Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth launched a fierce verbal attack against Jennifer Griffin, a veteran Pentagon reporter and his former coworker at Fox News, during a press briefing Thursday morning. The clash came amid the administration’s effort to discredit news organizations that published leaked intelligence suggesting the recent American strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities may have done less damage than claimed.
During the tense exchange, Griffin challenged Hegseth directly, asking, “Do you have certainty that all the highly enriched uranium was inside the Fordo mountain?”

JERUSALEM – Ofra Keidar was laid to rest today at Kibbutz Be’eri, followin

NEW YORK – In response to growing fears within New York City’s Jewish community about rising antisemitism, Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran M

Zohran Mamdani says socialism can “absolutely” work in the United States.

Indian investigators have successfully retrieved data from the black boxes of a Boeing plane, after it crashed in one of the deadliest air disasters in decades.

Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs Radosław Sikorski on the landmark NATO agreement: “We should give credit where credit is due. President Trump was right in his first term when he said that allies were not fulfilling their own commitments from previous summits.”

European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas on President Trump’s landmark NATO defense agreement: “Allies seem to be united. I think the understanding is everybody needs to do more for defense because we are living in very turbulent times.”

A ‘Mornings with Maria’ panel discusses the Iran strike intel leak following Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s press conference on the matter.
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Fighting at Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, between Palestinians and Hamas terrorists.

A New York state assemblyman took aim at Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Tuesday, mocking her for identifying as a “Bronx girl” while reminding the public of her suburban upbringing in Westchester County.
Assemblyman Matt Slater, a Republican from Yorktown, highlighted the congresswoman’s background by sharing a high school yearbook photo of her as a freshman at Yorktown High School, situated in a quiet suburb roughly 40 minutes north of the Bronx.
Slater’s response came after Ocasio-Cortez, a Democrat representing portions of the Bronx and Queens, found herself in a heated exchange with President Trump. The clash began after she demanded his impeachment for carrying out airstrikes in Iran without first seeking congressional authorization.

WASHINGTON – In a dramatic display of military precision, the Pentagon on Thursday unveiled footage showing how 14 GBU-5

After months of job cuts, leadership turnover and other turmoil at the Social Security Administration, the agency’s newly minted commissioner faced pointed questions from lawmakers about the future of the agency and its ability to pay Americans their benefits and protect their privacy. Frank Bisignano, who was sworn in last month as President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the agency, told lawmakers he intends to improve accuracy in payments and raise morale at the agency, which has already lost 7,000 workers since billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency embarked on a cost-cutting mission at the agency earlier this year.

More than 100 pro-Palestinian activists caused over $1.1 million in damages at a Belgian defense facility this week in a raid that inadvertently disrupted aid to Ukraine, not Israel. The group, affiliated with the “Stop Arming Israel” campaign, broke into the OIP Land Systems warehouse in Tournai around 4:50 a.m. Monday. Armed with hammers and spray paint, the vandals shattered windows, defaced equipment, and rendered dozens of armored vehicles temporarily inoperable. The company confirmed the vehicles were intended for Ukrainian forces fighting Russia—not for Israeli use. The raid took place at one of Europe’s largest private weapons storage facilities. OIP Land Systems has played a key role in supplying Ukraine’s military since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022.

“In our generation it is impossible to maintain and sustain one’s spiritual achievements with Torah learning alone. One needs to combine Torah learning with mussar learning… Rabbeinu Yonah contains many foundational mussar lessons that strengthen a person in his avodas hammusar.”  These words of the distinguished Rosh Yeshiva of Chevron, HaGaon HaRav Dovid Cohen, shlita, stressed the concept that as important as limud haTorah is, it is not possible to truly achieve shleimus in avodas Hashem without also learning mussar.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is forecasting a dramatic spike in Palm Beach property prices following Zohran Mamdani’s surprising victory in the New York City Democratic mayoral primary—an outcome that DeSantis believes will drive residents to flee the city.
Mamdani, originally from Uganda and affiliated with the Democratic Socialists of America, emerged victorious Tuesday night in the Democratic mayoral primary, defeating former Governor Andrew Cuomo, who had widely been considered the frontrunner. Mamdani ran on a platform of expansive government services and progressive reforms. His win has prompted strong reactions from both sides of the political aisle, with growing fears that his leadership could trigger an exodus from New York City.

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