Presidents Trump says he just spoke to Prime Minister Netanyahu on subjects in the call went “very well”.

President Trump’s Education Secretary, Linda McMahon, has spoken out in strong support of the administration’s move to resume collecting student loan debt, accusing colleges of taking advantage of loan forgiveness initiatives enacted under Biden.
On Monday, the Department of Education revealed that starting May 5, it would resume collection efforts on student loan debt from the approximately 5.3 million individuals currently in default.
In a sharply worded opinion piece published in the Wall Street Journal, McMahon pinned the blame for the student debt crisis on Biden’s policies and institutions of higher learning, saying they’ve misled students while benefitting from the system.

In a powerful and impassioned address delivered on the last day of Chol Hamoed Pesach at his home, HaGaon HaRav Meir Tzvi Bergman, Rosh Yeshivas Rashbi and Zakein Chevrei Moetzes Gedolei Hatorah, issued a resolute call to action against the looming threat of a mandatory draft for yeshiva students. His words were delivered amidst growing concerns over recent arrests of yeshiva bochurim and stalled efforts to formulate a conscription law acceptable to the Torah community. Speaking to a gathered audience, the Rosh Yeshiva opened by acknowledging the gravity of the current situation: “Everyone knows that Klal Yisroel is in great danger today.

At a climate-focused event in San Francisco on Monday, former Vice President Al Gore delivered a sharp rebuke of President Donald Trump’s administration, drawing comparisons to Nazi Germany and issuing warnings about the dangers of political manipulation and unchecked power.
Speaking at the opening of Climate Week in San Francisco, Gore accused the Trump administration of shaping a distorted version of reality to serve its agenda, likening the strategy to the tactics employed by Adolf Hitler and the Nazi regime during the 1930s and 1940s.

Qatari and Egyptian mediators have proposed a new ceasefire framework to Hamas that includes a long-term truce, the release of all Israeli hostages in exchange for Palestinian security prisoners, and a complete Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, the BBC reported Monday, citing a senior Palestinian source familiar with the negotiations. The reported plan envisions a five- to seven-year truce and the creation of a new governing authority in Gaza, which could replace Hamas. According to the BBC, Hamas has signaled a willingness to hand over control to another Palestinian body, provided it gains approval at both the national and regional levels. There has been no confirmation or comment on the proposal from the Israeli government.

Swiss pharmaceuticals powerhouse Roche announced Monday it plans to invest $50 billion in the United States over the next five years, creating 12,000 jobs. The Basel-based company, whose array of products includes cancer medicines and multiple sclerosis treatment Ocrevus, said the investment would go toward high-tech research and development sites and new manufacturing facilities in places including California, Indiana, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania. The announcement comes as U.S. President Donald Trump has urged foreign businesses to invest more in the United States, and announced sweeping tariffs earlier this month on imports as part of hopes to reduce a large U.S. trade deficit when it comes to sales of goods.

During overnight operations in East Jerusalem Palestinian town of A-Ram, the IDF says it demolished the home of a terrorist who carried out a deadly car-ramming attack outside a military base in central Israel in July.

Vice President JD Vance announces that the United States and India have officially agreed on the terms to begin trade negotiations.