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Polls have closed and Israeli television networks have released their exit polls for the 26th Knesset election. How do the rival political blocs stack up, how many seats has each party won, and who could form the next government? By ILH Staff Polling stations across Israel closed at 10 p.m. Tuesday, and television networks released their exit polls for the 26th Knesset election following a day marked by particularly high voter turnout and intensive efforts by political parties to mobilize their supporters. At the heart of the political battle are three crucial questions: Can the Right secure a majority, will the anti-Netanyahu bloc be able to form a government, and how will voting in the Arab sector affect the balance of power? The exit polls offer an initial picture of the distribution of seats in the 120-member Knesset. But even after the official results are released, expected on Nov. 4, the road to forming a government remains long. President Isaac Herzog will h...

By Ward Clark As I've recounted before, an old law enforcement acquaintance once informed a small group of us young (at the time) men that every criminal he had encountered in his long career combined three primary character traits. The proportions varied, but all three traits were present in every case, those traits being greedy, mean, and stupid. An Illinois man, accused of sending letters containing a white, granular substance to members of Congress, seems to have gone in large on the "stupid" part of the equation. How?  He bragged about sending the letters in public, and this is the real hoot, he used his own return address . An Illinois man was charged with two felonies Monday after allegedly sending letters containing an unknown white powder substance to members of Congress , according to a criminal complaint. Matthew G. Unglesbee was charged with false information and hoaxes and mailing threatening communications after four members of Congress received the lett...

The congresswoman appeared at the Karmel Mall of Somalia in Minneapolis amid a criminal probe into alleged immigration fraud By Peter D'Abrosca MINNEAPOLIS — It's the largest Somali mall in the world, according to its owner. It's also where Rep. Ilhan Omar , D-Minn., spent a significant chunk of her Friday — marking her first day back in the public eye after the Oct. 12 raid on her Washington, D.C., home. Fox News Digital got a look inside the Karmel Mall of Somalia, which isn't like typical American malls that sport brand-name shops situated around a vast food court and end-capped by large department stores. Rather, the building that boasts four floors of shops and 900 vendors resembles more of a storage facility. When shop owners arrive, they lift their metal garage doors, signifying that their stores are open. Scheduled opening and closing times don't appear particularly stringent for shop owners. A sign for the Karmel Mall of S...

(Reuters) Third round of charges beats statute of limitations by days By Kaelan Deese Former FBI Director James Comey is facing his third round of federal criminal charges in just under two years after the Justice Department charged him with unlawfully sharing national defense information and conspiring to disclose it, according to a court filing made public Monday. The two-count criminal charging sheet, unsealed Monday in the District of Columbia, alleges Comey knowingly and willfully transmitted sensitive information to someone unauthorized to receive it on Oct. 5, 2016, while he was still leading the FBI. Prosecutors used a criminal information — a type of charge filed without a grand jury indictment — to allege Comey operated through one or more co-conspirators, and directed an unnamed person to disclose national defense information to a reporter for a national news publication. The charges allege violations of the Espionage Act’s provisions governing unauthorized disclosure...

By Teri Christoph A month after we first reported on the suspected plot against RAF Fairford , the British airbase used by the U.S. military , prosecutors have finally charged two men in the incident that looked remarkably like a foiled terrorist attack.  Here’s what we know about those being charged. Mohmed Ahmad Abdulkarim, 24, of London, has been charged with assisting a foreign intelligence service – which British counterterrorism officials say was Iran – while Nouman Essghir, also 24 and also from London, is charged with "entering a prohibited place for a purpose prejudicial to the United Kingdom." Mohmed Abdulkarim, 24, and Nouman Essghir, 24, have been charged under the National Security Act following a @TerrorismPolice investigation into an incident at RAF Fairford. They will appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court today. Read more: https://t.co/fGlEC74XOr https://t.co/T8Jpyx03b8 — Crown Prosecution Service (@CPSUK) October 27, 2026 The investigation i...

By Stephen Green More than one-third of "active shooter situations" in recent years were stopped by good guys with guns, according to a new study by the Crime Prevention Research Center (CPRC) — completely blowing away the FBI's official stats. CPRC founder and former president John Lott wrote on Friday for NRO that his organization "identified 615 active-shooter incidents from 2014 through 2025 and found that armed citizens stopped 225 of them." That's 36.6% for those keeping score at home, or better than one in three. I'll have more on the FBI angle further down, but this being The Year of Our Bot-Lords 2026, there simply must be an AI angle —so here it is from the CPRC's September report : While we don’t in anyway rely on AI to create our list, since some put a weight on their abilities, we asked Grok 4.5 and ChatGPT to spot-check the cases we identified to determine whether the FBI should have included them on its active shooter list. Grok fi...

By Nate Jurewicz You may have seen the name Jackie Singh popping up on X over the last few days. But if you're not a member of the military or veteran community, you may not have paid attention to the details and simply scrolled by. For those not in the know, Singh is known for her extreme left-wing independent journalism. As a brash and outspoken purveyor of progressive ideology, she has a background that many on the left do not — she served in the U.S. Army in an active combat zone. And she uses that detail to bludgeon any and all criticism of the policies she advocates.  Except it was recently discovered that her own description of her background might not be based in reality. On October 17, before the University of Texas at San Antonio and U.S. Naval Academy football game, members of our armed forces put on a display of capabilities by rappelling from the rafters of the Alamodome. The same kind of display that has taken place at countless events over the years, and is used ...

Milwaukee Archbishop Jeffrey Grob issued a public apology after alleging the administration distributed video without consent By CJ Womack The White House on Monday defended President Donald Trump after Milwaukee Archbishop Jeffrey Grob publicly apologized for participating in an Oval Office prayer with the president, accusing the administration of using the religious gathering for political purposes less than two weeks before the midterm elections. Grob issued a statement Sunday titled " A Public Apology ," alleging that the White House distributed photographs and video of the Thursday prayer without the consent of the 12 participating bishops. He accused the administration of manipulating a sacred moment. The archbishop said he had received messages from Catholics concerned that the prayer appeared to constitute a political endorsement. Grob acknowledged having reservations before attending and apologized for the distress his participation caused. "I feel a ...

By Amelia Hamilton Around America, drivers are feeling the pinch at the pump. But Michiganders and others across the Rust Belt have it worse than most, with prices far above the national average. One factor that can more easily be dealt with than others to reduce fuel prices is the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), a federal program managed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that requires transportation fuel sold in America to contain a minimum amount of renewable fuels such as ethanol. The concern is straightforward: another federal compliance cost in a market where families can least afford one.  The RFS is estimated to cost each Michigander $190.23 every year. At today’s fuel prices, that would cover more than a tank and a half of gas for the average SUV — the most popular vehicle type in Michigan. While consumers might notice that cost most directly at the gas station, we’re paying it in far more situations. Since RFS applies both to regular gas and diesel fuel, ...