NEC Director Kevin Hassett: “The President has put a lot of leverage over people with his reciprocal tariffs, and we’re getting amazing deals. All these countries — about HALF of world GDP — has opened up like never before to U.S. trade.”
A chaotic scene broke out Saturday evening at Williams Avenue and Riverdale Avenue in East New York, Brooklyn, as NYPD officers clashed with a disorderly group, with video showing a street brawl between police and civilians. Police responded around 6:48 p.m., ultimately arresting 17 people—14 were given summonses and released, while three were charged.
The vast majority of U.S. adults are at least somewhat stressed about the cost of groceries, a new poll finds, as prices continue to rise and concerns about the impact of President Donald Trump’s tariffs remain widespread. About half of all Americans say the cost of groceries is a “major” source of stress in their life right now, while 33% say it’s a “minor” source of stress, according to the poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. Only 14% say it’s not a source of stress, underscoring the pervasive anxiety most Americans continue to feel about the cost of everyday essentials. Other financial stressors — like the cost of housing or the amount of money in their bank accounts — are also broadly felt, but they weigh more heavily on younger Americans, who are less likely than older adults to have significant savings or own property. The survey also found that about 4 in 10 Americans under age 45 say they’ve used what are known as “buy now, pay later” services when spending on entertainment or restaurant meals or when paying for essentials like groceries or medical care. Adam Bush, 19, based in Portland, New York, is one of those younger Americans who has used pay-later services for things like groceries or entertainment. Bush works as a welder, fabricating parts for trucks for Toyota, and makes under $50,000 per year. “I just keep watching the prices go up, so I’m looking for the cheapest possible stuff,” he said. “Hot pockets and TV dinners.” Everyone is stressed about groceries Groceries are one of the most far-reaching financial stressors, affecting the young and old alike, the poll finds. While Americans over age 60 are less likely than younger people to feel major financial anxiety about housing, their savings, child care, or credit card debt, they are just as worried about the cost of groceries. Esther Bland, 78, who lives in Buckley, Washington, said groceries are a “minor” source of stress — but only because her local food banks fill the gap. Bland relies on her Social Security and disability payments each month to cover her rent and other expenses — such as veterinary care for her dogs — in retirement, after decades working in an office processing product orders. “I have no savings,” she said. “I’m not sure what’s going on politically when it comes to the food banks, but if I lost that, groceries would absolutely be a major source of stress.” Bland’s monthly income mainly goes toward her electric, water and cable bills, she said, as well as care of her dogs and other household needs. “Soap, paper towels, toilet paper. I buy gas at Costco, but we haven’t seen $3 a gallon here in a long time,” she said. “I stay home a lot. I only put about 50 miles on my car a week.” According to the poll, 64% of the lowest-income Americans — those who have a household income of less than $30,000 a year — say the cost of groceries is a “major” stressor. That’s compared with about 4 in 10 Americans who have a household income of $100,000 or more. But even within that higher-income group, only about 2 in 10 say grocery costs aren’t a worry at all. Women and Hispanic adults are especially economically anxious Housing is […]
Texas Governor Greg Abbott says he will remove Democrat lawmakers who fled to Illinois to prevent a vote on restricting today and has given them until 3PM today to return. “The derelict Democrat House members must return to Texas and be in attendance when the House reconvenes at 3:00 PM on Monday, August 4, 2025.”
BREAKING: President Trump claims last week’s Jobs Report was “RIGGED,” alleging massive revisions favored Radical Left Democrats to downplay Republican success. Promises “exceptional replacement.”
An Israeli citizen was found robbed and murdered near Las Vegas over the weekend, prompting a homicide investigation. The body was discovered about 15 minutes from the Las Vegas Strip, with no suspects identified or arrests made. A local Chabad shliach said the victim was visiting for a hotel vacation, and the body was returned to Israel within 24 hours for kevurah after preventing an autopsy.
Just hours before the scheduled vote on her dismissal, Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara called the move “illegal” and accused the government of trying to block yeshiva recruitment and disrupt Netanyahu’s court cases, adding she would not attend the meeting to defend herself.
A fire broke out under an eastbound train at Newport PATH Station in Jersey City, NJ, early this morning. The train filled with smoke, and passengers were evacuated onto the platform. Several people were treated for smoke inhalation. Emergency crews remain on the scene, and the cause is under investigation.
Senior Hamas terrorist Ghazi Hamad said over the weekend that one of the fruits of the October 7 massacre was the world’s willingness to recognize a Palestinian state. In an interview with Al Jazeera shortly after announcements by France, the UK, and Canada confirming their intention to recognize a Palestinian state, Hamad boasted about the benefits of the October 7 massacre. It should be noted that Hamad left Gaza for Lebanon weeks before the October 7 attack. “The first thing is that it brought back the Palestinian issue,” he elaborated. “Why are all the countries recognizing Palestine now? Before October 7, was there a country that dared recognize a Palestinian state?” “Now, the fruit of October 7 is what spurred the whole world to open their eyes to the Palestinian cause,” he asserted. The Israeli Foreign Ministry posted a clip from Hamad’s interview, stating: “Don’t let terror collect its reward.” (YWN Israel Desk—Jerusalem)
A Muslim nurse in the Netherlands is under criminal investigation after reportedly posting graphic threats on social media about murdering Israeli patients in her care. Btissame Chait-Said, a home health nurse for the elderly, is alleged to have written in mid-July: “All Zionists can die in healthcare and I’m happy to help,” and chillingly added, “You know what I do to Zionists: As a nurse practitioner, I give them an extra injection so they go to heaven.” The posts, which were made on Instagram, were quickly deleted—along with all of Chait-Said’s social media accounts—following media exposure. Chait-Said has denied the allegations, claiming her account was hacked and that she had no involvement in the posts. “I did not make the statements in question and I completely distance myself from them,” she told De Telegraaf. “I harbor no hostility toward the Jewish people, nor toward any other people, race, religion, or orientation.” But De Telegraaf reports that deleted Facebook and X accounts under her name had long been posting anti-Israel content. One message from August 2023 read, “Islam will always remain and there is nothing you pigs can do about it,” followed by, “Your time will come. Spare no one.” Jewish advocacy group CIDI (Center for Information and Documentation on Israel) called for harsh consequences if the nurse’s threats are substantiated. The Netherlands has seen a sharp spike in antisemitism since Hamas’s October 7 massacre in Israel. CIDI documented a record 421 antisemitic incidents in 2024—an 11% jump over the previous high. The group now warns of an “antisemitism crisis” demanding urgent national attention. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)
A baby girl was delivered in critical condition during a home water birth in the town of Elyachin in the Sharon area on Sunday, Ynet reported. The two midwives attending the birth performed resuscitation on the baby until MDA paramedics arrived. The paramedics continued resuscitation efforts en route to Hillel Yaffe Hospital in Hadera. The hospital stated that “the baby arrived in critical and unstable condition, unconscious, after prolonged resuscitation attempts at the scene. She was transferred to the neonatal intensive care unit, but unfortunately, she was pronounced dead a few hours later. The mother was also treated by the staff, and her condition is defined as good and stable.” Last month, a mother was evacuated in serious condition to Hadassah Har Hatzofim Hospital in Jerusalem after complications developed during a planned home birth. Unfortunately, the doctors could not save the baby’s life. The mother had previously given birth to her first child via Cesarean—a situation in which a home birth should not have been planned. Prof. Ilan Baruchim, director of the Women and Maternity Division at Hillel Yaffe, said, “Our recommendation is always to come to the hospital to give birth. We allow our mothers to give birth in any way they request, as long as there is no danger to them or the fetus. Home birth has orderly guidelines from the Ministry of Health, and it is important to adhere to them. Unfortunately, this case ended tragically. The mother is currently under supervision and is given full treatment and comprehensive support as needed.” (YWN Israel Desk—Jerusalem)
Several thousand workers at three Midwest manufacturing plants where Boeing develops military aircraft and weapons went on strike early Monday, potentially complicating the aerospace company’s progress in regaining its financial footing. The strike started at Boeing facilities in St. Louis; St. Charles, Missouri; and Mascoutah, Illinois, after about 3,200 local members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers voted Sunday to reject a modified four-year labor agreement, the union said. “IAM District 837 members build the aircraft and defense systems that keep our country safe,” Sam Cicinelli, the general vice president of the union’s Midwest division, said in a statement. “They deserve nothing less than a contract that keeps their families secure and recognizes their unmatched expertise.” The vote followed a weeklong cooling-off period after the machinists rejected an earlier proposed contract, which included a 20% wage increase over four years and $5,000 ratification bonuses. Boeing warned over the weekend that it anticipated the strike after workers rejected its latest offer, which did not further boost the proposed wage hike. However, the proposal removed a scheduling provision that would have affected workers’ ability to earn overtime pay. “We’re disappointed our employees rejected an offer that featured 40% average wage growth and resolved their primary issue on alternative work schedules,” said Dan Gillian, Boeing Air Dominance vice president and general manager, and senior St. Louis site executive. “We are prepared for a strike and have fully implemented our contingency plan to ensure our non-striking workforce can continue supporting our customers.” Boeing’s Defense, Space & Security business accounts for more than one-third of the company’s revenue. But Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg told analysts last week that the impact from a strike by the machinists who build fighter jets, weapons systems and the U.S. Navy’s first carrier-based unmanned aircraft would be much less than a walkout last year by 33,000 workers who assemble the company’s commercial jetliners. “The order of magnitude of this is much, much less than what we saw last fall,” Ortberg said. “So we’ll manage through this. I wouldn’t worry too much about the implications of the strike.” The 2024 strike that shut down Boeing’s factories in Washington state for more than seven weeks at a bleak time for the company. Boeing came under several federal investigations last year year after a door plug blew off a 737 Max plane during an Alaska Airlines flight in January. The Federal Aviation Administration put limits on Boeing airplane production that it said would last until the agency felt confident about manufacturing quality safeguards at the company. The door-plug incident renewed concerns about the safety of the 737 Max. Two of the planes crashed less than five months apart in 2018 and 2019, killing 346 people. Ortberg told analysts that the company has slowly worked its way up to an FAA-set 737 Max production cap of 38 per month and expects to ask regulators later this year for permission to go beyond it. Last week, Boeing reported that its second-quarter revenue had improved and its losses had narrowed. The company lost $611 million in the second quarter, compared to a loss of $1.44 billion during the same period last year. Shares of Boeing Co. slipped less than 1% before the opening bell Monday. (AP)
The coming week could mark a pivotal moment in the war between Russia and Ukraine, as U.S. President Donald Trump’s deadline for the Kremlin to reach a peace deal approaches — or it could quietly pass without consequence. Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff was expected in Moscow midweek, just before Trump’s Friday deadline for the Kremlin to stop the killing or face potentially severe economic penalties from Washington. So far Trump’s promises, threats and cajoling have failed to shift the Kremlin’s position, and the stubborn diplomatic stalemate remains in place. Meanwhile, Ukraine is losing more territory on the front line, although there is no sign of a looming collapse of its defenses. Trump’s envoy is expected in Moscow Witkoff is expected to land in the Russian capital on Wednesday or Thursday, according to Trump, following his trip to Israel and Gaza. “They would like to see (Witkoff),” Trump said Sunday of the Russians. “They’ve asked that he meet so we’ll see what happens.” Trump, exasperated that Russian President Vladimir Putin hasn’t heeded his calls to stop bombing Ukrainian cities, a week ago moved up his ultimatum to impose additional sanctions on Russia as well as introduce secondary tariffs targeting countries that buy Russian oil, including China and India. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Monday that officials are happy to meet with Trump’s envoy. “We are always glad to see Mr. Witkoff in Moscow,” he said. “We consider (talks with Witkoff) important, substantive and very useful.” Trump is not sure sanctions will work Trump said Sunday that Russia has proven to be “pretty good at avoiding sanctions.” “They’re wily characters,” he said of the Russians. The Kremlin has insisted that international sanctions imposed since its February 2022 invasion of its neighbor have had a limited impact. Ukraine insists the sanctions are taking their toll on Moscow’s war machine and wants Western allies to ramp them up. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday urged the United States, Europe and other nations to impose stronger secondary sanctions on Moscow’s energy, trade and banking sectors. Trump’s comments appeared to signal he doesn’t have much hope that sanctions will force Putin’s hand. The secondary sanctions also complicate Washington’s relations with China and India, who stand accused of helping finance Russia’s war effort by buying its oil. Since returning to office in January, Trump has found that stopping the war is harder than he perhaps imagined. Senior American officials have warned that the U.S. could walk away from the conflict if peace efforts make no progress. Putin shows no signs of making concessions The diplomatic atmosphere has become more heated as Trump’s deadline approaches. Putin announced last Friday that Russia’s new hypersonic missile, the Oreshnik, has entered service. The Russian leader has hailed its capabilities, saying its multiple warheads that plunge to a target at speeds of up to Mach 10 cannot be intercepted. He claimed that they are so powerful that the use of several of them in one conventional strike could be as devastating as a nuclear attack. Separately, one of Putin’s top lieutenants warned that the Ukraine war could nudge Russia and the U.S. into armed conflict. Trump responded to what he called the “highly provocative statements” by former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev by ordering the repositioning of two U.S. nuclear submarines. Putin has repeated the same message throughout the war: He will only accept a settlement on his terms and will […]
Scientists say they have at last solved the mystery of what killed more than 5 billion sea stars off the Pacific coast of North America in a decade-long epidemic. Sea stars – often known as starfish – typically have five arms and some species sport up to 24 arms. They range in color from solid orange to tapestries of orange, purple, brown and green. Starting in 2013, a mysterious sea star wasting disease sparked a mass die-off from Mexico to Alaska. The epidemic has devastated more than 20 species and continues today. Worst hit was a species called the sunflower sea star, which lost around 90% of its population in the outbreak’s first five years. “It’s really quite gruesome,” said marine disease ecologist Alyssa Gehman at the Hakai Institute in British Columbia, Canada, who helped pinpoint the cause. Healthy sea stars have “puffy arms sticking straight out,” she said. But the wasting disease causes them to grow lesions and “then their arms actually fall off.” The culprit? Bacteria that has also infected shellfish, according to a study published Monday in the journal Nature Ecology and Evolution. The findings “solve a long-standing question about a very serious disease in the ocean,” said Rebecca Vega Thurber, a marine microbiologist at University of California, Santa Barbara, who was not involved in the study. It took more than a decade for researchers to identify the cause of the disease, with many false leads and twists and turns along the way. Early research hinted the cause might be a virus, but it turned out the densovirus that scientists initially focused on was actually a normal resident inside healthy sea stars and not associated with disease, said Melanie Prentice of the Hakai Institute, co-author of the new study. Other efforts missed the real killer because researchers studied tissue samples of dead sea stars that no longer contained the bodily fluid that surrounds the organs. But the latest study includes detailed analysis of this fluid, called coelomic fluid, where the bacteria Vibrio pectenicida were found. “It’s incredibly difficult to trace the source of so many environmental diseases, especially underwater,” said microbiologist Blake Ushijima of the University of North Carolina, Wilmington, who was not involved in the research. He said the detective work by this team was “really smart and significant.” Now that scientists know the cause, they have a better shot at intervening to help sea stars. Prentice said that scientists could potentially now test which of the remaining sea stars are still healthy — and consider whether to relocate them, or breed them in captivity to later transplant them to areas that have lost almost all their sunflower sea stars. Scientists may also test if some populations have natural immunity, and if treatments like probiotics may help boost immunity to the disease. Such recovery work is not only important for sea stars, but for entire Pacific ecosystems because healthy starfish gobble up excess sea urchins, researchers say. Sunflower sea stars “look sort of innocent when you see them, but they eat almost everything that lives on the bottom of the ocean,” said Gehman. “They’re voracious eaters.” With many fewer sea stars, the sea urchins that they usually munch on exploded in population – and in turn gobbled up around 95% of the kelp forest s in […]
An Israeli citizen was found robbed and murdered near Las Vegas over the weekend, and authorities have opened a homicide investigation. Local law enforcement confirmed on Monday that the body was discovered approximately 15 minutes from the Las Vegas Strip, the city’s bustling hub of hotels and casinos. Police have not yet identified any suspects, and the motive for the killing remains unknown. No arrests have been made. According to a Chabad shliach in Las Vegas, the victim had traveled to the city for a hotel vacation. He added that an autopsy had been prevented and the body was returned to Israel within 24 hours for kevurah. The Israeli Foreign Ministry said it had not yet been formally notified of the incident. The victim’s name has not been released, and few details have emerged about the circumstances of the crime. The killing comes on the heels of two high-profile murders of Israeli nationals in Los Angeles this past April. In the first of the Los Angeles cases, 47-year-old Israeli-American businessman Alexander Modvadze was brutally murdered during a targeted home invasion in the Woodland Hills neighborhood. According to the LAPD, three Georgian nationals—Pata Kuchiyashvili (38), Zaza Otarashvili (46), and Besiki Khutsishvili (52)—broke into Modvadze’s home, held him hostage for hours, and inflicted fatal head injuries before fleeing with valuable property. The suspects were apprehended within hours, aided by the FBI. The second victim, Israeli businessman Manny Hidra—brother of Moshe Hidra, Deputy Commissioner of the Nitzan Detention Center in Israel—was found dead in his Valley Village apartment days later. His alleged killer, 27-year-old Eric Escamilla, a repeat offender recently released from custody, was captured following a nearly two-week manhunt. Authorities believe Escamilla broke into an adjacent unit before leaping from a balcony into Hidra’s apartment and launching a fatal assault. Surveillance footage later showed Escamilla attempting to force entry into other units. (YWN World Headquarters = NYC)
CNN’s chief data analyst Harry Enten has labeled Donald Trump the “most influential president this century,” citing sweeping and historic shifts in U.S. policy on trade, immigration, and executive power just over six months into his second nonconsecutive term. “Love it, like it, lump it — Trump’s remaking the United States of America,” Enten said in a weekend segment, underscoring a seismic realignment of the nation’s political and economic landscape under the 45th and now 47th president. Enten pointed to a surge in U.S. tariff rates as Exhibit A. Just one year ago, the highest average U.S. tariff rate on another country hovered around 2%. Today, that number has soared to nearly 18% — the highest level since the Great Depression era of the 1930s. “Trump has always run on tariffs,” Enten said, “and he’s delivering record-setting numbers that haven’t been seen in nearly a century.” Immigration, another cornerstone of Trump’s policy platform, is also seeing drastic changes. According to Enten, net migration into the U.S. has plummeted by at least 60%, down from 2.8 million last year — with early data suggesting the country may even be heading toward negative net migration in 2025, a phenomenon not seen in at least 50 years. “We may be dealing with — get this — negative net migration,” Enten warned. “That would be a first in modern American history.” The third pillar of Trump’s outsized influence, Enten noted, is his aggressive use of executive authority. The former president has already signed 180 executive orders just halfway through his first year back in office, a staggering pace that outstrips every president since Franklin D. Roosevelt. “No other president in recent memory — Republican or Democrat — has come close to reshaping federal policy at this speed and scale,” Enten said. “He’s setting records across multiple fronts.” Trump, who made history by becoming only the second president to serve two nonconsecutive terms (joining Grover Cleveland), has wasted little time imposing his vision on Washington. “In terms of measurable policy change,” Enten concluded, “Trump is probably the most influential American president dating back well into the 20th century.” (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)
Authorities in Scotland canceled trains, closed parks and warned people to tie down backyard trampolines as an unusually strong summer storm toppled trees, felled power lines and disrupted travel across northern Britain. The U.K.’s Meteorological Office on Monday issued an “amber” wind warning in Scotland for Storm Floris, meaning there is potential risk to lives and property, especially from large waves in coastal areas. Network Rail Scotland said wind gusts of up to 90 mph (145kph) had brought down trees across lines and damaged overhead wires. More than 22,000 properties were without electricity, operator Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks said. After reports of mobile homes being blown over on the Isle of Skye off Scotland’s northwest coast, police Scotland said that “anyone with campervans should remain parked in sheltered areas until the wind speed reduces.” The wind and heavy rain hit at the busiest time of year for tourism, with hundreds of thousands of people flocking to the Edinburgh Fringe and other arts festivals. The Edinburgh Military Tattoo, one of the city’s biggest tourist draws, cancelled Monday’s scheduled outdoor performance by massed ranks of bagpipers and drummers at Edinburgh Castle. Train companies canceled services across much of Scotland and some ferry crossings were also scrapped. Floris, named by weather authorities, also hit parts of Northern Ireland, Wales and northern England, the Met Office said. Scottish government minister Angela Constance urged people to be careful if traveling and “consider this a winter journey as opposed to a summer journey.” “Please make sure you’ve got warm clothes, food, water, plenty of fuel and that your mobile phone is charged up,” she said. Train operator ScotRail urged “anyone with garden equipment, such as tents, trampolines or furniture, to secure items so that they don’t blow onto the tracks and interfere with lineside equipment.” (AP)
Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar spoke to the foreign press on Monday while standing in front of a screenshot of hostage Evyatar David, taken from a cruel Hamas psychological terror video published on Friday showing an emaciated David digging his own grave. “This past weekend, Hamas and Islamic Jihad cruelly released horrifying videos of our hostages, Evyatar David and Rom Braslavski,” he said. “The world witnessed their terrible condition, starved and tortured. Evyatar was forced to dig his own grave. The world saw the thick arm of the well-fed terrorist next to the starved and tortured Evyatar.” “On October 7 and since then, Hamas has committed evil crimes, like the Nazis and ISIS did. There are still 50 hostages cruelly being held in the dungeons of Gaza. Hamas and Islamic Jihad are using the starvation and torture of hostages as part of a deliberate and well-planned sadistic propaganda campaign. These organizations also planted the starvation campaign of lies.” Sa’ar slammed the international media for its “unbalanced and twisted anti-Israel agenda”—feigning concern for Gaza while ignoring the plight of the hostages and failing to publish their photos on their front pages. He emphasized that 50 hostages (20 living) are still being held in Gaza and have been denied access to visits by Red Cross representatives. He also slammed countries, such as France, the UK and Canada, for announcing they will recognize a Palestinian state, emboldening Hamas and undermining hostage negotiations. “It’s immoral,” Sa’ar said. “And it’s also politically foolish. If you can’t help, for G-d’s sake, don’t continue to cause damage to all the people living in our region.” Watch Sa’ar full remarks below: (YWN Israel Desk—Jerusalem)
A tropical storm churned Monday in the western Atlantic Ocean, but forecasters say it was expected to move away from the U.S. coast and stay north of Bermuda. Tropical Storm Dexter is the fourth named storm of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season. It formed late Sunday and was heading northeast Monday, with maximum sustained winds of 45 mph (72 kph), the Miami-based National Hurricane Center said. Dexter was located about 250 miles (400 kilometers) northwest of Bermuda. No coastal watches or warnings were in effect. Some slight strengthening of the storm was forecast during the next few days. (AP)
