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Israel established a secret elite intelligence task force in the aftermath of Hamas’s October 7, 2023, massacre to track down and kill or capture every terrorist involved in the attack — from senior commanders who orchestrated the assault to individual gunmen who crossed into southern Israel during the deadliest massacre of Jews since the Holocaust. According to a detailed Wall Street Journal report published Wednesday, the unit — known as NILI, a Hebrew acronym derived from a biblical verse meaning “The Eternal One of Israel Does Not Lie” — was formed by Israel’s Shin Bet internal security service and military…

The Los Angeles Times reported Friday that Spencer Pratt’s mayoral campaign paid more than $15,000 to the Hotel Bel-Air, prompting the candidate to respond with a nearly $55,000 temporary-fence estimate for the burned-out lot in the Palisades where his home once stood. The L.A. Times reported that Pratt’s campaign for Los Angeles mayor paid the Hotel Bel-Air more than $15,000 since April 7, according to Pratt’s latest campaign finance filings. The campaign made 10 separate payments to the hotel, including nearly $14,900 for “Candidate Travel, Lodging and Meals” and approximately $600 for “Fundraising Events.” The filing also listed $1,800 spent…

Dozens of minors were rescued during an operation in which investigators posed as teenage girls in online chat rooms Hundreds of suspected child predators have been apprehended and dozens of minors rescued in a sweeping multi-agency crackdown across Southern California targeting internet-facilitated child exploitation, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) has said.A total of 341 suspects were arrested and 40 minors rescued during Operation Firewall, which was spearheaded by the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force and ran from April 19 through May 3 across Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino, Santa Barbara, and Ventura counties.According to a Thursday press…

Speaking at a meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Helsingborg, Sweden, on Friday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said “no country in the world should accept” Iran’s latest scheme to control the Strait of Hormuz in perpetuity and extort “tolls” from international shipping. “Iran is trying to create a tolling system. They’re trying to convince Oman, by the way, to join them in this tolling system in an international waterway. There is not a country in the world that should accept that,” Rubio said after meeting with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte. “I don’t know of a country in the world…

Warsh Arrives to Make the Fed Great Again Welcome back to Friday! This is the Breitbart Business Digest weekly wrap, written from a small bunker so many miles away from the White House that no one will ever doubt our independence. This week we bring you a special New Fed Chair Edition of the wrap. Kevin Warsh is finally chairman, Wall Street is freaking out over AI inflation, Waller and Barkin are worried about serial supply shocks unanchoring inflation expectations, and Stephen Miran has lost the game of musical chairs because Jerome Powell refused to get out of his seat.…

Los Angeles residents and a prominent local boutique are reacting to claims that Carly Kimmel, the sister-in-law of ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel, complained about pro-Spencer Pratt cookies sold at a longtime Brentwood grocery store. The California Post reported that Carly Kimmel, who is married to Jimmy Kimmel’s brother Jonathan, was accused in a viral social media post of complaining about “Vote Pratt” cookies sold by Vicente Foods, a family-owned Brentwood grocery store that has been open since 1948. Jonathan Kimmel worked on Jimmy Kimmel’s show for years, according to the report. The accusation was amplified by Kitson, a Los…

The US president said he must remain at the White House due to “circumstances pertaining to Government” US President Donald Trump has abruptly canceled plans to attend his son Donald Trump Jr.’s wedding this weekend, saying he must remain in Washington due to unspecified “circumstances pertaining to government.”The Trump administration was preparing for a fresh round of military strikes against Iran, but no final decision had been made, CBS News reported on Friday, citing sources with direct knowledge of the planning.Axios reported that Trump convened his senior national security team on Friday morning to discuss Iran, including the state of negotiations…

“The first panacea for a mismanaged nation is inflation of the currency; the second is war. Both bring a temporary prosperity; both bring a permanent ruin. But both are the refuge of political and economic opportunists.” — Ernest Hemingway Thanks to the fiat currency system, governments at war can tap into a nation’s savings by financing conflict through currency debasement. Under a gold standard, governments had to have the gold or impose taxes if they wanted the funds to prosecute a war. When the gold ran out, the war stopped. But not in a fiat currency system. They can continue debasing the…

SUFFERN, New York — Can President Donald Trump be an asset in one of the country’s most competitive House races? “Mr. SALT” thinks so. Trump touched down Friday in Republican Rep. Mike Lawler’s district — viewed as critical to determining whether Republicans keep control of the House — to tout affordability moves from the administration. Embracing Trump poses serious political risks for the two-term incumbent, especially as the president faces brutalapproval ratings amid the war in Iran and rising gas prices. But as voters remain anxious about rising costs, Trump — speaking to thousands of attendees in the gymnasium of…

French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday warned against making “false promises” on reparations for slavery as he endorsed the symbolic repeal of France’s centuries-old decrees that governed the practice in French colonies. Macron spoke on Thursday at the Élysée Palace at an event marking the 25th anniversary of the Taubira Law, a French legislation named after former Justice Minister Christiane Taubira that recognized the Atlantic slave trade and slavery as a crime against humanity in 2001. The French President reportedly stressed to his audience that the “immense question” of reparations should be addressed but warned against any “false promises” on…