Hamas has turned down Israel’s latest proposal for a partial agreement involving hostages held in Gaza. Khalil al-Hayya, who is leading the group’s negotiation efforts, accused Prime Minister Netanyahu of presenting terms that were “impossible” to meet, saying, “Netanyahu set impossible conditions for a deal that does not lead to the end of the war or full withdrawal. He and his government violated the agreement before its first phase ended.”

The U.S. Supreme Court announced Thursday that it will take up a critical case next month regarding President Donald Trump’s attempt to enforce a sweeping executive order aimed at ending automatic birthright citizenship—a signature initiative of his aggressive immigration agenda.
Rather than immediately weighing in on the administration’s push to curb three sweeping injunctions issued in Washington state, Massachusetts, and Maryland, the justices said they will postpone any ruling on those injunctions until after oral arguments, which are scheduled for May 15.

Joe Biden experienced yet another public stumble during an unannounced visit to Harvard University on Wednesday, when he made a surprise stop that included a series of awkward moments—one of which involved dropping his ice cream bar on the ground and confusing Ukraine with Iraq.
Biden, 82, sat down with about 50 students at the Harvard Institute of Politics, but the closed-door conversation was overshadowed by familiar missteps that echoed the blunders of his failed 2024 campaign, as reported by the Harvard Crimson.

The topic of a new course at Mansfield Senior High School is one that teenagers across the country are having trouble with: How to Get to Sleep. One ninth grader in the class says his method is to scroll through TikTok until he nods off. Another teen says she often falls asleep while on a late-night group chat with friends. Not everyone takes part in class discussions on a recent Friday; some students are slumped over their desks napping. Sleep training is no longer just for newborns. Some schools are taking it upon themselves to teach teenagers how to get a good night’s sleep.

Mrs. Rivky Kogan, nee Spielman, the Chabad Shlucha in the United Arab Emirates, welcomed a baby girl during Chol Hamoed, offering a moment of joy in the midst of a deeply painful year.
Just five months ago, her husband, Rabbi Zvi Kogan Hy”d, fell victim to a vicious act of terror. In November 2024, Arab terrorists kidnapped and savagely murdered him.
Rabbi Kogan, 28, was running the Rimon kosher grocery store in Dubai when the attack occurred. The perpetrators—three Muslim men from Uzbekistan—were apprehended and ultimately sentenced to death and executed. A fourth individual involved received a life sentence.

“Telling your wife your needs and wants” is a complete waste of time for married men who want happiness and I’ll tell you why. So many marriage experts claim they have the secret to a happy marriage and that it all comes down to communication, boundaries and bringing in more money. They tell you to help out more at home, talk about the past, go together to a marriage professional but never stop to take inventory of whether ANY of these methods are actually WORKING in creating happiness and joy! I am not saying those strategies don’t work at all, but they are the long… slow… painful way of having a happy home.

Key members of Israel’s opposition reacted Thursday to a New York Times report claiming that President Donald Trump stepped in to stop Israel from launching a strike against Iran’s nuclear infrastructure.
Yair Lapid, head of the opposition, posted on X/Twitter that back in October he had suggested targeting Iran’s oil industry.
“Destroying Iran’s oil industry would have caused its economy to collapse and would have ultimately brought down the regime. Netanyahu was afraid, so he prevented the move,” Lapid wrote.
Benny Gantz, who leads the National Unity party, echoed the urgency of neutralizing Iran’s nuclear ambitions in his own message on X.