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Michigan voters make surprising cross-party choices as Rogers, El-Sayed race reaches final hours
A former Democrat who is voting for Mike Rogers told Fox News that Abdul El-Sayed undoubtedly has momentum in the race
Michigan voters showed the swinginess of their state in conversations
with Fox News the day before the midterm elections, with one former
Democrat firmly backing GOP Senate candidate Mike Rogers and a lifelong
Republican holding his nose to vote for Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, a Democrat.
After casting a ballot for Rogers, voter Marjorie Mehney said she was a
Democrat "years ago" and would be "embarrassed to be one today" with
candidates like El-Sayed representing the party.
However, she pointed out that El-Sayed has won over many voters in her
hometown of Petoskey, located in Emmet County, where President Donald
Trump took more than 55% of the vote in 2024.
"The majority are Republican. However, there's a great deal of signage
for Abdul. So it's very mixed. We've never seen anything like the
support that's going on with signs in front yards," Mehney told Fox
News in downtown Rochester.
Alaska voter 'disgusted' by reported 'decoy Dan' plot switches from Peltola to Sullivan
The voter said he 'was disgusted by the whole thing, so sleazy'
As the Senate race in Alaska makes headlines over an alleged
Democrat-linked election scheme, Fox News spoke with voters heading to
the polls on Monday, including one man who said he is voting for
incumbent Republican Sen. Dan S. Sullivan, despite having previously
considered voting for the Democratic Senate candidate, former Rep. Mary
Peltola.
The Senate race, which is a ranked-choice voting contest, has been the
subject of significant national attention due to the inclusion of a
candidate with nearly the same name as the incumbent GOP lawmaker.
The male voter, who did not provide his name, explained that he "thought it was sketchy from the get-go."
A New York Times report published last week detailed the alleged scam
that involved Democrats seeking to recruit Daniel J. Sullivan Jr. to
run in the race against the incumbent Sen. Daniel S. Sullivan.
9th Circuit block on California noncitizen voter probe lifted, then restored in legal boomerang
DOJ's fight to segregate alleged illegal votes is facing continued opposition in California
A federal appeals court briefly lifted a block on the Trump
administration’s efforts to investigate alleged voting by noncitizens
in California, then reversed course hours later, sending the dispute to
the full 11-judge 9th Circuit for rehearing.
Earlier Monday night, a three-judge panel granted the Justice
Department’s request to pause a temporary restraining order issued by a
San Francisco federal judge. That order had barred the administration
from making further requests to set aside ballots under the warning of
prosecution of state and local election officials who declined.
The panel said the government was likely to prevail in arguing that its
requests and criminal investigations were core executive functions.
Trump confirms strikes on Iran as Pezeshkian urges against return to war
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday confirmed launching strikes on
Iran as President Masoud Pezeshkian warned no one would benefit from a
return to war.
It came as US voters prepared to cast their ballots in midterm elections that threaten Trump's grip on power.
Iran's chief negotiator in talks with the US, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf,
said the Islamic republic was "ready for battle with its finger on the
trigger", while deputy foreign minister Kazem Gharibabadi said Iran
retained the right to "legitimate self-defence" after the strikes.
But Pezeshkian said his government was still trying to resolve the
crisis "through dialogue", adding that "no one will benefit from this
war" if it reignited, and emphasising that the country's supreme leader
had recently granted the government new powers to negotiate issues that
were previously "off-limits".
Trump confirmed the strikes on Iran in an interview with Fox News,
after the Wall Street Journal, CNN, The New York Times and other
outlets had reported strikes on Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz.
Trump says US will end $4B in annual aid to Israel:’They don’t need it’
President Trump announced Tuesday that he had reached an agreement with
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to stop US aid to Israel
after the end of the year.
“They don’t need it,” Trump said on Fox & Friends Tuesday morning.
“We give them more than anybody else, and they no longer need it. We’ve
been doing it for years. I’ve been doing it, but Israel is a very
thriving country. They don’t need it. If they did need it, I would say
keep it going.”
The president said the idea came from Netanyahu himself, suggesting
that the agreement was also made to stop Democrats from using US
funding to Israel as ammunition to criticize Republicans.
Win for Trump? Iran says it could reopen Strait of Hormuz within two days if its demands are met
The engine room of an oil tanker caught fire after explosives detonated
in the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, after being damaged in an attack
by a speedboat amid the U.S. and Israel’s ongoing war against Iran.
The tanker, which was transiting the Strait of Hormuz just north of
Khasab, Oman, was ignited after being “approached on the port side by a
small boat which attached two explosive devices to the hull above the
waterline,” reported UK Maritime Trade Operations, which provides
alerts and maritime warnings.
No deaths or injuries were reported in the incident.
Despite U.S. President Donald Trump’s repeated assurances that the
Strait of Hormuz is open for business, transiting the strait continues
to pose a risk for ships amid Trump’s ongoing war against Iran.
Campaign to keep Ilhan Omar’s secrets safe includes threats against anyone who speaks out: ‘You’ll be killed … snake’
Few members of the tight-knit Somali community are willing to talk
about Ilhan Omar — due to threats and fear of violence if they do.
The Minnesota representative is backed by a fiercely protective group,
many of whom take it upon themselves to bombard anyone who speaks out
with online threats and even physical harm in the US, Europe and Africa.
The group is not officially connected to Omar, and do not receive
instructions from her and it is unclear if she is personally aware of
their actions.
The Post understands one member of the community who broke ranks was
assaulted on the streets of Minneapolis and again in Kenya after their
name appeared in the press.
Ilhan Omar's dad not her only link to genocide - hidden brother and sister also tied to mass-murdering warlord
There are multiple connections to genocide in the family of Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, according to a new report.
Omar’s father, Nur Omar Mohamed, also known as Nur Said Elmi Mohamed,
has long been linked to a genocidal regime in Somalia that collapsed at
the time Omar and her family fled Somalia, as noted by the New York
Post.
Now, sources indicate that Mohamed Nur Said Elmi, a political activist,
and Leila Nur Said Elmi, 53, are no only siblings Omar keeps hidden,
but also supporters of a Somali warlord, according to the New York Post.
Her brother frequently travels to Somalia, the report said, also noting
that he and his London-based sister are linked to war criminal Mohamed
Said Hersi, known as “Morgan.”
In 1988, while Omar’s father was serving in the military under dictator
Siad Barre, “Morgan” helped massacre a rival clan to support the
government.
Up to 200,000 people were killed in the genocide.
Oil prices turn lower as Trump says US plans to end aid to Israel
Crude oil futures turned lower in volatile trading Tuesday after
President Trump said the U.S. would end billions of dollars of annual
military support to Israel by the end of the year.
Trump said he had previously discussed the matter with Israeli Prime
Minister Netanyahu, who has previously proposed eliminating direct
military aid over the next decade.
Oil gave up early gains that followed reports that U.S. forces attacked
Iran's Qeshm Island in what was described as the latest of a series of
smaller-scale strikes against the country in recent weeks.
Learjet expert reveals crucial mistake pilots made before horrific Florida crash
Several crucial human errors may have led to Sunday’s horrific Learjet
crash in Florida that killed all nine on board, according to aviation
experts.
The doomed $2 million aicraft, en route to the Bahamas from Texas, was
flying through a storm when it suddenly stalled, likely between 35,000
and 37,000 feet, and began plummeting before crashing and exploding in
a fireball near a trailer park in Palm Beach County.
Authorities are still investigating the cause of the tragedy, but
aviation expert Justin Crabbe noted to The Post that the jet’s pilots
chose to fly through a dangerous storm — then attempted a risky escape
that may have doomed them.
Russia unleashes massive assault on Ukrainian infrastructure in overnight blitz
Russia launched a sweeping, multi-wave bombardment of Ukraine’s energy
infrastructure on Tuesday, knocking out power to swathes of the country
with dozens of missiles and hundreds of drones, a week before
US-brokered peace talks are due to resume.
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Russia had launched 289 drones, 17
ballistic missiles and 59 cruise missiles, hitting power plants and
substations from the Black Sea port of Odesa in the south to Rivne in
the west of the country.
Russian officials said that Ukraine, for its part, had set fire to a
major oil refinery in the city of Yaroslavl in an overnight drone
attack.
Ukraine’s largest private energy-generating company DTEK said three of
its five thermal power plants had been knocked offline. Ukrainian
officials said the damage forced power outages across the capital Kyiv,
and at least six other regions.
Early House Races Could Signal GOP Upsets
Republicans face an uphill battle to retain control of the House in
Tuesday's midterms, but several early races could provide clues about
whether the GOP can defy expectations and hold its majority.
Democrats are heavily favored to reclaim the chamber, although
Republicans still have a path to victory if they pull off upsets in key
congressional districts, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Political operatives will be watching races in Kentucky, Indiana,
Florida, and Virginia as early indicators of whether Democrats are
headed for a sweeping victory or Republicans can withstand the
political headwinds.
Kentucky's 6th Congressional District will offer one of the first clues when polls close at 6 p.m. ET, NPR reported.
Fired General Accused of Leaking to WSJ, NY Times
A former top Pentagon general could face a court-martial amid a federal
investigation into allegations he leaked classified military secrets
about Iran and Ukraine to journalists, as the Trump administration
cracks down on unauthorized disclosures.
Former Army Lt. Gen. Brett Sylvia was fired last week by War Secretary
Pete Hegseth after investigators uncovered alleged leaks to reporters
from The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times, Axios reported.
According to three sources familiar with the investigation, Sylvia
failed four polygraph examinations and admitted to making unauthorized
disclosures during two videotaped interviews totaling more than two
hours.
Democrats’ fury at Haley Stevens means the party’s antisemitic transformation is almost complete
By Ari Hoffman
It’s telling: The leadership of the Democratic Party is angrier at Rep.
Haley Stevens for standing up to antisemitism than they ever were at
Graham Platner for sporting an actual Nazi tattoo.
The intraparty explosion after Stevens pulled her endorsement of US
Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed was the culmination of a betrayal that
began years ago.
The party has abandoned American Jews and Western values in its hunger
for power — and that didn’t start with El-Sayed, with Platner or even
with Zohran Mamdani.
Stevens initially endorsed El-Sayed after losing to him in their August primary.
But she’s been increasingly critical of his antisemitism, his embrace
of Maoist cosplayer Hasan Piker, and his refusal to condemn a
supporting PAC’s ad claiming that Americans can’t afford bananas
because their tax dollars are being used to kill Palestinian kids in
Gaza.
The ghosts of 2006 are stirring — but will they catch the GOP?
GOPers should prep for another 2006, but should not be surprised if the results are not that bad
By Hugh Hewitt
As the past is often prologue, much of the GOP is thinking today about
the pounding the party took in 2006, the last time a Republican
president led his party into the midterms for the second time. Older
Republicans try not to let 1986 enter their heads. (The GOP lost eight
Senate seats that year.)
A truth bolt about polling from The Washington Post on Friday gave
some hope to the mainstream, especially in states that voted for
President Trump in 2024. The Post revealed that its pollsters had made
85,000 calls and sent 50,000 text messages in Kansas seeking to measure
support for Senator Roger Marshall, who is being challenged by Democrat
Adam Hamilton.
While 32% of Kansas Democrats answered the calls and the texts from
pollsters, only 12% of the GOP voters did. The Post conceded that these
numbers provide "good reason to suspect the poll overestimates
Democratic candidates’ support."
