Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara has decided that the babies of bnei yeshivos who are required to enlist will be pushed to the end of the line for acceptance into supervised daycare centers, and as a result, there is a high probability that they will not be accepted, Kan News reported on Tuesday evening. According to her decision, the “law requires” that the children of bnei yeshivos be placed at the end of the line for these daycare centers, where the number of places is very limited, because their fathers are “lawbreakers.” Baharav-Miara previously revoked daycare subsidies for children of bnei yeshivos. Attorney Shalom Nagar, the chairman of the חלמי”ש daycare organization [חברים למען מעונות היום בישראל] slammed the Attorney General’s decision, stating: “The decision of Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara tonight to impose selection on children of bnei yeshivos regarding acceptance to daycare is not only discrimination, but also an expression of the racism behind the cancellation of the subsidy. This is a decision that is all evil.” “Preventing a child from entering daycare, even at full price, is an incomprehensible cruelty that has serious implications for his future. This is a step that seems to be motivated by discriminatory ideological motives more than objective considerations of justice and equality. This is a decision that was reached due to hatred and persecution and its implications are to leave Chareidi children without daycares.” “We will use all legal means to stop the injustice that cries out to heaven and the ongoing persecution of Chareidi children.” (YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
A tragic incident in the southern Gaza Strip claimed the life of an Israeli soldier during combat operations on Monday. The fallen soldier was identified as Staff Sgt. Danilo Mocanu, 20, a member of the 7th Armored Brigade’s 82nd Battalion, from Holon. An initial IDF investigation revealed that Mocanu was killed when a building collapsed following the detonation of an explosive device. The IDF also reported that another soldier sustained minor injuries in the same incident.
The U.S. Department of Justice has opened a civil rights investigation into hiring practices at the city of Chicago, according to a letter shared on social media and sent to the Chicago mayor’s office. The probes announcement Monday came a day after Mayor Brandon Johnson spoke at a Chicago church to outline his vision for the remainder of his term. During the speech, Johnson praised the number of Black people in top positions in his administration. The speech garnered immediate attention on social media, including calls from conservatives and others to investigate. The DOJ’s Civil Rights Division shared its investigation notice on Monday, citing Johnson’s comments to the congregation Sunday as the trigger for a pattern or practice investigation into whether the city has habitually violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race. “Considering these remarks, I have authorized an investigation to determine whether the City of Chicago is engaged in a pattern or practice of discrimination as set forth above,” the letter signed by Assistant Attorney General for Harmeet K. Dhillon said. “If these kind of hiring decisions are being made for top-level positions in your administration, then it begs the question whether such decisions are also being made for lower-level positions.” The investigation fits with the Trump administration’s larger realignment of how federal agencies view and fight discrimination. It’s also part of a larger remaking of the department’s civil rights division, which saw a wave of departures as the administration outlined its priorities. Historically, the civil rights division has investigated claims of discrimination against minorities, monitoring police departments, housing providers and voting rights. These probes are not criminal investigations. They look for a pattern of discrimination and are often settled through court-approved agreements. These consent decrees create a set of required changes that must be met for oversight and monitoring to end. Dhillon told The Associated Press Tuesday that she does not see the administration’s priorities as a shift. “I would say that it’s our view that all racial discrimination is illegal in the United States. And I think it’s fair to say the prior administration only looked at that from a particular angle,” she said. “I think that we are taking a step back and taking a broader view, which is what is required under these statutes.” Dhillon said the investigation is in its very early stages and that she could not say what the exact parameters of the investigation would be. “Statutes of limitations apply, but we are going to be looking where the facts lead us,” she said, adding that Johnson’s predecessor, Lori Lightfoot, had also made “concerning” statements about race in regards to hiring. The Chicago mayor’s office did not respond to a request for comment. Johnson, who took office in 2023, has gained a reputation for being blunt and even combative at times, getting into public spats with reporters when asked questions about policy or administrative decisions. With Chicago a routine target of criticism from President Donald Trump and members of his administration, Johnson has occasionally taken a more cautious approach, as when he joined other mayors from so-called sanctuary cities at a congressional hearing earlier this year. But speaking to reporters Tuesday, Johnson doubled down on his commitment to ensure a diverse city workforce […]
The Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo after congressional Republicans recommended that he be charged with lying over his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, a person familiar with the matter said Tuesday. The investigation by the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington follows a referral from Rep. James Comer, Republican chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, over statements Cuomo made to lawmakers investigating his management of the pandemic when the virus was spreading through nursing homes, the person said. They spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss an ongoing investigation. The investigation plunges the Justice Department yet again into New York politics as Cuomo runs for New York City mayor. It comes just months after federal prosecutors abandoned a corruption case against New York Mayor Eric Adams — Cuomo’s opponent in the mayoral race — citing a desire to free Adams up to cooperate with the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. A spokesperson for Cuomo said Tuesday that the former governor was never informed of any such investigation. “So why would someone leak it now? The answer is obvious: This is lawfare and election interference plain and simple — something President Trump and his top Department of Justice officials say they are against,” Cuomo spokesperson Rich Azzopardi said in an email. Azzopardi added, “Governor Cuomo testified truthfully to the best of his recollection about events from four years earlier, and he offered to address any follow-up questions from the Subcommittee — but from the beginning this was all transparently political.” The investigation was first reported Tuesday by The New York Times. The Justice Department declined Tuesday to comment. Spokespeople for the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington didn’t immediately respond to messages seeking comment. The inquiry also subjects the department to claims that it is pursuing retribution against political adversaries. The new leader of the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington, Jeanine Pirro, ran unsuccessfully against Cuomo for New York attorney general in 2006 and has been a harsh critic in the years since, publicly accusing him of a coverup of nursing home deaths. The Justice Department separately has launched a mortgage fraud investigation into New York Attorney General Letitia James, who sued Trump for civil fraud. The investigation into Cuomo revisits a years-old, politically divisive question over the then-governor’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic in nursing homes. Republicans have zeroed in on a controversial directive his administration issued in March 2020 that initially barred nursing homes from refusing to accept patients just because they had had COVID-19. More than 9,000 recovering coronavirus patients were released from hospitals into nursing homes under the directive, which was rescinded amid speculation that it had accelerated outbreaks. Comer referred Cuomo to the Justice Department for possible criminal prosecution last month, alleging that he made false statements to lawmakers during a hearing last year focused on his decision-making. Cuomo adamantly defended himself during the hearing, blaming the earlier Trump administration for failing to provide enough testing and personal protective equipment in the early days of the pandemic. “These are all diversions to blame New York and other states for the culpability of the federal response, which was malpractice,” Cuomo said. But Comer asserted that Cuomo had lied during the […]
President Donald Trump’s administration is trying to merge the government’s wildland firefighting efforts into a single agency, a move some former federal officials warn could increase the risk of catastrophic blazes and ultimately cost billions of dollars. Trump’s budget would centralize firefighting efforts now split among five agencies and two Cabinet departments into a single Federal Wildland Fire Service under the U.S. Interior Department. That would mean shifting thousands of personnel from the U.S. Forest Service — where most federal firefighters now work — into the new agency with fire season already underway. Budget documents do not disclose how much the change could cost or save. The Trump administration in its first months temporarily cut off money for wildfire mitigation work and sharply reduced the ranks of federal government firefighters through layoffs and retirement. That resulted in the loss of more than 1,600 qualified firefighters in the Forest Service — an arm of the U.S. Department of Agriculture — and hundreds of people at Interior, according to the National Association of Forest Service Retirees and Democratic lawmakers. The personnel declines and proposed agency reshuffling come as climate change makes fires more severe by warming and drying the landscape. More than 65,000 wildfires across the U.S. burned almost 9 million acres last year. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said Tuesday during testimony before the House Appropriations Committee that the new fire service would streamline work to stamp out blazes. “We want more firefighters on the front lines and less people trying to make manual decisions on how to allocate resources and personnel,” Burgum said. “We’ve got duplicative and ineffective structures that could be improved.” But organizations representing firefighters and former Forest Service officials say it would be costly to restructure firefighting efforts and cause major disruptions in the midst of fire season. Over the long term, they said, it would shift the focus from preventing fires through forest thinning and controlled burns, to extinguishing them even in cases where fire could have beneficial effects. “You will not suppress your way to success in dealing with catastrophic fires. It’s going to create greater risk and it’s going to be particularly chaotic if you implement it going into fire season,” said Steve Ellis, the chairman of the forest service retirees group and a former wildfire incident commander. The group, which includes several former Forest Service chiefs, said in a letter to lawmakers that consolidation of firefighting work could “actually increase the likelihood of more large catastrophic fires, putting more communities, firefighters and resources at risk.” Cleaving the Forest Service’s firefighting duties from its role as a land manager would be “like separating cojoined twins — it would basically kill the agency” said Timothy Ingalsbee with Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics and Ecology, a Eugene, Oregon-based advocacy group. Another destructive fire season is expected this year, driven by above normal temperatures for most of the country, according to federal officials. More than 1 million acres have burned in 2025, including in Arizona, Minnesota, California, Colorado, Nebraska, New Jersey and other states. The Trump administration proposal has some bipartisan support, with California Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla and Montana Republican Sen. Tim Sheehy sponsoring legislation that’s similar. Before his election last year, Sheehy founded an aerial firefighting company that relies heavily on federal contracts. A prior proposal […]
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Sam Sutton, a prominent Sephardic community leader and co-head of the Sephardic Community Federation, has won the special election to replace former State Senator Simcha Felder, who recently vacated his seat after winning a spot on the New York City Council. Sutton, running as the Democratic nominee, defeated longtime Republican district leader Carl (Nachman) Caller in a closely watched race that will shape the future of South Brooklyn’s representation in Albany. The district includes parts of Boro Park, Midwood, and Flatbush — neighborhoods with large Orthodox Jewish populations. The victory cements Sutton’s status as a rising political figure in Brooklyn’s Jewish community and marks a major milestone for the Sephardic community, which now sees one of its own holding a seat in the State Senate. Sutton’s campaign focused on continuing Felder’s legacy of advocating for religious rights, yeshiva education, public safety, and quality-of-life issues affecting the local community. The special election was triggered after Simcha Felder secured the 44th District City Council seat in a contentious race against political activist Heshy Tishler. Felder fills the vacancy on the Council left by Kalman Yeger, who stepped down after being elected to the New York State Assembly. Felder’s return to the City Council required Governor Hochul to call a special election to fill his Senate seat, setting up the high-stakes May 20 contest between Sutton and Caller. With his win, Sutton will serve out the remainder of Felder’s Senate term. He is expected to run for re-election in the next regularly scheduled election to retain the seat. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)
Elon Musk said that he expects hundreds of thousands of self-driving Teslas will be on the road requiring no human intervention by the end of next year and that he is committed to staying as CEO of the company for at least another five years. The billionaire also said in a pair of interviews on Tuesday that he has no regrets about leading the job-slashing Department of Government Efficiency under the Trump administration. He downplayed any damage to the Tesla brand from that role, saying demand for Teslas has experienced a “major rebound.” That’s potentially a big development given that the latest public sales figures from Europe and U.S. show steep declines in sales for several months running. “We’ll probably have hundreds of thousands, if not over a million, Teslas doing self-driving in the U.S.,” Musk said in an CNBC interview Tuesday, adding that passengers won’t need to pay attention to the road. “Like you’re asleep and you wake up at your destination.” His comment about sticking around as CEO was made earlier in the day at the Qatar Economic Forum hosted by Bloomberg. Musk has been promising fully autonomous, self-driving vehicles “next year” for a decade but the pressure is on now as Tesla begins a test run of its self-driving taxi service in Austin, Texas, next month. “This is a watershed time for Tesla, and Musk is doubling down on these numbers,” said Wedbush Securities analyst Dan Ives. “These are pretty bullish forecasts.” Tesla’s stock closed Tuesday up nearly 1% to $345. After a steep fall this year, the stock is up more than 50% in little over a month as investors have cheered Musk’s decision to scale back his time in Washington and spend more time running the company. Musk also gave new details about the Austin service, saying Tesla taxis will be remotely monitored at first and “geofenced” to certain areas of the city deemed the safest to navigate. He told CNBC that he expected to initially run 10 or so taxis, increase that number rapidly and start offering the service in Los Angeles, San Antonio, San Francisco and other cities. Federal safety regulators recently asked Tesla to explain how its driverless taxis will operate safely in Austin when there is fog, sun glare, rain and other low-visibility conditions that have been tied to accidents involving the company’s driver-assistance software. However, federal regulators have limited powers over new Tesla taxis that operate without a steering wheel or brake pedals because there are no national regulations on self-driving technology. Musk also dismissed autonomous vehicle rivals such as Waymo, a driverless taxis service that has jumped ahead of Tesla with already 250,000 paid trips each week in several cities. “I think it’ll better,” he said of Tesla’s taxis. Then added, “I don’t really think about competitors. I just think about making the product as perfect as possible.” The question about his expected tenure in Tesla’s top job came in a video appearance at the Qatar Economic Forum after Musk traveled to Doha as part of Trump’s Mideast trip last week. Musk, who also runs SpaceX, Starlink and other companies, offered terse responses and became combative over questions regarding his businesses and how his involvement in politics had affected his businesses. Moderator Mishal Husain asked: “Do you see yourself […]
Q: There are some reports Kash Patel misses some morning briefings. COMEY: I’m not the least bit concerned about that, given that nothing in his life will have prepared him to be FBI director. I’m fine if he is out doing other things and letting the career people make the decisions about operations, about priorities that would be better for everybody.
The DOJ has launched a criminal investigation into Andrew Cuomo, a candidate for NYC mayor, for allegedly lying to Congress about his management of the COVID-19 pandemic.
REPORTER: “Zelensky is saying today that he is hoping for you to impose new sanctions on Russia. Are you considering that?” TRUMP: “That’s going to be my determination. That’s going to be nobody else’s determination. We’ll see how Russia behaves.”
Severe drought in Syria this year could lead to the failure of an estimated 75% of local wheat crops, according to the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization, threatening the food security of millions of people
Trump unveils plans for ‘Golden Dome’ missile defense system President Donald Trump anticipates that the ‘Golden Dome’ missile defense system could be operational in as little as three years. The construction of the shield will cost roughly $175 billion, according to the president’s estimate. The vice chief of space operations at the U.S. Space Force, Gen. Michael Guetlein, has been tapped to oversee the project.
Aiming to address concerns about balancing his role at Tesla with his involvement in the Trump administration, Elon Musk said that he plans to stay as it’s CEO for another five years, while adding that he plans to significantly cut political spending.
WATCH: President Trump speaks about the new additions to the Oval Office “Behind you is a very important document, the Declaration of Independence. That was in the vault for many decades right under this area.”
Sen. Kevin Cramer on the Golden Dome: “The new autonomous Space Age defense ecosystem is more about Silicon Valley than it is about Big Metal. What’s exciting about this is it makes it available to everybody to participate… big companies, mid-sized companies, small companies.”
Khamenei: “I do not think nuclear talks with the U.S. will be successful… We do not know what will happen.” At a ceremony for Raisi, he warned the U.S., as the crowd chanted “Death to America,” and added, “No one is waiting for permission from this or that.”
Council of Economic Advisers Chairman Stephen Miran: Over the next four years, the One Big Beautiful Bill would boost GDP by about 4.2-5.2%, it will create about 7 million new jobs, and it will boost take home pay for a typical family of four by about $8K-$13K.
