President Trump called his administration’s response to Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico — where an independent study suggests nearly 3,000 people may have died — an “incredible unsung success.” “I think Puerto Rico was incredibly successful. Puerto Rico was actually our toughest one of all because it is an island,” Trump said Tuesday in the […]
Standing in the field where the last of the Sept. 11 planes crashed, President Donald Trump praised the “band of brave patriots” who helped bring down the jetliner and saved
Extremism poses a greater global threat today than it did 17 years ago, despite costly U.S. military action overseas, according to members of the U.S. government commission that investigated the
A freight train in Chester, Virginia, crashed through a semitrailer stuck on the tracks, tearing it in half and spilling its contents across the tracks before eventually coming to a
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is referencing hurricanes to describe the “challenging election” that Senate Republicans are facing. The Kentucky Republican says the “wind’s going to be in our face,
The Trump administration ordered the closure of the Palestinian diplomatic mission in Washington on Monday and threatened sanctions against the International Criminal Court if it pursues investigations against the U.S.,
The Republican National Committee chairwoman is rating her party’s chances of retaining control of the House at “50-50.” Ronna McDaniel is cautioning that Democrats will seek to make the November elections about President Donald Trump and “personality” — but it’s the results that matter. She acknowledges an uphill House fight because of a wave of […]
New England’s hot summer might be helping keep the ticks that carry Lyme disease at bay. The Northeastern states — which are some of the worst for Lyme in the U.S., posing a hazard to residents and vacationers alike — are still totaling the number of Lyme cases from the summer months, and there will […]
For years, a small group of renegade Democrats in the New York state Senate broke with their party to support Republican control of the chamber. The faction folded earlier this year but some Democrats aren’t willing to forgive and forget. Several challengers have mounted aggressive campaigns to unseat former members of the so-called Independent Democratic […]
Vice President Mike Pence says he’s “100 percent confident” that no one on his staff was involved with the anonymous New York Times column criticizing President Donald Trump’s leadership. “I know them. I know their character,” Pence said in a taped interview aired Sunday by CBS’ “Face the Nation.” Some pundits had speculated that Pence […]
Motorists streamed inland on highways converted to one-way evacuation routes Tuesday as about 1.7 million people in three states were warned to get out of the way of Hurricane Florence,
Six Firefighting airplanes together with 16 teams of firefighters on the ground battled a large forest fire in the Einot Tzukim nature reserve near the Dead Sea over the course
Over the holiday of Rosh Hashanah, United Hatzalah volunteers treated some 2,700 injured people in and around the city of Uman, Ukraine. One of the people treated, whom first responders
Melania and I wish all Jewish people Shana Tova and send our warmest greetings to those celebrating Rosh Hashanah and the start of the High Holy Days… pic.twitter.com/uMrHHX5il0 — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 9, 2018 Happy New Year to Jewish people all over the world! Shana tova u’metuka! #RoshHashanah ?? pic.twitter.com/vi4qBDqdQi — Ivanka Trump […]
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com It is the one greeting that has found its way into the codified minhagim of Klal Yisroel. The Ramah tells us (OC 582:9) that it is the custom, after Maariv of Rosh Hashana, for everyone to say to each other, “leshana tova tikasaiv – For a good year, you […]
Saturday’s planned opening of the second span of the new Mario M. Cuomo Bridge over the Hudson River was delayed after a piece of the bridge it is replacing became destabilized and threatened to fall, officials said. Matthew Driscoll, the executive director of the New York State Thruway Authority, said “a potentially dangerous situation” developed […]
Attorney General Jeff Sessions has vigorously pushed President Donald Trump’s agenda at the Justice Department, and before that, spent 20 years championing conservative causes in the Senate. Yet as Sessions
Some 8,907,000 residents live in Israel,162,000 more than a year ago, according to data from the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) published on Tuesday, 24 Elul, ahead of for Rosh
A new report by congressional investigators details how hackers broke into Equifax last year in a breach that exposed the financial information of more than 145 million Americans. The lawmakers
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