JD Vance visited the Israeli Embassy in Washington today, in order to pay tribute to Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim, the two embassy staffers who were gunned down last week by a Palestinian supporter outside of the Capital Jewish Museum in D.C.

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Tuesday announced that COVID-19 vaccines are no longer recommended for healthy children and pregnant women — a move immediately questioned by several public health experts. In a 58-second video posted on the social media site X, Kennedy said he removed COVID-19 shots from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s recommendations for those groups. No one from the CDC was in the video, and CDC officials referred questions about the announcement to Kennedy and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. No other details were released, and HHS officials did not immediately respond to questions about how the decision was made. Some doctors and public health leaders called the move concerning and confusing.

Palestinian mobs are now stealing the humanitarian aid delivered to Nuseirat camp, bypassing the wait for company boxes from the US.

DESANTIS: “We have a Republican Congress and to this day…not one cent in DOGE cuts have been implemented by the Congress…I think DOGE fought the Swamp & so far, the Swamp won.”

An off-duty NYPD officer was stomped in the face and had his gun stolen during a robbery in the Bronx this past weekend. One of the suspects was arrested in Virginia this morning while the other one remains at large.

An IDF reservist officer was seriously wounded by sniper fire in the northern Gaza Strip earlier today, the military announces. The reservist, who served as a technology and maintenance officer in the Combat Engineering Corps’ 924th Battalion, was taken to a hospital for treatment.

UPDATE: Boruch Hashem the condition of Hagaon HaRav Shmuel Kamenetsky continues to be stable, and all indicators show improvement. The doctors are very satisfied with his progress. Please continue to be be מתפלל for שמואל בן איטא עטיל.

A quiet but concerning development has surfaced that may significantly impact one of the most recognizable elements of traditional Orthodox Jewish attire: the black felt hat. For over 40 years, a Spanish company—Fernandez y Roche, based in Seville, Spain—has supplied tens of thousands of black hats annually to yeshiva bochurim, avreichim, and balabatim in communities across America. These hats, worn daily by bnei Torah from the age of bar mitzvah and onward, are not merely a garment, but a statement of identity and dignity. But that longstanding partnership is now at risk. Due to newly imposed trade tariffs by the U.S. government on European goods, including imported felt hats, Fernandez y Roche has been hit with a 10% import fee, with a looming possibility of an additional 50% tariff.

President Donald Trump reportedly urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a recent phone call to avoid taking steps that might undermine sensitive negotiations with Iran, according to a report from Axios that cites both a White House official and a source with knowledge of the conversation.
The article suggests that Trump and other senior American officials are growing increasingly wary that Israel might carry out a military strike against Iran’s nuclear infrastructure if the diplomatic talks break down. One insider noted that Israeli leaders believe the timeline to carry out such an operation effectively is closing quickly.