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NYPD officers salute Officer Sharjeel Waris as he leaves the hospital after being shot in the face during a Brooklyn ambush — he had returned fire, killing the attacker.

The IDF carried out a strike in the last few minutes in the Zaitun neighborhood of Gaza City, where multiple terrorists were reportedly killed. Earlier today, terrorists carried out sniper fire at IDF forces in the Rafah area from long distance inside the yellow-line territory, with no Israeli casualties reported.

NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch will remain New York City’s top cop under Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, a move aimed at easing concerns from business leaders and moderate Democrats about the incoming progressive administration. Tisch, 44, accepted Mamdani’s offer following weeks of speculation and behind-the-scenes lobbying from political and business power brokers. The decision fulfills Mamdani’s campaign […]

BREAKING: House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan has referred former special-counsel deputy Thomas Windom to the Department of Justice for potential criminal prosecution, accusing him of obstructing a congressional investigation by refusing to answer questions about his work on the Jack Smith probe.  

Additional footage from the ongoing IDF airstrikes in southern Lebanon.

Alphabet ($GOOGL) surged over 5% today after unveiling its new Gemini 3 AI model, which the company says delivers major advances in reasoning and multimodal performance across text, images, and video. Investor enthusiasm around the launch pushed the stock to fresh record highs.

SENATOR MARKWAYNE MULLIN: Affordable healthcare doesn’t work. The Democrats had a community organizer in President Obama that tried to sell us a bill of goods. It isn’t working. So let’s let a business guy that actually knows business help negotiate a healthcare for the American people.

Target reported weaker third-quarter results, with net sales falling 1.5% to $25.3 billion, comparable store sales down 3.8%, and operating income dropping to $900 million — an 18.9% decline. The company says it expects “low single-digit declines” to continue into the holiday season.

MOMENT OF IMPACT: A Russian missile hit a residential building in Ternopil, western Ukraine, killing at least 19 civilians, including two children, and injuring 66 others.

Prime Minister Netanyahu, Defense Minister Israel Katz, Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar, IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir, and Shin Bet head David Zini visited an IDF position in southern Syria today. They were joined by acting national security adviser Gil Reich, Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Yechiel Leiter, Northern Command chief Maj. Gen. […]

PHOTOS: On Tuesday, newly appointed NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force Captain Bekim Becaj visited the Central Hatzolah headquarters in Boro Park. He met with Hatzolah leadership, including CEO Rabbi Yechiel Kalish, along with several community askonim. The visit was arranged and coordinated by NYPD Deputy Chief Richie Taylor.

Sec. Turner: “The first thing we’ve been doing at HUD is tackling the regulatory environment… When you build a multi-family housing project, 40% of the cost of that is in regulation — and a single-family project, about 20-25%…”

Billionaire investor and former 2020 presidential candidate Tom Steyer has officially entered the California governor’s race, releasing a campaign video in which he says Californians are being “run over” by the state’s cost-of-living crisis. Steyer is running on affordability, climate and corporate accountability, joining an already crowded Democratic field that includes Katie Porter, Xavier Becerra […]

WATCH: A group of hot air balloon riders had a rough landing in Mexico when their balloon got caught in a tree.

Prime Minister Netanyahu paid a visit Wednesday to the buffer zone in Syria, receiving an operational overview of the tense northern sector and meeting with IDF forces stationed in the area. According to an official press release, Netanyahu arrived together with Defense Minister Israel Katz, Foreign Affairs Minister Gideon Sa’ar, IDF Chief-of-Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir, […]

Ayman Abu Khalil, who was released in the Shalit deal, is now serving as Hamas’s terror architect in Yehudah and Shomron, Kan News reported. Abu Khalil, originally a resident of the Beit Hanina neighborhood in east Jerusalem, was deported to Turkey after his release in the Shalit deal and currently uses Turkish soil as his […]

The IDF continues evacuating villages in southern Lebanon, issuing evacuation warnings to two additional villages.

Lebanese media posted footage showing an Israeli airstrike hitting a building in the southern town of Shehour shortly after the IDF issued an evacuation warning.

NEW: The August trade deficit dropped to $59.6 billion — the lowest level this year. This Data release was heavily delayed due to the Democrat-led shutdown.

HaRav Eliezer Kahaneman, the Nasi of Ponavezh Yeshiva, shortly after the major decision was handed down in his favor.