President Donald Trump weighed in on the news that Marine Le Pen, leader of France’s National Rally Party, has been barred from holding public office for five years following a conviction for embezzlement, calling the situation a “very big deal” and drawing parallels to what he sees happening in the United States.
“A lot of people thought she wasn’t going to be convicted of anything,” Trump told reporters Monday, according to The Hill. “I don’t know if it means conviction, but she was banned for running for five years, and she was the leading candidate. That sounds like this country, it sounds very much like this country.”

(JNS) – Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) demanded answers on Monday from a cinema in his district after it refused to screen “October 8,” a documentary about the rise of antisemitism in the United States after the Hamas-led terrorist attacks in southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. The Jacob Burns Film Center in Pleasantville, N.Y., declined […]

A family in Deir al-Balah, a city in the central Gaza Strip, carried out a retaliatory killing of a Hamas police officer accused of fatally shooting one of their relatives. The incident was captured on video and has ignited widespread outrage across Gaza, coming on the heels of large-scale protests against Hamas and the reported execution of demonstrators by the group.

JERUSALEM – Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has signed an order removing all remaining tariffs on goods imported from the United States.

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said Tuesday that she has directed prosecutors to seek the death penalty against Luigi Mangione in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, following through on the president’s campaign promise to vigorously pursue capital punishment. It is the first time the Justice Department has sought to bring the death penalty since President Donald Trump returned to office in January with a vow to resume federal executions after they were halted under the previous administration. “Luigi Mangione’s murder of Brian Thompson — an innocent man and father of two young children — was a premeditated, cold-blooded assassination that shocked America,” Bondi said in a statement.

Thanks to the efforts of Boro Park Shomrim volunteers, the NYPD has arrested the suspect connected to today’s assault on 13th Avenue and 47th Street. The arrest took place on 15th Avenue, between 53rd and 54th Streets.

It is with great sadness that Matzav.com reports the petirah of Rav Dovid Wolpin zt”l,Mashgiach of Yeshivas Kol Yaakov in Monsey, who was niftar this morning at the age of 82.
Rav Wolpin was recognized as a brilliant talmid chacham from a young age. He learned in Yeshiva Torah Vodaas, where he was deeply connected to the Roshei Yeshiva and his rabbeim, from whom he absorbed a lifelong foundation in Torah and mussar.
He later continued his learning at Bais Medrash Elyon of Monsey, immersing himself in the highest levels of limud haTorah.
Throughout his life, his hasmadah, humility, and depth of character earned him the respect and admiration of all who knew him.

YWN regrets to inform you of the sudden Petira of HaRav Yitzchok Spitzer Z”L, a distinguished Dayan in Skver and a prominent Mohel, who was Niftar suddenly on Tuesday afternoon at the age of 68. Harav Yitzchok Spitzer Z”L was widely revered for his deep knowledge of Halacha and unwavering dedication to Limud HaTorah. Known throughout the Skverer Kehilla and beyond, his halachic rulings were marked by clarity, depth, and sensitivity, even in the most complex situations. His decades as a Dayan and Mohel touched the lives of countless families. Tragedy struck Tuesday morning while the Niftar Z”L was inspecting a mikvah in a private home on Lincoln Avenue in New Square. He was found unconscious at the scene.

MARYLAND – The U.S. Naval Academy has removed photos of female Jewish graduates from a Jewish naval history display at the Commodore Uriah P.