The United States is accelerating support for Israel’s air defense infrastructure by sending more naval assets outfitted with missile intercept technology to the region. The move is in response to continuous missile attacks from Iran, which have reportedly placed significant pressure on Israel’s interceptor inventory, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday.
A new U.S. Navy destroyer has reached the eastern Mediterranean, supplementing three American destroyers already stationed there, along with two others in the Red Sea. These vessels are strategically positioned to help counter missile strikes from Iran, a defense source told The Wall Street Journal.

Donald Trump has demanded that a special counsel be appointed to probe the 2020 election, arguing that what he views as a fraudulent result must never be repeated.
Trump and those close to him have continued to insist that widespread fraud in crucial swing states was responsible for Joe Biden’s White House victory, prior to Trump taking office again on January 20 following his second election win.
Claims have also surfaced suggesting the Chinese government interfered in the race to boost Biden’s chances of winning.
Biden’s presidency was marked by a porous southern border, what critics have called politically motivated legal actions, and sweeping progressive policy initiatives.

Summer has arrived, and with it come dangerous levels of heat and humidity. This weekend, a “heat dome” will bring extreme temperatures to the Midwest and the East Coast, abating sometime next week.
Not to be confused with a heat wave—in which temperatures are elevated for an extended period of time—a heat dome is caused by a buildup of pressure in the atmosphere, which traps heat and causes extended periods of brutal temperatures, sometimes for weeks, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

POTUS says his decision on Iran coming within two weeks is “a time to see whether or not people come to their senses.”

On the Yahrtzeit, the night of the 27th of Sivan, a special Hataras Klalos and Pidyon Nefesh ceremony will be held by Maran HaGaon Rav Mordechai Shmuel Edelstein shlit”a and his Beis Din, according to the tradition he received from his father Maran HGR’ Yaakov Edelstein zt”l. Those who contribute to Kupat Ha’ir’s campaign for impoverished kallos — by giving the gematria of their name plus ‘zivug’ (22) — will have their name personally mentioned during the tefillah, and will merit, middah k’negged middah, to get engaged by Rosh Hashana 5786.

Israeli military and intelligence forces carried out a targeted operation in central Gaza that resulted in the death of senior Hamas figure Ibrahim Abu Shumala, according to an announcement released Friday by the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit.
The statement noted that the strike occurred on June 17, 2025.
Abu Shumala held the position of chief financial officer for Hamas’s military division and had also served as the right-hand man to Marwan Issa, the deputy commander of the group’s armed forces, until Issa was killed in March 2024.

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge on Friday ordered the U.S.