President Donald Trump is entirely right to push back against progressive cashless-bail “reforms,” even if the feds can’t directly counter the state lawmakers who’ve imposed them. On Monday, Trump signed an executive order instructing the attorney general to identify “states and local jurisdictions” that have “substantially eliminated cash bail,” with an eye to cutting some federal funds for those areas. The White House is on solid ground in citing how no-bail laws...

President Trump on Monday signed a series of executive orders aimed at further cracking down on crime in the nation’s capital and other parts of the country, including one order targeting cashless bail policies and another seeking to crack down on those who desecrate the American flag. The cashless bail order directs the administration to potentially review federal funding if jurisdictions do not move away from cashless bail policies. Washington, D.C., moved away from cash bail...

President Trump on Monday signed an executive order aimed at limiting the ability of judges to set bail for defendants, claiming that the measures have hurt public safety. “Any street, all over the country,” Mr. Trump said. “Cashless bail, we’re ending it.”

As an Israeli-American, I was raised with deep awareness of how the horrors of the Nazi killing machine were compounded by the refusal of countries outside of Europe to see the humanity of Jewish refugees. The United States was no exception. Strict quotas, put in place by xenophobic politicians in Washington, restricted entry. The case of the MS St Louis is perhaps the most painful example of this callousness. In 1939, the ship sailed to North America from Hamburg, with 937...

Stephen Wise often holds an “Ask the Rabbi Anything” session during Shabbat services at his Shaarei-Beth El synagogue in Oakville, Ontario, just outside Toronto. Since Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel that left almost 1,200 people dead, the main topics of conversation at the sessions have been familiar: the war in Gaza, Israeli hostages still in Hamas’ grasp, and the rising global tide of antisemitism. But late last month, a new question arose. Someone asked about the plight of...

The House Oversight Committee is compelling the estate of deceased sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein to turn over documents related to his sordid activities. House Oversight Committee chairman James Comer (R., Ky.) issued a subpoena Monday for unredacted documents and communications in its possession to further the committee’s investigation into Epstein’s sex trafficking and the federal government’s knowledge of it.

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The plans were to go beyond J6 and prosecute those who opposed the Biden election.

by Niamh Harris, The Peoples Voice: Back in June Hollywood actor Mel Gibson issued a call for the residents of Los Angeles to overthrow California Governor Gavin Newsom and Mayor Karen Bass. The oscar winner accused the LA political leadership of ‘incompetence’ and ‘destructive decision-making’ in their handling of anti-ICE protests and wildfires earlier this […]