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Texas synagogue siege: British hostage taker named as Malik Faisal Akram — The 44-year-old was not living in the United States but had recently travelled there before carrying out the attack on the synagogue in Colleyville on Saturday, Sky News understands. — Created with Sketch.
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New York Times, The Daily Beast, Bloomberg, CBS News, The Hill, Fox News, UPI and Metro.co.uk
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‘Calm, collected’ synagogue rabbi wowed FBI through 10-hour Texas hostage crisis — Dallas police chaplain says law enforcement impressed by Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker's composure during Colleyville attack, notes how faith leaders immediately sprang into action
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Power Line and New York Post
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Yes, the Colleyville synagogue attack was ‘specifically’ targeting Jews — What more must it take for a crime to be viewed as “specifically related to the Jewish community?” — Soon after the FBI freed four hostages held by a gunman for 11 hours at Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville …
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Umar's Newsletter
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Hostages freed from Texas synagogue, governor says
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Forbes, Rigid Thinking, MyNorthwest.com, Dallas Morning News, CBS News and Jewish Telegraphic Agency
ABC News:
Armed man takes hostages at Texas synagogue, source says
Armed man takes hostages at Texas synagogue, source says
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NBC News:
Police negotiate with hostage taker at synagogue in Dallas-Fort Worth, 1 hostage released
Police negotiate with hostage taker at synagogue in Dallas-Fort Worth, 1 hostage released
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The White House:
Statement by President Biden on the Hostage Situation at Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas
Statement by President Biden on the Hostage Situation at Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas
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Fox News, The Daily Wire, Washington Times and FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth
Michael Levenson / New York Times:
Live Updates: Man Takes Rabbi, Others Hostage at Dallas-Fort Worth Area Synagogue
Live Updates: Man Takes Rabbi, Others Hostage at Dallas-Fort Worth Area Synagogue
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Wall Street Journal, The Daily Wire, Twitchy and CNN
David Sentendrey / FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth:
Colleyville synagogue hostage situation: Hostages rescued, suspect dead
Colleyville synagogue hostage situation: Hostages rescued, suspect dead
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Townhall
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Trump Soft-Launches His 2024 Campaign — FLORENCE, Ariz.—Tonight, deep in the Arizona desert, thousands of people chanted for Donald Trump. They had braved the wind for hours—some waited the entire day—just to get a glimpse of the defeated former president.
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Biden at year one: Not enough focus on inflation leaves many frustrated — On one level, the story of President Biden's first year is a simple one: Americans feel worse about the pandemic and economy than they did earlier in his term, and his ratings have suffered for it.
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The Guardian, New York Post and National Review
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How the ‘Djokovic Affair’ Finally Came to an End — Novak Djokovic lost to a government with powerful laws, determined to make an example out of him. — SYDNEY, Australia — The day before the Australian Open was set to begin, Novak Djokovic, possibly the greatest tennis player of all time …
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The Gateway Pundit
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Novak Djokovic deported, won't compete in Australian Open after bid to play unvaccinated fails
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Jemele Hill / The Atlantic:
The Selfishness of Novak Djokovic
The Selfishness of Novak Djokovic
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Why would Putin invade Ukraine? — Troubles at home may be his strongest motive — The looming threat of a full-scale Russian attack on Ukraine kept the world on edge for much of 2021, and for good reason — an attack of this magnitude would arguably be the most significant invasion …
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Politico and New York Times
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Reconstruction-Era Law Could Keep Trump Off Presidential Ballot In 6 Southern States — The language letting them back into the Union required them to enforce the 14th Amendment's ban on insurrectionists in federal or state office. — By S.V. Date — Should former President Donald Trump run …
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How the states have become “Laboratories of Autocracy” — and why it's worse than you think — Former Ohio Democratic Party head David Pepper has a dire warning: Rigged state legislatures are destroying America — There's a booming literature on the erosion of democracy in America …
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Deranged man pushes Asian woman to death at Times Square subway station — A deranged homeless man allegedly shoved an Asian woman to her death in front of an oncoming subway train Saturday morning in Times Square, police said. — The horrifying episode unfolded at 9:40 a.m. just nine minutes …
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Teeing Up with QAnon — What would Groucho say? Would you rather belong to a club that had the proprietor of a porn shop as a member? Or Marjorie Taylor Greene? — In the spring of 2006, Charles T. Craton III, a businessman in northwestern Georgia, best known for his work on Chick-fil-A's …
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Omicron becomes a blessing in disguise for Britain's economic recovery — Less severe variant inspires optimism that the UK is now in the Covid ‘end game’ — Boris Johnson may feel he has little choice when deciding whether to ditch Plan B. — Just as persuasive as the extremely positive …
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Trump's ‘Crimes Flow Through’ Oath Keepers' Sedition Indictment: Former Prosecutor — Former U.S. Army prosecutor Glenn Kirschner said that former President Donald Trump's “crimes flow through” the seditious conspiracy indictment against members of the far-right Oath Keepers group due …
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Media Matters for America and Washington Post
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‘The days of state-run TV are over’: Nadine Dorries clobbers the BBC with a £2billion funding cut as she freezes the licence fee for two years, with a row over ‘Left-wing bias’ threatening to spill out into all-out war with the Corporation — Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries freezes annual £159 fee for the next two years
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House passes Equality Act expanding LGBTQ rights amid GOP concerns, including effect on girls' sports — The bill passed by a 224-to-206 vote along party lines — Rep. Kevin McCarthy: Biden needs to fully reopen schools — The House voted Thursday to pass the Equality Act …
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Townhall