U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a blunt warning to Iran over its ongoing backing of the Houthi rebels in Yemen, making it clear that such actions won’t go unanswered—even as American officials reengage in nuclear discussions with the Islamic Republic.
Washington and Tehran have now participated in three indirect negotiation rounds, all facilitated by Oman. The aim is to strike an agreement that would restrict Iran’s ability to develop nuclear weapons while offering relief from severe American sanctions.
The negotiations are scheduled to continue this weekend in Rome.

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President Donald Trump suggested on Wednesday that his administration is considering pulling federal grant money from Harvard University, expressing frustration with the school’s resistance to certain White House mandates regarding campus governance and policies on speech.
“And it looks like we are not going to be giving them any more grants, right Linda?” Trump said, addressing Education Secretary Linda McMahon, according to Reuters.
He followed up by saying, “A grant is at our discretion and they are really not behaving well. So it’s too bad.”
Harvard University and the Department of Education did not immediately respond to media requests for comment on the President’s statements.

By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
Having recently celebrated Pesach, we are now in the Sefirah period, counting towards Shavuos and striving each day to refine ourselves, so that we may be worthy and prepared to accept the Torah and its way of life.
Our study this week of the parshiyos of Tazria and Metzora is an essential part of that process. Otherwise, we would not be laining these parshiyos during this time of introspection and personal growth.

Hunter Biden has unexpectedly decided to withdraw the lawsuit he filed against two IRS whistleblowers who had accused the Justice Department of obstructing the federal probe into his tax affairs.
The 2023 lawsuit, filed by Biden, claimed the whistleblowers “targeted and sought to embarrass Mr. Biden via public statements to the media in which they and their representatives disclosed confidential information about a private citizen’s tax matters.”
Biden’s decision to pull back the case didn’t include any explanation, but the 55-year-old, who has faced intense legal and political scrutiny, officially moved to drop the litigation against Gary Shapley, who served as a supervisory special agent, and Joe Ziegler, another IRS investigator.

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In a heartfelt interview with Arutz Sheva during their Yom HaZikaron broadcast, Rabbi Yoram Eliyahu, father of Sergeant First Class (res.) Yedidya Eliyahu Hy”d of Karnei Shomron, who fell in battle in Gaza, shared his perspective on loss and resilience.
Rabbi Eliyahu expressed his discomfort with the term “bereavement,” stating, “We are not the families of bereavement, but the families of heroism. If you call it bereavement, it already has a negative effect on you, and this is not the right message that we should be conveying to the people of Israel. I say this both personally and nationally, the purpose of the Heroism Forum is to bring life back to the people of Israel, until we achieve our military victory and the collapse of Hamas.”​

Shas party leader MK Aryeh Deri delivered a forceful message Wednesday evening, urging Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu to take immediate and forceful action in response to what he described as deliberate acts of arson across the country over the past day.
“The arsonists in times of war are terrorists in every sense of the word,” Deri said. “I call on the Prime Minister to instruct the IDF to eliminate from the air any terrorist identified as starting fires.”

As devastating fires continue to rage across Israel, many were reminded of the massive blaze that swept through Los Angeles just a few months ago. At the time, numerous Jewish communities in California reached out to their spiritual authority, the Raavad of Yerushalayim, Rav Gideon Ben Moshe, with a pressing question: Why had such destructive fires struck their city?
The response they received was nothing short of remarkable.
In a detailed letter addressed to Rabbi Ezra Dwek, the rav of Kehillas Torah Ohr in Los Angeles, Rav ben Moshe offered two spiritual reasons for the fires—and a call to action.