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Since the war began, over 36 thousand people have left the Gaza Strip - an unprecedented number, showing a growing emigration trend. There is a growing wave of emigration from the Gaza Strip, mostly through the Rafah Crossing into Egyptian territory. According to a report by Channel 12, approximately 2,000 of the emigrants left through Israeli territory, some via the Allenby Crossing on the Jordanian border and others via the Ramon Airport to other countries. However, most emigrants have been leaving through the Rafah Crossing, which was reopened for exit only at the beginning of the ceasefire. According to the...

A federal judge in Washington, D.C., on Thursday blocked a portion of President Donald Trump’s executive order on election integrity, specifically provisions related to providing documentary proof of citizenship before being allowed to register to vote. Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia handed down the order in response to lawsuits filed by three separate groups of plaintiffs over five different provisions in a March 25 Trump executive order relating to election integrity. While Kollar-Kotelly dismissed requests to block three of the provisions, requests to block two other provisions pertaining to a proof of...

President Trump dined with major donors at his Northern Virginia golf course Thursday – the same venue where he is expected to break bread with the top holders of his memecoin next month. The price of admission to attend the fundraiser for MAGA Inc., a pro-Trump super PAC, reportedly started at $1 million, with multiple outlets reporting that “host” status would be given to donors contributing at least $5 million to the political group. Details of the goings-on at the dinner were not immediately available. It appears that White House pool reporters were not privy to the function. Trump previously...

Thank you for that kind introduction. It’s an honor to be here. In the final months of World War II, Western leaders convened the greatest economic minds of their generation. Their task? To build a new financial system. At a quiet resort high up in the mountains of New Hampshire, they laid the foundation for Pax Americana. The architects of Bretton Woods recognized that a global economy required global coordination. To encourage that coordination, they created the IMF and the World Bank. These twin institutions were born after a period of intense geopolitical and economic volatility. The purpose of the...

US President Donald Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff, who is expected to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday, has arrived in Moscow, Interfax news agency said, citing a source.

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State Attorney General Letitia James’ attorney blasted the Trump administration Thursday for using “cherry-picked” information against her in a federal criminal referral — although she admitted to “mistakenly” listing a Virginia home as the Democrat’s primary residence. In a fiery, five-page letter to US Attorney General Pam Bondi, James’ lawyer Abbe David Lowell picked apart the accusations that James committed mortgage fraud, calling the referral a meritless, hypocritical salvo in President Trump’s “revenge tour” against the prosecutor. Federal Housing Finance Agency Director William Pulte’s bombshell criminal referral was based off shoddy media reports and a selective reading of public records,...

Just hours after The Post revealed that burglars broke into Nassau University Medical Center Chairman Matthew Bruderman’s home and stole documents tied to a federal corruption probe, the county’s top official abruptly fired him. Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman — who once appeared to be aligned with Bruderman’s claims that the hospital was robbed of more than $1 billion by state and prior county leaders since 2006 — pulled the plug on his three-year tenure late Thursday. The county exec, who helped launch the federal investigation by meeting with FBI Director Kash Patel on Long Island in early April, declined...

Mohamed Adan Mohamed had a plan. Having been named ‘Mohamed’ twice, he decided to live up to his illustrious forefather by following in his footsteps, stealing stuff and threatening non-Muslims in Minnesota.

PBS Newshour: Apr 23-24, 2025. Following over a year of shocking urs viewrs by hundreds of clips from a carefully monitored media by genocidal Hamas regime to propagate, the death cult controlling "health ministry" using its non-combatants in order to inflame emotions against Israel and PBS Newshour playing along... Yet, following Islamic terrorists' massacre in Kashmir [4.23.25], worst since Mumbai attack of 2008, the very same Amna Nawaz all of a sudden has little to say or to show.

WALMART'S CEO has reportedly issued a stark warning to US leaders over unavoidable price changes and empty shelves. Doug McMillon and other retail executives admitted that supermarkets will see overhaul changes in just two weeks. ...Tea, avocados, sneakers, home furniture, bananas, video games, clothes, toys, and foreign-made cars are all expected to become much more expensive under Trump's trade plan. In a disturbing comment, billionaire Mark Cuban warned that companies may start charging more even if a product isn't affected. "Even if it's made in the USA, they will jack up the price and blame it on tariffs,"

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Joel Cano denies knowledge of criminal ties, resigns from bench amid investigationA former Doña Ana County magistrate judge is responding to allegations that he knowingly allowed members of a Venezuelan gang to live on his property, calling the claims “sensationalism at the highest possible level.” Joel Cano, who resigned from his position in March, is now permanently barred from serving as a judge in New Mexico. The controversy began in late February when Homeland Security Investigations arrested three Venezuelan nationals, including Cristhian Ortega-Lopez, during a raid on Cano’s property. Federal investigators claim the men were well-known members of the...

Taibel Brod, 99, a Hasidic Jewish woman who fled Russia after World War II, died after she struck by an SUVA 99-year-old woman died nearly two weeks after she was struck by an unlicensed driver in Brooklyn, N.Y. Taibel Brod, 99, a Hasidic Jewish woman who fled Russia after World War II, was struck while crossing Montgomery St. in Crown Heights on Tuesday, April 8, around 8:30 p.m., a New York Police Department spokesman said. She was transported to Maimonides Medical Center, where she was initially listed in stable condition. But she succumbed to her injuries 12 days later and...

Thousands gathered across Australia and New Zealand on Friday for Anzac Day, a public holiday commemorating military service members who fought and died during wartime. Anzac Day originally marked the nations' role in an ultimately unsuccessful campaign to capture the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey during World War One, which resulted in 130,000 deaths on both sides of the conflict. In a key episode on April 25, 1915, thousands of troops from the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) took part in an ill-fated amphibious invasion by British Empire forces on the area's narrow beaches. "It is now a century...

The two men had entered Kenya on a tourist visa and were staying in a guest house in the western town of Naivasha. Their lawyer said that her clients did not know what they were doing was illegal. Two Belgian teenagers who were found with thousands of ants valued at more than €8,000 and allegedly destined for European and Asian markets will be sentenced in two weeks, a Kenyan magistrate has said. Njeri Thuku, sitting at the court in Kenya's main airport, said she would not rush the case but would take time to review environmental impact and psychological reports...

Pakistan Army initiated small arms fire along the LoC; Indian Army responded swiftly. No casualties reported.In the wake of the barbaric terror attack in Pahalgam, Jammu & Kashmir, that claimed the lives of 26 people, tensions have significantly escalated along the Line of Control (LoC). The massacre has sparked outrage across India and strong condemnation from the international community, calling out Pakistan -sponsored terrorism. In a fresh provocation, the Pakistan Army opened small arms fire on Indian posts along the LoC late Thursday night. According to Indian Army officials, the firing was effectively responded to, and there were no casualties...

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Slate Auto’s new vehicle is designed to make EVs more accessible by making most features optional add-ons. The company says it will start delivering vehicles in 2026. *************************************************************** A new auto startup is launching with a made-in-America EV that with federal tax credits will cost just $20,000. Backed by Jeff Bezos and Eric Schmidt, Slate Auto says that affordable price is possible because of its pared-down, basic model that can then be customized—and even transformed from a truck into an SUV. Slate Auto has been in stealth for almost three years, says CEO Chris Barman, who worked as a Chrysler...