Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Saturday that he is running for mayor of New York City, relaunching his political career following a yearslong exile over a barrage of harassment accusations. In a 17-minute video announcing his campaign, Cuomo pitched himself as an accomplished moderate who could save a city that felt threatening and “out of control,” and is capable of navigating the delicate balance between working with Republican President Donald Trump and fighting him, when necessary. “I am not saying this is going to be easy. It won’t be easy, but I know we can turn the city around and I believe I can help and that is why I announce my candidacy today for mayor of New York City today,” he said.

President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance berated Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during a tense and shocking Oval Office meeting on Friday. Zelensky visited the White House on Friday to sign a deal regarding Ukraine’s rare earth minerals. During a meeting in the Oval Office, Zelensky told Trump and Vance that Vladimir Putin has violated agreements with his country in the past. Vance responded by telling Zelensky, “I think it’s disrespectful for you to come into the oval office and try to litigate this in front of them American media.” The vice president then accused his government of forcing civilians to the frontlines due to a low amount of manpower. SEE SHOCKING VIDEO BELOW: TRUMP: Don’t tell us what we’re going to feel. We’re trying to solve a problem.

Ba’al Chessed Shai Graucher and members of the Palm Beach shul from Florida met this week with released US-Israeli hostage Keith Siegel, who told them how he connected with Yiddishkeit while he was in captivity, Ynet reported. As YWN reported, Keith’s daughter Shir said last week that her father connected to Yiddishkeit while in captivity through “small tefillos and reciting Borei Minei Mezonos, something he never did before in his life.” Keith explained that he connected to Hashem in captivity by reciting the words Shema Yisrael Hashem Elokeinu Hashem Echad and Baruch Shem Kevod Malchuso L’Olam V’Ed. Graucher responded: “I thought we were coming to give him chizzuk.

At the Thursday night Vort in Lakewood of HaChosson Shmuel Lefkowitz (Son of HzRav Shaya) to HaKallah Leahla Olshin (daughter of HaRav Isser Zalman). The Chosson is an Enikle of HaRav Elya brudny, and the Kallah is an Einikle of HaRav Yeruchim Olshin and YBLC’T HaRav Elya Meir Sorotzkin ZT’L. VIDEO & PHOTOS VIA HOLY SHOTS

The Trump administration has completed a comprehensive review of U.S. foreign aid, identifying nearly 15,000 grants worth $60 billion for elimination, many of which, according to administration officials, were linked to organizations with questionable ties to terrorism. The findings, outlined in an internal State Department memo reviewed by the Washington Free Beacon, highlight longstanding concerns about the U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID) financial oversight and funding priorities. The review, which covered both State Department and USAID grants, found that USAID accounted for the vast majority of the proposed cuts.

A terrorist carried out a ramming attack at the Pardes Chana-Karkur Junction in northern Israel on Thursday afternoon, injuring at least seven people, including two critically. The attacker, driving a black sedan, deliberately struck multiple pedestrians before being shot and neutralized by nearby security forces. The attack occurred along Route 65, a major thoroughfare in the region. Magen David Adom (MDA) reported that at 4:18 PM local time received an emergency report of multiple casualties at the scene. “MDA EMTs and paramedics are providing medical treatment on-site to seven casualties, including one in serious condition,” an MDA spokesperson said in an initial update. Security forces are investigating the incident, and additional updates are expected as more details emerge.

The Israeli Air Force (IAF) carried out a targeted airstrike on Wednesday along the Lebanese-Syrian border, eliminating a high-ranking Hezbollah terrorist involved in arms smuggling operations, the IDF confirmed. The strike neutralized Mahran Ali Nasser Al-Din, a key operative in Hezbollah’s Unit 4400, the group’s clandestine smuggling division responsible for transferring weapons across the Syria-Lebanon border. According to the IDF, Al-Din played a crucial role in coordinating weapons transfers for Hezbollah, repeatedly violating the ceasefire understandings between Israel and Lebanon. The IDF warned that Unit 4400’s activities pose a direct security threat to Israel, prompting decisive action.

Well, well, well—look who’s finally ready to admit what everyone already knew. CNN’s Jake Tapper and Axios’ Alex Thompson, two journalists who spent years running cover for Joe Biden’s cognitive decline, are now cashing in with a tell-all book exposing… the very thing they once dismissed as a conspiracy. Titled Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Coverup, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again, this book—conveniently coming out months after Biden’s political career crashed and burned—claims to uncover the “full, unsettling truth” about Biden’s mental fitness and the media’s role in hiding it. You don’t say. Tapper, who famously scoffed at any suggestion that Biden was in cognitive decline, is now acting like an investigative hero.

CHICAGO, IL – A heart-stopping incident unfolded at Chicago’s Midway International Airport earlier today when two planes narrowly avoided a collision on the runway, forcing a Southwest Airlines aircraft to abort its landing and take off again. The close call, captured on video and widely shared online, has raised fresh concerns about runway safety at one of the nation’s busiest airports. According to reports circulating on X and corroborated by aviation tracking sources, the incident occurred around 8:48 AM CST (1448 UTC) when Southwest Airlines Flight WN2504, a Boeing 737-800 (registration N8517F), was on final approach to land on Runway 31C. As the jet descended, a smaller Flexjet aircraft—a Challenger 350 operated as FlexJet LXJ560—unexpectedly crossed the active runway.

The saga of the extremist “Lev Tahor” cult has taken yet another bizarre twist. While prominent rabbanim and askanim tirelessly work to dismantle the notorious cult—known for child abuse, forced marriages of minors as young as 13, and a slew of other crimes—three men staged a daring escape last Saturday, smuggling eight children across the border from Guatemala into Belize. The escape was part of a broader abduction case that began roughly a month ago, when eleven children were kidnapped. Three of them were discovered early on and returned to Guatemalan welfare facilities, but the remaining eight had been hidden away, waiting for the right moment to be smuggled out of the country.