Israeli officials are warning that Israel may insist on preserving the right to act militarily against Iran even if Washington reaches a diplomatic agreement with Tehran. Speaking to CNN ahead of talks between Prime Minister Netanyahu and President Donald Trump, Israeli officials said Netanyahu plans to press Trump for “freedom of action” against Iran, citing […]
U.S. forces at Al Udeid Air Base have moved Patriot missile systems onto mobile truck launchers as tensions with Iran have intensified, according to an analysis of satellite imagery. The
Nearly one in four Israelis will be chareidi by the year 2050, according to a new report from the Israel Democracy Institute (IDI). The study examined how the rapid growth of the Torah-observant public is likely to affect Israel’s economy, education system, and national institutions in the coming decades. It looks at two possible paths: […]
The Trump administration on Thursday will revoke a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, the White House announced. The Environmental Protection Agency will issue a final rule rescinding a 2009 government declaration known as the endangerment finding. That Obama-era policy determined that carbon […]
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Iran said recent nuclear talks with the United States demonstrated enough seriousness on Washington’s part to justify continuing diplomatic engagement, signaling cautious optimism despite a growing U.S. military posture in waters and bases near Iran. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said discussions held last week in Oman allowed Tehran to assess U.S. intentions and […]
President Donald Trump warned Tuesday that the United States is prepared to take military action against Iran if ongoing nuclear negotiations collapse. In an interview with N12, Trump said Washington is considering sending a second aircraft carrier strike group to the region, adding to an already significant U.S. naval presence. “Either we will make a […]
An annual meeting of the nation’s governors that has long served as a rare bipartisan gathering is unraveling after President Donald Trump excluded Democratic governors from White House events. The National Governors Association said it will no longer hold a formal meeting with Trump when governors are scheduled to convene in Washington later this month, […]
Todd Lyons, the head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, defended his agency’s officers before Congress on Tuesday, standing behind their tactics and saying they would not be intimidated as they carry out the president’s mass deportation agenda. Lyons was one of the three heads of agencies implementing President Donald Trump’s immigration agenda to testify in a hearing […]
Anti-graft watchdog Transparency International is warning that corruption is worsening worldwide, even in established democracies, and says the United States has fallen to its lowest score ever on its 2025
Turkey’s foreign minister has warned the United States against launching a military strike on Iran, saying there is “no immediate threat of war” and insisting that diplomacy remains the best path forward. In an interview with CNN Turk on Tuesday, Hakan Fidan revealed that ahead of last month’s 12-day conflict, U.S. Secretary of State Marco […]
Jurors in a landmark social media case that seeks to hold tech companies responsible for harms to children got their first glimpse into what will be a lengthy trial characterized by dueling narratives from the plaintiffs and the two remaining defendants, Meta and YouTube. At the core of the Los Angeles case is a 20-year-old identified only […]
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was presented with Israeli military intelligence outlining Hamas’s plans for a large-scale assault years before the Oct. 7 attack, according to a report published by Ynet. Citing intelligence documents and testimony from senior officials, Ynet reported that as early as April 2018, Israel’s Military Intelligence Directorate circulated an assessment warning that […]
In a tightly controlled manufacturing hangar west of Paris, workers put the finishing touches on an enormous silver-colored engine. In just a few days, a similar machine will help propel the most powerful version of Europe’s Ariane 6 rocket yet, flying for the first time with four boosters. On Thursday, the Ariane 64 rocket — […]
Liu Zhiquan was waiting for a 30-plus hour train journey to Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province, some 1,242 miles (2,000 kilometers) from Beijing, where he works in construction. He’s one of the hundreds of millions expected to travel to their hometowns as part of the world’s largest movement of humanity, or “chunyun” as it’s […]
by Rabbi Eliezer Sandler The concept of the Yissachar-Zevulun Torah Learning Pact goes back well over 3,500 years, to the time of Yaakov Avinu and his sons. It is
Authorities investigating the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie released the first surveillance images Tuesday showing a masked person on her porch the night she went missing, as law enforcement and her family intensified calls for public help more than a week into the search. Law enforcement searching for the mother of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie […]
The Jerusalem District Court on Tuesday officially approved for publication a partial transcript of an internal discussion held in July 2016, containing a series of harsh statements by then-Attorney General
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