Protests in Iran sparked by economic woes have spread nationwide across the Islamic Republic, activists said Thursday, as stores across the country shut their doors and authorities appeared to be selectively slowing internet access. Wednesday saw the most-intense day of demonstrations, reaching rural towns and major cities in every province though still localized enough for daily […]
California will lose $160 million for delaying the revocations of 17,000 commercial driver’s licenses for immigrants, federal transportation officials announced Wednesday. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy already withheld $40 million in federal funding because he said California isn’t enforcing English proficiency requirements for truckers. The state notified these drivers in the fall that they would lose their licenses after a […]
Over the past 12 days, protests across Iran have left at least 45 people dead, including eight minors, according to human rights groups. More than 2,000 people have been arrested, according to activists. Tonight, authorities imposed an internet shutdown for the first time since the unrest began, as the crackdown intensified. The protests were sparked […]
VP VANCE: “I think Tim Walz should resign because it’s very clear either that he knew about the fraud in Minneapolis.. or at the very least, he looked the other way… This is not movie villain fraud. This is the lowest IQ possible fraud… If you can’t spell ‘Learning,’ maybe you shouldn’t be in early […]
JD VANCE: “Every president, Democrat or Republican, believes the war powers act is fundamentally a fake and unconstitutional law. It’s not going to change anything about how we conduct foreign policy over the next couple of weeks, the next couple of months.”
According to Reuters, U.S. officials have discussed offering lump-sum payments to residents of Greenland as part of efforts to persuade the island to secede from Denmark and potentially join the United States. Sources familiar with the discussions said figures ranging from $10,000 to $100,000 per person have been considered, though no final amount or plan […]
VP JD VANCE: We have over 1,500 subpoenas that the Department of Justice has issued to get to the heart of the fraud ring. We’ve done almost 100 indictments, mostly Somali immigrants, but also a few others.
VP JD Vance: We are creating a new assistant attorney general position who will have nationwide jurisdiction over the issue of fraud. Of course, that person’s efforts will start primarily in Minnesota, but it is going to be a nationwide effort.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt: Let me clear, President Trump and his entire administration stand FULLY behind the heroic men and women of ICE and always uphold law and order.
Russia has rejected President Trump’s 20-point peace plan to end the war in Ukraine, with Moscow saying the proposal is “far from a peace settlement” and would fuel escalation. Russia’s Foreign Ministry said the plan, including deploying a multinational force in Ukraine, amounts to forming a “true axis of war” and undermines European security.
Belgium has stopped providing consular services to Belgian citizens living in Israeli areas beyond the Green Line, including passport services, civil registration, and voting in Belgian elections. The move affects thousands of Belgian nationals. Israel’s Foreign Ministry condemned the decision as discriminatory, saying it targets citizens based on their place of residence. The ministry stated […]
Surveillance footage shows three suspects rushing into a bodega in the Longwood section of the Bronx, where the clerk was held at gunpoint during an armed robbery.
Decades after the Holocaust, families are being reunited with personal items stolen by the Nazis, including wallets, photographs, religious objects, and other belongings taken from victims during World War II. In several cases, archives and museums in Europe have located these items and returned them to surviving relatives. Families say the return carries deep personal […]
A Wisconsin man accused of killing his parents and stealing their money to fund a plan to assassinate President Donald Trump is set to enter a plea deal resolving the case Thursday. Nikita Casap, 18, is expected to agree to the deal during a morning hearing in Waukesha County Circuit Court in suburban Milwaukee. He […]
Sometimes the beauty of a revolution is that it becomes so mainstream that you don’t even realize that a complete transformation has taken place! This aptly describes the transformation in Klal Yisrael as a result of Dirshu’s increasingly popular Amud HaYomi program that has, baruch Hashem, tens of thousands and perhaps hundreds of thousands of lomdim all […]
A third-grade girl was seriously injured on Wednesday after a rock was thrown at a school bus traveling on the New Jersey Turnpike in Bergen County. The incident occurred as two school buses were returning from a class trip to Liberty Science Center. While traveling on the Turnpike between Challenger Road and Degraw Avenue, a […]
The U.S. Department of Education’s newly launched foreign-funding disclosure portal is placing a spotlight on the role of Qatar in American higher education, revealing that the Gulf state is by far the largest foreign source of funding for U.S. colleges and universities. According to data published on the portal, Qatar has provided approximately $6.6 billion […]
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro will run for a second term in the pivotal battleground state after a first term that put him on the Democratic Party’s radar as a potential presidential contender in 2028. He plans to make the formal announcement Thursday at events in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. Although Shapiro hasn’t disclosed any ambitions for higher office, […]
Sec. Rollins: “For every retailer in America that takes a SNAP dollar… starting almost immediately, we are doubling what’s called the stocking standard… they will have twice as many healthy alternatives to choose from.”
