Fed Chair Powell met with Trump at the White House Thursday and told him rate decisions can’t be political President Donald Trump met Thursday with Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell amid the president badgering the central bank for lower interest rates. The release indicated that Powell and his Fed colleagues remain committed to setting monetary policy on “careful, objective, and non-political analysis.” “At the President’s invitation, Chair Powell met with the President today at the White House to discuss economic developments including for growth, employment, and inflation,” the Fed statement said.

The IDF confirms carrying out airstrikes in Lebanon this evening, saying it targeted military facilities and other infrastructure belonging to Hezbollah. The targets included a site used to store weapons near Sidon, where recent Hezbollah activity was identified, the military says. The facility has been struck by the IDF previously, and the activity was related to Hezbollah’s efforts to restore the site, according to the IDF.

Paramount Global, the corporate owner of CBS News, has reportedly offered President Donald Trump a $15 million payout in an attempt to resolve a lawsuit claiming the network’s “60 Minutes” program deliberately edited a Kamala Harris interview to portray her more favorably.
However, according to sources cited by The Wall Street Journal, Trump’s attorneys have rejected the offer and are demanding over $25 million, along with a public apology from CBS News. The legal team has also warned of a separate lawsuit targeting what it claims is biased reporting by the network. Wednesday marked the deadline for Trump’s team to formally respond to Paramount’s request to have the suit dismissed.

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Democrats party chairman Yair Golan has been greeted with protests and derision at several conferences since his outrageous statements that IDF soldiers “have a hobby of killing babies.” Yet another incident occurred on Wednesday when Golan spoke at the Israel Bar Association conference. During his speech, bereaved father Itzik Bontzel, the father of fallen IDF soldier Amit, H’yd, who was killed in the war in Gaza, yelled at him, “You don’t need to speak here. You are a person who incites hatred against IDF soldiers. Shame on you. ‘IDF soldiers kill babies as a hobby”—how did you utter such a thing from your mouth?” Golan accused Bontzel of lying, claiming he didn’t say anything negative about IDF soldiers.

Shas’ affiliated publication Haderech issued a clear message Thursday morning, warning that if no substantial movement is made on passing the Draft Law, the party’s Moetzet Chachmei HaTorah will gather immediately after Shavuos to deliberate whether Shas should exit the current coalition.
The front page of the newspaper led with the headline: “As the deadline set by our revered sages of the Moetzet Chachmei Hatorah approaches for reaching significant agreements on the law, efforts have intensified in recent days.” Still, the article admitted that “no agreements have been reached so far.”

Vhaarev Na highlights: “Simchas Hatorah” of 1000 bochurim celebrating the power of Chazara leading to genuine Ahavas Hatorah. For more information please visit Vhaarevna.com or email Rabbi Dovid Newman at vhaarevna@gmail.com Bonai Chavivai highlights: 1000 boys celebrating owning a Masechta in honor of their bar mitzvah. For more information please visit Vhaarevna.com or email Rabbi Dovid Newman at vhaarevna@gmail.com Bonai Chavivai is a program adapted from the world-famous Vhaarev Na program, geared towards boys approaching their bar mitzvah, to encourage them to learn and know a masechta in honor of their bar mitzvah.

Soldiers serving in the Southern Gaza Brigade, part of the IDF’s Gaza Division, recently wrapped up a month-long targeted mission aimed at neutralizing underground terror networks within the security corridor in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.
During this campaign, the brigade’s forces—working in tandem with elite Yahalom Unit engineering teams—discovered and neutralized a tunnel designed for offensive operations. The tunnel extended hundreds of meters underground.
The subterranean route contained numerous exit points, several of which were rigged with explosives. While securing the area, IDF personnel encountered a terror cell emerging from one of the shafts and engaged them, successfully eliminating the threat.