Authorities said on Saturday that they found &#8220;no survivors&#8221; during a search of the site of a massive blast at a Tennessee explosives plant. At least 18 people were unaccounted for after the explosion on Friday.
The explosion at Accurate Energetic Systems in Hickman County — around 60 miles southwest of Nashville — was reported just before 8:00 a.m. on Friday, with officials initially saying that “several” people were dead.
“I can tell you that more than 300 people have been through almost every square inch of this facility, and at this time we’ve recovered no survivors,” said Humphreys County, Tennessee, Sheriff Chris Davis.
The sheriff added that authorities are still in the process of identifying the remains, but did not say exactly how many people were killed in the explosion. The investigation into the cause of the blast remains ongoing, and Sheriff Davis said that it could be weeks before they can say whether there was any foul play. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms and Explosives and the Department of Homeland Security were on the scene.
Accurate Energetic Systems, which was established in 1980, says it specializes “in the creation of high-grade explosives for demolition, ensuring rigorous quality and safety standards.” The company makes explosives for “defense and commercial markets.” In 2014, there was an <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/1-dead-after-blast-fire-in-tenn-ammo-explosives-plant/">explosion</a> at one of the company&#8217;s facilities in McEwen, Tennessee, that killed one person and injured three others.
The sheriff’s department from neighboring Humphreys County is also assisting in the response. In a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8f4YXmCXJQ">press conference</a> on Friday morning, Sheriff Davis called the scene “very violent,” adding that the explosion “encompassed one whole building.”
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Aerial footage from the scene showed a wide blast area, with rubble and burning vehicles.
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TAKE A LOOK AT THIS: Helicopter video shows what&#8217;s left of Accurate Energetic Systems in Hickman County, Tennessee that experienced an explosion Friday morning. At least 19 people are unaccounted for. (Video: WTVF Nashville) <a href="https://t.co/xEHAeTFXLB">https://t.co/xEHAeTFXLB</a> <a href="https://t.co/OxhaLceMZO">pic.twitter.com/OxhaLceMZO</a>
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The sheriff said that authorities had secured the scene to ensure there is no risk of more large explosions. Officials are waiting to notify family members of those dead or missing before they provide any more information on the victims.
The explosion rattled homes miles away. Davis said that it could take a week to get through all of the wreckage, as smaller blasts could continue in the area of the explosion hampering the cleanup and investigation. Davis added that it was “one of the most devastating situations I’ve been on in my career.”
The Metro Nashville Police Department <a href="https://x.com/MNPDNashville/status/1976756519346520245">said</a> that it was sending a bomb squad to assist authorities at the scene at the request of the FBI.
State Rep. Jody Barrett, who represents parts of Hickman County, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10/10/us/explosion-tennessee/15e75f54-eff7-5536-aa13-b096cd65bf8b?smid=url-share">said</a> that the plant is &#8220;a big part of our economy.”
Matt Van Epps, who won the special Republican primary for the 7th U.S. House district in Tennessee earlier this week, <a href="https://x.com/MattForTN/status/1976698056012947742">wrote</a> on X that he was &#8220;praying for all those impacted by this morning’s explosion at Accurate Energetic Systems in the Bucksnort Area of Hickman County.&#8221;
&#8220;We are grateful for the swift response of local officials, [Tennessee Emergency Management Agency], and all those working to ensure the safety of the community,&#8221; Van Epps added.

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UPDATE: ‘No Survivors’ Found After Massive Blast At Tennessee Explosives Plant

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Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, who was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nobel-committee-announces-2025-peace-prize-winner-and-its-not-trump">awarded</a> the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, said that she was dedicating the award to President Donald Trump &#8220;for his decisive support of our cause.&#8221;
Machado, who has been targeted by the Nicolás Maduro regime in socialist Venezuela, was named the winner of this year&#8217;s Nobel Peace Prize for her “tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and … her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.” Machado said that the prize is a &#8220;recognition of the struggle of all Venezuelans,&#8221; adding that Venezuela is relying on Trump and the United States to help the country &#8220;achieve freedom and democracy.&#8221;
&#8220;I dedicate this prize to the suffering people of Venezuela and to President Trump for his decisive support of our cause!&#8221; Machado <a href="https://x.com/MariaCorinaYA/status/1976642376119549990">wrote</a>.
On his Truth Social account, President Donald Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115350523795713137">shared</a> a screenshot of a similar post from Machado. Earlier on Friday, White House Communications Director Steven Cheung said that the Nobel Committee &#8220;proved they place politics over peace&#8221; by not awarding Trump the Nobel Peace Prize.
“President Trump will continue making peace deals, ending wars, and saving lives,” Cheung added. “He has the heart of a humanitarian, and there will never be anyone like him who can move mountains with the sheer force of his will.”
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The deadline for this year’s nominations was January 31, just days after Trump had taken office for his second term. In recent weeks, however, there has been a chorus of world leaders arguing for Trump to receive the award after the president pushed numerous countries toward peace. The calls for Trump to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize culminated when he successfully pressured Israel and Hamas to agree to the first phase of his 20-point peace plan this week.
Trump will likely be nominated again for the prize in 2026.
Machado&#8217;s Nobel Peace Prize comes as she remains in hiding after the Venezuelan government claimed that Maduro won the 2024 election, despite evidence showing that Machado&#8217;s ally Edmundo González defeated the dictator at the polls. González was backed by Machado after the socialist government barred Machado from holding political office. In the lead-up to the election and in its aftermath, Maduro’s regime repressed dissent and jailed opposition leaders. Machado has been hiding out since January, and González is living in exile in Spain.
In January, days before he was sworn into office, Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/113800699320833807">praised</a> Machado and González for &#8220;peacefully expressing the voices and the WILL of the Venezuelan people with hundreds of thousands of people demonstrating against the regime.&#8221; The Trump administration has also placed a $50 million bounty on Maduro and increased sanctions on the country earlier this year after its fraudulent election.

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Nobel Peace Prize Winner Dedicates Award To Trump For His ‘Decisive Support’

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Daily Wire Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro analyzed President Donald Trump’s Israel-Hamas peace deal, saying on Friday morning that the first phase agreement is “one of the great diplomatic achievements of [his] lifetime.”
Shapiro appeared on “<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/video/6382557865112">Fox &amp; Friends</a>” to discuss the ceasefire and hostage deal, providing insight into how the president successfully pushed Israel and Hamas to move forward with his plan.
“I think the president ignored pretty much all the conventional wisdom, all the State Department conventional wisdom that has failed for 80 years,” Shapiro told “Fox &amp; Friends” co-host Brian Kilmeade.
“He understands that in the Middle East you have to force people to keep their promises,” Shapiro added. “He understands that supporting our allies in the Middle East is much smarter than pretending a neutrality between our allies and their enemies and our enemies as well. The president refused to accept the idea of an Iranian-dominated Middle East, and instead, he gave the Israelis what they needed to succeed militarily.”
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Shapiro also credited Trump for working with other Middle Eastern countries, such as Qatar and Turkey, to make them “promise that they were going to push Hamas into the corner.”
“That’s the thing that changed between two years ago, or a year ago, and now. President Trump is the added ingredient — and Israeli military victory across the Middle East,” Shapiro continued.
Shapiro added that accomplishing phase one of Trump’s peace plan “is an extraordinary achievement.”
“Like a Nobel Prize-worthy achievement by the president of the United States,” he added. “One of the great diplomatic achievements of my lifetime.”
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&#8220;Phase one is an extraordinary achievement&#8230; one of the great diplomatic achievements of my lifetime.&#8221;<a href="https://twitter.com/benshapiro?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@benshapiro</a> praises President Trump for his role in securing a ceasefire in Gaza and helping to bring the hostages home. <a href="https://t.co/Qc7S6pkorU">pic.twitter.com/Qc7S6pkorU</a>
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Shapiro warned that the most challenging test for Trump’s plan may still lie ahead.
“What happens next in phase two [is] whether there will be a provisional government [in Gaza], whether Hamas will actually give up its guns and disarm, whether there will be any sort of solid interim government that is created capable of actually investing in the people of Gaza and building something working there,” he said. “That is a very difficult task, and it remains to be seen how that plays out.”
The host of “The Ben Shapiro Show” <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bibi-netanyahu-the-security-of-the-world-is-dependent-on-the-strength-of-the-united-states">spoke</a> to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu just days before the ceasefire was announced. During the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EA2bQ1k1M-s&amp;embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailywire.com%2Fnews%2Fbibi-netanyahu-the-security-of-the-world-is-dependent-on-the-strength-of-the-united-states&amp;source_ve_path=MjM4NTE">interview</a>, which was released on Monday, Netanyahu told Shapiro, “Right now the liberty of the world, the security of the world, is dependent on the strength of the United States.”
“What President Trump has done, in a very short time, is bring America back to the driver’s seat in world affairs,” he added. “That’s very important, because we all depend on America’s strength and America’s resolve.”

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Ben Shapiro Breaks Down Trump’s ‘Extraordinary’ Israel-Hamas Peace Deal And What Comes Next

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Conservatives ripped former President Barack Obama after he issued a statement Thursday on the Israel-Hamas ceasefire agreement that made no mention of President Donald Trump.
Obama said that everyone should “be encouraged and relieved that an end to the conflict is within sight,” but the Democrat did not mention Trump or his administration in relation to pushing the first phase of the deal over the finish line.
“After two years of unimaginable loss and suffering for Israeli families and the people of Gaza, we should all be encouraged and relieved that an end to the conflict is within sight; that those hostages still being held will be reunited with their families; and that vital aid can start reaching those inside Gaza whose lives have been shattered,” Obama wrote in a post on X. “More than that, though, it now falls on Israelis and Palestinians, with the support of the U.S. and the entire world community, to begin the hard task of rebuilding Gaza — and to commit to a process that, by recognizing the common humanity and basic rights of both peoples, can achieve a lasting peace.”
Obama faced criticism on social media for omitting Trump’s name from his post.
Donald Trump Jr. replied to the former president, <a href="https://x.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/1976369602138657076">writing</a>, “I’ll finish it for you. ‘Thank you, Donald Trump.’”
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“He couldn’t even utter Trump’s name,” <a href="https://x.com/Eric_Schmitt/status/1976405531079422268">said</a> Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO). “Obama was the most divisive President in modern American history and even in a moment of great accomplishment and peace he couldn’t be a unifier. Sad.”
“You were an awful president. And Donald J. Trump has not only cleaned up your mess, he has transformed the Middle East,” <a href="https://x.com/benshapiro/status/1976549024229474780">added</a> Daily Wire Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro.
The war started during the Biden administration when Hamas invaded Israel on October 7, 2023, and brutally killed 1,200 people and took hundreds more hostage. After being sworn in for his second term in January, Trump began applying pressure on Israel and Hamas to end the conflict. He announced his 20-point peace plan alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last week and then demanded that Hamas agree to the deal and end the fighting or face “all HELL.” The terror group said it would release the remaining hostages just days later.
The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas officially began on Thursday after final approval from the Israeli government. The first phase of the deal pushes Israel and Hamas closer to an end to the war and requires Hamas to hand over the remaining hostages. In return, Israel is expected to release hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, including terrorists. Israeli forces are also expected to withdraw from central Gaza during the ceasefire.

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Obama Snubs Trump Over Israel-Hamas Peace Deal

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Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado was awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday despite a chorus of world leaders who pushed for President Donald Trump to win this year&#8217;s honor.
The five-person Norwegian Nobel Committee praised Machado&#8217;s &#8220;tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and &#8230; her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.&#8221;
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The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2025 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NobelPeacePrize?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NobelPeacePrize</a> to Maria Corina Machado for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to… <a href="https://t.co/Zgth8KNJk9">pic.twitter.com/Zgth8KNJk9</a>
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Machado won her party&#8217;s primary, setting her up to challenge Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro in the 2024 election, but the opposition leader was disqualified from holding office by the Venezuelan government. Machado then got behind opposition candidate Edmundo González, who appeared to defeat Maduro at the polls, but the country’s National Electoral Council declared Maduro the winner.
In the lead-up to the election and in its aftermath, Maduro&#8217;s regime repressed dissent and jailed opposition leaders. Machado was forced to go into hiding and has not been seen publicly since January, the Associated Press <a href="https://apnews.com/article/nobel-peace-prize-oslo-41b6bff88e2d57af0917bcf778e132ad">reported</a>. Machado&#8217;s ally, González, who is living in exile in Spain, praised the Nobel Committee&#8217;s decision, saying it was a “very well-deserved recognition for the long struggle of a woman and of an entire people for our freedom and democracy.&#8221; He also posted a video of himself talking to Machado over the phone about the prize. Machado told him, &#8220;I am in shock. I cannot believe it,&#8221; the AP reported.
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¡Nuestra querida Maria Corina Machado, galardonada con el Premio Nobel de la Paz 2025! Merecidísimo reconocimiento a la larga lucha de una mujer y de todo un pueblo por nuestra libertad y democracia. ¡La primer Nobel de Venezuela! ¡Enhorabuena <a href="https://twitter.com/MariaCorinaYA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@mariacorinaya</a>, Venezuela será… <a href="https://t.co/jpmrUEujtL">pic.twitter.com/jpmrUEujtL</a>
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White House Communications Director Steven Cheung responded to the news, saying that the Nobel Committee &#8220;proved they place politics over peace.&#8221;
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&#8220;President Trump will continue making peace deals, ending wars, and saving lives,&#8221; Cheung added. &#8220;He has the heart of a humanitarian, and there will never be anyone like him who can move mountains with the sheer force of his will.&#8221;
The deadline for this year&#8217;s nominations was January 31, just days after Trump had taken office for his second term. After more than eight months of stringing together peace plans in numerous conflicts around the world and successfully getting Israel and Hamas to agree to a ceasefire and the first phase of his peace deal, many people believed that Trump deserved this year&#8217;s prize.
World leaders who have said that Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize include Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Argentinian President Javier Milei, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet, Rwandan President Paul Kagame, and Félix Tshisekedi, president of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
In the past, the committee had no issue awarding the Nobel Prize to a president shortly after he came into office. In 2009, former President Barack Obama was awarded the prize just months into his first term for ambiguous reasons. The committee <a href="https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2009/press-release/">awarded</a> Obama the Nobel Prize for &#8220;his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples&#8221; and for creating &#8220;a new climate in international politics.&#8221;

Nobel Committee Announces 2025 Peace Prize Winner — And It’s Not Trump

President Donald Trump signed a <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/10/columbus-day-2025/">proclamation</a> on Thursday declaring October 13 Columbus Day and vowing &#8220;to reclaim his extraordinary legacy of faith, courage, perseverance, and virtue from the left-wing arsonists who have sought to destroy his name and dishonor his memory.&#8221;
While Columbus Day has been officially recognized in the United States for decades, the Italian explorer has been attacked by Left-wing activists in recent years. Last year, then-President Joe Biden <a href="https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2024/10/11/a-proclamation-on-columbus-day-2024/">acknowledged</a> Columbus Day, but made little mention of the explorer&#8217;s accomplishments and focused on the &#8220;history and heritage of Italian Americans.&#8221; In Biden&#8217;s first year in office, he <a href="https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/10/08/a-proclamation-indigenous-peoples-day-2021/">issued</a> the first-ever presidential proclamation of Indigenous Peoples Day, which was recognized on the same day as Columbus Day.
Trump&#8217;s proclamation was a stark contrast with Biden&#8217;s words on Columbus.
&#8220;Today our Nation honors the legendary Christopher Columbus — the original American hero, a giant of Western civilization, and one of the most gallant and visionary men to ever walk the face of the earth,&#8221; the proclamation states.
&#8220;Outrageously, in recent years, Christopher Columbus has been a prime target of a vicious and merciless campaign to erase our history, slander our heroes, and attack our heritage,&#8221; Trump&#8217;s proclamation adds. &#8220;Before our very eyes, left-wing radicals toppled his statues, vandalized his monuments, tarnished his character, and sought to exile him from our public spaces. Under my leadership, those days are finally over — and our Nation will now abide by a simple truth: Christopher Columbus was a true American hero, and every citizen is eternally indebted to his relentless determination.&#8221;
In the past decade, controversy has surrounded Columbus Day, as leftists in academia and on the street argue that the day celebrates racism and colonialism. During the George Floyd riots in 2020, dozens of Columbus statues around the country were <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/christopher-columbus-statue-removed-cities/">torn down</a> by radical protesters or officially removed to satisfy their demands.
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Some states and the District of Columbia have replaced Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day while other states recognize Indigenous Peoples Day on the same day as Columbus Day.
The president signed the proclamation during a Cabinet meeting at the White House. After signing the document, Trump showed it to the cameras in the room and said, &#8220;We&#8217;re calling it Columbus Day.&#8221;
&#8220;We&#8217;re back, Italians,&#8221; he added.
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Trump also signed a proclamation declaring October 9 Leif Erikson Day and recognizing the Viking&#8217;s &#8220;triumphant spirit of exploration.&#8221;
&#8220;This Leif Erikson Day, we summon his courage, we honor his enduring legacy of adventure and exploration, and we renew our resolve to advance the limits of human achievement,&#8221; the <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/10/leif-erikson-day-2025/#:~:text=NOW%2C%20THEREFORE%2C%20I%2C%20DONALD,2025%2C%20as%20Leif%20Erikson%20Day.">proclamation</a> states.

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Trump Signs Columbus Day Proclamation, Pledges To ‘Reclaim His Extraordinary Legacy’

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Just over a week after the assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, Michigan state Sen. Mallory McMorrow — a Democrat now running for the U.S. Senate — attended a fundraiser alongside a left-wing blogger who mocked Kirk in the immediate aftermath of his killing.
On September 21, McMorrow held a <a href="https://secure.actblue.com/donate/250921schoenkopf">fundraising event</a> in Detroit that was hosted by Rebecca Schoenkopf, who runs the far-left news and commentary blog, Wonkette. McMorrow seeks to replace retiring U.S. Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI).
In an article Schoenkopf wrote on September 11, the day after Kirk was gunned down, she stated, “Charlie Kirk got shot at Utah Valley University yesterday, and he is dead. … Kinda seems like we should do something about guns.”
Schoenkopf also mocked Kirk as a “free speech hero” and criticized MSNBC for firing analyst Matthew Dowd, who had said on-air that Kirk was “constantly sort of pushing this sort of hate speech, aimed at certain groups,” adding that “hateful thoughts lead to hateful words, which often then lead to hateful actions.”
In a post published two days after Kirk was assassinated, Schoenkopf described Dowd as an “actual Christian type of lib” and argued that he “correctly pointed out that Charlie Kirk unfortunately espoused a lot of hate.” In a post on Bluesky — the social media platform that many leftists fled to after Elon Musk took over Twitter and renamed it X — Schoenkopf again mockingly referred to Kirk as a “hero.” She <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/wonkette.bsky.social/post/3lykzbuv5qc2e">wrote</a>, “Boy sure seems like we’re firing a lot of professors this week for bulls*** made up specious selectively edited reasons. Charlie Kirk built that. A hero to the end.”
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Wonkette published multiple articles criticizing Kirk in the days following his assassination. On September 11, Schoenkopf shared an article titled, “<a href="https://www.wonkette.com/p/second-amendment-comes-for-charlie">Second Amendment Comes for Charlie Kirk</a>.” The article began, “Rightwing s***-stirrer and professional troll Charlie Kirk was shot and killed yesterday during an event at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah.” The Wonkette piece promoted by Schoenkopf added, “Charlie Kirk himself was an enthusiastic participant in the drive to push American politics toward constant outrage and violent rhetoric, especially if it made libs mad.”
In another piece titled “<a href="https://www.wonkette.com/p/the-evil-that-men-do-lives-after">The Evil That Men Do Lives After Them,</a>” which was also published by Wonkette on September 11, the writer said it was “inaccurate” to describe Kirk as someone who peacefully engaged in civil debate. Instead, they described Kirk as a “professional s***lord.” Yet <a href="https://www.wonkette.com/p/regime-already-working-overtime-to">another article</a> posted by Wonkette quotes a pastor who said of Kirk, “You do not become a hero in your death when you are a weapon of the enemy in your life.”
The Daily Wire reached out to McMorrow’s campaign for comment. It did not respond.
During a speech on the Michigan Senate floor on the same day that she joined Schoenkopf for the fundraiser, McMorrow said that Kirk’s assassination was “horrifying.” She added that each person in the legislature has a responsibility to seek unity. In a social media <a href="https://www.facebook.com/mcmorrowformichigan/videos/since-the-assassination-of-charlie-kirk-weve-seen-too-many-use-his-murder-as-an-/3784252928374684/">post</a>, McMorrow blasted conservatives, saying, “Since the assassination of Charlie Kirk, we’ve seen too many use his murder as an excuse to divide, to blame the so-called ‘radical left,’ from the President of the United States to colleagues in my own legislature.”
While McMorrow was quick to condemn her Republican colleagues for stoking division following Kirk’s assassination, it appears that she had no issue fundraising with a leftist blogger who promoted articles that called him a “professional s***lord” and a “weapon of the enemy.”

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President Donald Trump on Wednesday night announced a breakthrough in the negotiations between Israel and Hamas, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-israel-and-gaza-have-a-deal-on-first-phase-of-middle-east-peace-plan">setting into motion</a> the first phase of Trump&#8217;s peace plan to bring the war in Gaza to an end.
After more than a week of pressuring both Israel and Hamas to come to terms with the 20-point plan that the president laid out on September 29, Trump said that both parties have agreed that the remaining hostages taken by Hamas would be returned, while Israeli troops will withdraw from Gaza &#8220;to an agreed upon line.&#8221;
Now that the first phase of the deal has been reached, here&#8217;s what to expect next:
<h3>Israeli Government Will Meet To Officially Approve Agreement</h3>
The Israeli Cabinet is scheduled to meet on Thursday to approve the agreement. The Trump administration appears confident that Israel will approve the deal quickly. A White House official told The Daily Wire, &#8220;Once they vote yes, Israel has to withdraw to the line which should take under 24 hours.&#8221; Israeli officials <a href="https://x.com/AmitSegal/status/1976213105765146995">clarified</a> that the ceasefire will not be in effect until the government approves the first phase of the deal. Once that happens, Hamas will have 72 hours to return the remaining hostages, the White House official added.
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Israeli President Isaac Herzog <a href="https://x.com/Isaac_Herzog/status/1976116944005628175">said</a> on Wednesday night that the agreement has his &#8220;full support.&#8221; Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu <a href="https://x.com/netanyahu/status/1976065453807034399">said</a> that he &#8220;will convene the government to approve the agreement and bring all our dear hostages home.&#8221;
<h3>Hamas Releases Hostages On Monday</h3>
The White House official said that the Trump administration expects the hostages to &#8220;begin getting released on Monday.&#8221; It is believed that 20 living hostages remain in Hamas captivity, NBC News <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/world/middle-east/live-blog/live-updates-israel-hamas-trump-peace-plan-rcna236552/rcrd90292?canonicalCard=true">reported</a>. The terror group said that it will take them more time to find the 28 bodies of the hostages who died in their custody. The Israel Defense Forces will remain in some parts of Gaza until the hostages are released.
Hospitals in Israel are already preparing to treat the hostages.
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&#8220;Welcome home!&#8221;
Hospitals are preparing for the hostages&#8217; return.
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<h3>Israel Releases Terrorist Prisoners</h3>
In exchange for Hamas releasing the remaining hostages, Israel agreed to set 2,000 prisoners free, including 250 people who were convicted of murder and serving life sentences. On Thursday, a senior Hamas official <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/world/middle-east/live-blog/live-updates-israel-hamas-trump-peace-plan-rcna236552/rcrd90294?canonicalCard=true">said</a> that the terror group handed over the list of prisoners who will be freed in the deal.
<h3>Trump Travels To Israel</h3>
President Trump is expected to travel to Israel and speak to the Knesset on Sunday after an invitation from Netanyahu, Axios <a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/10/09/trump-israel-visit-gaza-hostage-peace-deal">reported</a>.
&#8220;I will definitely do that if they want me to,&#8221; Trump said.
Trump&#8217;s visit will likely be short, according to Israeli journalist Amit Segal, who <a href="https://x.com/AmitSegal/status/1976220128435110247">wrote</a>, &#8220;The plan is for Trump to arrive on Saturday night between Saturday and Sunday, have a reception at Ben Gurion Airport, visit the Knesset, and take off. No additional ceremonies or meetings.&#8221;
<h3>More Negotiations?</h3>
The first phase of the deal does not include some important points from Trump&#8217;s 20-point peace plan, which means that negotiations could continue for some time. One central point that was left out is Trump&#8217;s demand that Hamas agree to disarm. The president&#8217;s plan calls on the terror group to commit to “peaceful co-existence,&#8221; adding that those who decide to disarm would be given amnesty and may live in Gaza, or they will be given safe passage elsewhere.

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In a fundraising email sent on the anniversary of Hamas&#8217; October 7, 2023, attack on Israel, Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed made no mention of the terror group&#8217;s atrocities and blamed Israel for launching &#8220;a ground invasion of Gaza.&#8221;
The email — posted by POLITICO&#8217;s Congressional reporter, Nicholas Wu — was sent on Tuesday as Israel and the United States <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-admin-remembers-october-7-most-brutal-terrorist-attack-in-israels-history">remembered</a> the 1,200 lives lost when Hamas terrorists crossed the Israeli border and killed men, women, and children. The email sent out by El-Sayed&#8217;s campaign began, &#8220;Two years ago this month, Netanyahu&#8217;s military launched a ground invasion of Gaza. Since then, the world has watched tragedy unfold in real time.&#8221;
The email then went on to condemn Israel&#8217;s military strikes in Gaza and accused the pro-Israel lobbying group, AIPAC, of influencing politicians to &#8220;add fuel to the fire.&#8221; El-Sayed also accused AIPAC of &#8220;meddling with our race here in Michigan&#8221; because he &#8220;is one of AIPAC&#8217;s top targets to defeat.&#8221;
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Abdul El-Sayed sends out a fundraising email: &#8220;Two years ago this month, Netanyahu’s military launched a ground invasion of Gaza.
Since then, the world has watched tragedy unfold in real time&#8230;.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/3fICTzXnpe">pic.twitter.com/3fICTzXnpe</a>
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El-Sayed&#8217;s campaign told POLITICO that the email was sent on Tuesday by mistake.
&#8220;Abdul has been clear and consistent: he holds equally valuable the lives of all innocent people and condemns violence against them,” a spokeswoman for the Democratic candidate said.
El-Sayed also released a <a href="https://x.com/AbdulElSayed/status/1975554653476831707">statement</a> on the 2nd anniversary of Hamas&#8217; assault on Israel where he condemned Hamas for the &#8220;heinous attack,&#8221; but then accused Israel of committing &#8220;genocide.&#8221;
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El-Sayed is a doctor and former health director who&#8217;s running to replace outgoing Michigan Democratic Senator Gary Peters. The Michigan doctor came in second place behind Governor Gretchen Whitmer in the 2018 Democratic gubernatorial primary. El-Sayed has been endorsed by Democratic socialist Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and California Democratic Congressman Ro Khanna.
Earlier this year, El-Sayed spoke at an event alongside Hamas sympathizers, including one activist who expressed &#8220;euphoria&#8221; over the terror group&#8217;s October 7, 2023, attack, The Washington Free Beacon <a href="https://freebeacon.com/democrats/michigan-senate-candidate-backed-by-bernie-sanders-to-speak-at-islamist-convention-alongside-hamas-sympathizers/">reported</a>.
El-Sayed is running against Democratic Michigan state Senator Mallory McMorrow and Democratic U.S. Congresswoman Haley Stevens. McMorrow has recently taken a more anti-Israel stance on the war in Gaza, while Stevens has voiced pro-Israel views in the past and has been backed by AIPAC.
Democrats have maintained control of both Michigan U.S. Senate seats since 2001. Republican Mike Rogers, who lost to Sen. Elissa Slotkin in the 2024 election, is running for Senate again and appears to be the GOP&#8217;s best chance at winning the seat in 2026.

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Federal officials on Wednesday announced the arrest of a man accused of deliberately sparking the deadly blaze that devastated Pacific Palisades, California, in January.
The Justice Department and the Los Angeles Police Department said at a press conference that 29-year-old Jonathan Rinderknecht of Melbourne, Florida, started the Lachman Fire on New Year’s Day. The Lachman Fire eventually became the Palisades Fire after it was rekindled by severe winds a week later. In the federal criminal complaint, Rinderknecht is charged with maliciously starting the fire that eventually “burned down the Palisades,” according to Acting U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli.
If convicted on that charge, Rinderknecht faces up to 20 years in prison. However, Essayli stated that authorities have not yet determined all the charges that Rinderknecht will face, and more charges will likely be presented to a federal grand jury.
Essayli said that Rinderknecht, an Uber driver, was in Pacific Palisades late on New Year’s Eve after working throughout the evening. Rinderknecht allegedly got out of his car and walked up a trail to a nearby hilltop, where he recorded videos and listened to a rap song. The song was accompanied by a music video that showed objects being set on fire, according to Essayli.
“Twelve minutes into the new year, environmental sensing platforms indicated that a fire had started. It took the defendant several tries to contact 911 to report the fire,” Essayli said. “He fled the scene in his car, but turned around after passing fire engines driving in the opposite direction to fight the fire. While the Lachman Fire burned, the defendant walked up the same trail from earlier that night to watch the fire and firefighters, using his iPhone to take short videos of the scene.”
The U.S. attorney added that while firefighters successfully extinguished the blaze, the fire continued to smolder underground “within the root structure of the dense vegetation” and was rekindled by heavy winds on January 7, “causing what became known as the Palisades Fire.”
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Rinderknecht was questioned by law enforcement on January 24 and is accused of lying to investigators about where he was when he first saw the Lachman Fire. Rinderknecht claimed that he was near the bottom of the hiking trail, but geo-location data from his 911 call revealed that he was standing “above the fire in a clearing nearly 30 feet from the blaze as it rapidly grew,” Essayli said.
Some of Rinderknecht’s passengers on New Year’s Eve told investigators that the suspect appeared agitated before he dropped them off. Essayli also pointed to images the suspect allegedly generated on the artificial intelligence platform ChatGPT that showed a burning city. The suspect allegedly generated the image in the months leading up to the fire.
Charging documents contained snippets of a conversation Rinderknecht had with ChatGPT, in which he reportedly said, &#8220;I am 28 years old. And … I basically … This just happened. Maybe like … I don’t know, maybe like 3 months ago or something. Like, the realization of all this. I literally burnt the Bible that I had. It felt amazing. I felt so liberated.&#8221;
They also included the prompt that Rinderknecht allegedly entered on July 11, 2024, to create the image:
<blockquote>“A dystopian painting divided into distinct parts that blend together seamlessly. On the far left, there is a burning forest. Next to it, a crowd of people is running away from the fire, leading to the middle. In the middle, hundreds of thousands of people in poverty are trying to get past a gigantic gate with a big dollar sign on it. On the other side of the gate and the entire wall is a conglomerate of the richest people. They are chilling, watching the world burn down, and watching the people struggle. They are laughing, enjoying themselves, and dancing. The scene is detailed and impactful, highlighting the stark contrast and the direct connection between the different parts of the world.”</blockquote>
Rinderknecht was arrested in Florida, where he was most recently living, but was living in Pacific Palisades at the time of the fire. Essayli stated that Rinderknecht has no criminal history, and authorities did not disclose their belief regarding Rinderknecht’s motive, adding that it would be addressed in court.
Rinderknecht is scheduled to appear in the U.S. District Court in Orlando at 1:30 ET on Wednesday.
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Today we are announcing the arrest of 29-year-old Jonathan Rinderknecht on a criminal complaint charging him with maliciously starting what became the Palisades Fire in January. 
⁰The complaint alleges that Rinderknecht&#8217;s started a fire in Pacific Palisades on New Year&#8217;s Day &#8211;… <a href="https://t.co/UzrFa0Lmrz">pic.twitter.com/UzrFa0Lmrz</a>
— Acting U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli (@USAttyEssayli) <a href="https://twitter.com/USAttyEssayli/status/1975954598201536880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 8, 2025</a></blockquote>
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The Palisades Fire ripped through the Los Angeles neighborhood on January 7, killing 12 people and destroying thousands of homes. It was one of multiple devastating fires that ripped through Los Angeles County in January. The Eaton Fire, about 15 miles northeast of downtown Los Angeles in Altadena, was the most destructive blaze, killing 19 people and destroying more than 9,000 buildings. The cause of the Eaton Fire is still being investigated.

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The Kentucky man who killed 6-year-old Logan Tipton was freed 13 years early after state law labeled his assault convictions “non-violent,” despite the brutal nature of the crime.
According to investigators, Ronald Exantus, 42, broke into the Tipton family home in Woodford County, Kentucky, on the night of December 7, 2015, stabbing Tipton, who later died of his injuries, and assaulting the boy’s father and sibling. The story has drawn national outrage, as many Americans are questioning how a man who brutally killed a child could walk free after serving less than half of his 20-year term — all because his convictions were classified as “non-violent” under Kentucky law.
On Monday night, Daily Wire host Matt Walsh, who has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-case-of-the-child-killer-released-from-prison-just-got-even-more-insane?author=Matt+Walsh&amp;category=undefined&amp;elementPosition=6&amp;row=3&amp;rowHeadline=Latest+News&amp;rowType=Vertical+Carousel&amp;title=The+Case+Of+The+Child+Killer+Released+From+Prison+Just+Got+Even+More+Insane">focused</a> extensively on the story this week, reached out to the parole board that signed off on Exantus’ parole, seeking more information on how he was allowed to be released after serving less than half of his 20-year sentence. The parole board told Walsh that it had no choice but to release Exantus under state law, since he was found not guilty by reason of insanity for the murder, and his remaining convictions were classified as “non-violent” offenses.
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“He stabbed a child to death and then went on to assault the entire family, and yet he is ‘non-violent’ under the law because he was only convicted of second degree assault,” <a href="https://x.com/MattWalshBlog/status/1975521642966102162">said</a> Walsh. “The murder didn’t count at all because he was ‘not guilty by reason of insanity.&#8217; That’s what we were told. Apparently Ronald Exantus &#8216;non-violently&#8217; stabbed a child to death and then stabbed the rest of the family after breaking into their home. If you think our criminal justice system is completely and totally broken, you don&#8217;t even know the half of it. It is so much worse than you think.”
Exantus was tried in 2018, but the jury deemed him mentally insane and did not convict him of murder. Instead, he was convicted on a lesser charge of second-degree assault for the attack on Tipton’s father and sibling and sentenced to 20 years in prison. The Kentucky Parole Board said in a statement that state law forced the board to sign off on Exantus’ release.
“Every time it had the opportunity, the Parole Board recommended Ronald Exantus stay in prison,” the board said. “Exantus was reviewed for parole on 09/30/2025, as required by state law. The Parole Board issued a decision that Exantus stay in prison for the remainder of his sentence. Despite this decision, Kentucky law required the Department of Corrections to release the inmate on Mandatory Reentry Supervision.”
Exantus’ release on parole does not mean he’s a free man. He will likely have parole conditions that he must follow, but the specifics of those conditions remain unclear. Walsh said that his team asked the Parole Board what the conditions would be, but the board did not respond.
After Exantus was released, Logan Tipton’s father, Dean, said the news dredged up the trauma his family had carried since the brutal killing nearly a decade ago.
“It’s crazy, it’s brought back a lot of emotions that I thought were gone, a lot of hurt, anguish,” Dean said. The father added that Exantus needs to be held accountable, whether he’s “insane or not.”
The case could also come under federal scrutiny, as the White House said over the weekend that it is looking into Exantus’ release. In a statement responding to one of Walsh’s social media posts about the story, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt wrote, “I can confirm the White House is looking into this. It’s wholly unacceptable for a child killer to walk free after just several years in prison.”
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I can confirm the White House is looking into this. It’s wholly unacceptable for a child killer to walk free after just several years in prison. <a href="https://t.co/pOjKxvmrZV">https://t.co/pOjKxvmrZV</a>
— Karoline Leavitt (@PressSec) <a href="https://twitter.com/PressSec/status/1974448781715525642?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 4, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Tipton’s mother, Heather, said it was a relief to see social media and the White House bring attention to their story, WKYT <a href="https://www.wkyt.com/2025/10/04/white-house-looking-into-decade-early-release-ronald-exantus/">reported</a>.
“My first reaction was, finally. We are finally, people are finally finding out about this,” she said. “You know, 10 years ago we tried to get the word out, but social media was not what it is now.”

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