Russian lawmakers endorsed new tax hikes on Tuesday as Moscow looks for new revenue sources to boost its economy during its nearly four-year war with Ukraine. Legislators in the lower house of parliament, the State Duma, approved the key second reading of a bill that will raise value-added tax from 20% to 22%. The changes […]
The Satmar Rebbe of Kiryas Joel has begun a historic visit to Eretz Yisroel. On the first day alone, the Rebbe met with Hagaon HaRav Moshe Shternbuch, the Belzer Rebbe, the Gerrer Rebbe, HaRav Yaakov Meyer Schecter of Breslov, the Kretchnif Rebbe, the Eidah HaChareidis, and attended a major Kabolas Ponim. YWN will be publishing […]
According to The Washington Post, the U.S. Department of Education is expected later today to announce the transfer of multiple major offices to other federal agencies in what is described as a significant move to dismantle much of the department created by Congress in 1979. The plan involves shifting operations from offices such as Civil […]
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has labeled the Muslim Brotherhood and CAIR as foreign terrorist and transnational criminal organizations, banning them from acquiring land in Texas and empowering the Attorney General to take legal action to shut them down.
The Satmar Rebbe of Kiryas Joel has begun a historic visit to Eretz Yisroel. On the first day alone, the Rebbe met with Hagaon HaRav Moshe Shternbuch, the Belzer Rebbe, the Gerrer Rebbe, HaRav Yaakov Meyer Schecter of Breslov, the Kretchnif Rebbe, the Eidah HaChareidis, and attended a major Kabolas Ponim. YWN will be publishing […]
The National Transportation Safety Board is set to vote on its findings into what caused a massive container ship to crash last year into Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, which collapsed and killed six construction workers. The board’s vote on Tuesday is scheduled a day after Maryland officials more than doubled the estimated cost to […]
United Hatzalah, Israel’s largest volunteer emergency medical service, has unveiled a new pilot program introducing electric “AmbuScooters” designed to shorten response times in Israel’s most congested urban centers. The organization is deploying an initial fleet of ten lightweight, specially adapted electric scooters in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. The vehicles are built to maneuver through heavy […]
WATCH: Zohran Mamdani reaffirmed yesterday in an interview that he will do whatever he can to enforce the international arrest warrant against PM Netanyahu if he visits New York, even if it is during a visit to the UN General Assembly.
Chief Justice Yitzhak Amit, Deputy President Noam Sohlberg, and Justice David Mintz held a hearing on Tuesday on several left-wing petitions seeking to revoke the appointment of Dovid Zini as head of the Shin Bet. Deputy President Sohlberg slammed the petition filed by Eliad Shraga on behalf of his left-wing “Movement for Quality Government” against […]
An internal IDF investigation showing that the army entered October 7, 2023, completely unprepared for a prolonged war, with ammunition depots nearly empty and artillery shells below the “red line,” was hidden from the public. Army Radio revealed on Tuesday morning. The internal report was not even presented to IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir […]
The IDF has expressed strong opposition to the U.S. sale of F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia, cautioning that the move will weaken Israel’s military edge in the region. According to an Air Force position paper presented to political leaders on Sunday and obtained by Ynet, Israel’s air superiority in Middle Eastern skies relies on […]
A federal judge overseeing the criminal case against U.S. Rep. LaMonica McIver told Trump administration attorneys Monday to turn over authorities’ text messages from her chaotic visit to an immigration detention center in New Jersey that led to charges accusing her of assaulting officers. U.S. District Judge Jamel Semper’s direction came nearly a month after […]
The U.N. Security Council on Monday adopted a U.S.-drafted resolution outlining the future of Gaza, marking the most far-reaching international intervention in the territory since the Hamas massacre of Oct. 7, 2023. The resolution passed 13-0, with Russia and China abstaining but choosing not to veto—a decision that allowed Washington’s plan to move forward unchallenged. […]
The acting chief of the Federal Emergency Management Agency left his job Monday after just six months, according to the Department of Homeland Security, the latest disruption in a year of mass staff departures, program cuts and policy upheaval at the agency charged with managing federal disaster response. David Richardson is leaving the post after […]
Tucker Carlson is escalating his confrontation with federal law enforcement — and this time he’s pointing the finger not at Biden, but at Donald Trump’s own security apparatus. In a new video, Carlson alleges that the FBI under Trump-appointed leadership is suppressing key details about the attempted assassination of the then-former president in Butler, Pennsylvania. […]
A former Alaska Airlines pilot who tried to cut the engines of a passenger flight in 2023 while riding off-duty in the cockpit will serve no additional prison time, a federal judge ruled Monday. U.S. District Court Judge Amy Baggio sentenced Joseph Emerson to time served and supervised release for three years at a hearing […]
A 60 Minutes investigation aired Sunday alleges that President Donald Trump’s pardon of Binance founder Changpeng Zhao followed a series of financial interactions that directly benefited the Trump family’s crypto ventures — a sequence one former Justice Department official called “unprecedented.” Correspondent Scott Pelley opened the segment by reporting that Zhao’s company “supported a Trump […]
