Former President Donald Trump pushed back against multiple reports of rising tensions between himself and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. According to the reports, Trump is furious that DeSantis won’t commit to not running against Trump for the GOP nomination in 2024. The reports say that Trump said DeSantis is “dull” and “has no personality.” When asked about the issue, Trump denied that his relationship with the Florida governor is falling apart. “Well, I have a very good relationship with Governor DeSantis,” Trump said. “You know, he won the election the day I announced that I was going to give him my endorsement.” “And then I helped him beat their so-called star, the Democrat star, who turned out not to be much of a star,” he continued.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is promising statewide coordination as law enforcement and prosecutors go after thieves who have been raiding cargo containers aboard trains near downtown Los Angeles for months, leaving the tracks blanketed with discarded boxes. The governor on Thursday joined a cleanup crew from the state Department of Transportation filling dozens of trash bags with crushed cardboard from packages stolen on their way from retailers to people across the U.S. Last week TV news stations aired overhead video showing thousands of boxes strewn by thieves along a Union Pacific rail line northeast of downtown in the Lincoln Park area. Footage from NBC4 showed two men, one holding what looked like bolt cutters, walking along the tracks.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has been receiving medical advice from an Israeli doctor in recent months, Ynet revealed in a report on Thursday. The doctor is Prof. Itzchak Shapira, Deputy Director-General of Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv, who is responsible, among other things, for the hospital’s medical tourism. Shapira regularly provides medical advice for international leaders. According to Ynet, the fact that Shapira is a cardiologist may imply that Erdogan is dealing with cardiac issues, but it’s also possible that Shapira is advising him in other areas. Ichilov Hospital and Prof. Shapira refused to comment on the report. Rumors have been flying in recent months that Erdogan is suffering from poor health, although this has never been confirmed by any source.

The Pentagon has declassified and publicly released video footage of a U.S. drone strike in Kabul that killed 10 civilians in the final hours of a chaotic American withdrawal that ended a 20-year war in Afghanistan. The New York Times obtained the footage through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against U.S. Central Command, which then posted the imagery to its website. It marks the first public release of video footage of the Aug. 29 strike, which the Pentagon initially defended but later called a tragic mistake. The videos include about 25 minutes of footage from what the Times reported were two MQ-9 Reaper drones, showing the scene of the strike prior to, during and after a missile struck a civilian car in a courtyard on a residential street.

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki defended the decision not to release visitor logs from President Biden’s home in Delaware – where he has spent more than a quarter of his first year as president. “Well, the president goes to Delaware because it’s his home. It’s also where his son and his former wife are buried, and it’s a place that is obviously close to his heart. A lot of presidents go visit their home when they are president,” Psaki said in response to a question about the Delaware visitor logs. “We also have gone a step further than the prior administration and many administrations in releasing visitor logs of people who visit the White House and will continue to do that,” she added.

Amid the fiery speeches in the Knesset on Monday prior to the vote on the Chareidi conscription law, there were some memorable moments, with Chareidi and other MKs speaking from the Knesset plenum one after the other, defending the right of the Chareidim to preserve their religious lifestyle. One of the speeches that echoed through the plenum was that of Likud MK Galit Distel Atbaryan, who silenced the plenum with her words spoken from the heart in particularly loud tones. “You should know – my Chareidi brothers, you’re not alone!” she began. “The flagship of the right is behind you one hundred percent. And not as a favor or donation – because you’re the Sayeret Hamatklal (elite IDF unit) of the Jewish identity of this State.

The heroic rescue of a woman trapped under her couch after an explosion in the Bronx was captured by NYPD officers’ body cameras. The video footage shows the officer racing directly into the chaos to rescue a 68-year-old woman who had been injured in the blast, believed to have been sparked by a gas leak. “We saved lives today. Our actions saved lives,” Mayor Eric Adams, a former NYPD officer, said at the scene. “When you see the bodycam video, you’re going to see the quick response of the officers going into the building next door from the explosion, not realizing if there would be an additional explosion, but they went inside and carried out a woman who was trapped inside.”

HaRav Avigdor Nebenzahl, Rav of the Ramban shul and former Rav of the Old City of Jerusalem, participated in the wedding of his grandson, the son of his son HaRav Yechezkel, on Sunday, A grandfather attending his grandson’s wedding is usually par for the course but in this case, HaRav Nebenzhal attended the wedding instead of his son, who was at home while his son stood under the chuppah, B’Chadrei Chareidim reported. On the morning of the wedding, HaRav Yechezkel developed COVID symptoms. After he was tested and found positive, he asked his father, HaRav Avigdor, what to do. HaRav Avigdor told his son that he has to stay at home and not attend the wedding, adding that in order to minimize the distress to the chassan, he will attend the wedding himself – a rare event for Harav Avigdor.

Israel said Tuesday it has successfully tested a system designed to intercept ballistic missiles outside the earth’s atmosphere. The Arrow Weapon System is part of an array of missile defenses Israel has developed in recent years to protect itself in any future conflict with archenemy Iran or regional militant groups, such as the Lebanese Hezbollah or the Palestinian Hamas in the Gaza Strip, both allies of Iran. The Defense Ministry said the system detected the target and fired two Arrow 3 interceptors at it, calling the mission a success.

Double standard or antisemitism? A cashier at a convenience store was caught on video denying service to a Hasidic Jew who wasn’t wearing a mask, while at the same time allowing another customer who supposedly had a mask in his pocket be serviced. In the video, the Jewish man asks the cashier, “Because I’m a Jew I’m not getting served?” “I didn’t say that,” she responds. “I asked you to get a mask.” The man points out that another customer isn’t wearing a mask either, but she says that “he has it in his pocket” so it’s okay. The Jewish man then notes how illogical her argument is but she doesn’t budge, saying she won’t argue about it and he has to get a mask to be served. Sources tell YWN that this took place in the last gas station in the U.S.