The New York Police Department is searching for a suspect who allegedly pushed two men onto the subway tracks at an Upper East Side station on Sunday morning. Police told The Daily Wire that the unidentified individual shoved an 83-year-old man and a 31-year-old man onto the southbound “F” train tracks at the Lexington Avenue–63rd Street station at approximately 11:41 a.m. Bystanders quickly pulled both victims back onto the platform before an approaching train arrived. The men were transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The suspect fled in an unknown direction. The New York Post reports the suspect was last seen wearing a gray jacket, red hat, tan pants, and green shoes. As of Sunday evening, no arrests have been made.  The attack comes as the city is on edge after two bombs were thrown into a crowd of protesters by suspect Emir Balat and Ibrahim Nikk who is accused of supplying the device. Witnesses said that Balat yelled, “Allahu akbar” as he threw the weapon on Saturday. On Sunday afternon, officers investigated East End Avenue between East 81st and East 82nd street where investigators located a car that belonged to one of the arrested protesters. The FBI stated their Terrorism Task Force is investigating the matter along NYPD and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York. The New York Police Department did not indicate Sunday’s subway attack had any relation to the incidents involving Balat and Nikk but confirmed the subway attack is still under investigation.

The FBI is reportedly looking at an attempted bombing in New York City as a potential act of terror after at least one of the suspects — who wielded a homemade bomb at a protest outside Gracie Mansion the day before — claimed that he had been inspired by ISIS. NBC News correspondent Tom Winter reported on Sunday that one of the suspects referenced ISIS directly in statements to law enforcement after his apprehension, prompting the terror probe. CNN reported that both suspects admitted to being “inspired by ISIS,” but said that officials do not believe that there is a connection between the New York City attack and the military action unfolding in Iran. WATCH: Emir Balat and Ibrahim Nikk, the two NYC terrorists who hurled an IED at protestors were reportedly inspired by ISIS. pic.twitter.com/gPiNeC0FoM — Thomas Hern (@ThomasMHern) March 8, 2026 “Law enforcement sources [are] also telling us that the two suspects that were arrested in relation to those explosive devices have admitted to being inspired by ISIS,” correspondent Gloria Pazmino reported. According to a report published Sunday by CBS News, the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force has taken over the investigation into Emir Balat, 18, and Ibrahim Kayumi, 19 — both of whom live in Pennsylvania — after a lab in Quantico confirmed that what appeared to homemade bombs were not “hoax devices” but deadly Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) using components that have been seen in previous terror attacks. The devices, two sources told CBS, contained sports drink bottles filled with explosives that were set inside glass jars packed with nails, bolts, and screws. The explosives were connected to a firework described as an “M-80-type” with a fuse. The sources said that the explosive material inside was called triacetone triperoxide, or TATP, which is a white powder made from two readily available household chemicals: acetone and hydrogen peroxide. Multiple reports suggest that the investigation is also likely to probe the recent travels of the suspects, both of whom have made extended visits to Istanbul in the last two years. Balat stayed in the Turkish city for months, from early May of 2025 to late August of the same year. Kayumi also traveled to Istanbul, but only stayed for a few weeks in July and August of 2024. He also traveled to Saudi Arabia in March of 2024. Fox News congressional correspondent Bill Melugin also reported that “New York City IED suspect Emir Balat’s parents are both from Turkey & were naturalized into US citizens in 2017, while Ibrahim Kayumi’s parents are both from Afghanistan. Mom naturalized in 2009, dad naturalized in 2004.” New York City’s Democratic socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani issued a statement about the attack on Sunday, which had taken place as competing protests played out in front of Gracie Mansion. Mamdani specifically named January 6th defendant Jake Lang — who led a protest of about 20 people — and referred to him as a “white supremacist,” saying his demonstration was “rooted in bigotry and racism” and was not welcome in New York City. While he condemned the violent act that followed, he did not mention the names of the terror suspects or their potential inspiration. Instead, he said simply, “The attempt to use an explosive device and hurt others is not only criminal, it is reprehensible and the antithesis of who we are.”

New York City police locked down part of Manhattan’s Upper East Side on Sunday as the investigation into a terror scare near the mayor’s residence expanded after officers discovered another suspicious device. The New York City Police Department warned residents to avoid East End Avenue between 81st Street and 82nd Street as officers responded to what authorities described as ongoing police activity. Later, police confirmed the situation was connected to the investigation into an improvised explosive device used during unrest the previous day. “In connection with the ongoing investigation into the improvised explosive device deployed yesterday, the NYPD has identified a suspicious device in a vehicle on East End Avenue between 81st Street and 82nd Street,” the department said in an advisory. Officers froze the area around the vehicle and began limited evacuations of nearby buildings while the bomb squad assessed the device. In connection with the ongoing investigation into the improvised explosive device deployed yesterday, the NYPD has identified a suspicious device in a vehicle on East End Avenue between 81st Street and 82nd Street. NYPD officers have frozen the area around the vehicle and are… https://t.co/R9LAfVBNep — NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) March 8, 2026 The discovery comes one day after a homemade explosive device was thrown during a clash between protesters and counter-protesters near Gracie Mansion on the Upper East Side. The residence is home to New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani. Authorities later confirmed that at least one of the devices used during the confrontation was a genuine improvised explosive device capable of causing “serious injury or death.”  The incident unfolded Saturday when two opposing demonstrations gathered near East End Avenue and East 87th Street. One protest, organized by activist Jake Lang, drew a small group of demonstrators opposing public Muslim prayer in the city. A significantly larger group of counterprotesters also assembled nearby, and tensions escalated between the two sides.  Police said an 18-year-old counter-protester allegedly ignited and threw a device toward the protest area before it struck a barrier and extinguished itself near officers. Investigators said the device appeared to be a glass jar wrapped in tape and packed with metal shrapnel such as nuts and bolts along with a fuse. In a statement Sunday, New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch confirmed that the device used Saturday, “is not a hoax device or a smoke bomb. It is, in fact, an improvised explosive device that could have caused serious injury or death.” After speculation swirled online of the actual threat level posed. Authorities also said the suspect attempted to deploy a second device before officers intervened, arresting two individuals in connection with the explosives. Additional arrests were made during the unrest, including one protester accused of using pepper spray.  The FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force has joined the investigation as authorities analyze the devices and determine whether additional suspects or explosives may be involved. The suspicious device discovered Sunday inside a parked vehicle several blocks away prompted a renewed security response as investigators worked to determine whether it is connected to the devices used during Saturday’s confrontation. Police have not yet announced whether the newly discovered device is functional, but the presence of the bomb squad and building evacuations underscores the seriousness of the situation as investigators continue sweeping the area. Mamdani has not provided any statement or comment on the latest development in what seems to be a worrying trend. His remarks on Saturday’s incident split the blame between protestors and counter-protesters. Officials have urged residents to avoid the neighborhood while the investigation continues. Streets in the surrounding area remain closed as authorities assess the device and work to secure the scene.

The next supreme leader of Iran will be the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s son, Mojtaba Khamenei, Iran’s clerical body that appoints the country’s supreme leader announced on Sunday. Iran’s Assembly of Experts said the younger Khamenei had been chosen with a “decisive vote” and urged Iranians to rally behind him, putting an emphasis on the “elites and intellectuals of the seminaries and universities.” Prior to the announcement, President Donald Trump said that the next supreme leader is “not going to last long” without U.S. approval. “He’s going to have to get approval from us,” Trump said. “If he doesn’t get approval from us he’s not going to last long. We want to make sure that we don’t have to go back every 10 years, when you don’t have a president like me that’s not going to do it.” The elder Khamenei was selected as supreme leader following the death of the Islamic Republic’s founder, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, who overthrew Iran’s dynastic shah during the 1979 revolution. With his son now assuming the position, the transition may raise questions about whether the Islamic Republic is drifting toward another form of dynastic rule.  Mojtaba, a second son and mid-ranking cleric, was selected by the 88-member body following the death of his father, who ruled for 37 years until he was killed at the beginning of the conflict when the U.S. and Israel began to strike key targets on February 28. Mojtaba, 56, has a reputation for being close to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), which is a United States-designated terror organization. He has never held elected office or served in a senior government role. He was suspected of playing a role in the harsh crackdown on the Iranian Green Movement protests in 2009. He served in the IRGC following high school before studying and teaching at an Islamic school. Mojtaba played a central role behind the scenes to assist his father and managed his family’s wealth and business affairs. Mojtaba Khamenei was sanctioned by the United States in 2019, according to the U.S. Department of the Treasury. The Treasury said he was targeted for “representing the Supreme Leader in an official capacity despite never being elected or appointed to a government position aside from work in the office of his father.” According to the department, Iran’s supreme leader had delegated some leadership responsibilities to Mojtaba Khamenei, who worked closely with the commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps–Quds Force and the Basij Resistance Force to advance his father’s destabilizing regional ambitions and oppressive domestic objectives. Last week, Trump called Mojtaba a “lightweight.” “They are wasting their time. Khamenei’s son is a lightweight,” Trump told Axios. “Khamenei’s son is unacceptable to me. We want someone that will bring harmony and peace to Iran.” According to a report from the New York Post citing leaked U.S. diplomatic cables released through WikiLeaks, Mojtaba reportedly sought medical treatment in the United Kingdom for “impotency” after failing to produce children quickly. After multiple visits for treatment, including one stay lasting about two months, his wife was eventually able to conceive. His wife was also reportedly killed alongside his father in the Israeli strike. Before the vote, the IDF warned on its Farsi-language account that Israel would pursue any successor to Iran’s supreme leader. “We want to tell you that the hand of the State of Israel will continue to pursue every successor and every person who seeks to appoint a successor,” the IDF posted.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) doubled down on his party’s opposition to President Donald Trump, vowing on Sunday that Democrats in the U.S. Senate would never “help” Republicans to pass the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act. Despite the fact that the bill’s main focus — requiring valid proof of citizenship for voter registration — is popular among voters regardless of party, Schumer shared a post on X referring to the SAVE Act as “Jim Crow 2.0” and claiming that millions of people would be “disenfranchised” if it were to pass. “The SAVE Act is Jim Crow 2.0. It would disenfranchise tens of millions of people,” Schumer complained. “If Trump is saying he won’t sign any bills until the SAVE Act is passed, then so be it: there will be total gridlock in the Senate. Senate Democrats will not help pass the SAVE Act under any circumstances.” Schumer’s statement came just hours after Trump announced early Sunday that he intended to prioritize the SAVE Act — nicknamed by Republicans the SAVE America Act — and would not sign anything else until he saw it on his desk. Praising calls for Senate Republicans to use the traditional — “talking” — filibuster to force a vote on the measure, Trump said that it had to be the top priority to “pass THE SAVE AMERICA ACT, an 88% issue with ALL VOTERS.” “It must be done immediately. It supersedes everything else. MUST GO TO THE FRONT OF THE LINE,” he added. “I, as President, will not sign other Bills until this is passed.” In addition to requiring proof of citizenship — either through a valid passport or a birth certificate — the SAVE Act would dramatically limit online and mail-in voter registration and would reduce mail-in balloting to military service-members or those limited by illness, disability, or travel. States would also be required to routinely examine voter rolls in order to ensure that non-citizens were not being registered to vote. Criminal penalties would apply to any officials who registered voters with improper identification. Despite the fact that a majority of Americans support voter ID requirements generally (81%) and the SAVE America Act specifically (71%), according to a Harvard Harris poll taken just after Trump’s State of the Union address, elected Democrats like Schumer have continued to insist that requiring proof of citizenship would necessarily disenfranchise voters who cannot access the proper documents. The SAVE Act passed the House in February.