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Following a barrage of overnight airstrikes in the southern Gaza Strip, the IDF has reinforced its presence by deploying an additional division to the region. Defense Minister Israel Katz announced that the military is intensifying its campaign targeting Hamas. In a statement, Katz outlined the escalation of IDF efforts, declaring that Israel is broadening its operations in Gaza. “Troops will move to clear areas of terrorists and infrastructure, and capture extensive territory that will be added to the State of Israel’s security areas,” he said.

Voters in Florida and Wisconsin went to the polls on Tuesday in a series of high-stakes special elections that offered the first significant electoral gauge of President Donald Trump’s second term, just over two months after his inauguration. The outcomes—a pair of Republican victories in Florida’s deep-red congressional districts and a Democratic win in Wisconsin’s Supreme Court race—provided a mixed bag of results, reflecting both the enduring strength of GOP strongholds and the challenges facing Republicans in battleground states. In Florida, two special elections to replace former Republican Representatives Matt Gaetz and Michael Waltz concluded with GOP wins, bolstering the party’s razor-thin majority in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Benny Friedman with Freilach Band keeping the rhythm pumping at a Chasunah on Tuesday night.

The New York State Attorney General has intervened to stop a discriminatory pricing practice at a car wash in Rockland County, where Jewish customers were being unfairly charged higher rates under the pretense that their cars required more cleaning.
An official inquiry determined that Super 4 Seasons Car Wash had, for years, taken advantage of Jewish clientele in the weeks before Pesach. The business imposed exorbitant fees—up to three times the regular cost—for the same cleaning services that were offered to others for much less.

From France to Iceland to the United States, April Fools’ Day was celebrated on Tuesday with practical jokes and elaborate hoaxes. The jokesters’ custom has been around for hundreds of years, although its exact birth is difficult to pinpoint. These days, depending on your location, it could be marked with a fish secretly pinned to someone’s back or a whoopee cushion or even news reports of flying penguins (yes, that actually happened). In the U.S., the pranks are typically followed by screams of “April Fools!” to make sure all are aware that they were the unsuspecting recipient of a practical joke. Here are some thing to know about April Fools’ Day and its history: Where did April Fools’ Day come from? There are plenty of theories about where this day of pranks and hoaxes came from.

Decision Desk HQ projects Susan Crawford (D) wins election to the Wisconsin Supreme Court.

The Trump administration has halted several dozen federal research grants at Princeton University, the Ivy League school said Tuesday. The university received notifications this week that grants were being suspended by agencies including the Department of Energy, NASA and the Defense Department, according to a campus message from Princeton President Christopher Eisgruber. The rationale was not fully clear but Princeton will comply with the law, Eisgruber said. “We are committed to fighting antisemitism and all forms of discrimination, and we will cooperate with the government in combating antisemitism,” he wrote. “Princeton will also vigorously defend academic freedom and the due process rights of this University.