The Trump administration is taking itsimmigration crackdownto thehealth care safety net,launching Medicaid spending probes in at least six Democratic-led states that provide comprehensive health coverage to poor and disabled immigrants living in the U.S. without permanent legal status. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is scouring payments covering health care for immigrants without legal […]
Six of the countrys most influential Jewish organizations are urging shuls and other Jewish institutions to apply for $274 million in federal security grants. However, a growing number of progressive groups and congregations are vowing to boycott the program, citing conditions they say betray Jewish values. The clash centers on the Nonprofit Security Grant Program […]
U.S. employers added just 22,000 jobs last month as the labor market continued to cool under uncertainty over President Donald Trumps economic policies. The Labor Department said Friday that hiring decelerated from 79,000 in July. The unemployment rate ticked up to 4.3%, also worse than expected and the highest level since 2021, the Labor Department […]
Two Venezuelan military aircraft buzzed a US Navy destroyer in the Caribbean on Thursday, in what the Pentagon called a highly provocative attempt to interfere with counter-drug operations. The incident comes just 48 hours after US forces attacked a Tren de Aragua narco-smuggling boat in the region, killing 11 militants tied to Venezuelas most powerful […]
Hedge fund billionaire Bill Ackman has dramatically reversed course in New York Citys mayoral race, throwing his support behind former governor Andrew Cuomo after months of backing incumbent Mayor Eric Adams. In a late-night post on X Thursday, Ackman declared that Adams should step aside, citing dismal polling numbers and a collapsing path to reelection. […]
Tesla CEO Elon Musk could be in line for a payout of $1 trillion if his electric car company meets a series of extremely aggressive targets over the next 10
Israel has issued its first formal evacuation notice to residents of a multi-story building in Gaza City ahead of an impending strike, Defense Minister Yisrael Katz announced Friday, declaring that the military campaign will only intensify until Hamas agrees to Israels terms for a ceasefire. The bolt is now being removed from the gates of […]
Hamas released a new hostage video Friday, showing abductee Guy Gilboa-Dalal embracing fellow captive Alon Ohel and saying he couldn’t believe he has survived 22 months of war while being held in Gaza City. The terror group posted the clip on its Telegram channel alongside the ominous message: Time is running out. In the footage, […]
Syrias new government unveiled a sweeping reconstruction drive on Thursday, staging a high-profile fundraiser at Damascus Citadel and pledging to rebuild the nation after more than a decade of war and the fall of Bashar Assads regime last December. The launch of the Syrian Development Fund was broadcast live nationwide and shown on outdoor screens […]
Russian PresidentVladimir Putinsaid Friday that any foreign troops deployed to Ukraine, particularly while its invasion was still ongoing, would be considered legitimate targets by Moscow’s forces. Putin’s comments came hours afterEuropean leaders repledgedtheir commitment to apotential peacekeeping force,a prospect that Moscow has repeatedly described as unacceptable. If any troops appear there, especially now while fighting […]
The daughter and son-in-law of a Nazi financier who helped plunder Europes Jewish-owned art collections during World War II were charged Thursday in Argentina with concealing dozens of stolen works, including 22 paintings by French modernist Henri Matisse. The case erupted last month after Portrait of a Lady, an 18th-century painting by Italian baroque artist […]
The U.K.s deputy prime minister, Angela Rayner, resigned Friday after an independent inquiry found that she did not meet the ethical standards required for government ministers over a recent home purchase. Rayner, who admitted on Wednesday that she did not pay enough tax on her purchase of an apartment in Hove, on Englands south coast, […]
President Donald Trump has inserted himself directly into New York Citys mayoral race, privately urging long-shot candidates to bow out within days in order to block Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani from seizing City Hall, The New York Post reported. Trump phoned billionaire businessman John Catsimatidis on Sunday, warning of the political fallout if Mamdani, the […]
Another yeshivah bochur was arrested in the dead of the night earlier this week at his home in Bat Yam. Military police officers knocked at his door at 2:30 a.m.,
The Justice Department has begun examining mortgage fraud allegations against Lisa Cook, the Federal Reserve governor who is challenging a Trump administration effort to remove her from her job and
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Bichasdei Hashem, YWN is pleased to report that the Zkan Roshei Yeshiva, HaGaon HaRav Shmuel Kamenetsky, shlita, Rosh Yeshiva of Philadelphia, has been released from the hospital. As previously reported,
The United States is designating two Ecuadorian gangs as foreign terrorist organizations, marking the Trump administrations latest step to target criminal cartels in Latin America. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio made the announcement Thursday while in Ecuador as part of a trip to Latin America overshadowed by an American military strike against a similarly […]
A federal jury has ordered Google to pay $425.7 million for improperly snooping on people’s smartphones during a nearly decade-long period of intrusions. The verdict reached Wednesday in San Francisco
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