IDF captures Palestinian who murdered his son, burned his body, and infiltrated Israel

A Palestinian man suspected of murdering his 12-year-old son and burning his body was found in Israel after infiltrating the country, the IDF said on Sunday.

According to Palestinian sources that spoke with KAN News, the man had taken his son to the Palestinian village of Beit Ur, near Ramallah in the West Bank, and stabbed him near an agricultural area of the town.

He then burned the body, fled the scene, and infiltrated Israel near the Hashmo Bnaim checkpoint, evading the Palestinian Authority security forces in the process.

The PA contacted the IDF after being unable to locate the man. The military found him inside Israel near the checkpoint to leave the West Bank.

The IDF interrogated the suspect and then handed him over to the PA.

"IDF forces operating last night at the Hashmonaim checkpoint in the Central Command detained a Palestinian suspect for questioning. Initial questioning at the checkpoint revealed that the suspect murdered his son in the Ramallah area and fled the scene," the military statement read.

Last week, the military and the Israel Police announced that they had arrested and indicted seven members of the Hariri crime organization for extortion, threats, and the planting of explosive devices.

The filing of indictments and prosecutors’ statements followed a series of raids conducted in Arab villages and the West Bank on April 12, during which 11 suspects were arrested. Multiple vehicles and a large amount of cash were also seized during the raids.

The investigation and raids were the product of collaboration between multiple bodies, including the Israel Police, Border Police, dog squad units, and the IDF.

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BREAKING: America's Mayor, Rudy Giuliani Hospitalized in Critical Condition

Prayers up for Rudy Giuliani.

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani is in critical condition at a Florida hospital, his spokesman said Sunday evening. President Donald Trump was quick to wish his friend and longtime ally well.

The spokesman, Ted Goodman, said that the former mayor and staunch ally of the president “remains in critical but stable condition.”

“Mayor Rudy Giuliani is currently in the hospital, where he remains in critical but stable condition,” the statement said. “Mayor Giuliani is a fighter who has faced every challenge in his life with unwavering strength, and he’s fighting with that same level of strength as we speak. We do ask that you join us in prayer for America’s Mayor Rudy Giuliani.”

A patient in “critical but stable condition” means that their condition is life-threatening but has vital signs within normal limits.

It is unclear what sent Mr. Giuliani, 81, to the hospital.

President Trump issued a statement via Truth Social immediately upon learning that his friend and longtime ally was in the hospital, saying, “Our fabulous Rudy Giuliani, a True Warrior, and the Best Mayor in the History of New York City, BY FAR, has been hospitalized, and is in critical condition. What a tragedy that he was treated so badly by the Radical Left Lunatics, Democrats ALL — AND HE WAS RIGHT ABOUT EVERYTHING! They cheated on the Elections, fabricated hundreds of stories, did anything possible to destroy our Nation, and now, look at Rudy. So sad!”Giuliani, nicknamed “America’s Mayor” in the aftermath of the 9/11 terror attacks that destroyed the World Trade Center, was hospitalized recently following a car accident but had reportedly recovered.

Get well soon, Mayor. America needs fighters like you.

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3 anti-ICE protesters who allegedly assaulted TPUSA's Savanah Hernandez indicted

Suspects' names were released Wednesday as Christopher Deyanna, and Paige Ostrouchko

Turning Point USA reporter Savanah Hernandez opens up about threats she says she has received on 'The Ingraham Angle.'

A federal grand jury handed down indictments for Christopher, Deyanna, and Paige Ostrouchko, connected to the assault on Turning Point USA reporter Savanah Hernandez at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement protest in Minneapolis earlier this month, Fox News Digital has learned.

The suspects were indicted on Tuesday, federal sources told Fox News Digital, with their names released in the indictment Wednesday.

Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the United States, Kash Patel told Fox News Digital, "When video of individuals assaulting Savanah Hernandez surfaced, this FBI immediately engaged and led the investigation — today landing federal charges supported by our great partners at DOJ."

"Conduct like this is completely unacceptable, and we are thankful Savanah is ok. Let this be a message to others who may try something similar that this FBI will find you and bring you to justice," he concluded.

TPUSA Frontlines reporter Savanah Hernandez is pushed to the ground by a protester. (Savanah Hernandez/Frontlines TPUSA)

While it was initially reported that only two of the three would be facing charges, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, has just announced that all three were indicted and will be facing charges.

The incident happened on April 11 outside the Whipple Federal Building, where a protest was taking place over a local ICE field office that also serves as a detention facility.

Video shows protesters swarming Hernandez, blowing horns in front of her face, yelling obscenities and waving adult novelty products in front of her, as she tries to cover herself and run away.

Hernandez is seen moving away from the protesters before saying, "get away from me" to a protester who continued to be up close to her. The protester then pushed Hernandez, who fell on the wired fence.

As protesters appeared to continue confronting Hernandez, she can be heard yelling, "Stop touching me!" Moments later, an unknown man is seen pushing Hernandez forward to the concrete.

Protesters continued to push Hernandez as she tried to get up and leave, and she was pushed down to the ground again.

"Leave me, I am trying to leave!" Hernandez shouted at one point.

In the video, other individuals at the scene claim they tried to help Hernandez escape the violent protesters, saying they stopped people from hitting her.

Following the incident, Hernandez posted on X that she suffered minor injuries, including scrapes to her legs and had soreness in her neck and back.

The FBI had announced it was investigating hours after videos of the attack started to surface.

Finally!!! Maybe, just maybe, some accountability for the actions of the unhinged violent left. Unless they get blessed with an activist judge…we shall see.

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Iran executes dozens of citizens, arrests over 4,000

Jr. Supreme "Leader"

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has accused Iran’s regime of dramatically intensifying its brutal crackdown on dissent in the wake of the February conflict. He warned that Tehran has unleashed a storm of executions, mass arrests, torture, and one of the longest internet shutdowns the world has ever seen, all while cowering behind the threadbare excuse of national security.

In a sharply worded statement from Geneva, Türk reported that at least 21 people have been executed and more than 4,000 arrested on national security-related charges since February 28. This comes as the regime faces growing international scrutiny over its sweeping assault on fundamental rights.

"I am appalled that, on top of the already severe impacts of the conflict, the rights of the Iranian people continue to be stripped from them by the authorities in harsh and brutal ways," Türk said. 

Since the conflict began two months ago, the U.N. noted that nine people have been executed over the January 2026 protests, 10 for alleged membership in opposition groups, and two on espionage charges. Estimates put the death toll from regime forces during January’s uprising at around 40,000.

Türk slammed Iran’s broad use of vaguely defined national security laws, which have allowed authorities to fast-track prosecutions, deny legal counsel, and rely on coerced confessions. "Even where national security is invoked, human rights can only be limited where strictly necessary and proportionate," he said. 

He called on Tehran to halt executions, impose a moratorium on capital punishment, and immediately release those arbitrarily detained. The chances of their cooperation is almost nil.

This is the grim reality of a regime that has never known restraint when it comes to its own people. The mullahs' grip on power has always been secured not by consent, but by the scaffold, the prison cell, and the calculated erasure of any voice that dares to challenge their theocratic tyranny. 

What we are witnessing is not mere "crackdown," a word too sanitized for such savagery, but the predictable reflex of a frightened, illegitimate power that understands its survival depends on terror. The figures are not abstractions; they are the broken bodies and silenced futures of Iranians who asked, in the simplest terms, for dignity. And still the world watches, offering statements while the nooses tighten.

Keep the pressure on, President Trump  and Prime Minister Netanyahu.

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Orleans Parish D.E.I. Sheriff Susan Hutson indicted on 30 counts

Susan Hutson

Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson will be arraigned along with her chief financial officer, Bianka Brown, on May 15th.

This follows her court appearance Thursday morning after getting indicted in connection with last year's spectacular jailbreak that turned 10 inmates loose on the streets. Since then, all ten inmates have been recaptured because they are as intelligent as a Pez dispenser. 

Sheriff Susan Hutson was hit with a 30-count indictment courtesy of Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill.

She faces charges including malfeasance in office, conspiracy to commit malfeasance in office, filing or maintaining false public records, conspiracy to commit filing or maintaining false public records, obstruction of justice, and conspiracy to commit obstruction of justice.

On Thursday morning, Hutson was spotted strolling into court for a status update.

According to her attorney, Hutson surrendered her passport and is out on a $300,000 bond.It is unclear where her next court date will be.

Thursday, Hutson issued a statement saying she will "aggressively fight to clear my name. The timing of this indictment is concerning; it will not deter me from pursuing every available legal action to demonstrate that these accusations are unfounded."

She was held in custody at the Jefferson Parish Jail in Gretna prior to her court appearance.

The sheriff's chief financial officer, Bianka Brown, was also indicted on 20 counts. She's facing the same menu of malfeasance in office, conspiracy to commit malfeasance in office, filing or maintaining false public records, conspiracy to commit filing or maintaining false public records, obstruction of justice, and conspiracy to commit obstruction of justice.

Bianka Brown

Her bond has been set at $200,000. She has bonded out of jail.

According to the indictment, the charges stretch from May 2, 2022, to April 8, 2026, covering Hutson's entire term in office.

The juicy details of whatever Hutson and Brown allegedly pulled during that stretch will probably surface during discovery.

Both have to surrender their passports and cannot leave Louisiana.

A spokesperson for the Orleans Parish Justice Center issued the following statement regarding the indictment.

"OPSO is aware of the recent legal developments involving Sheriff Hutson and CFO Brown. Due to the ongoing legal proceedings, OPSO will not comment on the specifics of the case. Media inquiries should be directed to the respective legal counsel Gregory Carter and James Mullaly. The agency remains focused on ensuring continuity across all operations."

This mess comes after Murrill spent nearly a year looking into the jailbreak that let dangerous inmates, including some facing murder charges, hit the streets after they busted out of the jail behind a toilet.

Hutson has insisted the jailbreak was an inside job. During her re-election campaign she even called it "the great let out."

The ten inmates who escaped are facing simple escape charges and eight are expected to go to trial in September.

Two are undergoing treatment for competency ahead of trial.

The indictment dropped just one day after Hutson delivered her farewell speech.

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Muslim religious leader charged with sexually assaulting young girls, including two aged 10

A religious leader at a mosque in Jamaica, Queens, stands accused of the most grotesque betrayal imaginable: the sexual abuse of children placed in his care. According to the New York Police Department, Tajul Islam, 55, was arrested on the night of Monday, April 27, by detectives from the Queens Child Abuse Squad. 

He was booked at the 113th Precinct for sexual offenses involving multiple victims, including two ten-year-old girls, inside his own Masjid Bilal Queens Islamic Center at 121-03 Sutphin Boulevard.

Islam was arraigned the following day in Queens Criminal Court on a complaint charging him with four counts of sexual abuse in the first degree, four counts of forcible touching, and four counts of endangering the welfare of a child. The details, as laid out in the criminal complaint, are as stark as they are sickening. Sometime between 5:30 and 6 p.m. on Tuesday, April 21, inside the storefront mosque, Islam is alleged to have approached a ten-year-old girl and grabbed her breast and touched her inner thigh. He is said to have committed the same act at around 6 p.m. on Monday, April 27, with another ten-year-old girl. Members of the NYPD’s Queens Child Abuse Squad arrested him roughly four hours later. His mosque sits on Sutphin Boulevard, two blocks west of Baisley Pond Park.

At his arraignment on April 28 before Queens Criminal Court Judge Sharifa Nasser-Cuellar, Islam pleaded not guilty. Bail was set at $25,000 cash and $25,000 bond, with temporary orders of protection issued. He has no prior arrests. The NYPD, rightly, has put out a call for any other potential victims to come forward.

This is not some abstract failing of “society” or a random crime. It is the alleged violation of the vulnerable by a man whose authority derived, at least in part, from his position as a religious leader in a community mosque. 

Islam was taken into custody on Monday by the Queens Child Abuse Squad. He has been charged with sexual abuse, forcible touching, and endangering the welfare of a child, according to police. He is a leader at the Masjid Bilal Queens Islamic Center in Jamaica.

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Iran Military Alive Person: Renewed War with US 'Likely'

IRCG Military Leader: Mohammed bin Mo

A senior Iranian military officer who has yet to be neutralized, said on Saturday that renewed fighting with the U.S. was "likely," hours after President Donald Trump said he was not satisfied with an Iranian negotiating proposal.

Iran dropped the new draft on mediator Pakistan Thursday evening, state media reported, without bothering to tell us what was actually in it.

The war, which the United States and Israel kicked off in late February, has been on hold since April 8. One round of peace talks in Pakistan has already flopped since then.

"At this moment I'm not satisfied with what they're offering," Trump told so called reporters, blaming the stall on "tremendous discord" within Iran's leadership.

"Do we want to go and just blast the hell out of them and finish them forever or do we want to try and make a deal?" he added, saying he would "prefer not" to take the first option "on a human basis".

On Saturday morning, Mohammad Jafar Asadi, some big shot in the Iranian military's Central Command who has not yet been sent to his goats, announced that "a renewed conflict between Iran and the United States is likely," according to quotes in Iran's Fars News Agency.

"Evidence has shown that the United States is not committed to any promises or agreements," he added.

Iran's judiciary chief Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei said on Friday that his country had "never shied away from negotiations," but would not accept an "imposition" of peace terms. Sure, buddy.

The White House is keeping the details of the latest Iranian proposal under wraps, but Axios reported that U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff tossed in amendments that put Tehran's nuclear program back on the table.

The changes include demands that Iran not move enriched uranium from bombed sites or restart anything there while talks are going on.

News of the Iranian proposal briefly knocked oil prices down nearly five percent. They are still sitting about 50 percent above pre-war levels, thanks to the ongoing closure of the Strait of Hormuz.

Iran has kept its stranglehold on the strait since the war started, cutting off major flows of oil, gas, and fertilizer to the world economy. The United States has answered with its own blockade of Iranian ports.

Speaking at a rally on Friday, Trump said "we're like pirates" while describing an earlier helicopter raid on an oil tanker caught in the blockade.

Despite the ceasefire in the Gulf, fighting continues in Lebanon, where Israel has been hammering targets despite a separate truce with the Iran-backed Hezbollah terrorists.

Lebanon's health ministry said 13 people were killed in strikes in the south, including in the town of Habboush, where the Israeli military had issued an evacuation warning.

Meanwhile, Washington announced late Friday it had approved major arms sales to its Middle East allies, including a $4 billion Patriot missile deal with Qatar and nearly $1 billion in precision weapons systems to Israel.

Back in Washington, lawmakers are tangled up in a legal fight over whether Trump missed a deadline to get congressional approval for the war.

Administration officials say the ceasefire hits the pause button on that 60-day limit. Democrats, naturally, disagree because, you know . . . Trump.

Trump is facing increasing pressure at home, with inflation climbing, no decisive win yet, and midterm elections coming up.

"There has been no exchange of fire between United States Forces and Iran since April 7, 2026," Trump said in letters to congressional leaders, adding that the hostilities "have terminated".

In Iran, the economic pain from the war is getting worse by the day.

Washington slapped new sanctions on three Iranian currency firms and warned others not to pay the "toll" Iran is demanding for safe passage through Hormuz.

The U.S. military says its blockade of Iranian ports has already halted $6 billion in Iranian oil exports. Inflation in Iran, which was bad enough before the war, has now shot past 50 percent."Everyone is trying to endure it, but... they are falling apart," 40-year-old Amir, a Tehran resident, told an AFP reporter based outside the country.

"We still have not seen much of the economic effects because everyone had a bit of savings. They had some gold and dollars for a rainy day. When they run out, things will change."

In other signs that everything is going great in the Islamic Republic, Iranian authorities executed two men on Saturday who were convicted of spying for Israel. This is just the latest in a fresh wave of executions.

One of the men was found guilty of helping Israel during last June's 12-day war.

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Americans Continue Voting With Their Feet, Apparently Preferring Not To Be Taxed Into Oblivion

New Census data reveals a massive migration shift as high-tax states lose residents to the booming Southeast and Sun Belt. Experts are baffled why anyone would leave paradise for lower taxes and functioning streets. Hmmm?

Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and ‘Fox & Friends Weekend’ co-host Charlie Hurt discuss an exodus of residents from Democrat-led states due to taxes.

Americans appear to be voting with their feet as the country’s most iconic cities continue to see declining populations or struggle to regain their pre-pandemic footing, shocking no one with two brain cells to rub together.

On the East Coast, New York City is facing a renewed exodus. 

According to a Citizens Budget Commission study released earlier this month, the Big Apple lost more residents than it gained last year. The report found that New York City lost approximately 114,000 more domestic residents to other U.S. cities than it gained in 2025, reversing two years of marginal growth.

The decline has become so pronounced that even New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has sounded the alarm. Pleading in March for "high net worth" individuals to return, Hochul noted the erosion of the Empire State’s tax base is threatening "the generous social programs that we want to have in our state."

A nervous Hochul admitted that New York is "in competition with other states who have less of a tax burden," specifically citing "Wall Street businesses looking at Texas" as a primary concern.Further north, Boston is struggling to retain its next generation of workers. 

In Massachusetts, a 2026 Young Residents Survey from the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce Foundation, released in April, revealed that 26 percent of residents aged 20 to 30 plan to leave the area within the next five years.

Of those planning to move, nearly half are looking to exit the state entirely, with a majority eyeing the Southeast and Southwest. High housing costs remain the primary driver for those planning to leave, followed closely by the irresistible urge not to fund endless progressive experiments.

The trend is part of a larger drain on the Commonwealth. 

An analysis by the Pioneer Institute shows Massachusetts has suffered a net loss of approximately 182,000 residents due to domestic out-migration over the last five years. At this rate the state bird will soon be the U-Haul.The West Coast is seeing similar patterns, particularly in Los Angeles County. The latest U.S. Census data released in March 2026 shows that between July 1, 2024, and July 1, 2025, 53,421 residents left the county. The largest numeric decline of any county in the nation. Since 2020, Los Angeles County’s population has shrunk from roughly 10 million to 9.7 million, proving once again that even the weather cannot overcome terrible governance.

In San Francisco, the population has failed to recover from its pandemic-era low. Despite a localized boom in the artificial intelligence sector, newly released Census estimates show the city’s total population remains well below 2020 levels. AI may be the future, but apparently it still cannot convince people to live around  the homeless and human feces, drugs and violence.

While the coastlines struggle, the Southeast is booming like it just discovered low taxes and personal responsibility. The Census Bureau reported in March that many of the fastest-growing counties in the country are now concentrated in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina.

South Carolina has officially claimed the title of the fastest-growing state in the nation. Between July 2024 and July 2025, the Palmetto State’s population surged by 1.5 percent, fueled by a net influx of 66,622 domestic migrants who probably just wanted grocery stores without bulletproof glass.

In terms of "income migration," Florida remains the undisputed king. The Florida Chamber of Commerce reports that the Sunshine State leads the nation with a net income migration of nearly 36.1 billion dollars annually. Turns out people enjoy keeping more of their own money rather than giving it to, say, Somalia businesses.

A new study by the National Taxpayers Union Foundation released on April 7, 2026, confirmed that taxpayers are fleeing high-tax environments for more fiscally friendly states. While Texas and Florida remain the top targets, states like North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee are also seeing record gains. Notably, the NTUF "Migration in Minutes" metric found that Texas surpassed Florida in 2022 as the state gaining a new taxpayer most frequently. One every 4 minutes and 40 seconds. That is not a migration, it's more like a stampede of J.B. Pritzker look-alike contestants at a free pizza grand opening.

The U.S. Census Bureau’s March report highlighted that the nation’s most populous counties. Including Los Angeles, Cook County (Chicago), Harris County (Houston), and the five boroughs of New York City. Are feeling the sting of lower Net International Migration.

Historically, these hubs relied on international arrivals to offset domestic losses. However, the CBC reported a 70 percent drop in international migration to New York City in 2025 compared to the previous year.

"The nation’s largest counties . . .  are often international migration hubs," said Census Bureau demographer George M. Hayward. "With fewer gains from international migration, these types of counties saw their population growth diminish or even turn into loss."Translation: Even the replacement population is starting to notice the vibe is off.

Communism much?

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