A Hamas-aligned cyber-espionage group has dramatically expanded its intelligence-gathering campaign across the Middle East, deploying newly engineered malware and conducting hands-on intrusions inside government and diplomatic networks, according to new research from Palo Alto Networks. The group, known as Ashen Lepus, has operated since 2018 but intensified its activity throughout the Israel-Hamas war and continued […]
When Yad L’Achim came to David Altshuler of the Jewish Ad Group (JAG) with a bold Chanukah raffle idea, nobody expected what happened next! The entire campaign sold out, every ticket, in under three days! This wasn’t luck. And it definitely wasn’t “just another raffle.” This was a full-throttle, all-systems-go campaign built, branded, and executed […]
Tehran is demanding that the United Nations step in after what it describes as a “tightening of restrictions” on Iran’s diplomatic mission in New York, escalating a rapidly worsening standoff between Washington and the Islamic Republic. In a sharply worded statement Thursday, Iran’s foreign ministry condemned a U.S. decision to block three employees of its […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday that negotiators are wrestling with the question of territorial possession in U.S.-led peace talks on ending the war with Russia, including the future of Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region and the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, one of the world’s 10 biggest atomic plants. Zelenskyy revealed details of the ongoing discussions before he […]
China would likely defeat U.S. forces in a war over Taiwan, according to a top-secret Pentagon assessment that has rattled senior national security officials and raised urgent questions about Washington’s ability to deter Beijing in the Western Pacific. The highly classified “Overmatch Brief,” first reported by The New York Times, warns that America’s reliance on […]
Senior officials in President Donald Trump’s administration have held advanced internal discussions about imposing terrorism-related sanctions on the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), according to two sources with direct knowledge of the talks. UNRWA operates in Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon, Jordan, and Syria, running schools, clinics, food distribution centers, and emergency shelters. […]
The average rate on a 30-year U.S. mortgage edged higher this week, though it remains relatively near its low point so far this year. The uptick brings the average long-term mortgage rate to 6.22% from 6.19% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. A year ago, the rate averaged 6.6%. Borrowing costs on 15-year […]
Likud MK Tally Gotliv, a member of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, announced on Thursday that a senior Shin Bet official sent an officer to meet with a senior Hamas figure on October 6, 2023, about eight hours before the October 7 massacre began. Her statement follows reports about two senior Shin Bet […]
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is proposing to overhaul a regulatory panel that monitors the nation’s financial stability, by advocating for looser regulations. The Financial Stability Oversight Council, a U.S. body created in the wake of the 2008 global financial crisis, monitors risks to the financial system and coordinates regulators’ approaches to overseeing the U.S. […]
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell delivered an unusually blunt warning Wednesday: America’s job market may be far weaker than the official numbers suggest. In his post-meeting press conference, Powell said Fed staff believe government data may be overstating monthly job creation by as many as 60,000 jobs. Since published figures show the economy adding roughly […]
The Senate on Thursday rejected legislation to extend Affordable Care Act tax credits, essentially guaranteeing that millions of Americans will see a steep rise in costs at the beginning of the year. Senators rejected a Democratic bill to extend the subsidies for three years and a Republican alternative that would have created new health savings accounts — an unceremonious end […]
The 22-year-old Utah man charged with killing Charlie Kirk made his first in-person court appearance Thursday as his attorneys push to further limit media access in the high-profile criminal case. A Utah judge is weighing the public’s right to know details in the prosecution of Tyler Robinson against his attorneys’ concerns that the swarm of […]
Police in Goodyear, Arizona, are using artificial intelligence to help create realistic images of suspects in lieu of traditional sketches. They say the AI-generated images are based on victim and witness statements and don’t depict a real person.
WH Press Sec.: As we approach tax season, millions of Americans will see larger refunds thanks to President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill — with one study projecting an average refund increase of about $1,000 per filer.
WH Press Sec. goes through some of the economic progress made in 2025 under the Trump administration, including real wages on pace to increase $1,200 per worker, and gasoline down below $3 a gallon. “There’s much work to do, but this has already been significant progress.”
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte warned Thursday that Europe must prepare for the possibility of a major war with Russia “like our grandparents endured,” as Moscow escalates its threats and battlefield aggression across the continent. Speaking at a security forum in Berlin, Rutte said complacency in Western capitals is giving the Kremlin dangerous openings. “We […]
A robotaxi rider captured the frightening moment a Waymo he was riding in pulled out onto the road and into the path of another car in San Francisco on Tuesday, Dec. 9. Chris Riotta Rogers says the vehicle was nearly hit.
The Senate on Thursday rejected two competing health care bills, making it almost certain that Obamacare subsidies used by over 20 million Americans will expire at the end of the year. Senators voted 51–48 to advance a GOP plan expanding health savings accounts as an alternative to the outgoing tax credits. A Democratic plan to […]
The IDF on Thursday released the full, previously unseen footage of six Israeli hostages lighting Chanukah candles deep inside a Hamas tunnel weeks before they were murdered. The video, recovered from materials seized during IDF operations in Gaza, marks the first time the public is witnessing a direct, unfiltered glimpse into the hostages’ lives in […]
In a rare public concession, the head of Iran’s state broadcasting corporation has admitted that the military’s dramatic claims of shooting down two Israeli F-35 fighter jets during Operation Rising Lion were entirely false. Peyman Jabali, chief of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), told students at Shahid Beheshti University that IRIB merely repeated […]
