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Wednesday on CNN, network contributor Scott Jennings derided Vice President Kamala Harris for her comments criticizing Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) amid Hurricane Milton’s track to his state’s west coast. Jenning called Harris’ move a “big campaign mistake,” noting that Harris’ comments contradicted President Joe Biden’s remarks about the Florida governor. “In all of your public communications, no matter what you’re doing, you have to always show that American people that you have their fellow citizens in your heart,” Jennings said. “I mean, this is the kind of historic storm that some people aren’t going to survive it. There’s going to...

The city is bracing for widespread anti-Israel protests planned for the one-year anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack. Protests are already expected on Saturday, in the lead up to the anniversary of the devastating terror attack, with events organized for Times Square, outside Google’s Manhattan headquarters and at Court Square Park in Queens. Many anti-Israel groups are planning demonstrations for Monday, in particular, the National Students for Justice in Palestine (NSJP), which is orchestrating a nationwide “Week of Rage” on college campuses beginning on Oct. 7. Meanwhile, one of the most outspoken anti-Israel organizations “Within Our Lifetime” (WOL) called...

Happening Now: Israel Vows Retaliation After Iran's Missile Attack Israel is responding with strength following yesterday’s massive missile strike by Iran, marking one of the largest assaults on the country. The IDF has announced plans for retaliation, with airstrikes and military operations underway. Additionally, a terror attack in southern Israel has been reported, and the situation remains critical. In a new development, Israeli forces have launched a ground invasion into southern Lebanon, targeting Hezbollah strongholds in response to escalated tensions in the region. The conflict is rapidly intensifying, and TBN Israel is here to provide real-time updates as these events...

The Gateway Pundit has obtained a copy of the Arizona State University Police report detailing assault charges against Rebecca Kimpel, a transgender student who dumped his entire drink on Kari Lake’s daughter while she was registering voters at Arizona State University. The police report identifies the attacker as a female, but an Instagram account that links to Rebecca Kimpel’s YouTube page shows a video of the suspect, and he’s clearly a dude. Via @jockohomosexual [embedded video] The Gateway Pundit reported on the incident last week during a Greek life voter registration event on campus at ASU. Lake’s daughter, Ruby Halperin,...

Chuck is a very experienced war correspondent, he's currently in Amman, Jordan. Reporting that Jordan is helping shoot down at least 300 missiles launched from Iran so far.

The Biden administration expanded its sanctions on Israelis on Tuesday, even as Israel faced attacks from Hezbollah and Iran, listing new sanctions against “Hilltop Youth,” an organization that does not actually exist. As Breitbart News has reported, the Biden administration has sanctioned a broad range of Israelis and Israeli organizations on the political right, at the behest of left-wing anti-Israel organizations, since Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, 2023. These sanctions have targeted people who have not been accused of of any crimes; they have also often targeted what would be, in the United States, constitutionally protected protest or political...

At least nine Israelis and a dog were wounded in a shooting terror attack in Jaffa, in central Israel, on Tuesday evening, Magen David Adom reported. At least four people are reported critically wounded. Magen David Adom announced that the incident involved multiple causalities. The shooting occurred near a light rail station in the central Israeli city. Two terrorists who were observed exiting the train were shot dead by security forces. Police suspect at least one more terrorist is still present in the area

Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Herzi Halevi said Tuesday that Israel will not give Hezbollah a break from attack, as Israeli Air Force (IAF) warplanes launched a third wave of attacks in Lebanon. The Times of Israel reported Halevi’s remarks: “Hezbollah must not be given a break. [We must] keep working with all our might.” It also reported that the IAF had dropped 2,000 munitions on Hezbollah in the previous 24 hours. The Israeli offensive, officially named Operation Northern Arrows, appears to have two separate tactics. On the one hand, Israel is carrying out targeted strikes...

The IDF battered Hezbollah with the largest attack since the Second Lebanon War (2006) on Monday. The attack was broken down roughly into four massive rounds of air strikes against rockets and other assets. The Iranian proxy group tried hard to fight back but had very limited success in relative terms. The figures from Monday’s attacks, along with the days preceding, were staggering and also led to enormous waves of evacuations of Lebanese civilians from both southern Lebanon and the Bekaa Valley area. The IDF struck over 1,300 targets in around 650 sorties; the Lebanese Health Ministry estimated well over...

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) said her House office was “tagged with blood-splattered signs accusing [her] of supporting terrorism” after she condemned Israel for a series of explosions across Lebanon involving pagers that targeted members of militant group Hezbollah. “Yesterday my House office was tagged with blood-splattered signs accusing me of supporting terrorism after I questioned the pager operation, which clearly runs counter to US policy,” Ocasio-Cortez wrote Friday in a post on the social platform X. “They must live under a rock to not know I don’t take well to bullies,” she added in. On Wednesday, Ocasio-Cortez posted on X...

Israeli fighter jets struck some 30 Hezbollah rocket launchers and other infrastructure in southern Lebanon this evening, the IDF says. According to the military, the launchers included some 150 launch barrels that were primed for an immediate attack on Israel. Additionally, several buildings and a weapons depot belonging to Hezbollah were struck in several areas of southern Lebanon, the military adds. The IDF releases footage of the strikes.

“Many supporters seated behind Trump onstage went to the ER after the rally with “blurred vision” and “burning” to the eyes. I spoke to several who still have not fully recovered. As many as 20 were affected,” Kelly wrote on X. The cause of the symptoms remains unknown, and an active investigation is underway. Supporters from the “Latinos for Trump” group were among the most severely impacted, including Pastor Eli Moreno and his wife, Francesca. Pastor Moreno described mild discomfort, but his wife’s symptoms were far worse. “Her vision blurred, her face swelled up, and we had to rush to...

They literally never knew what hit them. Hezbollah is still trying to figure out how Israel allegedly intercepted a shipment of new pagers from Taiwan and planted one or two ounces of explosives in them. Then, with nobody the wiser, shipped 5,000 pagers merrily on its way to end up in the pockets of Hezbollah operatives and fighters. The reported details of this operation reveal a startlingly thorough job of planning and execution right down to the fake message from Hezbollah leadership that detonated the devices. Israel has not taken responsibility for the attack, though it's widely believed they were...

The radical Cornell University prof who lauded the Hamas terror attack on Israel as “exhilarating” and “energizing” dodged any punishment and is now back teaching at the upstate Ivy League school. Shamed history Professor Russell Rickford was out for the past year on “voluntary leave” after widespread public outcry when he was recorded at an off-campus anti-Israel rally cheering Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, invasion that slaughtered 1,200 Israelis. ““It was exhilarating, it was energizing ….I was exhilarated,” Rickford said at the time — before apologizing for applauding the mass murder of innocent civilians. ... Rickford is now teaching at least...

'I think any father would’ve done the same thing. It’s my baby girl.' Bill Steinkirchner and his wife, Melanie, got a call Sunday morning from their college-student daughter that no parent wants to receive. Melanie Steinkirchner wrote on Facebook that their daughter was walking to breakfast when a male assaulted her, took swings at her, said he had a gun, and threatened to kill her. She was able to duck down, run, and avoid getting hurt, but she was still shaken during her phone call home. But her home is in Southern California — and KIRO-TV noted that the Steinkirchners'...

An aggressive otter pulled a young child off a dock and dragged them underwater at a marina in Washington, officials said. The attack happened at about 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 12 at the Bremerton Marina, the Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife said in a news release. A family was walking down the dock when the animal appeared and pulled the child underwater for a few moments, officials said. The mom reached into the water to rescue her child and was bitten on the arm by the attacking otter, officials said. She was able to get her child to safety,...

A Colorado state trooper was shot and wounded in a senseless, “targeted” attack while parked on the side of a highway Saturday and still managed to kill the suspect in a shootout, authorities said. Cpl. Tye Simcox encountered “evil” when the gunman randomly began firing on the 16-year state law enforcement vet as he slowly drove by the officer’s patrol car parked in the median of Highway 36 in the Denver suburb of Westminster. The gunman continued his brazen shooting with a semi-automatic handgun after he pulled his Chevrolet pickup truck over to the left side of the highway and...

A pack of young teenage girls randomly attacked an elderly man on a Brooklyn subway platform early Monday — with at least one assailant whacking the victim with a scooter, cops and police sources said. The 76-year-old man was lying on a bench at the Rockaway Avenue subway station when the five suspects launched the assault, punching and kicking his head around 2:10 a.m., according to authorities. One of the perpetrators even swung her scooter at the man’s head in what sources said was an unprovoked attack on northbound C line platform. The offenders are believed to be between the...

Vice President Harris, the Democrat nominee for president, marked the third anniversary of the suicide bombing at the Kabul airport, when 13 U.S. service members were killed. “Today and everyday, I mourn and honor them. My prayers are with their families and loved ones. My heart breaks for their pain and their loss. These 13 devoted patriots represent the best of America, putting our beloved nation and their fellow Americans above themselves and deploying into danger to keep their fellow citizens safe,” she said in a statement. She named the 13 service members and said she is also thinking about...

The Hezbollah chief also stated in his address that they "launched drones from both south of Litani river, and north of Litani river," a direct violation of UN Security Council Resolution 1701. Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Sunday that his group would assess the impact of its rocket and drone attack on Israeli military targets earlier in the day before determining whether it would carry out further attacks to avenge a slain commander. The leader of the Iran-backed armed group said in a televised address that the group had been able to carry out its attack "as planned,"...