VP Vance: Democrats “caused a lot of stress for our troops. They made our air traffic controllers not get paid…They had a lot of people thinking they weren’t going to get [SNAP],”
A memorial was held at Ankara’s Mürted Air Base to honor the 20 Turkish service members killed in the C-130 crash near the Georgia–Azerbaijan border, earlier this week.
Israel is seeking a far-reaching 20-year security agreement with the United States that would reshape the future of U.S. military assistance and anchor the relationship through 2048 — Israel’s 100th anniversary — according to a report in Axios citing Israeli and American officials. The proposal, discussed in recent weeks, would represent the longest and most […]
City webpages in Houston, Texas, and Jackson, Mississippi, are redirecting to an AI-generated website titled “Why are Jews so successful in business?”, raising concerns about security breaches and the spread of antisemitic tropes through government-linked domains. A Google search of government sites shows at least three pages from each city leading users to the non-government […]
President Donald Trump urged Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman last month to move toward normalizing relations with Israel in the wake of the October 9 Gaza ceasefire deal, according to a report published Thursday by Axios that cites two U.S. officials familiar with the call. The conversation took place shortly after the October 13 […]
NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is looking to overhaul New York City’s emergency response system by replacing police officers with social workers on many 911 calls — a central pillar of his proposed $1.1 billion Department of Community Safety (DCS). But the program he plans to expand, the city’s existing B-HEARD initiative, is already showing signs […]
University College London—one of the United Kingdom’s leading academic institutions—is facing a firestorm after a guest lecturer delivered an antisemitic blood libel during a campus event, prompting immediate condemnation, a police referral, and sweeping disciplinary action. Dr. Samar Maqusi, identified in event materials as a UCL researcher and former UNRWA employee, was invited to speak […]
Indonesia has trained as many as 20,000 troops for potential deployment to Gaza as part of a U.S.-backed international peacekeeping force, Defense Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin said Friday, highlighting both Jakarta’s growing engagement in postwar planning and the persistent uncertainty surrounding the mission. Speaking to reporters during a visit by Jordan’s King Abdullah II, Sjamsoeddin said […]
Canada’s top intelligence official said Thursday that the country’s domestic spy agency has disrupted multiple potentially deadly threats orchestrated by Iran and thwarted attempts by Russia to illegally obtain Canadian technology, offering one of the most explicit public warnings yet about foreign interference on Canadian soil. Dan Rogers, the recently appointed director of the Canadian […]
Dear YWN, As a member of the Syrian Sephardic community, I am deeply troubled by the upcoming event where former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett will be hosted this Sunday at a large venue attended by many in our community. Bennett’s agenda is clear and singular: to undermine Prime Minister Netanyahu, who led Israel through its […]
President Donald Trump’s directive to formally rename the Department of Defense as the “Department of War” could carry a price tag approaching $2 billion, a staggering cost that is already raising eyebrows on Capitol Hill as lawmakers weigh whether to approve the change. The proposal, which requires congressional authorization, would trigger a sweeping overhaul of […]
New York lawmakers are advancing a proposal that would require repeat speeding offenders to install new “intelligent speed assistance” devices in their vehicles, a move supporters say could prevent some of the city’s most dangerous drivers from reaching deadly speeds. The devices, which use GPS technology to cap a car’s maximum speed based on the […]
Iranian authorities have arrested two men seen in a viral video wearing military uniforms and carrying the flag of the former monarchy — a rare public display of dissent that quickly spread across social media and triggered a quick response from the regime. The footage, recorded inside a Tehran metro station, shows the pair holding […]
Harsh criticism expressed by HaGaon HaRav Yosef Shalom Elyashiv, z’tl, many years ago about the Israeli judicial system was recently published in the series “Devar Torah al HaParsha—Bereishis,” by HaRav Dov Eliach. HaRav Elyahshiv made the statements to his brother-in-law, HaRav Simcha Shlomo Levin, z’tl, (the son of HaGaon HaRav Simcha Levin, z’tl). In the […]
A plume of toxic gas blanketed a small Oklahoma city after a tanker truck sprang a leak in a hotel parking lot, forcing hundreds of nearby residents to evacuate and hospitalizing several dozen people, authorities said Thursday. The anhydrous ammonia gas release happened shortly before 10 p.m. Wednesday. People in the immediate area were in […]
A young Chareidi man, 18, a resident of Meron, was unlawfully detained on Friday by the Military Police for many hours, was transferred to the Israel Police on Shabbos, and remained in custody for about 30 hours without being brought before a judge. When he was finally brought to court, the judge ruled that his […]
A co-pilot is under investigation after allegedly forging documents to secure a captain position with Lithuanian carrier Avion Express and flying commercial routes across Europe without the required qualifications, according to German aviation outlet Aero Telegraph. The pilot, whose identity has not been disclosed, previously worked only as a co-pilot for Garuda Indonesia. Despite lacking […]
A federal judge on Thursday denied Democratic Rep. LaMonica McIver’s motions to toss out a prosecution against her stemming from a visit to an immigration detention center this year. U.S. District Judge Jamel Semper also said he would reserve judgment on one of the New Jersey congresswoman’s motions to toss the case brought by acting […]
The Biden administration quietly reviewed intelligence last year suggesting that Israeli soldiers had sent Palestinians into Hamas tunnels they believed could be rigged with explosives, according to two former U.S. officials familiar with the assessment. The intelligence — gathered in the final weeks of President Biden’s term and shared across the White House and intelligence […]
