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Mohamad Hamad enlisted in the Pennsylvania Air National Guard in 2023 and allegedly made false statements while seeking a top-secret security clearance. APennsylvania Air National Guardsman, who called himself a "Hamas operative," has been federally charged after allegedly committing vandalism, making explosives, and attempting to obtain a top-secret security clearance. A federal grand jury in Pittsburgh issued a superseding indictment on Tuesday against Guardsman Mohamad Hamad, 23, of Coraopolis, and two female Pittsburgh residents after Hamad allegedly defaced a synagogue and developed explosives with help from the women. Hamad enlisted in the state's Air National Guard in 2023 and allegedly...

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) reacted to the Wednesday night firearm-based attacks in Maine by calling for gun control. Grisham has been in the news recently for issuing an order banning concealed carry, even by licensed concealed carry permit holders, in larger New Mexico cities like Albuquerque. Her order banned the open carry of firearms too. She issued her order on September 8, 2023, and a U.S. District Judge blocked it on September 13, 2023. She then reworked the order, limiting the ban on concealed carry to parks and playgrounds and her order was allowed to stand.