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Man killed in accident in Be'er Sheva, another man seriously injured

A man around 25 years of age was killed in an accident involving two vehicles in Be'er Sheva. A Magen David Adom (MDA) team that arrived at the scene pronounced him dead.Another man, approximately 30 years of age, was seriously injured in the accident and was evacuated to Soroka Hospital.

Suspected 'Price Tag' attack: Activists set fire to homes and vehicles in Bruqin

Around 40 right-wing activists enter the village of Bruqin, from where the terrorist who murdered Tze’ela Gaz came, and set fire to homes and vehicles. IDF troops arrive at the scene late.

Qatar condemns murder of Israeli embassy staff in Washington

Qatar on Thursday condemned the murder of two Israeli embassy staff in Washington.“The state of Qatar condemns and denounces the shooting incident in front of the Jewish museum in Washington that led to the killing of two Israeli embassy employees,” the Qatari foreign ministry said in a statement and offered the country’s “condolences” to the families of the victims.

Watch: Tens of thousands of pitas baked in Gaza while hostages languish in captivity

Newly released footage shows the preparation of pitas using flour provided through humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, while hostages remain held in captivity.

Benny Gantz: The Prime Minister crossed a red line

National Unity Party chairman Benny Gantz sharply criticized the appointment of Major General David Zini as the head of the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet)."The Prime Minister crossed another red line this evening by ignoring the Attorney General's directive regarding the appointment of the Shin Bet chief. As I said with the previous announcement: the depth of the undermining matches the depth of the investigation. Netanyahu is once again undermining the rule of law and leading us toward a constitutional clash at the expense of Israel's security," said Gantz."Regardless of Major General Zini's contributions to Israel's security and his qualifications, if the appointment was made without the involvement of the Chief of Staff, it represents a significant blow to the defense establishment and its mechanisms," he added.

Washington DC shooter charged with first-degree murder

Elias Rodriguez charged with two counts of first-degree murder, murder of foreign officials, causing the death of a person through the use of a firearm, and discharging a firearm during a crime of violence.

Sleepless nights and the lessons of history

When we were hijacked in 1970, King Hussein of Jordan responded decisively. He demanded the release of all hostages and their unconditional surrender. He did not offer humanitarian aid, electricity, or water. He offered consequences. Op-ed.

Watch: Charlie Kirk educates a pro-Palestinian student

American political activist and author Charlie Kirk debates a student in Britain who says that "both the Israeli government and Hamas are evil".

Report: Intensive stage of Gaza maneuver to begin Sunday

Thousands of additional troops will enter Gaza, the civilian population will be evacuated from the northern Gaza Strip, and an American company will begin distributing aid at set distribution centers.

Watch: Yair Golan filmed assaulting elderly man

An elderly protester in Kiryat Shmona told the Democrat Party Chairman to 'remove his ranks.' Golan responded by physically confronting the man.

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Medicaid and SNAP Face New Work Rules Under Trump-Backed Budget Plan

The U.S. social safety net would be jolted if the budget bill backed by President Donald Trump and passed Thursday by the House of Representatives becomes law. It would impose work requirements for low-income adults to receive Medicaid health insurance and increase them for food assistance as well as cut funding for services like birth control to the nation’s biggest abortion provider. Supporters of the bill say the moves will save money, root out waste and encourage personal responsibility. A preliminary estimate from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said the proposals would reduce the number of people with health care by 8.6 million over a decade. The measure, which also includes tax cuts, passed the House by one vote and could have provisions reworked again as it heads to the Senate. Here’s a look at the potential impact. Work would be required for most people to get Medicaid health insurance Starting next year, many able-bodied Medicaid enrollees under 65 would be required to show that they work, volunteer or go to school in exchange for the health insurance coverage. Some people who receive Medicaid were worried Thursday that they could see their coverage end, even if it is not immediately clear whether they might be covered by an exception. Raquel Vasquez, a former cook who is battling two types of cancer and has diabetes, said she believes she could be affected because she has not been able to qualify for Social Security disability benefits. “I cannot even afford this life now because of my disabilities,” said the 41-year-old Bakersfield, California, resident. “But my country won’t even help me.” About 92% of people enrolled in Medicaid are already working, caregiving, attending school or disabled. That leaves about 8% of 71 million adult enrollees who would need to meet the new requirement. An estimated 5 million people are likely to lose coverage altogether, according to previous estimates of the bill from the Congressional Budget Office. Only Arkansas has had a work requirement that kicks people off for noncompliance. More than 18,000 lost coverage after it kicked in 2018, and the program was later blocked by federal courts. “The people of Arkansas are generous and we want to help those who cannot help themselves, but we have no interest in helping those who are unwilling to help themselves,” said Arkansas Senate President Pro Tempore Bart Hester, a Republican. “I’m glad the federal government is starting to align with our thinking.” Work requirement could hit harder in rural areas Increased eligibility checks and red tape related to work requirements may result in some people wrongly getting booted off, said Eduardo Conrado, the president of Ascension, a health care system that operates hospitals across 10 states. That could spell trouble for rural hospitals, in particular, who will see their small pool of patients go from paying for their emergency care with Medicaid coverage to not paying anything at all. Hospitals could have to eat their costs. “Adding work requirements is not just a policy change, it’s a shift away from the purpose of the program,” Conrado said of the rule. That is also a concern for Sandy Heller, of Marion, Massachusetts. Her 37-year-old son, Craig, has Down syndrome and other complicated medical needs. She worries the changes would make it harder for hospitals in out-of-the-way places like hers […]

Massive Medicare Audit Push Could Spell Trouble for Nursing Home Operators

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is launching a sweeping crackdown on billing practices across all Medicare Advantage (MA) plans—an aggressive move that could ripple through the nursing home industry and reshape how skilled nursing operators navigate federal reimbursement. In a major policy shift announced Wednesday, CMS revealed plans to dramatically scale up audits of all MA plans to recover billions in alleged overpayments. Nursing home operators that contract with these plans—and rely on timely, predictable reimbursements—could soon find themselves in the crosshairs of intensified federal scrutiny. Until now, CMS has been auditing only about 60 MA contracts a year. That number is about to explode: starting this year, the agency will expand its audit scope to all 550 eligible Medicare Advantage plans annually. The audits will cover a backlog stretching back to the 2018 payment year, and some cases could trigger sizable clawbacks. “While the administration values the work that [MA] plans do, it is time CMS faithfully executes its duty to audit these plans and ensure they are billing the government accurately,” said CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz, M.D. For skilled nursing facility (SNF) owners, this could mean long-awaited audits being resurrected—dragging old claims back into dispute and creating headaches around documentation and compliance, particularly in cases where MA plans retroactively adjust payments or delay authorizations. CMS says the initiative is part of a broader push to eliminate fraud, waste, and abuse. It’s backing the effort with serious muscle: a newly expanded army of 2,000 medical coders—up from just 40—tasked with verifying flagged diagnoses and reviewing patient records. And it’s not just CMS leading the charge. The Department of Justice is already criminally investigating UnitedHealth Group over MA billing practices, while the Department of Health and Human Services Inspector General will be responsible for recovering any identified overpayments. But while the federal government aims to recoup potentially billions in inflated MA charges, some industry insiders fear legitimate providers may get caught in the dragnet—especially smaller operators who rely on MA reimbursements to stay afloat. At the heart of the issue are “risk scores”—a method by which MA plans receive increased payments for sicker patients. CMS says some plans are gaming the system through “upcoding,” or inflating diagnoses to receive higher payments. Nursing homes that partner with such plans—especially through managed care arrangements—could find themselves unwittingly entangled in audit findings. A March report by the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) estimated that MA plans may be overcharging CMS by as much as $43 billion annually. With the government eager to close that gap, industry experts say audits are likely to get much more aggressive—and less forgiving. The new audit approach won’t just affect insurers. Operators who provide clinical documentation, generate patient diagnoses, or submit data to MA plans may soon need to tighten internal review processes. Failing to do so could put them at odds with CMS or expose them to indirect financial losses if plan payments are reversed. Healthcare strategy firm Capstone said the move poses a particular risk to large carriers like Humana, UnitedHealth, CVS/Aetna, and Elevance Health—but also noted that downstream providers could suffer collateral damage if MA plans restructure contracts in response. For nursing home owners, the message is sobering: CMS is ramping up enforcement, and any facility that depends on Medicare Advantage reimbursements […]

Supreme Court Allows Trump to Fire Members of “Independent” Federal Agencies

The Supreme Court just granted permission to President Trump to allow him to fire members of so-called “independent” federal agencies.

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Massive Explosion at Houthi Weapons Depot Near Sana’a Kills 19

A massive explosion erupted in one of the Houthi’s main weapons depots northeast of the Yemeni capital, Sana’a. According to Saudi Al-Hadath, at least 19 people were killed.

Arkia’s New Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner To Challeng El Al’s US-Israel Route Dominance

Israeli airline Arkia has debuted its new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner plane, as it seeks to challenge El Al’s near-monopoly on direct US-Israel routes.

RFK Jr.: Trump, a Populist, Stands Up to Industry for Middle Class, Working Poor

RFK JR: “President Trump is a populist president. He is blamed for giving money to billionaires. We hear about that all the time, but he is on the side of the middle class, the working class, the poor in this country… “I’ve never seen a president Democrat or Republican that is willing to stand up to industry when it is the right thing to do…”

Fewer Organized Hate Groups, But Their Views Are Spreading, Says Watchdog

The number of white nationalist, hate and anti-government groups around the U.S. dropped slightly in 2024, not because of any shrinking influence but rather the opposite. Many feel their beliefs, which includes racist narratives and so-called Christian persecution, have become more normalized in government and mainstream discourse. In its annual Year in Hate and Extremism report, released Thursday, the Southern Poverty Law Center said it counted 1,371 hate and extremist groups, a 5% decline. The nonprofit group attributes this to a lesser sense of urgency to organize because their beliefs have infiltrated politics, education and society in general. Some of the ways they have done this are through pushing for bans on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, book bans and protests of drag story hours, the report says. Last year, there were 533 active hate groups. These include groups who express views that are anti-immigrant, antisemitic and anti-Muslim. This number has been steadily declining since reaching a historic high of 1,021 in 2018. “The trends have slightly sort of gone up and down but let’s just say generally, since our tracking, have increased. And that’s not just on a total numbers level but also on a per capita,” said Rachel Carroll Rivas, interim director of the SPLC’s Intelligence Project. The number of anti-government groups last year totaled 838, an increase from recent years, according to the law center based in Montgomery, Alabama, that tracks racism, xenophobia and far-right militias. These groups see the federal government as “tyrannical” and include militias and self-described sovereign citizens. Male supremacy also continues to emerge as an influential hate group. The SPLC documented seven new male supremacist hate groups, making the total 16. Their rhetoric espouses misogyny and strict gender roles. Their rising influence came during an election year when the country saw a woman of color be the first presidential nominee for a major political party. “I’m not sure it’s a direct result of the candidacy of Kamala Harris,” Rivas said. However, SPLC researchers went into chatrooms of white supremacist organizations during the election and found “intense vilification, the claiming of demonization of Harris as well as just the pushing of the idea falsely that women would not be qualified.” Some people on the far right have also pushed a belief that white Christian culture is being threatened by a “demographic crisis” including fewer births. “Politicians, pundits and provocateurs on the right have turned toward demonic language to tar those who disagree with them,” the report states. Last year’s report found “record numbers” of white nationalist groups in 2023. The analysis highlighted how far-right groups tried to waylay democracy through disinformation, false conspiracy theories and threats to election workers. It also examined how supporters of Christian supremacy used similar topics to organize a movement toward authoritarianism. The SPLC is a liberal advocacy organization that, besides monitoring hate groups, files lawsuits over justice issues and offers educational programs to counter prejudice. Frequently criticized by conservatives as biased, the nonprofit has faced lawsuits for its designation of some organizations as hate groups. The report’s release comes as a Los Angeles college professor made an appearance in front of media and supporters a few weeks after he was severely injured in a hit and run that he reported as a hate crime. He spoke at the Chinese […]

“Mommy Will I Live?” – A Heartbroken Mother’s Plea to Save Her Little Girl

B”hEvery parent dreams of watching their child grow up healthy and happy. For Racheli, that dream was shattered the moment her youngest daughter, Gitty, was born. Three years ago, Gitty came into the world with a rare combination of severe heart defects. From her very first breath, she was in danger. “She was so tiny,” recalls Racheli, her voice trembling. “We were told there was no option but to fly her to Boston immediately for surgery. She was just a month old.” Thanks to a complex operation overseas, Gitty survived. But survival came with a heavy price – emotionally, physically, and financially. A Life of Hospitals, Flights, and Fear Since that first surgery, the family has been living a life few could imagine. Every six months, Racheli and her husband must fly Gitty to Boston for vital medical evaluations and catheterizations. The child has spent more time in hospital rooms than in playgrounds. And now, Gitty faces her most critical challenge yet: a second, life-saving heart surgery. “This is the big one,” says Racheli. “The surgery she couldn’t have as a baby – the one that could give her a real future.” But the costs are staggering. Even without counting the surgery, the family is burdened with over $10,000 in medical expenses every single month – insurance, treatments, hospital stays, medications, and more. “My husband is a special-ed assistant, and I work part-time in a call center,” Racheli explains. “We barely manage to cover groceries and rent for our four children. We’re drowning in debt, and the bills keep coming.” The Loneliness of a Desperate Mother The Gitty parents are not asking for luxuries. They’re asking for the chance to save their daughter’s life. “It’s not easy to ask for help,” says Racheli, holding back tears. “But I can’t look at my daughter and not do everything possible to fight for her.” Their campaign on The Chesed Fund is their last hope. Every donation goes directly to the mounting medical costs and the upcoming surgery that Gitty urgently needs. A Call to Klal Yisrael As Am Yisrael faces so many national and personal challenges, the mitzvah of Pikuah Nefesh — saving a life — stands above all. The family struggle is not just theirs. It’s ours. Please open your hearts and help. A little girl is waiting — and time is running out. 👉 To donate click hereAll contributions are Tax-deductible 501C3

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CLEVELAND HEIGHTS: Residents Demand Mayor Resign After Antisemitism Allegations Against His Wife

Cleveland Heights Mayor Khalil Seren is facing mounting public outrage after explosive allegations of antisemitism surfaced against his wife, Natalie McDaniel. Last week, the law firm Sobel, Wade & Mapley, LLC filed a formal complaint with the Ohio Civil Rights Commission alleging that McDaniel used antisemitic slurs in private text messages referring to city officials, including members of the Jewish community. The complaint, which includes messages reportedly sent to Mayor Seren and a former aide, accuses McDaniel of referring to Jewish Planning Commission Chair Jessica Cohen as a “broodmare” — a term allegedly used to disparage Orthodox Jewish families for having large numbers of children. Other reported messages include derogatory remarks about Jewish residents and city officials, including calling a councilmember “that Jewish [dog].” McDaniel also reportedly implied that Cohen was serving on the commission solely to benefit the Orthodox community. Scores of Cleveland Heights residents gathered this week outside City Hall hours before the council meeting to demand accountability. Protesters, including children, held signs calling for Mayor Seren’s resignation, expressing frustration over his silence and inaction in the face of bigotry coming from within his own household. During the city council meeting, residents filled the chamber and voiced outrage during public comment. While councilmembers unanimously passed a resolution condemning antisemitism as an emergency measure, they also took pointed aim at the mayor’s silence. “As a city leader, your judgment has failed you,” Councilwoman Gail Larson said. Vice President of Council Davida Russell added, “We need to close the door on all this hatred.” Council President Tony Cuda said: “I’m disappointed. I’m repulsed. And most of all, I’m sorry to the Jewish community that has to endure this hate speech.” Mayor Seren, who has not publicly addressed the complaint, said during the meeting, “I’ve prepared a statement and I’ll be releasing that tomorrow. Tonight, I’m here to listen.” On Wednesday night, Seren released a long video – but made no mention of resigning. The video can be watched below. The city’s second-ever mayoral election is set for November. While two candidates have already filed to run, it remains unclear whether Seren will seek re-election. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

‘Make America Healthy Again’ Report Promotes Sweeping Health Overhaul

A government report released on Thursday covering wide swaths of American health and wellness reflects some of the most contentious views on vaccines, the nation’s food supply, pesticides and prescription drugs held by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The much-anticipated “Make America Healthy Again” report calls for increased scrutiny of the childhood vaccine schedule, a review of the pesticides sprayed on American crops and a description of the nation’s children as overmedicated and undernourished. “Never in American history has the federal government taken a position on public health like this,” Kennedy told a group of MAHA supporters during an event unveiling the report on Thursday. While it does not have the force of a law or official policy, the 69-page report will be used over the next three months for the MAHA commission to fashion a plan that can be implemented during the remainder of President Donald Trump’s term. Speaking to MAHA supporters at the White House on Thursday, Trump praised the report. “There’s something wrong and we will not stop until we defeat the chronic disease epidemic in America,” Kennedy refused to provide details about who authored the report. The HHS report scrutinizes vaccines, without evidence that it’s warranted Increased scrutiny of childhood vaccines — credited with saving millions of people from deadly diseases — figures prominently in the report. It poses questions over the necessity of school mandates that require children to get vaccinated for admittance and suggestions that vaccines should undergo more clinical trials, including with placebos. Kennedy, a longtime vaccine critic, has raised doubts about the safety of shots even as a measles outbreak has sickened more than 1,000 Americans. This week, Kennedy’s health department moved to limit U.S. access to COVID-19 shots. The report does not provide any evidence that the childhood vaccine schedule, which includes shots for measles, polio and the chickenpox, is to blame for rising obesity, diabetes or autism rates, said Amesh Adalja, an infectious disease physician at Johns Hopkins University. “It’s not as if they’re positing any kind of causal link,” Adalja said, adding that Kennedy is “is trying to devalue vaccines in the minds of Americans.” Controversy over farming chemicals divides ‘MAHA’ movement Parts of the report highlight growing factions within the Trump administration’s MAHA movement, even as the report strained to appease opposing forces within the politically diverse coalition that Trump and Kennedy have fostered. The report makes dozens of references to dietary guidelines and standards in Europe, but Environmental Protection Agency head Lee Zeldin promised it would not yield more rigorous regulations. “This cannot happen through a European mandate system that stifles growth,” Zeldin said in a call with reporters. Despite numerous studies and statements throughout the MAHA report that raise concerns about American food products, Trump Cabinet officials insisted during a call with reporters on Thursday that the nation’s food supply is safe. The report mentions that glyphosate, a commonly used chemical sprayed on crops, may cause serious health problems, including cancer. The World Health Organization has said that the chemical is a probable carcinogen to humans, although the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has said it is unlikely. Farmers, who — alongside Republican lawmakers — hounded the Trump administration leading up to the report’s release, swiftly criticized the report’s comments on the chemicals. “The Make America Healthy Again Report is filled with fear-based rather than science-based information […]

As Anti-Semitism Surged, Biden Officials Ignored Hundreds of Complaints

As anti-Semitic incidents spiked across the United States in the wake of the October 7 Hamas attacks on Israel, the Biden administration’s Education Department reportedly failed to investigate nearly 200 related complaints, according to a former senior official now serving under President Donald Trump. The official, speaking to Fox News, claimed that more than 150 of the unaddressed complaints were filed after the deadly assault by Hamas, which left nearly 1,200 Israelis dead and ignited a war that has reverberated far beyond the Middle East — including on American college campuses, where pro-Palestinian protests and rising tensions have left many Jewish students feeling targeted and unsafe. Rather than addressing a dramatic increase in anti-Semitic harassment, the Department’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) under Biden redirected resources to cases involving issues such as preferred pronouns and challenges to age-appropriate content in school libraries, the source said. Julie Hartman, a spokeswoman for the Trump-era Education Department, accused the Biden administration of overextending the OCR’s authority. “The Biden administration placed an undue burden on OCR by stretching the scope of civil rights law beyond its statutory purview,” she said, arguing that this shift in focus undermined the agency’s ability to respond to credible reports of anti-Semitic discrimination. “The Trump OCR is cleaning that up daily,” Hartman added. “By enforcing the law as it is written, the Trump administration’s OCR is using its personnel and resources responsibly and eliminating wasteful and unfounded investigations.” The remarks come as President Trump has taken a notably aggressive stance against campus anti-Semitism, threatening to revoke billions in federal funding from universities that fail to protect Jewish students. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

Hundreds Of IDF Forces Raid Village Of Terrorist Who Murdered Woman In Labor

IDF forces raided the village of Burqin, near Bruchin, in the northern Shomron on Thursday morning, according to videos posted by Palestinians on social media. The video shows hundreds of soldiers entering the village in the early morning hours. The terrorist who murdered Tze’ela Gaz, H’yd, while she was on the way to the delivery room, lived in Burqin. He was eliminated on Shabbos by IDF forces. During the security forces’ activity in the village, a terrorist ran towards them holding a bag suspected of being booby-trapped. The soldiers shot and eliminated him. The forces searched the bag and found an M-16 rifle and other weapons used to carry out the attack. Investigators from the Yehuda and Shomron District Police collected the findings to locate additional accomplices. He was identified as Na’al Samara, who served a prison sentence in Israel in the past for Hamas-affiliated terror activities, was released in 2010, and was imprisoned again for a few days in 2019 for online incitement. As part of the investigation by the Shin Bet, IDF forces arrested several additional Palestinians for allegedly being involved in the attack, including the head of the terror cell. The investigation also revealed that the cell carried out three additional shooting attacks in the area in recent months, including the attack near Ariel on March 12, 2025, in which an Israeli civilian was moderately wounded. (YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)

Pro-Palestinian Suspect Charged in Fatal Shooting of Israeli Embassy Staffers in Washington, D.C.

Federal authorities have filed multiple charges against 30-year-old Elias Rodriguez in connection with the fatal shooting of two Israeli embassy staffers outside the Capital Jewish Museum on Wednesday night. The victims, identified by Israeli officials as Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim, were killed as they exited an event hosted at the museum. According to a criminal affidavit, Rodriguez faces two counts of first-degree murder, as well as charges of murdering foreign officials, causing death with a firearm, and discharging a weapon during a crime of violence. The affidavit also details Rodriguez’s alleged motivations. During an interview with Metropolitan Police Department detectives—after waiving his Miranda rights—Rodriguez reportedly expressed admiration for an individual who set himself on fire outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C., earlier this year in protest of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Rodriguez allegedly described the man’s actions as “courageous” and referred to him as a “martyr.” Investigators say Rodriguez purchased a ticket to Wednesday’s museum event approximately three hours before it began. Israeli Ambassador to the United States Yechiel Leiter confirmed the victims were a young couple who were planning to become engaged. “The young man purchased a ring this week,” Leiter said. “He was planning to propose to his girlfriend next week in Jerusalem.” The Embassy of Israel to the United States released a statement on its official social media account, describing the shooting as a terrorist attack. “A terrorist shot and killed them as they exited an event at the Capital Jewish Museum in DC,” the statement read. Federal and local authorities continue to investigate the incident. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

Trump Courts Crypto Moguls at Golf Club Dinner While Pushing Industry-Friendly Policies

It seems like a triumph for a cryptocurrency industry that has long sought mainstream acceptance: Top investors in one of President Donald Trump ’s crypto projects invited to dine with him at his luxury golf club in Northern Virginia on the heels of the Senate advancing key pro-crypto legislation and while bitcoin prices soar. But Thursday night’s dinner for the 220 biggest investors in the $TRUMP meme coin has raised uncomfortable questions about potentially shadowy buyers using the anonymity of the internet to buy access to the president. While Democrats charge that Trump is using the power of the presidency to boost profits for his family business, even some pro-Trump crypto enthusiasts worry that the president’s push into meme coins isn’t helping their efforts to establish the credibility, stability and legitimacy they had thought his administration would bring to their businesses. After feeling unfairly targeted by the Biden administration, the industry has quickly become a dominant political force, donating huge sums to help Trump and crypto-friendly lawmakers. But that’s also served to tether the industry — sometimes uncomfortably — to a president who is using crypto as a platform to make money for his brand in unprecedented ways. “It’s distasteful and an unnecessary distraction,” said Nic Carter, a Trump supporter and partner at the crypto investment firm Castle Island Ventures, who said the president is “hugging us to death” with his private crypto businesses. “We would much rather that he passes common-sense legislation and leave it at that.” Concerns about Trump’s crypto ventures predate Inauguration Day At the swanky Crypto Ball held down the street from the White House three days before he took office on Jan. 20, Trump announced the creation of the meme coin $TRUMP as a way for his supporters to “have fun.” Meme coins are the crypto sector’s black sheep. They are often created as a joke, with no real utility and prone to extremely wild price swings that tend to enrich a small group of insiders at the expense of less sophisticated investors. The president’s meme coin is different, however, and has a clear utility: access to Trump. The top 25 investors of $TRUMP are set to attend a private reception with the president Thursday, with the top four getting $100,000 crypto-themed and Trump-branded watches. Trump’s meme coin saw an initial spike in value, followed by a steep drop. The price saw a significant increase after the dinner contest was announced. Its creators, which include an entity controlled by the Trump Organization, have made hundreds of millions of dollars by collecting fees on trades. First lady Melania Trump has her own meme coin, and Trump’s sons, Eric and Don Jr. — who are running the Trump Organization while their father is president — announced they are partnering with an existing firm to create a crypto mining company. The Trump family also holds about a 60% stake in World Liberty Financial, a crypto project that provides yet another avenue where investors are buying in and enriching the president’s relatives. World Liberty has launched its own stablecoin, USD1. The project got a boost recently when World Liberty announced an investment fund in the United Arab Emirates would be using $2 billion worth of USD1 to purchase a stake in Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange. A rapidly growing form of crypto, stablecoins have values pegged to fixed assets like the […]

Trump Raises $600M in Political Donations, Targets $1B for Midterms to Bolster Agenda

BREAKING: Trump has amassed $600 million in political donations with aims of reaching $1 billion before the midterms Between a barrage of executive orders, foreign trips and norm-shattering proclamations, Donald Trump has also been busy raking in cash. The president has amassed a war chest of at least $600 million in political donations heading into the midterm elections, according to three people familiar with the matter. It’s an unprecedented sum in modern politics, particularly for a lame-duck president who is barred by the U.S. Constitution from running again. Trump is keeping an aggressive fundraising schedule with the ultimate goal of raising $1 billion or more to back his agenda and hold the House and Senate next November, according to the people, who spoke on condition of anonymity to share internal details of the fundraising efforts.

American Airlines CFO: Some Travelers Skip Newark Airport Amid FAA Flight Cuts, Congestion Issues

American Airlines CFO says some travelers are avoiding Newark airport American Airlines CFO said some travelers are favoring other airports over Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey, but cautioned the impact is “modest.” The FAA this week ordered airlines to temporarily cut Newark flights there to alleviate congestion. Air traffic controller shortages, equipment outages and runway construction, along with bad weather have disrupted flights at the airport this spring.

🎶Shtendig Productions, Shmaya Fischer, Eli Marcus, and Yedidim Choir Electrify Lakewood Wedding at Lake Terrace

🎶 Shtendig productions together with Shmaya Fischer, Eli Marcus, and Yedidim Choir rocking a wedding this week in Lake Terrace in Lakewood.

Thousands Flock to Satmar “Satmark” Business Expo in Monsey, Featuring Hundreds of Exhibitors

MONSEY: Thousands are attending the ongoing Satmar “Satmark” Business Expo at Rockland Community College, where hundreds of exhibitors are showcasing a wide array of products and services. The event, which runs until 8:00 p.m., has drawn large crowds from across the region for a day of networking, business opportunities, and community engagement.

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