New York State Assemblyman Simcha Eichenstein introduced legislation at the State Legislature that would amend a discriminatory NYC Department of Sanitation regulation that unfairly penalizes New York City’s Jewish community. Last year, the NYC Department of Sanitation enacted a rule requiring residents to place their trash on the curb after 8:00 PM in an effort to combat the city’s rat problem. However, this rigid policy ignores the needs of religious New Yorkers who are prohibited from handling trash on Shabbos. As a result, many residents have been subjected to steep fines of $50-$300 simply for observing their faith. “This policy is unacceptable and must come to end,” declared Assemblyman Simcha Eichenstein.

Millions of shekels will be distributed by Kupat Ha’ir on Erev Pesach this year, bez”H. Millions of shekels will arrive in different ways to needy families throughout Eretz Yisrael. Millions of shekels that you – you!! – gave, that you participated in; and the money that you gave to tzedakah will be yours forever. These merits can never be taken away from you. Do you know what it means to distribute tens of millions of shekels? Part of them are given as food vouchers. And there are those who receive boxes of chicken and fish straight to their door. Many others receive generous shopping vouchers. And more than all the above – families who receive special support for the Yom Tov. Money, in an envelope. All these branches cost a phenomenal amount.

Shortly before he was forced to resign, the nation’s top vaccine regulator says he refused to grant Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s team unrestricted access to a tightly held vaccine safety database, fearing that the information might be manipulated or even deleted. In an interview with The Associated Press, former Food and Drug Administration vaccine chief Dr. Peter Marks discussed his efforts to “make nice” with Kennedy and address his longstanding concerns about vaccine safety, including by developing a “vaccine transparency action plan.” Marks agreed to give Kennedy’s associates the ability to read thousands of reports of potential vaccine-related issues sent to the government’s Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System, or VAERS.

President Trump: “The reason we are not talking about tariffs with Russia is because we are not doing business essentially with Russia.”

POTUS: “I said to them (the former hostages), was there any sign of love? Did Hamas show any signs of, like, help or liking you? Did they give you a piece of bread extra? Did they give you a meal on the side? Like what happened in Germany?… They said – no… they slapped us”

Some 200 American family members of Oct. 7 victims filed a lawsuit in D.C. federal court on Monday against Bashar Masri, a Palestinian-American billionaire with ties to the Trump administration who, they allege, aided and abetted Hamas in carrying out the attack.
The suit accuses Masri of knowingly working with Hamas in developing business properties in Gaza that concealed and provided electricity to the terror group’s elaborate, militarized tunnel network. It seeks damages under the Anti-Terrorism Act.

President Trump: “We’re having direct talks with Iran … everybody agrees that doing a deal would be preferable to doing the obvious. And the obvious is not something that I want to be involved with … it’s getting to be very dangerous territory.”

“You’ve been a remarkable friend of the State of Israel”: Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu praises President Trump in the Oval Office.