ISRAEL: The Shin Bet said it foiled an attempt by the Hamas terror group to carry out a bombing attack on a 921 line bus - from Haifa to Petah Tikva — as it was going to pass Hadera in April, using an Israeli man to plant the device.
WASHINGTON: President Biden today will mark the one year anniversary of the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, where 19 children and two teachers were killed, by calling for congressional action to address gun violence.
ISRAEL: The Knesset in a 64-55 vote passed a two-year national budget with sweeping grants for Yeshivas and settlements, ending months of coalition bickering over funding priorities that had threatened to upend PM Netanyahu’s government.
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ISRAEL: WATCH: MK Israel Eichler of the UTJ party did not waste time during the all-night budget vote in the Knesset, learning throughout and just taking short brakes to vote yes or no electronically.
WASHINGTON: A DC judge ordered Sai Varshith Kandula, the man accused in the U-Haul crash near the White House, jailed until a detention hearing next Tuesday.
WASHINGTON: JUST IN: US officials believe that Ukraine was likely behind the failed drone attack on the Kremlin earlier this month, along with a number of other covert actions against Russian targets.
FLORIDA: Governor Ron DeSantis has officially launched his 2024 presidential run on his Twitter account amid tech issues during his conversation with Elon Musk on Twitter Spaces.
NEW YORK: Fitch Ratings has placed the U.S. 'AAA' credit rating on negative watch to reflect the worsening political partisanship that’s preventing a deal to solve the nation’s debt ceiling crisis.
ISRAEL: Three Palestinian from Gaza were sentenced to death by a Hamas court on charges of collaboration with Israel. A fourth man received life in prison for the same charges.
WASHINGTON: The House voted 214-205 to reintroduce a measure restoring tariffs on solar panel imports from several Southeast Asian countries, but fell short of the required two-thirds majority needed to override President Biden's veto.
BEIJING: DANGEROUS NEW CAPABILITY: A scammer in China used AI technology to change their face and voice to pose as a businessman’s trusted friend and convince him to hand over 4.3 million yuan ($609,000).
NEW YORK: Jessica Katz, NYC's chief housing officer and architect of Mayor Adams’s housing plan, will resign in July, a key departure as he struggles to address the city’s homelessness crisis.
WASHINGTON: House Republicans in a 218-203 vote passed a resolution that overturns President Biden’s student debt relief plan that would give up to $20,000 in loan forgiveness to 40 million borrowers. The proposal is pending before the Supreme Court.
UTAH: Riverton Mayor Trent Staggs announced he is running for the senate seat currently held by Republican Senator Mitt Romney in the 2024 primary should the 76-year-old incumbent attempt to seek reelection.
GUAM: Powerful Typhoon Mawar hit Guam as a Category 4 storm, bringing hurricane-force winds and heavy rain and marking the strongest storm to hit the U.S. Pacific territory in decades.
WASHINGTON: President Biden renewed his call for a ban on assault weapons during White House event to mourn the 21 victims shot dead at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas.
FLORIDA: Ron DeSantis today signed the law that doesn't require him to resign as governor if he ran for president. It came just hours before he formally announced his bid for the White House.
WASHINGTON: The Arkansas man photographed with his feet on a desk in then House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office during the January 6 attack on the Capitol has been sentenced to four and a half years in prison.
ISRAEL: AXIOS: Israeli national security advisor Tzachi Hanegbi and Minister of Strategic Affairs Ron Dermer will head to Washington next week for talks about Iran’s nuclear program and an Israel-Saudi normalization deal.