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25 years since 9/11 have shown the ‘power of the American spirit,’ Trump says
President Donald Trump said Friday at the Pentagon that the powerful
American spirit that has endured in the 25 years since the September
11, 2001, terrorist attacks demonstrates how “our country is stronger
than it has ever been before.
“September 11 reminded us of the terrible power of hate. The 25 years
since have shown us the even greater power of the American spirit to
endure and prevail, and to win,” Trump said while paying tribute at the
Pentagon. “And today, our country is stronger than it has ever been
before. It has never been as strong as it is right now.”
“Because of that spirit, when future generations come here in 25, 100
or 250 years from now, they will stand in a nation that is free and
unyielding in the face of evil, and they will still honor the heroes of
9/11, who no age will erase from the memory of time,” Trump added. “It
will never, ever be forgotten. Will never be forgotten. And we can
never forget. God bless our 911 families. God bless our unbelievable,
brave and beautiful first responders. God bless the United States
military and God bless America.”
9/11 25th anniversary live updates: Clinton, Obama, Biden, Bush stand together for ceremony, with first ladies, JD Vance
Americans in New York City and across the nation are gathering Friday
to remember the 2,977 people killed and thousands more injured in the
terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, at the World Trade Center, the
Pentagon, and in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
Families of those killed when hijackers crashed a pair of planes into
the Twin Towers in lower Manhattan began reading the victims’ names
aloud at the 9/11 Memorial at Ground Zero at 8:30 a.m., as is tradition
during the annual ceremony, stopping for a moment of silence at 8:46
a.m. — the exact time American Airlines Flight 11 struck the North
Tower.
Later, President Trump will deliver remarks at the Pentagon.
Secretary Hegseth on 9/11: 'Eternal Vigilance' Is Price of Freedom
War Secretary Pete Hegseth marked the 25th anniversary of
the 9/11 terrorist attacks Friday with a warning that America's enemies
remain determined to kill its citizens, declaring that "eternal
vigilance" is the price Americans must pay to remain free.
Speaking at the Pentagon, where 184 people were killed when American
Airlines Flight 77 crashed into the building on Sept. 11, 2001, Hegseth
said the attacks awakened Americans to the threat posed by Islamist
terrorism.
"You see, on that day, many Americans were ignorant of the Islamist
threat that we face," Hegseth said. "But 25 years ago, at this very
hour, it was no more because history was not over. It's never over. The
struggle against evil continued and it continues now."
"It will continue until Judgment Day," he continued. "Our only answer
here on Earth is eternal vigilance. That indeed is the price of
freedom."
‘Trump-level’ smackdown earns Vance roaring praise as 2028 buzz builds at GOP convention
The vice president's response to a heckler during his primetime speech in Dallas electrified the midterm rally crowd
Republicans reached a consensus that Vice President JD Vance solidified
his position as the presumptive 2028 presidential candidate with his
"Trump-level" smackdown of a foreign flag-waving protester who
disrupted his speech at the Republican National Convention.
Vance did not hesitate after a protester interrupted his primetime
speech in Dallas on Thursday by waving the flags of the Palestinian
Authority and Mexico. He recalled to those watching his speech on TV:
"What the people at home missed is that we just had a protester
interrupting us and waving the Mexican flag."
"Well, my friend, if you love Mexico so much, get your a-- over there.
I'll buy you the plane ticket," the VP said, to which the crowd erupted
into applause.
Yemen's Houthis seize key city on Red Sea
Yemen's Houthis seized control of the strategic Red Sea port city of
Mocha on Thursday, with witnesses telling AFP of fighters marching on
the area chanting "death to America, death to Israel".
Saudi Arabia meanwhile launched dozens of airstrikes in the last 24
hours, according to the military spokesman for the Houthis, who control
large parts of northwest Yemen and launched a large-scale offensive
last week against Riyadh-backed Yemeni government forces.
The Houthis launched attacks on Saudi territory that left dozens of
people wounded, in a conflict that has reignited during the Middle East
war that began with US-Israeli strikes on Iran in late February.
Trump just got handed Tehran’s own timetable: Senior voices in Iran say they will stretch the war past the midterms
U.S. President Donald Trump this week said that he believes the war
with Iran will end in the coming months, but not before the November
midterm elections.
The president, based on recent events and statements by officials in
Tehran, suggested that the Islamic regime is looking to inflict as much
pain as possible to weaken Washington’s negotiating position and lose
the Republicans the midterm elections.
The president predicted that the fighting could end shortly after Americans cast their votes on November 3.
“I think war is going to end immediately after the election because they can’t hold out any longer.
Lone holdout juror in Lindsay Clancy trial was only Black person on the jury, panelist reveals: report
Juror Paula Devlin told 'CBS Mornings' the 11-1 split that led to a mistrial fell along racial lines on the panel
The lone holdout juror in the Lindsay Clancy case was also the only
Black person on the jury, one of the panelists revealed in a new
interview.
Paula Devlin, one of the outspoken jurors who was part of the 11-person
majority in favor of finding Clancy not criminally responsible for
strangling her three young children, explained that the lone holdout
was a Black man and the only person of color on the jury in an
interview with "CBS Mornings" Friday.
Lindsay Clancy looks on as jurors enter the courtroom during Clancy's
murder trial at the Plymouth County Superior Court in Plymouth,
Massachusetts, on Sept. 4, 2026. (Greg Derr / POOL / AFP via Getty
Images)
"Everybody else was White," she said.
Trump, Musk PACs Boost GOP in Key Races
The two biggest Republican money players in the 2026 midterm elections
– U.S. President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk – have begun
spending heavily with less than eight weeks to go before Election Day.
With Republicans facing the prospect of losing control of at least one
chamber of Congress, and polling showing Democrats more motivated to
vote, a group connected to Trump has begun spending tens of millions of
dollars to reserve blocks of TV ad time in close races.
Trump, whose approval rating is at the lowest level of his political
career, told reporters last week that he planned to allocate $400
million to $500 million to boost Republicans in the midterms.
AOC’s ‘modern-day lynchings’ claim torn to shreds online as Black hanging case findings tell a different story
Most cases referenced in the letter led by Rep Ayanna Pressley were ruled suicides by law enforcement or medical examiners
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., warned Friday of "racial terror"
and "widespread modern-day lynchings" in the U.S. as she joined dozens
of Democrats demanding that the DOJ and FBI investigate hanging deaths
of Black Americans.
Multiple official findings in several recent cases show that law
enforcement or medical examiners ruled the deaths suicides, while at
least one very recent death remains under a homicide investigation.
AOC alleges there is systemic racial bias at the agencies, while fellow
progressive lawmaker Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., called the hangings
a "national crisis" in a letter to the agencies that she spearheaded.
EMPIRICAL 9/11
By Geoff Metcalf
August 30, 2005
"What is right but what we prove to be right? What is truth but what we believe to be truth?"
-- Gorgias the Sophist
Rep Curt Weldon has become a spark on the tinder in outing the
malfeasance of the 9/11 Commission. However, he is still only half
right.
He is correct in saying the 9/11 Commission will have "egg all over
their face" when the truth is eventually revealed. He is right they are
in major CYA mode because of embarrassment of a public epiphany.
However, he is frankly wrong when he says "In two weeks with two
staffers, I've uncovered more in this regard than they did with 80
staffers and $15-Million in taxpayers' money!"
The 9/11 Commission uncovered all that Weldon has�and more. However
(and herein lies the real tragic flaw and sin) they specifically,
judiciously CHOSE not to share the details of what they found.
William Penn once observed, "Equivocation is half way to Lying, as
Lying, the whole way to Hell." I would add that the road to Hell is not
paved with good intentions as suggested, but by self serving,
manipulative and duplicitous lies.
From 9/11 to Luigi and Lindsay, we have lost our moral clarity
By Liel Leibovitz
Once upon a time, the job of New York’s police commissioner was hard
enough: catch the bad guys, curb crime, keep the streets safe.
These days, things are a lot more complicated.
It fell to NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch this week to render the most
difficult and most desperately needed service of all — giving us a dose
of moral clarity.
“The men who attacked this city were terrorists,” Tisch said in a press
conference marking a quarter of a century since the attacks of
September 11, 2001.
“The men and women who ran into the towers to save innocent lives were
heroes. Twenty-five years cannot be allowed to blur that distinction,
and shame on those who do.”
Tisch wasn’t wagging her finger at anyone in particular, but it wasn’t
too hard to understand that she was addressing not only the media but
the man sitting right behind her, Mayor Mamdani.
