The earliest known stone inscription of the Ten Commandments — and the only version thought to remain intact today — is a white marble slab engraved with 20 lines of faded Paleo-Hebrew Samaritan script. It weighs 115 pounds, measures about two feet in height and length and lists nine of the 10 divine rules enumerated in the Book of Exodus, replacing “Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain” with a commandment unique to the Samaritan sect, which formed as an offshoot of Judaism. Read More...
Explore More A longtime Pentagon official warned Wednesday that Rep.-elect George Santos (R-Nassau) poses an unprecedented challenge to national security given his recent admitted lying about his background, mysterious finances and potential access to government secrets after he takes office in January. “Every congressman has eligibility for access to classified information and that terrifies security professionals, because they haven’t been really reviewed for it,” Dan Meyer, now the managing director of the law firm Tully Rinckey’s Washington DC office, told The Post. Read More...
Explore More An Associated Press reporter and Deputy State Department spokesman Vedant Patel got into a heated exchange Thursday over the agency’s new policy that reportedly mandates the use of pronouns in emails.
Journalist Matt Lee, who covers the State Department for the outlet, asked Patel during his Thursday press briefing to address a reportedly “mandatory” policy implemented just hours earlier that requires internal email exchanges to include pronouns, Fox News reported. Read More...