President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping discussed Taiwan, artificial intelligence and security issues Tuesday in a call meant to demonstrate a return to regular leader-to-leader dialogue between the two powers. The call, described by the White House as “candid and constructive,” was the leaders’ first conversation since their November summit in California produced […]
Voters in four states weighed in Tuesday on their parties’ presidential nominees, a largely symbolic vote now that both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have locked up the Democratic and Republican nominations. Biden and Trump are both expected to easily win primaries in Connecticut, New York, Rhode Island and Wisconsin and add […]
Donald Trump again used language denounced by Democrats to hammer President Joe Biden over his handling of the U.S.-Mexico border on Tuesday as he campaigned in two midwestern swing states critical to the outcome of the 2024 election. Trump, who has vowed to launch the largest domestic deportation operation in the country’s history if he […]
Thousands of homes and businesses were without power Tuesday as severe weather roared through several states, causing at least one death and spawning possible tornadoes. In West Virginia, about 140,000 customers were without electricity Tuesday afternoon, or about 14% of all customers tracked in the state by poweroutage.us. Meanwhile, a spring snowstorm was expected to […]
A U.S. Navy veteran has been identified as the man accused of ramming an SUV into a barrier at the front gate of the FBI’s Atlanta office. A DeKalb County police spokesperson said officers have secured warrants for interference with government property against Ervin Lee Bolling. The charges did not immediately show up in online […]
A shocking incident occurred in the Gaza Strip on Monday when a high-ranking Israeli Air Force officer accidentally fired from an Apache helicopter, narrowly missing IDF soldiers. The officer, identified as Colonel “Y”, commander of the Ramon Air Force Base, was on a mission to provide aerial protection for the soldiers when he pressed the […]
The White House on Tuesday evening released a statement from President Joe Biden in which he declared himself “outraged” and “heartbroken” by the deaths of seven humanitarian aid workers in a mistaken Israeli airstrike in Gaza. He demanded that Israel’s investigation into the airstrike be “swift, it must bring accountability, and its finding must be […]
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has announced plans to formally recognize a Palestinian state by July, as reported by Spanish media. Speaking to journalists during his trip to Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar, Sánchez stated that the recognition would be confirmed before the summer. He also expressed his intention to persuade Arab nations that have […]
The IRS says it’s making progress with initiatives to claw back money improperly distributed under the Employee Retention Credit. The ERC was designed to help businesses retain employees during pandemic-era shutdowns, but it quickly became a magnet for fraud. Its complex eligibility rules allowed scammers to target small businesses, offering help applying for the ERC […]
NSC Spokesperson John Kirby: There is no evidence that Israel deliberately struck and killed WCK aid workers in Gaza. Kirby adds that to date, the US has found no instances where Israel has violated international humanitarian law in their war with Hamas.
On Monday, Channel 13 news aired what it claimed to be a clip inadvertently transmitted to them, showing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rehearsing for his press conference held the previous Sunday night. According to the network, Netanyahu conducted the rehearsal of his statement just before media personnel were admitted, and somehow, it inadvertently made its […]
President Vladimir Putin vowed Tuesday to track down the masterminds of the Moscow concert hall attack that left 144 people dead in the worst assault on Russian soil in two decades, and urged its law enforcement agencies to tighten security at mass gatherings. Putin has repeatedly sought to link the March 22 killings to Ukraine […]
Polish Deputy Foreign Minister Andrzej Szejna has called for Israel to provide compensation to the families of seven aid workers, including a Polish citizen, who were killed in an Israeli strike in Gaza. “The authorities should think about who should be held criminally responsible for pressing a certain button and how to compensate the families […]
A fire at an Istanbul nightclub during renovations on Tuesday killed at least 29 people, officials and reports said. Several people, including managers of the club, were detained for questioning. At least one person was being treated at a hospital, the Istanbul governor’s office said in a statement. The Masquerade nightclub, which was closed for […]
The Transportation Department’s Federal Railroad Administration released the details of the rule Tuesday morning, after working on it for the past two years. There has been intense focus on railroad safety since the fiery February 2023 derailment in eastern Ohio, but few significant changes have been made apart from steps the railroads pledged to take […]
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has doubled down on his assertion that President Biden is the biggest threat to democracy, citing alleged efforts to censor political speech online. In an appearance on “Fox & Friends”, Kennedy said, “President Biden has done something that no other president in history has done, which is to order media, particularly […]
Tesla sales fell sharply last quarter as competition increased worldwide, electric vehicle sales growth slowed, and price cuts failed to draw more buyers. The Austin, Texas, company said it delivered 386,810 vehicles from January through March, almost 9% below the 423,000 it sold in the same quarter of last year. Sales also fell short of […]
A senior Defense Department official who attended last year’s NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, had symptoms similar to those reported by U.S. officials who have experienced “Havana syndrome,” the Pentagon confirmed Monday. Havana syndrome is still under investigation but includes a string of health problems dating back to 2016, when officials working at the U.S. […]
HaRav Moshe Berezovsky, the son of the Slonimer Rebbe, recently met with the Slabodka Rosh Yeshiva, Hagaon HaRav Moshe Hillel Hirsch to discuss the recent IDF draft ruling.. During their discussion, Rav Berezovsky urged Rav Hirsch to organize a large-scale protest akin to the “March of the Million” held over two decades ago. However, the […]
President Joe Biden is hosting a small group of Muslim American community leaders at the White House for a meeting on Tuesday followed by a scaled-down Iftar dinner, as he seeks to relieve tensions over his administration’s staunch support for Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza. Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will be joined […]
