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He tried to warn them. Over the weekend, President Donald Trump unveiled a new ceasefire proposal before sending a message to Hamas: "The Israelis have accepted my terms. It is time for Hamas to accept as well," he said. "I have warned Hamas about the consequences of not accepting. This is my last warning, there will not be another one! Thank you for your attention to this matter." Hamas apparently didn't pay attention to the matter. One of its senior terrorists, Bassem Naim, released a statement on Monday calling Trump's proposal a "humiliating surrender document" and saying Hamas's "right" to...

A boat carrying Greta Thunberg towards Gaza has been set ablaze in a suspected drone strike off the coast of North Africa, witnesses have said. The 22-year-old Swedish climate firebrand is part of a controversial convoy of around 350 activists and aid workers, sailing on what they describe as a 'peaceful mission' to deliver supplies to Palestinians in Gaza. But reports have emerged overnight that one of the vessels – the so-called Family Boat, flying under a Portuguese flag and carrying members of the flotilla's Steering Committee, including Greta – was attacked 'by a drone and caught fire' off the...

…and start crying into their beer.That’s what happened over at NBC “News.” A dozen -- anonymous -- federal judges, appointed by both Republican and Democrat presidents, went whining to NBC about how hurt their feelings are that SCOTUS keeps overturning their garbage activist rulings and how it makes them look bad and gosh golly gee can SCOTUS knock it off pleeeeeeeez?The content of the piece is remarkable for its immaturity. The simple fact that they felt compelled to do this is itself indicative of a lack of impulse control and unworthiness to hold a gavel. They clearly lack the judicial...

Yahya Sinwar, the Hamas leader in Gaza and one of the masterminds of the October 7 massacre, lived for an extended period in tunnels dug by the Hamas terrorist organization beneath the Gaza Strip. Channel 12 News revealed Wednesday evening that following Sinwar’s elimination in Rafah, a blood-stained note was discovered in his pocket. The note contained a detailed sketch of the tunnel network under the Tel al-Sultan neighborhood - the area where he was ultimately located and eliminated. According to the report, Sinwar himself had drawn the map. The note, soaked in blood after he was shot by security...

Bobby Nunez, a tow truck driver in Los Angeles, is under arrest for towing an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) vehicle during an enforcement operation in mid-August. Bill Essayli, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California, announced his arrest Monday morning for theft of government property. Nunez is facing up to ten years in federal prison. How it started vs. How it’s going ARRESTED: Bobby Nunez is now under arrest for brazenly towing an ICE vehicle. He is charged with theft of government property. Apparently he thought it would be funny to interfere with our immigration enforcement operations....

An 11-year-old boy was pronounced dead at a hospital Sunday after he was shot while running from a home he had rung the doorbell on, Houston city officials said. The boy had been ringing doorbells Saturday night in the area and running as part of a game known as “doorbell ditch,” the city said in a statement. “A witness stated the male was running from a house, after ringing the doorbell, just prior to suffering a gunshot wound,” it said. Officers responding to the shooting on the 9700 block of Racine Street released a person who had been detained for...

Throughout the war, the IDF said that Obeida had taken the lead for Hamas on publishing "victories" by the terror group both on October 7, 2023, and anytime after. The Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) and the IDF on Sunday evening confirmed that Hamas military wing spokesperson Abu Obeida was killed in an IDF strike in Gaza City. Defense Minister Israel Katz had already confirmed on X/Twitter earlier on Sunday, but the military always provides the final confirmation, and there have been a few instances where political officials have jumped the gun on such predictions. Sometimes, the IDF simply drops...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy confirmed that Andriy Parubiy, a former Secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council who was implicated in the tragic events at the Trade Unions House in Odessa on May 2, 2014, was shot dead in Lviv. Zelenskiy announced that Parubiy was killed in Lviv and assured that all necessary resources have been mobilized to investigate and identify the shooter. The incident took place at approximately 10:35 a.m. local time. As Parubiy was walking along a street, a gunman disguised as a delivery courier approached him and fired multiple shots at close range before fleeing the...

Yemen's Al-Jumhuriya channel and the Aden Al-Ghad newspaper reported that Houthi Prime Minister Ahmed al-Rahawi was killed in an Israeli attack on an apartment in the capital Sanaa, with the latter reporting that several of his companions were killed as well.It appeared from the reports to have been a separate strike from the one that was said target 10 senior Houthi ministers as they gathered in a location outside of the capital to hear a speech by the group's leader, Abdul Malik al-Houthi.The IDF on Friday confirmed that the Houthi defense minister and chief of staff were targeted in that...

It turns out Ms. Monarez really wanted to keep pushing the dangerous COVID vaccine, and that’s what got her tossed. CDC Director Susan Monarez has been OUSTED by RFK Jr. after she attempted to push for the COVID vaccine, per multiple reportsMultiple other top CDC officials are out as well, as they too complained about rescinding approvals for the vaccineGood riddance!

Russia has bombed a British Council building and the European headquarters in Kyiv in a 'deliberate' double strike during a huge onslaught on the Ukrainian capital that has left at least 17 dead. Video shows a missile slamming into the British building in a fireball explosion at around 5.40am before a second followed 20 seconds later leaving it 'severely damaged'.

https://babylonbee.com/news/trump-unveils-giant-cannon-for-faster-more-entertaining-deportationsWASHINGTON, D.C. — President Trump delighted the nation this week, unveiling plans for a giant cannon that he hopes will facilitate faster, more entertaining deportations. "We've got to make our country safe again, and the best way to do that is with a giant cannon capable of firing them out of the country," said Trump. "I want a circus one. Just tremendous what those circus freaks can do. Can you believe they have a man who tames lions? I told them there's no way you can tame a lion, but he did it. Anyway, cannons. We're gonna have so many...

BREAKING - Tatiana Martinez, an illegal residing in LA who built a career on social media by doxxing ICE agents and directing her followers to harass them and disrupt their arrests, has now been arrested herself.

Why it matters: The measure is an extreme long-shot, but it is a show of strong Democratic opposition to a move that many in the party say amounts to a chilling and unprecedented power-grab.Axios was first to report on Wednesday that Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), the ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, planned to introduce a measure terminating the crime emergency.Driving the news: Raskin is introducing the resolution along with Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.), House Oversight Committee ranking member Robert Garcia (D-Calif.), and Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.).The legislation would end the "crime emergency" that Trump declared under...

Assaulting a federal agent is no joke, but nobody, and I mean nobody, should ever show this level of disrespect to a Subway sandwich. [Warning: Language] VIDEO AT LINK....................... That's 37-year-old Sean Charles Dunn, and before this went down on Sunday night he had been shouting down federal agents, calling them the worst name in the book: Fascists. The full video shows several black men laughing as Dunn gets increasingly agitated about the officers' presence. [Warning: More Language] "I did it. I threw a sandwich," Dunn later confessed to D.C. Police. Here's DC US Attorney Jeanine Pirro: Looks like Sean...

A man was arrested and charged with felony assault after throwing a Subway sandwich at a federal agent on the streets of Washington, D.C., earlier this week. Attorney General Pam Bondi revealed on Thursday that the man worked for the Department of Justice.A video recorded by a bystander showed 37-year-old Sean Charles Dunn confronting federal agents who were dispatched under President Donald Trump’s order to federalize the D.C. police department and address the capital’s violent crime. In the video, Dunn shouts at the federal agents, calling them “fascists” and yelling, “F*** you!”Dunn began to walk away with his Subway sandwich,...

FAFO in Florida Two illegal immigrant sisters caught shoplifting shocked to find out they're being deported, one claims they can't be deported because she had a child here. Turns out they're habitual shoplifters with tools that makes it a felony. They shouldn't have tried this in Florida. Should have tried their crime spree in Illinois or Calif. Where the authorities would have done everything possible to set them free.

Body camera footage shows that an Alabama teen fatally shot by a Homewood police officer in June was armed with a gun when he was killed, the Jefferson County District Attorney said Wednesday. D.A. Danny Carr said he has ruled the shooting death of 18-year-old Jabari Peoples justified. No charges will be filed and the case will not be sent to a grand jury, Carr said. Carr announced his decision immediately after meeting with Peoples’ family at 2 p.m. Wednesday. The family was shown the law enforcement footage of the fatal June 23 shooting in Homewood Soccer Park. The family...

Florida Agency for Fiscal Oversight has a nice ring to it — might need to work up an executive order and make it official. Blaise Ingoglia @GovGoneWild · Aug 4 🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨 We are unofficially changing the name of DOGE to….FAFO. Florida Agency for Fiscal Oversight

A federal appeals court lifted a judge's order on Friday that prevented the Trump administration from ending union bargaining for federal workers. Six unions, including the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), had obtained an injunction that was issued by U.S. District Judge James Donato, a lower court judge. A three-judge panel on the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals paused the injunction, which prevented 21 federal agencies from implementing Trump's executive order from March ending union bargaining for federal workers.