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When Joel Feingold, a housing-rights organizer and editor, was arrested for breaking curfew June 3 outside his Brooklyn....

“We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from.” “And in between the finger pointing there was grieving. On Friday the White House flew the flags at half staff which got some criticism, but on a human level you can see how hard the president is taking this.” ~~ video clip of President Trump ~~ “Gotcha. He’s at the fourth stage of grief, construction [audience laughs, applauds]...demolition...construction.” [at the White...

LONDON (AP) — The Netherlands added itself Friday to a list of countries pressuring organizers of the Eurovision Song Contest to drop Israel from the contest because of its war in the Gaza Strip. Dutch broadcaster AVROTROS, one of dozens of public broadcasters that collectively fund and broadcast the contest, said it would not take part in next year’s competition in Vienna if Israel participates “given the ongoing and severe human suffering in Gaza.” “The broadcaster also expresses deep concern about the serious erosion of press freedom: the deliberate exclusion of independent international reporting and the many casualties among journalists,”...

A book titled The Shooting of Charlie Kirk: A Comprehensive Account of the Utah Valley University Attack, the Aftermath, and America’s Response was released on September 9, 2025, by author Anastasia J. Casey. This Kindle eBook provides an in-depth examination of the events surrounding the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University on September 10, 2025, including firsthand testimonies, analysis of the aftermath, and broader societal implications. The book covers the attack, immediate campus response, political reactions, and Kirk’s influence in U.S. politics. It includes timelines, profiles of key figures, and curated media references, aiming to...

The chances of Donald Trump resigning have spiked over the last day on a cryptocurrency-based prediction market following speculation about the U.S. president's health and absence from public engagements over the last week. Polymarket increased the chances of a presidential resignation after the Trump administration said there would be an Oval Office news conference at 2 p.m. ET Tuesday without specifying the reason for the event. However, later White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt told Newsweek in a statement "the President will be making an exciting announcement related to the Department of Defense." The event follows days of speculation about Trump...

Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson 🚨BREAKING: The 9th Circuit has blocked the Trump administration from ending legal status for 600,000 Venezuelans. The judicial coup goes on. From Nick Sortor 1:30 PM · Aug 29, 2025

The Texas Legislature cancelled the state’s program to build its own border wall as the legislative session came to a close, having spent more than $3 billion to build only about 65 miles of scattered segments. In December 2021, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) announced the program at a press conference along the border, the first of its kind in the country, banging a mallet on one of the wall’s metal beams as he “declared the barrier to be impenetrable,” reported The Texas Tribune, but that bold declaration soon ran into challenges: “It’s heavy and it’s wide,” he said assuredly....

Charged with "causing fear" to someone or other a year ago, criminal proceeding to commence right after release. He supposedly was leading the South Port riots from Spain. Transcript linked below video.

Senator Whitehouse wants Boasberg to award Abrego Garcia with millions and permanently bring him back to America because he's been deported to his home country. Do you understand who the Democrats are now?

If not bad enough, Nikki L. Floris (Intelligence Analyst in Charge) was directly involved in the 2020 Hunter Biden laptop Russian disinformation psyop. In August 2020, FBI agents Nikki Floris and Bradley Benavides delivered a controversial "defensive" briefing to Senators Ron Johnson and Chuck Grassley, which the senators claimed undermined their Hunter Biden investigation by suggesting it was tied to Russian disinformation. This briefing, held on August 6, 2020, was followed by a leak to the Washington Post, complicating their efforts to subpoena witnesses and gain support from hesitant Republican colleagues. In response, the senators demanded transcribed interviews with Floris...

A Texas teen charged with fatally stabbing a football star from a rival high school at a track meet has raised more nearly $200,000 to fund his legal defense — including more than $100,000 in less than 24 hours. Karmelo Anthony’s family has twice raised the fundraising goal for their GiveSendGo campaign — it was $100,000 when it launched, now it’s been raised to $200,000 after surpassing each previous goal. By Monday afternoon, more than 5,200 people had donated $180,000 to the family — who hired prominent Dallas civil rights lawyers Kim T. Cole and Billy Clark. The Anthony family...

President Trump said Tuesday that the U.S. would "take over the Gaza Strip" and "own it," continued to promote the idea that the Palestinian people should live elsewhere. Mr. Trump, whose comments came at a joint news conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, said the Palestinians in Gaza "should not go through a process of rebuilding" and that they had "lived a miserable existence there." Earlier in the afternoon, during a meeting with Netanyahu in the Oval Office, Mr. Trump said the Palestinians should "resettle permanently" in "nice homes" somewhere else. "The U.S. will take over the Gaza Strip,...

Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont has filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission indicating that he may pursue another independent bid for the U.S. Senate when his current term expires in 2030. Sanders, born in 1941, would be 89 years old at the time of the election. Sanders filed an amended Statement of Candidacy with the Federal Election Commission on Monday. According to the document, he would run once more as an independent candidate. This is a shift from past remarks Sanders has made about running for another term, as he previously said that his current term would likely be...

Arutz Sheva has learned that some of the terrorists who will be released will be sent to Judea and Samaria, as well as eastern Jerusalem.

The plan will feature a governing alternative to that of Hamas in the Gaza Strip which will include a reformed Palestinian Authority as well as elements from the international community and Arab states. With only a week left in office, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will present his plan post-war Gaza on Tuesday, Axios reported citing three US officials. .....

Israeli security forces conducted a raid on a Jewish farm in the Binyamin region be this morning. Dozens of border police officers, Civil Administration inspectors, and workers presented a closed military zone order and evacuated the residents, confiscated equipment, and demolished structures. According to the residents, the forces arrived at the farm through the village of Burqa, passing near illegally constructed Palestinian structures in Area C. The demolition occurred just hours after residents of Burqa were recorded attacking a Jewish shepherd, injuring him, only a kilometer away from the now-demolished farm. The attack took place near an illegal Bedouin encampment,...

Elon Musk Is Propping Up Anti-Trump Activists In H-1B Visa Fight @RaheemKassam

The Yemeni channel Al-Masirah, affiliated with the Houthi rebel group, reported a strike in Sana'a, the capital of Yemen. According to reports, the international coalition is behind the strike. CENTCOM reported: "US Central Command (CENTCOM) forces conducted precision airstrikes against a missile storage facility and a command-and-control facility operated by Iran-backed Houthis within Houthi-controlled territory in Sana'a, Yemen, on Dec. 21 Yemen time." "CENTCOM forces conducted the deliberate strikes to disrupt and degrade Houthi operations, such as attacks against US Navy warships and merchant vessels in the Southern Red Sea, Bab al-Mandeb, and Gulf of Aden. "During the operation, CENTCOM...

Joe Biden on Wednesday delivered remarks at the White House Conference on Women’s Health Research. Biden told the attendees that doctors opened up the top of his head twice and couldn’t find a brain. Joe Biden had multiple brain surgeries in the 1980s after suffering two brain aneurysms. “I have been a beneficiary of a lot of the research that’s been done. I had two cranial aneurysms; I had two nine-hour operations — they took the top of my head off twice and couldn’t find a brain the first time.” WATCH:

A Somali pirate from Minnesota has been sentenced to federal prison for his role in holding an American journalist hostage for nearly three years. What we know In a press release on Tuesday, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said Abdi Yusuf Hassan, of Minneapolis, and Mohamed Tahlil Mohamed, of Somalia, received a 30-year prison sentence for hostage taking, terrorism and firearm offenses related to the 977-day captivity of American freelance journalist Michael Scott Moore. Officials said Hassan and Mohamed played "significant roles in Moore’s captivity" and abused their positions within the Somali government. Hassan served as the Minister of Interior...