CHAOS IN SYDNEY: Police charged into anti-Israel protesters near Sydney’s Town Hall during a visit by Israeli President Isaac Herzog, arresting 27 people — including 10 accused of assaulting officers — after violence erupted as authorities moved to disperse thousands in the crowd.
A 13-year-old Jewish boy was brutally attacked overnight in Paris while walking to shul in a serious antisemitic assault. The attacker punched and kicked the boy, threatened him with a knife, and shouted antisemitic slurs. The boy suffered injuries to his head and neck, and his yarmulke and phone were stolen. French authorities have opened […]
President Trump told Channel 12 News that Iran is eager to reach a deal, warning that “either we reach a deal, or we’ll have to do something very tough.” Trump said he is considering sending another aircraft carrier and additional forces to the region, adding that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also wants a deal — […]
Israeli officials are warning that Israel may insist on preserving the right to act militarily against Iran even if Washington reaches a diplomatic agreement with Tehran. Speaking to CNN ahead of talks between Prime Minister Netanyahu and President Donald Trump, Israeli officials said Netanyahu plans to press Trump for “freedom of action” against Iran, citing […]
U.S. forces at Al Udeid Air Base have moved Patriot missile systems onto mobile truck launchers as tensions with Iran have intensified, according to an analysis of satellite imagery. The move, which places the missiles on heavy military trucks rather than fixed or semi-static platforms, allows the systems to be repositioned quickly for either offensive […]
Nearly one in four Israelis will be chareidi by the year 2050, according to a new report from the Israel Democracy Institute (IDI). The study examined how the rapid growth of the Torah-observant public is likely to affect Israel’s economy, education system, and national institutions in the coming decades. It looks at two possible paths: […]
BMG Rosh Yeshiva, Hagaon HaRav Malkiel Kotler, Mekubal Hagaon HaRav Itche Meyer Morgernstern, and Rabbi Eli Mansour, seen at the Chasunah in Morocco of the daughter of renowned philanthropist R’ Lazer (Louis) Scheiner.
The Trump administration on Thursday will revoke a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, the White House announced. The Environmental Protection Agency will issue a final rule rescinding a 2009 government declaration known as the endangerment finding. That Obama-era policy determined that carbon […]
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Iran said recent nuclear talks with the United States demonstrated enough seriousness on Washington’s part to justify continuing diplomatic engagement, signaling cautious optimism despite a growing U.S. military posture in waters and bases near Iran. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said discussions held last week in Oman allowed Tehran to assess U.S. intentions and […]
President Donald Trump warned Tuesday that the United States is prepared to take military action against Iran if ongoing nuclear negotiations collapse. In an interview with N12, Trump said Washington is considering sending a second aircraft carrier strike group to the region, adding to an already significant U.S. naval presence. “Either we will make a […]
An annual meeting of the nation’s governors that has long served as a rare bipartisan gathering is unraveling after President Donald Trump excluded Democratic governors from White House events. The National Governors Association said it will no longer hold a formal meeting with Trump when governors are scheduled to convene in Washington later this month, […]
Trump on the Minnesota Fraud: “We think it’s at least $19 billion of fraud… We’re going to get to the bottom of it. We have the best people maybe in the whole country looking at that. We’re looking at California, too, because California is worse.”
TRUMP: “Interest rates should be lower. Every point is $600 billion… if we went down two points, we don’t have a deficit anymore—and that’s without cutting… When you think about it, it’s a paper charge. We should be the lowest interest rate in the world.”
TRUMP: “We want to get the SAVE America Act passed… We want people to have voter I.D., we want people to have proof of citizenship, and we want to have no mail-in ballots, other than if you’re in the military or you’re sick or… some reasonable, but good excuse.”
Trump on the economy: “I remember when I first won, they said, ‘If he gets the Dow up to 50,000 by the end of his fourth year, he will have done miracles’ — and we’re at the end of the FIRST year…Everything’s going great. We inherited a total mess from Biden…the inflation was the worst […]
Todd Lyons, the head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, defended his agency’s officers before Congress on Tuesday, standing behind their tactics and saying they would not be intimidated as they carry out the president’s mass deportation agenda. Lyons was one of the three heads of agencies implementing President Donald Trump’s immigration agenda to testify in a hearing […]
