WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President JD Vance said Wednesday that Russia was “asking for too muc

Trump says he doesn’t want to “hurt anyone’s feelings” if he decides to call the “Persian Gulf” the “Arabian Gulf.”

During a joint press conference with Syrian interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa and French President Emmanuel Macron, President Macron said that he was pushing the U.S. to delay it’s withdrawal from Syria, lift sanctions on the nation, and that discussions were underway within the EU on gradually lifting sanctions against Syria.

Religious Zionist MK Simcha Rothman, the chairman of the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee, sent a letter on Wednesday to Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara slamming her for withholding funding from Chareidi hesder yeshivos, Kikar H’Shabbat reported.

An Israeli government official reaffirmed on Wednesday that 24 hostages held in Gaza are still alive, countering a statement made by President Donald Trump that put the number at 21—an assertion that left many families of the captives feeling alarmed.
Gal Hirsch, Israel’s special envoy for hostage affairs, posted an update on X maintaining that Hamas continues to hold 59 individuals—24 alive and 35 deceased—a breakdown that has not changed since before President Trump’s remarks. “All families of the kidnapped are always updated with the information we have about their loved ones,” he said.

The Federal Reserve kept its key interest rate unchanged Wednesday, brushing off President Donald Trump’s demands to lower borrowing costs, and said that the risks of higher unemployment and higher inflation have risen. The Fed kept its rate at 4.3% for the third straight meeting, after cutting it three times in a row at the end of last year. Many economists and Wall Street investors still expect the Fed will reduce rates two or three times this year, but the sweeping tariffs imposed by Trump have injected a tremendous amount of uncertainty into the U.S. economy and the Fed’s policies. It is unusual for the Fed to say that the risk of both higher prices and more unemployment have increased. But economists say that is the threat created by Trump’s sweeping tariffs.

Two separate terrorist incidents unfolded within the span of an hour on Wednesday evening in Judea and Samaria.
The first attack took place near the Reihan Checkpoint, west of Jenin in northern Samaria, where terrorists opened fire from a moving vehicle, targeting individuals in the area. Initial reports indicated that at least two people were injured in the shooting.
Medical personnel quickly arrived at the scene to administer emergency care. Both of the injured were taken to the hospital in moderate condition. Later updates indicated that their condition had deteriorated and they were now listed as being in serious condition.

President Trump announces that he just signed a proclamation officially declaring tomorrow, May 8, as “Victory Day for World War II.”

Trump on India and Pakistan: “I get along with both. I know both very well and I want to see them work it out. I want to see them stop.”

Newly sworn in U.S. Ambassador to China David Perdue: “I want the world to know I know this man personally. He loves this country, and I am glad to be your man in China.”

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Most airports around the United States operated smoothly Wednesda

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has signed a proclam

Intense footage captures a Russian drone slamming into a shopping center in Ukraine’s capital city Kyiv.

Florida’s Surgeon General, who is known for his stance against vaccines, stepped in during a medical emergency at a press event hosted by Governor Ron DeSantis on Tuesday. The incident occurred when Republican state Senator Ileana Garcia collapsed mid-speech while promoting a new measure that would prohibit the fluoridation of public drinking water in the state — a bill DeSantis is expected to sign into law.

SEATTLE (VINnews) — A federal task force created under President Donald Trump’s executive order to combat antisemitism has launched a formal review

New drone footage shows the complete destruction of Gaza.

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Federal officials filed charges Tuesday against five people in connection to a boat carrying migrants that capsized a day earlier off San Diego’s Pacific coast, killing three people, including a 14-year-old boy from India. The boy’s 10-year-old sister is still missing at sea and is presumed dead, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in San Diego said in a statement. Their parents were among four people who were injured and taken to the hospital, including the father, who is in a coma. The other two killed were from Mexico, including an 18-year-old boy and another man, according to the Mexican consulate. The 18-year-old’s girlfriend, who is 16, remains hospitalized after water filled her lungs, the consulate said.

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