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Colorado State University says 7,419 people were in attendance at a Turning Point USA event on the campus on Thursday. It was originally supposed to be an event that featured Charlie Kirk, but the conservative activist was shot and killed in Utah eight days ago during his campus tour. In the wake of the assassination, the group he helped create turned the event into a vigil for Kirk.
Hundreds gather in Utah to honor Charlie Kirk after fatal shooting
Hundreds gathered at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. on Sunday night to pay their respects to Charlie Kirk, who was killed while speaking at Utah Valley University earlier this week. Speakers honoring Kirk included White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., House Speaker Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA), Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ), senior advisor Kari Lake, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) and Arizona State Sen. Jake Hoffman (R). While speaking to reporters in New Jersey, President Trump said he plans to attend the memorial service in Arizona next weekend.
Why does God ordain such evil and tragedy? Todd Friel answers this question in light of Charlie Kirk’s death and explains how the Bible helps us build a theodicy — a framework to understand evil without accusing God. Discover how Christians can find comfort and confidence in God’s sovereignty even in suffering.
U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) reacts the death of Charlie Kirk. MTG says "I really think what was great about Charlie Kirk is that he would go on campuses and tell young people to get married and have children and just talk about how wonderful it is to be married and have children. He shared the word of God, he was a Christian and he shared the gospel of Jesus Christ and he encouraged young people."
OAN Staff Blake Wolf 2:26 PM – Wednesday, June 25, 2025
Border czar Tom Homan stated on Wednesday that he has been living away from his wife following numerous death threats related to his work on mass deportations.
Homan spoke about the difficulty of having to live away from his wife due to security concerns during an interview with the New York Post‘s Miranda Devine.
“My wife’s living separately from me right now, mainly because I worked for many hours, but mostly because of the death threats against me,” Homan stated. “She’s someplace else. I see her as much as I can, but the death threats against me and my family are outrageous.”
“I spent a lot of time with my boys growing up, but as I got more and more – climbed the ladder of what I’ve done with ICE director and now back – I don’t see my family very much,” he continued.
"I don’t see my family very much.” Border czar Tom Homan revealed to @mirandadevine on this week’s episode of “Pod Force One” that he’s living away from his wife because of death threats he’s receiving. Subscribe here: https://t.co/pVZQmpuharpic.twitter.com/yDXYp4DB29
At one point in the interview, Homan recounted the moment he received a phone call from President Donald Trump to return to work with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency after previously serving in the first Trump administration.
“I was the first person he called, bringing me back, which again, was a proud moment. But I was out to dinner with my wife, and then my phone rang, and I looked down, and it said, ‘POTUS.’ And my wife said, ‘He’s asking [you} to come back isn’t he?’”
“So I walked outside and the first thing he said to me was, ‘You’ve been b****ing about it for four years. Well, come back and fix it.’ So how do you say no?” Homan added.
Meanwhile, recent data coming out of the southern border showcases record low numbers as the Trump administration has emphasized securing the U.S. border following the relaxed border policies of the previous administration.
There were 5,414 apprehensions at the border between June 1st and June 22nd, along with 986 “gotaways,” which represents the lowest number ever recorded.
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Israelis united in grief as the remains of four hostages, reportedly including a mother, Shiri Bibas, and her very young sons, Ariel and Kfir, along with 84-year-old Oded Lifshitz, are returned home, as Hamas claims Israeli bombs killed them, but autopsies will be performed to reveal how they died; Israeli leaders express the grief of the nation, as US Congressmen from both parties blast Hamas for their barbaric actions; Chris Mitchell talks about how the emotions Israelis are feeling as they’re united in grief, how Hamas acted today, identifying the hostage remains, and Israeli resolve to prevent another Oct 7 attack; Josh Hasten of the Jewish News Syndicate talks about Egypt’s military buildup in the Sinai, and the possible threat to Israel; a major snowstorm hits multiple US states; and CBN’s Southeast Asian ministry team gathered recently to renew their commitment to God and seek His wisdom.
Flood damage is strewn across a road in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene on September 29, 2024 in Asheville, North Carolina. (Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images)
OAN Staff Blake Wolf 12:56 PM – Monday, September 30, 2024
At least 120 people have now been killed across Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia and Tennessee in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene.
The tragic circumstances were prompted by catastrophic flooding, leaving residents stranded while causing widespread damage to homes, businesses and other critical infrastructure.
The western region of North Carolina has been hit especially hard as a result of the hurricane, causing disastrous levels of flooding, leaving hundreds of roads and bridges destroyed. Flood levels have also made it extremely difficult for rescue crews to deliver food, water, and fuel to impacted residents.
Additionally, dozens of confirmed deaths, along with hundreds who have been unaccounted for, have forced North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper (D-N.C.) to predict that the death toll will continue to rise as rescuers venture further into isolated areas.
The large majority of routes into Asheville, a city of nearly 100,000, have been “completely blocked or washed away.” The city’s water system has also suffered severe damage.
Unsettling video footage of the flooding shows houses floating downstream, revealing widespread destruction.
ICYMI – Here’s footage of two homes that were swept away during Hurricane Helene in the Asheville area of North Carolina. The force of the floodwaters was so strong, entire houses were seen floating downriver as the storm caused widespread destruction.#HurricaneHelene… pic.twitter.com/eQUEmWxpK6
Meanwhile, some residents are working together to survive, sharing food supply and water while comforting each other throughout this extremely difficult time.
“That’s the blessing so far in this,” said resident Sommerville Johnston, who spoke with reporters. Johnston explained that she planned on making a venison stew “before it goes bad,” as she has been without power since Friday. “Just bring your bowl and spoon,” she said with a smile.
Hurricane Helene’s most noticeable destruction occurred on Thursday as it hit Florida and evolved into a Category 4 hurricane. The storm made its way through Georgia, Tennessee and the Carolinas.
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) officials announced that they were sheltering over 1,000 people, as well as the continued deployment of dozens of search and rescue teams operating in flooded northwestern zones within North Carolina.
Over 100,000 pounds of supplies have been brought in from FEMA to provide emergency supplies to residents in need.
Water rescues continue in northwest North Carolina for more than a dozen search & rescue teams.
Pictured: Our Urban Search & Rescue Massachusetts Task Force 1 team working diligently in Jackson and Haywood counties to find stranded people and animals.#Helenepic.twitter.com/LFhiLD1HoV
North Carolina Air National Guard hauls over 100,000 pounds of supplies from the Federal Emergency Management Agency in a C17 to Western North Carolina as a part of Tropical Storm #Helene support. pic.twitter.com/QYa1UA2ASa
Additionally, the White House announced that President Joe Biden has approved disaster funds for residents impacted, which includes “upfront funds” for emergency supplies, funds for “storm-related damage to homes,” and assistance funds for temporary housing.
President Biden has also pledged to travel to the impacted communities, “as soon as it will not disrupt emergency response operations.”
“As president, I’ve heard dozens of stories from survivors about… How it feels to be left with nothing, and to not even know where to begin to get back on track. "I am here to tell every single survivor in these impacted areas that we are here for you as long as it takes,” Biden said.
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The Rocky Broad River flows into Lake Lure and overflows the town with debris from Chimney Rock, North Carolina, after heavy rains from Hurricane Helene on September 28, 2024, in Lake Lure, North Carolina. Approximately six feet of debris piled on the bridge from Lake Lure to Chimney Rock, blocking access. (Photo by Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images)
OAN Staff Abril Elfi 12:32 PM – Saturday, September 28, 2024
Hurricane Helene has caused at least 52 deaths, billions of dollars in damage, and left more than 3 million people without power.
With winds of 140 mph, Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida’s Big Bend region late on Thursday. It made its way through Georgia, the Carolinas, and Tennessee, uprooting trees, shattering homes, forcing creeks and rivers over their banks, and stressing dams.
In South Carolina, 17 people died as a result of the storm. Two of the individuals were firefighters on duty.
Countless others have died in North Carolina and in Florida.
Most of the reported deaths have occurred from falling trees or are due to individuals drowning in the water.
The storm caused catastrophic damage, submerging several homes up the roofline and destroying boats. Emergency responders were having difficulties rescuing stranded individuals due to damaged trees, power lines and other debris.
In the meantime, nearly four million people lost electricity from Florida all the way up the east coast to Virginia.
Over 100 people have been rescued from the rising waters, and numerous landslides have been reported during the “fierce storm,” North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper (D-N.C.) said Friday.
“People in western North Carolina should consider all roads closed unless they are seeking higher ground,” he said.
Flash flood emergencies are currently in effect in five states: Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia.
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The fond fools have no idea of the fact that once Israel is destroyed, if it is, they will be squarely in the sights of their jihadi friends. Just ask the Tudeh party of Iran.
Teaching Americans how to say "Death to America" and "Death to Israel" in attempted Persian.
— The Mossad: Satirical, Yet Awesome (@TheMossadIL) April 15, 2024
“American Anti-War Activists Cheer for Iran’s War,” by Olivia Reingold, The Free Press, April 14, 2024:
CHICAGO — About 300 anti-war activists crowded into the basement of the Teamsters Union’s headquarters on Saturday to hear organizers from all over the country describe their plans to disrupt the Democratic National Convention this August. Joe Biden’s backing of Israel since Hamas’s October 7 attack has turned these left-wing radicals against their own party.
“It’s really inspiring to see that people are just as enthusiastic, and maybe even more enthusiastic, to march on the DNC as they are to march on the RNC,” says Omar Flores, a Milwaukee-based activist. “We can thank Genocide Joe and our movement for that.”
But then a man stumbles to the podium, wiping sweat from his forehead. He grabbed the microphone to announce that Iran's Islamic regime of Iran had launched missiles and drones heading straight toward Israel.
“They believe that they will be in Palestinian—I don’t call it Israeli—airspace between two and four a.m., which means about two to four hours from now,” he says. “In addition, there are reports of drones having been fired on Israel from Yemen and Iraq.”
The crowd, all wearing black N95s, erupts into applause. Someone in the back lowers their mask to send a celebratory whistle soaring throughout the room.
The man at the podium, Hatem Abudayyeh, heads the U.S. Palestinian Community Network, “a purported community group which, on information and belief, is an affiliate of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a designated terror organization based in Gaza,” according to a lawsuit over the alleged relations between U.S. advocacy groups and Hamas.
“This is when this country and the world needs us because the United States is going to, quote unquote, defend the criminal Israeli state,” says Abudayyeh, whose home was raided by the FBI in 2010 as part of an investigation “concerning the material support of terrorism.”…
Earlier that day, before the news of the attack broke, at a “breakout session” on “the anti-war movement,” Shabbir Rizvi, an organizer with Anti-War Committee Chicago, taught participants how to chant “death to Israel” and “death to America” in Farsi.
“Marg bar Israel,” he chanted, leading a group of about 80 attendees along with him. A man draped in a Soviet flag bearing a gold hammer and sickle clapped his hands.
A man in a full black denim outfit shouted out from behind his N95—“Can we get a ‘marg bar America’?”
“We can get a ‘marg bar America,’ ” Rizvi replied.
Then Rizvi raised his hand in the air, leading the crowd like a conductor.
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Time for Old Joe to send them another $10 billion. That’ll fix everything.
Note also that they congratulate the “warriors of Islam.” The foes of Israel constantly frame the conflict in Islamic terms, while Western analysts constantly ignore the Islamic aspects of it. Find out why this is so damaging in The Palestinian Delusion.
“Iran’s Majles Members Celebrate Report of Missile and UAV Attack against Israel with chants of ‘Death to America! Death to Israel!,'” MEMRI, April 14, 2024:
On April 14, 2024, IRINN TV (Iran) aired footage of Iran’s Majles members celebrating the first reports of a missile and UAV attack against Israel. The Majles members chanted “Death to America!”, “Death to Israel!”, and “Congratulations to the warriors of Islam!”
The alarming scene that unfolded last Friday in Dearborn, Mich., with Muslim protesters chanting “Death to America,” has resulted in some fallout for the city’s mayor, Abdullah Hammoud. While Old Joe Biden and his henchmen are happily taking a wrecking ball to the former Land of the Free and Home of the Brave, they don’t go around telegraphing their intentions.
Their friends in Dearborn were a bit too forthright about what the ultimate goal of the policies that the left and their Islamic allies really are, so reassuring words had to be uttered and the public put back to sleep. Hammoud found, however, that at least some people had been jolted away much too rudely for that to be possible.
Hammoud entreated the world Monday not to believe its lying eyes, but to heed his soothing words instead. “Over the weekend,” he wrote, “video emerged of a rally in Dearborn where some attendees were chanting statements that were unacceptable and contrary to the heart of the city. We reject all inflammatory and violent statements made at the gathering.” That was a swell disavowal, but it was glaring that Hammoud said nothing about investigating the people involved.
Instead, the earnest young mayor continued, “Dearborn is a city of proud Americans; the hateful rhetoric heard on Friday does not reflect the opinion of the members of this community." The Dearborn community stands for peace and justice for all people. We are proud to call this city and this country home.” While he intended this to tamp down the controversy, it only ended up making matters worse, because Hammoud’s description of Dearborn diverged so widely from what is generally known about the city.
Back in February, the Wall Street Journal had an op-ed noting that “a local headline describing an Oct. 10 event at the Ford Performing Arts Center read, "Michigan rally cheers Hamas attack.’” It quoted Imam Imran Salha of the Islamic Center of Detroit in Dearborn calling for the “demise” of Israel. Another Dearborn-area imam, Usama Abdulghani, “called Oct. 7 ‘one of the days of Allah’ and a ‘miracle come true.’ He described the attackers as ‘honorable.’”
In response to all that and much more, Hammoud didn’t denounce the Hamas supporters or affirm his city’s rejection of jihad violence. Instead, he went into full victim mode, announcing that Dearborn police would “ramp up its presence across all places of worship and major infrastructure points. This is a direct result of the inflammatory @WSJ opinion piece that has led to an alarming increase in bigoted and Islamophobic rhetoric online targeting the city of Dearborn. Stay vigilant.”
It's understandable, in light of all this, that Hammoud’s new claim that Dearborn is just packed with “proud Americans” was received with extreme skepticism. Historian and journalist Daniel Greenfield responded by pointing out an uncomfortable fact: “you've taken part in rallies with terrorist supporters, do you disavow Osama Siblani who called Hamas and Hezbollah ‘freedom fighters’?" Greenfield has noted that Siblani “had previously told theWashington Post that, ‘Mr. Bush believes Hezbollah, Hamas, and other Palestinian factions are terrorists, but we believe they are freedom fighters’” and that Hammoud had appeared at rallies with Siblani.
You've taken part in rallies with terrorist supporters.
do you disavow Osama Siblani, who called Hamas and Hezbollah "freedom fighters"?
— Daniel Greenfield - "Hang Together or Separately" (@Sultanknish) April 9, 2024
An Israeli, Michael Elgort, quoted a lengthy statement from Hammoud on Oct. 8, 2023, and addressed the mayor: “This you justifying October 7 and saying Israel has it coming?... Your tweet is totally in line with the message you pretend to condemn now, so nah, this hateful rhetoric does reflect your opinion.”
Is this you justifying October 7 and saying Israel has it coming? Used loaded legal terms that were never applied to Israel as legal terms but as labels? Your tweet is totally in line with the message you pretend to condemn now, so nah, this hateful rhetoric does reflect your opinion pic.twitter.com/m5rUErJAjP
The popular X account LeftismForU responded in a similar vein: “Your history and your city's constant explicit hatred for America/Western society, support for terrorism, and calls for violence against those who don't conform to your radical and immoralistic [sic] views says otherwise. Another popular X writer, Alaskan Tequila, wrote: “Okay. You pretend to reject that hateful and violent rhetoric and we’ll pretend that we don’t know what taqiyya is.”
Educator and writer David Bashevkin observed acidly, “Weird I’ve never been to a rally for Israel that spontaneously broke out with chants calling for the death of America.”
It looks as if one bland X post from Abdullah Hammoud isn’t going to undo the damage that was done to Dearborn’s image last Friday. For two decades now, Americans who have been warning about Islam’s political, supremacist, and violent aspects have been demonized, vilified, and marginalized as “Islamophobes.” But Muslims such as those who were chanting “Death to America” in Dearborn last Friday just keep on proving them right.
For politicians, one would think it would have been an open-and-shut case, and in earlier, saner ages in our national life, it would have been. If a group of people in America get together and scream “Death to America,” officials ought to be lining up to condemn them, and there should be investigations and, if non-citizens are involved, deportations. We live, however, in Old Joe Biden’s America, in which the America-hating left is the dominant cultural force, and so some high-profile politicians have been notably wary about condemning calls for the destruction of the nation they have vowed to protect and defend.
The ugly scene unfolded last Friday at the International Al Quds Day rally in Dearborn. Al Quds Day is an annual event that Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini started in support of the Palestinians; even at its most peaceful, its rallies frequently feature calls for the destruction of Israel and a new genocide of the Jews.
In Dearborn, however, as a pro-Hamas activist named Tarek Bazzi denounced the United States as “one of the rottenest countries that has ever existed on this earth,” some of the people in the crowd screamed “al-mawt li Amrika,” that is, “Death to America.” As they did so, Bazzi stood with head bowed, waiting for them to go silent so that he could resume speaking. He gave no hint of disapproval of the chants.
When asked to condemn the chants, some Michigan politicians acted the same way. The Daily Caller reported Wednesday that it had contacted several Democrat elected officials in Michigan and asked them to condemn the chants, and not all of them were eager to jump on any patriotic bandwagon.
Some members of Michigan’s Congressional delegation had no problem doing so. Rep. Hillary Scholten declared: “I fully condemn this dangerous and disturbing rhetoric and will stand strong against hatred, bigotry, and anti-Semitism wherever it exists.”
Rep. Dan Kildee chimed in with this: “I unequivocally condemn such extreme and dangerous speech. Calling for violence, including the destruction of America, is wrong and should be denounced.”
Rep. Elissa Slotkin agreed: “Violent, hateful language has no place in our communities, no matter the cause." I’m grateful to the Dearborn leaders and others for making clear that these statements do not reflect the views of Michigan’s communities.”
All this was pro forma, standard-issue stuff: violence, hate, and bigotry have no place in our diverse blah blah blah. Modern-day politicians can rattle off this tired rhetoric in their sleep, and anyway, condemnations are easy: it is unlikely that Scholten, Kildee or Slotkin will take any action to try to address anti-American sentiment among Muslims in Dearborn. Call for schoolchildren to be educated in America’s virtues and contributions to the world? Call for a recovery of patriotism as a core value of any healthy society? Come on, man! That sort of thing could get them to lose the next election! At least they did, however, go on record condemning the “Death to America” chants. The courage it took to do so was apparently in short supply.
Rep. Shri Thanedar’s office, in contrast, opted to “politely decline” to condemn the chants. The office wonks, however, apparently thought it over and decided that a condemnation was a politically safer path, for subsequently they issued a statement saying that “the Congressman condemns any chants calling for death to America.” Thanedar himself added: “I love America; I immigrated to the USA in 1979 and became a proud citizen in 1988. Any hate towards this great country must be condemned with the strongest words. I am deeply saddened by such attacks on American soil."
Thanedar was not alone in having cold feet, at least initially: Reps. Debbie Dingell, Haley Stevens, Debbie Stabenow, Gary Peters and (what did you expect?) Rashida Tlaib “refused to share their stance on the matter.” Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer likewise “did not respond to a request for comment.”
It’s not hard to see why. The Muslim population in Michigan has grown rapidly. Just as Old Joe Biden is betraying Israel to try to ensure that he carries Michigan in November, so also Whitmer and the others have to reckon with the Muslim vote when considering whether they really want to come down against chanting “Death to America.” Of course, if the “Death to America” chanters get their way and America really dies, those who declined to stand for this nation in order to secure short-term political support will look awfully silly. But they aren’t thinking that far ahead.
Why are they here? “Fight them until persecution is no more and religion is all for Allah.” (Qur’an 8:39) That is, to conquer and Islamize. And no one dares say a thing about it, because to do so would be “Islamophobic.”
“At International Al-Quds Day Rally in Dearborn, Michigan, Protesters Chant ‘Death to America!’; Speakers at the Rally: America Is One of the ‘Rottenest Countries’ on Earth; Israel Is ISIS, Nazis, a Cancer,” MEMRI, April 5, 2024:
At an International Al-Quds Day rally in Dearborn, Michigan, held on April 5, 2024 and streamed live on Dearborn.org on Facebook, protesters chanted: “Death to America!” and “Death to Israel!” Michigan activist, who is affiliated with the Hadi Institute, Tarek Bazzi said that it is not “Genocide Joe” that has to go, referring to President Biden, but it is the entire system of the United States “that has to go.” He Quoted Malcolm X, saying: “We live in one of the rottenest countries that has ever existed on this earth.” Bazzi added that “death to Israel” has become the “most logical chant shouted across the world today.” Michigan Imam Usama Abdulghani, who is also affiliated with the Hadi Institute, said that the founder of the Islamic Revolution Imam Khomeini established the International Al-Quds Day because he realized that Israel was a “cancer” and an “evil settler colonialist project.” He said that the “people of conscience” recognize that Israel is ISIS, Nazis, and fascists. At the end of the rally, Tarek Bazzi encouraged a young child to lead the chant: “Free Palestine! From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be free!”
