The U.S. on Wednesday imposed sanctions on four firms operating in Venezuela’s oil sector and designated four additional oil tankers, which the U.S. accuses of being part of a shadow fleet serving Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s government, as blocked property. The action is part of the Trump administration’s monthslong pressure campaign on Maduro. U.S. forces […]
This tzedakah is for one family living in deep and painful financial distress. A mother and father doing everything they can, yet buried under crushing debt with no way out. They have children to care for — children who rely on them for food, clothing, schooling, and stability — while the weight of unpaid bills, […]
The petition filed by the Yesh Atid party on Tuesday against the transfer of approximately one billion shekels to Chareidi educational institutions was accepted by the Supreme Court, and Justice Yael Wilner announced an interim order freezing the transfer of the funds on Wednesday evening Chairman of Degel HaTorah MK Moshe Gafni responded to the decision: […]
President Donald Trump said he’s dropping — for now — his push to deploy National Guard troops in Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon, a move that comes after legal roadblocks held up the effort. “We will come back, perhaps in a much different and stronger form, when crime begins to soar again – Only […]
WSJ: Saks Global, owner of Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus, is preparing to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy within days after missing an interest payment of more than $100 million, according to people familiar with the matter. The company has struggled under heavy debt since its 2024 merger and has also faced delays paying […]
US forces targeted three suspected narco-trafficking vessels traveling in international waters. Three narco-terrorists aboard the first vessel were killed in the initial strike.
Wall Street closed out another banner year for stocks Wednesday with a downbeat finish that extended the market’s recent losing streak to a fourth day. The S&P 500 gave up 0.7%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.6% and the Nasdaq composite closed 0.8% lower. Trading volume was very thin ahead of the New Year’s […]
The Jan. 6., 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol “does not happen” without Donald Trump, former special counsel Jack Smith told lawmakers earlier this month in characterizing the Republican president as the “most culpable and most responsible person” in the criminal conspiracy to overturn the results of the 2020 election. The Republican-led House Judiciary Committee […]
The IDF released a year-end operational summary on Tuesday detailing extensive military activity carried out in 2025 across multiple fronts, including the Gaza Strip, Lebanon, the West Bank, Iran and Yemen. According to the report, the IDF mobilized approximately 307,000 reservists during the year and conducted about 430 operations across all theaters, striking an estimated […]
Chief Justice John Roberts said Wednesday that the Constitution remains a sturdy pillar for the country, a message that comes after a tumultuous year in the nation’s judicial system with pivotal Supreme Court decisions on the horizon. Roberts said the nation’s founding documents remain “firm and unshaken,” a reference to a century-old quote from President […]
More than 69,000 Israelis left the country in 2025 amid the prolonged shadow of Israel’s wars with Gaza and Iran, marking the second consecutive year in which Israel recorded a negative migration balance, according to a year-end report released by the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). The CBS reported that despite the outflow, Israel’s total […]
BREAKING: President Trump’s Department of Health and Human Services is freezing child care funding to all 50 states, not just Minnesota, ABC News reports. States will now be required to submit detailed data to the federal government demonstrating that the funds are being spent on legitimate child care programs. According to the administration, the money […]
A federal judge in San Francisco blocked the Trump administration from ending Temporary Protected Status for migrants from Honduras, Nepal and Nicaragua, ruling the decision failed to fully consider country conditions and citing statements that suggested discriminatory motives.
Escalation in Iran’s Hamadan Province – Protesters are heard shouting “Death to Khamenei” as they seize and set fire to a Basij militia headquarters, a paramilitary force that operates under Iran’s Revolutionary Guard (IRGC).
San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie has signed an ordinance establishing a legal framework for a “Reparations Fund” to address historic discrimination and displacement affecting Black residents. The plan could eventually allow payments of up to $5 million per eligible resident, but the measure does not allocate city funds or guarantee payments. Lurie says no taxpayer […]
Rep. Fallon: “Whether you’re here on a visa, whether you’re here on a green card, whether you’re here as a recently naturalized citizen, I think we should have the option to denaturalize you and send you home, because you don’t come here and commit crimes and rob from our people”
Protests driven by economic desperation are intensifying across Iran, exposing the widening gap between a population crushed by inflation and a ruling system that continues to answer hardship with arrests, threats, and recycled accusations of foreign plots. For a fourth consecutive day, demonstrators poured into streets and campuses across the country on Tuesday as the […]
Fireworks are typically a celebratory centerpiece of Hong Kong’s New Year celebrations. Not this year. The territory will ring in 2026 without spectacular and colorful explosions in the sky over its iconic Victoria Harbor after a massive fire in November that killed at least 161 people. The city’s tourism board will instead host a music show Wednesday […]
