Sen. Chuck Schumer: “I don’t agree very much with Mr. Homan, and he’s certainly not my choice for someone to lower the temperature in Minneapolis, but he’s right in saying the epicenter for change has to be Congress, not the executive branch. And change is desperately needed.”
New York City’s Jewish Council Speaker Julie Menin is set to announce a new City Council task force to combat antisemitism, creating a separate effort from Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s pending Office to Combat Antisemitism. The council task force will consist of seven council members and staff, with Jewish Caucus members Inna Vernikov (R-48) and Eric […]
Britain and China signaled improved relations as Prime Minister Keir Starmer and President Xi Jinping agreed to deepen cooperation in trade, investment, and technology for shared economic gains.
US private equity firm Carlyle Group has agreed to buy most of Lukoil’s foreign assets, initially valued at $22 billion by analysts, which Russia’s second-largest oil company must sell because of US sanctions.
Amazon is in talks to invest up to $50 billion in OpenAI, according to the report. The discussions are ongoing, and no final agreement has been reached. The potential investment would deepen ties between Amazon and OpenAI as competition intensifies in artificial intelligence.
A radical political campaign in Italy’s Tuscany region against Israel’s honorary consul Marco Carrai has sparked outrage. The controversy erupted after posters appeared across the town of Sesto Fiorentino and on social media on International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The posters featured Carrai, Israel’s honorary consul in Tuscany, alongside inflammatory captions such as “Wanted,” “War Criminal,” […]
Israel Police issued a harsh statement on Thursday against former Tel Aviv District commander, retired Superintendent Ami Eshed, who was reassigned from his position by National Security Minister Ben Gvir in July 2023 for refusing to heed orders to disperse the Kaplan protests in Tel Aviv. After being reassigned, Eshed resigned from his position, and […]
A heated confrontation erupted overnight Wednesday in the Knesset after Labor MK Naama Lazimi demanded that coalition members condemn right-wing activist Mordechai David, who blocked the car of former Supreme Court president Aharon Barak in Tel Aviv on Wednesday evening. The incident occurred as Barak left the “First Liberal Congress” organized by the left-wing provocative […]
President Trump said Thursday that it appears Hamas is preparing to disarm, despite Hamas officials continuing to publicly reject the idea. Speaking during a Cabinet meeting, Trump said, “It looks like Hamas is going to disarm,” without providing details or citing any agreements. Hamas officials as recently as several hours earlier had insisted they would […]
A man claiming to be an FBI agent showed up to a federal jail in New York City on Wednesday night and told officers he had a court order to release Luigi Mangione, authorities said. Mark Anderson, a 36-year-old Minnesota native who has a history of drug and other arrests and disclosed last year in court […]
Iranian authorities are converting metro stations and underground parking facilities across Tehran into public war shelters, signaling growing concern among Iranian leaders over the possibility of a major military confrontation involving the United States and Israel. Tehran Mayor Alireza Zakani announced Thursday that underground infrastructure would be repurposed as shelters, according to Open Source Intelligence […]
Venezuela is overhauling its long-standing nationalist oil policy in an effort to attract investment, with changes aimed at making the country’s vast oil reserves more appealing to outside capital and support the industry’s recovery. The reforms are part of broader moves by the government and reflect a shift toward easing restrictions that had limited foreign […]
President Trump filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Treasury Department and the IRS seeking at least $10 billion in damages. The lawsuit alleges an unauthorized disclosure of Trump’s tax returns during his first term in office. The case was filed in federal court in Miami.
Israel’s top intelligence officials have made separate visits to Washington in recent weeks to consult with U.S. counterparts on strategy toward Iran, as regional tensions rise and the United States increases its military presence in the Middle East. According to foreign sources, Israeli officials used the meetings to share intelligence on potential targets inside Iran. […]
Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez on Thursday signed a law that will open the nation’s oil sector to privatization, reversing a tenet of the self-proclaimed socialist movement that has ruled the country for more than two decades. Lawmakers in the country’s National Assembly approved the overhaul of the energy industry law earlier in the day, less than a month […]
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said Thursday it assisted in the transfer of the remains of 15 Palestinians to the Gaza Strip following the return of the remains of Ran Gvili hy”d, the final Israeli hostage held in Gaza, marking the completion of a months-long operation tied to the ceasefire agreement. The […]
For some, it was the children’s luggage and small ice skates that became indelible memories of the night a passenger plane and a helicopter collided over the murky Potomac River. Others remember boats navigating debris and shallow water to bring victims’ bodies ashore. And there was the suddenness: people seconds from landing, gone. Families of those on […]
