President Donald Trump on Thursday directed his administration to crack down on backers of what it described as left-wing terrorism, naming two top Democratic donors as he alleged without evidence a vast conspiracy to finance violent protests against the government. Trumps executive order put the FBIs Joint Terrorism Taskforce in the lead and said the […]
I recognize that the title may come across as provocative, but itis atopicthat weighs heavily on my heart-particularly during the Yomim Tovim. Each Sukkos, our shuls receiveaninflux of Yeshiva bochurim returning home. While it is beautiful to see how many of them have grown into Yarei Shamayim and Baali Middos,theres a distressing reality that cannot […]
Word nerd alert: Merriam-Webster announced Thursday it has taken the rare step of fully revising and reimagining one of its most popular dictionaries with a fresh edition that adds over 5,000 new words, including petrichor, teraflop, dumbphone andghost kitchen. The 12th editionof Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary comes 22 years after the book’s last hard-copy update and […]
The gunman whoopened fireonan Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilityin Dallas, killing a detainee and critically wounding two others, left behind a note saying that he hoped the attack would give ICE agents real terror, the FBI director said Thursday. The post by Kash Patel onthe social platform Xoffered the first hint of a motive behind […]
Former FBI Director James Comey was indicted by a grand jury on two counts, alleged false statements within jurisdiction of the legislative branch and obstruction of congressional proceeding, Fox News
The White House is telling agencies to prepare large-scale firings of federal workers if the government shuts down next week. In a memo released Wednesday night, the Office of Management
It is with deep regret that YWN informs you of the sudden petirah of Harav Yosef Yitzchok Kalmanson ztl, longtime Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivas Beis Dovid Shlomo in New Haven, Connecticut. COL reported that he was niftar suddenly on the first night of Rosh Hashanah at the age of 70. Rav Kalmanson ztl was a […]
Two Syracuse University freshmen face hate crime charges after prosecutors say they targeted Jewish students during Rosh Hashanah by throwing a bag of pork into a fraternity house an incident officials say was more than just a campus prank. The confrontation unfolded Tuesday evening at the Zeta Beta Tau fraternity, where students had gathered […]
U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff said Wednesday he was confident progress could be made in the coming days toward ending the nearly two-year war in Gaza, pointing to a new 21-point peace plan presented by President Donald Trump to Arab and Islamic leaders on the sidelines of the United Nations General […]
U.S. jobless claim applications fell to their lowest level in two months last week as layoffs remain low despite mounting evidence of a softening labor market. The number of Americans
President Donald Trump on Wednesday publicly ruled out Israeli annexation of the West Bank, declaring from the Oval Office that its not gonna happen. The presidents remarks, his first-ever on the matter, came in response to questions about whether he had privately assured Arab and Muslim leaders of his stance during a multilateral meeting on […]
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has summoned nearly every U.S. general and admiral to a Marine Corps base in Virginia next week an extraordinary order issued with no stated purpose that has rattled the Pentagons senior ranks amid a wave of firings under the Trump administration. The directive, confirmed by Pentagon officials and reported by […]
U.S. fighter jets scrambled to identify and intercept four Russian warplanes flying near Alaska, the North American Aerospace Defense Command said Thursday. It’s the third time in about a month
A California man who carried out a string of arson attacks in the Bay Area has been sentenced to nearly two decades in federal prison, with a judge labeling him a domestic terrorist whose actions were designed to intimidate governments and sow fear. Casey Robert Goonan, who pleaded guilty earlier this year, admitted to firebombing […]
In the weeks following the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, a leftist gun group with a history of political violence is openly celebrating his death and using it to recruit. Bright red flyers from the John Brown Gun Club appeared this week on Georgetown Universitys campus, plastered across activity boards and reading: Hey […]
Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes remained sluggish in August, even as a late-summer slide in mortgage rates brought home loan borrowing costs to a 10-month low. Existing home sales slipped 0.2% last month from July to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4 million units, the National Association of Realtors said Thursday. Thats the […]
Israeli police have arrested a man who allegedly threatened to assassinate Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, marking the second such case to surface in as many months and underscoring the heightened political volatility surrounding Israels embattled leader. The suspect, a resident of Kiryat Gat, was detained on the evening of Sept. 22 the start of […]
Scott Bessent, Donald Trumps Treasury secretary, is under fire from within his own party after remarks suggesting Europe must shoulder more of the burden against Russia comments that one retiring Republican lawmaker said echoed the appeasement rhetoric of the 1930s. In an appearance on Fox Business Network, Bessent said Moscows aggression should be met […]
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