The Israeli cabinet has resolved to postpone the establishment of a state commission of inquiry into the circumstances that enabled the October 7th massacre, opting to delay action despite Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara’s insistence that an immediate decision was needed.
In a formal communication addressed to the Prime Minister and other ministers, Baharav-Miara emphasized that “a state commission of inquiry is the proper mechanism considering the issues discussed, the commission’s authority, and its expertise.”
Nevertheless, the cabinet dismissed the recommendation, citing the current military escalation in Gaza as justification for holding off on a probe. “Now is not the time to investigate,” the ministers concluded in their decision.

Photographer Doug Mills wins the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography with this photo of President Trump at his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.

President Trump is presented with an Electoral College vote record for the 2024 election from the House of Representatives:

Former Vice President Mike Pence on Sunday repeatedly invoked the Constitution and said it is what “binds us all together” after receiving the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award. Pence received the award for his refusal to go along with President Donald Trump’s efforts to remain in office after losing the 2020 election. The award recognizes Pence “for putting his life and career on the line to ensure the constitutional transfer of presidential power on Jan. 6, 2021,” the JFK Library Foundation said. “To forge a future together, we have to find common ground,” Pence said. “I hope in some small way my presence here tonight is a reminder that whatever differences we may have as Americans, the Constitution is the common ground on which we stand.

President Trump signs Executive Order to rebuild U.S. prescription drug manufacturing.

A Jewish man from Turkey has been taken into custody after traveling to Israel in April, according to a report by the Jewish News Syndicate (JNS).
Umut Ataseven, 29, who had been employed as a visa and passport officer for Turkish Airlines at Istanbul Airport, spent several days in Israel as a tourist from April 6 through April 12. While there, he uploaded a photo to social media showing himself posing with an Israeli flag in Tel Aviv.
The image sparked backlash on X, with users falsely claiming that Ataseven was an Israeli national, a soldier in the IDF, and involved in what they described as a “genocide” being carried out in Gaza.

Several dozen roshei yeshiva representing the Litvish, Chassidish, and Sefardic Torah worlds in Eretz Yisroel gathered on Monday at the home of the venerable sar haTorah, Maran Rav Dov Landau shlit”a, to confront the escalating gezeiros against yeshivos. With government threats looming — including the potential arrest of yeshiva bochurim for refusing army enlistment — the rabbanim convened to deliberate next steps. After lengthy discussion, a consensus was reached: the situation demands immediate international action. Plans are now underway for a second Keren Olam HaTorah mission to the United States, following the historic success of last year’s campaign.

New wild footage shows the massive Israeli airstrikes targeting Yemen tonight.

Massive fires are currently raging at Hodeidah Port, Yemen after tonight’s heavy Israeli airstrikes.

A radar and communication outage at Newark Liberty International Airport left air traffic controllers blind and deaf for a harrowing minute and a half, according to a source who spoke with The New York Post. The cause was reportedly a burnt copper wire that shorted out a critical system.
The breakdown, which occurred on April 28, incapacitated the Federal Aviation Administration’s control capabilities and has since led several air traffic controllers at the Philadelphia operations center to take leave due to psychological distress, according to the National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA).

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Army is pausing helicopter flights near a Washington airport after two commerc

New York Attorney General Letitia James is backing federal intervention in a case she says exposes “profoundly disturbing” discrimination against Orthodox Jews in the Town of Forestburgh, NY — a small Hudson Valley municipality now at the center of an explosive civil rights battle. In a letter sent Monday to the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Attorney General James threw her support behind federal involvement in Lost Lake Holdings, LLC v. Town of Forestburgh, a lawsuit alleging that town officials deliberately weaponized zoning laws and administrative red tape to block a major housing development intended for Chasidic Jewish families.

A teenager who admitted being “addicted to speed” behind the wheel had totaled two other cars in the year before he slammed into a minivan at 112 mph (180 kph) in a Seattle suburb, killing the driver and three of the five children she was transporting for a homeschool co-op. After sentencing Chase Daniel Jones last month to more than 17 years in prison, the judge tacked on a novel condition should he drive again: His vehicle must be equipped with a device that prevents accelerating far beyond the speed limit. Virginia this year became the first state to give its judges such a tool to deal with the most dangerous drivers on the road. Washington, D.C., already is using it and similar measures await governors’ signatures in Washington state and Georgia.

At a gathering of his political faction, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir outlined a new approach to the issue of humanitarian aid for Gaza.
“The only aid that should enter Gaza is to allow them voluntary emigration. As long as we have hostages languishing in tunnels, I don’t understand why we are even discussing this,” said Ben-Gvir.
He emphasized that no form of humanitarian relief should be granted by any means. “Aid should not be allowed through humanitarian organizations, private organizations, or assistance through the IDF. As long as there are hostages, the enemy should not receive food, electricity, or any other assistance.”

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TOM HOMAN: on the Trump admin urging illegals to self-deport: “It’s now being pushed out in multimedia settings — that you can leave on your own… Or we’ll come find you and we can remove you based on our schedule and our standards.”

Democrats gear up for more visits to El Salvador and even Honduras to visit deported criminal aliens.

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu released a video message on Monday in which he tackled two key issues: the push for a formal inquiry into the October 7 failures and the security cabinet’s resolution to escalate military operations.
Speaking about the military campaign, Netanyahu explained that the cabinet’s move to ramp up the war effort came at the urging of IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir. “We decided on intensified action in Gaza,” Netanyahu said. “That was the chief of staff’s recommendation—to move, as he said, toward the defeat of Hamas. He believes this will also help us rescue the hostages. I agree with him. We are not letting up on this effort and will not give up on anyone.”

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