Wednesday, April 24, 2024

Politics

Judge Upholds Ruling Against NYT Over Project Veritas Memos

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NEW YORK (AP) — A New York judge has upheld an order preventing The New York Times from publishing documents between conservative group Project Veritas and its lawyer and ruled tha...

New York Governor Defends Response To Virus

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ALBANY, N.Y. -- New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has defended her response to the coronavirus, insisting that the state acted early and did all it could against the omicron variant's rap...

Rosh Yeshiva of Chomesh Lashes Out, Accuses Government of Lying and Backstabbing Dimentman Family

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CHOMESH (VINnews) — As government forces demolish residential structures in the settlement of Chomesh, community leaders have accused them of lying about their actions. In a sca...

In Istanbul, A Conference Of Rabbis From Islamic Nations Got A Surprise: An Audience With Erdogan

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ISTANBUL (JTA) – Rabbis from across the world filled the halls of Istanbul’s Conrad hotel this week for the inaugural conference of the Alliance of Rabbis in Islamic States (ARIS)....

Trump Asks Supreme Court To Block Release Of Jan. 6 Records

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump turned to the Supreme Court on Thursday in a last-ditch effort to keep documents away from the Jan. 6 House committee. Trump's at...

Cuomo Won’t Be Charged For Touching Trooper At Racetrack

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NEW YORK (AP) — Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo won't face criminal charges after a female state trooper said she felt “completely violated” by his unwanted touching at an event ...

Op-Ed: Rand Paul was Suspended for Saying Cloth Masks Don’t Work. Now CNN Says the Same Thing.

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WASHINGTON (VINnews) — Several months ago, Senator Rand Paul was suspended from Youtube after he said that cloth masks don’t work. Now CNN Medical Analyst Dr. Leana Wen has said...

Hochul Vetoes “Inappropriate” Bill That Would Keep Orthodox Jews Out Of Blooming Grove

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ALBANY (VINnews) — Orthodox leaders are praising New York Governor Kathy Hochul, after she vetoed a bill that would have hurt an upstate Chassidic community. The bill, which pas...

Thousands March in Chomesh Following Knesset Vote Against Local Yeshiva

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WEST BANK (VINnews) — Thousands of Israelis descended on the settlement of Chomesh in Shomron on Thursday, in a strong response to the government’s decision not to legalize the loc...

Shas MK And Party Leader Arye Deri To Resign Under Plea Deal

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TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli lawmaker Aryeh Deri has signed a plea deal over tax offenses that will see him resign from parliament, the country's Justice Ministry said Thursday....

Turkish Leader Erdogan Meets With Rabbis From Islamic States, Stresses ‘Vital’ Relationship With Israel

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NEW YORK (VINnews) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with Jewish rabbinical leaders in Turkey as well as with members of the Alliance of Rabbis in Islamic States. Erdoga...

McConnell Openly Courts Manchin To Leave Democrats, Join GOP

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitch McConnell is done with subtleties. The Senate Republican leader is putting his party's courtship of Joe Manchin on full public display after the West Virgin...

Palestinians Rip Mansour Abbas over Pro-Israel Comments

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MIDDLE EAST (VINnews) — A broad range of Palestinian groups have blasted Ra’am leader Mansour Abbas after he did what many Arabs consider unthinkable–he recognized Israel as a Jewi...

Hungary’s PM Denounced In Bosnia For Anti-Muslim Rhetoric

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SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Bosnian officials and religious leaders on Wednesday denounced suggestions voiced by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and his spokesman tha...

Turkey: US Diplomat Arrested, Allegedly Sold Fake Passport

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ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish authorities have arrested an American diplomat working for the U.S. Consulate in Lebanon for allegedly providing a fake passport to a Syrian national,...

China Orders Lockdown Of Up To 13 Million People In Xi’an

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BEIJING (AP) — China on Wednesday ordered the lockdown of as many as 13 million people in neighborhoods and workplaces in the northern city of Xi'an following a spike in coronaviru...

White House Adviser Seeks Common Iran Strategy With Israel

JERUSALEM (JNS) - Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett met with U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan on Wednesday at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem. The two ...

PM Bennett Denies Israeli News Reports That President Biden Refused To Talk With Him For Past Three Weeks

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Israeli news sources claimed Tuesday that Prime Minister Naftali Bennett had requested three weeks ago to hold a telephone call with US president Joe Biden bu...

Eric Adams Blasts Council Members for Pushing to Ban Solitary Confinement: ‘Do a Week on Rikers’

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NEW YORK (VINnews) — Eric Adams is already talking tough and pledging to crack down on violent inmates, even before taking over the city. The Mayor-elect on Tuesday blasted 29 l...

Fauci Says Fox’s Watters Should Be Fired For Comments On Him

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NEW YORK (AP) — Fox News defended Jesse Watters on Tuesday after he used the phrase “kill shot” in a speech urging young conservatives to confront Dr. Anthony Fauci in public with ...