The U.S. Capitol Police said on Friday that authorities arrested the 36-year-old Ohio man accused of threatening Rep. Max Miller (R-OH), who is Jewish, by running him “off the road” while waving a Palestinian flag. Feras S. Hamdan was arrested on charges of aggravated menacing after Rep. Miller revealed on Thursday that “the life of me and my family was threatened” in a brush with “blatant antisemitic violence.” The suspected antisemitic threat against Miller took place while the congressman was driving with his family in Rocky River, Ohio. “In less than 24 hours, the USCP received notification of a threat against a Member of Congress, had boots on the ground, collaborated with the local police department, and the suspect in the case was arrested that same evening,” said Capitol Police Acting Chief Sean Gallagher. “This case is a prime example of the USCP’s stance towards threats against our elected officials. We will continue to have a zero-tolerance policy.” Miller reported the incident to the Capitol Police and the Rocky River Police Department. He later posted a video on social media, describing what happened, as The Daily Wire previously reported. “Some unhinged, deranged man decided to lay on his horn and run me off the road when he couldn’t get my attention to show me the Palestinian flag, not to mention ‘Death to Israel,’ death to me — that he wanted to kill me — and my family,” he said. The deranged hatred in this country has gotten out of control. Today I was run off the road in Rocky River, and the life of me and my family was threatened by a person who proceeded to show a Palestinian flag before taking off. I have filed a police report with Capitol Police and… pic.twitter.com/H6JnupcRIA — Max Miller (@MaxMillerOH) June 19, 2025 According to the criminal complaint, Hamdan — driving a black Tesla — pulled up next to Miller’s vehicle while they were on the road and showed him a picture of a Palestinian flag on his phone, Fox 8 reported. He also yelled “death to Israel,” along with other antisemitic slurs, per the criminal complaint. The Rocky River Police Department said in a statement on Friday that Hamden had driven away by the time officers responded to Miller’s 911 call. The police department added that Hamden later “voluntarily turned himself in … and is awaiting a court appearance.” Miller added in his video: “I will continue to fight against antisemitism, Islamophobia, and all other forms of hate. You have an issue? Take it to our office. You want to run me off the road? That’s a different story. We know who you are, young man, and the police are going to be paying you a visit.” Daniel Chaitin contributed to this report.

Russia and Iran are attempting to sow division among President Donald Trump’s “Make America Great Again” movement by amplifying deceptive voices and opinions “masquerading as MAGA loyalists,” according to a new report. The report comes around high-stakes talks the Trump administration has had with Russia on ending the war in Ukraine and Iran on ending its nuclear enrichment capability. The Network Contagion Research Institute (NCRI) report, titled “False Flags and Fake MAGA: How Foreign and Inauthentic Networks Use Fake Speech to Destabilize the Right from Within,” states that Russia and Iran’s “coordinated playbook delegitimized every fresh headline as a false narrative, amplified Tehran’s lines, and accused Donald Trump of complicity and moral corruption.” Those efforts exploited what the institute called a “false flag reflex,” a “conditioned response that turns every major atrocity into a trigger for trending conspiracy claims.” The report listed the Uvalde, Texas, shooting, the October 7 Hamas massacre of more than 1200 people in Israel, the attempted Trump assassinations, as well as other domestic attacks. “In the days following these crises, Kremlin-affiliated propagandists and Iranian state-linked media are able to rapidly inject narratives that are taken up by MAGA-impostor influencers, who then inject them into MAGA-branded spaces, often within minutes of breaking news,” the report asserted, “During one such activation window, 650,000 posts supporting false flag conspiracies drew nearly four million interactions, powered by a pipeline of Kremlin-affiliated propagandists, spam-bot networks, and domestic influencers such as Nick Fuentes, Jake Shields, and Jackson Hinkle.” “These figures, who have long been associated with right-wing cultural commentary, first used their platforms to propagate Kremlin-seeded narratives; these influential accounts then turned on Trump himself in a coordinated assault following a public break between Elon Musk and the president,” it continued. “In the lead-up to the war with Iran, this network then pivoted outward and amplified false Iranian claims that the International Atomic Energy Agency was operating under foreign control, echoing Tehran’s strategic messaging.” NCRI added that their “findings suggest that what appears to be grassroots disillusionment may in fact reflect foreign-directed efforts to fracture American identity from within.” “If you talk to Republicans right now, more than 80% of them support the war against Iran,” an NCRI analyst stated, according to the New York Post. “But if you go on Twitter you get the sense that there is a civil war raging. This is exactly the purpose of the psychological operation — to destabilize people’s perceptions of institutions that are supposed to protect us.” An analysis of the main accounts driving such narratives appears to show a coordinated effort, according to the report. “To identify key narrative drivers, NCRI analyzed X accounts with the highest audience engagement on ‘foreign flag’ posts,” the report stated. The report added that “he leading amplifiers split into two dominant clusters,” breaking them down as “foreign-linked actors” and “US-based influencers with MAGA branding…who gave the campaign domestic legitimacy.” “Despite differing origin points, the accounts converged in timing, tone, and target, suggesting coordinated amplification across aligned ecosystems,” the report said.

The Supreme Court on Friday ruled unanimously that victims of Palestinian terrorism can sue the Palestinian Authority and Palestine Liberation Organization in United States courts. In 2019, Congress passed the Promoting Security and Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act (PSJVTA), which permitted victims of terror attacks to sue the groups responsible. “The PSJVTA names the PA and PLO specifically and provides that they ‘shall be deemed to have consented to personal jurisdiction’ in ATA (Anti-Terrorism Act of 1990) cases under two circumstances,” the Court noted. “The first jurisdictional predicate relates to respondents’ practice of paying salaries to terrorists in Israeli prisons and to families of deceased terrorists — conduct Congress has condemned as ‘an incentive to commit acts of terror.’ The second ties jurisdiction to respondents’ activities on U.S. soil.” The Court’s ruling encompassed two cases, the first being Fuld et al v. Palestine Liberation Organization et al, which involved Ari Fuld — a father of four who held dual American-Israeli citizenship — being fatally stabbed in the back by a 17-year-old terrorist whose family received compensation as part of the Palestinian Authority’s “Pay for Slay” program. “Palestinians and Israeli Arabs who are convicted by Israel of involvement in terror attacks in Israel” are “entitled to monthly ‘salaries’ commencing with their arrest — and continuing for life for men who serve at least five years and women who serve at least two,” along with other financial incentives, Endowment for Middle East Truth explains. A second case involved a group of 11 American families representing citizens injured during terror attacks in Israel, and the estates or survivors of those killed in the attacks between 2002 and 2004. That case initially won the victims a $655 million settlement against the Palestinians’ government, but then the New York-based 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the PSJVTA’s personal jurisdiction provision violated the Fifth Amendment’s Due Process Clause. But on Friday, the Supreme Court ruled that the PSJVTA’s personal jurisdiction provision did not violate the Fifth Amendment’s Due Process Clause, adding, “The Federal Government may craft a narrow jurisdictional  provision ensuring American injured or killed by acts of terror have an adequate forum in which to vindicate their right to ATA compensation.” The case from the 11 families encompassed a number of incidents, including the January 22, 2002, Jaffa Road Shooting in which a Palestinian Authority police officer opened fire on a pedestrian mall in Jerusalem, killing two individuals and wounding 45 others. It also included the January 29, 2004, Bus No. 19 Bombing, in which a Palestinian Authority officer detonated a suicide vest on a crowded bus, killing 11 people, including one of the plaintiffs.

Donald Trump Jr. teamed up with anti-Trump businessman Mark Cuban to dunk on leftist Senator Elizabeth Warren for doing “nothing” to combat what they say are the key drivers of out-of-control health care prices.  Trump Jr. signaled his support for Cuban after the “Shark Tank” host criticized Warren for ignoring the role of pharmacy benefit managers, known as PBMs, in health care pricing. PBMs are the middlemen between drug manufacturers, insurance companies, pharmacies — and, by extension, patients — and have been criticized by the Federal Trade Commission, among others, for inflating drug prices. On Wednesday, Warren wrote on X saying that the tax system was “rigged” because large pharmaceutical companies like Johnson & Johnson charge the “highest drug prices in the WORLD while often paying ZERO dollars in federal taxes themselves.” In response, Cuban attacked Warren for not looking at the role of PBMs. “No. It’s because  PBMs corrupt healthcare. Big Pharma wishes they could set their own pricing. They don’t.  PBMs control formularies and manipulate prices,  in exchange for providing pharma  access to patients. It’s how they  maximize rebate revenue,” Cuban posted. “In fact, 3 PBMs NEGOTIATE MORE THAN 90% OF REBATES  for commercial insurance plans.That’s your area of expertise,  and you have done nothing.” Trump Jr. reacted by saying he completely agreed with Cuban on this issue. Cuban is known for his vehement opposition to President Donald Trump and was even floated as potential VP pick for Kamala Harris. “Didn’t think I’d be RTing Mark for a while, but he’s 100% right on this issue,” he posted on X on Thursday.  Didn’t think I’d be RTing Mark for a while, but he’s 100% right on this issue. https://t.co/ofraK5IFQk — Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) June 19, 2025 President Donald Trump and Cuban have traded blows for years, including over the course of the 2024 campaign, when Cuban campaigned for Harris. “Mark Cuban is a Loser. Wouldn’t take his phone calls anymore while at the White House, and he went rogue. A weak and pathetic ‘bully,’ he’s got nothing going. Really low clubhead speed, a total non-athlete!” Trump posted on Truth Social in October 2024. PBMs have faced increasing scrutiny from both federal regulators and lawmakers.  Last year, the FTC released a damning report saying that smaller independent pharmacies suffer because of PBMs restrictions, while large corporate pharmacies like CVS benefit.  “PBMs hold substantial influence over independent pharmacies by imposing unfair, arbitrary, and harmful contractual terms that can impact independent pharmacies’ ability to stay in business and serve their communities,” the FTC found.  In Arkansas, Republican Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed a law preventing PBMs from holding permits for prescription drug sales in the state. After the law was signed, CVS, which owns pharmacy benefits manager, Caremark Rx, said that it may close all of its pharmacies in Arkansas if it retains its current business model.  Trump has also weighed in on the issue, signing an executive order targeting PBMs. The order encourages direct consumer purchases, cutting out PBMs, and mandates more pricing transparency.

Minnesota Democratic state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, released a statement on Thursday updating the public on their recovery and providing more details about the assassination attempt against them last week. Yvette has been released from the hospital, while John remains in critical but stable condition, according to NBC’s Minneapolis affiliate, KARE 11. In their statement, the Hoffmans said they were shot a combined 17 times by a masked assassin who targeted multiple Democratic politicians last week, wounding the Hoffmans and killing state Rep. Melissa Hortman (D) and her husband, Mark. The Hortmans are survived by their two adult children, Sophie and Colin. The Hoffmans added that they, along with their adult daughter, Hope, were awakened by loud banging on their front door, with someone shouting and identifying himself as a police officer. “When the door was opened, all three of us were in the entryway. John initially lunged at the gunman as the weapon was pointed directly at him, getting struck nine times,” the statement reads. “As John fell, Yvette reached out to push the man and shut the door, succeeding before she was also hit eight times by gunfire. Hope then rushed to shut the door and secured the lock; she got to the phone and shared with the 911 operator that Senator John Hoffman had been shot in his home. Her brave actions and quick thinking triggered the notice to public safety officials that a politically-motivated act was potentially underway.” After wounding the Hoffmans, 57-year-old Vance Boelter, the suspected assassin, drove to the houses of two other Democratic politicians who were not home, according to prosecutors. Authorities said that Boelter then arrived at the home of Rep. Hortman, where he shot and killed the 55-year-old Democrat and her husband before getting into a shootout with police and fleeing. Boelter was arrested just over 24 hours later in a wooded area near his family home, which is located an hour southwest of the Twin Cities. Police said they found a potential “hit list” in Boelter’s vehicle that contained the names of numerous Minnesota Democrats, including Gov. Tim Walz, Rep. Ilhan Omar, Rep. Angie Craig, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, and Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan. The suspect, who was reappointed by Walz to serve on the Workforce Development Board in 2019, was “very conservative,” according to a man he roomed with part-time at a house in north Minneapolis. Video clips shared on social media show Boelter preaching in churches in the Democratic Republic of Congo in recent years. He graduated from Christ For The Nations Institute in 1990 with a degree in practical theology in leadership and pastoral, according to NBC News. In Minnesota, Boelter was most recently working for funeral homes and had decades of experience in the food industry. “We are heartbroken to know that our friends Melissa and Mark Hortman were assassinated,” the Hoffmans added. “Our daughter Hope and Sophie Hortman went to school together, and we know that they – along with Colin Hortman – will have each other’s support as we all work through the devastating consequences of that horrific night.” “Choosing to work in the public sector, even in as limited a way as John’s career as a senator, has always meant sacrificing a level of privacy. But now we are grappling with the reality that we live in a world where public service carries such risks as being targeted because someone disagrees with you or doesn’t like what you stand for,” the statement continued. “As a society, as a nation, as a community, we must work together to return to a level of civility that allows us all to live peacefully. The future for our children depends on that. We will be praying for that work and appreciate all those who will join with us.”

NEW YORK (Reuters) — Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ former personal assistant testified on Friday at the hip-hop mogul’s sex trafficking trial that he often bought drugs for his boss and set up hotel rooms for sex parties known as “wild king nights.” Prosecutors hope the testimony by Brendan Paul, who worked for Combs from late 2022 through March 2024, will help them prove their racketeering conspiracy charge against Combs. Prosecutors say Combs used his businesses’ resources to coerce women into ecstasy-fueled sexual performances with male sex workers. Combs, 55, has pleaded not guilty to all five criminal counts. His lawyers call the sexual activity consensual. The Bad Boy Records founder, a former billionaire who elevated hip-hop in American culture, could face life in prison if convicted. Prosecutors are winding down their case after six weeks, with defense witnesses expected to testify next week. Paul, testifying under immunity from prosecutors, said he bought Combs about $4,200 of marijuana and hundreds of dollars of ketamine during his employment. Jurors saw a text message in which Paul asked Combs’ security staff to be reimbursed for his drug purchases. They also saw a February 14, 2024, text message in which Combs wrote “You get me zans,” which Paul said was a request to procure Xanax without a prescription. Paul said Combs ultimately obtained Xanax elsewhere, and used cocaine and ecstasy in his presence. Under cross-examination by defense lawyer Brian Steel, Paul said procuring drugs was a minor part of his job, and he thought the drugs were solely for Combs’ personal use. “You were not some drug mule?” Steel asked. “Absolutely not,” Paul said. Paul also said that before three or four “wild king nights,” he stocked hotel rooms with lubricant, baby oil, liquor, and a Gucci pouch filled with hard drugs. When Combs was done, Paul said he would put on gloves and clean up to avoid being billed by hotels for damage. Paul said he was charged with cocaine possession after being arrested on March 25, 2024, at Miami-Opa Locka airport in Florida while traveling to the Bahamas with Combs and other staffers. He said he put the cocaine in his bag after finding it while cleaning Combs’ room that day, but forgot about it and did not tell law enforcement where it came from. Asked by prosecutor Christy Slavik why he kept silent, Paul said, “Loyalty.” Paul said the cocaine charge was dropped. (Reporting by Luc Cohen in New York; Editing by David Gregorio)

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