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As President Donald Trump faced a critical vote on his impeachment Thursday, his top political advisers said the process had already begun to reap benefits for his reelection campaign.
“This lit up our base, lit up the people that are supporters of the president. They’re frustrated, they’re upset, and that motivates voters,” campaign manager Brad Parscale told reporters during a briefing Thursday. “They have ignited a flame underneath them.”
Parscale – who prefaced his remarks by saying he did not believe Trump deserved to be impeached – said that “every metric” he tracks, from fundraising to voter sentiment to volunteer recruitment, shows a political benefit for the president.

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It is with great sadness that Matzav.com reports the passing of Rebbetzin Shifra Weiss a”h of Yerushalayim. She was 83 years old.
Rebbetzin Weiss was the wife of Rav Yitzchok Tuvia Weiss, gaon av bais din of the Badatz of the Eidah Hachareidis in Yerushalayim.
The levaya was held today in Yerushalayim and kevurah took place on Har Hazeisim.
Yehi zichrah boruch.
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President Trump has been discussing with his campaign advisers whether or not to participate in the general election debates in 2020, two people close to the situation told The New York Times.
According to the sources, Trump doesn’t trust the Commission on Presidential Debates, the nonprofit organization that puts on the debates. Specifically, Trump is apprehensive of who will be chosen by the organization to moderate the debates, the Times reports.
Trump’s campaign reportedly declined to comment on what their plan was for the debates at a state-of-the-race campaign briefing in Arlington, Va.
Read more at The Hill.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Friday that the U.S. and China have reached a Phase 1 trade deal, de-escalating a 17-month dispute between the economic powers. The U.S. is dropping plans to impose tariffs Sunday on $160 billion in Chinese imports and is reducing some existing tariffs on Chinese goods. In return, Trump […]

MANHATTAN, NY (AP) – A juvenile suspect has been arrested in the fatal stabbing of an 18-year-old Barnard College freshman, according to a law enforcement official with knowledge of the investigation. The person was not authorized to speak publicly and did so on condition of anonymity Friday. Tessa Majors, of Charlottesville, Virginia, was walking in […]

By Rabbi Ron Yitzchok Eisenman, Rabbi, Ahavas Israel Passaic
I received a phone call early this morning.
It was from Mayor Hector Lora the mayor of Passaic.
I consider Mr. Lora a good friend, a sensitive individual and a caring man.
He was my first phone call today.
He said that he had heard that the horrific attack in Jersey City was no random attack as first was reported, rather, it was a targeted anti-Semitic incident.
He then informed me that although there is no credible threat against the Jewish community in Passaic, he is placing a mobile police command center in front of the Shul on Van Houten Ave.

BREAKING: The House has approved the second article of Impeachment for President Trump. 23 I’s and 17 no’s.
This makes President Trump the third President to face impeachment in the House after President Clinton and President Andrew Jackson.
The case will now be vote on in the House next week before it is tried before the Senate where it will most likely be struck down by the Republican majority.
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WASHINGTON (AP) – Impeachment charges against President Donald Trump went to the full House on Friday, following approval by the House Judiciary Committee. The House is expected to take up the two articles of impeachment next week. The abuse of power charge stems from Trump’s July phone call with the Ukraine president pressuring him to […]