The IDF announced that Golani Brigade soldiers have uncovered an underground weapons storage site in southern Lebanon, near the border fence. The discovery was made during ongoing localized ground raids aimed at dismantling terrorist infrastructure in the region. Over the past week, these targeted operations have resulted in the elimination of dozens of terrorists and the seizure of large quantities of weaponry and munitions. The hidden underground cache, located in a mountainous area, contained anti-tank missiles, machine guns, AK-47 rifles, and mortar shells. The raids are part of the IDF’s broader strategy to disrupt Hezbollah’s capabilities and terrorist networks in the area.
Iran calls for an urgent United Nations Security Council meeting to condemn Israel’s airstrikes on the Islamic Republic yesterday. Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi sends a letter to the UN chief and the head of the Council “demanding an urgent meeting of the Security Council to take a decisive position in condemning this aggression,” a ministry statement says.
The owner and manager of the cargo ship that caused the deadly Baltimore bridge collapse have agreed to pay more than $102 million in cleanup costs to settle a lawsuit brought by the Justice Department, officials said Thursday. The settlement does not cover any damages for rebuilding the bridge, officials said in a news release announcing the agreement. That construction project could cost close to $2 billion. The state of Maryland has filed its own claim seeking those damages, among others. The settlement comes a month after the Justice Department sued the ship’s owner Grace Ocean Private Ltd. and manager Synergy Marine Group, both based in Singapore, seeking to recover funds from the cleanup. The Justice Department alleged that the electrical and mechanical systems on the ship, the Dali, were improperly maintained, causing it to lose power and veer off course before striking a support column on the Francis Scott Key Bridge in March. The ship was leaving Baltimore for Sri Lanka when its steering failed because of the power loss. Six men on a road crew, who were filling potholes during an overnight shift, fell to their deaths. Cleanup crews worked around the clock searching for bodies and removing thousands of tons of mangled steel and smashed concrete from the bottom of the Patapsco River. The Dali remained stuck amid the wreckage for almost two months, with collapsed steel trusses draped across the ship’s damaged bow. “This resolution ensures that the costs of the federal government’s cleanup efforts in the Fort McHenry Channel are borne by Grace Ocean and Synergy and not the American taxpayer,” Principal Deputy Associate Attorney General Benjamin Mizer said in a statement. The collapse snarled commercial shipping traffic through the Port of Baltimore and put many local longshoremen out of work before the channel was fully opened in June. It interrupted East Coast shipping routes as the port is one of the busiest in the country, especially for cars and farm equipment. Grace Ocean and Synergy filed a court petition just days after the collapse seeking to limit their legal liability in what could become the most expensive marine casualty case in history. Court records show attorneys for both parties said in a joint filing Thursday that they had reached a settlement agreement and requested dismissal of the Justice Department’s claim, which sought $103 million in cleanup costs. In a written statement early Friday, a spokesperson for the companies said the settlement isn’t an admission of responsibility or wrongdoing. He said Grace Ocean and Synergy will “vigorously defend themselves” in the other pending proceedings. “The settlement strictly covers costs related to clearing the channel, which we would have been responsible for in any case, and is not indicative of any liability, which we expressly reject for the incident that led to the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge,” spokesperson Darrell Wilson said, noting that the agreement did not include any punitive damages. The Justice Department claim was one of many filed in an expansive liability case that will ultimately determine how much the ship’s owner and manager will owe for their role in causing the disaster. The other claims are still unresolved. They’ve been filed on behalf of the victims’ families, companies whose business has suffered as a result of the collapse, municipal entities […]
A makeshift aquarium that popped up this summer in a puddle beneath a leaky fire hydrant has been paved over, to the dismay of neighbors who turned the area into a hangout spot and goldfish shrine. The city’s Department of Environmental Protection has long said the dribbling hydrant created a safety hazard. Workers filled the earthen area that formerly held the puddle Friday morning, and yellow tape cordoned off a patch of freshly poured concrete around the repaired hydrant, leaving it looking like the city’s smallest-ever crime scene. “Oh my God,” said Sofia Talavera, her hands raised to her head as she looked at the spot. “People actually took their time and their money to make it beautiful. This was literally the community coming together.” The so-called Bed-Stuy Aquarium, named after the surrounding Brooklyn neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant, was formed when the leaky hydrant carved out the shallow pool next to a tree bed on a residential street and residents filled it with store-bought goldfish. The pond was controversial from the start. Some of the fish were “rescued” over the summer by people concerned about their welfare. That angered others, who said the fish were fine, restocked the pool and set up a watch. After media attention and some donations, organizers kept building out the site, adding signage, decorations and seating. A bootleg sign designed to look like an official Parks Department plaque read “BEDSTUY AQUARIUM,” and a telephone pole was painted with palm-size goldfish surrounded in blue. The pond was easy for tourists to find after it became searchable on Google Maps. Two visitors from California who came to the site Friday morning said they had planned to send a picture to friends in Los Angeles who were obsessed from afar. “Now we have to break the news,” said Adam Aguilar, a visual artist. His friend laid a bouquet of flowers next to two flickering candles at an impromptu memorial site. It always seemed inevitable that the fish would eventually have to be removed. The Fire Department needs hydrants to be in working order. Winter was coming. Fire officials fixed the hydrant Tuesday, but residents quickly replenished the pond with water and fish. Videos on social media showed testy exchanges between locals and fire department workers, and police protection for the cement-layers. The Department of Environmental Protection said in a statement that it was “looking forward to working with community members to find an appropriate alternative location for this impromptu gem,” adding, “This allows us to keep New Yorkers safe by ensuring that the previously leaking fire hydrant doesn’t freeze over and become inoperable.” The remaining goldfish were removed and placed in a bucket, the department said. Some residents expressed optimism that the pond could be moved to a nearby community garden, while others are holding out for converting a derelict storefront on the block into an indoor aquarium and hangout space. Organizers most involved in those efforts declined to comment. On his way to work, Jon Frier passed by the site and joked to friends, “Does anyone have a jackhammer?” He paused to try to draw a goldfish in the wet concrete. Across the street, an employee in a Environment Protection truck warned him not to with a long honk, backed up by a police officer in another vehicle. […]
If Donald Trump wins the presidential election, Republicans hope he will fulfill a longstanding GOP goal of privatizing the mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which have been under government control since the Great Recession. But Democrats and some economists warn that, especially in this time of high mortgage rates, doing so will make buying a home even more expensive. Republicans contend the Federal Housing Finance Agency has been overseeing the two firms far too long, stymying competition in the housing finance market while putting taxpayers at risk should another bailout be necessary, like in 2008. President Donald Trump sought to free the two companies from government control when he was in office, but Joe Biden’s victory in 2020 prevented that from happening. Democrats fear ending the conservatorship would cause mortgage prices to jump since Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac would need to raise fees to make up for the increased risks they would face without government support. The two firms guarantee roughly half of the $12 trillion U.S. home loan market and are a bedrock of the U.S. economy. Project 2025, a handbook for the next Republican administration, includes a key call for the conservatorship to end, though Trump has sought to distance himself from the 920-page document, which was drafted by longtime allies and former officials of his administration. “If his (Donald Trump’s) Project 2025 agenda is put into effect, it will add around $1,200 a year to the typical American mortgage,” Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris said during an August rally in North Carolina, building off of a 2015 analysis by economists Jim Parrott and Mark Zandi. Parrott, a fellow at the Urban Institute, and Zandi, chief economist for Moody’s Analytics, concluded that a privatized Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac “would need to hold more capital against riskier loans … forcing them to either increase mortgage rates for these borrowers or lend less to them.” Ultimately, they found that privatization would cause rates for 30-year mortgages to rise between 0.43% and 0.97%. Applying that to the average homeowner’s mortgage balance of $244,500 in 2023, that would be about $730 to $1,670 more per year. Parrott told The Associated Press he was surprised to see his analysis resurfaced nearly a decade later, but he stands behind it. “Privatization would cause a pretty significant spike in the cost of buying a home for most Americans,” said Parrott, who worked on the National Economic Council under then-President Barack Obama. But to economist Mark Calabria, who headed the FHFA during Trump’s presidency, those fears are unfounded and the federal government has what he considers a “statutory mandate” to return the companies to private ownership. “I didn’t find it to be a credible or compelling” argument, Calabria, now a senior adviser at the libertarian Cato Institute, said of Zandi’s and Parrott’s analysis. Calabria said Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are much more financially healthy now and it’s “completely doable” to remove them from conservatorship by 2027 once they raise the additional funds needed to strike out on their own. “I don’t think there should be any concerns that suddenly mortgages will become more or less expensive,” Calabria said. “If you want to be able to strengthen our mortgage financial system so that we make sure that people are in reasonable, responsible […]
A Colorado man repeatedly made online threats about killing the top elections officials in his state and Arizona — both Democrats — as well as a judge and law enforcement agents, according to a guilty plea he entered Wednesday. Teak Ty Brockbank, 45, acknowledged to a federal judge in Denver that his comments were made “out of fear, hate and anger,” as he sat dressed in a khaki jail uniform before pleading guilty to one count of transmitting interstate threats. He faces up to five years in prison when he’s sentenced on Feb. 3. Brockbank’s case is the 16th conviction secured by the Justice Department’s Election Threats Task Force, which Attorney General Merrick Garland formed in 2021 to combat the rise of threats targeting the election community. “As we approach Election Day, the Justice Department’s warning remains clear: anyone who illegally threatens an election worker, official, or volunteer will face the consequences,” Garland said in a statement. Brockbank did not elaborate Wednesday on the threats he made, and court documents outlining the plea agreement were not immediately made public. His lawyer Thomas Ward declined to comment after the hearing. However, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Colorado said in statement that the plea agreement included the threats Brockbank made against the election officials — identified in evidence as Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold and former Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, now the state’s governor. Griswold has been outspoken nationally on elections security and has received threats in the past over her insistence that the 2020 election was secure. Her office says she has gotten more frequent and more violent threats since September 2023, when a group of voters filed a lawsuit attempting to remove former President Donald Trump from Colorado’s primary ballot. “I refuse to be intimidated and will continue to make sure every eligible Republican, Democrat, and Unaffiliated voter can make their voices heard in our elections,” Griswold said in a statement issued after Brockbank’s plea. Investigators say Brockbank began to express the view that violence against public officials was necessary in late 2021. According to a detention motion, Brockbank told investigators after his arrest that he’s not a “vigilante” and hoped his posts would simply “wake people up.” He has been jailed since his Aug. 23 arrest in Cortez, Colorado. Brockbank criticized the government’s response to Tina Peters, a former Colorado county clerk convicted this year for allowing a breach of her election system inspired by false claims about election fraud in the 2020 presidential race, according to court documents. He also was upset in December 2023 after a divided Colorado Supreme Court removed Trump from the state’s presidential primary ballot. In one social media post in August 2022, referring to Griswold and Hobbs, Brockbank said: “Once those people start getting put to death then the rest will melt like snowflakes and turn on each other,” according to copies of the threats included in court documents. In September 2021, Brockbank said Griswold needed to “hang by the neck till she is Dead Dead Dead,” saying he and other “every day people” needed to hold her and others accountable, prosecutors said. Brockbank also posted in October 2021 that he could use his rifle to “put a bullet” in the head of a state judge who had overseen Brockbank’s […]
Progressive Democrats warn Kamala Harris risks losing the support of a small but significant portion of her political base unless she changes her campaign’s closing message — and its messengers — immediately. Specifically, several progressive leaders believe that the Democratic nominee has been too focused on winning over moderate Republicans in recent days at the expense of her own party’s passionate liberals. And they say that Harris’ closing message, which is increasingly centered on Republican Donald Trump and the threat he poses to U.S. democracy, ignores the economic struggles of the nation’s working class. Some far-left leaders are also irked that Harris has shared the stage in recent days with former House Republican leader Liz Cheney and billionaire businessman Mark Cuban while progressive icons like Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have been relegated to low-profile roles. “The truth of the matter is that there are a hell of a lot more working-class people who could vote for Kamala Harris than there are conservative Republicans,” Sanders told The Associated Press in an interview Thursday. Sanders noted that he’s been doing whatever he’s asked to help Harris win. He has participated in two dozen Harris campaign related-events this month alone, although they’re largely in rural areas. None have been with Harris. “She has to start talking more to the needs of working-class people,” Sanders said. “I wish this had taken place two months ago. It is what it is.” The Harris campaign believes there are still undecided moderates Less than two weeks before Election Day, Harris is trying to assemble a sprawling coalition featuring voting groups with conflicting priorities. She’s relying on the traditional Democratic base — African Americans, Latinos and young people who overwhelmingly lean left. Harris’ team is aware that some liberals are frustrated by her approach, especially on her support for Israel’s war against Hamas. But the campaign sees a major opportunity to expand her coalition by winning over disaffected Republicans, especially college-educated voters in the nation’s suburbs, who are uneasy about Trump. From the Harris campaign’s perspective, the focus on moderate Republicans at this moment is simply a matter of math. The Democrat’s campaign assesses that 10% of swing-state voters are still undecided or persuadable, according to an aide who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal strategy. Of that 10%, some 7% are considered “Cheney Republicans” who are receptive to messages attacking Trump, the aide said. At the same time, the Harris campaign believes her chief political liability is the perception that she’s too far left. Trump’s allies are pounding the airwaves accusing the former California senator of being a “radical-left liberal.” Therefore, she has been reluctant to appear with progressive icons like Sanders, a self-described democratic socialist. Harris instead made three swing-state appearances this week with Cheney, a stalwart conservative who was a Trump ally before turning sharply against him after the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection. Harris is scheduled to deliver a major address next week, a formal closing argument of sorts, focused on the danger Trump poses to U.S. democracy. She will deliver the speech on Tuesday at the Ellipse in Washington, the same location where Trump hosted the rally that preceded the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Progressives want Harris to talk more about the economy Frustrated progressives do not discount the need to warn […]
Russia has helped amplify and spread false and misleading internet claims about recent hurricanes in the United States and the federal government’s response, part of a wider effort by the Kremlin to manipulate America’s political discourse before the presidential election, new research shows. The content, spread by Russian state media and networks of social media accounts and websites, criticizes the federal response to Hurricanes Helene and Milton, exploiting legitimate concerns about the recovery effort in an attempt to paint American leaders as incompetent and corrupt, according to research from the Institute for Strategic Dialogue. The London-based organization tracks disinformation and online extremism. In some cases, the claims about the storms include fake images created using artificial intelligence, such as a photo depicting scenes of devastating flooding at Disney World that never happened, researchers say. The approach is consistent with the Kremlin’s long-standing practice of identifying legitimate debates and contentious issues in the U.S. and then exploiting them. Previous disinformation campaigns have harnessed debates about immigration, racism, crime and the economy in an effort to portray the U.S. as corrupt, violent and unjust. U.S. intelligence officials and private tech companies say Russian activity has increased sharply before the Nov. 5 election as Moscow tries to capitalize on an opportunity to undermine its chief global adversary. By seizing on real concerns about disaster recovery, Russia’s disinformation agencies can worm their way into U.S. discourse, using hot-button issues to undermine Americans’ trust in their government and each other. “These are not situations that foreign actors are creating,” said Melanie Smith, director of research at ISD. “They’re simply pouring gasoline on fires that already exist.” The content identified by ISD included English-language posts obviously meant for Americans, as well as Russian-language propaganda intended for domestic audiences. Much of the disinformation took aim at the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Democratic administration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. She is her party’s nominee in the White House race against former President Donald Trump. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine remains the Kremlin’s prime motivation for spreading lies about the hurricane response. If Russia can persuade enough Americans to oppose U.S. support for Ukraine, that could ease the way for a Moscow victory, officials and analysts have said. U.S. intelligence officials have said Russia’s disinformation seems designed to support Trump, who has praised Russian President Vladimir Putin and disparaged the NATO alliance and Ukraine’s leaders. Posts linked to Russia routinely denigrate Harris, saying she is ignoring the pleas of storm victims. By contrast, a recent post from Russian state media company RT called Trump “a mystical figure of historic proportions.” Intelligence officials confirmed Tuesday that Russia created a manipulated video to smear Harris’ running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. Russia has rejected claims that it trying to meddle in the U.S. election. The Russian Embassy hasn’t responded to messages this week seeking comment about recent allegations by researchers and intelligence officials. Researchers at ISD found that Russian disinformation agents exploited weak content moderation on U.S.-owned social media platforms such as X to spread their content far and wide. Before it was purchased and renamed by Elon Musk, the platform once known as Twitter required labels on content from authoritarian state media. Musk rescinded that rule and gutted the platform’s content moderation efforts, leading to […]
In her latest jab at former President Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton is reaching deep into the archives, claiming that Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden this Sunday will “reenact” an infamous 1939 Nazi event held in the same venue. Yes, you read that right. In a CNN interview with Kaitlan Collins, Clinton accused Trump’s rally of echoing the American Nazi Party gathering nearly 85 years ago, where extremists gathered to express sympathies with Hitler’s Germany. “One other thing that you’ll see next week, Kaitlin, is Trump actually reenacting the [Nazi] Madison Square Garden rally in 1939,” Clinton said, reaching so far that even viewers had to do a double-take. “President Franklin Roosevelt was appalled that neo-Nazis, fascists in America were lining up to essentially pledge their support for the kind of government that they were seeing in Germany. So I don’t think we can ignore it.” Not stopping there, Clinton found backup from fellow Democrats, including State Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal, who piled on by calling Trump’s event “not terribly dissimilar from that infamous rally back in 1939 at Madison Square Garden that was sponsored by the American Nazi Party.” As if one could even compare 1930s German sympathizers to today’s supporters of a former U.S. president in a blue stronghold like New York. Despite the rhetoric, Trump’s event is likely just another rally to energize his base in New York, potentially attracting donations and publicity. Even New York Governor Kathy Hochul, though likely not a Trump fan herself, is taking a decidedly more level-headed view of the event. “This is America, so people can have rallies, and it’s their right to gather,” Hochul said, noting that law enforcement is prepared to handle the event if necessary, with the NYPD’s 30,000 officers and her own backup of 6,000 state police ready to assist. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)
Israel’s United Hatzalah organization said on Motzei Shabbos that they had made special preparations ahead of Israel’s attack on Iran on Shabbos morning. The Hatzalah staff was asked to prepare to send messages to all volunteers in shuls and Shomer Shabbos communities across Israel in the case of an emergency [such as Iran carrying out an immediate retaliatory attack]. In Bnei Brak, loudspeakers were set up throughout the city for announcements in case of an emergency. HaRav Naftali Halperin, Hatzalah’s halachic coordinator, was sent on Shabbos to the homes of Gedolei Yisrael to update them on the attack in Iran and receive their instructions in the case of an Iranian retaliatory attack. Also, B’Chadrei Chareidim reported that on Friday, [Isru Chag in Israel], a senior Air Force commander called the Belzer Rebbe to ask for a bracha ahead of the attack on Iran. (YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
After more than three weeks of waiting, on Friday night after midnight, the Israeli Air Force launched Operation Days of Repentance, targeting strategic sites deep in Iran. Kan News reported that Israel is maintaining silence about the damage caused in Iran to the 20 targeted sites but sources familiar with the matter have stated that significant damage was inflicted on Iran’s air defense systems and ballistic missile production capabilities. Ynet reported that IRGC command facilities incurred significant damage as well. The Saudi Elaph site reported that Israel hit an important factory used for the production of Iranian ballistic missiles. A source knowledgeable about the details claimed that Israel targeted a solid fuel production plant used to propel the ‘Khyber’ and ‘Qassem’ missiles, known for being fired towards Israel in the Iranian assault on October 1st. The source emphasized that this factory is considered the “backbone of Iran’s missile industry” and claimed that “Israel rendered it inoperable.” Reports indicate that four buildings at the covert military facility located in Parchin near Tehran were damaged. The facility is regarded as relatively new and advanced, and it is believed to have been used by Iran as part of its nuclear program. According to the same source, about 20 “planetary mixers” [a key component in fuel production for ballistic missiles] were destroyed, each valued at least two million dollars. Experts familiar with Iran’s missile industry told the Saudi site that it would take at least two years to restore the factory to operation. Channel 12 News reported that more details are expected to emerge later, but for now, it can be concluded that Iran’s air defense capabilities have been damaged to an extent that will take years to restore. The impact on Iran’s air defense system allows the Israeli Air Force unprecedented operational freedom over Iran will facilitate further strikes in the future. The attack also caused significant damage to Iran’s production capabilities of ground-to-ground missiles—damage that will take the regime years to recover from. According to Channel 12, the strike in Iran is not only an act of retaliation for the attack on October 1st but also an opportunity for Israel and momentum for further attacks. Iran has tried to downplay the reports on the scale of the attack, but footage from Iran reveals the extensive damage caused to the bases. According to the Kan report, the attack utilized capabilities that the Israeli Air Force built over two decades – in operational, aerial, and intelligence aspects. Dozens of fighter jets, refuelers, and intelligence planes participated in the attack, flying about 1,500 kilometers. The Air Force has conducted many long-range strike exercises in recent weeks, including flights in various formations, with refueling carried out en route to the target. According to protocol, the planes were armed with different types of munitions, some carrying bombs and others missiles for interception to secure the planes in the air and to enable air combat. Based on past experience from the Air Force’s strikes in Yemen, many squadrons participated in the attack with a variety of aircraft, each with different capabilities according to their missions. “This is one of Israel’s most successful operations to date,” a senior Israeli official told Ynet. “All designated targets were hit and damaged. It was a show of strength that has bolstered deterrence.” “The logic […]
Noam Amir, the military analyst for Israel’s Channel 14 stated on Motzei Shabbos that the entire Israeli Air Force was mobilized in the attack on Iran. He revealed that 90% of Iran’s air defense system was destroyed in the strikes – paving the way for further attacks. “According to foreign reports, Israel hit four out of the five missile batteries Iran has,” Amir noted, “which means that 90% of Iran’s air defense capability has been neutralized. Just think about how Israel would look without 90% of its air defense.” Amir also addressed the damage to Iran’s facilities for fuel and engines used for ballistic missiles. “We didn’t eliminate the ability to produce the missile itself, but we targeted the ability to build the missile engines and the fuel that powers them. Iran has invested years to achieve this capability, mainly with the help of China, and destroying these infrastructures could delay the recovery process for years to come.” Amir emphasized that the entire Air Force was active during the assault – although not all aircraft were required to cover distances of about 1,600 kilometers as in previous strikes. He mentioned that the attack was planned differently than previous operations, such as in Yemen, focusing on attacking a broader number of targets. While the attack did not include strikes on nuclear facilities, Amir believes that it will now be much easier to target those facilities in the future. “I believe this is an opening shot, not a final blow. Time will reveal the true implications of this attack.” (YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
For years, the sign had been sitting in a corner of the Republican Party headquarters in Mahoning County, Ohio, gathering dust. “Welcome future Speaker of House Jim Jordan,” it said. Donald Skowron, a retired Youngstown police officer who had stenciled the sign back in 2015, made sure it was back on display, spruced up for the occasion, as Jordan stopped by last week for a campaign visit ahead of this year’s election. Jordan didn’t acknowledge the sign and instead focused his brief remarks on the candidates in Ohio’s most competitive races that could determine control of the House and Senate. But the Ohio Republican’s leadership ambitions have been vividly apparent, if unspoken, as he engages on a multi-state tour aimed at bolstering House Republican candidates. Jordan denies that he’s running for any leadership job, telling The Associated Press in an interview in the lobby of a Marriott hotel that his aims are to help maintain Republican control and lead the House Judiciary Committee for another two years. “I’m focused,” Jordan said when asked about running for a leadership position, and then he shifted gears. “We’re going to win, and Mike Johnson is going to be speaker and President Trump is going to be in the White House,” he said. Yet the 60-year-old has spent the runup to Election Day acting less like a powerful committee chairman and more like an “informal” member of the House Republican leadership team, according to GOP lawmakers and aides. Many see his activities as a shadow race of sorts to become GOP leader, particularly if the party loses its majority and seeks a fresh start. Jordan has appeared with incumbents and candidates in Colorado, Arkansas, Missouri and Michigan. And he’s been active in his home state of Ohio, which has two of the most competitive House races in the country. Rep. Michael Rulli, R-Ohio, who spent several days with Jordan as he trekked across the state from Toledo to Akron, said Jordan has been “working around the clock.” “I do think he’s kind of an informal member of the leadership team,” Republican candidate Kevin Coughlin, who is running in a tight race for Ohio’s 13th District, told the AP. “There’s no question about that, that he’s part of decision making.” Once loathed by Republican leaders, Jordan has evolved from outside agitator to party asset. The change has come amid a broader transformation in the GOP, first under the Tea Party and now in the age of Trump as he seeks another term in the White House. Coughlin, who has known Jordan since the two men both served in the Ohio Statehouse, said Jordan “has figured out how to walk the balance between principle and effectiveness.” “You know, if you’re one of those folks that just wants to burn the place down when you don’t get your way every time, you’re not going to be a very effective person,” Coughlin said. “And I think he’s figured that out.” Jordan is a beloved figure within the GOP base in part because of his pugilistic style on Capitol Hill, where he is known for sparring with Democrats in committee hearings. Republicans facing both tough and easy races across the country have been eager to appear alongside Jordan, wanting both the enthusiasm he brings as voters line up to […]
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A NASA astronaut who was briefly hospitalized after returning from space has been released, the space agency said Saturday. NASA’s Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt and Jeanette Epps, and Russia’s Alexander Grebenkin were flown to the hospital for additional medical checks Friday after parachuting into the Gulf of Mexico off the Florida coast aboard a SpaceX capsule. Three were released and returned to Houston. A NASA astronaut — who was not identified — was kept for observation for an unspecified medical issue. Citing patient privacy, the space agency declined to identify the astronaut or release details about their condition — other than to say the astronaut is in “good health” and would “resume normal post-flight reconditioning with other crew members.” The crew arrived at the International Space Station in March and should have been back on Earth two months ago. But the return trip was delayed by Boeing’s new Starliner astronaut capsule and Hurricane Milton. (AP)
The IDF has announced that four reservist soldiers from the 8207th Battalion, 228th Brigade (Alon), were killed during combat operations in southern Lebanon. Just last night, YWN published that 13 soldiers were killed over the second days of Sukkos. The fallen soldiers were engaged in clashes with Hezbollah forces when they sustained fatal injuries. At least 14 others were wounded. The soldiers killed in action are: – Captain (res.) Rabbi Avraham Yosef Goldberg, 43, from Jerusalem, who served as the Battalion Rabbi. – Master Sergeant (res.) Gilad Elmaliach, 30, from Jerusalem, a soldier in the 8207th Battalion. – Captain (res.) Amit Chayut, 29, from Haifa, who was a Platoon Commander. – Major (res.) Eliav Amram Abitbol, 36, from Eitan, the Company Deputy Commander. In addition to the fatalities, three reservists and a Combat Engineering Officer were severely injured in the same incident. They were evacuated to a hospital for medical treatment, and their families have been notified. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)
Dozens of Israelis were injured after a Palestinian terrorist drove a truck into a crowded at a bus stop near the IDF’s Glilot Base in central Israel. He was shot and “neutralized” by armed civilians at the scene. According to initial findings, the incident occurred when a bus stopped to drop off passengers at the station outside the military base. At that moment, the truck rammed into the bus stop, striking multiple people. At least 35 individuals were injured in the attack. They include six in serious condition, five in moderate condition. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)
Iranian sources told the New York Times that Israel successfully attacked the secret military base in Parchin on the outskirts of Tehran. Parchin is known for its missile and suicide drone production technologies along with nuclear technologies. The Iranian sources, including a member of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps, said one drone hit Parchin and two others were shot down. The sources added that Israel attacked an S-300 air defense battery stationed at Imam Khomeini International Airport, which protects parts of Tehran They added that at least three missile bases of the Revolutionary Guards were damaged in the attack. The attack on the S-300 was confirmed by an Israeli official who told the Wall Street Journal: “The message is that we don’t want an escalation, but if Iran decides to escalate and attack Israel again,” the damage to the S-300s increases Israel’s “range of freedom of movement in the Iranian skies.” (YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
An attack on an Iranian police convoy Saturday in the country’s restive southern province of Sistan and Baluchestan killed at least 10 officers, authorities said. Details remain scarce over the attack in Gohar Kuh, some 1,200 kilometers (745 miles) southeast of the Iranian capital, Tehran. Initially, reports simply described an attack by “miscreants” without more information. But shortly after, Iranian state media said 10 officers had been killed. HalVash, an advocacy group for the Baluch people of Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan, posted photos and video of what appeared to be a disabled truck painted with the green stripe used by Iranian police vehicles. One graphic photo shared by the group showed what appeared to be the corpses of two police officers in the front seat of the truck. HalVash said the attack appeared to target two security force vehicles and all those riding in them were killed. The truck appeared to have only damage from bullets, rather than any explosive being used. The state-run IRNA news agency said that Eskandar Momeni, the country’s interior minister, ordered an investigation into the incident that it described as causing the “martyrdom of a number of police.” Authorities identified no immediate suspects for the attack, nor did any group claim responsibility. The assault came after Israel launched a major attack across Iran early Saturday morning. The Baluch regions across the three nations have faced a low-level insurgency by Baluch nationalists for more than two decades. Verifying information remains difficult in Iran’s Sistan and Baluchistan, which for decades has been home to violence involving heroin traffickers. The province is one of the least developed parts of Iran. Relations between the predominantly Sunni Muslim residents of the region and Iran’s Shiite theocracy have long been strained. Typical attacks involve hit-and-run assaults by militants in the region, like the Sunni militant group Jaish al-Adl, that kill a few security officials at a time. However, there have been mass casualty attacks by militants in the past. In April, gunmen wearing explosive vests attacks several sites in the province, killing 10 before security forces gunned down 18 militants. Last December, another assault killed 11 and wounded eight others. Meanwhile, the Taliban said they are investigating reports that Afghan migrants had been killed by Iranian security forces in the region earlier in October, an incident that threatened to further strain relations between the nations. (AP)
The United States has approved $2 billion in arms sales to Taiwan, including the first-time delivery to the self-ruled island of an advanced surface-to-air missile defense system, in a move sure to anger China. Taiwan’s presidential office on Saturday thanked Washington for greenlighting the potential arms sales. Under the island’s new president, Lai Ching-te, Taiwan has been stepping up defense measures as China increased its military threats against the territory it claims as its own. Beijing last week held war games encircling Taiwan for the second time since Lai took office in May. The U.S. is Taiwan’s strongest unofficial ally and its laws bound it to provide Taiwan with the means to defend itself. “Strengthening Taiwan’s self-defense capabilities is the foundation for maintaining regional stability,” Taiwan’s presidential spokesperson Karen Kuo said. The potential sales package includes three National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NASAMS) and related equipment valued at up to $1.16 billion, according to the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Political-Military Affairs. It also includes radar systems worth an estimated $828 million. The Chinese government did not immediately comment on the potential arms sales. The NASAMS system has been battle-tested in Ukraine and will help to strengthen the Taiwanese army’s air defense capabilities, Taiwan’s Defense Ministry said. China’s war games last week were aimed at practicing the “sealing off of key ports and key areas” around Taiwan, according to Chinese officials. Taiwan counted a record one-day total of 153 aircraft, 14 navy vessels and 12 Chinese government ships. (AP)
