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During an interview aired on Wednesday’s broadcast of CNN International’s “Amanpour,” former Hamas hostage Evyatar David said that his captors tried to excuse starving him and other hostages by saying “there is no food in Gaza. But we knew it’s not true because we always saw them, the terrorists, they were fat and they had muscles.” David said, [relevant remarks begin around 11:45] “[W]hen they [took] me inside their room, the terrorists’ room, I [could] hear them laughing and eating cakes and drinking tea. Like, there’s no person that walks, like, next to them and looks like a skeleton. It’s surreal.…
Three Secret Service officials have been placed on administrative leave amid an investigation for potential misconduct, according to reports. It remains unclear what, exactly, the agents or officials are being investigated for, but the agency’s oversight unit, the Office of Professional Responsibility, kicked off the investigation this week. RealClearPolitics National Correspondent Susan Crabtree said it remains unclear if the investigation is connected to leaks over President Donald Trump’s secret evacuation in Turkey, spurred by a potential threat from Iran. At the time, Trump was transported by a catering truck and swapped planes to a C-32A in Ankara, unbeknownst to reporters…
The push comes as European NATO members cast doubt on the reliability of US nuclear guarantees Germany is considering pouring funds into Britain’s nuclear program as European NATO nations grow increasingly hesitant to rely on the US nuclear umbrella, the Daily Telegraph reported on Wednesday, citing sources.German officials are discussing financial and industrial support for Britain’s Trident submarine nuclear weapons program rather than pursuing a national arsenal, with one source citing Germany’s World War II guilt as a factor, the newspaper said.“We have a very strong interest that the existing nuclear powers in Europe extend their capabilities,” one well-placed source…
Enes Kanter Freedom is escorted out of the Indiana Fever–Chicago Sky game following a heated exchange with Sky guard Natasha Cloud while wearing a shirt reading, “WOMAN — noun. adult human female.” As The Gateway Pundit first reported Sunday, former NBA star and human-rights warrior Enes Kanter Freedom was dragged out of Wintrust Arena for the crime of wearing a shirt that told the truth: “WOMAN. Noun. Adult human female.” Now Freedom has put it in writing. In a letter to WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert, Freedom is demanding a formal review of his ejection from Sunday’s Chicago Sky–Indiana Fever game,…
OSLO, Norway (AP) – A pro-Russian hacker group on Wednesday claimed responsibility for a cyberattack that has affected multiple Norwegian government digital services over the past three days. The cyberattack has been ongoing since Monday, said Are Kvistad, a spokesperson for the Norwegian Digitalization Agency (Digdir), the state body in charge of making Norway’s public services more digital and user-friendly, told The Associated Press. “It’s the biggest attack against Digdir solutions that we have ever experienced,” Kvistad said. The denial-of-service attacks meant that hackers pushed massive traffic toward the agency in order to block services, including one that enables citizens…
On Friday, a judge reversed a Trump Administration pause on visa applications in 75 countries. The court ruled it was “contrary to law and in excess of statutory authority” of Secretary of State Marco Rubio. The judge also seemed to take issue with singling out these 75 countries. Well, on Tuesday, President Trump used his authority to pause immigration visas globally. “A U.S. State Department spokesperson said on Tuesday that it launched a global training initiative at all U.S. embassies and consulates worldwide and that appointments for visa services will be adjusted to accommodate the training,” reports the far-left Reuters.…
The Kloster Pforta winery has suffered multi-million-euro losses since 2020 amid a wider German wine slump driven by falling consumption and cheaper foreign imports The Landesweingut Kloster Pforta, one of Germany’s oldest wineries, faces insolvency by 2027, according to an expert report commissioned by the state government. Its troubles, from an unsustainable business model to high staffing costs, come amid a wider German wine slump driven by falling consumption and cheaper imports.Owned by Saxony-Anhalt, Kloster Pforta is one of Europe’s oldest continuously operating wineries. Cistercian monks founded the monastery in 1137 and planted the Pfortenser Koeppelberg vineyard in 1154. The…
Freelance journalist Brittany Romano smiles and winks at a courtroom camera during the Lindsay Clancy murder trial. (Credit: Court TV/Pool) Vanity Fair just discovered editorial standards. After a video of freelancer Brittany Romano smiling, posing, and winking at a Court TV camera inside the Lindsay Clancy murder trial exploded across social media, the leftist magazine dumped her “personal essay” and told the court she is no longer credentialed by the magazine. Three children are dead. Cora was 5. Dawson was 3. Baby Callan was 8 months old. Their mother is on trial in Plymouth, Massachusetts, accused of strangling them with…
An alleged intruder was shot and killed by a Leesburg, Florida, homeowner Tuesday around 4:40 a.m. ClickOnOrlando reported that the deceased suspect was a woman and that she allegedly refused the homeowner’s commands to stop trying to make entry and ignored warnings that he had a gun. As the woman allegedly continued to try to enter the home the homeowner fired through the door and a window broke. Police indicated the suspect then allegedly tried to reach through the window and “the homeowner fired a second time, striking the female.” The woman died at the scene. FOX 35 noted that no information has…
A sudden cut to Social Security checks — long seen as a far-off doomsday — is now an imminent problem for the next president and whomever voters send to Congress in the coming years. The trust fund that bankrolls monthly checks to retirees is set to be drained of reserves in late 2032. That means tens of millions of Americans age 62 and older, as well as children and widowed spouses who get survivor benefits following the death of a family member, would see their monthly payments shrink by more than 20 percent — or an average of about $500…