Sunday, May 19, 2024

Politics

Israel FM: Fully Normalized Ties With Sudan Later This Year

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel expects to fully normalize ties with Sudan sometime later this year, Israel's foreign minister said Thursday, after returning from a lightning diplomatic mi...

Biden’s Handwritten Notes Part Of Classified Docs Probe

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is a man who writes down his thoughts. And some of those handwritten musings over his decades of public service are now a part of a special co...

NY Times: NYC DOE Cuts Off Million in Special Ed Funding for Yeshiva Students

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NEW YORK (VINnews) - 20 companies that provide special education services to private school students are being blocked by the New York City Department of Education amid concerns of...

READ: NY Congressmembers Send Scathing Letter to Hochul Over Anti-Jewish Regents Exam

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NEW YORK (Yaakov M / VINnews) — A group of Congress members, led by GOP Representative Mike Lawler of Rockland County, has sent a scathing letter to Governor Hochul and Education C...

Report: FBI Investigating Santos Fundraiser For Sick Dog

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NEW YORK (AP) — Federal authorities are investigating a military veteran's claim that U.S. Rep. George Santos raised $3,000 for life-saving surgery for his pet dog several years ag...

Ilhan Omar Sponsors Pro-Israel Resolution On Day That Republicans Kick Her Off A Key Committee

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WASHINGTON (JTA) - The resolution is called “Recognizing Israel as America’s Legitimate and Democratic Ally and Condemning Antisemitism,” and its cosponsors are a who’s-who of the ...

Young Mother, Councilwoman Shot To Death Outside NJ Home

NEW JERSEY (AP) - A young mother who served on her borough council in New Jersey was found shot to death in an SUV parked outside her suburban home, authorities said. Sayreville...

R’ MENKEN: Ilhan Omar ‘knows nothing about Jews except she hates them’

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BALTIMORE (VIN Podcast) — Rabbi Yaakov Menken, Managing Director of the Coalition for Jewish Values, spoke with Yaakov M on the VINnews Podcast about the impending removal of I...

Biden Approval Steady After Document Discovery: AP-Norc Poll

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WASHINGTON (AP) — More U.S. adults disapprove than approve of the way President Joe Biden has handled the discovery of classified documents at his home and former office, a new pol...

House GOP Votes To Oust Democrat Omar From Major Committee

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-led House voted after raucous debate Thursday to oust Democrat Ilhan Omar from the chamber's Foreign Affairs Committee, citing her anti-Israel comm...

North Korea Warns Of ‘Toughest Reaction’ To Allies’ Drills

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Thursday threatened the “toughest reaction” to the United States’ expanding joint military exercises with South Korea to counter the North’...

Ambassador to UK Refuses to Condemn Murder of 7 in Nevei Yaakov

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Watch! Husam Zomlot, former head of PLO Mission in Washington and current Palestinian Ambassador to the United Kingdom refuses to condemn murder of seven innocents including a 14 y...

Iran Blames Israel For Drone Attack, Threatens Retaliation

NEW YORK (AP) — Iran on Thursday blamed Israel for a drone attack that targeted a military workshop in its central city of Isfahan over the weekend, warning it “reserves its legiti...

Israeli AG: Netanyahu Cannot Be Involved In Legal Overhaul

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TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel's attorney general has told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu he must not be involved in an overhaul to the country's judicial system proposed by his...

Finance Minister Betzalel Smotrich Deducts 100 Million NIS From PA Tax Money Due To Terrorist Payments

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In a bid to demonstrate the new government's determination to fight terror and those who support it, Finance Minister Betzalel Smotrich offset the tax money g...

Hunter Biden Seeks Federal Probe Of Trump Allies Over Laptop

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WASHINGTON (AP) — A lawyer for President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter, asked the Justice Department in a letter Wednesday to investigate close allies of former President Donald Trump an...

Report: Nikki Haley Will Run For President

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SOUTH CAROLINA (JNS) - Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley will launch her presidential campaign on Feb. 15, the Post and Courier reported last night. Citin...

African State Chad To Open Embassy In Israel

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JERUSALEM (AP) — Chad will open an embassy in Israel, four years after the countries restored diplomatic relations, Israel's Prime Minister's Office said Wednesday. Benjamin Net...

DeSantis Injects Politics Into $115B Florida Budget Proposal

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Gov. Ron DeSantis promised tax relief Wednesday on children’s books, pet food and even the gas stoves that have become a rallying cry for Republicans while...

Biden Lawyer: FBI Finds No Classified Docs At Beach House

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI searched President Joe Biden's vacation home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, on Wednesday without finding any classified documents, the president's attorney ...