The Republican-led House resoundingly rejected a far-ranging immigration bill on Wednesday despite an eleventh-hour endorsement by President Donald Trump, as the gulf between the GOP’s moderate and conservative wings proved too deep for leaders to avert an election-year display of division. The bill was killed 301-121, with nearly half of Republicans opposing the measure. The […]
With the huge news that Justice Anthony Kennedy is retiring from the Supreme Court, President Donald Trump announced that he will be choosing a new nominee ”immediately.” Kennedy’s retirement gives Trump the chance to cement conservative control of the high court. Trump said his choice will come from a list of 25 possible nominees — 24 judges […]
The Trump administration may deliver on its promise to reduce a commonly used tax form to postcard size, but it does not shrink the workload for many Americans filling out
In the 41st District, Dayla Attar took a step closer to becoming the first Orthodox woman from Baltimore in the state legislature. She was the top vote getter in the district, trailed by incumbent Delegate Samuel I. “Sandy” Rosenberg and Tony Bridges, who has worked in city government and for community nonprofits. Dalya won one […]
A Dallas-based investor who was a frequent guest on Fox News is suing NPR for $57 million in damages over a series of 2017 reports on the death of a
Police in Maine say someone broke into a parked state police cruiser and stole two firearms, including an assault-style rifle. Steve McCausland, spokesman for the Maine Department of Public Safety,
After being targeted both physically and verbally in attacks by Chareidi extremists who disapprove of their actions in Knesset, the Knesset Security Officer has decided to assign security for Degel
European Council President Donald Tusk says the European Union must prepare for the worst due to the policies of U.S. President Donald Trump, as a trade war looms between Washington
On the 92nd day of Israel suffering from flaming objects and bombs being hurled from the Gaza Strip into Israel, Israeli fire fighters and crews from fought to contain 22
Yachad party leader Eli Yishai joins the critics following the report the Eida Chareidis had Ethiopian Barkan Winery employees reassigned from halachicaly sensitive positions since as the Eida explains, “their Jewishness is a subject of dispute among some”. Yishai explains that Maran HaGaon HaRav Ovadia Yosef ZT”L regarded them as Jews. Yishai used his Facebook […]
The U.S. military wants to install missile defense radar in Hawaii to identify any ballistic missiles that are fired from North Korea or elsewhere, officials said Tuesday. The $1 billion
Baruch Hashem 24 new families have moved to Rochester since we began our marketing program back in the spring of 2015. Some of our new families have written about their experiences since moving to town. See excerpts from their reviews below. To see all of our testimonials in full visit http://www.torahrochester.com/reviews Yossi and Ilana Bendel – […]
Months of diligent effort and advocacy by Agudath Israel of America’s New Jersey office has the state’s nonpublic school community hoping for a positive outcome, with the Legislature’s latest budget including the full restoration of previously slashed funding that would have been detrimental to the state’s private schools and their students. The proposed 2019 budget […]
Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez today announced that a 40-year-old Brooklyn man was sentenced to up to 15 years in prison for driving while intoxicated and slamming into a group of cyclists in the middle of a bike tour, killing one and wounding three others. District Attorney Gonzalez said, “This defendant’s decision to drink and […]
A Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) report released on Wednesday, 14 Tammuz, shows chareidim are generally more satisfied with life. According to the report, at the end of 2016, 75% of the population in Israel was Jewish, approximately 20% were Arab and 5% ‘other’. Among the Jews, about 45% define themselves as secular, 25% traditional, […]
The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that government workers can’t be forced to contribute to labor unions that represent them in collective bargaining, dealing a serious financial blow to Democratic-leaning organized
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