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World & Nation
Ex-Mossad chief behind Iran nuclear warehouse raid says Iran’s atomic sites ‘obliterated,’ credits Trump
Yossi Cohen warns Tehran that Israel 'can come again' if uranium enrichment resumes
The former director of Mossad, Yossi Cohen, confirmed that the joint
operation coordinated by the United States and Israel "obliterated"
Iran’s nuclear sites, halting its uranium enrichment, and warned that
Israel "can come again" if Tehran resumes its nuclear program.
Speaking on the sidelines of the Shurat HaDin conference at the Museum
of Jewish Heritage in New York City this week, Cohen, who led Israel’s
intelligence agency until 2021, described the operation as a turning
point for Israel’s security and the region’s diplomatic future.
"For many years, everyone knew that Iran was our premier client — and
my personal client," he said, recalling his years as a Mossad
operative. "That was the nation and the station in our workflow because
of the threat Iran posed to Israel."
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Former Mossad Director Yossi Cohen and Shurat HaDin President Nitsana
Darshan-Leitner attend an event on Oct. 28, 2025. (Ohad Kab)
FBI Stops 'Potential Terrorist Attack' in Michigan
Multiple people who had been allegedly plotting a violent attack over
the Halloween weekend were arrested Friday in Michigan, FBI Director
Kash Patel said in a social media post.
Patel said more information would be released later. But the law enforcement effort appeared to be in the Detroit area.
FBI and state police vehicles were in a neighborhood near Fordson High
School in Dearborn. An investigator was seen walking out of a house,
grabbing some items from an FBI evidence truck and returning inside.
Trump: Time to Go Nuclear to End Govt Shutdown
President Donald Trump said Thursday it is time to get rid of the
Senate's filibuster custom to bypass a Democrat roadblock during the
ongoing government shutdown.
Urgent: Trump’s War Against the Global Anti-Dollar Initiative Escalates... See Here
The "filibuster" is the Senate rule that requires 60 of the chamber's
100 members to agree to pass most legislation. Republicans hold a 53-47
majority in the Senate and a 219-213 majority in the House of
Representatives.
DOJ Probing BLM for Fraud, Sources Say
The Justice Department is investigating whether leaders in the Black
Lives Matter movement defrauded donors who contributed tens of millions
of dollars during racial justice protests in 2020, according to
multiple people familiar with the matter.
In recent weeks, federal law enforcement officials have issued
subpoenas and at least one search warrant as part of an investigation
into the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation, Inc. and other
Black-led organizations that helped spark a national reckoning on
systemic racism, said the people, who were not authorized to discuss an
ongoing criminal probe by name and spoke on condition of anonymity to
The Associated Press.
Unearthed records expose Swalwell campaign's 'bizarre inconsistency' in payments to California man
A former FEC commissioner told Fox News Digital that the payments should 'cause the agency's auditing arm to investigate'
One of President Donald Trump’s most vocal critics, Rep. Eric Swalwell,
D-Calif., is raising eyebrows over a "bizarre inconsistency" in his
campaign’s Federal Election Commission filings that list several
different reasons for payments to a Haitian American staffer, totaling
over $360,000.
FEC filings from Swalwell for Congress and his Remedy PAC, dating back
to 2021 and as recently as last month, show over 75 payments to an
individual named Darly Meyer, with various reasons given for the
disbursements. Individual payments vary from as little as $53 to over
$12,000.
Based on the payments, Meyer has earned varying amounts each year,
including over 27 payments last year that added up to over $120,000. He
is also on pace to make over $120,000 in 2025.
The FEC filings list several different reasons for the payments,
ranging from travel expenses, car service to security services to
salary. There are also several payments to Meyer for things like
"personal travel expense reimbursement," "event flowers reimbursement"
and postage.
Gen Z House candidate indicted for attacking ICE officers quits interview after being asked about charges
Illinois Dem candidate Kat Abughazaleh was indicted by the DOJ for allegedly attacking ICE officers
One day after being federally indicted for her role in obstructing
immigration officers outside an Illinois detention facility, Gen Z
House candidate Kat Abughazaleh rage-quit an interview after being
asked about her charges.
Abughazaleh joined Tara Palmeri on her podcast Thursday, which followed
an indictment by a grand jury alleging the Illinois congressional
candidate "physically hindered and impeded" a federal agent who was
"forced to drive at an extremely slow rate of speed to avoid injuring
any of the conspirators." Abughazaleh was one of six people named in
the indictment, which also alleged the suspects scratched the word
"PIG" into the side of a vehicle being driven by a federal immigration
officer in addition to banging, pushing, impeding and vandalizing the
car.
"Did she just sign off? Did she just leave the chat?" Palmeri
questioned after Abughazaleh spontaneously removed herself from the
virtual interview after only being asked a question or two about the
charges she is facing and their severity. "I'm so confused. I'm sorry,
I don't know what just happened. Um…okay. Well, she asked– she left
because I asked her questions about what happened that day. Alright,
well I will continue with the conversation on my own, I guess. This is
very bizarre."
Gayle King reportedly exiting 'CBS Mornings' in latest network shakeup
Longtime CBS star Gayle King is reportedly leaving "CBS Mornings," marking the latest shakeup at the Tiffany Network.
Variety reported Thursday that King is expected to step down as co-host
of CBS' marquee morning program next year after more than a decade,
citing four sources familiar with the plan.
However, Variety suggests that although her contract is set to expire
in May, King may remain with CBS News and produce content for the
network, resembling Norah O'Donnell's arrangement when she stepped down
as the anchor of "CBS Evening News" earlier this year.
"There have been no discussions with Gayle about her contract that runs
through May 2026. She’s a truly valued part of CBS and we look forward
to engaging with her about the future," a spokesperson for CBS News
told Variety.
CBS reporter fired in wake of firestorm over Gaza interview with Mike Huckabee now looking to sue
Ousted CBS News journalist Debora Patta — whose interview with Mike
Huckabee on Gaza landed her in a controversy months before she got laid
off this week — is looking to sue the network, The Post has learned
The South Africa-based foreign correspondent is “speaking to lawyers”
after CBS News slashed her job just months after she came under fire
from Huckabee, the US ambassador to Israel, who claimed an Aug. 7
interview he gave her was heavily edited and misrepresented his views
on the situation in Gaza.
Patta’s exit was part of a round of roughly 100 cuts orchestrated by
CBS News president Tom Cibrowski. Sources speculated that the network’s
new editor in chief Bari Weiss, who’s known for her staunchly
pro-Israel views, played a role in the decision to ax the 61-year-old
reporter.
Israel Launches More Strikes on Gaza Overnight, Testing Fragile Truce
The Israeli military attacked the Gaza Strip for a third day on
Thursday night, killing two people, the Palestinian Authority's
official news agency said, in another test of a fragile ceasefire
agreement.
One Palestinian was killed by Israeli shelling and another was shot dead by Israeli forces, WAFA said on Friday.
The Israeli military did not immediately reply to a Reuters request for comment.
Israel said on Wednesday that it remained committed to the ceasefire despite its retaliation.
Russia Uses Missile in Ukraine That Led Trump to Quit Nuclear Treaty
Russia has in recent months attacked Ukraine with a cruise missile
whose secret development prompted Donald Trump to abandon a nuclear
arms control pact with Moscow in his first term as president, Ukraine's
foreign minister said.
Andrii Sybiha's comments are the first confirmation that Russia has
used the ground-launched 9M729 missile in combat - in Ukraine or
elsewhere.
Russia has fired the missile at Ukraine 23 times since August, a second
senior Ukrainian official told Reuters. Ukraine also recorded two
launches of the 9M729 by Russia in 2022, the source said.
Trump and Xi call truce for now, but this ‘12 out of 10’ meeting leaves a lot unanswered
President Trump appeared buoyant after concluding his first
face-to-face meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping since retaking the
White House, confident in having achieved a breakthrough.
Yet Beijing’s concessions were minor and reversible. And the atmosphere
of goodwill is likely to dissolve as soon as one side or the other
shifts from cooperation back to competition.
While Trump extracted compromises on tariffs, fentanyl and trade, much
remained unsaid over the course of the two-hour meeting in South Korea,
with key national security issues notably being left off the table.
Their absence was not an accident but a recognition of a painful reality.
The government shutdown exposed the biggest lie in education
Teachers unions and Randi Weingarten misled Americans about federal agency's importance for decades
Former Oklahoma state superintendent Ryan Walters says he is committed
to a national campaign against teachers unions, describing them as the
"worst force of evil" in modern America.
When Washington, D.C., grinds to a halt, the liberal media rushes to
tell you the sky is falling. Randi Weigngarten, president of the
American Federation of Teachers, and her union cronies cry out that
schools will collapse without the Department of Education and that
President Donald Trump is to blame for the shutdown. She has said he is
"holding the American people hostage."
The only people holding Americans hostage are the teachers unions. They
held your children's education hostage during COVID. They hold teachers
hostage when they don't conform to liberal standards. And worst of all
they treat parents as roadblocks and hold them hostage when they push
back.
