California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) issued a fiery response after Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) was forcibly taken out of a Department of Homeland Security press event and placed in handcuffs following a heated confrontation with Secretary Kristi Noem.
The disruption occurred Thursday in Los Angeles when Padilla began shouting during Noem’s remarks, refusing to stand down. Security agents quickly intervened, removed him from the room, and eventually restrained him on the ground before applying handcuffs.

The CIA released nearly 1,500 pages of previously classified documents relating to New York Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and his 1968 assassination on Thursday, detailing the spy agency’s work to investigate his killing as well as previously unknown contacts between him and the agency. Kennedy met with the CIA following a 1955 tour of the Soviet Union, relaying his observations to the spy agency as a voluntary informant, the documents show. The newly available material comprises 54 documents, including memos about the agency’s work to investigate whether RFK’s killer had any foreign ties, as well as the response to his killing by foreign powers. The records also included documents about the assassinations of President John F.

President Donald Trump enacted a new law that strikes down California’s effort to eliminate sales of new gasoline-powered cars by the year 2035.
The bill was officially signed by Trump on Thursday in the White House’s East Room during a formal ceremony.
“I want to thank everybody for being here. We officially rescue the U.S. auto industry from destruction by terminating the California electric vehicle mandate once and for all,” Trump declared to a round of applause as he finalized the legislation.
Trump criticized the previous policy, noting its national ripple effects: “They’d pass these crazy rules in California, and…17 states would go by ’em, and the automakers didn’t know what to do, because they’re really building cars for two countries,” he said.

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Can a child really grow up to be a gadol? That’s the powerful and inspiring question at the heart of When They Were Young, a new release from ArtScroll by renowned mechanech Rabbi Yerachmiel Garfield, Head of School at the fast-growing Yeshiva Torat Emet in Houston, Texas.

A group of approximately 200 young Black teens has been reported gathering on Eastern Parkway, Nostrand Avenue, and Troy Avenue in Crown Heights, with some described as “looking for trouble” and many wearing masks. Sources tell YWN that the NYPD and Crown Heights Shomrim are responding with significant resources to ensure community safety. An NYPD helicopter is also monitoring the situation from above. Residents are urged to stay vigilant and report any suspicious activity to 911 and Crown Heights Shomrim at 718-774-3333. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

This coming Sunday will mark the end of Ronen Bar’s term as the Shin Bet chief. Since the confirmation of the next Shin Bet chief, Major General David Zini, is expected to take another several weeks, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu made a decision on Thursday to assign the responsibility to “S.,” who currently serves as the Shin Bet deputy chief. S. will fill the position temporarily for a month or until the completion of Zini’s appointment process—whichever comes first. Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara, who ruled that Netanyahu is “not allowed” to appoint the next Shin Bet chief due to what she claims is a “conflict of interest,” approved the appointment of S. for up to a month due to “exceptional circumstances that have arisen” and as not to harm state security.