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GOP Fractures Deepen as Speaker Johnson Pleads for Unity Amid Growing Dissent

House Speaker Mike Johnson is imploring his fellow Republicans to stop venting their frustrations in public and bring their complaints to him directly. “They’re going to get upset about things. That’s part of the process,” Johnson told reporters Thursday. “It doesn’t bother me. But when there is a conflict or concern, I always ask all members […]

FDNY Arrests 21-Year-Old for Staten Island ShopRite Fire

FDNY Fire Marshals have arrested 21-year-old Dominick Sacchetti in connection with a fire at a Staten Island ShopRite on November 26th. According to the criminal complaint, he now faces multiple charges, including arson, reckless endangerment, and criminal mischief.

Supreme Court Lets Texas Use Trump-Backed Congressional Map for 2026 Midterms

BREAKING: The Supreme Court allows Texas to use its Trump-backed congressional map in next year’s midterms overruling a lower-court decision that found the map likely unconstitutional due to racial-gerrymandering concerns. • The court issued a brief unsigned opinion granting Texas’s request. • The map was previously blocked by a federal court after judges concluded the […]

Grand Jury Again Declines to Indict NY AG Letitia James in Mortgage-Fraud Case

BREAKING: A grand jury has declined to indict New York Attorney General Letitia James after prosecutors brought the mortgage-fraud case to them a second time, just 10 days after a judge threw out the initial charges. • A source warned there should be no premature celebration, as DOJ could still seek a third attempt. • […]

NYT Sues Pentagon Over Hegseth’s New Restrictive Media Rules

New York Times sues Defense Sec. Pete Hegseth over restrictive Pentagon media rules • The New York Times Co. sued the Defense Department and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over the Pentagon’s new press policy. • The policy, which requires reporters to seek approval before publishing information, violates free press protections enshrined by the 1st Amendment […]

Appeals Court Temporarily Allows Trump to Keep National Guard in D.C.

Appeals court lets Trump keep National Guard troops in DC for now National Guard troops deployed to Washington, DC, can remain there for now, after a federal appeals court on Thursday temporarily froze a judge’s ruling that would have soon required them to leave the city’s streets. The DC Circuit Court of Appeals said it was […]

EasyJet to Resume Tel Aviv Flights in March, Signals Wider Reopening of Routes

British budget airline easyJet announced Wednesday that it will restart flights to and from Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport beginning March 29, 2026, marking the carrier’s first return to Israel since suspending service amid regional instability. In a statement emailed to reporters, an airline spokesperson said easyJet will initially relaunch routes connecting London Luton, Amsterdam, […]

IDF, Border Police Conduct Major Counterterror Raid in Qalqilya

Over the past day, the IDF and the Border Police carried out a wide counterterrorism operation in Qalqilya. Troops searched hundreds of sites, seizing an M16, and dozens of rounds of ammunition. During the operation, soldiers neutralized a terrorist who posed a threat to them and hurled a suspicious object towards them.

Trump Announces Mineral Agreements with Congo and Rwanda

President Trump: “Today, the United States is also signing our own bilateral agreements with the Congo and Rwanda that will unlock new opportunities for the United States to access critical minerals and provide economic benefits for everybody.”

Israel Sends Delegation to Cairo in Final Push to Recover Last Hostage’s Remains

Israel dispatched a high-level delegation to Cairo on Sunday for an urgent round of talks aimed at securing the return of the final deceased hostage held in Gaza, Ran Gvili hy”d, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office announced. The team — led by government hostage envoy Gal Hirsch and composed of senior representatives from the IDF, […]

New Poll Finds Shockingly High Levels of Antisemitic Beliefs Among U.S. Voters, With Younger Republicans Driving the Surge

A new Manhattan Institute survey has delivered a jarring warning about the state of antisemitism in American politics: nearly one in five Republican and Democratic voters openly hold anti-Jewish beliefs, including Holocaust denial. According to the poll of nearly 3,000 voters, 17% of Republicans and 20% of Democrats either self-identified as antisemitic, denied or minimized […]

WATCH IT: Netanyahu Whips Out “Bugs Bunny Doll”, Calls Corruption Case a “Political Trial”

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu launched an extraordinary public assault on Israel’s legal system Thursday, accusing state prosecutors of waging a “political trial” meant to drive him from office and portraying the corruption charges against him as absurd and illegitimate. In a sharply worded English-language video released just days after he formally requested a presidential pardon, […]

After 19 Years and Millions Invested, Historic “Tanya Hasholeim” Edition Finally Released

An integrated project that took 19 years to work on, millions of dollars of investment, and a century-old vision of the Lubavitcher Rebbe have come together in a single historic moment: the publication of the “Tanya Hasholeim”. Spanning over 1,100 pages, this deluxe set is the most ambitious Tanya published since the original printing in […]

US Filings For Jobless Benefits Fall To Three-Year Low of 191,000, Putting Pressure on Federal Reserve

U.S. applications for unemployment benefits fell to their lowest level in more than three years during Thanksgiving week, potentially complicating the Federal Reserve’s upcoming decision on interest rates. The number of Americans applying for jobless benefits for the week ending Nov. 29 fell to 191,000 from the previous week’s 218,000, the Labor Department reported Thursday. […]

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