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Trump and Pulte Now Want Fannie Mae to Subsidize Home Builders
Israeli Police Swiftly Remove Hecklers Who Attempted To Derail Trump’s Speech
Anthropic Study: AI Models Are Highly Vulnerable to 'Poisoning' Attacks
A recent study by Anthropic AI, in collaboration with several academic institutions, has uncovered a startling vulnerability in AI language models, showing that it takes a mere 250 malicious documents to completely disrupt their output. Purposefully feeding malicious data into AI models is ominously referred to as a "poisoning attack."
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California: Governor Newsom Signs Gun Control Bills Into Law
All Living Hostages Are Back in Israel
After 738 days in Hamas captivity, the final 20 living hostages crossed the border from Gaza back into Israel. Images of fathers, mothers, wives, brothers, and sisters embracing their loved ones after two years of separation flooded social media.
Bar Kupershtein, 23, cried as he embraced his mother. He was working at the Nova Music Festival on Oct. 7, 2023 when Hamas launched its terrorist attack on Israel killing 1,200 and taking another 251, including Kupershtein, hostage.
Omri Miran, 48 and the oldest living hostage to return to Israel on Monday, was taken hostage on Oct. 7 in front of his wife and two young daughters. That day, Lishay Miran told her husband she loved him as Hamas terrorist took him away. After over two years, the family was finally reunited.
The father of Yosef-Chaim Ohana, 25, would not let his son go as they hugged for the first time in over two years.
“Finally, our Evyatar is home,” the family of Evyatar David said in a public statement Monday. “From the first moment, we knew he would return, and here, after two years of suffering, he is here. Now a new journey of healing will begin for Evyatar and for us.”
About two months ago, Hamas released a horrifying propaganda video of a very thin David digging his own grave.
All former hostages received an initial medical evaluation before being airlifted to hospitals where they were reunited with their families.
“After two harrowing years in darkness and captivity, 20 courageous hostages are returning to the glorious embrace of their families, and it is glorious,” President Donald Trump said before the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, Monday.
“We have confronted evil together, we have waged war together, and perhaps most beautifully of all, we have made peace together,” Trump said, speaking of the relationship between Israel and the U.S. “And this week, against all odds, we have done the impossible and brought our hostages home. So now we’re going to forge a future that is worthy of our heritage.”
In addition to the 20 living hostages now back in Israel, the remains of 28 hostages are expected to be returned to Israel in the near future.
“After so many years of unceasing war and endless danger, today, the skies are calm, the guns are silent, the sirens are still, and the sun rises on a holy land that is finally at peace, a land, and a region that will live, God willing, in peace for all eternity,” Trump said.
Working with mediators from Turkey, Egypt and Qatar, U.S. officials were able to get Israel and Hamas to agree to a deal Wednesday night that is based on Trump’s 20-point peace plan, which includes the release of all hostages still in Gaza and the demilitarization of Hamas. The second phase of the ceasefire is expected to include negotiations for a permanent end to the war.
“Donald Trump is the greatest friend that the state of Israel has ever had in the White House,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said before the Knesset.
Netanyahu has nominated Trump to receive the Israel Prize, Israel’s most prestigious award recognizing excellence in a particular field or significant contribution to Israel’s culture. Netanyahu has called for Trump to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. Trump was not awarded the 2025 prize but could receive it in 2026.
“When others were weak, you were strong. When others were fearful, you were bold. When others abandon us, you stood by our side,” Netanyahu said to Trump before the Knesset.
Trump praised the state of Israel in his hourlong speech and pledged continued friendship between Israel and the U.S.
“The state of Israel is strong, and it will live and thrive forever. And that is why Israel will always remain a vital ally of the United States of America,” Trump said.
“We are going to have hope, harmony, opportunity, and happiness here in the spiritual and geographic center of the entire world,” Trump continued, adding, “Israel, America, and all of the nations of the Middle East will soon be safer, stronger, greater, and more prosperous than ever before.”
Trump is traveling from Israel to Egypt Monday to participate in a Middle East peace ceremony.
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Giffords Wrings Hands: Public Less Safe Because Publix Allows Open Carry
Gabby Giffords gun control group, Giffords, claims the public is less safe now that Publix Super Markets made clear its Florida stores will comply with Florida's open carry law.
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Breaking: All Living Hostages Freed, Israel Rejoices, Trump Welcomed with Enormous Beach Banner
Hamas released all 20 remaining living hostages on Monday as part of the Trump administration-brokered ceasefire that paused two years of war between Israel and the terror group. The deal […]
The post Breaking: All Living Hostages Freed, Israel Rejoices, Trump Welcomed with Enormous Beach Banner appeared first on The Western Journal.
HISTORIC: Trump Policies Yield Lowest Illegal Border Crossing Arrests in Half-Century
President Donald Trump's border security and immigration policies led to the most secure border since 1970, according to the chief of the Border Patrol. During the just-ended FY25, Border Patrol agents arrested just over 237,000 aliens who crossed the southwest border illegally between ports of entry. For the fifth consecutive month, Border Patrol agents released zero illegal aliens into the U.S. interior.
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Hostage, Once Forced to Dig Own Grave in Tunnel, Now Free in Israeli Sunshine
Israeli Hostage Evyatar David, whom Hamas forced to dig his own grave in a tunnel, is now safely back in Israel, freed and returned as a result of U.S. President Donald Trump's deal to end the war in Gaza.
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Supreme Court Takes Up Key Voting Rights Challenge
JOHN CZWARTACKI: Brazil Is Waging War On American Technology — With China’s Help
How Trump’s FTC Can Keep Drug Prices Down for Working Americans
How do leading retailers like Amazon and Walmart deliver low prices to their customers? The companies buy so much from their suppliers that they can demand discounts. That dynamic applies in the health care industry as well, as companies called pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) negotiate with pharmaceutical companies to keep prices down. But it’s up to the Trump administration to keep it that way.
On Sept. 29, the Federal Trade Commission came one step closer to finally making a decision on the Biden FTC’s case against PBMs. A settlement will immediately benefit consumers while reinforcing the valuable role PBMs play in negotiating with pharmaceutical companies to drive down drug prices.
PBMs negotiate drug prices on behalf of employers, insurers, and patients. Managing more than 90% of U.S. prescriptions (per the FTC) gives them leverage they need to demand discounts and rebates from Big Pharma.
The backdrop to the FTC case, which was filed shortly before last year’s presidential election, is the 1,200% rise in insulin prices from 1999-2017. The Biden FTC claimed that “even when lower list price insulins became available that could have been more affordable for vulnerable patients, the PBMs systemically excluded them in favor of high list price … insulin products”—because the more expensive drugs are, the bigger the rebates they receive.
When I first took over as chair of the House Energy & Commerce Committee’s Health Subcommittee, I was a bit skeptical of PBMs because of all the negative ads I saw about them (which I later found out were sponsored by the pharmaceutical companies). However, when I dug into the data, I quickly noticed that the truth was far different from what some of the industry’s biggest players want us to believe.
The employers who hire PBMs love them. They are best thought of as akin to a bulk buyer at a market, using scale to drive better deals. If they weren’t buying in bulk, they would not have the leverage that’s needed with the pharma giants, which would drive prices even higher.
I’m sure, like in any industry, there are some bad actors, or at least some actors who have engaged in some brow-raising activities. Those entities should not escape punishment. That said, the overall net value of PBMs speak for themselves.
Even the FTC’s complaint admits that PBMs pass on 90% to 98% of rebate dollars directly to their clients, as The Wall Street Editorial Board pointed out. Which raises the question: Did the Biden FTC even believe the arguments made in its own suit?
After all, Biden FTC Chair Lina Khan was not shy in intimidating that she was unconcerned about bringing weak cases to court. She believed that pursuing cases that wouldn’t stand legal scrutiny was important as a means of convincing the legislature to expand the law to her progressive liking.
Rather than taking the PBM case to federal court, the FTC filed it in its own administrative court—meaning the agency felt compelled to act as both prosecutor and judge. If the commission wasn’t confident that an independent judiciary would give the ruling it desired, that’s not a very encouraging sign.
All of this underscores the value of settling the PBM case, which is possible with Trump appointees now in charge at the FTC.
Taking this case off the FTC’s books and instead reaching a settlement with bad actors would protect consumers while preserving employers’ ability to hold the pharmaceutical company’s feet to the fire.
Put another way, the FTC can punish any genuine misconduct while still keeping the buyers’ club that holds Big Pharma intact.
If Amazon or Walmart saw a deal that delivered lower prices for millions of Americans, they’d take it. Washington should too.
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Trump at Knesset: ‘The Forces of Chaos, Terror’ in Middle East Are ‘Totally Defeated’
President Donald Trump declared at the Knesset on Monday morning that "the forces of chaos, terror, and ruin that have plagued the region for decades" are "totally defeated."
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UK Anti-Islam Activist: Musk Paid for My Defense
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