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MAZEL TOV! Israel Welcomes First Baby of 2026

MAZEL TOV! The first baby born in Israel in 2026 was born at Hadassah Mount Scopus hospital at 12:01 A.M. The parents, Shira Leah and Uri Rosen from the Dolav settlement welcomed their son in the very first minute of the new year, pictured here with the midwives at the hospital.

Israeli Woman Extracted From Yericho by IDF After Wrong Turn Into Area A

Palestinian Authority security forces intervened this week to extract a 22-year-old Jewish Israeli woman who was found wandering inside the Palestinian city of Yericho, an area where Israelis are legally barred from entering, Israeli officials confirmed. A spokesperson for the Defense Ministry’s Civil Administration told The Times of Israel that Israeli authorities contacted Palestinian Authority […]

IDF Central Command Chief Warns Forces Must Be Ready for “Surprise War”

IDF Central Command chief Avi Bluth warned Tuesday that forces must remain prepared for the possibility of a sudden outbreak of war. “The baseline scenario we must prepare for is readiness for a surprise war,” Bluth said at the conclusion of a surprise inspection of units in the West Bank, according to an IDF statement. […]

U.S. Sanctions Venezuelan Oil Firms, Targets “Shadow Fleet” Tankers

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 […]

One Family. Crushing Debt. Children at Home. Your Tzedakah Can Save Them.

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, […]

Trump Pauses National Guard Deployments in Chicago, Portland After Court Setbacks

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 […]

Saks Global Preparing Chapter 11 Filing After Missing $100M Interest Payment

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 […]

S&P 500 Logs Third Straight Annual Double-Digit Gain in 2025 Despite Year-End Dip

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 […]

Jack Smith Tells Congress: Jan. 6 Riot “Does Not Happen” Without Donald Trump

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 […]

IDF Says It Conducted 430 Operations Across Multiple Fronts in 2025, Killed Thousands of Terrorists

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 Roberts Says Constitution Remains “Firm and Unshaken” Amid Judicial Turmoil

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 […]

Israel’s Population Growth Falls Below 1% for First Time as Emigration Surges

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 […]

HHS Freezes Child Care Funding Nationwide Pending State Oversight Review

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 […]

Federal Judge Blocks Trump Move to End TPS for Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua

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.

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