The longest federal government shutdown in U.S. history appears to be nearing an end, but not without leaving a mark on an already-struggling economy. About 1.25 million federal workers haven’t been paid since Oct. 1. Thousands of flights have been canceled, a trend that is expected to continue this week even as Congress moves toward reopening the […]
New York Governor Kathy Hochul put the brakes on Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s headline-grabbing $700 million plan to make New York City buses free, pouring cold water on one of the Democratic socialist’s most ambitious campaign promises. Speaking at the SOMOS political retreat in Puerto Rico, Hochul made clear she isn’t ready to bankroll Mamdani’s sweeping […]
NYC Mayor Eric Adams will visit Israel this Friday, November 14, for a several-day trip meeting with government officials, business leaders, and members of the tech community. Adams is also expected to visit religious sites and discuss ways to strengthen efforts against antisemitism in New York and worldwide. He’ll remain in Israel through Tuesday, November […]
REPORTER: “Marjorie Taylor Greene said that she would rather you focus on domestic policy meetings instead of foreign policy meetings…also she says grocery prices are up, not down, as you said…” POTUS: “I don’t know what happened to Marjorie. She’s a nice woman…She’s lost her way I think.”
TRUMP: “We’re going to issue a dividend to our middle income people, and lower income people, of about $2,000 — and we’re going to use the remaining tariffs to lower our debt… trillions of dollars have been taken in or gotten in terms of investment, from the tariffs.”
Twenty people were hospitalized, three with major injuries, after a bus carrying teens returning from a church camp overturned on a winding mountain road in Southern California, authorities said Monday. The bus with 36 people aboard crashed Sunday night at a curve on State Route 330 near Running Springs, about 70 miles (113 kilometers) northeast […]
This past Erev Shabbos was the 24th yahrzeit of HaGaon HaRav Elazer Menachem Man Shach, z’tl. On the day of the yahrzeit, HaGaon HaRav Meir Tzvi Bergman, HaRav Shach’s son-in-law, visited his kever and spoke words of chizzuk at his yeshivah, Yeshivas Rashbi in Bnei Brak. At the kever, HaRav Bergman addressed the situation in […]
The Knesset voted 39-16 in favor of the first reading of a government-backed bill that would impose the death penalty on terrorists convicted of murdering Israelis. Two similar proposals — one by Likud MK Nissim Vaturi and another by Yisrael Beytenu MK Oded Forer — also passed their first readings, 36-15 and 37-14, respectively. The […]
BREAKING: The Knesset has passed a mandatory death penalty law for terrorists. Until now, the only execution conducted in Israel was that of Holocaust architect Adolf Eichmann in 1962.
The BBC was facing a leadership crisis and mounting political pressure on Monday after its top executive and its head of news both quit over the editing of a speech by U.S. President Donald Trump. The resignation of BBC Director-General Tim Davie and news chief Deborah Turness over accusations of bias was welcomed by Trump, who said the way […]
Flight disruptions from shutdown pile up as Trump threatens air traffic controllers • More air travel disruptions piled up Monday as the longest-ever U.S. government shutdown continued. • Air traffic controllers missed their second full paycheck of the shutdown. • The Senate made progress overnight on a deal that could end the shutdown, but it […]
WATCH: A small plane carrying hurricane relief supplies to Jamaica crashed into a lake in a Coral Springs, Florida neighborhood Monday morning. No word yet on casualties.
A startling new report from The Blaze alleges that a former U.S. Capitol Police officer has been forensically linked to the still-unsolved January 6 pipe bomb case—an explosive claim that, if confirmed, could upend the federal government’s narrative about the events of that day. According to The Blaze, a forensic gait analysis comparing security footage […]
A car explosion near the historic Red Fort in India’s capital city killed eight people on Monday and injured at least 19 others, police in New Delhi said. The blast, which triggered a fire that damaged several vehicles parked nearby, was reported near one of the gates of the Red Fort metro station, the fire […]
The Vatican said Monday it was investigating a possible antisemitic incident, in which a Swiss Guard allegedly made a spitting gesture toward two Jewish women. The alleged incident occurred during a papal audience Oct. 29, at the entrance to St. Peter’s Square. The audience that day was dedicated to marking the anniversary of a 1965 […]
