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Diplomatic showdown looms: Western powers eye Iran nuke breach at UN watchdog

Western powers are poised to declare Iran in breach of non-proliferation obligations at the upcoming IAEA board meeting, a move anticipated to strain US-Iran talks and anger Tehran.(Israel National News' North American desk is keeping you updated until the start of Shabbat in New York. The time posted automatically on all Israel National News articles, however, is Israeli time.)

Biden on cancer diagnosis: The expectation is we‘re going to be able to beat this

Former President makes his first public address since his Stage 4 prostate cancer diagnosis, speaking at a Memorial Day commemoration in Delaware. Biden dismisses concerns about his mental fitness while in office and says he has "no regrets" about not running in 2024.(Israel National News' North American desk is keeping you updated until the start of Shabbat in New York. The time posted automatically on all Israel National News articles, however, is Israeli time.)

Barcelona severs ties with Israel, suspends Tel Aviv friendship pact

Barcelona's City Council votes to cut institutional ties with Israel and suspend its Tel Aviv friendship agreement, citing international law violations and Palestinian rights.(Israel National News' North American desk is keeping you updated until the start of Shabbat in New York. The time posted automatically on all Israel National News articles, however, is Israeli time.)

IDF finds weapons, explosives, and tunnel shafts in homes and UNRWA bags

IDF troops in Gaza locate and dismantle extensive terrorist infrastructure, including over 800 explosive devices and dozens of tunnel shafts. Weapons found in residential homes and even inside UNRWA bags in a former school in Shejaiya.(Israel National News' North American desk is keeping you updated until the start of Shabbat in New York. The time posted automatically on all Israel National News articles, however, is Israeli time.)

Podcast: The book of Numbers and an army for Israel

Tribal banners and a stone on Aharon's breastplate for each and every soldier.(Israel National News' North American desk is keeping you updated until the start of Shabbat in New York. The time posted automatically on all Israel National News articles, however, is Israeli time.)

'No entry': Israel to bar Saudi-led delegation of FMs from visiting Ramallah

Israel decides to bar Arab foreign ministers from Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE from visiting the Palestinian Authority, calling the planned meeting "provocative" and aimed at promoting a "terrorist state."(Israel National News' North American desk is keeping you updated until the start of Shabbat in New York. The time posted automatically on all Israel National News articles, however, is Israeli time.)

DM Katz after Syria strike: There will be no immunity for any entity

Defense Minister Israel Katz said following the strikes in Syria, “The IDF attacked and destroyed strategic weapons across Syria this evening that posed an immediate threat to the State of Israel.” “We will not allow threats, and no entity will have immunity—we will continue to protect Israel's security,” he stated.(Israel National News' North American desk is keeping you updated until the start of Shabbat in New York. The time posted automatically on all Israel National News articles, however, is Israeli time.)

IDF confirms strikes on Syrian targets posing maritime and air threats

IDF confirms strikes on Syrian weapon storage facilities with coastal and surface-to-air missiles near Latakia, says the strikes aimed to neutralize threats to international and Israeli maritime navigation.(Israel National News' North American desk is keeping you updated until the start of Shabbat in New York. The time posted automatically on all Israel National News articles, however, is Israeli time.)

Reports in Syria of Israeli strikes in Tartus and Latakia

(Israel National News' North American desk is keeping you updated until the start of Shabbat in New York. The time posted automatically on all Israel National News articles, however, is Israeli time.)

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China Launches Spacecraft It Says Will Return Samples And Yield ‘Groundbreaking Discoveries’

China launched a spacecraft that promises to return samples from an asteroid near Mars and yield “groundbreaking discoveries and expand humanity’s knowledge of the cosmos,” the country’s space agency said. The Tianwen-2 probe launched early Thursday from southern China aboard the workhorse Long March 3-B rocket. The probe will collect samples from the asteroid 2016HO3 and explore the main-belt comet 311P, which lies even farther from Earth than Mars, according to the China National Space Administration. Shan Zhongde, head of the CNSA, was quoted as saying the Tianwen-2 mission represents a ”significant step in China’s new journey of interplanetary exploration” and over its decade-long mission will “yield groundbreaking discoveries and expand humanity’s knowledge of the cosmos.” Samples from 2016HO3 are due to be returned in about two years. The asteroids, chosen for their relatively stable orbits, hopefully will offer clues into the formation of Earth, such as the origins of water. China earlier returned rock samples from the moon’s far side back to Earth in a historic mission and has welcomed international cooperation. However, any cooperation with the U.S. hinges on removing an American law banning direct bilateral cooperation with NASA. The near side of the moon is seen from Earth and the far side faces outer space. The far side also is known to have mountains and impact craters and is much more difficult to reach. China also operates the three person-crewed Tiangong, or “Heavenly Palace,” space station, making the country a major player in a new era of space exploration and the use of permanent stations to conduct experiments in space, especially since the station was entirely Chinese-built after the country was excluded from the International Space Station over U.S. national security concerns. China’s space program is controlled by the People’s Liberation Army, the military branch of the ruling Communist Party. The country’s space program has grown rapidly in the more than 20 years since it first put a man in space, only the third country to do so under its own speed. The space agency has landed an unmanned explorer on Mars and a rover on the far side of the moon. It aims to put a person on the moon before 2030. A future Tianwen-4 Jupiter mission will explore Jupiter, although details haven’t been released. (AP)

Trump Agenda Takes Center Stage in High-Stakes New Jersey Governor Primary

In the waning days of New Jersey’s contested primary for governor, Democratic and Republican candidates are offering a glimpse of where the general election campaign could go. They’re grappling over the package of Trump tax breaks and program cuts recently passed by the House but characterizing it in dramatically different ways. Each side is using the measure as a cudgel against the other. Depending on which party’s candidates are speaking, Trump is either a tax-cutting hero who is cleaning up the nation’s broken immigration system and right-sizing the federal government, or a rogue president recklessly rounding up U.S. citizens, driving up federal debt and slashing benefits for older and sicker Americans without regard for the law or who gets hurt. That stark contrast in the two respective primaries suggests New Jersey voters will have clear decisions to make in the November general election — and that their choices, even in a state long dominated by Democrats, could signal how President Donald Trump’s aggressive second term is playing nationwide. The wrangling in New Jersey comes before the June 10 primary in one of just two governors’ contests this year. The other is in Virginia. Both are being looked at for signs of how Democrats will answer Trump’s 2024 victory and his agenda and, for Republicans, as a fresh test of the president’s popularity. The legislation Republicans call a “big, beautiful bill” is front and center in the argument. In sparring over social media, Democratic Rep. Mikie Sherrill opposed the bill, while Republican Jack Ciattarelli talked up the benefits of its tax cuts. The two are widely seen as leading contenders for their parties’ nominations. Sherrill said the bill would drive up costs and attempted to link Ciattarelli, a former state legislator, to health care and food assistance cuts. “You are a yes-man for the MAGA agenda,” she wrote. Ciattarelli jabbed Sherrill over opposing what would amount to tax cuts for many residents. The tax cuts in the bill working its way through Congress are needed in New Jersey, he wrote, “thanks to Democrats making NJ the highest taxed state in America.” Turning a page — but which one? The sniping could persist to the general election, experts say. Democrats are eager to blame the president and his party for unpopular cuts to social safety net programs and the GOP is looking to pin economic difficulties on Democrats, who’ve been in charge of state government for eight years. Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy is term-limited after winning twice. In a climate where voters can be restless for change, some say it’s a matter of what they will decide to be against. “The real question will be do they hate Phil Murphy more or Donald Trump more?” said Julie Roginsky, a longtime Democratic campaign strategist, “Are they looking to turn the page on Phil Murphy or Donald Trump?” Along with Sherrill, Rep. Josh Gottheimer, Mayors Ras Baraka of Newark and Steven Fulop of Jersey City, former Senate President Steve Sweeney and teacher’s union executive Sean Spiller are locked in what appears to be a competitive contest for the Democratic nomination. Sherill has the backing of several influential county parties. But the contest is unfolding in a new era, after the downfall of the county party line, a unique-to-New Jersey practice in which local parties were able […]

‘Doudna’ Supercomputer to Drive AI and Genetic Breakthroughs

A new supercomputer named after a winner of the Nobel Prize in chemistry will help power artificial intelligence technology and scientific discoveries from a perch in the hills above the University of California, Berkeley, federal officials said Thursday. U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright announced the project Thursday alongside executives from computer maker Dell Technologies and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. The new computing system at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory will be called Doudna after Berkeley professor and biochemist Jennifer Doudna, who won a Nobel in 2020 for her work on the gene-editing technology CRISPR. It’s due to switch on next year. “One of the key use cases will be genomics research,” said Dion Harris, a product executive in Nvidia’s AI and high-performance computing division, in an interview. “It was basically just a nod to her contributions to the field.” Dell is contracted with the energy department to build the computer, the latest to be housed at Berkeley Lab’s National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center. Previous computers there have been named after other Nobel winners: Saul Perlmutter, an astrophysicist, and Gerty Cori, a biochemist. It’s not clear yet how the computer will rank on the TOP500 listing of the world’s fastest supercomputers. The current top-ranked computer is El Capitan, located about an hour’s drive away at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. That’s followed by other supercomputers at U.S. national labs in Tennessee and Illinois. (AP)

What Happens To Trump’s Tariffs Now That A Court Has Struck Them Down?

President Donald Trump has claimed virtually unlimited power to bypass Congress and impose sweeping taxes on foreign products. Now a federal court has thrown a roadblock in his path. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of International Trade ruled Wednesday that Trump overstepped his authority when he invoked the 1977 International Emergency Economic Powers Act to declare a national emergency and plaster taxes – tariffs – on imports from almost every country in the world. The ruling was a big setback for Trump, whose erratic trade policies have rocked financial markets, paralyzed businesses with uncertainty and raised fears of higher prices and slower economic growth. On his Truth Social platform Thursday, he wrote: “The ruling by the U.S. Court of International Trade is so wrong, and so political! Hopefully, the Supreme Court will reverse this horrible, Country threatening decision, QUICKLY and DECISIVELY.” Trump’s trade wars are far from over. The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Thursday allowed the president to temporarily continue collecting the tariffs under the emergency powers law while he appeals the trade court’s decision. Jeffrey Schwab, senior counsel at the nonprofit Liberty Justice Center who represented the five small businesses that sued, called the appeals court order a mere “procedural step.” He expressed confidence that courts would block the tariffs, which represent “a direct threat” to his clients’ livelihoods. The administration has other ways to pursue the president’s goal of using tariffs to lure factories back to America, raise money for the U.S. Treasury and pressure other countries into bending to his will. Financial markets, which would welcome an end to Trump’s tariffs, had a muted response to the news Thursday; stocks rose modestly. “Investors are not getting too carried away, presumably in the expectation that the White House will find a workaround that allows them to continue to pursue their trade agenda,’’ said Matthew Ryan, head of market strategy at the financial services firm Ebury. Trump’s IEEPA tariffs are being challenged in at least seven lawsuits. In the ruling Wednesday, the trade court combined two of the cases — one brought by five small businesses and another by 12 U.S. states. The U.S. Court of International Trade has jurisdiction over civil cases involving trade. The legal challenge to Trump’s tariff is widely expected to end up at the U.S. Supreme Court. Which tariffs did the court block? The court’s decision blocks the tariffs Trump slapped last month on almost all U.S. trading partners and levies he imposed before that on China, Mexico and Canada. Trump on April 2 — Liberation Day, he called it — imposed so-called reciprocal tariffs of up to 50% on countries with which the United States runs a trade deficit and 10% baseline tariffs on almost everybody else. He later suspended the reciprocal tariffs for 90 days to give countries time to negotiate trade agreements with the United States — and reduce their barriers to American exports. But he kept the baseline tariffs in place. Claiming extraordinary power to act without congressional approval, he justified the taxes under IEEPA by declaring the United States’ longstanding trade deficits “a national emergency.” “The reason that he chose IEEPA was he thought he could do this unilaterally without much oversight by Congress,” Schwab said. In February, he’d invoked the law to impose tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China, saying that the illegal flow of immigrants and drugs across the U.S. […]

Trump’s Student Visa Ban Risks Undermining U.S. Scientific Edge, Say Experts

Frayed by tariff wars and political battles, the academic ties between the U.S. and China are now facing their greatest threat yet as the Trump administration promises to revoke visas for an unknown number of Chinese students and tighten future visa screening. In a brief statement Wednesday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the U.S. will “aggressively” revoke visas for Chinese students, including those with ties to the Chinese Communist Party or studying “critical fields.” Rubio’s statement threatened to widen a chasm between the two nations, building on a yearslong Republican campaign to rid U.S. campuses of Chinese influence and insulate America’s research from its strongest economic and military competitor. Rubio’s announcement has rattled Chinese students and drawn swift condemnation from the Chinese government and some U.S. lawmakers. The Chinese Embassy on Thursday said it “lodged a solemn démarche with the U.S. side without delay” and urged the U.S. to correct its mistake and protect the rights of Chinese students. The visa policy also raised alarm at U.S. campuses that host more than 275,000 students from China and benefit from their tuition payments. Chinese graduate student Kesong Cao, 26, decided to abandon his studies in the U.S. because of Trump’s policies. “I do not feel welcome anymore,” said Cao, a student of cognitive psychology at the University of Wisconsin, who was waiting at Seattle’s airport Thursday to board a flight home to China. Cao spent eight years in the U.S. and once dreamed of staying as a professor. “Now it seems like that dream is falling apart,” he said. “It’s a good time to jump ship and think about what I can give back to my own country.” The scope of the visa crackdown wasn’t immediately clear, with no explanation on what would constitute ties to the Communist Party. But the impact could be significant if the government goes after any student with family members in the party, said Sun Yun, director of the China program at the Washington-based think tank Stimson Center. Academic ties with China were built over decades Academic leaders in the U.S. have spent years trying to tamp down growing hostility against Chinese students and scholars, saying the benefits of the relationship outweigh the risks. Collaboration between the countries produces tens of thousands of scientific papers a year, yielding major advancements in fields from earthquake prediction to disease treatment. The academic alliance has been built up over decades since both sides resumed diplomatic ties in the 1970s. Chinese researchers are the most frequent international co-authors for U.S. researchers in science and engineering journal articles. Both sides are research powerhouses. Any move that prevents the U.S. from welcoming the smartest people in the world is an “extremely bad idea,” said L. Rafael Reif, a former president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who pushed back against anti-China sentiment during President Donald Trump’s first term. “This administration will be known historically as the one that began the decline of the U.S. by completely failing to understand the importance of science and technology — and the importance of gathering the most talented human capital from the world to work together towards a thriving United States,” Reif said in a statement to The Associated Press. Erica Zhang, who graduated from George Washington University in December and is awaiting approval of her green card, said the new […]

A Struggling Father With 10 Children Has One Wish: To Marry Off His Son With Dignity

In a quiet neighborhood in Eretz Yisrael, a hardworking father, R’ Dovid Elgarabli, is desperately trying to do what every father dreams of—walk his son to the chuppah. But with crushing debts, medical crises, and a household of ten children, it feels impossible. R’ Dovid works over 12 hours a day as a bus driver, while his devoted wife is fully occupied caring for their sick child, shuttling between doctors and hospitals. The bills have piled up, and the family is constantly at risk of having their electricity and water shut off due to unpaid balances. Now, with just six weeks left to the chasunah, they don’t even have the bare minimum to begin preparing. The chosson and kallah have promised to daven and mention the names of donors under the chuppah. Your support—no matter the amount—can bring them joy and stability in this most sacred moment. Tax-deductible in the U.S. via Netza Israel (501c3)Submit names for tefillahClick here to donate>>

Justice Department Proposes $1.1B Deal to End Boeing Fraud Case

The U.S. Justice Department has formally moved to dismiss a criminal fraud charge against Boeing and has asked a judge to cancel an upcoming trial connected to two plane crashes that killed 346 people off the coast of Indonesia and in Ethiopia, according to court documents filed Thursday. The deal, announced last week, will allow the American aircraft manufacturer to avoid criminal prosecution for allegedly misleading U.S. regulators about the 737 Max jetliner before the planes crashed less than five months apart in 2018 and 2019. The “agreement in principle” will require the company to pay and invest more than $1.1 billion, including an additional $445 million for the crash victims’ families, in return for dismissing the criminal case, according to court documents. Dismissing the fraud charge will allow the manufacturer to avoid a possible criminal conviction that could have jeopardized the company’s status as a federal contractor, experts have said. U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor in Fort Worth, Texas, will decide whether to accept the motion to dismiss, accept the terms of the non-prosecution agreement and whether to cancel the trial. O’Connor on Thursday ordered all the lawyers to present him with a briefing schedule on the government’s motion by June 4. Some relatives of the passengers who died in the crashes have been pushing for a public trial, the prosecution of former company officials, and more severe financial punishment for Boeing. The Justice Department has noted that the victims’ families had mixed views on the proposed deal. Nadia Milleron, a Massachusetts resident whose 24-year-old daughter, Samya Stumo, died in the Ethiopia crash, in an email Thursday said it hurt her to read the Justice Department’s “false” statement that the agreement will secure meaningful accountability, deliver public benefits and bring finality to a complex case whose outcome would otherwise be uncertain. “This is not a difficult or complex case because Boeing signed a confession,” Milleron said. “There will be no accountability as a result of the NPA (non-prosecution deal).” Boeing said in a statement that the company is committed to complying with its obligations under the resolution, including commitments to further institutional improvements and investments, as well as additional compensation for families of those who died in the two plane crashes. “We are deeply sorry for their losses, and remain committed to honoring their loved ones’ memories by pressing forward with the broad and deep changes to our company that we have made to strengthen our safety system and culture,” a Boeing spokesperson said in the statement. Attorney Mark Lindquist, who represents dozens of the victims’ families said in a statement Thursday that although he had wanted to see a more vigorous prosecution, he didn’t think it was going to happen. “At this point, I can only hope the criminal case and the lawsuits motivated Boeing to improve safety,” Lindquist said. “That’s what really matters. We all want to walk onto a Boeing plane and feel safe.” Boeing was accused of misleading the Federal Aviation Administration about aspects of the Max before the agency certified the plane for flight. Boeing did not tell airlines and pilots about a new software system that could turn the plane’s nose down without input from pilots if a sensor detected that the plane might go into an aerodynamic stall. The Max planes crashed […]

🚨Trump: Gaza Deal Nears, Iran Talks Progress

🚨 POTUS: “They’re very close to an agreement on Gaza… I think we have a chance of making a deal with Iran also… If we could have a deal without bombs being dropped all over the Middle East, that would be a very good thing.”

Trump Awards Elon Musk Gold White House Key for Special Government Service

President Trump presents Elon Musk with a gold White House key as a gift for his service as a special government employee.

Musk: DOGE to Save $1T by Cutting Waste, Fraud, and Abuse

ELON MUSK: “DOGE will only grow stronger over time…I expect $1 TRILLION in savings by cutting waste, fraud, & abuse.”

Trump Lauds Musk’s DOGE Efforts: “Colossal Change” to Washington’s Old Ways

President Trump praises Elon Musk’s work on DOGE: “Elon’s delivered a colossal change in the old ways of doing business in Washington.”

IDF Seizes, Destroys Over 800 Weapons, Explosives in Recent Gaza Operations Against Hamas

The IDF says troops have seized and destroyed over 800 weapons and explosive devices that were found during operations in the Gaza Strip in recent weeks, amid a new offensive against Hamas.

Biden Claims Mental Incompetence, Inability to Walk, but Says He’d Have Won 2024 Election

Joe Biden admitted he’s mentally incompetent, can’t walk, and that he would have won the 2024 election: “I’m mentally incompetent, and I can’t walk, and I can beat the hell out of both of them! Why didn’t they run against me then, I woulda’ beaten them!”

🚨 BICHASDEI HASHEM! Hagaon HaRav Shmuel Kamenetsky Released from Hospital

🚨 BICHASDEI HASHEM! Hagaon HaRav Shmuel Kamenetsky has been released from the hospital and is on his way home. Please continue to be be מתפלל for שמואל בן איטא עטיל.

Biden on Cancer Diagnosis: Feeling Good, Treatment Underway with Optimism

Former President Joe Biden in first public appearance since announcement of cancer diagnosis: REPORTER: “How are you feeling?” BIDEN: “I’m feeling good.” REPORTER: Have you decided on your treatment options?” BIDEN: “Yeah, we have. They’re under way. All the folks are very optimistic…It’s all a matter of taking a pill…”

Rescuers Free Alaska Hiker Trapped for Hours Under 700-Pound Boulder

An Alaska man who was pinned facedown in an icy creek by a 700-pound (318-kilogram) boulder for three hours survived the ordeal with only minor injuries, thanks in part to his wife’s quick thinking and lots of luck. Kell Morris’ wife held his head above water to prevent him from drowning while waiting for rescuers to arrive after Morris was pinned by the boulder, which crashed onto him during a hike near a remote glacier south of Anchorage. His second stroke of luck came when a sled dog tourism company that operates on the glacier overheard the 911 dispatch and offered up its helicopter to ferry rescuers to the scene, which was inaccessible to all-terrain vehicles. Once rescuers arrived, it took seven men and inflatable air bags to lift the boulder off as he drifted in and out of consciousness. Morris, 61, said he realizes he is probably the luckiest man alive. “And luckier that I have such a great wife,” he said Thursday. His wife, Jo Roop, is a retired Alaska State Trooper. They moved to Seward, about 120 miles (193 kilometers) south of Anchorage, from Idaho last fall when she took a job with the local police department. Last Saturday, they wanted to avoid the big crowds that converge on the Kenai Peninsula community during holidays and decided to hike near Godwin Glacier on an isolated and undeveloped trail behind a state prison, Seward Fire Chief Clinton Crites said. Their trail was actually a rocky creek bed lined with large boulders deposited by the glacier. Morris said he noticed dangerous boulders, some weighing up to 1,000 pounds (454 kilograms), along the banks of the creek and avoided them the best he could, until he ran into an area he couldn’t pass. “I was coming back and everything, the whole side slid out from under me,” he said. He said things became a blur as he tumbled down the embankment about 20 feet (6 meters), landing face down in the water. Then he immediately felt the boulder hit his back in what Crites described as “basically an avalanche of boulders.” The way Morris landed, there were rocks under him, in between his legs and around him that caught the weight of the boulder, preventing him from being crushed, Crites said. But the massive rock still had him pinned, and Morris felt intense pain in his left leg and waited for his femur to snap. “When it first happened, I was doubtful that there was going to be a good outcome,” Morris said. His wife tried to free him for about 30 minutes, putting rocks under the boulder and trying to roll it off him, before she left to find a cell signal. Amazingly, she only had to walk about 300 yards (274 meters) to connect with 911 and relied on her law enforcement experience to send exact GPS coordinates to dispatch. A volunteer at the neighboring Bear Creek Fire Department heard the call while working at the sled dog tourism operation and diverted the helicopter used to ferry tourists to the scene. Ultimately, firefighters who couldn’t navigate their all-terrain vehicles over the boulder field jumped out of the helicopter. By this time, Morris was hypothermic from the cold water running off the glacier, Crites said, and his wife was […]

Trump Administration Publishes List of Sanctuary Cities, Vows to Withhold Federal Funds

The Department of Homeland Security is putting more than 500 “sanctuary jurisdictions” across the country on notice that the Trump administration views them as obstructing immigration enforcement as it attempts to increase pressure on communities it believes are standing in the way of the president’s mass deportations agenda. The department on Thursday published a list of the jurisdictions and said each one will receive formal notification that the government has deemed them noncompliant and if they’re believed to be in violation of any federal criminal statutes. The list was published on the department’s website. “These sanctuary city politicians are endangering Americans and our law enforcement in order to protect violent criminal illegal aliens,” DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said in a press release. The Trump administration has repeatedly targeted communities, states and jurisdictions that it says aren’t doing enough to help Immigration and Customs Enforcement as it seeks to make good on President Donald Trump’s campaign promises to remove millions of people in the country illegally. The list was compiled using a number of factors, including whether the cities or localities identified themselves as sanctuary jurisdictions, how much they complied already with federal officials enforcing immigration laws, if they had restrictions on sharing information with immigration enforcement or had any legal protections for people in the country illegally, according to the department. Trump signed an executive order on April 28 requiring the secretary of Homeland Security and the attorney general to publish a list of states and local jurisdictions that they considered to be obstructing federal immigration laws. The list is to be regularly updated. Federal departments and agencies, working with the Office of Management and Budget, would then be tasked with identifying federal grants or contracts with those states or local jurisdictions that the federal government identified as “sanctuary jurisdictions” and suspending or terminating the money, according to the executive order. If “sanctuary jurisdictions” are notified and the Trump administration determines that they “remain in defiance,” the attorney general and the secretary of Homeland Security are then empowered to pursue whatever “legal remedies and enforcement measures” they consider necessary to make them comply. There’s no specific or legal definition of what constitutes a “sanctuary jurisdiction.” The term is often used to refer to law enforcement agencies, states or communities that don’t cooperate with immigration enforcement. Some cities pushed back after finding themselves on the list. Baltimore’s Mayor Brandon Scott said on X that Baltimore is “not a sanctuary city,” noting that Baltimore does not control the city’s jails. Jails are a key area where ICE cooperates with local law enforcement authorities so it can be notified when immigrants are going to be released. But Scott also said the city made no apologies for being a “welcoming city” and said it was preparing for litigation if needed to protect the city’s immigrant community and the money it gets from the federal government. “We are better because of our immigrant neighbors, and are not about to sell them out to this administration,” Scott said. In a statement on X, the Las Vegas government said they weren’t sure why DHS included it on the list and that they hoped to “clear up this misunderstanding.” The city said that law enforcement and jail facilities there comply with federal law. ICE enforces immigration laws nationwide, […]

Hachnosas Sefer Torah at Lutzk Bais Medrash in Yerushalayim

Hachnosas Sefer Torah at the Lutzk Bais Medrash in Yerushalyim. Among the Rabbonim in attendance was Sephardic Chief Rabbi, Hagaon HaRav David Yosef. Also seen is the philanthropist and visionary behind Adirei Hatorah, Reb Lazer Scheiner.

CHASDEI HASHEM: Harav Shmuel Kamenetsky Shlit”a Discharged from Hospital, Returns Home

YWN is please to share the news that the Rosh HaYeshiva of the Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia, Harav Shmuel Kamenetsky shlit”a, has been discharged from the hospital and is now on his way home. According to an official statement released by the yeshiva, the doctors are very pleased with the Rosh Yeshiva’s progress, noting significant improvement in his condition. This follows his recent hospitalization due to weakness, which prompted a global outpouring of tefillos from Yidden across the world. The yeshiva has requested that Klal Yisroel continue to daven for a complete refuah sheleimah for Shmuel ben Itta Ettil, b’soch sha’ar cholei Yisroel. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

Gedolim from Keren Olam HaTorah to Visit Chicago’s Torah Community on June 16th

Major News for Chicago’s Frum Community! Chicago’s Torah community just got a major update—Gedolim from Keren Olam HaTorah are tentatively scheduled to visit the Windy City on Monday, June 16th! Exciting plans are in the works! Stay tuned to YWN for the latest updates as they roll in!

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