U.S. military airstrikes in Yemen have killed at least 500 Houthi fighters, including several senior commanders, over the past few weeks, according to Yemeni Information Minister Moammar al-Eryani and U.S. officials cited in a report by Saudi daily Al Arabiya. Al-Eryani confirmed that the American strikes targeted key Houthi military infrastructure, including command centers, weapons depots, training camps, and communication hubs. Among those killed, he said, were high-ranking figures involved in maritime attacks and Iranian arms smuggling operations. “This is not just Yemen’s war,” al-Eryani told Al Arabiya.

Three key Mossad operatives—R., D., and N.—have been informed by Minister Miri Regev that they will jointly light a torch at the upcoming Independence Day ceremony on Mount Herzl. The honor recognizes their leadership in the high-level “pager operation” conducted in Lebanon.
R., age 49 and based in central Israel, oversaw the mission as the lead commander within the Mossad’s operations division. Her responsibilities spanned all active components of the mission, including deploying agents, creating support infrastructure, and coordinating tightly with other internal Mossad units focused on intelligence, tech, and logistics.

Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi said that Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar implicated himself in the affidavit he submitted to the Supreme Court on Monday, in which he accused Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and the government of various misdeeds, such as telling Bar he must heed the democratically elected government over the Supreme Court Speaking in an interview with Arutz Sheva, Karhi said: “I think that Ronen Bar filed an indictment against himself today in court. He writes there that for the first time, at 1:33 AM (the night before the Oct. 7 massacre), he sent a team of operatives to the Gaza border area. He understood that something terrible was happening, sent a team of operatives five hours before the massacre, but did not wake up the soldiers or call the Prime Minister.

President Trump is reportedly weighing a new executive order that would prevent nonprofit organizations from distributing grant money to entities outside the United States, a source familiar with the matter revealed to The NY Post today.
The proposed directive would specifically apply to organizations categorized under “501(c)(3),” the federal tax code classification for nonprofits that are exempt from paying federal income tax.
Some of the most prominent 501(c)(3) entities potentially impacted by the move have been established by major figures often critical of Trump, including the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, and the Open Society Foundations — the latter founded by progressive billionaire George Soros.

WH PRESS SECRETARY: “No student loan has been referred to collection since March of 2020. That comes to an end. On May 5th, the Department of Education will resume involuntary collections for borrowers with defaulted federal student loans.”

The WH Press Sec. said that the administration has received 18 trade proposals from foreign countries so far — and that officials have trade meetings with 34 countries this week alone.

WH PRESS SECRETARY: “Thanks to President Trump’s America First economic approach, investments continue to pour into our country… it’s a top priority for President Trump to ensure that we are producing critical medicines and pharmaceutical drugs right here in America.”