President Donald Trump named an Orthodox Jewish judge, whose official bio notes his penchant for studying Gemara, chief judge of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.
Per his official biography, Matthew H. Solomson, of Silver Spring, Md., “enjoys studying Talmud, playing tennis and spending time at the beach with his family.”
“It’s notable that Judge Solomson is the first Orthodox Jew to be appointed as chief judge of the federal court he is serving on,” Nathan Diament, executive director of Orthodox Union Advocacy, told JNS.

Immigration authorities detained over 200 individuals living illegally in the U.S. during a sweeping operation last week across New York City and nearby regions, according to a report by the New York Post. The effort focused on removing dangerous criminals and gang-affiliated individuals from the streets.
Of the 206 people arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other federal agencies, 121 had prior convictions or pending charges involving violent and serious crimes, including murder, assault, child exploitation, arson, and a range of drug and firearms offenses.

President Donald Trump expressed support for launching a new initiative aimed at encouraging individuals who entered the country illegally to leave voluntarily, with financial assistance and travel arrangements provided by the government. In an interview broadcast Tuesday on Fox Noticias, Trump discussed his goal of removing violent criminals while offering a pathway for others to exit and potentially return legally.
During the taped segment, Trump reiterated his commitment to focusing deportation efforts on individuals who pose a threat, such as those involved in violent crimes. He then introduced the idea of a “self-deportation program” for others, suggesting a more lenient approach for those who follow the process voluntarily.

Andrew Cuomo’s effort to return to political office as New York City Mayor took a significant blow after he was denied over $4 million in public matching funds, according to a report in the New York Post.
“Last Friday, the campaign was informed by the campaign finance board that, due to a technical software error, contributions collected on one of our vendor platforms, NGP, were missing one of the fields required by the Campaign Finance Board, and so while we met the thresholds necessary to receive matching funds, the campaign had to remedy this technical matter,” campaign spokesperson Rich Azzopardi told the outlet.

NEW YORK – New York City’s police commissioner is raising alarms about a growing auto theft problem in the Bronx—and pointing fingers at the borough’s top prosecutor.

Anthony Scaramucci, who infamously served as President Donald Trump’s White House communications director for just 10 days in 2017, is once again sounding the alarm on his former boss—this time over Trump’s trade policy. In a new interview with the Financial Times, Scaramucci slammed the president’s tariffs, calling them “the stupidest economic policy that the United States has ever come up with.”
Scaramucci accused the president of wanting to “end the global trading system and weaken the US.”
Since his stint in the White House, Scaramucci, the founder of the investment firm SkyBridge Capital, has become an outspoken critic of Trump, endorsing Kamala Harris in the 2024 election.

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WASHINGTON (AP) – federal judge in Maryland will order sworn testimony by offici