Nikki Haley is meeting next week with donors who supported her now-abandoned Republican presidential campaign, a reentry into public life that comes as the former South Carolina governor keeps drawing notable support in some state primaries despite Donald Trump’s status as the presumptive nominee. Haley will appear at events on Monday and Tuesday with about […]

YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of the Biala Rebbe ZT”L, HaGaon HaRav Betzalel Simcha Menachem Bentzion Rabinowitz. He was 89. The Rebbe was the oldest member of the Motzes Gedolei Hatorah of Agudas Yisroel in Eretz Yisroel, which represents the Chasidic community in Israel. He led his Chasidus for decades from his […]

A top former aide to U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar and a political and business consultant have agreed to plead guilty to conspiring to help the Democrat congressman from Texas launder more than $200,000 in bribes and to assist prosecutors in a federal criminal investigation, according to court documents unsealed this week. Colin Strother, Cuellar’s former […]

Beijing and Washington have quietly resumed cooperation on the deportation of Chinese immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally, as the two countries are reestablishing and widening contacts following their leaders’ meeting in California late last year. After China suspended cooperation in August 2022, the United States saw a drastic surge in the number of […]

Xavier University of Louisiana has reversed course and canceled Saturday’s planned commencement address by U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield after news of her appearance sparked outrage among some students. University President Reynold Verret announced the decision in an email Wednesday to faculty, staff and students. “Everyone’s goal is to have a commencement […]

Hunter Biden’s federal gun case should move forward, an appeals court ruled Thursday, setting the stage for the trial to begin next month in Delaware. Lawyers for the president’s son had asked the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn a ruling rejecting his bid to dismiss the case. But a three-judge panel said […]

The IDF says operations in the eastern part of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip has resulted in the deaths of 50 gunmen, while 150,000 Palestinians have evacuated the area. The military operation, which was launched on Monday, has also led to the discovery of 10 tunnel shafts, which are currently being prepared for demolition. […]

Israel’s military spokesman says the army has the weapons it needs to press ahead with its offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah. Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari was asked at a news conference whether the army can conduct the operation without U.S. arms. “The army has armaments for the missions it plans, and for […]

Former Rep. Jeff Fortenberry has been charged with lying to federal authorities about a foreign billionaire’s illegal $30,000 contribution to his campaign, reviving a case that was derailed by an appellate court. A federal jury convicted the Nebraska Republican in 2022, but the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed Fortenberry’s conviction last year, ruling […]