During a flight from Palm Beach back to Washington, President Donald Trump made clear he had no regrets about the language he used last week when he referred to Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as “retarded.” The exchange took place aboard Air Force One after a reporter pressed him on the wording he used in a Thanksgiving post.
When the reporter asked if he still stood behind the insult, Trump dismissed the concern. “Yeah, I think there’s something wrong with him,” he responded, firing back with, “Do you have a problem with it?” He repeated that his criticism stemmed from Walz’s stance on refugee policy, adding, “I think there’s something wrong with him … Anybody that would allow those people into a state and pay billions of dollars out to Somalia. We gave billions of dollars to Somalia — it’s not even a country because it doesn’t function like a country. It’s got a name, but it doesn’t function like a country. Yeah, there’s something wrong with Walz.”
His original Thanksgiving message on Truth Social said that the country’s “refugee burden is the leading cause of social dysfunction in America, something that did not exist after World War II,” and then moved directly into his criticism of Walz. In the same social media post, Trump claimed Minnesota had been overwhelmed by new arrivals from Somalia. “As an example, hundreds of thousands of refugees from Somalia are completely taking over the once great State of Minnesota. Somalian gangs are roving the streets looking for ‘prey’ as our wonderful people stay locked in their apartments and houses hoping against hope that they will be left alone,” he wrote.
He went on in that post to accuse the governor of inaction. “The seriously retarded Governor of Minnesota, Tim Walz, does nothing, either through fear, incompetence, or both,” Trump wrote, turning his attention next to Rep. Ilhan Omar. He claimed she “does nothing but hatefully complain about our Country,” adding pointed allegations about her origins and immigration history, saying her birthplace was “a decadent, backward, and crime ridden nation, which is essentially not even a country for lack of Government, Military, Police, schools, etc…”
Trump concluded the Thanksgiving message with a sweeping policy declaration, vowing that he “will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries to allow the U.S. system to fully recover.”
Walz addressed the remarks on Sunday and dismissed them entirely, saying it is “a badge of honor” to draw such an attack from the president.
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The renewed battle over Israel’s controversial draft law is set to intensify today as the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee launches a new round of high-pressure deliberations on the updated proposal. Committee chairman MK Boaz Bismuth is expected to enforce strict speaking limits as lawmakers confront a packed room and a tight legislative deadline.
The committee will open its first session of the new discussion cycle following the distribution of the revised bill text late last week. The updated version, drafted under Bismuth’s direction, is intended to address demands from the Knesset’s legal advisers and bolster the proposal’s chances of surviving scrutiny by the High Court.
Lawmakers are bracing for one of the most crowded meetings the committee has seen in months. According to internal assessments, the hearing room is expected to be filled to capacity with MKs, lobbyists, organizational representatives, and activists. Committee officials are already preparing for the likelihood that not all attendees will be able to enter.
To maintain order, Bismuth has instituted a stringent time-management mechanism: every speaker will be allotted between 90 seconds and two minutes, enforced by an official buzzer to prevent long-winded speeches, delays, or filibusters.
The coming days will feature an intensive schedule. Three sessions are planned for this week—today’s meeting, followed by two additional hearings tomorrow. Next week, discussions are set to expand to nearly every day as the committee races to produce a finalized version of the law for presentation to the Knesset plenum.
Behind the scenes, officials note that the draft law has already undergone 51 committee discussions, including those held under former chairman MK Yuli Edelstein. The latest round will focus primarily on the most recent amendments introduced last Thursday, which were crafted to ensure legal durability and meet the requirements laid out by government legal advisers.
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During an exchange with reporters aboard Air Force One, President Donald Trump reignited long-running controversies surrounding Rep. Ilhan Omar, suggesting she should not remain in the United States if allegations about her past are accurate. Pointing to years of claims about her immigration history, he said the situation is reason enough to expel her.
“Somalia, where you have a Congressman goes around telling everybody about our Constitution, yet she supposedly came into our country by marrying her brother,” Trump said while speaking to reporters on Air Force One. “Well, if that’s true, she shouldn’t be a Congressman, and we should throw her the —- out of our country.”
Trump, continuing his remarks, argued that the U.S. doesn’t benefit from individuals who arrive in the country only to, in his words, lecture Americans. While fielding questions, he noted that the nation does not need people “telling us what to do.”
His pointed comments emerged as Democrats — with Omar at the forefront — have been vigorously defending Minnesota’s Somali community. That defense has drawn scrutiny amid reports alleging “widespread fraud of taxpayers’ healthcare programs” tied to Somali-run operations. Trump, for his part, has repeatedly vowed to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) amnesty for Somali nationals, citing concerns about billions in missing funds.
Breitbart’s Warner Todd Huston documented Omar’s response to Trump’s rhetoric, noting that she accused him of issuing “lawless threats” toward Somali immigrants. Huston wrote that Omar has adopted an aggressive tone in pushing back, standing firmly with Somalians while targeting Trump’s comments.
“Unsurprisingly, Somali native and U.S. congresswoman Ilhan Omar has been very vocal in her support for her fellow countrymen. She has also attacked Trump for ‘lawless threats’ she says he has leveled against Somalians.”
Trump’s criticisms escalated further in a Thanksgiving post on Truth Social, where he blasted both Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Omar. He cast Omar as a constant critic of America, invoking harsh and inflammatory language while accusing her of benefiting from fraudulent immigration.
“The seriously retarded Governor of Minnesota, Tim Walz, does nothing, either through fear, incompetence, or both, while the worst ‘Congressman/woman’ in our Country, Ilhan Omar, always wrapped in her swaddling hijab, and who probably came into the U.S.A. illegally in that you are not allowed to marry your brother, does nothing but hatefully complain about our Country, its Constitution, and how ‘badly’ she is treated, when her place of origin is a decadent, backward, and crime ridden nation, which is essentially not even a country for lack of Government, Military, Police, schools, etc,” Trump said.
Long before these exchanges, conservative writers had been pressing the same accusations. Powerline reported in early 2020 that the Daily Mail had revealed statements from a Somali community figure claiming Omar “DID marry her brother” and had admitted she would do whatever necessary to secure U.S. documentation for him.
The blog’s February update leaned heavily on a report by Martin Gould: “Is there anyone in the world who doesn’t know that Ilhan Omar married her brother in 2009? It has been my mission in life to get the word out over the past three and a half years. Today Martin Gould reports for The Daily Mail: ‘Ilhan Omar DID marry her brother and said she would “do what she had to do to get him “papers” to keep him in U.S.”, reveals Somali community leader.’ Maybe word will get out now that is has been reported in the most widely read English-language news site in the world.”
Gould’s findings came after spending time in Minneapolis and reconnecting with the original Somali source who first brought the allegations to light. Powerline described the relationship between the writer and the source, Abdihaikm Osman Nur, tracing it back nearly a decade and detailing the efforts made to corroborate the story.
A separate Powerline entry from July 2019 resurfaced additional claims asserting that Omar’s entire arrival in the U.S. was based on an invented identity. According to the report, Omar allegedly “entered the United States as a fraudulent member of the ‘Omar’ family,” joining relatives who were not biologically connected to her in order to secure asylum.
The article outlined the alleged split within her genetic family, claiming that three members came to America under falsified names while the rest obtained asylum in the United Kingdom. The outlet reiterated that her birth name was Ilhan Nur Said Elmi and noted that she and Ahmed Nur Said Elmi were married in 2009 and “did not divorce until 2017.”
In September, Trump again took to Truth Social to condemn Somalia, describing the country as mired in chaos and dysfunction. He also revisited the accusation that Omar had circumvented immigration rules, questioning how someone in her position could dictate policy to the United States.
In that post, he argued that Somalia was “plagued by a lack of central Government control, persistent Poverty, Hunger, Resurgent Terrorism, Piracy, decades of Civil War, Corruption, and pervasive Violence.” He went on to criticize Omar for telling the U.S. government “how to run America” and wondered aloud whether she was “the one that married her brother in order to gain Citizenship.”
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A political firestorm erupted Sunday night after MK Yair Lapid unveiled his party’s plan to introduce legislation stripping voting rights from Israelis who are deemed fit for IDF service but do not enlist—while explicitly exempting the Arab public from the proposal. The announcement immediately triggered condemnation across the chareidi political spectrum.
Lapid defended the idea by challenging the assumption that the ballot is beyond scrutiny. “I don’t know who invented this phrase that the right to vote is sacred. It is not sacred. In a democratic state, there are rights and obligations, and one depends on the other – they cannot be separated,” he said, arguing that civic privileges must reflect civic duties.
He went on to clarify that the law would apply only to those who receive a draft notice but refuse to show up. “For example, the Arab public in Israel is not summoned to enlist, so it does not apply to them. Or people with mental or physical conditions who cannot enlist – it does not apply to them either. It applies only to those who received a draft order, are healthy, and can report to the induction center but choose not to. They are offenders.”
Lapid added that he plans to advance another bill targeting incarcerated individuals. “I also intend to submit, alongside this, a law stating that prisoners will not be able to vote in Israel, as well as those who fail to report to the induction center,” he said, indicating that the effort is part of a broader campaign to link voting rights with compliance to the law.
Shas responded with immediate fury, accusing the Yesh Atid leader of singling out the chareidi community. The party declared: “Yair Lapid, who hastened to clarify that he did not intend to revoke voting rights from Arabs but only from haredim, revealed his true face and the depth of his hatred toward Jews who observe Torah and mitzvot. According to Lapid, Jews who love the land, study Torah, and pray daily for the safety of IDF soldiers are worth less than Arabs, some of whom support Palestinian terror. Shameful and disgraceful.”
UTJ MK Meir Porush also issued a blistering retort, directing his remarks at Israel’s minister responsible for combating antisemitism. “Minister for Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism Chikli, you need not look abroad for battles against antisemites – Yair Lapid is right here in the Israeli parliament, with ideas that even antisemites abroad would not dare voice today. Will Lapid and Liberman’s next law be a ban on haredim driving on Israeli roads paved with state funds?”
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Shin Bet chief David Zini made a discreet trip to Egypt on Sunday, sitting down with the country’s intelligence director for high-level talks. Kan News reported that their conversation centered on the evolving situation in the Gaza Strip and how both sides envision advancing the next stage of their ongoing understandings. The visit is widely viewed as Zini’s first formal overseas engagement since assuming his position.
Earlier in the day, a senior Palestinian Arab official told Agence France-Presse that Egyptian security services have already begun preparing Palestinian Arab police forces for their anticipated role in governing Gaza once hostilities end. This training effort has quietly been underway for months.
According to that report, Egypt ran an extensive program in March in which more than 500 Palestinian Arab police personnel and operatives were put through physical, tactical, and classroom-based instruction. Hundreds more have been participating in additional rounds of training since September, part of a growing pipeline Egypt intends to expand.
Several months back, Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdel-Ati publicly explained that Cairo’s plan was to train and equip as many as 5,000 Palestinian Arab officers who could be deployed in Gaza when a new administrative framework takes shape. That initiative appears to be moving forward.
Al-Araby Al-Jadeed added further context, noting that under the Fatah-Hamas understanding reached with Egyptian mediation at the end of 2024, the technocratic administration expected to govern Gaza after the war will enlist 5,000 newly trained police recruits. These will serve alongside another 5,000 officers who had previously worked under the Hamas-run security structure.
Another Palestinian Arab source indicated that the entire training and preparation effort is being conducted in full coordination with the Palestinian Authority. These officers, the source said, will be funded through the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah, which is slated to oversee their salaries once they take up their roles in Gaza.
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Newly unsealed intelligence papers from Argentina expose a disturbing truth: SS Commander Josef Mengele, the notorious Auschwitz butcher known as the “Angel of Death,” lived openly in South America for years even though officials were fully aware of who he was. According to the documents, first highlighted by the New York Post, authorities tracked his steps yet never managed—nor decisively attempted—to bring him to justice.
Mengele had slipped out of Germany in 1949, vanishing just as the revelations of the Nuremberg trials made clear the full scale of his atrocities. His sadistic medical “research,” which included handpicking victims for the gas chambers and carrying out gruesome experiments, earned him his infamous title long before he disappeared overseas.
The intelligence reports, released by Argentinian President Javier Milei, reveal that South American authorities regularly exchanged information about his whereabouts. Still, bungled timing, bureaucratic delays, and even media leaks repeatedly gave him the chance to slip away. Each misstep widened the gap between his crimes and the justice he never faced.
Using an Italian passport under the alias Helmut Gregor, Mengele entered Argentina in 1949. By the middle of the next decade, the records show that officials already knew that the “Angel of Death” was living among them. Yet he continued building a life there without interference.
One document contains a harrowing newspaper interview with Auschwitz survivor José Furmanski, who said: “He gathered twins of all ages in the camp and subjected them to experiments that always ended in death. Between the children, the elderly, and women… what horrors.”
Incredibly, by 1956 Mengele felt confident enough to contact the West German Embassy in Buenos Aires to request his original birth certificate. He even began using his real name again. A 1957 memo recounts how he “explained” why he had entered Argentina under an alias: “He (Mengele) demonstrated being nervous, having stated that during the war he acted as a physician in the German S.S., in Czechoslovakia, where the Red Cross labeled him a ‘war criminal.’”
The files further detail that Argentine authorities knew exactly where he lived—Carapachy, near Buenos Aires. They were aware that he had married his brother’s widow and that his father visited him, possibly to support his medical ventures.
When West Germany finally issued an arrest warrant in 1959, the request for extradition was swiftly rejected by a local judge who claimed it amounted to “political persecution.” International calls for action escalated, but Mengele slipped away once more, this time into Paraguay, where he obtained citizenship and resumed life under government protection. Police raided his Buenos Aires laboratory, only to find an empty workspace.
Later investigations depended almost entirely on foreign press reports. By 1960, Mengele had settled in Brazil with the help of sympathetic German farmers. There he lived out the rest of his days, dying from a stroke while swimming near Bertioga. Buried under a fabricated name, his remains were finally unearthed in 1985—decades too late for the justice denied to his countless victims.
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