Republican Sen. Thom Tillis says he’s informed the White House that he won’t support Ed Martin, President Donald Trump’spick for top federal prosecutor in Washington, stalling the nomination in the Senate weeks before the temporary appointment expires. The North Carolina Republican told reporters Tuesday that he had met with Martin and was opposing his nomination because of his defense of rioters who breached the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Martin, a leading figure in Trump’s campaign to overturn the 2020 election, spoke at a rally on the eve of the violent riot and represented defendants who were prosecuted for the attack. “We have to be very very clear that what happened on January 6th was wrong,” Tillis said. “It was not prompted.

Secretary Sean Duffy on modernizing the air traffic control system: “I fly all the time. Do I feel like it’s safe? Absolutely. We have redundancies in place… but I go out 7 years, 5 years, 10 years — I’m not sure about that, which is why I have the responsibility of calling the American people, calling the Congress, and saying, let’s get this done.

National Unity chairman Benny Gantz on Tuesday expressed opposition to a Palestinian state and said that the biggest mistake of Israel’s disengagement from Gaza was withdrawing from the northern part of the Strip. Speaking at the Makor Rishon Settlement Conference in Ofra, Gantz said:  “The State of Israel cannot allow a direct and significant threat to its citizens on all its borders. Therefore, we must maintain security control and freedom of action in Gaza, Yehudah and Shomron, southern Lebanon, and the area along the border with Syria.” “The implication is clear, and anyone who talks about a Palestinian state or withdrawals is simply detached from the security reality.” “In this context, the disengagement was a move with many problems.

Michelle Obama recently opened up about her personal growth journey, revealing that she’s currently seeing a therapist as she adjusts to a new chapter in life—while firmly rejecting ongoing rumors of a split between her and President Barack Obama.
“At this phase of my life, I’m in therapy right now because I’m transitioning, you know?” the mom-of-two said in a recent interview on the Jay Shetty Podcast.
“I’ve finished a really hard thing in my life with my family intact, I’m an empty nester, my girls are in—you know, they’ve been launched.”

In 2023, the Centers for Disease Control reported that an estimated 450,000 Americans suffered from alpha-gal syndrome or AGS. Numbers may be higher since AGS is not a reportable condition, which means health care providers don’t have to notify public health authorities when it’s diagnosed. Even worse, there is currently no cure. From barns and backyards to hiking trails and hunting blinds, Americans rethink how they live after a single tick sinks in. Alpha-gal syndrome is a life-altering food allergy triggered by a tick bite, and it’s changing careers and pastimes across the country. AGS isn’t your typical food allergy. It’s a delayed allergic reaction to a sugar molecule found in mammalian meats, like beef and bacon, and products derived from them.

Yehuda Shaffer, a lifelong Crown Heights resident and veteran Hatzalah member (CH-97), has announced his candidacy for New York City Council in District 41, a diverse area that includes Remsen Village, Brownsville, and parts of Crown Heights and East Flatbush. Shaffer, a proud Lubavitcher, brings 12 years of emergency response experience to the campaign trail and a message: it’s time for the Jewish community to take its place at the table. “Recent events have shown us that we cannot depend on others to speak up for us,” Shaffer wrote in a letter addressed to local residents. “We must stand up for ourselves—and now is that time.” With hundreds of new Lubavitch families settling in the district in recent years, Shaffer’s campaign emphasizes both representation and collaboration.

Houthi media channels have released a first look at Sana’a International Airport following today’s massive wave of air strikes by the Israeli Air Force.

Three young children — twin 8-year-olds and their 10-year-old sibling — have been rescued from a suburban home in Spain where they had been kept in near-total isolation for years under obsessive and outdated COVID restrictions. Authorities in Oviedo, a city in Spain’s northwest, were alerted after neighbors reported the children had not been seen attending school since 2021. What investigators uncovered was described as a “house of horrors” — not in terms of physical abuse, but in the extreme psychological and social deprivation the children were subjected to.

President Donald Trump welcomed Canada’s new prime minister, Mark Carney, with a bit of menace on social media, only to then turn on the charm and hospitality once the two leaders were sitting together in the Oval Office on Tuesday. “I just want to congratulate you,” Trump told Carney on his election win as they met in front of reporters. “Ran a really great race. I watched the debate. I thought you were excellent.” As the two countries struggle over a trade war sparked by Trump’s tariff hikes, the U.S. president gave a full display of his unique mix of graciousness and aggression. Shortly before Carney’s arrival, Trump said on social media that the United States didn’t need “ANYTHING” from its northern neighbor, a contrast to his public warmth in the Oval Office.