yiden specifying the learning of the entire Shas, and is witnessed by talmidei chachomim.

All who wish to enter into a Yissachar-Zevulun Pact for the entire Shas during ONE year should contact Shas Yiden to make arrangements: 718-702-1528.

The opportunity to complete the entire Shas has been a cherished way to honor family members and others as a prized achievement. It has also proven to be a source of comfort for mourners to obtain such a zechus for their dear ones during the year of mourning – a siyum of the entire Shas can be completed on the yahrzeit!

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Beyond the Grave

The legendary visionary and “Father of Yeshivos”, Reb Chaim of Volozhin, was the founder of the famous yeshiva in the town of Volozhin and the beloved talmid of the Vilna Gaon. 

Reb Chaim had an ongoing Yissachar-Zevulun pact with a local shoemaker – a man who was not learned but who dearly valued Torah learning. They had a ‘deal’ whereby the shoemaker would pay the monthly financial support needed for Reb Chaim and his family. For this financial support, the shoemaker would have an equal share in all Reb Chaim’s daily Torah study – both in the mitzvah of Torah study בעוה”ז and that the knowledge of the Torah learned would continue to be his בעוה”ב (in the World to Come).

One day the shoemaker passed away suddenly. During the shiva period, Reb Chaim was facing a perplexing halachic question and researched high and low for a solution. That night the shoemaker appeared to him in a dream and gave him the full solution that he sought. Reb Chaim was amazed and commented, “Azoi gich, Azoi Gich – So quickly, so quickly has he acquired the zchus and knowledge of the Torah that I have studied!”

In the words of Gedolei Torah:

Maran Hagaon Harav Chaim Kanievsky, zt”l, Nasi Shas Yiden:

“In just ONE year, through Yissachar-Zevulun at Shas Yiden, you can be zoche to the entire Shas forever – בעוה”ז ובעוה”ב (in olam hazeh and olam habah).

“Moreover, whoever supports Shas Yiden is zocheh to fulfill both Yissachar-Zevulun and support of aniyei (the poor of) Eretz Yisroel in the fullest sense of the word.

“Those who support Shas Yiden will be saved from chevlei (the travails of) Moshiach – spiritually and materially, and will be zoche to have ehrlicher bonim u’vanos yir’eishomayim ”

Maran Hagaon Harav Dov Lando, shlit”a, Rosh Yeshiva, Slabodka:

“Who compares to the Shas Yiden? Incredible talmidei chachomim geonim who raised the bar in limud Hashas b’iyun u’v’amkus. Blessed are those who enter a Yissachar-Zevulun pact with them.”

Hamashpia Hagadol Reb Meilech Biederman, shlit”a:

 “Yissachar-Zevulun at Shas Yiden – best possible deal, and in just 1 year! 100% partnership! 100% Shas x 5 times! 100% Shisha Sidrei Mishna – בעוה”ז ובעוה”ב”

Sanzer Rebbe, shlit”a:

“A first in 2000 years of Jewish history! Until Shas Yiden, never a Torah institution where ALL the avreichim metzuyonim v’geonim know the entire Shas by heart”

Harav Yaakov Hillel, shlit”a:

“Therefore, the great mitzvah to support the efforts [of the Talmidei Chachomim] with generous donations in order that they should continue diligently with their studies to enhance the greatness of the Torah and its glory. 

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Dr. Anthony Fauci spent the pandemic years burying critical information about where COVID-19 came from, FDA Commissioner Marty Makary alleged in a fiery appearance on “Pod Force One,” accusing the longtime federal health official of directing an intentional and far-reaching concealment.

Makary, who previously taught at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, told host Miranda Devine that while leading the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, Fauci aggressively shut down discussion of a possible lab leak in China — a suppression effort that, he argued, went largely unnoticed inside the medical world. “One thing that’s extremely obvious that very few people realize, and certainly hardly anyone in the medical establishment where I come from realized, is that [Fauci] was involved in a massive cover-up of the origins of COVID, a massive cover-up,” the FDA commissioner said.

He emphasized that the concealment was indisputable, regardless of whether Fauci had any personal involvement in the underlying experiments. “Whether or not he was involved in the experiments or funding the experiments that led to the origins of COVID, he was clearly 100% involved in the cover-up,” he added.

Fauci — who also held the role of chief medical adviser to President Joe Biden — received a sweeping presidential pardon last December, insulating him from prosecution for any potential offenses dating back to 2014. Makary suggested that this blanket pardon was not coincidental, arguing that Fauci’s alleged actions in hiding the virus’s origins overshadow even the “massive disagreements” he has with Fauci’s public health guidance during the crisis.

According to Makary, Fauci took the manipulation of scientific discourse to a new level. “[O]nly recently did Anthony Fauci take it to the next level of using science as political propaganda,” he told Devine. “He commissioned the pieces that lied about the COVID origins. The author who submitted the article said this was commissioned by Dr. Fauci and [Dr. Francis Collins, the former director of the National Institutes of Health] in that cover letter.”

Evidence released in 2023 by the House Oversight Committee showed that Fauci requested, reviewed, and approved a scientific paper — “The Proximal Origin of SARS-CoV-2” — written early in 2020 to push back against the notion that the virus originated from a Wuhan research facility.

Two months later, Fauci appeared at a White House briefing beside President Trump and cited that paper while arguing that a lab leak was unlikely.

The paper’s timing raised further questions: it was drafted just four days after Fauci and Collins held a call with its authors to address growing reports that COVID-19 could have escaped from the Wuhan lab.

Makary described the internal scramble during that period. “If you think back to the end of January, just before COVID became a thing in the news in the United States, January, February, what was Dr. Fauci doing? He was frantically engaging in a massive cover-up with 3 a.m. emails and phone calls,” he said. He added that the scientists involved originally told Fauci, “‘We think it came from the Wuhan lab,’” only to publish a letter days later asserting the opposite — after some reportedly received “millions of dollars in funding from Fauci’s agency.”

“This is not rocket science. It’s a no-brainer where it came from,” Makary fumed.

Beyond the origins debate, Makary accused Fauci and Collins of systematically weakening Obama-era restrictions on gain-of-function work and approving grants for risky viral manipulation projects. He argued that “They did everything you could do bureaucratically,” and said Fauci subsequently “parsed his words to basically lie to Congress” about the research.

He called the alleged deception “an American tragedy,” expressing disbelief that leading academics missed what he views as obvious. “What I’m shocked by coming from the faculty at Johns Hopkins is none of my colleagues knew any of this,” Makary said. “I could not believe that my colleagues had no idea of the origins and the facts surrounding the origins and the massive cover-up that Fauci and Collins led.”

Makary contended that Fauci and Collins managed to shape the narrative because of the immense influence they wield — influence tied deeply to federal research dollars. He said the Wuhan lab maintained “the safety standards of a poorly managed dental office,” yet the medical establishment still rallied behind Fauci and Collins.

“They have achieved sainthood, and they have tremendous power.”

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A remarkable gathering took place on Tuesday at Yeshivas Mir in Yerushalayim, where thousands of talmidim celebrated the completion Talmud Bavli and Yerushalmi learned l’ilui nishmas the late Roshei Yeshiva Z”tl, including Hagaon HaRav Nosson Tzvi Finkel Z”tl. The event was attended by the Roshei HaYeshiva, together with thousands of current talmidim and alumni. Also […]