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President Biden suggested Israel will be willing to halt its war in Gaza during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, but only if a deal to release hostages held by Hamas is reached. “Ramadan’s coming up and there has been an agreement by the Israelis that they would not engage in activities during Ramadan as well, in order to give us time to get all the hostages out,” Biden said Monday on NBC’s “Late Night With Seth Meyers.” As concerns have risen globally over Israel’s potential invasion of the southern city of Rafah in Gaza — where many Palestinians have...

The audacity! Staten Island elected officials are making it known to City Hall and the Biden administration to halt plans to use Fort Wadsworth as a possible migrant shelter site, charging that doing so would violate federal protections of national historic landmarks. “We write to you with great concern and deep disappointment regarding the recent proposal to repurpose Fort Wadsworth, a historic site on Staten Island, as a migrant shelter,” wrote a bipartisan group of borough electeds Monday led by Republican Rep. Nicole Malliotakis in a letter addressed to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of the Interior...

A House-approved bill that the president supports would expand the draconian penalties he supposedly wants to abolish.When he ran for president in 2020, Joe Biden repudiated his long history of pushing harsh penalties for nonviolent drug offenses, calling for the abolition of mandatory minimum sentences. "Biden supports an end to mandatory minimums," his campaign said. "As president, he will work for the passage of legislation to repeal mandatory minimums at the federal level." But by endorsing a bill aimed at cracking down on fentanyl analogs, Biden is doing exactly the opposite. The HALT Fentanyl Act, which the Republican-controlled House of...

A couple of weeks ago, the FAA Air Traffic Control system issued a nationwide ground stop for the first time since 9/11, today the NYSE halted trading on dozens of stocks that experienced will trading ranges at market opening. Both "Computer Glitches" were attributed to technical issues and had nothing to do with computer hacking according to sources at both organizations. I don't believe in coincidences, in the matter of a couple of weeks two major US systems go offline is not something to take lightly, if another system like the major banking or financial systems go offline it will...

House Majority Whip Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) said Friday on “The Situation Room” that if Republicans led by former President Donald Trump win majorities in next week’s midterm elections, we are “going to see this democracy come to a crashing halt.” Anchor Brianna Keilar asked, “You recently compared America right now to Germany in the early 1930s. That’s what you said. And you said that we’re on track to repeat what happened in Germany here in America. Can you explain what you see happening here in America that prompted you to say that?”

United Airlines pilots have filed suit, seeking restraining order, which would immediately halt the overreaching, unlawful tyrannical mandate robbing 68,000 employees of their medical freedom. Attorney Kenneth W. Ferguson has e-filed a petition in the Southern District of Florida, asking a judge to order a temporary restraining order which would prevent the airline from mandating its 68,000 employees to be inoculated with the jabs proven to be dangerous, and potentially deadly. https://rumble.com/vlba0v-pilots-file-suit-against-united-seek-vaxx-restraining-order-halt-to-mandate.html

The Italian government said on Friday it was restricting the use of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to people over the age of 60, after a teenager who had received the shot died from a rare form of blood clotting. Camilla Canepa died on Thursday aged 18 after being given the vaccine on May 25, triggering a media and political outcry over the Anglo-Swedish company's shot being used for adults of all ages despite previously-raised medical concerns. "AstraZeneca will only be used for people over 60," the country's special COVID commissioner Francesco Figliuolo told reporters. People under the age of 60...

The riots can literally be brought to a halt quickly. As fast as possible, or order them made, convert 12ga shotgun shells to shoot rock salt. Shoot protesters who become violent, loot or throw things with rock salt in the legs, buttocks or back (not the head). They are finished for the session once hit. Some will have to pull every piece out with tweezers. Nothing will stop the pain short of pulling out the salt. This was a very effective method used many years ago before these ignorant young people were born to deter theft of watermelons and the...

U.S. equity markets were halted Monday morning after the S&P 500 dropped 7 percent, as an oil price war between Saudi Arabia and Russia sent crude prices crashing. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was lower by more than 1,800 points, or 7 percent, in the opening minutes of trading while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite were down 7 percent and 6.86 percent, respectively. Trading will resume following a 15-minute halt. The steep slide caused the New York Federal Reserve to increase its daily cash injections into the banking system to $150 billion from $100 billion.

“Those who support the terrorist organization (SDF) will become a target in this battle,” Reuters quoted Turkey’s Deputy Prime Minister and Government Spokesman Bekir Bozdağ as saying. “The United States needs to review its solders and elements giving support to terrorists on the ground in such a way as to avoid a confrontation with Turkey,” Bozdağ said.

Newly implemented ammunition controls forced a temporary halt to ammo sales at 131 Walmart stores throughout California. On January 1, 2018, Breitbart News reported that California’s ammunition controls took effect. These controls require that all ammunition be purchased in-state and that those purchases be conducted via a California-approved dealer. Moreover, an individual must secure a “California vendor license” to be recognized as a California-approved ammunition dealer. This means that if the state is delayed in issuing the licenses dealers will necessarily be unable to sell ammunition.

After decades of culturally-dominating politically correct drum-beating that numbs the average psyche (from accepting common sense), it might take a few minutes for the prudent position of Donald Trump to sink-in. However, once you get beyond the trained instinct of hysteria, and focus on the substantive request, to: “shutdown Muslims entering the United States until our country’s representatives can figure out what is going on” – it actually makes a great deal of sense. uch a position is really not the least bit controversial, and that’s exactly what makes it so brilliant on many levels. Of course, if you are...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced on Monday night that a federal judge has “granted” his request to “halt” President Barack Obama’s “Executive Amnesty Order” across the country. Abbott didn’t immediately offer any other details, but promised for information later. BREAKING: Federal Judge just granted my request to halt Obama's Executive Amnesty Order Nationwide. More later. #txlege #tcot @TexasGOP — Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) February 17, 2015

(Reuters) - The price of the digital currency bitcoin slid to its lowest level in nearly two months on Monday after bitcoin digital marketplace Mt. Gox said a halt on withdrawals it announced on Friday would continue indefinitely after it detected "unusual activity." The bitcoin price varied dramatically from one exchange to another, with Tokyo-based Mt. Gox, the best known operator of a bitcoin digital marketplace, recording one of the biggest drops for the day. On the Mt. Gox platform the currency plunged to as low as $500 early on Monday, down more than 27 percent from Friday's final price...

FORT PIERCE — Circuit Court Judge Larry Schack has denied a motion by Democrat Patrick Murphy to halt the recount of early votes in St. Lucie County. About 4:15 p.m., the judge made his ruling, saying if Murphy loses because of the recount, he still can contest the results of the election. Meanwhile, workers in the Supervisor of Elections office on Okeechobee Road continued recounting the early votes for the tight District 18 congressional race. Early Saturday morning, the Murphy campaign team announced they had filed an preliminary injunction to halt the recount, saying it was not legal. Schack began...

Senior defense official says Iran's nuclear program not easily derailed like Iraq or Syria: "There is no one silver bullet you can hit and that's over"; claims Iranian regime's biggest fear is US. Israel would not be able to halt Iran's reported quest for atomic weapons with a single strike, a senior Israeli defense official said on Sunday. The defense official, who in line with Israeli army guidelines declined to be identified, mentioned Iran during a review of the security situation in the Middle East in a briefing to foreign reporters.

Washington (CNSNews.com) – Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D-Texas) said that legislation introduced by Republicans to suspend President Barack Obama’s authority to exercise "prosecutorial discretion" in deciding which illegal aliens to deport shows that the Republican Party is “anti-minority.” He also said Republicans want to limit Obama’s authority because they don’t like him as president. VIDEO 1:12 minutes At a July 21 press conference on Capitol Hill, Reyes said, “What this legislation does is it takes away the discretion that is sorely needed by Customs and Border Protection -- by our president delegated down through the secretary of Homeland Security and Department...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal taxpayers should stop propping up Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and Congress will wean the country away from its reliance on the two huge but fiscally feeble housing finance companies, House Republicans said Wednesday. Democrats conceded that changes are needed in Fannie and Freddie, which have swallowed $150 billion in federal aid since the government took them over in September 2008. But they cautioned that care must be taken to avoid jeopardizing the popular 30-year fixed rate mortgage and the access to the housing market that the two companies have helped provide to millions of moderate-income...

A man convicted of manslaughter and several other crimes in the death of a 14-year-old Prospect boy is now preparing to sue the victim's parents. Is it possible for there to be a more ridiculous lawsuit? Matthew Kenney of Prospect was riding his bicycle along Route 69 in Prospect on April 27, 2007, when he was struck by a car driven by David Weaving. Police said Weaving was passing another car at 83 mph in a 45 mph zone when he hit Matthew, who died the next day. Weaving was convicted in December 2008 and sentenced to 10 years in...

Update 17:37 01/10/10 - Reports indicate that police have shot and killed James Lee, and released the hostages.SILVER SPRING, Maryland, September 1, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Chaos erupted after at least one hostage was taken at the Silver Spring headquarters of the Discovery Channel by what appears to be a crazed radical environmentalist. The armed man has reportedly demanded that Discovery Channel executives run programming geared toward stopping the propagation of "parasitic human infants" in order to save the planet from global warming and pollution.In a document apparently authored by James J. Lee, identified by law enforcement as the gunman, Lee...