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New York City Comptroller Mark D. Levine welcomes New Yorkers at the inauguration of New York City Mayor Zoran Mamdani in 3 different languages.

Supreme Court justices Yitzchak Amit, Ofer Grosskopf, and Gila Kanfi-Steinitz issued a conditional order to the state on Thursday, freezing a law that allows the Education Ministry to dismiss teachers who publicly support terrorism. The order requires the state to explain why the law should not be repealed in response to petitions filed against it […]

Dirshu is coming to Far Rockaway and the Five Towns. This coming Sunday, 16 Teves/January 4, will mark a historic milestone in Far Rockaway and the Five Towns which will host their first ever major Dirshu event, An Evening of Celebration and Chizuk. The evening will start off with a gala siyum on Mishnah Berurah Chelek Gimmel […]

OAC delivers the opening remarks at the public inauguration ceremony for New York City Mayor Zoran Mamdani.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders stood with the crowd on the front steps of City Hall for Zohran Mamdani’s inauguration. Ocasio-Cortez is set to speak, while Sanders will administer the oath to the new mayor during this afternoon’s ceremony.

Former Mayor Bill de Blasio offered advice to Zohran Mamdani, noting that from his own experience, no matter how much you prepare, “you’re still going to get thrown a lot of curveballs.”

HAPPENING NOW: Chants of “Free Free Palestine” break out at Mamdani inauguration, while another woman is on live TV demanding Mamdani keep to his campaign promise to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu if he visits NYC.

IDF officer (res.) Dovi Yudkin published a sharp warning on Thursday on his Facebook account regarding the treatment of Charedi prisoners in military prisons. Yudkin, from Kfar Chabad, is the brother of Capt. Yisrael Yudkin, H’yd, who fell in the Gaza Strip more than a year and a half ago. Yudkin stated that he chose […]

Residents of cities near Bnei Brak are planning to carry out a counter-protest against the wave of Chareidi protests against the draft by creating a deliberate traffic jam on the roads leading to Bnei Brak on Erev Shabbos, blocking access to the city. The protesters, frustrated with highway closures and weekly traffic jams caused by […]

The Shin Bet, Israel Police, and IDF have uncovered a weapons-smuggling network operating in the Negev using drones. Four MAG machine guns were seized after being transported by a drone that was intercepted and downed by IDF forces.

The massive anti-regime protests in Iran have now spread to more than 50 cities.

IDF soldiers patrol Mount Hermon as heavy snowfall blankets the area.

ACA enhanced health-insurance subsidies have expired today (Jan. 1, 2026), meaning the extra premium tax credits that helped lower monthly costs for millions of marketplace enrollees are now gone unless Congress acts.

Members of an anti-Hamas militia in the Gaza Strip marked the anniversary of Fatah’s founding with chants of “Death to Hamas.”

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has proposed eliminating state income taxes on tips, following backlash from service-industry workers. Her plan would remove New York state income tax on up to $25,000 in tipped earnings, aligning with President Trump’s move to end federal taxes on tips.

Firefighters rescued an elderly person trapped in a vehicle during flooding near the Tzofim crossing in Samaria, using a specialized flotation vest to safely carry out the rescue.

Motorcade of Prime Minister Netanyahu Bibi’s seen on Wednesday heading northbound on the Turnpike in Florida, following hisbevent at Bal Harbor.

Zaka departing Ben Gurion Airport to Switzerland following the devastating fire.

President Donald Trump defended his energy and health in an interview with The Wall Street Journal and disclosed that he had a CT scan, not an MRI scan, during an October examination about which he and the White House delayed offering details. Trump, in the interview, said he regretted undergoing the advanced imaging on his […]