The latest cutoff date set by the Trump administration for New York Governor Kathy Hochul to pull the plug on the city’s congestion pricing policy has passed without any action.
Despite federal pressure, the city’s network of monitoring cameras is still fully operational, and the congestion pricing system remains in place.
Trump administration representatives had notified Hochul that failing to disable the cameras by Wednesday could lead to New York being stripped of federal funding and warned that the government “may implement compliance actions as soon as May 28.”
However, Hochul’s office refused to back down.
“Congestion pricing is lawful — and it’s effective. Traffic is down, business is up, and the cameras are staying on,” a spokesperson said.

Agam Berger, who was held hostage by Hamas for over a year, met with French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot, expressing deep skepticism about the effectiveness of diplomatic efforts in dealing with Hamas, according to Israeli news outlets.
“If it were possible not to choose war, we wouldn’t choose it. But the moment there is a war for the survival of our land, that’s what we will do,” she said.
Berger emphasized that the ideological and operational goals of Hamas leave no room for peaceful coexistence. “They [Hamas] don’t want ‘togetherness.’ All the diplomatic solutions – I don’t know what to call it – it won’t work because it’s either us or them.”

PUTIN NEARLY KILLED: Russian officials confirm that a helicopter President Vladimir Putin was aboard was nearly downed by a swarm of Ukrainian drones last week.

A box truck transporting propane exploded yesterday in Addison, Illinois. Damage was widespread, but miraculously, there were no serious injuries.

A firestorm of criticism has erupted over the 2025 Harvard Yearbook’s depiction of the October 7, 2023, Hamas-led attack on Israel, which it described simply as “War Breaks Out in Gaza.” The entry, part of a timeline for the 2023-2024 academic year, has been condemned by Harvard Chabad and alumnus Shabbos Kestenbaum as a gross misrepresentation of the deadliest attack on Jews since the Holocaust. The yearbook page, appearing under the “Special Events” section on page 38, features a photo of a campus statue surrounded by anti-Israel protest paraphernalia alongside the caption: “October 2023: War Breaks Out in Gaza.” The description omits any mention of the Hamas-led assault that killed 1,200 Israeli civilians and soldiers and saw over 250 people, including 12 Americans, taken hostage.

In a rare and serious incident, an IDF soldier from the Nahal Brigade’s 931st Battalion was seriously injured during a fight with another soldier in a compound in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, on Motzei Shabbos, when he was struck with a weapon and beaten with a hot water kettle, requiring immediate evacuation by helicopter to a hospital.

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