Sunday, April 28, 2024

Politics

VICTORY FOR GUN RIGHTS: Supreme Court Strikes New York Gun Law In Major Ruling

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a restrictive New York gun law in a major ruling for gun rights. The justices’ 6-3 decision is expected to ultimately...

MK Orbach Delays Knesset Dissolution As Netanyahu Scrambles To Form Govt.

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Yamina rebel Nir Orbach holds in his hands the key to when the Knesset dissolution will occur. Orbach heads the prestigious House Committee in the Knesset, th...

Woke ADL Leader Blasts Supreme Court Ruling in Favor of Yeshivas

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NEW YORK (VINnews) Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO of the Anti-Defamation League, has again placed his woke leftist agenda above his Judaism. Greenblatt attacked this week’s bombshell ...

VICTORY: Appeals Court Upholds Arkansas Law That Restricts Israel Boycotts

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ARKANSAS (JTA) - A federal appeals court upheld an Arkansas state law requiring all public contractors to promise they won’t boycott Israel on Wednesday, overturning an earlier rul...

Borough Park Kehilos and Mosdos unite to support Gov. Hochul and her running mate for re-election

The leaders of prominent Chassidic sects and school administrators in Borough Park have endorsed Governor Kathy Hochul and her running mate, Lieutenant Governor Antonio Delgado for...

Powell: Fed Will Decide On Rate Hikes ‘Meeting By Meeting’

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Wednesday underscored the Fed's determination to raise interest rates high enough to slow inflation, a commitment that has ...

Explainer: Why Is Israel Always Holding Elections?

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JERUSALEM (AP) — After barely 12 months in office, the leaders of Israel's broad-based but severely weakened coalition government threw in the towel this week, saying they would di...

Australian State Outlaws Public Displays Of Nazi Swastikas

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — An Australian state has become the first in the country to pass a law banning the public display of Nazi swastikas, as concerns grow about the rate at wh...

Biden To Call For 3-Month Suspension Of Gas And Diesel Taxes

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday will call on Congress to suspend federal gasoline and diesel taxes for three months — a move meant to ease financial pressures at...

Gitty Kleinerman To Knesset Internal Affairs Committee: ‘2,080 Hours We’re In Continuous Nightmare’

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In tears which left nobody unmoved, Gitty Kleinerman, the mother of missing youth Moishy Kleinerman, described to the Knesset's Internal Affairs committee the...

Biden AGAIN Says High Gas Prices Can Be “Good” for Climate Policy

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DELAWARE (Yaakov M / VINnews) It appears that President Biden was serious last month when he said that high gas prices are a chance for an “incredible transition” to be less relian...

Lapid, Set To Be Israel’s Next Premier, Faces Critical Test

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JERUSALEM (AP) — In a 10-year political career, Israel's Yair Lapid has transformed himself from an upstart political novice to a feisty opposition leader to the savvy operator who...

UK Rail Strike Strands Commuters, Pits Workers Against Govt

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LONDON (AP) — Tens of thousands of railway workers walked off the job in Britain on Tuesday, bringing the train network to a crawl in the country’s biggest transit strike for three...

Big Win in Supreme Court for Religious Schools

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that religious schools can’t be excluded from a Maine program that offers tuition aid for private education, a decision that could...

WATCH: Rav Gershon Edelstein Celebrates the Israeli Government Collapse

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BNEI BRAK (VINnews) Rav Gershon Edelstein suggested that the monumental failure of Naftali Bennett’s coalition took place because it opposed the Torah and Charedi values. On...

Netanyahu Trying to Form Own Government, Bypass Elections

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In the wake of the announcement by Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett that he will dissolve the Knesset and call new elections, the coalition may vote on ...
Queens Borough President Melinda Katz takes part in the Pride day parade in the Queens borough of New York City, New York, U.S., June 3, 2018. REUTERS/Go Nakamura

REPORT: Queens DA Katz Uses Security Detail as Personal Car Service

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FOREST HILLS (VINnews) Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz has been using her security detail to shuttle her kids to school and move into her new home. According to the NY Pos...

Netanyahu Hails End Of ‘Worst Gov’t In Israeli History’

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JERUSALEM (JNS) - Israel appears set to head back to the polls after a “change coalition” has failed to hold its razor-thin majority, barely a year after its formation. Election...