In a bid to steal the thunder from the Florida Republican primary, Barack Obama unveiled his tourism stimulus for the Sunshine State.

If a week ago Mitt Romney appeared to be in a position to sew up the nomination in Florida, he now needs it to maintain his candidacy.

By Bob Garfield
Journalism has, and always has had, an election fetish.
As the last guarantors of democracy and so forth, we mediators dutifully – which is to say, self-righteously - embrace our role of apprising the electorate of the choices arrayed …

Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona announced today she intends to resign from Congress this week to concentrate on recovering from wounds suffered in an assassination attempt a little more than a year ago.
According to officials in Washington, her resi…

[Updated info below.] It is with great sadness that we report the passing of Rav Avrohom Yeshaya German zt”l on Shabbos in Eretz Yisroel. A noted talmid chochom and yorei Shomayim, Rav Avrohom Yeshaya was taken at the prime of his life, leaving…

Israeli officials told visiting USS Chief Joint of Staffs Martin Dempsey that it would give President Barack Obama no more than 12 hours notice if and when it attacks Iran, The London Times reported today.
The Netanyahu government also will not coordin…

A bridge claimed to be built illegally at the kever of Rav  Shimon Bar Yochai was demolished by the local municipality without incident on Thursday.
Some 100 policemen guarded the operation, fearingbut no demonstrators showed up and the demolition was…

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich took a giant step Saturday toward becoming the Republican alternative to Mitt Romney that tea partyers and social conservatives have been seeking for months.
Gingrich’s come-from-behind win in the South Carolina…

Mitt Romney says he’ll release his tax 2010 tax returns and 2011 tax estimates Tuesday and says it was a mistake for his presidential campaign to hold off as long as it did in getting them out.
He says the attention paid to the issue had become a…

Echoing a worn adage, Mitt Romney said last night after conceding defeat to Newt Gingrich in the South Carolina primary that a longer, more competitive battle for the Republican presidential nomination would only make him stronger.
“I don’t…

Lawmakers from both parties are wary of a U.S. military conflict with Iran as tensions continue to escalate between the two countries.
The U.S. just left Iraq and is still fighting in Afghanistan, making many in Congress worried about getting involved …

The idea sounds simple: Cut income taxes by 10 percent for everyone. Paying for it will be less so. Gov. Chris Christie’s proposal last week to implement a 10 percent across-the-board income tax cut garnered national attention at a time when many…

Rav Shamshon Raphael Hirsch, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (1808-1888). His father, Rav Raphael Aryeh (1777-1857), who changed the family name to Hirsch, was the son of Rav Menachem Mendel Frankfurter of Altuna (1742-1823). Rav Menachem Mendel was a…

Charleston, S.C. - Newt Gingrich surged to victory a short while ago in the South Carolina primary, riding a pair of strong debate performances to overtake Mitt Romney and stop his seemingly relentless march to the GOP nomination.
NBC News called the…

The owner and publisher of the Atlanta Jewish Times, Andrew Adler, apologized Friday for an opinion column in which wrote that Israel’s options vis-à-vis Iran’s nuclear program included the assassination of U.S. President Barack Obama..
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The California premature infant described as the tiniest “miracle baby” is finally home after doctors said she defied all odds.
Melinda Star Guido was born a tiny preemie of 24 weeks, weighing just 9.5 ounces and described as being smaller …

New York – The first snowstorm to hit the Tri-state area this year has come and gone, leaving behind several inches of snow in many parts of the region. It’s an opportunity to make some money for those with private snow plows, and for kids to hav…

The Republicans believe they were handed a campaign issue – Barack Obama denied permission for the Keystone pipeline.

A philanthropist who came forward soon after an earthquake damaged the Washington Monument last August has donated $7.5 million to get the repair project off the ground.
“I want to repay a debt I have to the country,” said David Rubenstein,…

On Wednesday, Matzav.com published excerpts of a report by Stewart Ain of The Jewish Week following Ami Magazine’s publishing of a picture on its front page depicting the White House draped in Nazi flags with Nazi storm troopers marching in front…

The four remaining GOP candidates played to their individual strengths on Thursday and tried to leave a lasting impression in a final, boisterous debate two days before South Carolina’s pivotal primary.
In a campaign cycle where debates have had …

[Audio below.] The following is a shiur delivered by Harav Yisroel Reisman, maggid shiur in Yeshiva Torah Vodaas and mara d’asra of Agudath Israel of Madison. The shiur, on ParshasVaeira was delivered to Rav Reisman’s alumni over the telephone. R…

Palestinian officials say that they will resume their effort to gain U.N. membership, and that they could launch a nonviolent third intifada because they see no chance of reaching a peace deal with the current Israeli government.
The Palestinians had p…

LF party leader Samir GeaGea put Hizbullah on notice that it won’t be able to keep its arms after Assad’s regime falls.