President Donald Trump hosted a roundtable discussion at the White House with journalists impacted by violence from Antifa, a far-left group recently designated as a domestic terrorist organization by the president.
The decentralized group is most known for instigating violence and chaos at major protests, including anti-ICE protests in Portland, Oregon, which led the Trump administration to deploy the National Guard to the city. Currently, that order is <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/judge-blocks-trump-from-sending-out-of-state-national-guard-troops-to-oregon">blocked</a> by United States District Judge Karin J. Immergut at the time of this writing.
“The epidemic of left-wing violence and Antifa-inspired terror has been escalating for nearly a decade,” Trump said on Wednesday. “These are agitators, anarchists, and they’re paid,” he later added.
Conservative journalists and personalities, including Andy Ngo, Nick Sortor, Katie Daviscourt, Julio Rosas, Brandi Kruse, Savanah Hernandez, and Jack Posobiec, joined the roundtable with Trump administration officials.
“The Biden administration let them commit these crimes with total impunity for years,” Attorney General Pam Bondi said, adding that “weak Democrats have turned a blind eye to their actions.”
Bondi vowed to “destroy the entire organization from top to bottom,” saying they will use a similar approach to how they crack down on drug cartels.
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FBI Director Kash Patel said that “they are harming everyday citizens in every single one of our communities.”
“We will arrest every single one of them,” Patel insisted, adding that “the American people deserve law and order.”
Kruse, a Seattle-based reporter, said that one of the most significant issues the president addressed was “acknowledging that Antifa is a real thing.”
“Once you take the mask off, they’re nothing,” Kruse said, later asking for a “full court press to dismantle Antifa once and for all.” She added that the investigators should look into the movement of potential criminals between Portland and Seattle.
Ngo described numerous times where he was attacked by Antifa activists, including when he was severely choked, noting how the group is “decentralized, autonomous, and they operate on deception.”
“I think the DOJ could look at federal conspiracy charges,” he added.
Rosas said that “the American people deserve to know what’s happening in these situations.”
“It’s a long time coming,” Daviscourt said regarding the terrorist group designation, saying that Antifa “believes that violence is justified by any means necessary.” Daviscourt recently suffered a black eye as a result of an assault while covering the group.
On Tuesday, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said there are “undercover” efforts underway in the Lone Star State to take down “leftist terror cells.”
“Leftist political terrorism is a clear and present danger. Corrupted ideologies like transgenderism and Antifa are a cancer on our culture and have unleashed their deranged and drugged-up foot soldiers on the American people,” Paxton said in a news release.
“The martyrdom of Charlie Kirk marks a turning point in America. There can be no compromise with those who want us dead. To that end, I have directed my office to continue its efforts to identify, investigate, and infiltrate these leftist terror cells. To those demented souls who seek to kill, steal, and destroy our country, know this: you cannot hide, you cannot escape, and justice is coming,” the attorney general concluded.

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Travelers are facing flight delays at airports across the country as air traffic control employees work without pay during the ongoing government shutdown.
Staff callouts caused delays at Nashville International Airport on Tuesday, while Burbank Airport in California was forced to conduct air traffic control operations in San Diego on Monday, ABC 7 Los Angeles reported. Airports in Chicago, Atlanta, Newark, and other cities have also been impacted.
“We’re seeing an uptick in controller shortages across the country,” the Department of Transportation <a href="https://x.com/USDOTRapid/status/1975732708417413196">said on X</a> Tuesday. “And where are the radical Democrats? Voting against giving our great controllers a paycheck. This is the last thing they need.”
A TSA spokesperson told The Daily Wire that travelers should have “patience” while flying during the shutdown, noting that the vast majority of TSA employees are considered “excepted or exempt” government employees who continue to work through the closure.
“While TSA is prepared to continue screening about 2.5 million passengers a day, an extended shutdown could mean longer wait times at airports,” a spokesman wrote.
But the potential for prolonged staffing shortages raises safety concerns as well.
“Aviation is the safest mode of transportation, but to maintain that the system may need to slow down, reducing efficiency,” Airlines for America, an industry trade group, said. The group added that it wants to see lawmakers “act with urgency and in good faith” to end the shutdown impacting their industry.
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“When federal employees who manage air traffic, inspect aircraft and secure our nation’s aviation system are furloughed or working without pay, the entire industry and millions of Americans feel the strain,” the group said. “We appreciate the men and women going to work, despite not receiving a paycheck, to ensure the safety and security of the traveling and shipping public.”
Airports could become the next flashpoint if the shutdown continues, with lawmakers from both parties using delays to press their opponents into a compromise.
“The Schumer Shutdown is crippling air traffic control operations in Nashville,” Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) told The Daily Wire. “Democrats need to stop putting the safety of traveling Americans at risk and join Republicans in getting our government back open,” she added.
Democrats, meanwhile, insist congressional Republicans and Donald Trump are responsible for the shutdown, which is now entering its second week.
“Thanks, [Trump]! Burbank Airport has ZERO air traffic controllers from 4:15pm to 10pm today because of YOUR government shutdown,” California Governor Gavin Newsom wrote on X Monday.
“The Democrat Government Shutdown has real-life consequences,” White House spokesman Kush Desai told The Daily Wire. “Each day Democrats drag out their government shutdown to push free health care for illegal immigrants, it’s everyday Americans — whether they&#8217;re trying to fly or use critical government programs — who have to pay the price.”
Nick Daniels, president of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association, said during a press conference at Newark Liberty International Airport on Monday that he was there to “advocate for the end to the shutdown,” as the union advises controllers to continue working.
“I’m gonna leave the political discussions for the politicians during this shutdown,” Daniels said.

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WASHINGTON—The second anniversary of Hamas’s October 7 attack on Israel coincided with the first day of Sukkot, a seven-day holiday Jews commemorate by constructing huts outdoors.
To mark this dual observance, the Hostages &amp; Missing Families Forum on Tuesday hosted a “Sukkah of Hope” event at The Kennedy Center. The Sukkah will be up on Tuesday and Wednesday for events commemorating the tragedy, and the “EDUT: The Visual Testimony of October 7” exhibit will be open at the venue until the end of the month, according to a news release.
“We remember the innocent concert goers who were violently murdered by Hamas,” Kennedy Center President Richard Grenell said in a statement. “And we remember the families who are still waiting for their loved ones to be returned.”
Tuesday’s event comes amid cautious optimism about a deal to stop the fighting between Israel and Hamas, which could include the remaining release of 48 hostages. Twenty of the hostages are presumed to be still alive, according to the United Nations, as advocates are still demanding the opportunity for a proper burial for deceased hostages.
“We need to have the hostages released so we can move forward,” Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said at the event, which he and his wife’s foundation helped lead.
Survivors of the October 7 attack, including freed hostage Keith Siegel, noted how the captors had “absolute power” over their lives and recounted how he was “starved, denied water, beaten” and faced horrific living conditions.
President Donald Trump has been pushing for a possible deal to end the war, saying in a Truth Social Post on Sunday that steps are being taken to “release the hostages, end the War in Gaza but, more importantly, finally have long sought PEACE in the Middle East.”
Specifically, Trump noted that there have been conversations “with Hamas” and with different countries, including those from the Arab and Muslim world.
“The technical teams will again meet Monday, in Egypt, to work through and clarify the final details. I am told that the first phase should be completed this week, and I am asking everyone to MOVE FAST. I will continue to monitor this Centuries old “conflict.” TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE OR, MASSIVE BLOODSHED WILL FOLLOW — SOMETHING THAT NOBODY WANTS TO SEE!” the president wrote.
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The potential peace agreement is bringing renewed attention from Americans to the issue, which Yotam Cohen, brother of hostage Nimrod Cohen, says people are hoping for.
“First of all, I think the most important thing right now is that the Israelis want this war to end,” Cohen told The Daily Wire at a press conference following the event.
Cohen added that the majority of Israelis “want this bloodshed to end.”
“For the hostages, for the Israeli soldiers, for the people of Israel, and also people who are thinking on the other side, on peace in the Middle East, and the Palestinians who are suffering. And we&#8217;ve come here not as politicians, not to promote some grand idea, but to fight for life, to save lives, to fight for humanity,” Cohen added.
“Our loved ones suffered that day and are victims of the seventh of October. And we came here to stop this cycle of violence and to whoever is trying to see what the people of Israel truly want.”

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The Georgia Republican Senate primary is gaining traction on the fundraising front, bringing new attention to the race to take on incumbent Democratic Senator Jon Ossoff.
Ossoff is considered one of the most vulnerable Democratic senators in the 2026 election cycle, with the <a href="https://www.cookpolitical.com/ratings/senate-race-ratings" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cook Political Report</a> ranking his race as a “Toss-Up.” As of June 30, the Democrat has over $15 million cash on hand, according to the <a href="https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/S8GA00180/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Federal Election Commission</a>.
Georgia Reps. Mike Collins and Buddy Carter, as well as former football coach Derek Dooley, are currently in the field on the Republican side.
Collins raised $1.9 million in Q3 and currently has $2.4 million in cash on hand, according to a press release. He announced his candidacy on July 28 and had a war chest $2.9 million overall, with just over $1 million transferred from his congressional bid.
“These fundraising numbers make clear what we have said from the beginning: we will not be outworked, we will not be outhustled, and we will win this race and put the people of Georgia back in the driver&#8217;s seat in the United States Senate,” Collins said in a press release.
Dooley raised $1.85 million in Q3, and he entered the race eight weeks ago. The Republican has $1.7 million cash on hand.
“For the past 8 weeks, we’ve hit the ground running at full speed in order to build the operation needed to win this seat back for the people of Georgia,” Dooley said in a statement.
His campaign chair, Don Leebern III, said, “there’s no question that Derek has the clear momentum in this race.”
The high fundraising totals are a strong indicator that the general election will likely shape up to be a highly expensive race on both sides.
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However, some Democrats argue that the latest numbers are an indicator of a complicated Republican primary.
“Mike Collins and Derek Dooley’s neck-in-neck fundraising reports further underscore that Georgia Republicans are in a messy, chaotic U.S. Senate primary for the long haul,” Democratic Party of Georgia Senior Communications Advisor Devon Cruz told The Daily Wire in a statement.
Ossoff was first elected in 2021 following an extremely tight runoff election between him and former Republican Sen. David Perdue. President Joe Biden narrowly won the state in November, and Trump flipped the state back to red in 2024.
“I am the number one target in the country for the Republican Party,” he said in an August <a href="https://www.facebook.com/jonossoff/videos/magas-1-target/2243036079484320/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">advertisement</a>, adding that “MAGA is already spending millions of dollars to defeat me” as he’s the only Democratic senator running in 2026 in a state Trump won.
The Daily Wire reached out to Carter’s campaign for comment. The primary election is scheduled for May 2026, and a runoff would be triggered in June 2026 if no candidate receives a minimum of 50% of the vote.

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