Washington – U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday scornfully rejected ‘disgusting’ talk among Democrats about launching an impeachment inquiry against him in the aftermath of the Russia probe, saying he did nothing to merit such an outcome. Talking to reporters on the White House South Lawn ahead of a trip to Colorado, Trump grew animated [...]

Los Angeles – An Uber driver in Los Angeles who said he was Palestinian kicked two Jewish women out of his car after learning they were coming from an Israel Independence Day celebration. The incident occurred on May 19, the Los Angeles Jewish Journal reported. The driver, named Mustafa, asked the women where they were [...]

San Francisco – When a doctored video of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi — one altered to show the Democratic leader slurring her words — began making the rounds on Facebook last week, the social network didn’t take it down. Instead, it “downranked” the video, a behind-the-scenes move intended to limit its spread. That outraged some [...]

Jerusalem – Florida’s Governor Ron DeSantis on Wednesday visited the Hub Etzion Industrial Park in Gush Etzion together with Israel’s Minister of Public Security and Strategic Affairs Gilad Erdan for a roundtable meeting to discuss the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanction (BDS) movement and “why Israel has been unfairly targeted for discrimination.” The visit was [...]

Jerusalem – U.S. President Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner is meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about the Trump administration’s long-awaited plan for Mideast peace, just hours after Israel was thrust into the political tumult of an unprecedented second election in the same year. Kushner and U.S. special envoy Jason Greenblatt stopped in Israel as [...]

Washington – Pressure from the trade dispute between the U.S. and China is weighing on the retail sector, with shares of many in the industry falling in premarket trading on Thursday. Retailers have seen their shares seesaw this week as they express concern over tariffs squeezing their businesses. The latest is PVH Corp., owner of [...]

Jerusalem – Israel is in unchartered political territory after the newly elected parliament dissolved itself early on Thursday and set another election date, within six months of the previous one. Just 50 days after he seemed to have scored an impressive victory, cruising to re-election, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu conceded that he had failed to [...]

Washington – President Donald Trump blasted special counsel Robert Mueller on Thursday, calling him a “never Trumper” who led a biased investigation on Russia’s interference in the 2016 election and failed to investigate his opponents who didn’t want Trump to be president. Trump’s eruption came a day after Mueller pointedly rejected his repeated claims that [...]

Washington – A Maryland man who set himself on fire at a national park near the White House has died. U.S. Park police tell news outlets 33-year-old Arnav Gupta died from his injuries late Wednesday. Police say officers and U.S. Secret Service agents responded to a report of the burning man earlier on the Ellipse [...]

Jerusalem – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suffered a bruising defeat in being unable to form a ruling government coalition and having to call new elections, but the new national poll has a silver lining for him. It virtually ensures that Netanyahu will become the longest serving prime minister in Israel’s history. Israel’s first prime [...]