Sec. Turner: “The first thing we’ve been doing at HUD is tackling the regulatory environment… When you build a multi-family housing project, 40% of the cost of that is in regulation — and a single-family project, about 20-25%…”
Billionaire investor and former 2020 presidential candidate Tom Steyer has officially entered the California governor’s race, releasing a campaign video in which he says Californians are being “run over” by the state’s cost-of-living crisis. Steyer is running on affordability, climate and corporate accountability, joining an already crowded Democratic field that includes Katie Porter, Xavier Becerra […]
Prime Minister Netanyahu paid a visit Wednesday to the buffer zone in Syria, receiving an operational overview of the tense northern sector and meeting with IDF forces stationed in the area. According to an official press release, Netanyahu arrived together with Defense Minister Israel Katz, Foreign Affairs Minister Gideon Sa’ar, IDF Chief-of-Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir, […]
Ayman Abu Khalil, who was released in the Shalit deal, is now serving as Hamas’s terror architect in Yehudah and Shomron, Kan News reported. Abu Khalil, originally a resident of the Beit Hanina neighborhood in east Jerusalem, was deported to Turkey after his release in the Shalit deal and currently uses Turkish soil as his […]
Lebanese media posted footage showing an Israeli airstrike hitting a building in the southern town of Shehour shortly after the IDF issued an evacuation warning.
NEW: The August trade deficit dropped to $59.6 billion — the lowest level this year. This Data release was heavily delayed due to the Democrat-led shutdown.
Israel’s Defense Ministry says the 1,000th cargo plane since the start of the war has arrived, delivering military equipment. In total, more than 120,000 tons of gear, weapons, combat supplies, and protective equipment have been shipped to Israel via 1,000 planes and about 150 ships.
NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch has agreed to stay on as top cop when he takes office, — a bridge-building move that comes despite their profound political differences.
VIRGINIA SCHOOL TO PAY $100,000 IN ANTISEMITISM CASE: A Northern Virginia private school will pay $100,000 to a Jewish family after their children were expelled following complaints of severe antisemitic harassment. As part of the settlement, the Nysmith School will adopt the IHRA definition, appoint an antisemitism compliance monitor, and institute mandatory training and reporting […]
Dubai International Airport, the world’s busiest for international travel, has seen 70.1 million passengers already pass through its terminals this year, officials announced Wednesday. The rapid growth of passengers at the airport underscores Dubai as a key hub for East-West travel in global aviation and the need for its $35 billion project to build a […]
US envoy Steve Witkoff’s scheduled meeting with Hamas leader Khalil al-Hayya in Istanbul has been called off, American sources told Yisrael Hayom on Wednesday. According to the report, Washington is furious with Hamas for its attempt to garner Arab support to oppose Trump’s peace plan before it was brought to a vote in the UN […]
New York City’s incoming mayor, Zohran Mamdani, hasn’t taken office yet. But he’s already the new avatar of evil for conservative media figures. He’s been called “downright sinister” and “incompatible with America.” His labels include commie, Marxist, jihadist sympathizer and “seething leftist.” Fox News’ Laura Ingraham warned her viewers not to be fooled by “smiling socialists who […]
After decades of conflict in the Ponovezh Yeshivah, retired judge Dovid Cheshin, who was appointed as arbitrator between the parties four years ago, published a final ruling on Wednesday at noon that determined that the “Mechablim” must vacate the yeshivah by the summer of 2025. The conflict in Ponovezh has been ongoing for decades, since […]
Former FBI Director James Comey will make another run Wednesday at getting his criminal case dismissed, with his lawyers looking to convince a judge that the prosecution is vindictive and rooted in President Donald Trump’s hatred of him. The arguments arrive as the Comey case appears freshly imperiled following a judge’s excoriation of the Justice […]
In a dramatic ruling issued on Wednesday, the Supreme Court ruled that the state must formulate a full enforcement plan against Chareidi “draft-dodgers” within 45 days. In response to petitions by left-wing organizations, the Supreme Court slammed the inadequate enforcement of the Security Service Law against Chareidi draft evaders, a situation that constitutes, in its […]
A Gustav Klimt portrait painting that helped save the life of its Jewish subject during the Holocaust sold Tuesday for $236.4 million, a record for a modern art piece. Klimt’s “Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer” sold after a 20-minute bidding war at Sotheby’s in New York, where the flashiest item of the night was a solid […]
