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Former President Donald Trump issued a message of faith on Sunday following an assassination attempt that almost succeeded during a rally in Pennsylvania, exhorting Americans to remain strong and determined. “Thank you to everyone for your thoughts and prayers yesterday, as it was God alone who prevented the unthinkable from happening,” he posted on Truth Social.

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy had not been expected to have a close race against Republican challenger Jack Ciattarelli, but he nearly lost, coming up with just enough votes to prevail as votes continued to be counted after Election Day had come and gone. While Murphy's near-loss and Virginia Democrat Terry McAuliffe's defeat has been seen by some as an indicator that Americans are not in favor of current Democratic policies, Murphy claimed Sunday that his policies are exactly what kept him in office.

15 of the 19 Sept. 11 hijackers came from Saudi Arabia. Ever since the attacks, the family members of victims have been pursuing financial compensation from Saudi Arabia's government. But one of the biggest obstacles to that compensation was FBI director, and now special prosecutor, Robert Mueller.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2RfjTqZk74

The IDF foiled on Wednesday evening an attempt by Gaza-based terrorists to fire a rocket at southern Israel. According to a statement by the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit, IAF aircraft hit a terrorist squad in central Gaza, as it was making final preparations to fire a rocket. The statement added that the squad had been involved in previous rocket attacks on southern Israel. A direct hit at the targets was identified. .....

WASHINGTON, May 18, 2007 – Iraqi and coalition forces prevented two car bomb attacks but were unable to stop eight others May 16 in Iraq, military officials reported. Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 1st Iraqi Army Division, and an Iraqi army explosive ordnance disposal team stopped extremists from detonating a car bomb in the southern Baghdad neighborhood of Bayaa. Acting on a report about a suspicious vehicle, Iraqi troops cordoned off the area and took precautions to secure residents before calling in explosives specialists for support. Working alongside Multinational Division Baghdad troops from the 1st "Black Lions"...

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6, 2006 -- Nearly five years after America “awoke to a nightmare attack” on Sept. 11, 2001, the nation is thankful that terrorists haven’t succeeded in launching another attack on U.S. soil, but recognizes that it’s not for the terrorists’ lack of trying, President Bush said at the White House today. “Nineteen men, armed with box cutters, took control of airplanes and turned them into missiles,” Bush said of the Sept. 11 attacks. “They used them to kill nearly 3,000 innocent people. We watched the Twin Towers collapse before our eyes -- and it became instantly clear that...

(IsraelNN.com) Three Hamas terrorists were shot dead in the Dahaniyeh area of Gaza on Sunday night, thereby preventing a suicide bombing attack against soldiers. The three were detected moving towards soldiers when troops fired at them, killing all three. It was learned that two of them were carrying bomb belts on their bodies, reportedly intended to blow themselves up near soldiers

From the Maha - CLINTON: I think handling the aftermath of a natural disaster is different than preventing a terrorist attack. I actually believe that the federal government has been quite good about that, in spite of the breakdowns that led up to 9/11. There were any number of terrorist attacks prevented in the 1990s and there have been a lot of terrorist cells broken up -- CLINTON: Well, I would repeal the tax cuts for upper income people. I myself have gotten four tax cuts while young Americans have gone off to risk their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan,...

British Aid Plane Prevented from Entering Iraq $-17-2003, Reuters By Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. forces have refused a Save the Children plane permission to land in northern Iraq to deliver aid, breaching the Geneva Convention and "costing children their lives," the British aid agency said on Thursday. Save the Children said in a statement it had been trying for more than a week to land a plane in Arbil carrying enough medical supplies to treat 40,000 people and emergency feeding kits for malnourished children. A U.S. official told the charity no aid flights would be allowed until the...

(IsraelNN.com) Army officials reported on Sunday night that since the IDF incursion into the PA-controlled city on Friday, eight suicide bombers were taken into custody, thereby preventing the deadly attacks. In addition, 36 PA residents suspected of terrorist activities were taken into custody. IDF forces were ordered into the PA autonomous area following Thursday morning's fatal suicide bombing attack on a No. 20 bus on Mexico Street in the capital. 11 persons were murdered in the attack that left almost 50 persons injured.