Members of the New York state Senate are joining the fight to encourage people to get vaccinated amid an ongoing measles outbreak in the state.
Lawmakers in the Democrat-led chamber launched a public awareness campaign on Monday designed to give people accurate information about inoculations and how to get them while dispelling myths that they are unsafe.

A group of Peleg protesters attempted to block the intersection of Kikar Shabbos on Monday evening. The intersection is a major thoroughfare for those living in the Me’ah Shearim and Geulah neighborhoods.

As coalition talks progress, and parties have to prepare their ‘wish list’; their list of demands for entering the coalition, United Right-Wing list leader Rafi Peretz is demanding the education portfolio for himself and the justice portfolio for the second person on the party lineup, MK Betzalel Smotrich.

The Trump administration is considering suspending or limiting entry to the U.S. for individuals from countries with high rates of short-term visa overstays — a proposal vaguely reminiscent of the controversial travel bans President Donald Trump pursued during his first year in office.
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Former coalition leader MK (Likud) David Bitan has informed by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu that he expects to be appointed to a ministerial post in the new coalition. He adds that if he is not appointed, he will not accept any other position.

President Trump declared Tuesday that The New York Times should “get down on their knees & beg for forgiveness” for its negative coverage of his presidency, as part of an early-morning Twitter tear against a range of media outlets.

The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments over the Trump administration’s plan to ask about citizenship on the 2020 census, a question that could affect how many seats states have in the House of Representatives and their share of federal dollars over the next 10 years.
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The 43-year-old El Al flight attendant who contracted measles during a flight from New York is suspected of having brain damage due to the complications that resulted from the illness.
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U.S. President Donald Trump will pay a state visit to Britain in June as a guest of Queen Elizabeth II, Buckingham Palace said Tuesday.
The palace said Trump and his wife, Melania, had accepted an invitation from the queen for a visit that will take place June 3-5.
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Oil prices remained near six-month highs Tuesday in the wake of the Trump administration’s announcement that it would soon impose sanctions on all buyers of Iranian oil.
On Monday, the Trump administration said it would no longer exempt any countries from U.S.
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