U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee met Tuesday with the families of Americans currently being held hostage by Hamas. The emotional meeting shed light on the ongoing suffering of these families since the October 7 attack.
“I was deeply moved by their stories,” Huckabee said. “The anguish they have felt every day since October 7 is simply unimaginable.”
He emphasized that ensuring the hostages’ freedom remains the most urgent matter for the United States, declaring it a top national priority.
“I will do everything in my power to ensure Edan Alexander is reunited with his family, and that the four deceased Americans that Hamas continues to hold hostage are returned to their loved ones.”

President Donald Trump said Tuesday he has no plans to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, just days after his statement that he would like to terminate the head of the U.S. central bank caused a stock market selloff. “I have no intention of firing him,” Trump told reporters. The U.S. president had previously insinuated otherwise as he said he could fire Powell if he wanted to, having been frustrated by the Fed putting a pause on cuts to short-term interest rates. Powell has said that Trump’s tariffs are creating uncertainty about slower growth and higher inflationary pressures, while the president maintains that inflationary worries are essentially non-existent.

Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen confirmed over the weekend that the American taxpayers footed the bill for his trip to El Salvador to meet with deported alleged MS-13 gang member Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
Van Hollen made the admission to Shannon Bream on Fox News Sunday.
When pressed by Bream about who paid for the trip, Van Hollen said it was an “officially cleared, you know, congressional trip.”
“So taxpayer dollars?” Bream questioned.
“Yes, like every other trip,” Van Hollen replied.
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FDA COMMISSIONER: “Today, the FDA is taking action to remove petroleum-based food dyes from the U.S. food supply and from medications.”

Federal immigration agents under President Trump have captured over 200 individuals with terrorist affiliations since the start of the year — a surge that includes a high-profile Indian national wanted for orchestrating a deadly attack on law enforcement and linked to a Pakistan-based terror group blacklisted by the United States.
New data obtained by The NY Post from the Department of Homeland Security reveals that, since President Trump’s inauguration on January 20, ICE has detained 219 suspects tied to terrorism. That’s a staggering 655% increase compared to the same stretch last year when only 29 arrests were made under Joe Biden.

WATCH: James Carville says democrats should make releasing an alleged MS-13 gang member their top priority. “This we should fight on. You can’t pivot to an economic issue.”

In a investigative report released by Kikar HaShabbat, it has come to light that a Conservative-affiliated nonprofit organization allegedly funded the printing and distribution of street posters and pashkevilim in chareidi neighborhoods across Israel, spending tens of thousands of shekels on the campaign. These materials were aimed at dissuading participation in the upcoming elections for the World Zionist Organization (WZO). The report also reveals covert attempts to recruit chareidi journalists under the guise of a “campaign against avodah zarah” in an effort to manipulate public opinion within the frum world.