First it was the city’s announcement that it would operate its newly renovated indoor pool on Shabbos, leading to a call by rabbonim not to pay for pool membership, to
Paul Manafort, the imprisoned former chairman of President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign, pleaded not guilty Thursday to New York state mortgage fraud charges that could keep him locked up even if Trump pardons him for federal crimes uncovered during the probe of Russian election meddling. Manafort’s lawyer said he intends to challenge the state case […]
The Americans want to safeguard their technological riches, restore balance to their top trading relationship and force a sharp-elbowed rival to play by the rules and keep its word. The Chinese want the Trump administration to drop its tariffs so they can regain freer access to the world’s largest consumer market while pursuing their goal […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the $50 billion U.S. economic investment plan for the Palestinians, which has been castigated by the Palestinian leadership, is “a brilliant idea.” Speaking late Thursday at a conference in Jerusalem, Netanyahu said the Trump administration’s vision of turning “welfare into investment” is what “we did in Israel and it […]
Missionaries are delivering material to homes all around Flatbush on Thursday. Please warn your children, and dispose of this garbage immediately. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)
The Democratic-controlled House voted Thursday to send President Donald Trump a bipartisan, Senate-drafted, $4.6 billion measure to care for migrant refugees detained at the southern border, capping a Washington skirmish
President Trump opened his most consequential trip of the year by plunging into a series of high-stakes meetings at an international summit in Japan on Friday by pushing allies on both trade and defense spending. Trump met first with the G20 summit’s host, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. He will follow that with talks with […]
Democratic divisions over race, age and ideology surged into public view Thursday night as the party’s leading presidential contenders faced off in a fiery debate over who is best positioned to take on President Donald Trump. The Democratic Party’s early front-runner, 76-year-old former Vice President Joe Biden, was forced to defend his record on race […]
North Korea said Thursday that South Korea must stop trying to mediate between Pyongyang and Washington, as it stepped up its pressure on the United States to work out new
Twin suicide attacks targeting security forces struck Tunisia’s capital on Thursday, killing a patrol officer and injuring at least eight people. Tunisia has been struck repeatedly by terror attacks, threatening the country’s relative political stability. Thursday’s attacks came as the country’s 92-year-old president, who had been released from a brief hospitalization less than a week […]
During a press conference on Wednesday afternoon, the chairman of the Blue and White party, MK Benny Gantz announced that if it were possible to stop the elections and form
Former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson cited an awkward encounter with President Donald Trump’s son-in-law in a Washington restaurant as an example of diplomacy being conducted behind his back when he was in the administration, according to a transcript of a congressional hearing released Thursday. Tillerson, who was fired by Trump in March 2018, mentioned […]
The chairman of the dati leumi Bayit Yehudi party is Rabbi Rafi Peretz, who is also serving as Israel’s Interim Minister of Education – Peretz is reportedly considering compelling all
Same stage. Same rules. But the Democrats’ second back-to-back debate is fueled by star power. Debate night No. 2 marks the first time top-tier presidential candidates will confront one another in person over who is the best fit to lead the Democratic effort to oust President Donald Trump in 2020. The first batch of Democratic […]
Thursday evening saw two drownings happen at hotels where EMTs happened to be vacationing. The first incident occurred at the David Dead Sea Resort and Spa located at Ein Bokek
Israeli security forces during early Thursday morning raided a number of homes in the Amari Refugee Camp and discovered a factory containing equipment, including a lathe, for the manufacture of
The U.S. economy grew at a healthy 3.1% rate in the first three months of this year, but signs are mounting that growth has slowed sharply in the current quarter
Israel’s Airports Authority reported this week that for the past three weeks, there has been interference with Israel’s GPS airspace navigation system, causing delays in takeoffs and landings. Galei Tzahal
United Hatzalah first responders and ambulance team responded to a motor vehicle accident at the Holz Interchange on Kibbutz Galuyot Road in Tel Aviv on Thursday night. A Magen David
Police detectives on Wednesday afternoon responded to a report that chareidi protesters were blocking traffic, including public buses, at Kikar Shabbos. The police response was immediate, and upon their arrival,
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