Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes accelerated in September as declining mortgage rates and a pickup in available properties on the market encouraged home shoppers. Existing home sales rose 1.5% last month from August to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.06 million units, the National Association of Realtors said Thursday. That’s the fastest sales […]
The FBI on Thursday released new surveillance footage and fresh details in its ongoing investigation into the unsolved pipe bomb case linked to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack — one of the most enduring mysteries surrounding that day. The newly released video shows the unidentified suspect placing an explosive device outside the Democratic National […]
President Donald Trump says he’s backing off a planned surge of federal agents into San Francisco after speaking to the mayor. Trump posted on social media Thursday that Mayor Daniel Lurie said the city was making progress in reducing crime. Trump said he agreed to let San Francisco keep trying on its own. Trump’s post […]
Charedi Jewry the world over has joined the Werdiger family in mourning Mrs. Libby Werdiger, a”h, a matriarch of a prominent Torah family and the mother of askan, philanthropist, chairman of the Agudath Israel’s Board of Directors and the Chairman of Ichud Mosdos Gur, Reb Shloime Werdiger. She was 97 years of age, and spent […]
The government shutdown has reopened debate on what has been a central issue for both major political parties in the last 15 years: the future of health coverage under the Affordable Care Act. Tax credits for people who get health insurance through the marketplaces created by the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, expire at the […]
A clear majority of Americans — including four in five Democrats and a sizable share of Republicans — believe the United States should formally recognize a Palestinian state, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll that highlights widening gaps between public sentiment and President Donald Trump’s current Middle East policy. The six-day survey, completed Monday, found […]
As bnei yeshivos are dragged to prison due to the “legal” decisions of Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara, she continues to invent new sanctions against the Chareidi public, now deciding to
British counterterrorism police arrested three men in London on Thursday on suspicion of spying for Russia. The Metropolitan Police force said that the men, ages 44, 45 and 48, were detained at addresses in the city under the National Security Act “on suspicion of assisting a foreign intelligence service.” Police said that the country in […]
A guest on Channel 14’s popular The Patriots show asked Yinon Magal: “Do you know what the hottest trend among Israeli youth is Israel is today? Shemirat Shabbat.” “I have
A documentary proof-of-citizenship requirement for voting in U.S. elections hasn’t been able to pass Congress and has been blocked by the courts, so allies of President Donald Trump’s administration are pursuing another avenue to try to impose the idea — asking a little-known federal agency to do it. By a deadline earlier this week, the independent U.S. Election […]
Are you ready to embrace one of the most essential mitzvos in the Torah? This is your unique opportunity to acquire the masorah to perform Bris Milah and to join
The entire White House East Wing has been demolished as President Donald Trump moves forward with a ballroom construction, Associated Press photos on Thursday showed. The East Wing, where first
The head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers and a player for the Miami Heat were arrested Thursday along with more than 30 other people in two criminal cases alleging
Mayor Eric Adams formally endorsed former Gov. Andrew Cuomo to replace him as the next mayor of New York City on Thursday, less than one month after Adams suspended his
China’s ruling Communist Party said Thursday it will focus on speeding up self-reliance in science and technology, a long-running push that has become more pronounced as the U.S. has imposed increasingly tight controls on access to semiconductors and other high-tech items. The announcement by state media came in a communique after a four-day meeting that […]
President Donald Trump has pardoned Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, who created the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange and served prison time for failing to stop criminals from using the platform to move money connected to child sex abuse, drug trafficking and terrorism. The pardon caps a monthslong effort by Zhao, a billionaire commonly known as CZ […]
The European Union on Thursday heaped more economic sanctions on Russia, adding to U.S. President Donald Trump’s new punitive measures the previous day against the Russian oil industry. Russian officials and state media dismissed the Western measures, saying they are largely ineffective. The sanctions are intended as part of a broadened effort to choke off the revenue […]
A Chareidi avreich arrested for “draft dodging” spoke to Kol Chai on Thursday about his stint in military prison. He said that the conditions in the prison pose a danger
Vice President JD Vance and Second Lady Usha Vance were given a rare, high-tech window into the Gaza Strip during a visit Wednesday to IDF headquarters at the Kirya in Tel Aviv, where they used a virtual reality system to “observe” the territory and receive a classified intelligence briefing, according to Israeli officials. The briefing […]
The soldiers and airmen stood at the back of the black minivan, arming themselves — with black garbage bags and red-handled trash pickers — and headed for the park around the recreation center. For the Washington, D.C., contingent of the National Guard deployed to the nation’s capital, it marked their 119th beautification project since the […]
Popular Posts
