Month July 2020
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The Trump administration offered a $5 million reward on Tuesday for information leading to the arrest of the head of Venezuela’s high court, accusing the judge of taking bribes. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said… Continue Reading →
The latest in a series of protest demonstrations demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu took place outside his official residence in Yerushalayim on Tuesday evening. The participants—variously estimated… Read more » The post Protesters March from Prime Minister’s… Continue Reading →
Astronauts squeezed in one last spacewalk Tuesday before turning their attention to the all-important end to SpaceX’s first crew flight. NASA’s Bob Behnken and Chris Cassidy floated out of the International Space Station on their fourth and final spacewalk in… Continue Reading →
The Trump administration signed a memorandum Tuesday in support of barring undocumented immigrants from being counted for congressional apportionment next year. “For the purpose of the reapportionment of Representatives following… Read more » The post Trump Administration Seeks to Bar… Continue Reading →
The post Yahrtzeit of Bobover Rebbe on Rosh Chodesh appeared first on Hamodia. In related news: Tefillos on Erev Rosh Chodesh at the Kever of the Ribnitzer Rebbe Yahrtzeit of the Bobover Rav, zy”a BDE: Harav Zisha Follman, Bobover Rosh… Continue Reading →
President Trump is holding his first public Covid-19 since ending them in April. Republican officials reportedly want President Trump to limit the briefing to basic details surrounding the ongoing pandemic, and focus more heavily on economic issues, which they see… Continue Reading →
LinkedIn is laying off nearly 1,000 employees, approximately 6% of its workforce globally, with unemployment in the U.S. above 13% and national economies from Europe and Asia, to the Americas, shrinking due to the pandemic. The outbreak has disrupted commerce… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is planning to deploy federal agents to Chicago and possibly other Democrat-run cities as he continues to assert federal power and use the Department of Homeland Security in unprecedented, politicized ways. DHS is slated… Continue Reading →
As the entire world shut down, the Hanhala of Yeshiva Gedolah Be’er Hatorah increased their dedication to the spiritual and emotional needs of their talmidim and alumni. Whether it was for virtual sedarim/shiurim, extra hashkafa vaadim, tefillos for those in need, or any other need… Continue Reading →
Florida’s skyrocketing coronavirus death rate is now higher than any other state, edging out Texas, which has about 25% more people. Florida recorded another 134 deaths Tuesday, bringing its daily average for the past week to 115, topping the 112… Continue Reading →
Residents from 31 states must now quarantine for 14 days when arriving in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, as dozens of states experience rising positive COVID-19 rates. Gov. Andrew… Read more » The post 31 States Now on NY,… Continue Reading →
U.S. congressional negotiations aimed at hammering out an agreement on a new coronavirus aid package intensified on Tuesday as COVID-19 infections and deaths surged to record levels across the United… Read more » The post White House Team to Meet… Continue Reading →
WARSAW (JTA) — Employees of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum discovered handwritten inscriptions in shoes belonging to children who were sent to the Nazi death camp in Poland. The discoveries were made in the course of efforts to preserve the shoes… Continue Reading →
Twitter has deemed the Star of David, a symbol of Judaism and Jewish pride, to be “hateful imagery”, and is locking the accounts of users who display it. Several Twitter users have contacted Campaign Against Antisemitism in recent days reporting… Continue Reading →
The book manuscript being drafted by President Donald Trump’s ex-lawyer Michael Cohen alleges that Trump has made racist comments about his predecessor Barack Obama and the late South African leader… Read more » The post Michael Cohen Book to Allege… Continue Reading →
President Donald Trump pulled the plug on his freewheeling daily coronavirus briefings when they turned into a political liability this spring, but he was reviving them Tuesday, looking to halt… Read more » The post President Resuming Virus Briefings appeared… Continue Reading →
The Pentagon is considering “adjustments” to its military presence in South Korea and around the globe as it shifts from years of countering insurgencies and militants in the greater Middle East to focusing on China, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said… Continue Reading →
HAMBURG (VINnews) — A former Nazi concentration guard standing trial for his crimes during the Holocaust apologized to Holocaust victims during proceedings at the Hamburg court Monday. Bruno Dey, a 93-year-old who was sent in 1944 to serve as a… Continue Reading →
O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — President Donald Trump believes St. Louis’ top prosecutor committed an “egregious abuse of power” in charging a couple who displayed guns during a protest against racial injustice last month outside their mansion, White House press secretary… Continue Reading →
President Donald Trump’s threat to send federal law enforcers to patrol the city is likely not serious, but if he did follow through, New York City would take legal action,… Read more » The post NYC Mayor: We’d Take Legal… Continue Reading →
The United States, in an indictment unsealed in Spokane, Wash., on Tuesday, accused the Chinese government of sponsoring criminal hackers who are targeting biotech firms around the world working on… Read more » The post U.S. Accuses China of Sponsoring… Continue Reading →