President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to overhaul how U.S. elections are run includes a somewhat obscure reference to the way votes are counted. Voting equipment, it says, should not use ballots that include “a barcode or quick-response code.” Those few technical words could have a big impact. Voting machines that give all voters a ballot with one of those codes are used in hundreds of counties across 19 states. Three of them — Georgia, South Carolina and Delaware — use the machines statewide. Some computer scientists, Democrats and left-leaning election activists have raised concerns about their use, but those pushing conspiracy theories about the 2020 presidential election have been the loudest, claiming without evidence that manipulation has already occurred.

Former hostage Arbel Yehud urges Knesset lawmakers to stop the fighting and free the 58 captives still held in Gaza.

Whether it’s a weekend by the lake or a quick city escape, Americans are heading out in record numbers this Memorial Day weekend. AAA expects over 45 million travelers to hit the road or take to the skies — the highest since 2005. Despite flight concerns and economic worries, it’s full speed ahead for the unofficial start of summer.

House Republicans narrowly advanced President Donald Trump’s big tax cuts package out of a key committee during a rare Sunday night vote, but just barely, as conservative holdouts are demanding quicker cuts to Medicaid and green energy programs before giving their full support. Speaker Mike Johnson met with Republican lawmakers shortly before the meeting and acknowledged to reporters that there are still details to “iron out.” He said some changes were being made, but declined to provide details. It’s all setting up a difficult week ahead for the GOP leadership racing toward a Memorial Day deadline, a week away, to pass the package from the House.

The U.S. is offering up to $10 million for information on Hezbollah’s financial networks in South America, where the Iran-backed terror group, responsible for multiple attacks, generates significant revenue from drug trafficking, forgery, counterfeiting, smuggling, and other illicit and legitimate activities.

AND SO IT BEGINS CNN sets the stage for David Axelrod to suggest that discussions about Biden’s cognitive concerns “should be more muted and set aside for now,” given that he’s struggling from prostate cancer.

Rep. Mike Lawler says he wouldn’t approve of an Iran Nuclear deal that didn’t include full denuclearization: “I don’t want to see a JCPOA 2.0, Iran cannot have a nuclear program or civilian capabilities … they can agree diplomatically or face the consequences”

Rabbi Aharon Shmuel HaCohen of Stepin (1739 – 1813), was a prime disciple of both the Maggid of Mezritch and Rabbi Pinchas of Koritz and he quotes them in his sefer. He also brings down Torah teachings from the Baal Shem Tov, Rabbi Zev Wolfe of Zhitomir and Rabbi Yitzchak Eizik of Koritz, author of Bris Kehunas Olam. He was a descendant of the Maharal of Prague and Rabbi Naftali Katz, author of Smichas Chachamim, and he also quotes them.

National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett on Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill: “It’s a massive victory to get it out of the Budget Committee… I think we’re highly, highly optimistic… this is a home run of a bill for the American people.”

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise: “Medicaid still grows under this bill… if somebody’s able-bodied and they can go get a job… you got to go get a job. This program was designed for the truly needy — the disabled people, pregnant women, seniors. Those are the people we’re going to help more…”