Month January 2020

The Trump administration lifted federal protections Thursday for some of the nation’s millions of miles of streams, arroyos and wetlands, completing one of its most far-reaching environmental rollbacks. The changes will scale back which waterways qualify for protection against pollution… Continue Reading →

The Justice Department secretly acknowledged last month that it had “insufficient predication” to continue monitoring a former Trump campaign adviser during the FBI’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016… Read more » The post Justice Department Concedes it had… Continue Reading →

New York City lawmakers voted Thursday to require stores and restaurants to accept cash for payment, saying businesses that accept only credit and debit cards are discriminating against New Yorkers… Read more » The post New York City Council Votes… Continue Reading →

DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — Pete Buttigieg finds himself in a place that he could hardly have contemplated when he began running for president a year ago: He likely cannot finish lower than second in the Iowa caucuses if he wants… Continue Reading →

As first reported on our Status Alerts, former US Diplomat and National Security Advisor John Bolton is set to visit Jackson in response to the ongoing anti-Semitism. Dr. Rich Roberts, a powerful political and community activist who has taken on the… Continue Reading →

By 6:15 p.m. Wednesday, Sens. Patrick J. Toomey, R-Pa., and Cory Booker, D-N.J., appeared to stand guard over the Senate. On either side of the chamber, Toomey and Booker stood… Read more » The post Analysis: Senators Walk to Stay… Continue Reading →

NEW YORK (AP) – If you’re spending a lot on convenience — whether in the form of grocery delivery, ride-hailing or meal delivery — your credit card wants to reward you for it, while encouraging you to spend more. Consider… Continue Reading →

Three American firefighting airplane crew members were killed Thursday when the C-130 Hercules aerial water tanker they were in crashed while battling wildfires in southeastern Australia, officials said. New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian confirmed the deaths in the state’s… Continue Reading →

NEW YORK (AP) — Jim Lehrer, co-host and later host of the nightly PBS “NewsHour” that for decades offered a thoughtful take on current events, has died, PBS said Thursday. He was 85. Lehrer died “peacefully in his sleep,” according… Continue Reading →

WASHINGTON (Israel Hayom) — Senior adviser to President Donald Trump Jared Kushner and U.S. Special Representative for International Negotiations Avi Berkowitz will not attend the gathering of world leaders at the Fifth World Holocaust Forum in Jerusalem on Thursday due… Continue Reading →

NEW YORK (JTA) – Jason Greenblatt said he left his position as special representative for international negotiations in the Trump administration because of political turbulence in Israel — and the financial cost of raising an Orthodox family in America. In… Continue Reading →

As an executive producer of the last Mad Max movie, U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin might have been interested in the apocalyptic climate warnings of Greta Thunberg. Instead, he took a personal swipe at the 17-year-old, saying she was in… Continue Reading →

Democratic presidential candidates Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders have overestimated the amount of revenue their tax proposals would generate by hundreds of billions, or even trillions, of dollars, according to… Read more » The post Biden, Sanders Overstate Tax-Hike Revenue,… Continue Reading →

Neither the solemnities of the Holocaust forum nor the excitement over the imminent publication of the Trump peace plan could still the ferocious, at-each-others-throats behavior of the Israeli election campaign.… Read more » The post Blue and White: White House… Continue Reading →

BEIJING (AP) – The World Health Organization says a viral illness in China that has sickened hundreds of people is not yet a global health emergency. The decision came after Chinese authorities moved to lock down three cities on Thursday… Continue Reading →

[COMMUNICATED] The Yeshiva Gedola of Toronto will hold its annual Melave Malka in Lakewood this Motzei Shabbos.

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s delayed and disputed Brexit bill has become law, removing the last U.K. obstacle to the country leaving the European Union in just over a week. House of Commons Deputy Speaker Nigel Evans announced Thursday that the… Continue Reading →

Britain’s delayed and disputed Brexit bill became law on Thursday, removing the last U.K. obstacle to the country leaving the European Union in just over a week. The U.K. is finally leaving the 28-nation bloc more than 3 1/2 years… Continue Reading →

The White House said Thursday it has invited Israel’s prime minister and his main political rival to Washington next week to discuss the “prospect of peace” with the Palestinians, who have already rejected the administration’s long-awaited peace plan. Vice President… Continue Reading →

The famous frog cupcakes at Gelbstein’s Bakery, 415 Clifton Avenue, will be available until 8:30 PM tonight, and until one hour before Shabbos tomorrow – or while supplies last.

House impeachment managers, led by Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., began the second day of their opening arguments against President Trump by focusing on alleged abuse of power, one of the… Read more » The post House Managers Focus on Alleged… Continue Reading →