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White House: Trump Stands by Hegseth After Watchdog Report

Trump “stands by” Hegseth following CNN reporting on watchdog report, White House says The White House said today that President Donald Trump “stands by” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth following reporting on an inspector general report about his sharing of highly sensitive attack plans in a Signal chat. “This review affirms what the Administration has said from the […]

Cuellar: I’ll Work With Trump for the Good of the Country

Rep. Henry Cuellar: I’m a conservative Democrat, I work across the lines, and I want to see President Trump succeed. It’s good for the country. We might have differences, but if I can work with him I will.

Lebanon “Far From” Diplomatic Normalization Or Economic Relations With Israel, Prime Minister Says

Lebanon’s prime minister said Wednesday that his country was “far from” diplomatic normalization or economic relations with Israel, despite a move toward direct negotiations between the two countries aimed at defusing tensions. Prime Minister Nawaf Salam’s comments to a small group of journalists in Beirut came in contradiction to a statement by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Israel […]

GLOBAL COOLING? Nationwide Arctic Blast Poised to Shatter Records as 200 Million Americans Brace for Brutal Cold

A punishing Arctic blast is barreling across the United States this week, threatening to plunge more than 200 million Americans into life-threatening cold and potentially rewrite the record books across 15 states. Meteorologists warn that over 40 record lows could fall between Thursday and Friday alone, as a destabilized polar vortex and an early-season La […]

NYC Business Giant: Mamdani Is An “Enemy Of The Jews”; Warns Of “Dark Times” Ahead

NYC BUSINESS GIANT BLASTS MAYOR-ELECT: ROWAN CALLS MAMDANI “ENEMY OF JEWS,” WARNS OF “DARK TIMES” AHEAD Apollo Global Management CEO Marc Rowan issued a searing public rebuke of New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani on Monday night, accusing the incoming leader of “normalizing antisemitism” and declaring him an outright “enemy” of the Jewish people. The […]

Old Geezer From Long Island Who Terrorized Jewish Businesses With Nazi Graffiti Walks Free

A 75-year-old Long Island man who admitted waging a months-long campaign of terror against Jewish residents and businesses in Montauk walked out of jail with nothing more than probation, after a bureaucratic technicality erased the five-day sentence he was supposed to serve for his antisemitic crimes. Michael Nicholoulias, of Montauk, pleaded guilty in August to […]

MAILBAG: We Love Gedolim and Daas Torah – Until They Dare To Disagree With Us

The following observations are completely aside from the actual merits of the Draft Law. I simply wish to point out what I see as the unfortunate reality that plagues us, time and time again. There is a sad, insidious pattern, repeated so many times that it’s painful to watch. Gedolim. Daas Torah. Kavod HaTorah. Words […]

WATCH: Fascinating In Depth Interview With NY Times And Netanyahu

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that he would not hesitate to travel to New York, even after the city’s mayor-elect, Zohran Mamdani, vowed to honor an International Criminal Court arrest warrant issued against him on alleged war-crimes charges. Speaking remotely from Israel at The New York Times DealBook Summit, Netanyahu dismissed the allegations tied […]

Senate Advances Rabbi Yehuda Kaploun’s Nomination To Serve As Trump’s Envoy to Combat Antisemitism

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday advanced the nomination of Rabbi Yehuda Kaploun to serve as the Trump administration’s special envoy to monitor and combat antisemitism, moving the Chabad-affiliated businessman one step closer to confirmation after a contentious, highly polarized fight over his past political statements. Rabbi Kaploun cleared the panel in a bipartisan […]

UPS Put Profits Over Safety Before Plane Crash That Killed 14, Lawsuit Alleges

A deadly UPS cargo plane crash in Kentucky stemmed from from corporate choices that favored profits over safety, according to a lawyer who filed two wrongful death lawsuits Wednesday, which allege the company kept flying older aircraft without increasing maintenance beyond what’s regularly scheduled. Last month’s fiery crash happened during takeoff after the plane’s left […]

Pentagon Watchdog: Hegseth Put U.S. Forces at Risk by Sharing Strike Details on Signal

The Pentagon’s watchdog found that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth put U.S. personnel and their mission at risk when he used the Signal messaging app to convey sensitive information about a military strike against Yemen’s Houthi militants, two people familiar with the findings said Wednesday. Hegseth, however, has the ability to declassify material and the report did not find […]

They Spend All Night Immersed in the Holy Kabbalah in Yerushalayim—Will You Join Them?

It’s midnight in the holy city of Yerushalayim, and a group of exalted and illustrious mekubalim stream in, one by one, into the Beis Medrash overlooking the Makom HaMikdash—the site of our destroyed Beis HaMikdash—where they will spend the night immersed in holiness.   Each and every one of these carefully selected Yidden has already spent years in the study of the Zohar and the writings of the Arizal and his talmidim. Their faces […]

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