Federal health regulators are questioning the safety and evidence behind the first bid to use MDMA, the mind-altering club drug, as a treatment for PTSD, part of a decadeslong effort by advocates to move psychedelic drugs into the medical mainstream. The Food and Drug Administration posted its initial review of the drug Friday, ahead of a meeting of outside advisers who could help decide whether MDMA — currently illegal under federal law — becomes the first drug of its kind to win U.S. approval as a medication.

A Chassidish visitor to Beitar Illit was chased by a pack of dogs in the early hours of Shabbos morning as he was walking from the mikvah to shul. A resident of the city told B’Chadrei Chareidim that the teen had to be hospitalized after the ordeal as the dogs had bitten him. The incident occurred on Rechov Rabbi Akiva at about 6:40 a.m. Another resident said that the frightening phenomenon is nothing new. “I work at night and it’s just scary. Packs of dogs roam the city unhindered.” The Beitar Illit municipality responded: “These are wild dogs that roam around the city. The municipal veterinarian is working to prevent them from entering the city but unfortunately, there are cases where they manage to enter.

Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) sharply criticized the decision by congressional leaders to invite Prime Minister bIBI Netanyahu to speak before Congress and declared he would boycott the address.
In his statement – on Shabbos, of course – Sanders did not hold back, referring to Netanyahu as a “war criminal.”
“It is a very sad day for our country that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been invited – by leaders from both parties – to address a joint meeting of the United States Congress,” said the self-hating Jew.
While acknowledging Israel’s right to defend itself following the horrific Hamas terrorist attack on October 7th, Bumbling Bernie emphasized that “it did not, and does not, have the right to go to war against the entire Palestinian people.”

President Joe Biden said Friday that Donald Trump being found guilty in his New York hush money case reaffirms “the American principle that no one is above the law,” and he said “it’s reckless” and “dangerous” for his predecessor to suggest the legal system was rigged against him. “Donald Trump was given every opportunity to defend himself. It was a state case, not a federal case and it was heard by a jury of 12 citizens, 12 Americans, 12 people like you,” Biden told reporters at the White House, a day after a jury in New York found Trump guilty on all 34 felony counts in a case stemming from the 2016 election.

Donald Trump lawyer Alina Habba said that despite Trump’s 34 felony convictions, “nothing will change” in his campaign for president this November.
In an interview with BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg, the attorney spoke about “corruption” in the judicial system and characterized Trump as a “victim.”
“Donald Trump is the victim of political selective prosecution,” Habba said.
Kuenssberg then asked if Trump would continue to run for president from a jail cell should his appeal fail, to which Habba replied, “He is running for president. Nothing will change there.”
As Kuenssberg pressed again, Habba said, “I recommend you find the latest polls in this country from the people that live in this country,” an apparent jab at Kuenssberg’s British nationality.

Former President Donald Trump decided to join TikTok, and gained 1.3 million followers within a few hours.
Trump famously threatened to ban TikTok over national security concerns.
Trump is likely looking to win over younger voters, the demographic likeliest to be on the app. Trump is currently in a close race with President Biden from President.
While Biden’s campaign is also on TikTok, Biden has signed a bill that would ban it if it’s Chinese parent company does not sell it.
Trump launched his account with a video showing him meeting fans at an Ultimate Fighting Championship fight in Newark, New Jersey. His new account is @realdonaldtrump.

The bird flu outbreak in U.S. dairy cows is prompting development of new, next-generation mRNA vaccines — akin to COVID-19 shots — that are being tested in both animals and people. Next month, the U.S. Agriculture Department is to begin testing a vaccine developed by University of Pennsylvania researchers by giving it to calves. The idea: If vaccinating cows protects dairy workers, that could mean fewer chances for the virus to jump into people and mutate in ways that could spur human-to-human spread. Meanwhile. the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has been talking to manufacturers about possible mRNA flu vaccines for people that, if needed, could supplement millions of bird flu vaccine doses already in government hands.