Yeshiva World News

AND SO IT BEGINS: Jewish FDNY Commissioner Robert Tucker is resigning, effective Dec. 19, following the NYC mayoral victory of Zohran Mamdani

A federal judge on Wednesday ordered prosecutors in the criminal case of former FBI Director James Comey to produce a trove of materials from the investigation, saying he was concerned that the Justice Department’s position had been to “indict first and investigate later.” Magistrate Judge William Fitzpatrick instructed prosecutors to produce by the end of […]

More than a development‭, ‬Givat Hashalvah is designed as a community‭. ‬Expansive 4+‭ ‬bedroom homes offer comfort and privacy‭, ‬and there’s plenty of shared space where neighbors can come together to learn‭, ‬daven‭, ‬and celebrate life’s milestones.‭ ‬‮‬

Rep. Steve Scalise slammed Zohran Mamdani, mocking his proposals for free buses and government-run grocery stores as unsafe, unstocked, and emblematic of socialism’s tendency to overpromise and underdeliver.

BREAKING: Democratic leaders Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries have sent a letter to President Trump calling for a bipartisan meeting “to end the GOP shutdown of the federal government and decisively tackle the Republican healthcare crisis. “Democrats are ready to meet with you in person, anytime and anywhere.”

Pam Bondi: “The President has the authority to do this under his executive authority… this is the most important case in front of the Supreme Court… not only is this about national security, but also our economic security around the world.”

After hours of meetings and consultations, HaGaon HaRav Moshe Hillel Hirsch notified Chareidi MKs on Wednesday to continue negotiations to advance the new draft law. As first reported on Tuesday evening, the Degal HaTorah MKs visited HaRav Hirsch at his home seeking his direction on how to proceed with the legislation. The meeting lasted an […]

President Trump to GOP Senators: “I think it’s very important. We have to get the country open, and the way we’re going to do it… is to terminate the filibuster… It’s time, it’s time… We’ll end up with two, three years, and we’ll have this country so perfect.”

POTUS: “If I thought that they weren’t going to pass the filibuster, I wouldn’t even bring it up. They’re going to pass it within the first hour… if [Democrats] take power… they’ll wreak havoc.”

TRUMP: on the Democrat Shutdown: “Millions of Americans are going to be without SNAP benefits… Countless public servants are now not being paid and the air traffic control system is under increasing strain. We MUST get the government back open.”

TRUMP: “We are in the midst of a disastrous Democrat-created shutdown… that’s now officially the longest shutdown in American history. The Democrat radicals in the Senate have shown zero interest in reopening the government… they’ll take down the country if they have to.”

Israel transferred the bodies of 15 Gazans as part of the agreement, following the return of the remains of American-Israeli hostage Itay Chen.

For the fourth day in a row, Red Cross and Egyptian vehicles, escorted by Hamas’s military wing, are operating in Israeli-controlled areas of the Shuja’iyya neighborhood in eastern Gaza City to search for the remains of hostages.

UPS has issued a statement regarding the deadly plane crash in Louisville, Kentucky.

California voters on Tuesday night approved Proposition 50, redrawing the state’s congressional map to make five districts more favorable to Democrats.

Vice Mayor Michele Weiss has been elected Mayor of University Heights — becoming what appears to be the first female Orthodox Jew ever elected mayor in the United States. A longtime civic leader and Republican, Weiss defied political odds by capturing the mayor’s office in the heavily Democratic suburb of Cleveland through a campaign built […]

Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara was summoned to a joint hearing in the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee and the Constitution Committee regarding conflicts of interest in the probe against ousted Military Advocate General Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi in the leak of the Sde Teiman video, but she refused to attend, citing “obstruction of proceedings” in an […]

Diaspora Affairs and Antisemitism Minister Amichai Chikli issued a statement (in Hebrew) in response to the victory of Zohran Mamdani in the New York mayoral election, saying that the city, once a symbol of freedom, “has handed over its keys to a Hamas supporter—whose positions are not far from those of the jihadists who murdered […]

Sullivan County Sheriff Mike Schiff soared to victory on Tuesday night, as the Jewish community overwhelmingly threw their support behind him. Schiff and his Undersheriff Eric Chaboty have played a prominent role in the Jewish community, working closely with Hatzolah and summer camps, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Jewish community overwhelmingly threw their support […]

MAMDANI: So Donald Trump, since I know you’re watching, I have four words for you: Turn the volume up.