Month May 2019
Washington – President Donald Trump is muddying the waters over Russia’s involvement in the 2016 election. Trump tweeted early Thursday that “I had nothing to do with Russia helping me to get elected.” But he later insisted that Russia didn’t… Continue Reading →
Jerusalem – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suffered a bruising defeat in being unable to form a ruling government coalition and having to call new elections, but the new national poll has a silver lining for him. It virtually ensures… Continue Reading →
President Donald Trump on Wednesday discouraged Alabama Republican Roy Moore from running for U.S. Senate again in 2020, saying the GOP must regain the once reliably red state and Moore “cannot win.” Moore, who contends establishment Republicans are trying to… Continue Reading →
U.S. economic growth accelerated in the first quarter, the government confirmed on Thursday, but there are signs that the temporary boost from exports and inventory accumulation is already fading, with… Read more » The post First-Quarter GDP Growth Revised Slightly… Continue Reading →
The following is via Fox News: Controversial author Michael Wolff’s upcoming book, “Siege: Trump Under Fire,” reportedly claims that Robert Mueller drew up an obstruction of justice indictment against President Trump – but a spokesman for Mueller says the claim… Continue Reading →
San Francisco – A stolen sport utility vehicle struck two pedestrians and injured five other people Wednesday afternoon as it drove on a San Francisco sidewalk and smashed into other cars while fleeing police, authorities said. A person struck in… Continue Reading →
Israel’s prime minister has been a vocal critic of Iran over the years, accusing the Islamic Republic of sinister intentions at every opportunity. But the outspoken Benjamin Netanyahu has remained uncharacteristically quiet throughout the current crisis between the U.S. Read… Continue Reading →
Authorities are investigating another overnight shooting in Lakewood, TLS has learned. The shooting once again occurred in the Pine Acres neighborhood. “I heard five gun shots,” the homeowner of one of the homes hit told TLS. This woman’s home was… Continue Reading →
Not wasting any time, Zehut party chairman, Moshe Feiglin, announced his party, which did not meet the minimum threshold to enter Knesset in the last election, will be running to enter the 22nd Knesset. Read more on Yeshiva World News
Budapest – Rescue workers scoured the Danube River in downtown Budapest Thursday for 21 people missing after a sightseeing boat carrying South Korean tourists sank in a matter of seconds after colliding with a larger cruise ship during an evening… Continue Reading →
[COMMUNICATED] For the 5th year in a row, Shivti is publishing a special choveres for Yom Tov. Hundreds of Shuls, Kollelim and Botei Medrash have enjoyed learning these special Yom Tov sugyos on Leil Shavuos and throughout Yom Tov. This… Continue Reading →
Welfare Minister Chaim Katz said Thursday that as the Likud gears up for new elections, it should place Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked on the list of candidates. “She would be… Read more » The post Likud Minister: Bring Ayelet Shaked… Continue Reading →
Jerusalem – Yisrael Beiteinu party leader Avigdor Liberman slammed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Likud Party for putting the onus on him for the dissolution of the Knesset and new national elections. Early Thursday morning, following the Knesset vote… Continue Reading →
Gov. Ron DeSantis and the independently elected Florida Cabinet met in Israel on Wednesday, waving away complaints that the session violated open-government laws because it was held outside the state. Read more on Yeshiva World News
A man who set himself on fire near the White House has died of his injuries, the U.S. Park Police said on Thursday. The man set himself on fire on… Read more » The post Officials: Man Who Set Himself… Continue Reading →
If Blue and White as a party hoped to do better the second time around, it needed to do something to repair its relationship with chareidim, party MK Moshe Yaalon… Read more » The post Blue and White’s Yaalon: We… Continue Reading →
More than 750,000 European Union citizens have applied to remain living in Britain after it leaves the bloc, Interior Minister Sajid Javid said on Thursday. The issue of what would… Read more » The post Britain: Over 750,000 EU Nationals… Continue Reading →
With the 21st Knesset now history – with a very short history of its own – preparations are underway for elections to the 22nd Knesset, a venture that is expected… Read more » The post The 22nd Knesset: What Will… Continue Reading →
President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he was unaware of any effort to move the USS John S. McCain that was stationed near the site of his recent speech in… Read more » The post Trump Says Was Not Told… Continue Reading →