Republican Sen. Thom Tillis says he’s informed the White House that he won’t support Ed Martin, President Donald Trump’spick for top federal prosecutor in Washington, stalling the nomination in the Senate weeks before the temporary appointment expires. The North Carolina Republican told reporters Tuesday that he had met with Martin and was opposing his nomination because of his defense of rioters who breached the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Martin, a leading figure in Trump’s campaign to overturn the 2020 election, spoke at a rally on the eve of the violent riot and represented defendants who were prosecuted for the attack. “We have to be very very clear that what happened on January 6th was wrong,” Tillis said. “It was not prompted.

Sec. Brooke Rollins: “The reason egg prices increased 237% under Joe Biden was the way that they handled the avian bird flu… A month ago, I released the five-point plan. Since we released that plan, the cost of eggs has come down 56% and continues to go down.”

WATCH: India has shot down a Pakistani JF-17 fighter jet over Kashmir.

Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on Tuesday voiced strong support for Israel’s right to take decisive steps in response to Houthi aggression, urging the Jewish state to act firmly in its self-defense.
His remarks followed President Donald Trump’s announcement that an understanding had been reached with the Houthis in which they would cease attacks on American ships, and in return, the United States would suspend its military operations targeting the group.
Shortly afterward, the Houthis clarified that while they would halt attacks on U.S. interests, they had no intention of ceasing their strikes against Israel.

Police arrested about 30 pro-Hamas rioters who illegally occupied a University of Washington engineering building and damaged property and set fires. Students from the group Super UW, which lauded the October 7 massacre, seized the Interdisciplinary Engineering Building in Seattle on Monday evening. “We are taking this building amidst the current and renewed wave of the student Intifada, following the uprising of student action for Palestine after the heroic victory of Al-Aqsa Flood on October 7th, which shattered the illusion of zionist-imperialist domination and brought Palestine to the forefront for all justice-loving people of the world,” Super UW wrote in a manifesto published earlier in the day.

by Rabbi Yair Hoffman Early Life and Background in Historical Context Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzensky zt”l was born in 1863 (5623) in Ivye, a small town near Vilna, during a period of significant transit

Family getting up: Wednesday (5/14/25)Morning R’ Steven HowelSon

Israel eliminated senior Hamas operative Khalid Ahmad Ahmad via an airstrike near Sidon, Lebanon on Wednesday, according to the Israeli military.
Ahmad served as head of operations in Hamas’s Western Brigade in Lebanon, and was directly involved in orchestrating terror attacks against Israeli civilians and military forces throughout the ongoing war, according to the Israel Defense Forces.
In recent weeks, Ahmad was engaged in weapons smuggling and planning further attacks on Israeli territory, the IDF said. The military described his activity as a “direct threat to the State of Israel and its citizens.”
His elimination followed a series of Israeli strikes targeting Hezbollah infrastructure and personnel across Lebanon.

PARIS (AP) — Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa said Wednesday that his country is holding indirect talks with

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