Gatestone Institute senior fellow Gordon Chang weighs in on critical trade talks as China claims talks with the U.S. are not ongoing and more during a wide-ranging interview on ‘Mornings with Maria.’
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Ben Shapiro traveled to Ukraine to speak with President Zelensky at an inflection point in the Russian invasion.
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At the official ceremony launching Holocaust Remembrance Day, Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu made a firm commitment that Israel would not cease its battle against Hamas until the group is entirely eliminated.
“We will destroy the Hamas monsters who perpetrated the cruelest massacre since the Holocaust. There will not be an Islamic califate, not in the south, not in the north, and not in Judea and Samaria,” Netanyahu declared during his address.
He emphasized that military operations against Hamas would press on relentlessly. “The military pressure on Hamas will continue. We will bring back all the hostages. We will defeat Hamas and deny Iran nuclear weapons.”

During a podcast appearance on Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso, Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren tried — and failed — to defend past remarks she made about former President Joe Biden’s cognitive decline.
Fragoso asked if Warren regretted her statements about Biden.
“I said what I believed to be true,” Warren said.
“You think he was as sharp as you?” Fragoso pushed back.
“I said I had not seen decline,” she finally responded. “And I hadn’t at that point.”
Fragoso pressed Warren further.
“The thing is,” Warren began uncertainly. “Look, he was sharp. He was on his feet. I saw him… live event. I had meetings with him a couple of times…”

Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen confirmed over the weekend that the American taxpayers footed the bill for his trip to El Salvador to meet with deported alleged MS-13 gang member Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
Van Hollen made the admission to Shannon Bream on Fox News Sunday.
When pressed by Bream about who paid for the trip, Van Hollen said it was an “officially cleared, you know, congressional trip.”
“So taxpayer dollars?” Bream questioned.
“Yes, like every other trip,” Van Hollen replied.
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In a breathtaking demonstration of kavod haTorah, throngs of Yidden converged on the home of the Slabodka rosh yeshivah, Rav Dov Landau, over Chol Hamoed for the minhag of hakbalah pnei rabo.
The event, held on Tuesday of Chol Hamoed, became a gathering of Torah and inspiration, drawing tens of thousands to Bnei Brak and bring broadcast to countless others via live streams.
From the early afternoon hours, the streets surrounding the rosh yeshivah’s home were filled with eager participants, standing in reverence and anticipation. The event featured a majestic maamad of kavod haTorah.

President Donald Trump is fervently praying for the immediate release of all hostages being held in Gaza, said newly appointed U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, who joined in that heartfelt plea during remarks delivered today at the Kosel in Yerushalayim.
“And we will bring them home,” the ambassador affirmed.
Huckabee highlighted Trump’s unwavering support for Israel, pointing to key decisions such as officially recognizing Yerushalayim as the capital of the Jewish state and affirming Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights as demonstrations of his “extraordinary love for the Jewish people and the people of Israel.”

Fox News senior strategic analyst Ret. Gen. Jack Keane unpacks the driving forces behind Iran and the United States’ nuclear talks on ‘The Story.’
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Border Czar Tom Homan reacted to Democratic Party efforts to protect deported alleged MS-13 Kilmar Abrego Garcia and bring him back to the U.S.
Homan specifically went after Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen, who says Abrego Garcias was “abducted,” while speaking with Fox & Friends Wednesday morning.
“He wasn’t abducted. He’s an MS-13 gang member,” Homan said. “Classified as a terrorist who was removed from this country. So, we got rid of a dangerous person — an El Salvador national — he was returned to the nation of El Salvador, so he’s home.”

President Donald Trump made it clear on Tuesday that the next move in trade discussions belongs to China, according to a statement read by White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, as Trump intensifies efforts to correct what he sees as long-standing trade imbalances.
Though Leavitt noted that Trump’s stance toward China has already been made plain, she shared an additional comment directly from the president.
“The ball is in China’s court. China needs to make a deal with us. We don’t have to make a deal with them. There’s no difference between China and any other country, except they are much larger and China wants what we have — what every country wants, what we have: The American consumer,” Leavitt said, quoting Trump.