Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Monday had some harsh words for President Barack Obama and the members of the bipartisan congressional supercommittee who were unable to trim $1.2 trillion from the

The supercommittee formed to deal with the nation’s debt problems has failed to reach an agreement. The chairmen of the 12-lawmaker panel announced their failure Monday after one last-ditch effort

In his new book, “Time To Get Tough” – Donald Trump does one of the things critics said he would never do in his flirting with running for president —

For intelligence officials and government leaders in Israel, the instability in Egypt is worrisome, especially following the latest events. Tens of thousands of protestors gathered in Tahrir Square and vow

NYS Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was admitted to a Connecticut hospital on Sunday after complications from his Nov. 10 bike accident in Puerto Rico produced swelling in his knee. Spokesman Michael Whyland says Silver, 67, is working from his hospital and undergoing �minor procedures.� The long-time Democratic Assembly leader will stay in the hospital through […]

New York — On Friday, Local 1181 of the Amalgamated Transit Union threatened to begin a strike that would leave over 100,000 public and private school students without necessary transportation

Hezbollah has partially unraveled the CIA’s spy network in Lebanon, severely damaging the intelligence agency’s ability to gather vital information on the terrorist organization at a tense time in the

AT&T Inc., the largest U.S. telephone company, notified some of its customers of an effort to break into their online accounts. �We recently detected an organized and systematic attempt to obtain information on a number of AT&T customer accounts, including yours,� AT&T said in an e-mail to customers. �We do not believe that the perpetrators […]

A new USA TODAY/Gallup Poll shows that the “Occupy” movement has failed to capture the attention of a majority of Americans, indicating either ambivalence toward it or lack of interest.

With mounting violence in Cairo and much uncertainty regarding Egypt�s future, the IDF has formed a new intelligence battalion to focus on the events as they unfold in Egypt. The members of the new intelligence corps team are undergoing training to prepare them for the assignment, and soldiers will operate in a number of areas, […]

Two law enforcement officials familiar with the investigation of a New York City bomb plot said federal authorities declined to pursue the case. The officials said on Monday that the

A few days before Pesach 1944, Dov Berger was sent to a labor camp in Budapest. He packed his bag, taking along his kitel in the hope of wearing it on Seder night. During his entire ordeal in the camps, he had managed to keep his precious kitel with him. A year later, R� Berger […]

Once again, Gedolei Yisrael Shlita are calling on the tzibur to distance itself from the internet, warning against the dangers to a Jewish home from the internet. In an sharply worded letter, one being described as �unprecedented� by the daily HaMevaser, HaGaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky Shlita states the internet is in the category of �yahereg […]

The Beersheva District Court on Sunday, 23 Cheshvan, ordered another psychiatric evaluation of Asher Dahan, the accused murderer of Baba Elazar, Rabbi Elazar Abuchatzera zt�l in July 2011. While the suspect has already undergone a number of evaluations since the murder, there have been different results, compelling the court to order yet another evaluation. In […]

The family of the late Mir rosh yeshiva Hagon HaRav Nosson Tzvi Finkel ZT�L, including the rebitzen and his sons, led by the new rosh yeshiva, HaRav Eliezer Yehuda Finkel, visited the Bnei Brak home of HaGaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky Shlita as well as the home of HaGaon HaRav Aaron Yehuda Leib Shteinman Shlita, as […]