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'Key Participant' in Custody in 2012 Benghazi Attack
Attorney General Pam Bondi on Friday announced the FBI had captured and
extradited Zubayr al-Bakoush, a suspect in 2012 attack on U.S. Embassy
in Benghazi, Libya, that killed four Americans, including Ambassador
Christopher Stevens.
During a Justice Department press conference, Bondi said the FBI
arrested the suspect overseas and transferred him into U.S. custody
early Thursday morning.
"The man landed at Andrews Air Force Base at 3 a.m. this morning," Bondi said. "He is in our custody."
Bondi said the suspect was greeted upon arrival by FBI Director Kash
Patel and U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro, who is expected to lead the
prosecution.
Trump Wants New Nuclear Arms Treaty With Russia
With a nuclear arms pact between Russia and the United States expiring
on Thursday, President Donald Trump said on Truth Social that he wants
to see a new treaty between the two nations.
Without the New START Treaty, there would be no caps on the two largest
atomic arsenals for the first time in more than a half-century.
"The United States is the most powerful Country in the World," Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social.
U.S. rejects flawed New START arms accord
State Department arms official reveals secret Chinese underground nuclear tests
The Trump administration rejected continuing to abide by the expired
New START agreement limiting U.S. and Russian nuclear weapons, because
it fails to curb Moscow’s strategic arsenal and excludes China’s rapid
expansion of its nuclear forces, a senior State Department official
said Friday.
Thomas G. DiNanno, under secretary of state for arms control and
international security, also said President Trump is prepared to resume
nuclear testing based on violations of a test ban by Russia and
underground blasts carried out by China in violation of a moratorium on
testing.
In a speech Friday to the U.N. Conference on Disarmament in Geneva, Mr.
DiNanno said the United States will no longer be restrained by
one-sided arms agreements that unilaterally hindered U.S. security
while allowing Russia and China expand their arsenals with new weapons.
TMZ's Harvey Levin describes 'structured' Nancy Guthrie ransom note
TMZ founder Harvey Levin appeared on "Hannity" Thursday night,
providing explosive new information about a purported ransom note his
newsroom received in the case of the missing Nancy Guthrie.
Guthrie, 84, who is the mother of NBC's "Today" anchor Savannah
Guthrie, has been missing since early Sunday morning, and authorities
are racing to find clues as to her whereabouts. Friday will be day six
of the investigation.
Levin outlined that while an initial Thursday deadline for the alleged
ransom note had passed, a second Monday deadline is "far more
consequential."
Mamdani's NYC Health Department staffers reportedly studying effects of 'global oppression' on health
New York City mayor criticized for appointing staff members and aides with ties to anti-Zionism and antisemitism
Members of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's Department of Health
reportedly held their first "Global Oppression and Public Health
Working Group" meeting on Tuesday, according to the New York Post.
Members of the group met for a more than hourlong presentation at the
department’s headquarters to discuss the group’s purpose, referencing
what they called the "genocide" in Gaza as an example of global
oppression.
"We really developed in response to the ongoing genocide in Palestine,"
the presenter said in audio obtained by the New York Post.
The presenter continued, "And the working group aims to address the
growing interests among the health department staff to learn about
current and ongoing global oppression in its many forms and how it
influences the advancement of health equity."
Washington Post joins other news outlets in laying off race-based journalists
CBS News, NBC News, LA Times are among media organizations rolling back diversity reporting
Among the high-profile layoffs at The Washington Post this week was its race-based journalist.
Emmanuel Felton, who's X profile now describes himself as the "first
and last race and ethnicity reporter" at the Post, revealed he was
among the hundreds of staffers who were cut from the "Democracy Dies in
Darkness" paper, though he claims his specific ouster "wasn't a
financial decision."
"This comes six months after hearing in a national meeting that race
coverage drives subscriptions," Felton posted Wednesday. "This wasn't a
financial decision, it was an ideological one."
Felton, who is Black, joined the Post in June 2021 after working as an
investigative reporter at the inequality desk for BuzzFeed News,
according to his LinkedIn and Post author pages.
Korean War Hero Earns Medal Of Honor For Secret Mission That Involved Lots Of Dead Soviets
Royce Williams shot down multiple Soviet fighter jets in a mission that was kept secret for decades.
Korean War hero Royce Williams is being awarded the Medal of Honor, and
his actions are something not even Hollywood could have dreamed up.
Congressman Darrell Issa announced on Wednesday that President Donald Trump officially informed Williams of his MoH.
The Medal of Honor is the nation's highest military award. It is only
awarded for actions so heroic that oftentimes, the person earning it is
killed.
Williams is still with us in 2026, and his once-secret actions are now out in the public.
RNC rolls out ‘powerful’ new TikTok strategy to win over key demographic after Trump's 2024 success
Trump has credited his TikTok presence with helping in his 2024 win
The Republican National Committee is upping its social media presence
and following President Donald Trump’s lead by officially launching a
TikTok account, marking a strategic shift for the party as it continues
to look to connect with younger voters.
The RNC’s plan to make an impact on the digital front lines involves
the official launch of @Republicans on TikTok, which is designed to
engage a critical demographic, voters under 30 who may not follow
traditional political news but rely heavily on social media for
information.
The move comes at the same time polling from Pew Research shows that
63% of Americans aged 18-29 use TikTok. The platform has become an
essential battleground for reaching the next generation of voters.
Self-identified Antifa member arrested after allegedly threatening ICE agents, DOJ says
A Minnesota man who self-identifies as an Antifa member was arrested
Thursday after allegedly making violent threats against U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, the Department of
Justice said.
Kyle Wagner, 37, of Minneapolis, is accused in a criminal complaint of
using social media in January to encourage assaults on federal law
enforcement officers and threaten ICE agents.
The DOJ said Wagner had urged followers to confront and attack ICE
officers, referred to agents as "murderers" and the "gestapo" and at
times called for armed violence against them.
Judge Speedlin Gonzalez suspended without pay by Texas judicial commission
County Court-at-law No. 13 Judge Rosie Speedlin Gonzalez was suspended
without pay by the Texas State Commission on Judicial Conduct a week
after she was arrested on charges of official oppression and unlawful
restraint of a San Antonio defense attorne
The suspension order, issued Thursday morning, states that it will
remain in effect until Speedlin Gonzalez's criminal cases are
dismissed, she is acquitted, or another order is issued by the
commission.
The charges made against the judge stem from a year-old incident in
which Speedlin Gonzalez had San Antonio defense attorney Elizabeth
Russell handcuffed in court after a disagreement.
She was indicted last Thursday by a grand jury on both charges and was
booked at the Bexar County jail before being released on bond.
Democrats’ defund-the-police plan failed, but here they go again
Minnesota officials applying George Floyd protest tactics to immigration enforcement
By Sen. John Kennedy
As I’ve watched
the protests in Minneapolis, it seems obvious to me that America is at
risk of falling face-first into another disastrous anti-law enforcement
crisis.
Here’s a cold
dish of truth: There are some people in this world who enjoy hurting
other people and taking other people’s stuff. These people aren’t sick.
They’re not confused. They’re not mixed up. It’s not that their mothers
or fathers didn’t love them enough. They’re just antisocial. I don’t
know why God made some people that way. If I get to Heaven, I’m going
to ask.
Every society
deals with these people differently, but in America, we’ve chosen to
hire brave men and women to enforce our laws by confronting antisocial
people when they commit crimes. We rarely hear about these courageous
officers and the millions of positive interactions they have each day.
We only hear about the handful of cops who — by negligence or by choice
— harm other people while enforcing the law.
Kamala Harris returning to the political landscape can be best described by Gen Z as ‘cringe’
By Douglas Murray
I suppose I should admit it: I miss Kamala Harris. Life in this country has not been the same without her.
We’ve missed her musings on yellow buses, all that talk about coconut
trees, and of course her meditations on the nature of time.
Since Kamala has gone silent, I often find myself going back to her
greatest hits, to remind myself, for instance, that time, when you
think about it, has great significance.
On Thursday, the former vice president did a 30-second promo video in
which she gets asked the question that is on the lips of all Americans:
