A retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel has pleaded guilty to leaking classified military information about the Russia-Ukraine war to someone he met on a foreign dating site. David Slater, who held top secret clearance while working at Strategic Command in Nebraska, admitted to sharing sensitive intel with an unknown online contact. Sentencing is set for October.

More than 20 states sued President Donald Trump’s administration on Monday over billions of dollars in frozen education funding for after-school care, summer programs and more. Some of the withheld money funds after-school and summer programming at Boys & Girls Clubs, the YMCA or public schools, attended by 1.4 million children and teenagers nationwide. Congress set aside money for the programs to provide academic support, enrichment and child care to mostly low-income families. But Trump’s administration recently froze the funding, saying it wants to ensure recipients’ programs align with the Republican president’s priorities. Led by California, the lawsuit alleges withholding the money violates the Constitution and several federal laws.

(AP) – Ice cream makers representing about 90% of the U.S.

Israel – Jerusalem Affairs Minister Meir Porush announced Monday night that lawmakers from Agudat Yisrael will resign from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition, following their Degel HaTorah counterparts out the door.

A military investigation released Sunday concluded that serious operational failures—including poor coordination, miscommunication, and delayed deployment—contributed to the IDF’s inability to prevent a deadly Hamas assault on the southern city of Ofakim during the October 7 attacks. The probe, led by Brig. Gen. Oren Simcha, found that 15 Hamas terrorists infiltrated Ofakim around 6:40 a.m., killing 33 people—25 civilians and 8 security personnel—within the first 40 minutes. IDF troops arrived too late to affect the outcome of the battle, the report said. One of the closest military units, from the Chaim Laskov Officers Training School (Bahad 1), was mistakenly dispatched to the wrong location.

EPIC THROWBACK VIDEO! Baltimorean Rabbi Yechiel Spero interviewing campers and staff Camp MaNaVu 1999.

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yisrael Katz on Tuesday instructed the IDF to immediately strike Syrian regime forces in the Sweida area of southern Syria. The order came after three days of ethnic violence between local Druze in Sweida and Bedouins, during which the Druze were attacked by Syrian regime forces.

A few hours ago, the IDF successfully intercepted a drone launched from Yemen targeting Eilat. no sirens were activated in any towns as per protocol.

Syrian regime troops have taken control over the the Druze city of Suwayda.

Fellow Yidden, I write to sound the alarm about what I see unfolding. I know this perspective may not be popular, and I respect other perspectives too, yet being open to reading other viewpoints is healthy, regardless of your own opinion. America First is not in the interest of Orthodox Jews in America. I did not vote for Trump this time around, despite having been an avid, even obsessed, Trump supporter back in 2016. What changed? As a dedicated follower of right-wing media, I was convinced that Trump was playing 4-D chess after his election loss to Biden, certain he would pull it off with alternative electors, prove fraud, and win in the courts and state legislatures. That never happened. For the first time, I began to doubt: Was I misled? Was there actually no fraud?

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