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Negotiators Race To Finish Government Funding Bills After Late Clash On Homeland Security

Negotiators from Congress and the White House scrambled Monday to complete work on the remaining government funding bills for the fiscal year and avoid a partial shutdown for key departments that would begin this weekend without legislative action. Six months into the fiscal year, Congress is about halfway home in passing spending measures expected to […]

Supreme Court Denies Ex-Trump Aide Peter Navarro’s Bid To Stave Off Prison Sentence

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to halt a prison sentence for former Trump White House official Peter Navarro as he appeals his contempt of Congress conviction. Navarro is due to report Tuesday to a federal prison for a four-month sentence, after being found guilty of misdemeanor charges for refusing to cooperate with a congressional […]

Netanyahu Agrees To Send Israeli Officials To Washington To Discuss Rafah Offensive

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday agreed to send a team of Israeli officials to Washington to discuss with Biden administration officials a prospective Rafah operation as each side is looking to make “clear to the other its perspective,” White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said. The agreement to hold talks about Rafah […]

House Republicans Demand Answers On ‘Gag Order’ For Union Of Immigration Judges

House Republicans on Monday demanded answers on what led to a Justice Department order that a union of immigration judges get supervisor approval before speaking publicly about the heavily backlogged courts. Rep., Jim Jordan, Judiciary Committee chair, and Rep. Tom McClintock, who leads an immigration subcommittee, seek records related to “a reported gag order that […]

Gedolei Yisrael Establish Tefillos For Release Of Captives On Taanis Esther

לך כנוס את כל היהודים! In light of the situation in Eretz Yisrael, with over 100 hostages still being held in Gaza, the ongoing war and thousands of Israelis still displaced from their homes, Gedolei Yisrael have instructed that special tefillos for the release of the hostages and the security situation in Eretz Yisrael be held […]

Israeli Comedian Urges 100,000 Israelis To Keep Shabbos Parshas Zachor

Popular Israeli comedian Guy Hochman stated on Motzei Shabbos that he plans on keeping Shabbos for the first time, davka beginning this Shabbos when Parshas Zachor is read, and invited his hundreds of thousands of followers on social media to join him, saying that he wants at least 100,000 people to keep Shabbos for the […]

Supreme Court Extends Block On Texas Law That Would Allow Police To Arrest Migrants

The Supreme Court on Monday indefinitely extended its block on a Texas law that would give police broad powers to arrest migrants suspected of illegally entering the U.S. while the legal battle it sparked over immigration authority plays out. The one-page order signed by Justice Samuel Alito did not set a deadline, instead extending the […]

Ex-Israeli MK Accused Of Espionage Was “Key Figure” In Drafting Paris Hostage Deal

Former Knesset member Azmi Bishara (Balad) who fled Israel in 2007 played a key role in the hostage negotiations in Paris and had a major influence on drafting the ceasefire/hostage deal between Israel and Hamas, the French newspaper Le Figaro reported on Sunday. According to the report, Bishara, who fled to Qatar after being accused […]

Social Media Influencer Charged With Joining The Jan. 6 Attack On The US Capitol

A conservative social media influencer has been charged with storming the U.S. Capitol and passing a stolen table out of a broken window, allowing other rioters to use it as a weapon against police, according to court records unsealed on Monday. Isabella Maria DeLuca was arrested last Friday in Irvine, California, on misdemeanor charges, including […]

HaGaon HaRav Shternbuch Instructed HaRav Kushelevsky To Serve As Sandak For His Son

Following the miraculous birth of his first son at age 88, HaGaon HaRav Tzvi Kushelevsky, who had received a bracha nine months early for a ben zachar from HaGaon HaRav Moshe Sternbuch, went to visit the Gadol straight from the hospital. HaRav Kushelevsky requested that HaRav Shternbuch serve as the sandak at the bris but […]

Astronaut Thomas Stafford, Commander Of Apollo 10, Has Died At Age 93

Astronaut Thomas P. Stafford, who commanded a dress rehearsal flight for the 1969 moon landing and the first U.S.-Soviet space linkup, died Monday. He was 93. Stafford, a retired Air Force three-star general, took part in four space missions. Before Apollo 10, he flew on two Gemini flights, including the first rendezvous of two U.S. […]

WATCH: Biden Decries George Bush’s Pressure On Israel In 1992

In March 1992, in a speech at that year’s AIPAC conference, then-Senator Joe Biden slammed then-President George H.W. Bush for pressuring Israel. Biden opposed steps by the Bush administration to condition loan guarantees to Israel on halting settlement construction in Yehudah and Shomron and holding peace talks with the Palestinians, even co-sponsoring a bill to […]

Dozens Of Peleg Protesters Demonstrate Against Chareidi Draft In Yerushalayim

Dozens of Charedim from Peleg blocked the tracks of the Jerusalem light rail on Jaffa Street and scuffled with police on Monday to protest efforts to end Charedi military draft exemptions. Chanting “If you go to the army, you and dogs are equal,” a riff on enlistment advocates’ call for “equality of the burden” between […]

EPA Comprehensively Bans Asbestos, Decades After A Partial Ban Was Enacted

The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday announced a comprehensive ban on asbestos, a carcinogen that is still used in some chlorine bleach, brake pads and other products and that kills tens of thousands of Americans every year. The final rule marks a major expansion of EPA regulation under a landmark 2016 law that overhauled regulations […]

Israeli Troops Have Killed 20 Hamas Gunmen in Shifa Hospital Raid [VIDEOS & PHOTOS]

In an ongoing operation that began early this morning, Israeli troops have killed 20 Hamas gunmen at Gaza City’s Shifa Hospital, according to the IDF and Shin Bet security agency. Defense Minister Yoav Gallant stated that the hospital was turned into a “death trap” for the terrorists. In addition to the fatalities, dozens of suspects […]

Supreme Court Will Hear NRA Free-Speech Lawsuit Against Former New York State Official

The Supreme Court will hear from the National Rifle Association on Monday in a lawsuit against a former New York state official who the NRA says pressured banks and insurance companies to blacklist the group after the deadly school shooting in Parkland, Florida. The NRA says former New York State Department of Financial Services superintendent […]

New Study Finds No Brain Injuries Among ‘Havana Syndrome’ Patients

An array of advanced tests found no brain injuries or degeneration among U.S. diplomats and other government employees who suffer mysterious health problems once dubbed “Havana syndrome, ” researchers reported Monday. The National Institutes of Health’s nearly five-year study offers no explanation for symptoms including headaches, balance problems and difficulties with thinking and sleep that […]

Biden And Netanyahu Hold First Call In More Than A Month As Tension Grows

President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke on Monday, their first interaction in more than a month, as the divide has grown between allies over food crisis in Gaza, conduct of war, according to the White House. The call comes after Republicans in Washington and Israeli officials expressed outrage after Senate Majority […]

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