Chief Justice John Roberts agreed Monday to pause a midnight deadline for the Trump administration to return a Maryland man mistakenly deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador. The temporary order comes hours after a Justice Department emergency appeal to the Supreme Court arguing U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis overstepped her authority when she ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia returned to the United States. The administration has conceded that Abrego Garcia should not have been sent to El Salvador because an immigration judge found he likely would face persecution by local gangs. But he is no longer in U.S. custody and the government has no way to get him back, the administration argued.

Maran Rosh HaYeshiva Rabbi Moshe Hillel Hirsch shlit”a issued a rare, personal plea to help a talmid chacham from Bnei Brak facing severe financial hardship, entirely innocent of any wrongdoing. This highly respected talmid chacham, from a distinguished Torah family, is in urgent need of assistance. Maran Hirsch emphasized that helping him is an incredibly important mitzvah, urging those who can to contribute 1000 shekels (approx. $300). A special fund (Fund 5880) has been established at Kupat Ha’ir. Respond to this urgent call and receive the brocha of success and divine assistance. To donate click here

President Trump rejected a proposal put forth by the European Union on Monday that aimed to eliminate tariffs on industrial goods on both sides, dismissing the offer as insufficient to warrant lifting the current 20% import duties.
“The EU has been very tough over the years,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office when asked about the proposal. “It was formed to really do damage to the United States in trade.”
“They don’t take our cars, like Japan in that sense. They don’t take our agricultural product; they don’t take anything practically,” he continued.

A newly released medical assessment from the Health Team of the Hostages and Missing Families Forum paints a devastating picture of the health crisis facing the 24 Israeli hostages who remain in Hamas captivity in Gaza, a year and a half after their abduction. The findings indicate a steep decline in both physical well-being and mental stability.
Compiled using accounts from recently freed hostages, publicly released Hamas footage, and input from family members, the report details severe hunger, lack of medical treatment for injuries, and ongoing psychological torment suffered by the captives.

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There a stink rising over the United Kingdom’s second-largest city. Garbage has piled up for a month in Birmingham during a dispute between the city and its trash collectors. It is a sore sight for eyes and offensive to the nose. Mountains of garbage are said to be visible from space and people have complained of seeing rats as big as cats in the refuse. “You can see the juice flowing out of the bags onto the road. It stinks,” Naeem Yousef said. “It’s bringing down the areas. People are saying, ‘Look at these areas, how dirty these people are.’” Talks on Monday failed to reach an agreement, but they were scheduled to resume Tuesday as the strike enters its fifth week.

Israel officially acknowledged that it had received a proposal from Egypt aimed at brokering a compromise for a potential hostage release agreement. However, an Israeli official clarified that the country would not accept the terms, citing Egypt’s condition that Israel agree to a permanent ceasefire and withdraw all IDF troops from the Gaza Strip.
According to a report in the Saudi outlet Asharq Al-Awsat, an Egyptian official said the proposal had been shown to Hamas leaders. It outlined a plan under which roughly eight Israeli hostages would be freed in return for a ceasefire that would span anywhere from 40 to 70 days.