Kayleigh Mcenany Signs On As Fox News Contributor
NEW YORK (AP) — As widely anticipated, Fox News said Tuesday that it had signed former White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany as a contributor to offer commentary on various ...
Senate Votes To Confirm Biden Pick As Commerce Secretary
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to confirm Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo to serve as President Joe Biden’s commerce secretary and help guide the economy...
FBI Chief Calls Jan. 6 ‘Domestic Terrorism,’ Defends Intel
WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI Director Chris Wray condemned the January riot at the U.S. Capitol as “domestic terrorism” Tuesday as he defended the bureau’s handling of intelligence indica...
Police: 13 Killed When Big Rig Hits Suv Carrying 25 People
HOLTVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Thirteen people were killed Tuesday when an SUV carrying 25 people and a semitruck collided on a Southern California highway near the U.S.-Mexico border, a...
Pennsylvania Republicans Stop Just Short Of Censuring Toomey
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania's Republican Party has expressed its disapproval of U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey over his vote to convict Donald Trump during the former president’s sec...
Anglo-Israeli Grandma Goes Viral After Hilarious Interview With Israeli Anchor Rafi Reshef
JERUSALEM (VINnews)— Effi Hercky, an effervescent 81-year-old Anglo-Israeli never expected to rise to stardom at her stage in life, but a short interview with Israeli anchor Rafi R...
MK Pindrus: ‘IDF Converts Are Shiksas, Whoever Marries Them- His Father Should Sit Shiva’
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The political environment in Israel, never calm before elections, reached a stormy crescendo after MK Yitzchak Pindrus (UTJ) said at a conference Tuesday that...
Analysis: Court Forces Knesset To Determine Character Of Jewish State
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Monday's bombshell decision by the Israeli supreme court to recognize Reform and Conservative conversions performed in Israel with regard to the right to citi...
Cuomo Allegations Leave Democrats Grappling With Response
NEW YORK (AP) — Democrats across the country celebrated New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo as the face of governing competence as President Donald Trump fumbled his administration's respon...
Twitter Cracks Down On COVID Vaccine Misinformation
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Twitter says it has begun labeling tweets that include misleading information about COVID-19 vaccines and using a “strike system” to eventually remove accounts...
Pompeo Receives Award For Combating Anti-Semitism, Work On Abraham Accords
ORLANDO (JNS) — Former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was given the inaugural Global Leadership Award by the Combat Anti-Semitism Movement (CAM) at its first annual summit on ...
Minimum Wage Hike All But Dead In Big COVID Relief Bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats' hopes of including a minimum wage increase in their $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill seemed all but dead Monday as the Senate prepared to debate its ...
Frontier Airlines Criticized For Contradicting Video And Eyewitness Testimony
MIAMI (JTA/VINnews) — Frontier Airlines is facing accusations of anti-Semitism after videos circulated online of the airline kicking a Hasidic family off a plane because of violati...
Senators Urge Blinken To More Strongly Condemn ICC War-Crimes Probe Of Israel
ISRAEL (JNS) — Sens. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Rob Portman (R-Ohio) are urging U.S. Secretary of State Tony Blinken to take a stronger position against the International Criminal Cour...
Harassment, Bullying Claims Dog Cuomo, Once A Pandemic Star
NEW YORK (AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, whose televised coronavirus briefings won plaudits last spring, is now fighting for his political life amid accusations of sexual harass...
AI Panel Urges US To Boost Tech Skills Amid China’s Rise
WASHINGTON (AP) — An artificial intelligence commission led by former Google CEO Eric Schmidt is urging the U.S. to boost its AI skills to counter China, including by pursuing "AI-...
Cuomo Sends Letter Authorizing Probe Of Harassment Claims
NEW YORK (AP) — New York's attorney general said she's moving forward with an investigation into sexual harassment allegations against Gov. Andrew Cuomo after receiving a letter fr...
Biden To Meet With Mexican President Amid Migration Issues
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden plans a virtual meeting Monday with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador — a chance for the pair to talk more fully about migration, ...
Reps. Grace Meng And Ted Lieu Join Anti-Semitism Task Force Leadership, Replacing 2 Jewish Members
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Two Taiwanese-American members of Congress have joined the leadership of its anti-Semitism task force.
Reps. Grace Meng of New York and Ted Lieu of California...
CPAC Denies Its Stage Was A Nazi Symbol, As Host Hotel Calls The Symbol ‘Abhorrent’
FLORIDA (JTA) - After viewers noted that the stage at the CPAC conference was shaped like a Nazi symbol, the organizer of the conservative political conference said any resemblance...