A spike in domestic terrorism and attacks by American citizens directed from overseas are top concerns for police departments across the country, according to a new survey by the Homeland Security Policy Institute at George Washington University. “Homegrown and foreign-directed jihadi terrorism and radicalization are perceived as a real threat by local law enforcement in the [...]

Hillary Clinton for president? “So far she hasn’t said she would, but I think it’s not a bad idea,” former Vice President Dick Cheney told ABC’s Jonathan Karl in an interview on Wednesday to promote his new book “In My  Time.” Cheney declined to say whether he thought the current Secretary of State would have been a [...]

 The fight for the Republican presidential nomination began narrowing into an intense and ideological battle at a debate Wednesday night, with Gov. Rick Perry of Texas and Mitt Romney sharply clashing over Social Security, health care and each other’s long-term prospect against President Obama. A series of spirited exchanges between the two men, which revealed differences [...]

A New York judge has rejected a $62.5 million settlement that calls for HSBC Holdings PLC to pay to resolve a lawsuit brought by a hedge fund that lost money in Bernard Madoff’s fraud. Federal Judge Richard Berman in Manhattan rejected the deal Wednesday, saying there were inadequate disclosures about legal fees and administrative costs. The bank [...]

The High Court of Justice on Tuesday issued an order halting planned construction to widen and improve the Jerusalem-Tel Aviv Highway (Route1) in the area of Motza. The court heard a petition from residents of Jerusalem corridor communities, who maintain such a project will deliver a “fatal blow to the Jerusalem corridor landscape” as well [...]

The dramatic close to this chapter – with the return of Yoel Zev to his home in Eretz Yisroel - doesn’t bring an end to the Japan saga, as Yaakov Yosef ben Raizel remains imprisoned. Efforts to maintain Yaakov Yosef’s status at the Chiba Detention Center until his transfer to Israel have been productive. According to [...]

As the campaign to replace Anthony Weiner for NY-9 heats up, both candidates rolled out their endorsements. After receiving a key endorsement from former Gov. George Pataki this week, Bob Turner, the Republican candidate, announced the support from Assemblyman Dov Hikind. Hikind’s support is noteworthy as he crossed party lines and endorsed Turner over his [...]

While Tel Aviv city inspectors on Wednesday morning began removing protest tents that have become a familiar sight during the summer months, protestors affiliated with the ‘social injustice’ movement, the city student union announced protests are moving to the next level, this time targeting Tnuva, the nation’s largest dairy. The Tel Aviv University student union has [...]

After the New York State Legislature voted in June to allow gay couples to wed, opposition groups vowed that they would make trouble for lawmakers who supported the marriage bill the next time they had to face the voters. On Wednesday, the National Organization for Marriage said it would spend $75,000 to help defeat Assemblyman David [...]

If you have the unfortunate luck of living in Flatbush and having children in yeshiva you may have spent up to an hour today trying to get your kids to school. Why? Because the DOT, led by Commissioner Janette Sadik-Kahn, ripped up the streets over a month ago and didn’t think to repair them until [...]