On the eve of almost-certain impeachment, President Donald Trump fired off a furious letter Tuesday to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi denouncing the “vicious crusade” against him, while Democrats amassed the votes they needed and Republicans looked ahead, vowing to defend Trump at next month’s Senate trial.

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Rishon L’Tzion HaGaon HaRav Yitzchak Yosef Shlita is continuing his official visit to Moscow, meeting with Russia’s Chief Rabbi, HaGaon HaRav Berel Lazar and other Jewish community leaders.
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Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort has been hospitalized while serving his federal prison sentence.
Manafort, who is serving more than seven years in prison after being convicted as part of the special counsel’s Russia investigation, was moved to the hospital last Thursday from a federal prison in Pennsylvania, his attorney confirmed Tuesday.

The chief judge of a secretive surveillance court said Tuesday that the FBI provided “unsupported” information when it applied to eavesdrop on a former Trump campaign adviser and directed the bureau to report back by next month on what steps it was taking to fix the problems.

The Israeli Air Force (IAF) shot an armed terrorist who was seen to be approaching the Gaza border fence by infrared cameras in the southern Gaza Strip on Tuesday evening.
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A business associate of Rudy Giuliani received a $1 million payment in September from an indicted Ukrainian oligarch who is a fugitive from justice in the U.S., federal prosecutors revealed Tuesday.
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Chareidi protesters once again arrived at Yehezkel Street in Jerusalem where work on the Light-Rail system is currently underway to develop a new line that will pass directly through the neighborhood of Meah Shearim and provide service to thousands of Charedim, many of whom rely on public transportation to get around the city.

Likud MK Nir Barkat, a former Jerusalem mayor, announced on Tuesday that he will do everything in his power that the upcoming election campaign will be a positive one, one that avoids the past performance which included insults, attacks, allegations and bad-mouthing, as well placing people and sectors in cherem.

On Sunday December 15, 2019 at approximately 8:45 PM, the Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office responded to the report of a burglary in progress at the Forest Park Estates complex on Anawana Lake Road in the Town of Thompson.
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Thousands of Lubavitcher Chassidim who were marking their annual “Yud Tes Kislev” Event at Kfar Chabad were joined by Prime Minister Netanyahu, Tuesday night.
Netanyahu can be seen on the attached video leading the crowd with “Ufaratzta”, clapping his hands and mouthing the words.