Anti-graft watchdog Transparency International is warning that corruption is worsening worldwide, even in established democracies, and says the United States has fallen to its lowest score ever on its 2025 Corruption Perceptions Index. In its annual report, the Berlin-based organization said the global average score has dropped to its weakest level in more than a […]
Turkey’s foreign minister has warned the United States against launching a military strike on Iran, saying there is “no immediate threat of war” and insisting that diplomacy remains the best path forward. In an interview with CNN Turk on Tuesday, Hakan Fidan revealed that ahead of last month’s 12-day conflict, U.S. Secretary of State Marco […]
Jurors in a landmark social media case that seeks to hold tech companies responsible for harms to children got their first glimpse into what will be a lengthy trial characterized by dueling narratives from the plaintiffs and the two remaining defendants, Meta and YouTube. At the core of the Los Angeles case is a 20-year-old identified only […]
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was presented with Israeli military intelligence outlining Hamas’s plans for a large-scale assault years before the Oct. 7 attack, according to a report published by Ynet. Citing intelligence documents and testimony from senior officials, Ynet reported that as early as April 2018, Israel’s Military Intelligence Directorate circulated an assessment warning that […]
In a tightly controlled manufacturing hangar west of Paris, workers put the finishing touches on an enormous silver-colored engine. In just a few days, a similar machine will help propel the most powerful version of Europe’s Ariane 6 rocket yet, flying for the first time with four boosters. On Thursday, the Ariane 64 rocket — […]
WH Press Sec: “Thanks to President Trump signing the largest middle class tax cut in history, this is shaping up the be the biggest tax refund season ever.”
WH Press Sec: “Parents across the country can now officially apply to open a Trump Account for their child. In order to apply, parents can visit TrumpAccounts.gov and fill out the IRS Form 4547.”
President Trump says he expects the second round of U.S.-Iran talks to take place next week. “Either we will make a deal or we will have to do something very tough like last time.”
Liu Zhiquan was waiting for a 30-plus hour train journey to Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province, some 1,242 miles (2,000 kilometers) from Beijing, where he works in construction. He’s one of the hundreds of millions expected to travel to their hometowns as part of the world’s largest movement of humanity, or “chunyun” as it’s […]
by Rabbi Eliezer Sandler The concept of the Yissachar-Zevulun Torah Learning Pact goes back well over 3,500 years, to the time of Yaakov Avinu and his sons. It is named for the Torah pact between two of his sons – Yissachar the scholar and Zevulun the merchant. Not only was it an equal pact […]
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Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado announced he is suspending his Democratic primary challenge for New York governor, clearing the way for Gov. Kathy Hochul’s re-election bid. • Delgado failed to meet the threshold for an automatic ballot spot at the state Democratic convention and did not secure backing from the Working Families Party. • He said […]
Authorities investigating the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie released the first surveillance images Tuesday showing a masked person on her porch the night she went missing, as law enforcement and her family intensified calls for public help more than a week into the search. Law enforcement searching for the mother of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie […]
CBP Commissioner Rodney Scott on Border Crossings: “We have achieved record low illegal crossings between ports of entry. Border Patrol apprehensions along the southwest border totaled over 90,000 for the entire year. That’s a number that used to represent a single month under the Biden admin.”
Dwindling snowfall is threatening the ancestral way of life of Greenland’s dogsled mushers. On the island’s east coast, snow has become so scarce that even short dogsled trips are breaking down, making dogsled tours increasingly difficult — and economically unsustainable — to operate.
The Jerusalem District Court on Tuesday officially approved for publication a partial transcript of an internal discussion held in July 2016, containing a series of harsh statements by then-Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit toward Lahav 433 investigators regarding illegal actions they took in the probe against Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. The decision was made after the […]
