Greenbelt, MD - April 16, 2025 — Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen said El Salvador officials denied his request to visit the Beltsville man who was wrongfully deported by the Trump administration last month and detained at a notorious gang prison.
The Democratic U.S. senator traveled to El Salvador on Wednesday, hoping to check on the condition of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was removed from the United States on March 15 as part of President Donald Trump's sweeping deportation efforts.
The Trump administration later admitted the married father's deportation was an "administrative error," and both a federal judge and the Supreme Court have since ordered he be returned to the United States.
At a news conference in El Salvador, Van Hollen said he met with El Salvador Vice...
Thousands of Zoom users reported issues accessing virtual meetings Wednesday, with the site confirming shortly after noon it was investigating the issue.
A spike in reported issues started just after 11:25 a.m. PDT, according to Down Detector, and surpassed 44,000 as of a half hour later.
As of 11:55 a.m. PDT Zoom’s official website showed a “bad gateway” error for some users.
Zoom wrote on its service page at 12:17 PDT: “We are investigating domain name resolution issues on the zoom.us domain that is affecting multiple services. Regular updates will be provided.”
The outage happened in the middle of the work day, prompting a flood of memes from students and employees that ranged from frustration to celebration.
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Dear Friends, Supporters & Family,
With profound sorrow, we share the heartbreaking news of the passing of Rav Dovid Frid Z"l, who returned his soul to Hashem on Shabbat March, 22. He left this world after sudden complications which tragically escalated, overwhelming his body in a matter of hours.
For the past 15 years, Rav Dovid was not only a beacon of strength and Emunah, but a true warrior — living each day with courage, dignity, and deep devotion to Torah despite his health challenges. By his side every moment stood his beloved wife Rochel who,together with their children, was fully devoted to his care. Their lives revolved around keeping Rav Dovid comfortable, cared for, and surrounded by love.
Now Rochel and the family are facing an unimag...
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The suspect in the arson attack at Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro’s home was due to his perceived stance on Palestine, according to a search warrant obtained by PennLive.
The suspect, Cody Balmer, called 911 following the attack early on Sunday, identified himself by name, and told operators that Shapiro needs to know he “will not take part in his plans for what he wants to do to the Palestinian people,” the search warrant written by police said.
Balmer continued, saying he needed to “stop having my friends killed” and that “... our people have been put through too much by that monster,” according to the warrant, which says Balmer’s intonation and cadence sounded like he was possibly reading from a script.
“You all...
U.S. industry will soon feel the "squeeze" as China halts exports of rare earth minerals – key components in weapons systems, electric vehicles and consumer electronics – in direct retaliation for President Donald Trump’s sweeping 145% tariffs.
Shipments of magnets from China have ground to a halt, the New York Times reported on Sunday, as Beijing tightens export controls in a direct strike on U.S. manufacturing and defense supply chains. While the move is intended to pressure the White House, industry sources say its impact will be global, with exports halted to all foreign buyers, not just the United States.
National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett acknowledged the growing alarm on Monday, telling reporters at the White House, "Rare earths are...
TIME Magazine has chosen the survivor of Hamas captivity, Noa Argamani, as one of its 100 most influential people of 2025.
Argamani was abducted by Hamas terrorists on October 7th, 2023, from the Supernova Music Festival in Re'im, together with her boyfriend, Avinatan Or. The footage of Noa's abduction, showing the young woman on the back of the terrorists' motorcycle, with her arms lifted, crying out for help, quickly spread through international media and became one of the symbols of the massacre.
Noa was freed on June 8th, 2024, in a joint Yamam, Shin Bet, and IDF operation together with Shlomi Ziv, Almog Meir Jan, and Andrey Kozlov. The operation would later be named Operation Arnon after Arnon Zmora, a Yamam officer who fell in the operation. Avinatan Or is still...
Senior officers in the IDF Southern Command claim that Hamas was surprised by the renewed fighting, and the organization did not expect Israel to return to ground maneuvers.
"The enemy was surprised by our initiative and by the firepower," sources in the military emphasized. "It was in the mindset that the war was over and that we wouldn't return to fight, and therefore, the attack caught them by surprise."
The IDF has identified that the Hamas leaders and operatives are hiding in hospitals and schools. During the ground maneuver, tunnels were located a kilometer underground and destroyed, and the forces continue to locate and map out terror infrastructure.
In the northern Gaza Strip, the forces located approximately five tunnels that reached the area of the fence. IDF forces are c...
The students of the Lapid Bnei Akiva Yeshiva High School in Modiin will forfeit the final rounds of the international FIRST Robotics Championship in the United States to observe the Shabbat and the holiday of Passover.
The students reached the final tournament after excelling in the "community impact" category due to many activities over the year for the sake of the community and spreading science and technology among various populations.
The school's robotics team, which consists of 20 students, three alumni mentors, two teachers, and a chaperone parent, will present the judges and the other teams from around the world with the robot they worked on over the past few months. However, the team forfitted first place ahead of time since the final rounds of the competition will take pla...
On the 7th day of Pesach, we commemorate the Greatest Nes done in the presence of man. 600,000 people witnessed the Splitting of the Sea and all of the other associated miracles. Indeed, the Nes was of such a magnitude that Moshe Rabbeinu and all of the men busrt out into Shira – song to commemorate, admire and appreciate what Hashem had just done for them. Then, the Torah diverts to tell us that Miriam Haniviya took drums and all the women sang Shira with her. In telling us that Miriam also sang Shira, the Torah repeats one Pasuk and one Pasuk only, in alluding to her having sung the whole Shira. The Pasuk says “Sus Verochvo Rama Vayam” – That the horse and its rider were drowned in the sea.
Why was this Pasuk chosen and associated with Mir...
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Meets with US Senator Joni Ernst and US Rep. Debbie Wasserman SchultzPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, today (Wednesday, 16 April 2025), at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, met with US Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) and US Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL).The Prime Minister spoke with the members of Congress about the continuous efforts being made for the release of the hostages, and the fighting in Gaza until Hamas is destroyed and any future threat to Israel is prevented.Prime Minister Netanyahu thanked the members of Congress for their personal and bipartisan support for the State of Israel throughout the war.
The Trump administration is mulling a proposal that would slash the State Department budget by $27 billion – nearly in half – and shutter smaller embassies and consulates across the globe.
The proposal calls for the elimination of funding for more than 20 international organizations, including the United Nations, NATO and the Organization of American States, a diplomatic source in possession of the document told Fox News Digital.
The U.S. contributed around $13 billion to the United Nations in 2023 and around $3.5 billion to NATO. The proposed budget calls for allocating $2 billion for "America First" priorities. Those coffers could be used for "specific partners" like India and Jordan, according to the document, or broader priorities, like the...
New York Attorney General Letitia James has been hit with shocking allegations by the Trump administration, accusing her of mortgage fraud.
In documents obtained by Fox News Channel's "The Ingraham Angle," the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) sent a criminal referral to the Department of Justice, accusing James of mortgage fraud Tuesday.
FHFA Director William Pulte said in a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi that James appears to have falsified records to meet certain lending requirements and receive favorable loan terms.
Pulte cited a property in Virginia that James allegedly claimed as her principal residence and a property in New York she claimed as a four-unit structure instead of five, which he said could mean she was able to get a different an...
In a sharp shift from his previously stated stance, Steve Witkoff, US President Donald Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East, declared on Tuesday that any future agreement with Iran must include the complete dismantlement of its nuclear program.
Witkoff’s updated position, which he published on social media, marks a significant departure from comments he made less than 24 hours earlier during an appearance on Fox News, where he had suggested the US might accept uranium enrichment at 3.67%—a level consistent with civilian energy use.
“A deal with Iran will only be completed if it is a Trump deal,” Witkoff wrote on Tuesday. “Any final arrangement must set in place a framework for peace, stability and prosperity in the Middle East – meaning ...
The IDF and ISA eliminated the senior aide of the Hamas Gaza Brigade Commander, a Nukhba terrorist involved in the 2014 terror attack during Operation "Protective Edge" in 2014, in which five IDF soldiers were killed.
A few days ago, in a joint IDF and ISA activity in the central Gaza Strip, the IDF struck and eliminated Mahmud Ibrahim Hasan Abu Hisirah, a Hamas terrorist in the Gaza brigade.
In recent years, Abu Hisirah served as the personal aide and right-hand man of the senior Hamas member, Izz al-Din Haddad, Hamas' Gaza Brigade commander. He was active in this role throughout the war and during the preparations for the October 7th massacre.
The Nukhba terrorist participated in the infiltration incident on July 28, 2014, during Operation "Protective Edge". In that infiltration ...
Yamam special forces officers on Wednesday morning eliminated terrorist Mohammad Zakarana in Qabatiya.
Zakarana was part of an Islamic Jihad terror cell which carried out a deadly shooting attack in Kafr Funduq approximately three months ago.
The terror attack left three Israeli citizens dead and eight others injured. Two of the cell members were eliminated in late January, but Zakarana, the third member of the cell, succeeded in escaping Israel's security forces until Wednesday.
During the operation to eliminate the other two terrorists, an IDF soldier was moderately injured and evacuated for medical treatment. Zakarna and an additional terrorist hid in a cave near Kafr Misilyah in northern Samaria. Yamam forces closed in on the site. During the operation,...
Defense Minister Israel Katz published a clarification on Wednesday stating that there is no intention to bring humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip at this time, following severe criticism from within the coalition.
In his statement, Katz clarified: "Israel's policy is clear - no humanitarian aid is set to enter Gaza, and preventing humanitarian aid from entering Gaza is a key pressure tool that prevents Hamas from using means against the population, in addition to other measures Israel is taking. It's unfortunate that some are trying to mislead the public."
"No one in the current reality intends to bring any humanitarian aid to Gaza, nor are there preparations to bring any such aid. I emphasized that regarding the future, a mechanism must be built for the use of civilian compan...
Baltimore, MD - April 16, 2025 - Baltimore City and County are often compared to one another.
Earlier this month UMBC polled residents in each jurisdiction, specifically on quality of life issues and government satisfaction.
People were asked to weigh-in on a dozen issues, and to rate whether they are minor or major problems.
Out of 12 issues raised, 11 of them were deemed more serious in Baltimore City.
While the gap proved large on many subjects, none surpassed homelessness and poverty.
By an 84 percent margin City residents found it to be major issue, compared to 50 percent in Baltimore County.
The next highest differential concerned roads and highway conditions.
In Baltimore City, 73 percent believe it's a major problem as opposed to Baltimore County's 49 percent...
Baltimore, MD – April 15, 2025 - BJL wishes a hearty Mazel Tov to Rabbi & Mrs. Eliezer Epstein on the birth of a daughter.
יה"ר שיזכו לגדל בתם לתורה, לחופה, ולמעשים טובים. אמן!
Baltimore, MD – April 15, 2025 - BJL wishes a hearty Mazel Tov to Rabbi & Mrs. Sholom Dov Klein on the birth of Tova.
יה"ר שיזכו לגדל בתם לתורה, לחופה, ולמעשים טובים. אמן!
