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Minnesota's branch of the Democratic Party endorsed far-left Minnesota State Sen. Omar Fateh's campaign for mayor of Minneapolis on Saturday. Fateh announced the endorsement from the Democratic Farmer-Labor (DFL) party on social media. He secured the endorsement over incumbent mayor Jacob Frey, also a Democrat. "I am incredibly honored to be the DFL endorsed candidate for Minneapolis Mayor. This endorsement is a message that Minneapolis residents are done with broken promises, vetoes, and politics as usual. It’s a mandate to build a city that works for all of us," Fateh wrote on X. The DFL did not immediately respond to...

Soldiers in Brussels shot and killed a man on Friday who attacked them with a machete in what appears to be an Islamic terrorist attack. Witnesses say they heard two loud bangs in Belgium’s capital city on Friday evening after a man was reportedly shot and killed after attacking soldiers with a machete while shouting “Allahu Akbar,” the Evening Standard reported. The suspect, reportedly a 30-year-old Somali man, attacked the soldiers near a location where ISIS called for vehicle attacks just several days ago. Officials reported the attacker injured two soldiers before being killed. Belgian authorities now believe the attack...