French Chief Rabbi Calls Jewish Prospective Presidential Candidate An ‘Antisemite’
NEW YORK (JTA) — France’s chief rabbi called Eric Zemmour, a Jewish journalist and far-right provocateur thought to be weighing a presidential bid, an antisemite.
Zemmour, who h...
400 Private Jets Fly In To Glasgow Climate Conference, Outraging Climate Activists
NEW YORK (VINnews) — Most of the delegates to the COP 26 UN Climate Change Conference taking place in Glasgow this week came in on public transport but some 400 private jets are fl...
Military Weighs Penalties For Those Who Refuse COVID Vaccine
WASHINGTON (AP) — As deadlines loom for military and defense civilians to get mandated COVID-19 vaccines, senior leaders must now wrestle with the fate of those who flatly refuse t...
At Least 9 Former Nazis Died In The U.S. While Awaiting Deportation. 3 House Democrats Want To Know Why.
NEW YORK (New York Jewish Week via JTA) — In 1992, the Justice Department’s Office of Special Investigations learned that before moving to the United States, a Brooklyn potato chip...
Manchin Wavers On Biden’s Plan, Democrats Vow To Push Ahead
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Joe Manchin wavered Monday on his support for President Joe Biden's sweeping $1.75 trillion domestic policy proposal, saying instead it’s “time to vote” on a...
Judge Suspends Deadline For Chicago Cops To Get Vaccinated
CHICAGO (AP) — A judge on Monday suspended a Dec. 31 deadline for Chicago police officers to be vaccinated against COVID-19 but didn't interfere with a requirement that they be reg...
Facebook Cancels 937 Accounts Linked To Nicaragua Government
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Meta Platforms, the company that runs Facebook, said Monday it has canceled 937 accounts linked to the government of Nicaragua and the Sandinista party of Presid...
WATCH: Trump: Until Recently Israel ‘Literally Owned Congress’ — And That Was A Good Thing
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Former President Donald Trump told a conservative Jewish radio host that Israel until recently “literally owned Congress,” a claim similar to those that have tri...
Biden Cites ‘Overwhelming Obligations’ Of US On Climate
GLASGOW, Scotland (AP/VINnews) — In a markedly more humble tone for a U.S. leader, President Joe Biden alleged at a U.N. summit Monday that the United States and other energy-gulpi...
200 House Republicans ‘Strongly Oppose’ Reopening Consulate’ For Palestinians
WASHINGTON (JNS) - Some 200 Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives have sent a letter to U.S. President Joe Biden opposing the administration’s proposal to reopen the U.S...
Virginia GOP Sees Youngkin As Chance To Reverse Party Course
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — As he explains it, part of why Glenn Youngkin decided to run for Virginia governor was a feeling that the state's beaten and battered Republican Party “could d...
9,000 NYC Workers On Leave As Vaccine Mandate Takes Effect
NEW YORK (AP) — About 9,000 municipal workers were put on unpaid leave for refusing to comply with a COVID-19 vaccine mandate that took effect Monday, New York City Mayor Bill de B...
White House Press Secretary Psaki Says She Has COVID-19
WASHINGTON (AP) — White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Sunday she has contracted COVID-19 and is experiencing mild symptoms.
Psaki, 42, said she was last in contact with P...
Protesters Posed As Neo-Nazis To Target The GOP Nominee In Virginia’s Governor Race
VIRGINIA (JTA) — Demonstrators posed as the antisemitic white supremacists who led a deadly rally in Virginia in 2017 in a stunt protest against the state’s Republican candidate fo...
Supreme Court To Hear Case On New York’s Gun Permit Law
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is preparing to hear a gun rights case that could lead to more guns on the streets of New York and Los Angeles and threaten restrictions on guns...
American B-1B Bomber Flies Over Mideast Amid Iran Tensions
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. Air Force said Sunday it flew a B-1B strategic bomber over key maritime chokepoints in the Mideast with allies including Israel amid ong...
2 Women Running For Governor, History In Post-Cuomo New York
NEW YORK (AP) — It’s not just a boys’ club anymore.
Months after getting its first female governor, New York now has two prominent women running to lead the state in the wake of...
Vaccine Mandates Compared To Holocaust In Kansas Hearing
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas labor leader on Friday compared President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates to the Holocaust that killed millions of Jews, and a top Republican law...
19 States Sue Biden Administration Over COVID Vaccine Rule
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Eighteen states filed three separate lawsuits Friday to stop President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal contractors, arguing that the requireme...
Cuomo Lawyer Asks Sheriff To Save Investigation Records
NEW YORK (AP) — A lawyer for former Gov. Andrew Cuomo’ wants the sheriff who charged the Democrat with groping a woman to preserve records of any communications his office had with...