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Ex-Insider Alleges Netanyahu Immediately Sought to Shift Blame After Oct. 7 Massacre

A former close aide to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that immediately following the October 2023 Hamas attack that triggered Israel’s two-year war in Gaza, the Israeli leader instructed him to figure out how the premier could evade responsibility for the security breach. Former Netanyahu spokesperson Eli Feldstein, who faces trial for allegedly leaking classified […]

Medicaid Paid Over $200 Million for Care of Deceased Enrollees, Watchdog Says

Medicaid programs made more than $200 million in improper payments to health care providers between 2021 and 2022 for people who had already died, according to a new report from the independent watchdog for the Department of Health and Human Services. But the department’s Office of Inspector General said it expects a new provision in […]

Hunter Biden Criticizes Father, Slams Lax Border Control, Admits Afghanistan Withdrawal Was An “Obvious Failure”

Hunter Biden criticized key elements of his father’s presidency in a new interview, faulting the Biden administration’s handling of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and acknowledging failures on immigration policy, breaking from the family’s typically unified public defense of Joe Biden’s record. Appearing Monday on The Shawn Ryan Show, the former first son said his […]

Al-Shabaab Terrorist Who Plotted 9/11-Style Plane Attack in U.S. Gets Life in Prison

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 […]

“The System Is Chaotic Now”: Customs Brokers Navigate Trump’s Trade War

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 […]

Supreme Court Blocks Trump from Deploying National Guard to Chicago

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 Oct. 7–Style Attack, Terrifying Report Warns

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 […]

Houthis and Yemen Government Reach Deal to Release Thousands of Prisoners

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 […]

Contact Lost with Jet Carrying Libyan Army Chief After Departure 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 Names Lillian Bonsignore as Next FDNY Commissioner

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 […]

Former Trump Ally Turned Critic George Conway Files to Run for Congress

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 […]

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