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The USS Ford aircraft carrier departed Souda Bay on the Greek island of Crete earlier today and is now en route to the eastern Mediterranean.

The home of the “Mona Lisa” is getting a new boss. Art historian Christophe Leribault, a veteran museum director, is taking over at the Louvre, shouldering the challenge of getting the world’s largest museum out of crisis after the brazen heist in October of the French crown jewels. French government spokeswoman Maud Bregeon announced Wednesday […]

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As the public continues to demand answers over the failures of the October 7 massacre, the man who bore the most direct responsibility for the failure, former Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar, is helping develop a new political leadership program in cooperation with Reichman University aimed at training the “next generation” of leaders, Kan News […]

Senior advisers to President Donald Trump are debating whether Israel should strike Iran before the United States takes direct military action, according to two people familiar with ongoing discussions who spoke to Politico. The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive internal deliberations, said some within the administration believe an Israeli-initiated attack could […]

A bus transporting dozens of IDF soldiers overturned on Route 40 in the Negev on Wednesday morning, leaving 17 people injured. According to Magen David Adom, the driver and one passenger sustained moderate injuries, while 15 others were lightly wounded. Paramedics rushed to the scene and began treating the injured immediately before transporting several victims […]

The Trump administration is blocking Venezuela’s government from paying for the cost of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro’s defense against drug trafficking charges in New York, a move that potentially interferes with his constitutional right to counsel, his lawyer says. Attorney Barry Pollack told a Manhattan federal judge in an email last week that the U.S. […]

Reports about US F-22 stealth fighter jets landing in southern Israel were confirmed on Thursday morning when the Chinese MizarVision intelligence firm published satellite images providing the first clear visual evidence of US Air Force F-22 Raptor stealth fighters deployed at the Ovda Airbase. The photos show 11 aircraft parked within the base complex, with […]

Reporter: Can you explain to the American people why the US would need to strike Iran to stop them from getting a nuclear weapon if the US ‘obliterated’ their enrichment program last summer? JD Vance: I’m not going to make any news on Iran today, I’ll let the president make those announcements.

Uber says it will launch “Uber Air” in Dubai later this year, letting riders book all-electric air taxis directly in the Uber app.

V.P. JD Vance announces temporary halt in Medicaid funding to Minnesota: “In order to ensure that the state of Minnesota takes its obligations seriously to be good stewards of the American peoples tax money”.

Sen. Bernie Sanders: Artificial intelligence and robotics is in the process of transforming the world. We are at the beginning of the most profound technological revolution in world history.

Marco Rubio: Everyone should know that Iran poses a very grave threat to the United States and has for a very long time.

FBI Director Kash Patel said Wednesday that the bureau subpoenaed phone records belonging to him and White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles when both were private citizens during the federal investigations into President Donald Trump. In comments to Reuters, Patel said the subpoenas were issued during the Biden administration as part of Special Counsel […]

John Fetterman explains why he chose to wear a suit during last night’s SOTU.

VP JD Vance: we’ve seen evidence, Iran is trying to rebuild nuclear weapons.

Fox’s Jesse Watters on Trump’s SOTU: There’s a physical division right in the middle of the chamber — He creates a moment, then exploits the moment to get a reaction from Democrats. The reaction proves his point.

Dear YWN, How many times are we going to keep writing about the seminary insanity before someone actually does something about it? I am not even addressing the degrading application process, the subtle humiliations, the endless interviews, the social competition over which “name” you were accepted to, or the tired lines about “rebranding” and suddenly […]

Noam chairman Avi Maoz delivered a scathing speech in the Knesset last week in which he accused senior figures in the security and judicial systems for leading a mutiny against the elected political leadership. In the presence of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, Maoz accused former Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar and senior Shin Bet officials […]

The Trump administration is pressing Iran to accept a nuclear agreement with no expiration date, seeking to eliminate the “sunset clauses” that limited the duration of restrictions in past deals, according to a new report. U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff told a private gathering of donors affiliated with American Israel Public Affairs Committee on Tuesday […]