President Trump and Senator Chuck Schumer have for a change decided to say positive things about each other – in a possible sign of a warming relationship between Senate Democrats and the White House. “He seemed super upbeat,” one Capitol Hill staffer told Politico, referring to Trump’s response after cutting a debt limit deal with…
A newly fraying relationship between President Trump and top White House economic adviser Gary Cohn has raised questions about how long Cohn will stay in his job, say two people with close ties to the White House. One source said concern had grown among Cohn’s allies over the past 24 hours that he might be…
A group of Jewish professionals is spearheading a grassroots movement to help replenish Houston’s Jewish libraries after they were inundated with flooding during Hurricane Harvey, Haaretz reported. The online database they have created lists thousands of books — both those requested by Jewish institutions in Houston and those listed as available to be sent to…
(JTA) — An influential Ashkenazi rabbi said Jews may travel on Shabbat to escape Hurricane Irma, a category 5 storm that is expected to hit Florida over the weekend. Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, who receives thousands of followers annually at his home in Bnei Brak, Israel, from various haredi communities around the world, issued the call…
The wife of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Sara, will be indicted on four counts of fraud for allegedly diverting some $100,000 in public funds for her family’s personal use, Attorney General Avichai Mendelblit said. Mendelblit gave Sara Netanyahu the news Friday, according to Army Radio. “The attorney general examined the case evidence and reached…
(JTA) — Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter announced that he will step down after 25 years at the helm of one of the world’s best-known magazines. Carter, 68, said on Thursday that it was “simply time” for him to move on and enjoy some time off before deciding on a “third act.” In 2000, the…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House on Wednesday unanimously approved a sweeping proposal to speed the deployment of self-driving cars without human controls by putting federal regulators in the driver’s seat and barring states from blocking autonomous vehicles. The House measure, the first significant federal legislation aimed at speeding self-driving cars to market, would allow…
WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Trump said he believes there is a chance for Israeli-Palestinian peace because both sides are committed to it. “I think we have a chance of doing it, I think the Palestinians would like to see it happen, I think the Israelis would like to see it happen and usually when you…
(JTA) — “The Snowy Day,” a beloved children’s book by Ezra Jack Keats, will be featured on four new stamps issued by the U.S. Postal Service. Each of the four stamps features the main character, Peter, exploring and playing in his neighborhood while wearing his iconic red snowsuit. They will be released nationwide on Oct….
(JTA) — Maria Slepak, a Prisoner of Zion and Soviet Jewry leader with her husband before they were finally allowed to immigrate to Israel, has died. Slepak and husband Vladimir were permitted to leave the Soviet Union in October 1987, 17 years after they first applied for an exit visa. Their son Alexander had departed…
Republican congressional leaders fumed when President Trump invited his daughter Ivanka Trump to stop by an Oval Office meeting Wednesday on a debt ceiling deal, The New York Times reported. Ivanka Trump stepped into the room moments after the president shocked Republicans with the news that he had come to an agreement with Senate Democrats…
