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U2 frontman Bono on Thursday called for Israel to dump Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu while urging freedom for the Hamas terrorist group’s hostages and an end to the war in Gaza. He revealed his list of geo-political demands on accepting an award in London, England, adding Israel would be best advised to act, and “be released from the far-right fundamentalists that twist your sacred texts.” Bono’s words of advice to Israel came 48-hours after he attacked the Trump administration for cuts to USAID: U2 were present at the 2025 Ivor Novello songwriting awards ceremony to receive the Fellowship of the...

A US official warned Hamas would face “total annihilation” if all hostages — living and dead — were not returned to Israel as the terror group failed to return the body of slain mother Shiri Bibas on Thursday. Adam Boehler, President Trump’s special envoy for hostages, issued the stark threat hours after the Israel Defense Forces positively identified the bodies of Bibas’ children, Ariel and Kfir, and hostage Oded Lifshitz — but also received an “anonymous, unidentified body.” “It’s horrific. It’s a clear violation and if I have one piece of advice for Hamas now, it’s ‘You need to release...

One state has been a repeat offender in releasing some of the vilest illegal aliens despite detainers from Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The scum involved have been charged with aggravated child rape. Federal immigration officers detain them and are then released by local police the same day. Fox News’ Bill Melugin wondered why this is the case. The state that keeps doing this is Massachusetts. Melugin was embedded with an ICE unit where they picked up four illegal aliens accused of raping children. They got released later that day. In one case, an illegal from Guatemala was charged with multiple...

The Hamas terror organization on Tuesday night issued an official response to Israel's ultimatum, under which Hamas will either release hostages on Saturday, as per the deal, or the fighting will restart. In its announcement, Hamas claimed that it is committed to the ceasefire deal, but that its commitment is dependent on Israel - "as long as the occupation is committed to it." The terror group also claimed that Israel is not meeting its obligations, and blamed Israel for "delays and complications" in the deal. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called a Cabinet meeting following Hamas' violation of the agreement...

The Hamas terrorist group on Tuesday dismissed U.S. President Donald Trump’s demand for the release of all remaining Israeli and American hostages from Gaza by noon on Saturday, or the ceasefire deal is over — and Israel can respond as it wants. AP reports Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said the dozens of hostages would only be returned if all parties remain committed to a ceasefire deal reached last month. “Trump must remember there is an agreement that must be respected by both parties,” he cautioned, adding threatening language only complicates matters.

A report from ABC7 in Chicago reported that a magistrate judge ordered the release of a Venezuelan man who was arrested in a targeted enforcement operation over the weekend. Over the weekend, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers, along with other federal agencies, carried out a targeted enforcement operation, Breitbart News reported. The actions were overseen by top officials of the Trump administration, including Border Czar Tom Homan. According to the report from ABC7, law enforcement officials placed Edward Martinez-Cermeno, 24, into custody on Sunday for illegally entering the United States near Eagle Pass, Texas...

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau praised the implementation of the first stage of a ceasefire-prisoner swap deal between Israel and the Hamas terror group, saying he is "relieved" that the first group of three Israeli hostages has returned home. Earlier this month, Trudeau announced his decision to resign as leader of the Liberal Party and Prime Minister. However, he stressed that he will remain in his position until a new party leader is elected to lead into the coming elections. In a social media post, Trudeau wrote, "I am relieved to hear that three hostages have been returned to Israel...

Israel will release major terrorists, including those who have murdered dozens of civilians, in exchange for the 33 hostages who will be freed by Hamas from captivity in Gaza, where they have been held illegally for 470 days of war. Under the terms of the deal, there will be a ceasefire lasting six weeks (42 days), during which Hamas will free several living hostages once a week, plus twelve hostages in the final week, freeing living hostages before deceased ones. In return, Israel will withdraw partially from Gaza, and will release roughly 1,900 terrorists — including nearly 1200 who were...

On Friday night, the government ministers approved the hostage deal, and the Ministry of Justice published a list of 735 security prisoners scheduled for release in exchange for 33 hostages held by Hamas for over a year. This list includes senior terrorists responsible for some of the deadliest attacks in Israel's history, including commanders of terrorist organizations and planners of attacks that claimed the lives of hundreds of Israelis. Link to full list .....

WASHINGTON — The National Archives has finally released photos showing then-Vice President Biden meeting with two of first son Hunter Biden’s Chinese government-linked business partners — again proving that the president lied about not interacting with his family’s foreign patrons. The cache of photos, released long after their potential political salience and days before Biden retires on Jan. 20, also show Chinese President Xi Jinping grinning as then-Vice President Biden introduced his son during the same December 2013 trip to Beijing.

Steve Bannon, a former adviser to Donald Trump, will be released from prison on Tuesday. The timing puts him back in front of the media exactly one week before Election Day -- and he's already called his first press conference, which will take place just hours after his scheduled release. On Tuesday, Bannon will have served his four-month prison term.... He was sentenced on two counts of contempt of Congress for failing to comply with a subpoena related to the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol. ... The decision was upheld by a federal appeals court in May 2024,...

Although the vast majority of asylum seekers have come to NYC to pursue the American dream, recent high profile crimes have been committed by criminals possibly linked to gangs that have infiltrated our shelter system. Complicating matters is NYC's status as a sanctuary city, with what critics say are soft on crime laws that allow dangerous criminals to be released and not held in jail, regardless of where they're from..

Back in 1972, a monster by the name of Christopher Evans Hubbart committed a series of violent rapes in Los Angeles County in California. He became known as the "Pillowcase Rapist" because he would use a pillowcase to gag his victims while he assaulted them. Thankfully, he was finally identified and captured, being sent to a mental institution where he was held for seven years. In 1979 he was released and moved to the San Francisco area where he immediately restarted his crime spree until he was captured once again in 1982. By then he had confessed to raping a...

As former President Donald Trump’s former adviser Peter Navarro is released from prison Wednesday, his next move in his newly found freedom looks to be speaking at the Republican National Convention. Navarro completed his four-month prison sentence for defying a congressional subpoena to testify before the Jan. 6 committee. He is expected to travel quickly from federal prison in Miami to Milwaukee in order to address the RNC, according to CNN.He recently said he has “no regrets” about actions that led to his prison sentence in an interview with the Wall Street Journal.“I have no regrets,” Navarro said. “I didn’t...

Sir Keir Starmer is expected to authorise emergency measures this week to automatically release criminals less than halfway through their sentence in an attempt to tackle the prisons crisis. There are fewer than 700 spaces left in men’s jails in England and Wales, The Times has been told, before a critical week in the prisons overcrowding crisis. A Ministry of Justice (MoJ) source said “the immediate crisis is quite severe” after the general election stalled its ability to free up more space over the past six weeks. Shabana Mahmood, the new justice secretary, has been presented with a list of...

A federal judge ordered the FBI to release the writings of the transgender woman who shot and killed six people at a Christian school in Nashville on March 27, 2023. In the hours after the shooting, Breitbart News noted that police indicated Audrey Hale identified as transgender. Less than a month after the shooting, Breitbart News pointed out that Hale left behind a suicide note, 19 journals, and other items, and all of them have been kept from the public since the attack occurred. (The exception was a November 2023 leak of three pages, purportedly from the shooter’s writings. Seven...

We are trying to understand and learn what happened inside Batavia Downs Gaming that led to the arrest of a man and woman and what happened that caused the death of the Sgt. who was trying to arrest the woman. We think we’ll be able to find some of those answers when the two suspects are in Batavia court Tuesday afternoon. Michael Elmore is charged with aggravated manslaughter, aggravated assault on a police officer and burglary. Lindsey Wilcox is charged with attempted assault and burglary. Cell phone video captures one arrest outside Batavia Downs early Sunday morning. Other video shows...

Former chief White House medical adviser Anthony Fauci plans to release a memoir in June, reflecting on his long career as an infectious disease expert who served in multiple administrations. Book publisher Viking announced Thursday the release of “On Call: A Doctor’s Journey in Public Service.” The 496-page book will be published June 18. Fauci served under seven presidents, beginning in the Reagan administration. He was the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health for almost four decades. He became a lightning rod for conservative criticism during the Trump administration over...

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Monday admitted to Border Patrol agents that the current rate of release for illegal immigrants apprehended at the southern border is "above 85%," sources told Fox News. Mayorkas made the remarks when meeting privately with agents in Eagle Pass, Texas, according to three Border Patrol sources who were in the room and heard the remarks themselves. The conversation happened during the muster for agents in the busy border area. Fox is told Mayorkas was asked directly about comments he made on "Special Report" last week when he was asked by anchor Bret Baier about...

Bill Clinton rape accuser Juanita Broaddrick reacted to the unsealing of U.S. court documents regarding individuals linked to the late convicted pedophile financier, Jeffrey Epstein, recalling what the former president allegedly said after allegedly raping her. “After Bill Clinton viciously raped me, he said, ‘Don’t worry, I’m sterile due to mumps when I was a boy,'” Broaddrick claimed. “Then he told me, ‘You’d better put some ice on that,’ pointing to my swollen and bleeding lip.’ There are good men…….and then there’s Bill Clinton,” she added: