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Ambulances belonging to a Jewish community service in Golders Green, London, were set on fire in the early hours of Monday morning in what the Metropolitan Police is investigating as a new antisemitic arson attack in the United Kingdom. The BBC reports four ambulances were set ablaze. London Fire Brigade responding to the emergency at around 01:40 a.m. (GMT). CCTV footage reportedly shows three suspects walking towards an ambulance before setting it on fire, per the BBC. The vehicles belonged to Hatzola Northwest, a first aid emergency community service. Multiple cylinders in the vehicles exploded, breaking the windows of nearby flats.…
On Friday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “The Hill,” Rep. Julie Johnson (D-TX) discussed the DHS shutdown and blamed Republicans for TSA and other parts of DHS being shutdown and said she “would love to see the situation resolved, but we have to see some pretty prolific changes in how ICE functions, and, right now, the administration hasn’t offered those.” Johnson said, “I signed a discharge petition this week to fund TSA and to pay our air traffic folks so that we could not have this problem, and Republicans have refused to do it. Senate Democrats offered five different resolutions to get…
The shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security is at risk of shattering the record for the longest-ever funding lapse for any federal agency if President Donald Trump and congressional Democrats can’t strike a deal this week. Lawmakers are scheduled to take a two-week recess for Passover and Easter starting Friday. While the Senate is considering staying in session if the shutdown is not resolved, House GOP leaders do not plan to cut their break short in hopes of reaching an accord, according to three people granted anonymity to discuss private planning. “It’s going to be very, very hard to…
Four ambulances operated by a Jewish volunteer organization in London were set on fire overnight in what authorities are investigating as a hate crime.The incident took place in the Golders Green area of the Barnet borough at around 1:45 AM local time, officials said. CCTV footage reportedly shows at least three masked individuals setting fire to vehicles belonging to the local branch of Hatzola, a network of volunteer emergency medical services which works with Jewish communities.The London Fire Brigade said that “multiple cylinders on the vehicles exploded,” causing windows in a nearby residential building to shatter. No injuries were reported.…
On Friday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “Cuomo,” Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) said that the situation around the DHS shutdown is getting more dangerous, “And we may have to accept the fact that the Republicans are refusing to do anything meaningful” on ICE that Democrats want. After Smith said Democrats are proposing to fund everything but ICE, host Chris Cuomo said, “Yes, they may be refusing your deal on the table. But you started this. But for what the Democrats did, there is no shutdown.” Smith responded, “Right. If we had simply funded everything exactly the way the Republicans wanted to, if…
On Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead,” Rep. James Walkinshaw (D-VA) said that Democrats rejected the White House offer on the DHS shutdown and that people will face “four-hour waits at TSA lines because of Donald Trump and the Republicans’ shutdown. I think the President is going to start to feel a lot of pressure as we head into that spring break travel season” and he hopes that will “create a breakthrough for a deal.” Host Jake Tapper said, “Now, as you note, Republicans are not on board with the Democrats’ proposal to fund TSA separately from the rest of…
On Friday’s broadcast of C-SPAN’s “Ceasefire,” Sen. Peter Welch (D-VT) responded to a question on if there’s a compromise on ICE short of everything Democrats are asking for by saying that “it’s very hard for us to come to some agreement” and stated earlier in the interview that “I can have a different point of view than President Trump on ICE, and that’s a fair and square debate, and voters can decide whose position they prefer. But there’s no impediment to us opening up literally every other element of government that’s affected.” Host Dasha Burns asked, “Sen. Welch, Democrats have…
Elon Musk is offering to cover the salaries of Transportation Security Administration (TSA) personnel during the ongoing partial government shutdown — which a maverick Democrat senator is saying “should never” have “come to this point.” “I would like to offer to pay the salaries of TSA personnel during this funding impasse that is negatively affecting the lives of so many Americans at airports throughout the country,” Musk said in an X post on Saturday morning. “This is incredibly generous,” Sen, John Fetterman (D-PA) responded on X. “TSA agents across the country are relying on food pantries and community donations to…
President Donald Trump threatened to place U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents at airports if Democrats don’t agree to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). In a post on Truth Social, Trump explained that if Democrat lawmakers “don’t immediately sign an agreement” to fund DHS, he would place ICE agents at airports to “do Security like no one has ever seen before,” including allowing them to arrest all illegal aliens in the United States. “If the Radical Left Democrats don’t immediately sign an agreement to let our Country, in particular, our Airports, be FREE and SAFE again, I…
US President Donald Trump has mused about “taking over” the island during an oil blockade he imposed Cuba is prepared to defend itself against a potential US invasion, Deputy Foreign Minister Carlos Fernandez de Cossio has said, following remarks by US President Donald Trump about taking over the island.The comments come as Cuba faces a deepening economic crisis triggered by an oil blockade imposed by Trump in January.This month, Havana opened talks with Washington in an effort to ease tensions. The US president, however, again spoke last week about “taking Cuba in some form,” arguing that he could do “anything…