Police in Antwerp early Wednesday morning raided the homes of mohelim in the Chareidi kehilla in the city, seeking their bris knives and lists of children, including the homes of renowned mohelim, HaRav Aharon Eckstein and HaRav Moshe Landau. The police raid follows an outrageous lawsuit filed over a year ago by a Jew with a history of provoking Jewish kehillos in Europe. According to testimonies, the officers knocked on doors and said, “Either you open up, or we break in.” The police confiscated all the knives in their possession despite the fact that there has yet to be a court ruling on the case, and requested the list of all the babies they circumcised in the past year.

Republicans in Congress are moving with rapid speed to advance President Donald Trump’s big bill of tax breaks, spending cuts and beefed-up border security funding as leaders work to enact many of his campaign promises. House committees have been laboring for months to draft the legislation, which Republicans have labeled “THE ONE, BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL,’’ a nod to Trump himself. Speaker Mike Johnson is pushing to approve the package and send it to the Senate by Memorial Day.

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman This article, like its title, is divided into 3 parts.

While overseas in Saudi Arabia, President Donald Trump addressed concerns over a massive gift from Qatar—a $400 million Boeing 747—clarifying that the aircraft will be transferred to the Department of Defense rather than for his personal use.
The offer from Qatar’s ruling family involved a luxury jumbo jet, intended as a temporary replacement for Air Force One, given the delays in production of newer models.
Responding to accusations that the gift might violate legal boundaries, the White House reiterated that any such donations from foreign governments undergo strict legal scrutiny and are only accepted in accordance with all applicable laws.

U.S. health regulators announced an effort Tuesday to phase out ingestible fluoride supplements sometimes used to strengthen children’s teeth, opening a new front in Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s effort against a mainstay of dental care. The Food and Drug Administration said it will conduct a scientific review of the children’s products by late October with the aim of removing them from the market. Formally withdrawing medical products requires a lengthy rulemaking process that can take years. Instead, the FDA will ask manufacturers to voluntarily pull their products, according to an administration official.

U.S. officials unveiled an indictment Tuesday against two alleged Mexican drug cartel leaders on narco-terrorism charges. The indictment comes after the Trump administration in February designated the Sinaloa Cartel and seven other Latin American crime organizations as “foreign terrorist organizations,” upping its pressure on cartels operating in the U.S. and on anyone aiding them. President Donald Trump called for the designation in an executive order on Jan. 20, the day he took office in his second term. The “foreign terrorist organization” label is unusual because it deploys a terrorist designation normally reserved for groups like al-Qaida or the Islamic State group that use violence for political ends — not for money-focused crime rings such as the Latin American cartels.

Texas confirmed eight more measles cases over the span of four days, continuing a short streak of shrinking increases in a state that has been dealing with a large outbreak for nearly four months. The U.S. surpassed 1,000 measles cases Friday, and Texas still accounts for the vast majority of cases in an outbreak that also spread measles to New Mexico, Oklahoma and Kansas.Two unvaccinated elementary school-aged children died from measles-related illnesses in the epicenter in West Texas, and an adult in New Mexico who was not vaccinated died of a measles-related illness. Other states with active outbreaks — which the CDC defines as three or more related cases — include Indiana, Michigan, Montana, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Tennessee.

In a historic event, US President Donald Trump met on Wednesday morning with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, the first meeting between a US and Syrian president in 25 years. The meeting took place in Saudi Arabia, where Trump is finishing his visit before heading to Qatar and the United Arab Emirates as part of his trip to the Middle East. Trump agreed to meet with Shaara after being pressured “to say hello” to him by the Saudi Crown Prince and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Sharaa is in Riyadh for a meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council. The minutes, which lasted for about 33 minutes, took place a day after Trump made a surprise announcement on Tuesday evening that he was lifting all sanctions on Syria.

The Houthis launched a ballistic missile at Israel on Wednesday morning, triggering sirens in central Israel,  the Jerusalem area, and the Dead Sea area. The missile was intercepted outside Israel by air defense systems. The attack was the third Houthi missile launch at Israel in 24 hours. Following the attack, the IDF spokesperson in Arabic Avichay Adraee repeated a warning he previously issued on Sunday for Yemenis to evacuate three seaports. “An important second warning to all those present in the seaports controlled by the terrorist Houthi regime, the Ras Isa, Hodeidah, and Al-Salif ports,” he wrote.

A federal judge issued a ruling Tuesday affirming that President Donald Trump and his administration acted within the scope of the 1798 Alien Enemies Act when they used it to swiftly deport individuals believed to be members of the Tren de Aragua (TdA) gang.
Judge Stephanie Haines determined that the administration’s interpretation of TdA’s entry into the U.S. aligned with the 18th-century statute’s meaning of “predatory incursions.” However, she also concluded that proper legal notice was not given to each person facing deportation.

On Tuesday, the parents of Edan Alexander, who was recently freed after being held hostage, publicly voiced their appreciation to President Donald Trump, Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, and hostage negotiator Adam Boehler, praising their tireless efforts that led to their son’s safe return.
The United States successfully mediated an agreement with Hamas that led to Edan’s release. After 584 days in captivity, he was freed on Monday and is currently recovering at Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv. It was from there that his parents addressed reporters.

NEW YORK CITY, NY (VINnews)-Rachel Griffin Accurso, known as “Ms.

POTUS: “Iran was broke because I placed secondary sanctions… They didn’t have money for Hamas, they didn’t have money for Hezbollah… When Biden came in, he took off the sanctions and he let them get very rich… Biden freed them up from what I did.”

POTUS: “You see Saudi Arabia and you see UAE and you see Qatar and they have these brand new Boeing 747s — and you see ours next to it…We’re the United States of America. I believe we should have the most impressive plane.”

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