House Speaker Paul Ryan declined Wednesday to say the evolving Republican tax cut plan won’t add to the nation’s already mammoth budget deficits. A chief goal of the effort will
In its ruling, for the first time, the court permits a business to present its commitment to halacha and kashrus, without calling itself kosher. The Reform Movement in Israel had filed a petition with the High Court of Justice challenging the Chief Rabbinate of Israel�s exclusive monopoly on kashrus. By a majority of five judges […]
The head of the National Flood Insurance Program says early estimates are that Hurricane Harvey will result in about $11 billion in payouts to insured homeowners, mostly in southeast Texas.
The High Court of Justice decided to accept the petition filed by the Yesh Atid party and headed by MK Yair Lapid. It was Lapid�s party which spearheaded the entire �share the burden� campaign � to get all eligible Israelis to serve, including chareidim. He accomplished this in the previous Knesset, but today, as his […]
The top House and Senate Democrats said Wednesday they had reached agreement with President Donald Trump to protect thousands of younger immigrants from deportation and fund some border security enhancements � not including Trump’s long-sought border wall. The deal announced by Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi following a […]
With floodwaters nearing knee height, Arlene Estle fled to the upstairs of the Houston house where she’s lived for 50 years and raised four children. It was many hours later
Former business associates of Michael Flynn have told lawmakers that he traveled to the Middle East in 2015 as part of a private proposal to build nuclear power plants across
A group of people in Charlottesville, Virginia has covered up a statue of former President Thomas Jefferson, a U.S. Founding Father. The Daily Progress reported that the incident occurred Tuesday night on the campus of the University of Virginia. The group of about 100 people ��some invoking “Black Lives Matter” chants � �included students, faculty […]
More than five years into his 14-year sentence on corruption convictions, Rod Blagojevich, who once held the highest office in Illinois, finds himself on cleaning duty at a Colorado federal
(VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE) Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu�s historical visit to Latin America began earlier in this week. Israel-Argentina friendship dates back to the creation of the State of Israel, the cooperation between the countries has grown consistently. (YWN � Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
The High Court of Justice decision of Tuesday, striking down the current draft arrangement for chareidim, has its share of small print, which includes the ruling excluding hesder yeshivot. The
Police say a driver’s global positioning system device caused him to drive into a Pennsylvania river. The (Easton) Express-Times says the motorist wound up in the Lehigh River in Easton
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Every year during the Tishrei Yomim Tovim, MDA registers a sharp increase in the amount of emergency calls to its 101 emergency line. In order to provide emergency response rapidly
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Wednesday that President Donald Trump in the last eight days has “done more for bipartisanship” than his predecessor, Barack Obama did during
Former President Jimmy Carter offered a damning indictment of U.S. foreign policy and domestic affairs Tuesday, saying money in politics makes the nation more like an “oligarchy than a democracy”
President Reuven Rivlin on Wednesday morning 22 Elul, addressed an event in memory of Israel�s Ninth President, the late Shimon Peres, held at the Peres Center for Peace and Innovation, with the participation of international and Israeli leaders in the fields of hi-tech and industry. �It is hard to believe that a year has passed […]
Agudath Israel of America�s New Jersey Office praised the Homeowners� Association of the Enclave senior community in Lakewood for its decision regarding the right of its residents to build Sukkahs in the community. The association stated that residents could build Sukkahs as long as they followed certain guidelines that take into account the governing board�s […]
A new lawsuit accuses Poland Spring water of deceiving customers by putting the words “100 percent natural spring water” on product labels. The federal class-action lawsuit in Maine targets corporate
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