President-elect Donald Trump has appointed former New York Republican Representative Lee Zeldin to head the Environmental Protection Agency, The Post has exclusively learned.
Zeldin, age 44, previously served four terms representing eastern Long Island in Congress as a Republican before narrowly losing the 2022 New York gubernatorial race to Democrat Kathy Hochul. He is now set to play a significant role in advancing Trump’s pro-energy production and deregulatory initiatives.

At least two Israelis were lightly injured in a terrorist vehicular assault at a military checkpoint near Beit Lechem in Yehuda on Monday evening, according to initial reports
The Israel Defense Forces confirmed on X that “during IDF operations in the Al-Khader area of ​​the Etzion Brigade, a Palestinian vehicle broke through a roadblock and carried out a car-ramming attack. The vehicle fled, many forces are conducting a chase and searches in the area.”
On Wednesday, two Israels were lightly wounded in a combined car-ramming and stabbing attack at a bus stop near the town of Shiloh in the Shomron. The terrorist was killed on the scene by an armed civilian.

Knesset member Ofer Cassif, the lone Jew among the mostly Arab Hadash-Ta’al Party’s four lawmakers, will be banned from participating in plenary and committee meetings until May 2025 because of his incessant incitement against Israel, the parliament’s Ethics Committee decided on Monday.
The Ethics Committee, which is composed of four members of Knesset from the coalition and opposition, also voted to cut Cassif’s salary for two weeks during his suspension.
Cassif’s suspension, which will take effect on Tuesday, is one of the most severe sanctions imposed by the committee in recent years.

AMSTERDAM (AP) – Dozens of people armed with sticks and firecrackers set a tram on fire in Amsterdam on Monday, police said, while the city is facing tensions following violence last week targeting fans

NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump on Monday named former Rep.

President-elect Donald Trump is preparing the U.S. government to adopt a more permissive stance toward cryptocurrency, eyeing a roster of industry-friendly candidates for key posts while his top advisers consult crypto executives on potential changes to federal policy.
By pursuing a more lenient regulatory environment, Trump aims to fulfill his campaign promise to transform the United States into the “crypto capital of the planet” – a declaration that once rankled consumer watchdogs even as it earned the industry’s robust support and generous political donations.

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DETROIT (AP) — The U.S.