The Pentagon on Thursday will present plans to the White House to send up to 10,000 more troops to the Middle East, in a move to beef up defenses against potential Iranian threats , U.S.
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The rift between President Donald Trump and congressional Democrats appeared to be widening Thursday after a dramatic blow-up at the White House at a meeting on infrastructure.
A day after Trump stalked out of the Cabinet room demanding an end to congressional investigations, the Republican president and Democratic leaders dug in, while plans to fix the nation’s roads and bridges fell into the chasm.

YWN regrets to inform you of the petirah of Hagaon HaRav Shlomo Teitelbaum, the Morah D’asra of Khal Adas Yereim in Kew Gardens, NY. He was 77.
Rav Teitelbaum was also a Magid Shiur in Mesivta Torah Temimah as well.
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The extreme heat of the last few days is expected to continue until Friday night, when temperatures are expected to drop. Today, Lag B’Omer, a significant increase of 2-6 degrees centigrade is expected, accompanied by oppressive heatwave conditions.
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Fires were raging out of control in multiple areas across Israel, Thursday afternoon, forcing many to evacuate their homes, while major roads were forced closed.

Two people were in serious condition following an accident while returning from Meron, Thursday morning.
The accident involved two private vehicles and a truck on Route 70 between Tishbi Junction South and the access road to Highway 6.

A massive Medura lit up the sky in the Town of Palm Tree (formally known as Kiryas Joel) on Wednesday evening, as tens of thousands of Satmar Chassidim joined their Rebbe, HaRav Aharon Teitelbaum, as they celebrated Lag Baomer.

An unarmed autistic Chadrei boy was brutally beaten by Israeli cops on Wednesday, in an incident that has many demanding answers and justice from every political party.
One can see the pain of this young man as he was tackled to the ground by police, bleeding from his face and screaming for assistance.

Fake news has evolved beyond the playbook used by Russian trolls in the U.S. election. As the European Union gears up for a crucial election, it is mostly homegrown groups rather than foreign powers that are taking to social media to push false information and extremist messages, experts say.
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Rabbi Moshe Klein, who serves as the rav for Hadassah Hospitals in Jerusalem, appealed to the emergency room staffs with a request that if and when possible, to treat the religious patients first on erev Shabbos so they can be discharged in time for Shabbos.