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A federal judge has sentenced Cholo Abdi Abdullah, an al-Shabaab operative who trained as a commercial pilot in preparation for a 9/11-style suicide attack on U.S. soil, to life in prison, capping a years-long terrorism case that likely prevented a mass-casualty catastrophe. The sentence was handed down Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres following […]

BREAKING UPDATE: A Delaware State Trooper has died following an active shooter incident at a Wilmington DMV, authorities confirm.

UPDATE: A mass casualty incident has been declared after a reported gas main leak sparked an explosion and fire at Silver Lake Nursing Home in Bucks County, PA. Multiple victims are reportedly still trapped. Search and rescue efforts are ongoing.

After a half-century immersed in the world of trade, customs broker Amy Magnus thought she’d seen it all, navigating mountains of regulations and all sorts of logistical hurdles to import everything from lumber and bananas to circus animals and Egyptian mummies. Then came 2025. Tariffs were imposed in ways she’d never seen. New rules left […]

UPDATE: Delaware Governor Matt Meyer confirms the shooter is dead following a shooting at a Wilmington DMV.

SHOCKING IMAGE: Massive damage seen at the Bristol Health and Rehab Center (nursing home) in Bristol, Pennsylvania following an apparent gas explosion. There are reportedly people trapped inside. There is a fire burning at the facility as well. Rescues underway.

The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that President Trump cannot deploy National Guard troops to Chicago while a legal challenge moves forward. The ruling leaves in place a lower-court decision blocking the administration from placing National Guard members on the streets of Chicago and surrounding areas.

Israel is failing to protect Yerushalayim from the threat of an October 7–style mass infiltration, leaving vast security gaps along the city’s eastern flank that could be exploited by terrorists, State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman warned in a blistering report released Tuesday. Englman found that Israel’s political and security leadership have largely failed to internalize the […]

A 20-year-old man from Sarasota, Florida, Lucas Alexander Temple, has been federally indicted on weapons charges, including possessing an unregistered firearm and a firearm with a removed serial number, the U.S. Department of Justice says. Federal agents say a November search of his home uncovered a written plan for a racially motivated act of violence, […]

Yemen’s internationally recognized government and the Iran-backed Houthi rebels have reached an agreement to free 2,900 detainees held during the 11-year civil war, according to Saudi and Houthi officials. Saudi Ambassador Mohamed AlJabir said in a statement on X that the agreement was signed under the supervision of the Office of the U.N. Special Envoy […]

BREAKING: Turkish authorities have confirmed that the Falcon 50 jet carrying Libyan Army Chief Muhammed Ali Al-Haddad crashed after departing from Ankara.

Türkiye’s Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya confirms that contact was lost with a Falcon 50 jet carrying Libyan Army Chief Muhammed Ali Al-Haddad after its departure from Ankara. According to reports, the jet crashed. Earlier today, Al-Haddad met with senior Turkish military officials.

Zohran Mamdani has tapped Lillian Bonsignore, a longtime FDNY veteran and former EMS chief, to serve as the next FDNY commissioner. Bonsignore, who retired in 2022 after 31 years, would become only the second woman to lead the FDNY. She replaces Robert Tucker, who resigned one day after Mamdani defeated former Gov. Andrew Cuomo in […]

George Conway, a former conservative lawyer who has become one of President Donald Trump’s most outspoken critics, is taking steps toward a run for Congress in an open New York City seat. Conway filed paperwork Monday to run as a Democrat in New York’s 12th Congressional District, though he has not made an official announcement […]

At least one in five members of Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s transition operation has documented ties to radical anti-Zionist groups that openly promote terror and harass Jewish people, according to a report released Monday by the Anti-Defamation League. The ADL’s analysis found that roughly 80 of the more than 400 people appointed to Mamdani’s 17 transition […]

Israel’s High Court on Tuesday rejected Justice Minister Yariv Levin’s request to reconsider the appointment of retired judge Asher Kula, the Ombudsman for Complaints Against Judges, to lead the investigation into the leak of the Sdei Teiman video by former Military Advocate General Yifat Tomer‑Yerushalmi. In response, Levin issued a blistering attack on the Court […]