UNRWA Teachers Held Israeli Boy, Elderly Woman Hostage for Hamas

JERUSALEM—At least two teachers for the U.N. Palestinian refugee agency in Gaza separately held captive Israeli civilians abducted on Oct. 7. One of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency teachers used the agency’s facilities to smuggle a young boy around Gaza. The other shut an elderly woman in his mouse-infested attic and fed her

Newsom Stands By ‘Equitable’ Electricity Bills as Opposition Builds

Dem lawmakers, citing public outcry, want to reverse policy to charge electricity by income rather than usage (Mario Tama/Getty Images) California governor Gavin Newsom is standing by the state’s soon-to-be-implemented “equitable” policy to base electricity bills on income, rather than usage, even as public and political opposition to the idea builds in the Democratic coalition.

Where Are Biden’s Pen and Phone?

Column: President Biden flexes executive power for liberal priorities—not border control (Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images) President Biden wants additional authority to tackle the border crisis. He says that he’s ready to shut down the border once Congress acts. That he’s otherwise out of options. The New York Times reports that the president is frustrated. He feels

Oregon Bars 10 GOP State Senators From Seeking Reelection

The Oregon Supreme Court on Thursday barred 10 Republican state senators from seeking reelection after they staged a walkout of a legislative session last year. The court upheld the decision of Oregon’s secretary of state to disqualify the senators who staged a six-week boycott to deny a quorum for the legislature to pass Democratic legislation

Federal and Local Lawmakers Launch Probes Into Fani Willis Whistleblower Allegations

House Judiciary Committee will investigate embattled Georgia DA following Free Beacon report Fani Willis (Joe Raedle/Getty Images) Federal and local lawmakers are investigating allegations that Fulton County district attorney Fani Willis (D.) fired a whistleblower who tried to stop a top Willis aide from misusing federal funds, the Washington Free Beacon has learned. The House

Jamaal Bowman Says He Takes ‘Marching Orders’ From Activist Group Working To Defund Police

Bowman’s ‘Equity or Else’ resolution endorses proposal to ‘reallocate/divest police budgets’ Jamaal Bowman (Spencer Platt/Getty Images) New York Democratic congressman Jamaal Bowman says he takes his “marching orders” from a left-wing activist group that is working to defund police and pull officers from schools. During a Wednesday afternoon press conference, Bowman unveiled his “Equity for

Organizers of Anti-Israel Republican Club Event Question Hamas Atrocities

A group that sponsored an anti-Israel event at the national Republican club in Washington, D.C., defended the event and questioned whether Hamas killed children and sexually assaulted women during the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks. The Committee for the Republic, which hosted speeches by anti-Israel activists Max Blumenthal and Miko Peled at the Capitol Hill Club