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Orthodox news site Yeshiva World News hacked in apparent Iranian cyberattack

The website featured for a while the words “Now we are under their control. The Zionists are handcuffed” in Farsi.

|ByMATHILDA HELLER, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Yeshiva World News website hacked by Iran. March 18, 2026.
Law enforcement vehicles are seen parked outside Temple Israel guarding the scene in West Bloomfield, Michigan, on March 13, 2026, after an person identified as Ayman Ghazali drove a vehicle into the building.

Michigan synagogue shooter had vehicle full of fireworks, shot himself during attack, FBI says

The suspect, a naturalized US citizen with no criminal record, had recently lost family members in Lebanon due to an IDF airstrike.

|ByAARON GLICK
Security cameras hang across the street from the Park East Synagogue, NY, 3, 2017, Illustrative.

Political standoff causing DHS shutdown delays security grants for synagogues

The grant program has become a cornerstone of security planning for Jewish institutions across the United States, especially in the wake of sometimes deadly attacks.

|ByASAF ELIA-SHALEV/JTA
FOOTAGE FROM the night of the shooting of Ruben Ray Martinez, March 15, 2026.

Body-camera footage casts doubt on Texas DHS shooting, may show unjustified killing

Ruben Ray Martinez was shot by a Homeland Security Investigations Agent, Jack C. Stevens, on March 15, 2025. According to another agent, Martinez had first struck him with his car.

|ByTZVI JASPER

Trump kicks off Gold Card program offering fast-track citizenship for million-dollar donors

Trump rolls out a new Gold Card program promising an expedited path to US residency through fees, vetting, and financial contributions.

DECEMBER 11, 2025ByFRAIDY MOSER
US President Donald Trump holding a "Trump Gold Card," introducing his new Gold Card initiative in the Oval Office in the White House on December 10th, 2025.

Harvard professor arrested by US immigration agents for firing pellet gun near synagogue

He agreed last month to plead guilty to illegally discharging the pellet gun and serve six months of pretrial probation.

DECEMBER 5, 2025ByREUTERS
Harvard University's "Veritas" shield is seen on a gate on Feb. 17, 2024.

Somalis arrested in Minneapolis immigration operation, federal officials say

Also on Thursday, federal officials said they had arrested dozens of people in New Orleans, another Democratic-run city.

DECEMBER 5, 2025ByREUTERS
Minneapolis City Council Member Jamal Osman speaks alongside other elected officials at a press conference to address reported federal operation targeting Somali immigrants, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, US December 3, 2025.

DHS conducts immigration raids in Charlotte as crackdown expands

DHS, which oversees US Customs and Border Protection, did not provide details on the operation, including how many law enforcement officers took part or the number of people detained.

NOVEMBER 16, 2025ByREUTERS
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement special agent prepares to arrest alleged undocumented immigrants in Salem, Mass., June 19, 2018.

FBI records reveal ISIS terror plot targeting Chicago's 2024 Pride Parade - NBC

The attack was planned in a Discord chat room by a group named "Islamic State of America," NBC reported.

NOVEMBER 16, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
People march in the 50th annual Pride Parade in Chicago, Illinois, US, June 30, 2019.

US National Counterterrorism Center warns of threat from al-Qaeda

The center released a memo to US officials and law enforcement, urging increased caution and security measures.

SEPTEMBER 20, 2025ByREUTERS
Flag of al-Qaeda

South Korea vows support to Koreans arrested in US immigration raid

Over 300 employees at a Hyundai Motor company factory were detained by US immigration officers.

SEPTEMBER 6, 2025ByREUTERS
A migrant and a legal observer lay on the floor as they are detained by federal immigration officers at U.S. immigration court in Manhattan, in New York City, U.S., June 6, 2025.

Two killed, 17 injured in Catholic school, church in south Minneapolis

Police and paramedics were responding to an active shooter situation unfolding on Wednesday at a church on the south side of Minneapolis, local news reported.

AUGUST 27, 2025ByREUTERS
Law enforcement officers gather outside Annunciation Church following a mass shooting event, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, US, August 27, 2025.

Homeland Security speechwriter promotes antisemitic ‘Great Replacement’ theory on podcast

Several months after the Buffalo shooting, which killed 10 shoppers, Eric Lendrum endorsed the theory on his podcast, and it was not for the first time.

AUGUST 20, 2025ByGRACE GILSON/JTA
DHS speechwriter Eric Lendrum.

Homeland Security accused of tweeting antisemitic dog whistles

“Which way, American man?” the department’s official page posted Sunday, over a political cartoon from 1936 called “Uncle Sam at the Crossroads.” 

AUGUST 14, 2025ByANDREW LAPIN/JTA
U.S. Department of Homeland Security emblem is pictured at the National Cybersecurity & Communications Integration Center (NCCIC) located just outside Washington in Arlington, Virginia September 24, 2010.