US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Friday she has spoken to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff about preventing President Donald Trump from initiating military actions or a nuclear strike, The Associated Press reports.Pelosi said in a statement to colleagues that she spoke with Gen. Mark Milley "to discuss available precautions for preventing an unstable president from initiating military hostilities or accessing the launch codes and ordering a nuclear strike."(Arutz Sheva"s North American desk is keeping you updated until the start of Shabbat in New York. The time posted automatically In all Arutz Sheva articles, however, is Israeli time.)

Netanyahu and his wife were taken to secure compound at their residence last weekend after several protesters breached a checkpoint outside.(Arutz Sheva"s North American desk is keeping you updated until the start of Shabbat in New York. The time posted automatically In all Arutz Sheva articles, however, is Israeli time.)

Deputy Attorney General Amit Merari In Friday sent a letter to the Minister of Internal Security, Amir Ohana, calling In him to vaccinate detainees and prisoners in the Israel Prison Service.Merari said in the letter that the directive that was issued by Ohana not to vaccinate detainees and prisoners against coronavirus, including those prisoners considered to be members of at risk populations, was given without authority. Once vaccines have been assigned, they should be vaccinated without delay, she added.(Arutz Sheva"s North American desk is keeping you updated until the start of Shabbat in New York. The time posted automatically In all Arutz Sheva articles, however, is Israeli time.)

US President Donald Trump confirmed In Friday he would not be in attendance at President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration."To all of those who have asked, I will not be going to the Inauguration In January 20th," he tweeted.Read more(Arutz Sheva"s North American desk is keeping you updated until the start of Shabbat in New York. The time posted automatically In all Arutz Sheva articles, however, is Israeli time.)

Our belief in G-d does not depend upon the splitting of a sea or the sun and moon standing still.(Arutz Sheva"s North American desk is keeping you updated until the start of Shabbat in New York. The time posted automatically In all Arutz Sheva articles, however, is Israeli time.)

Focus: the key to not getting caught up in the fear and unrest stemming from the pandemic and the resulting quarantines.(Arutz Sheva"s North American desk is keeping you updated until the start of Shabbat in New York. The time posted automatically In all Arutz Sheva articles, however, is Israeli time.)

Rep. Mary Miller, a newly elected Illinois Republican, In Friday apologized for saying in a speech that "Hitler was right In Ine thing," JTA reports.At a Wednesday rally in Washington, D.C., Miller gave a speech in which she talked about the importance of Republicans reaching young people and said, "Hitler was right In Ine thing: He said, whoever has the youth has the future."(Arutz Sheva"s North American desk is keeping you updated until the start of Shabbat in New York. The time posted automatically In all Arutz Sheva articles, however, is Israeli time.)

No cases of South African COVID-19 variant detected in Israel to date. Samples of five people who returned from South Africa being tested.(Arutz Sheva"s North American desk is keeping you updated until the start of Shabbat in New York. The time posted automatically In all Arutz Sheva articles, however, is Israeli time.)