Scientists have developed a device that can translate thoughts about speech into spoken words in real time. Although it’s still experimental, they hope the brain-computer interface could someday help give voice to those unable to speak. A new study described testing the device on a 47-year-old woman with quadriplegia who couldn’t speak for 18 years after a stroke. Doctors implanted it in her brain during surgery as part of a clinical trial. It “converts her intent to speak into fluent sentences,” said Gopala Anumanchipalli, a co-author of the study published Monday in the journal Nature Neuroscience. Other brain-computer interfaces, or BCIs, for speech typically have a slight delay between thoughts of sentences and computerized verbalization.

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Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) delivered a sharp rebuke of former President Donald Trump’s planned global tariffs, warning that the sweeping trade measures set to take effect Wednesday could cripple key industries and drive up consumer costs. In an interview with WABC Radio in New York on Sunday, Paul cited concerns from Kentucky’s auto manufacturers and bourbon producers—two industries he says will suffer under the tariffs. The senator did not mince words, calling the economic strategy a direct threat to American businesses and consumers alike. “I think tariffs are bad for any country, and I think they’d be bad for America,” Paul stated. “Economically, I think it’ll hurt us.

Prime Minister Netanyahu’s decision to appoint Eli Sharvit as the Shin Bet chief had been condemned by coalition members due to his participation in the pre-October 7 protests against the judicial reform. According to a Channel 12 report, government members are pressuring Netanyahu to revoke the appointment, and it is now believed that it will ultimately not materialize. On March 5, 2023, Sharvit participated in a protest on Kaplan Street in Tel Aviv against the government.

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is expected to withdraw his nomination of former Navy commander Eli Sharvit to lead the Shin Bet later today, just hours after the unexpected announcement sparked backlash from political allies and claims of ulterior motives from opponents.
Netanyahu made the announcement naming Sharvit as the successor to outgoing Shin Bet head Ronen Bar early Monday, in a move that reportedly blindsided senior defense officials. The choice quickly drew attention due to Sharvit’s alleged past involvement in anti-government demonstrations, and the continued controversy around Bar’s dismissal, which is linked to a criminal investigation involving individuals close to the prime minister.

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The Democratic base is angry. Not just at President Donald Trump, Elon Musk and the “Make America Great Again” movement. Rank-and-file Democrats are mad at their own leaders and increasingly agitating to replace them. Arizona Democrats pushed out their party chair, and Georgia Democrats are on their way to doing the same. And Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York postponed a book tour in the face of protests amid calls from progressives that he face a primary challenge. The losing party after a presidential election often spends time in the wilderness, but the visceral anger among Democrats toward their party leaders is reaching a level reminiscent of the tea party movement that swept out Republican incumbents 15 years ago.

WILD FOOTAGE: Yesterday, migrant gangs in Paris’s Saint-Denis no-go zone violently assaulted French police, forcing them to retreat.

A Hachnoses Sefer Torah and Chnukas Habayis took place at the newly established Viznitzer Yeshiva Ketana Building, located at 1143 60th Street. The New Building and the Sefer Torah were generously donated by Viznitzer philanthropist Reb Bentzy Lebowitz, a longtime Boro Park Hatzolah coordinator, and Central Hatzolah Board Member.

On Monday, police detained Jonatan Urich and Eli Feldstein, key figures in Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu’s inner circle, as part of the ongoing investigation into the Qatargate scandal. This arrest came shortly after the attorney general instructed the police to summon Netanyahu for questioning in connection with the case.
In the morning, Netanyahu left his criminal trial for corruption charges at the Tel Aviv District Court to testify before Israel Police’s Lahav 433 major crimes unit about allegations concerning illegal financial links between his top aides and Qatar. He then returned to Yerushalayim, where he was expected to provide testimony later that afternoon at the Prime Minister’s Office.

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A team of Israeli researchers has unearthed artifacts in the ancient city of Megiddo—known as Har Megiddo, or Armageddon—that may provide physical evidence of the epic war between King Yoshiyahu of Yehudah and the Egyptian Pharaoh Necho, as recorded in Sefer Melachim II and Divrei HaYamim II. For the first time, remnants of 7th-century BCE Egyptian pottery have been discovered in the area, indicating that Egyptian forces were indeed present at this crucial point in history—just as the Nevi’im recount. “Megiddo is unique—mentioned both in Tanach and in the great historical records of the ancient Near East,” explained Professor Yisrael Finkelstein, head of the University of Haifa’s Megiddo Expedition.

Over the weekend, the Trump team deported 17 Venezuelan criminals, associated with MS-13 and Tren de Aragua gangs, to El Salvador.

A U.S. armored vehicle that went missing in Lithuania has been retrieved from a swamp after a six-day search but there is still no information about the fate of the four American soldiers who were on board, Lithuanian officials said Monday. “The armored vehicle was pulled ashore at 4:40 a.m., the towing operation is complete, Lithuanian Military Police and US investigators continue their work,” Defense Minister Dovilė Šakalienė said Monday morning in a post on Facebook. The soldiers were on a training exercise at the massive General Silvestras Žukauskas training ground in the town of Pabradė when they and their vehicle were reported missing in the early hours of Tuesday morning, the U.S. army said.

*FOX NEWS:* “The Trump tariffs will bring in $600 billion in the first year to the Treasury General Fund — The President’s extra 25% tariffs on autos alone expected to generate $100 billion on top of the reciprocal tariffs.”

A senior U.S. defense official in Europe reports that three of the four missing crewmembers from a U.S. Army M88A2 “Hercules” ARV, which disappeared last Tuesday and was recovered from a swamp at Lithuania’s Pabradė Training Ground today, were found dead. The fourth remains missing as search teams and divers comb the swamp and surrounding mud and water.

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