Republican governors running for reelection have begun trumpeting the party’s more hands-off approach to the coronavirus pandemic, trying to flip the script on an issue that helped Democrats win the White House and control of Capitol Hill in 2020. GOP governors, especially in populous, diverse Sun Belt states, credit a resurgent economy to their resistance […]
Naftali Bennett is heckled repeatedly by members of the right as he attempts to begin his speech at the plenum. Religious Zionist Party MKs Bezalel Smotrich, Itamar Ben-Gvir and Orit
Police have arrested one suspect and are searching for another after a mass shooting on a crowded downtown Austin street left 14 people wounded early Saturday, two of them critically.
Chaim Loeb is the founder of the Fit Yid Academy, one of the only kosher gyms to get in shape. For the first time ever, he has teamed up with
The Bennett-Lapid government, which is scheduled to be voted in on Sunday, Gimmel Tamuz, the yahrtzeit of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, reminded Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu of his famous meeting with
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s consecutive 12-year rule, the longest in Israeli history, is scheduled to end at 4 pm. on Sunday, June 13, with Netanyahu being replaced by his former
Ra’am MK Saeed Alkharumi threatened on Sunday morning not to vote for the Bennett-Lapid government due to his lack of satisfaction with the coalition agreement signed on Friday. Among other
Chaim Loeb is the founder of the Fit Yid Academy, one of the only kosher gyms to get in shape. For the first time ever, he has teamed up with
Florida’s state Board of Education banned “critical race theory” from public school classrooms Thursday, adopting new rules it said would shield schoolchildren from curricula that could “distort historical events.” Florida’s move was widely expected as a national debate intensifies about how race should be used as a lens in classrooms to examine the country’s tumultuous […]
Democrats are committed to passing legislation this year to curb prescription drug prices, but they’re still disagreeing on how to cut costs for patients and taxpayers while preserving profits that lure investors to back potentially promising treatments. It boils down to finding a balance: How big a stick should Medicare have to negotiate prices with […]
New coronavirus infections and deaths in the U.S. are down dramatically from earlier highs, though more contagious variants are spreading. Most people are now are at least partially vaccinated, yet
Saudi Arabia announced Saturday this year’s hajj pilgrimage will be limited to no more than 60,000 people, all of them from within the kingdom, due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The announcement by the kingdom comes after it ran an incredibly pared-down pilgrimage last year over the virus, but still allowed a small number of […]
President Joe Biden’s hopes of channeling billions of dollars into green infrastructure investments to fight climate change are running into the political obstacle of winning over Republican lawmakers who oppose that approach as unnecessary, excessive spending. As negotiations unfold in Congress in search of a bipartisan deal, the White House’s ability to ensure a climate […]
The 58th Annual Siyum Mishnayos al shem Harav Yehoshua Silbermintz zt”l and the annual Shas Awards Presentation took place simultaneously on Sunday, June 6th, at Agudas Yisroel Beis Binyomin. Due to the current situation, this year’s Siyum was held in a much smaller setting than usual. The mesayemim were invited, together with their parents and […]
If all goes according to plan, Israel will swear in a new government on Sunday, ending Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s record 12-year rule and a political crisis that inflicted four elections on the country in less than two years. The next government, which will be led by Naftali Bennett, has vowed to chart a new […]
Leaders of the world’s largest economies unveiled an infrastructure plan Saturday for the developing world to compete with China’s global initiatives, but they were searching for a consensus on how to forcefully to call out Beijing over human rights abuses. Citing China for its forced labor practices is part of President Joe Biden’s campaign to […]
Candidates in New York City’s heavily contested Democratic mayoral primary on Saturday urged people to go to the polls in the coming days as early voting kicked off. The start of early voting around the state marks the homestretch to primary election day on June 22. As some city mayoral candidates voted, others spoke at […]
Iran held a final presidential debate Saturday that showed the fissures within the Islamic Republic’s politics, as hard-liners referred to those seeking ties to the West as “infiltrators” and the race’s two other candidates brought up the unrest that surrounded Tehran’s disputed 2009 election. Analysts and state-linked polling put hard-line judiciary chief Ebrahim Raisi as […]
Outgoing Interior Minister Aryeh Deri last week approved a pilot plan to allow individual tourists into Israel from a list of countries to be determined by the Health Ministry. Tourists
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