Tucker Carlson’s latest episode took a shocking turn when he invited white nationalist Nick Fuentes onto his show for what turned into a friendly discussion about Jews, Israel, and blame, JTA reports. Carlson opened the program with a mix of curiosity and defiance. “Everybody’s going to be like, ‘You’re a Nazi, you just like Fuentes,’” he said. “But then I’m like, ‘I don’t think Fuentes is going away. Ben Shapiro tried to strangle him in the crib in college, and now he’s bigger than ever.’”
The conversation, long anticipated by followers of both men, finally confirmed that Carlson—who has remained influential within President Donald Trump’s circle—was willing to engage openly with one of America’s most notorious antisemites. Fuentes, who has built his notoriety on antisemitic rhetoric and extremist nationalism, didn’t hold back. When asked whom he most wanted to see removed from the conservative establishment, he said bluntly: “These Zionist Jews.”
Carlson, whose audience still numbers in the millions, has drawn criticism for increasingly catering to voices that promote antisemitic and anti-Israel sentiment on the right. The decision to host Fuentes came amid a growing tide of conspiratorial and extremist ideas taking root among younger conservatives. “As far as the Jews are concerned, you cannot actually divorce Israel and the neocons and all those things that you talk about from Jewishness: ethnicity, religion, identity,” Fuentes told Carlson, asserting that Jewish identity and support for Israel are inseparable.
In an apparent attempt to distance himself, Carlson interjected, signaling mild disagreement. “I’m not that interested in ‘the Jews,’ but I am very interested in the foreign policy question,” he said, adding later, “The second you’re like, ‘Well, actually, it’s the Jews,’ first of all, it’s against my Christian faith. Like, I just don’t believe that and I never will. Period. And second, then it becomes a way to discredit. That’s when I was like, ‘This guy’s a fed.’”
But Fuentes persisted, describing Jews as a people who “resist assimilation for thousands of years.” He argued that their connection to Israel was intrinsic, saying, “They’re a stateless people. They’re unassimilable… And now they have this territory in Israel. There’s a deep religious affection for the state. It’s bound up in their identity.” He traced what he called the “Jewish origins” of neoconservatism to “Jewish leftists who were mugged by reality when they saw the surprise attack in the Yom Kippur War.”
Fuentes went on to claim that his hostility toward Jewish influence began as disillusionment with his conservative idols. “Ben Shapiro, Mark Levin and Dennis Prager were my right-wing heroes in high school,” he said, recounting how his admiration faded after realizing “how pro-Israel” they were. When a colleague from The Daily Wire asked if he wanted to visit Israel, Fuentes replied, “No, I think I have everything I need right here in America…. And that was a little bit of foreshadowing.”
He said his attempts to question support for Israel were met with accusations of antisemitism. “I would say, ‘So, why do we give Israel all this money?’ They would say, ‘You’re asking it in an antisemitic way.’” The rejection, he claimed, led him to embrace conspiratorial thinking about Jewish power in media and politics.
Fuentes presented his worldview as one of reluctant revelation. “If you are a Jewish person in America, it’s sort of rational self-interest, politically, to say, ‘I am a minority. I am a religious, ethnic minority. This is not really my home. My ancestral home is in Israel,’” he said. “They have this international community across borders, extremely organized, that is putting the interests of themselves before the interests of their home country.”
Carlson responded with agreement on one point: Israel. “I always thought it’s great to criticize and question our relationship with Israel because it’s insane and it hurts us,” he told Fuentes. “We get nothing out of it. I completely agree with you there.” He went on to denounce Christian Zionists, including former US Ambassador Mike Huckabee, saying they’d been “seized by this brain virus.”
Discussing the war in Gaza, Carlson added, “One of the reasons I’m mad about Gaza is because the Israeli position is, everyone who lives in Gaza is a terrorist because of how they were born, including the women and the children. That’s not a Western view. That’s an Eastern view. That’s non-Christian. That’s totally incompatible with Christianity and Western civilization. They say, ‘Oh, we’re the defenders of Western civilization.’ Not with that attitude, you’re not.”
The episode also revisited Fuentes’s past controversies, including his notorious 2022 dinner at Mar-a-Lago with Ye and Trump. “This guy’s hardcore. I like this guy,” Trump said at the meal, according to Fuentes—though Trump later claimed not to have known who he was. When asked by Carlson what kind of America he envisioned, Fuentes was explicit: “We do need to be right-wing. We do need to be Christian. We do, on some level, need to be pro-white,” he said. “Not to the exclusion of everybody else, but recognizing that white people have a special heritage here, as Americans.”
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As final preparations are underway for the historic atzeres tefillah scheduled to take place at the entrance to Yerushalayim tomorrow protesting the arrest of bnei yeshiva for the offense of learning Torah, Yeshivas Mir Yerushalayim has announced that its talmidim will walk together with the roshei yeshiva and rabbonim from the yeshiva campus in the Beis Yisroel neighborhood to the site of the gathering.
Mir, the largest yeshiva in Eretz Yisroel with thousands of bochurim and avreichim, issued a special notice detailing the plan. According to the announcement, the talmidim will depart on foot from the yeshiva courtyard at 2:10 p.m., led by the roshei yeshiva and rabbonim. They will proceed to the intersection of Malchei Yisroel and HaTurim Streets, where they will join the masses of participants for the tefillos and recitation of Tehillim at the massive demonstration.
The yeshiva’s official notice reads: “For all bnei hayeshiva hakedoshah—the avreichim and bochurim, may they be protected. In response to the call of Maranan gedolei Yisroel and our rosh yeshiva shlit”a to take part in the atzeres tefillah in the streets of the city, to cry out to Hashem over the affront to the honor of Torah—for we have none to rely on but our Father in Heaven—on Thursday, 8 Cheshvan, bnei hayeshiva hakedoshah, together with the roshei and rabbonim of the yeshiva, will gather in unity at the corner of Malchei Yisroel and HaTurim Streets at 2:30 p.m. The procession from the yeshiva courtyard, led by the roshei and rabbonim, will depart at 2:10 p.m.”
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The latest draft of the Chok HaGiyus (Conscription Law) prepared by MK Boaz Bismuth (Likud), chairman of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, introduces a series of personal sanctions aimed at yeshiva students who receive a draft order and fail to report for service, as reported yesterday by Matzav.com.
According to the proposal, those who evade enlistment will face the loss of several rights and benefits. They will be barred from obtaining a driver’s license until the age of 23—by which time many in the yeshivah community are already married—prohibited from leaving the country, and denied access to scholarships, state employment, housing subsidies, and other financial benefits if annual recruitment targets are not met.
Committee legal adviser Adv. Miri Frankel-Shor submitted initial comments to the chairman, though she stated that her full position will be presented at the official hearing next week. Among her key recommendations is raising the first-year draft target from 4,800 to 5,760 recruits, arguing that the earlier figure applied to the previous year and no longer reflects 2025 demographics.
The plan sets out a gradual recruitment ladder: 5,760 recruits in the second year, 6,840 in the third, 7,920 in the fourth, and within five years, the conscription of half of each chareidi age cohort.
One significant change is the removal of the combat-service quota. The IDF clarified that it cannot control the precise number of soldiers assigned to combat roles, leading lawmakers to drop the requirement. The definition of “national-security service” will be expanded to include volunteering in rescue organizations and other emergency-response agencies.
The bill also narrows the definition of who qualifies as chareidi for legal purposes: anyone who studied in a yeshivah for at least two years will be counted within the chareidi population. Lawmakers said this definition was intended to include dropouts from yeshivah frameworks who still identify with the community.
The proposal limits the scope of the driving ban: it will apply only to new draft dodgers, meaning those who already hold a driver’s license will not have it revoked, in order to avoid retroactive punishment. The travel ban will also be capped—applying only until age 26—after concerns were raised that indefinite restrictions on leaving Israel could violate basic legal rights.
Public debate on the bill has been postponed to next week. Officially, the delay was made at the request of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, who asked to review the text. However, sources said the decision was also influenced by appeals from chareidi factions who did not want discussions to coincide with Thursday’s massive “Million-Man Rally” in Jerusalem.
As previously reported by Matzav.com, the IDF chief of staff will establish a special committee to oversee implementation of the law. Members will include a retired dayan from the Chief Rabbinical Court, a former IDF chief rabbi, a representative from the Human Resources Directorate, and two senior officers appointed by the chief of staff.
The committee’s mandate will be to assess whether the IDF is meeting its commitments to create service tracks suitable for chareidim and to monitor compliance with the recruitment benchmarks.
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During a conversation with reporters aboard Air Force One on Tuesday, President Donald Trump firmly defended Israel’s right to strike Hamas following an attack on IDF troops in Rafah. Describing Hamas as a “limited factor” in the broader Middle East equation, Trump made clear that restraint was not Israel’s obligation. “They killed an Israeli soldier. So the Israelis hit back. And they should hit back,” he declared. “If Hamas does not behave, they will be terminated.”
Trump’s remarks followed a fresh outbreak of violence in Rafah, where Hamas gunmen opened fire on Israeli forces, breaching the fragile ceasefire once again. The confrontation prompted a swift Israeli counterattack, including artillery fire and an IAF flyover of the area, signaling that Jerusalem would not allow such provocations to pass unanswered.
In the aftermath of the exchange, Hamas declared that it would withhold the body of an Israeli hostage it had previously agreed to return, accusing Israel of “violations” of the ceasefire. The statement marked another deliberate act of defiance by the terror group, which has repeatedly flouted the terms of the US-brokered agreement.
Despite the renewed clashes, Vice President JD Vance voiced confidence that the overall peace framework would remain intact. Addressing reporters at the Capitol, Vance remarked, “The President achieved a historic peace in the Middle East. The ceasefire is holding. That doesn’t mean that there aren’t going to be little skirmishes here and there.” He continued, “We know that Hamas or somebody else within Gaza attacked an IDF soldier. We expect the Israelis are going to respond. But I think the President’s peace is going to hold despite it.”
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The nation’s air traffic system is teetering under the weight of a deepening crisis as the government shutdown drags into its second month. Controllers across the country opened their pay stubs Tuesday to find zeroed-out checks — even as they continue managing America’s skies under crushing overtime and severe understaffing.
“The system is already short-staffed, shutdown or no shutdown, and has been for a very long time,” said Ian Petchenik, communications director for the real-time flight-tracking website Flightradar24. The mounting strain, he explained, is pushing many controllers to their breaking point.
“Even at full staff, it’s a very stressful job. Then there’s a government shutdown where you aren’t being paid anymore. This sets the backdrop for an increase over time of air traffic controllers calling out and saying look, I’m not getting paid, so maybe a six-day week and mandatory overtime right now isn’t something I can do.”
Federal Aviation Administration data shows the shortages are already taking a toll. The agency has flagged major staffing gaps at control centers overseeing airports in Denver, Philadelphia, and throughout much of the western United States.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy confirmed Tuesday that the impact has been swift and severe. According to Duffy, “44% of Sunday’s flight delays, and around 24% on Monday, were a direct result of air traffic controller staffing issues.” Those numbers mark a dramatic spike from just 5% of delays earlier this year.
The ripple effect has stretched far beyond domestic terminals. At New York’s JFK International Airport, international passengers are facing grueling customs wait times — now reaching as long as one hour and fifteen minutes, roughly half an hour longer than before the shutdown began.
Petchenik warned that other major hubs may soon face similar chaos. “Right now the facilities that are impacted vary from day to day, and are scattered throughout the country. We’re dealing with delays and a few cancelations here and there, but if it continues along this path, if there are fewer air traffic controllers working at more facilities then we start to get into real systematic issues,” he said.
And if the stalemate in Washington persists, Petchenik said, travelers should brace for even greater disruption. “It could mean travelers not getting to where they need to go, because you have a national airspace system that deals with making sure we can get roughly 50,000 scheduled flights where they need to go in a day,” he cautioned.
“If you’re adding delays on top of that because controllers can’t safely move that number of flights, something has to give. Either scheduling or something else.”
Meanwhile, frustration continues to mount on Capitol Hill. Democrats again voted Tuesday — for the 13th time — against reopening the government, keeping hundreds of thousands of federal workers in limbo.
“These are all federal employees,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune said of the unpaid controllers and other essential workers. “They want to get paid, and the way to get them paid is to open up the government.”
“With the military and our troops, law enforcement, TSA, ATC, there are some really, really bad consequences to have the government shut down,” Thune added, blasting the political gridlock. “Which is why I said nobody wins, and it seems like the Democrats have been making a calculation from day one that this is about who wins and who loses politically, and if their far left base is happy, they’re happy even if the majority of Americans are paying the price for it.”
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Early voting in New York City’s mayoral election is already drawing massive participation, with over 223,000 ballots submitted in just three days — and the numbers reveal a clear tilt toward older and Democratic voters, according to an amNewYork analysis of unofficial Board of Elections data.
Those demographics could spell opportunity for Andrew Cuomo, 67, who’s running as an independent but remains a registered Democrat. Polls show him performing best among older voters, while his 34-year-old opponent, Assembly Member Zohran Mamdani — the official Democratic nominee and current frontrunner — commands strong loyalty from younger progressives, amNewYork reports.
Between Oct. 25 and Oct. 27, about 74% of early voters were registered Democrats, the Board of Elections reported. Registered Republicans represented nearly 13%, while another 11% were unaffiliated or declined to list a party.
Both leading contenders have been chasing the city’s large Democratic base, but Cuomo has made a visible effort to attract Republicans and independents frustrated with the direction of city politics.
Generationally, amNewYork says, the early turnout skews gray. New Yorkers aged 55 and up — encompassing Baby Boomers, the Silent Generation, and what remains of the Greatest Generation — make up 41% of ballots cast. Generation X accounts for roughly 24%, while voters aged 18 to 38, including Millennials and Gen Z, total just 34%.
Those statistics mirror findings in a Gothamist report suggesting that the weekend’s turnout was heavily weighted toward older residents.
Cuomo said Tuesday he’s feeling optimistic about that trend. “I think as long as the voters are smart, I’m in very good shape,” he told reporters after earning the endorsement of former Governor David Paterson.
Despite Cuomo’s confidence, the contest remains tight. Mamdani has consistently topped recent polls, though the margins have narrowed as Nov. 4 approaches. His campaign says it’s relying on a vast network of more than 85,000 volunteers to ensure supporters reach the polls. The assemblyman expressed calm determination, saying he remains “confident in our campaign.”
Brooklyn currently leads the city’s early-voting tally with 67,608 ballots cast, narrowly edging out Manhattan’s 67,075. Queens follows with 52,062, while the Bronx and Staten Island trail with 19,094 and 17,059 respectively.
Early voting runs through Sunday, Nov. 2, at designated polling sites across the five boroughs. On Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 4, voting will take place from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. City residents can confirm their polling location at vote.nyc.
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The fallout from President Biden’s disastrous debate with Donald Trump sent shockwaves through his inner circle, triggering days of chaos, panic, and finger-pointing, according to a damning new report from the House Oversight Committee, the NY Post is reporting.
The report paints a picture of senior aides torn between loyalty and political reality as doubts over the president’s future reached a boiling point.
Behind closed doors, Biden’s most trusted advisers admitted to investigators that the June 27, 2024, debate had shattered morale and forced urgent conversations about whether he could continue as the Democratic nominee. “It is fair to say within a few days after the debate, he was aware of my view that I thought it was prudent to consider getting out of the race,” testified Jeff Zients, Biden’s former White House chief of staff.
Zients said his concerns weren’t about Biden’s capacity to govern but about whether the aging incumbent could realistically defeat Donald Trump in a grueling general election. As questions about his mental sharpness intensified, Zients revealed that other top officials quietly began to share the same doubts.
Among those alarmed were then–Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, and Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough, according to Zients. Their private misgivings added to the growing tension engulfing the administration.
“The fact of the matter was that President Biden was underwater across his administration, the caucus, donors, and the American people,” the House GOP report declared, summarizing the grim political outlook that gripped the White House.
Zients went on to acknowledge that Biden’s memory lapses had become more noticeable over time. “I think it’s always been a challenge, as it can be for a lot of busy people,” he told the committee. “He might have that challenge more than others. And I would say, like the stumbling over words, I’d say there’s been some trend of that being more common across time.”
Even as some aides began to waver, Biden’s most devoted loyalists refused to entertain the idea of withdrawal. Senior adviser Mike Donilon and counselor Steve Ricchetti urged him to stay the course, believing the storm would eventually pass.
Zients said Anita Dunn, one of Biden’s most influential communications strategists, expressed concern about his electability but ultimately sided with those who believed he could still win. “She was worried about whether he could win re-election,” Zients recalled. “But I don’t recall — in fact, I’d be very surprised if there was any absolute statement that he can’t, because she believed he could.”
As the internal fight raged, aides agreed that Biden had to appear in public more often to calm the electorate’s fears. “The plan was about, ‘How do we get him out there more?’” Zients explained. “He did a lot of different things, but — were meant to build back public confidence that he was the right person to be the next President of the United States.”
Others tried to downplay the disaster altogether. “It isn’t how the country perceived it. That just isn’t true,” Ricchetti insisted, rejecting claims that the debate exposed deep cognitive decline. Donilon — who admitted he earned $4 million for his work on Biden’s campaign and stood to receive another $4 million if Biden won reelection — defended his boss, saying, “I do not believe with the voters that it produced a substantial change in the horse race.”
Still, the damage proved irreversible. On July 21, 2024, just over three weeks after the debate, Biden bowed out of the race, ending his campaign in an extraordinary moment of political collapse.
The Oversight Committee’s report didn’t stop at recounting the chaos; it also accused White House physician Dr. Kevin O’Connor of helping conceal Biden’s mental deterioration. Along with deputy chief of staff Annie Tomasini and Anthony Bernal, Jill Biden’s chief of staff, O’Connor invoked the Fifth Amendment and declined to answer key questions about the president’s cognitive state.
The committee’s scathing findings, released as part of its broader investigation into Biden’s use of an autopen for official documents, recommended that O’Connor face a probe by the D.C. Board of Medicine for what it called a “coordinated” cover-up of the president’s decline.
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New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani is facing serious legal trouble after a campaign finance watchdog accused him of accepting thousands of dollars in prohibited foreign donations. Two criminal referrals were submitted Tuesday, charging that his campaign repeatedly violated both federal and state election laws.
The Coolidge Reagan Foundation filed the complaints with the Department of Justice’s Criminal Division and with Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office. The organization alleges that Mamdani’s campaign violated the Federal Election Campaign Act and the New York Election Code by knowingly accepting money from overseas contributors.
The move follows a report by The New York Post earlier this month revealing that Mamdani’s campaign had collected nearly $13,000 from about 170 donors listing foreign addresses — including one contribution from his own mother-in-law in Dubai.
“These are not isolated incidents or clerical errors,” said Dan Backer, a nationally recognized campaign finance attorney and president of the Coolidge Reagan Foundation.
“This was a sustained pattern of foreign money flowing into a New York City mayoral race which is a clear violation of both federal law and New York City campaign finance rules,” Backer continued. “Mamdani’s campaign was on notice for months that it was accepting illegal foreign contributions, and yet it did nothing meaningful to stop it.”
The watchdog organization, known for pursuing high-profile campaign finance cases — including complaints against Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, and the Democratic National Committee — has urged both the DOJ and DA Bragg to pursue criminal charges. According to the group, money tied to contributors in countries including Australia, Turkey, France, Canada, and Germany flowed into Mamdani’s campaign in violation of clear prohibitions.
Under federal law, it is illegal to “accept or receive” political donations from foreign nationals in any election, whether federal, state, or local. Violations can carry steep fines and possible prison terms for candidates or treasurers who knowingly accept such funds.
“The law is crystal clear that foreign nationals may not participate in American elections, and that includes making contributions,” Backer said. “Yet Mamdani’s campaign repeatedly accepted donations from individuals abroad, some even tied to regions and individuals openly sympathetic to hostile actors.”
He warned, “Whether through negligence or intent, this conduct undermines the integrity of the democratic process.”
Although Mamdani’s team has reportedly refunded a portion of the questionable donations, records indicate that at least 88 foreign contributions totaling $7,190 remain unreturned.
Mamdani’s campaign has amassed around $4 million in private contributions and received an additional $12.7 million in public matching funds, leaving about $6.1 million in cash with less than a month before election day.
Campaign spokesperson Dora Pekec defended their fundraising practices, insisting that some of the donors in question may be American citizens who reside abroad.
“All US citizens and permanent residents, including those who live outside the US, are legally permitted to donate to New York City mayoral campaigns under federal campaign finance law and New York State and City law,” Pekec said in a statement to Fox News Digital.
“The Campaign has a rigorous compliance process in place to ensure compliance with these laws, including a protocol to confirm whether donors with foreign addresses are U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents,” she added. “The Campaign will promptly issue refunds for any donations that are found to be impermissible.”
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