The Trump administration reflected on October 7, 2023, on Tuesday, acknowledging Hamas’ “brutal terrorist attack” on Israel and reaffirming that the United States is committed to “its unwavering support for Israel’s right to exist, to defend itself, and to ensure the safety of its people.”
Secretary of State Marco Rubio released a <a href="https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2025/10/two-year-anniversary-of-october-7th-attack/">statement</a> on the anniversary of the attack, saying, “Today marks two years since the attacks of October 7, when Hamas murdered more than 1,200 innocent men, women, and children — including 46 Americans — in the most brutal terrorist attack in Israel’s history.”
“As the United States marks this tragic anniversary and honors the victims, we renew our resolve to prevent such evil from ever taking place again,” Rubio pledged.
Vice President JD Vance also remembered the massive terrorist attack on Israel, <a href="https://x.com/JDVance/status/1975544380435169422">posting</a> on X on Tuesday, “On this second anniversary of the terrible terrorist attacks of October 7, we remember all of the innocent people brutally murdered by Hamas. And we continue to work towards President Trump’s plan to bring the remaining hostages home and build a lasting peace for all.”
President Donald Trump is scheduled to <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/10/07/us-news/trump-to-host-edan-alexander-american-who-spent-584-days-in-hamas-captivity-at-white-house/">host</a> Eden Alexander, an American who was held hostage by Hamas for nearly 600 days, at the White House on Tuesday afternoon. Alexander was freed by Hamas in May and is believed to have been the last surviving American taken hostage by the terror group during its October 7, 2023, attack.
The second anniversary comes as President Donald Trump seeks to close out a peace deal between Israel and Hamas. Last Friday, Hamas <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hamas-says-it-will-release-all-hostages-but-does-not-agree-to-other-details-of-trumps-peace-plan">said</a> it would release the rest of the remaining hostages, but added that it wanted to continue negotiating Trump’s 20-point peace plan. In a statement on Friday, the terror group did not agree to disarm, a major point in the plan laid out by Trump. The group also did not address Trump’s offer to give terrorists amnesty to live in Gaza or the option to be given safe passage elsewhere if they lay down their weapons.
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Trump remains optimistic that a peace deal will be secured between Israel and Hamas to bring an end to the two-year war. If the terrorists don’t agree to Trump’s plan, the president warned on Sunday that they would face “complete obliteration.” Trump initially gave Hamas a 6:00 p.m. ET deadline on Sunday to agree to the peace deal.
“Under President Trump’s leadership, America is leading the effort to secure the release of all hostages, end Hamas’s rule in Gaza, and advance a durable peace that ensures not only Israel’s security, but generational peace and prosperity for the region. This vision of stability, security, and a future free from terror is at the heart of the President’s 20-Point Plan,” Rubio added in his statement.
The Secretary of State also addressed the “troubling surge in antisemitism” that has plagued the United States and other nations since the attack on Israel.
“As I have said, there can be no compromise with antisemitism,” Rubio added. “We continue to condemn all acts of terrorism and antisemitism against Israel, and we call on the international community to stand with Israel during this painful anniversary.”

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Appearing on ABC’s &#8220;This Week&#8221; on Sunday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio laid out the Trump administration’s latest push for peace between Israel and Hamas, arguing that the new proposal represents the closest the region has come to a full hostage release and offers a viable path to peace — if hard choices are made, and the right steps followed in order.
Rubio emphasized that the first phase of the Trump plan is non-negotiable and paramount: the release of all 48 hostages — 20 alive, 28 deceased — in exchange for Israel pulling its forces back to the so-called “yellow line,” a line roughly aligned with Israel’s military position as of August 2024. “This is the closest we’ve come to getting all of the hostages released,” Rubio told host Martha Raddatz, underscoring that “every single one” must come home before any long-term solutions can even be considered.
Rubio repeatedly stressed that everything depends on that initial breakthrough. “Priority number one is to get the hostages released,” he said flatly. Without that step, “you ain’t gonna have long-term peace here.”
The second phase of the deal, Rubio explained, involves building a governance structure for Gaza — something the U.S., Israel, and international partners would oversee. The vision includes technocrats, preferably Palestinian, with no ties to Hamas or any terror group. It’s a massive challenge, Rubio admitted, but essential to any “permanency to the end of the conflict.”
Raddatz pushed Rubio on the controversial issue of Palestinian statehood. “Yes or no: does the Trump administration support Palestinian statehood?” she asked. Rubio refused to box in the answer. “That’s not a yes or no question; that’s a process,” he replied. He acknowledged that the aspiration exists, but cautioned that statehood must be earned through credible governance and guaranteed security — not handed to an entity still harboring genocidal intent toward Israel. “Forget about statehood” if Gaza remains a breeding ground for terror, he said. “We can’t have a Palestinian state that’s governed by Hamas.”
That’s where demobilization enters — a critical piece of Phase Two. “As long as there’s a threat emanating from Gaza against Israel’s security,” Rubio warned, “there isn’t going to be peace.” Whether it’s Hamas or a future group, any entity committed to building tunnels, firing rockets, or kidnapping civilians must be disarmed and dismantled. “That demobilization has to happen,” Rubio declared. “Clearly, Hamas is an organization that we do not believe can be a part of that.”
Pressed on logistics, Rubio noted that military operations must pause to ensure safe hostage exchange. “You can’t have an exchange of hostages if bombs are going off and active combat is occurring,” he explained. Israel has agreed to suspend offensive operations — only responding to imminent threats like potential suicide attacks.
But with Hamas known for playing games, Rubio was also clear-eyed about risks: “If it’s clear that the hostages aren’t going to be released and they’re playing games,” he said, “then I think the president stated what our position is going to be.” He didn’t elaborate, but the implication was unmistakable: Hamas has a limited window to comply.
Rubio also made it clear that Trump wants the deal to move fast — no weeks of dithering over details. “We cannot be here three weeks from now still discussing the logistics of how hostages are going to be released,” Rubio warned.
In a nutshell, the Trump peace framework is two-fold: First, secure the hostages’ release, a non-negotiable prerequisite. Second, build a secure, non-terrorist governance structure for Gaza. And while Rubio remained “optimistic,” he also made it clear: “This is not going to be easy.”
But, he added, “We are in a much better place today than we were seven days ago.”
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Sec Rubio: &quot;Until Gaza is governed by people that are not interested in destroying Israel, until there are no security threats emanating against Israel from Gaza, forget about statehood. 
Right now, the priority number one is to get the hostages released.” <a href="https://t.co/nO4cpnEd2e">pic.twitter.com/nO4cpnEd2e</a>
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“This is the closest we&#39;ve come to getting all of the hostages released. Every single one.” 
Secretary of State Marco Rubio expressed optimism that a deal between Hamas and Israel to end the war in Gaza could finally be reached. 
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Rubio ‘Optimistic,’ But No Peace ‘As Long As There’s A Threat Emanating From Gaza’

In a move that the U.S. State Department called “tyrannical,&#8221; a 75-year-old anti-abortion grandmother, Rose Docherty, once again found herself in handcuffs in Scotland—not for a crime of violence, but for holding a sign.
Docherty was arrested over the weekend outside Glasgow’s Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, allegedly for violating Scotland’s sweeping “buffer zone” law, which criminalizes not only harassment or intimidation around abortion clinics, but even the vague notion of “influencing.”
In response to the arrest, the State Department issued a <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/politics/2025/09/28/us-condemns-arrest-scottish-antiabortion-campaigner/">statement</a> to the Telegraph, saying:
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The arrest of Rose Docherty is another egregious example of the tyrannical suppression of free speech happening across Europe. When 75-year-old grandmothers are being arrested for standing peacefully and offering conversation, common sense and basic civility are under attack. The United States will always speak out against these violations of fundamental rights.
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Her message on the sign read, “Coercion is a crime, here to talk, only if you want.” No confrontation, no mention of abortion, just a placard offering consensual conversation.
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🚨BREAKING🚨
75-year-old Rose Docherty has been arrested AGAIN
for holding a sign reading &#8220;coercion is a crime, here to talk, only if you want&#8221; within a Scottish &#8220;buffer zone&#8221;
Rose was kept in a cell for two hours, and refused a chair, despite having a double hip replacement. <a href="https://t.co/HizSihMvU3">pic.twitter.com/HizSihMvU3</a>
— ADF International (@ADFIntl) <a href="https://twitter.com/ADFIntl/status/1971818402776846390?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 27, 2025</a></blockquote>
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The law forbids any such action within 200 meters of every hospital in Scotland.
This isn’t Docherty’s first run-in with the law. She was previously arrested in August for holding the same sign in the same spot. That case was quietly dropped after global outrage and a direct rebuke from the State Department.
Docherty has had two hip replacements. After her most recent arrest, she was reportedly denied a chair for several hours while in custody. Her bail conditions now prevent her from returning not only to the buffer zone, but also to an area even larger than the restricted zone—an expansion her legal team at Alliance Defending Freedom International calls “disproportionate.”
Legal counsel Lorcan Price <a href="https://adfinternational.org/news/tyrannical-arrest-of-scottish-grandmother-abortion-buffer-zone">hit</a> the nail on the head: “This is not a case about harassment or intimidation&#8230; This is simply a grandmother, who held a sign offering to speak to anyone who would like to engage.”
Scotland’s government, led by those determined to muzzle dissent, seems committed to pushing the narrative that a peaceful granny is somehow a public threat.
In a now-infamous moment, Scottish Member of Parliament Gillian Mackay, architect of the law, even admitted that someone could potentially be criminalized for praying inside their home if visible from the street, “depending on who’s passing by the window.”
Docherty summed it up: “Conversation is not forbidden on the streets of Glasgow. And yet, this is the second time I have been arrested for doing just that.”

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A pro-Palestinian agitation group that celebrated the murder of two Israeli Embassy staff members in May should be classified as a foreign terrorist organization, a watchdog organization told Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
The Zachor Legal Institute said Tuesday that the radical group Unity of Fields should be considered a terrorist organization, according to a copy of a complaint sent to Rubio obtained by The Daily Wire. Unity of Fields, previously known as Palestine Action US, is an organization that has called for police officers to be set on fire and encouraged anti-Israel protesters to commit crimes.
Unity of Fields &#8220;is a foreign entity that engages in terrorism and threatens the security of the United States, its institutions, and its people. By promoting terrorism, vandalism, engaging in various acts of violence, and by inciting violence against various targets including law enforcement, police, universities, individuals, and others, UoF has met the criteria to be designated as a Foreign Terrorist Organization,” a draft of the complaint said.
“Treating UoF as the terrorist group will enable the full force and assets of the United States government to dismantle the organization and its leaders and prevent them from wreaking havoc against their many targets throughout our country in the future,&#8221; the complaint added.
Shortly after Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim were murdered outside the Israeli Embassy in May, Unity of Fields referred to the killing as an act of “love for the Palestinian people.” The suspected killer was a man named Elias Rodriguez.
“What Elias Rodriguez did was an act of solidarity and love for the Palestinian people. If this seems crazy and unhinged to you, ask yourself why you are so well adjusted to a constant stream of disemboweled and starving children—made possible by the country in which you reside,” the organization <a href="https://x.com/unityoffields/status/1925907082009596089" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posted</a>.
It later posted a picture of Rodriguez and called for action to &#8220;bring the war home!&#8221; and to &#8220;Globalize the intifada!&#8221;
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Escalate for Gaza! Bring the war home!
Globalize the intifada!
Free Elias Rodriguez! Free them all! <a href="https://t.co/bONo90aOou" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pic.twitter.com/bONo90aOou</a>
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In other social media posts, Unity of Fields <a href="https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-854132" target="_blank" rel="noopener">referred</a> to police responding to a riot at the University of Washington as “pigs” and suggested that they be set on fire.
Included in the complaint from the Zachor Institute is an “underground manual” that encourages people to spray paint private property, break windows, break into buildings, and damage property. The manual, from Palestine Action, was distributed at a New York chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America.
“Dream up crazy ideas in your cell, remember that your action is to destrupt [sic], damage or destroy your target,” the manual says. “Try not limit your action based on whats been done before. Remind yourself when brainstorming different ideas, what could I do to be creative?”
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The manual also encouraged people to build a &#8220;cell&#8221; and how to research &#8220;a target&#8221; before staging an action. It instructed people how to &#8220;destroy all evidence&#8221; after committing acts of vandalism as well.
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Unity of Fields was modeled after Palestine Action, an organization that has been labeled a terrorist organization in the United Kingdom.
During his time in the Senate, Rubio <a href="https://x.com/senmarcorubio/status/1846946478171828455?s=46" target="_blank" rel="noopener">asked</a> the Department of Justice to investigate Unity of Fields for “acts of domestic terrorism.”
“As Secretary Rubio aptly <a href="https://x.com/SenMarcoRubio/status/1846946478171828455" target="_blank" rel="noopener">remarked</a> last November, Unity of Fields is a violent, dangerous organization directly related to the U.K.-designated foreign terror organization Palestine Action,” Marc Greendorfer of Zachor Legal Institute told The Daily Wire. “This moment in time demands action be taken to protect against further political violence by labeling Unity of Fields itself as a foreign terror organization.”

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio rejected outright the notion of a Palestinian state, saying that there could never be such a thing without a negotiation involving Israel and an end to the war between Israel and the Iran-backed terror group Hamas.
Rubio addressed the issue during a Tuesday appearance on &#8220;CBS Mornings,&#8221; brushing aside the number of world leaders who&#8217;ve recently &#8220;recognized&#8221; a Palestinian State, and telling host Tony Dokoupil that he believed President Donald Trump was the only world leader with the ability to broker the necessary negotiations to make that happen in the future.
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“There is no Palestinian state, and the only time there will ever be one is if there&#8217;s a negotiation with Israel, which right now is impossible because they have a war going on with Hamas…The only leader in the world really that can broker that or bring that together is… <a href="https://t.co/0nm3qtsk62">pic.twitter.com/0nm3qtsk62</a>
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&#8220;There is no Palestinian State, no matter how many papers they put out, and the only time there will ever be one is if there&#8217;s a negotiation with Israel, which right now is impossible because they have a war going on with Hamas, a terrorist group that butchered over 2,000 people on October 7th, just — almost two years ago,&#8221; Rubio said.
&#8220;And so as long as that&#8217;s going on, the whole thing is irrelevant and it&#8217;s almost a vanity project for a couple of these world leaders who want to be relevant,&#8221; Rubio continued. &#8220;But it really makes no difference.&#8221;
&#8220;Now I will say actually, the impact it has had is that it actually derailed &#8230; the talks that were going on, made it even harder to get Hamas to enter into concessions that might have brought this to an end,&#8221; he added. &#8220;And look, we think there is a window of opportunity right now to pursue it, and the only leader in the world really that can sort of broker that or bring that together is President Trump. That&#8217;s why every country in the region — and frankly, every country in the world, including many of those involved in this recognition effort — are begging the president to get involved in this issue.&#8221;

‘A Vanity Project’: Rubio Rejects ‘Palestinian State’ Outright As Other World Leaders Bend The Knee

'A Vanity Project': Rubio Rejects 'Palestinian State' Outright As Other World Leaders Bend The Knee

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New documents suggest a Biden-era FBI investigation went way beyond the 2020 election, the Federal Reserve makes its interest rate decision, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio ends his trip in the Middle East as Israel moves into Gaza City.
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<h2 style="text-align: center;">Biden FBI Targeted TPUSA, Other GOP Groups</h2>
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Topline: Whistleblower documents reveal that during the Biden administration, the FBI secretly targeted Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA and other conservative groups.
The investigation targeted not just President Trump, then candidate Trump, but a wide range of conservative groups – including TPUSA. Known as Arctic Frost, the FBI investigation began in April 2022 under the direction of then-Director Christopher Wray. It ensnared 92 Republican-linked entities, from the Republican National Committee to state attorneys general associations.
The aim: The stated objective was to examine what the FBI described as a &#8220;multifaceted conspiracy&#8221; to keep Donald Trump in power after the 2020 election. This included investigating false claims of election fraud and filing lawsuits to challenge the election results. Documents show that the probe also focused on financial aspects, including post-election fundraising that allegedly misled donors about overturning the election results, as well as ties to the January 6 Capitol riot.
But whistleblowers told Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) that the probe expanded far beyond the 2020 election. In November 2022, the probe was handed over to Special Counsel Jack Smith and involved coordination with not only the FBI and DOJ, but also the National Archives, the U.S. Postal Service, and other agencies.
The scale: More than 150 interviews conducted, more than 400 subpoenas issued – including 300 for witness records, 200 phone selectors, and 20 financial probes – plus search warrants for 10 phones, 20 devices, seven iCloud accounts, 28 emails, and even Trump&#8217;s Twitter.
But why? What’s not clear is the specifics of why TPUSA, or really any of these groups, were targeted. There has been no evidence to suggest that TPUSA was involved in a false elector scheme, any financial misconduct, or any other activity that should have put them in the crosshairs of federal investigators. More declassified releases are expected.
<h2 style="text-align: center;">Fed Cuts Rates</h2>
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Topline: Amid President Trump’s ongoing push to reshape the Federal Reserve, Chairman Jerome Powell announced a cut in interest rates on Wednesday, offering a potential jolt to the Trump economy. 
Powell said the Federal Reserve will be lowering its benchmark interest rate by a quarter point — the first cut since last December. That means some minor, but tangible, relief for those buying a home or car, refinancing their student loans or credit card debt, and so on.
From the horse’s mouth: Powell on Wednesday said: “While the unemployment rate remains low, it has edged up. Job gains have slowed, and downside risks to employment have risen. At the same time, inflation has risen recently and remains somewhat elevated. In support of our goals and in light of this shift in the balance of risks, today the Federal market committee decided to lower our policy interest rate by a quarter percentage point.”
What’s next: Investors are confident this is just the first cut. They’re predicting similar quarter-point cuts in October and December. Many of those investors were clearly thrilled by the news — we saw both the DOW and S&amp;P 500 jump to record highs on Wednesday.
Trump makes moves: This month, Trump appointed and the Senate approved Stephen Miran, one of his top economic advisers, to the Fed’s powerful Board of Governors. That makes Miran one of 12 people voting on rate decisions — while the other 11 voted Wednesday for a quarter-point cut, he was the only one who voted for a larger, half-point cut.
Miran’s role as chair of the White House Economic Council makes him the first Governor in the Board’s 100-plus-year history who’s also technically an employee of the president — though he’ll take a leave of absence from his White House role. 
Democrats respond: Democrats in Congress introduced a bill Tuesday that would bar Federal Reserve officials from simultaneously holding another position appointed by the president. That bill is unlikely to pass the Senate, given the Republican majority, but it could be revived in the future, depending on the outcome of the midterms next year. 
<h2 style="text-align: center;">Rubio Visits The Middle East As Israel Moves On Gaza City</h2>
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Topline: Secretary of State Marco Rubio traveled to the Middle East this week as Israel launched its long-awaited ground invasion of Gaza City, a major population center and one of the last strongholds of Hamas.
Expert opines: Victoria Coates, vice president of the National Security and Foreign Policy Institute at The Heritage Foundation, on the consequences of the invasion of Gaza City: “I think the region understands that this has to happen. It would be desirable to come up with a solution for the Palestinians of Gaza before this was necessary. But the fact of the matter is that Hamas won&#8217;t let them out. They&#8217;re the only population on the planet that aren&#8217;t being allowed to flee from a war zone. And part of that is Hamas. And part of that is the fact that the Egyptians won&#8217;t let them cross there. The Jordanians won&#8217;t let them come to Jordan. That also is telling.”
Israel recently targeted Hamas leaders staying in Doha, Qatar, with an airstrike that was immediately condemned by the Qatari government, which has served as one of the main Arab state mediators between Israel and the terror group Hamas. To the extent that the strike affects negotiations, Coates says it is possible that the impact will be beneficial, “because we weren&#8217;t getting anywhere with the old process.”
Coates: “This was a big step on the part of Israel to strike Hamas in Doha. At least one Hamas terrorist died. So I&#8217;m not going to be sorry about it. But at the same time, that was a potential world crisis between Israel and Qatar and potentially with the rest of the Gulf. Now, the good news is that the secretary flew directly from Tel Aviv to Doha … And so he was pretty much demonstrating through his travel that he&#8217;s going to go talk to both of them. There&#8217;s going to be a direct flight in between them. And … at the Arab summit meeting in Doha, the Abraham Accords countries did not withdraw from the accords. It happened to be the fifth anniversary of the accords on Monday, and that did not happen. They decided to stay in. And so that, to me, is the most powerful symbol that the accords will endure – and we can get back at some point to the business of increasing normalization.”

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Morning Brief: Biden Targeted TPUSA, The Fed Cuts Rates, and Israel Moves On Gaza City

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the Trump administration is revoking and denying visas to foreigners who celebrate the assassination of Charlie Kirk.
Rubio made the announcement on Monday. He shared a clip on X of an interview he did with Fox News in which he said the State Department has already begun revoking visas.
“We are not in the business of inviting people to visit our country who are going to be involved in negative and destructive behavior, okay? So, if we invite someone to visit the United States of America as a student, as a tourist, as whatever, then … the standard they should be held to is very high,” said Rubio.
“We should not be giving visas to people who are going to come to the United States and do things like celebrate the murder, the execution, the assassination of a political figure. We should not. And if they&#8217;re already here, we should be revoking their visa,” he continued.
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America will not host foreigners who celebrate the death of our fellow citizens.
Visa revocations are under way. If you are here on a visa and cheering on the public assassination of a political figure, prepare to be deported. You are not welcome in this country. <a href="https://t.co/dQys2OAeK7">pic.twitter.com/dQys2OAeK7</a>
— Secretary Marco Rubio (@SecRubio) <a href="https://twitter.com/SecRubio/status/1967784061721776521?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 16, 2025</a></blockquote>
The Secretary of State expanded on his comments the next day while speaking to reporters.
“There&#8217;s no shortage of idiots around the world that’ve decided it&#8217;s a great idea to murder someone. We don’t want people like that in our country. By the way, it&#8217;s bad that we have people that are U.S. citizens that feel that way,” <a href="https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/1968053223081857050">said</a> Rubio. “But you&#8217;re a foreigner? Why would we want to allow into the United States someone who&#8217;s in favor of murder? We don&#8217;t want pro-murder people in America.”
A gunman fatally shot Kirk at a Turning Point USA event last week in Utah. Kirk, a 31-year-old conservative activist and founder of TPUSA, had been hosting one of his open debates on the campus of Utah Valley University.
Rubio’s State Department has taken an aggressive approach to reviewing and revoking visas for foreigners engaged in anti-American activity. Examples include foreigners who have expressed support for terror groups or who have close <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rubio-promises-to-aggesively-target-students-tied-to-chinese-communist-party">ties</a> to the Chinese Communist Party. Rubio has also taken action against some foreign officials, as well, if they <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rubio-announces-new-visa-restrictions-for-foreigners-who-censor-americans">aided</a> in the censorship of Americans or American companies.

Rubio Promises To Block Visas Of Foreigners Who Cheer Charlie Kirk’s Death

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WASHINGTON—The United States will formally shutter an office formerly used to censor the American people, The Daily Wire can first report, as well as any instruments and processes associated with the office that were implemented under President Joe Biden.
The State Department’s Office of Public Diplomacy will officially dismantle the Counter Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference framework today, Acting Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Darren Beattie shared with The Daily Wire in a Tuesday interview.
The framework, formerly known as the Global Engagement Center (GEC), was created to supposedly counter messaging spread by foreign actors, like violent terrorists abroad.
Instead, the GEC worked to suppress speech from American platforms, including The Daily Wire. The State Department has found that the framework “devolved into tools for political censorship instead of protecting Americans from foreign adversarial propaganda.”
The Daily Wire, The Federalist, and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/daily-wire-texas-ag-ask-court-to-block-state-departments-domestic-misinformation-efforts" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sued the Biden State Department</a> in February 2024 over GEC’s relationship with “anti-misinformation” outfits like NewsGuard and the Global Disinformation Index (GDI), alleging that those groups were focused on suppressing American conservative media.
Beattie’s seat was formerly occupied by the architect of the Global Engagement Center, Richard Stengel, known for his views on moderating the First Amendment. Beattie told The Daily Wire that he finds it satisfying and appropriate that all the tools used in the context of his office are being dismantled within the same office, with a view toward both advancing free speech and centering on free speech once again.
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio had directed the closure of the Counter Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference office in April, but as of Tuesday, the State Department stopped all frameworks and tools related to the framework used by the Biden administration, a final step in the office’s demise.
Its closure, the State Department says, aligns with President Donald Trump’s January 20 Executive Order on Restoring Freedom of Speech and Ending Federal Censorship, prohibiting federal censorship and promoting freedom of expression.
Beattie shared on Tuesday that there were some “loose ends” to tie up after Rubio’s April closure of the former GEC. One such loose end was that the GEC undertook a number of agreements with varying degrees of formality with other countries to “facilitate and provide a framework for cooperation on mutual objectives, including principally combating so-called ‘disinformation.’” That was particularly problematic since the GEC was often directly appealing to tech companies to censor such disinformation — “and famously a lot of the names that they submitted to tech companies weren’t even foreign,” he explained.
In fact, Beattie argued, many times when officials would submit names to Twitter, now known as X, they would encourage censorship of an individual and then be told by Twitter, “Hey, this isn&#8217;t some, Chinese group, this isn&#8217;t some Russian group. This was Bob from Minnesota. What are you talking about?”
“This came out in numerous instances in the Twitter files and, on other occasions,” he explained. “And so the GEC would do that, but they would also have an indirect approach to censorship whereby they would fund third-party organizations that would engage in activity from facilitating the demonetization of conservative sites to generally castigating certain narrative perspectives on COVID, on immigration, on foreign policy, as simply malign as a matter of foreign influence when in fact these were entirely legitimate points of view that often came from Americans.”
Beattie also told The Daily Wire that his office is conducting “an extremely laborious, comprehensive, meticulous transparency review.” The results of that review, or at least, the “very first tranche” of it, will come out within the next few weeks.
That review will “reflect the extensive review of hundreds of thousands of emails that will more specifically and systematically document exactly the kinds of nefarious activities that the GEC was involved in in this unfortunate chapter of America’s history,” he shared.
Asked how these files will be rolled out, and whether the information would be shared with the public in a manner similar to that of the “Twitter Files,” published by a group of journalists, including Matt Taibbi, Bari Weiss, Lee Fang, and Michael Shellenberger, Beattie said the release of the review will be “extremely deliberate and appropriate.”
“I think we’re very well aware of how the first kind of tranche came out with the Twitter files, and I think you’ll find our approach to the release of these materials to be entirely appropriate and very satisfying as well,” he shared.
Brent Scher contributed to this report.

Secretary Of State Rubio Meets With Norwegian Foreign Minister In Washington

EXCLUSIVE: State Department Puts Final Nail In The Coffin Of Biden-Era Censorship Framework

The FBI broadens its investigation into Charlie Kirk’s assassination, New York mayoral hopeful Zohran Mamdani scores a major endorsement, and the White House threatens Brazil after its Supreme Court sentences the “Trump of the Tropics.”
It’s Tuesday, September 16, 2025, and this is the news you need to know to start your day.
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<h2 style="width: 100%; max-width: 660px; overflow: hidden; border-radius: 10px;">FBI Probes Larger Plot In Kirk Assassination</h2>
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Topline: As conservatives rally following the assassination of Charlie Kirk, the FBI says it’s investigating radical left-wing groups for potential ties to the killer. 
Among those being investigated is the far-left pro-transgender group Armed Queers Salt Lake City. It deleted its Instagram account shortly after the shooting, but a membership form online listed its core principles, which included “the armed and militant protection of queer and trans communities,” “trans liberation,” and an “organized revolutionary movement.”
The Bureau is also investigating a number of social media accounts that seemingly displayed foreknowledge of the assassination. In one instance, a leftist X user wrote a week before Kirk’s killing: “it’d be funny if someone like Charlie Kirk got shot on September 10th.” According to FBI Director Kash Patel, suspected assassin Tyler Robinson told at least one person beforehand what he planned on doing.
What they’re saying: White House Deputy Chief Stephen Miller vowed to channel his “righteous anger” to go after “networks” of leftists in a special edition of The Charlie Kirk Show hosted by Vice President JD Vance on Monday.
“It is a vast domestic terror movement, and with God as my witness, we are going to use every resource we have&#8230; throughout this government to identify, disrupt, dismantle, and destroy these networks&#8230; and we will do it in Charlie’s name,” Miller <a href="https://x.com/avaricum777/status/1967627688711250054">said</a>.
<h2 style="text-align: left;">Establishment Dems Begin To Fall In Line With Mamdani</h2>
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Topline: New York Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul has endorsed far-left NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, a sign that the Democratic Party establishment is moving behind the 33-year-old radical.
Hochul notably kept her distance from him during the New York City mayoral primary – Mamdani is an open democratic socialist and has some extremely far-left ideas, including the establishment of <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/04/05/us-news/socialist-nyc-mayoral-candidates-city-run-supermarket-plan-under-fire/">government-run grocery stores</a>. But Hochul’s flip could draw other prominent Democratic leaders into Mamdani’s camp.
Hochul said in an <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/opinion/hochul-endorsement-mamdani.html">op-ed</a> in The New York Times that she’s backing Mamdani because of his focus on “affordability” and resisting President Donald Trump.
Step back: Mamdani is favored to be New York City’s next mayor, barring some major shakeup – so Hochul will likely have to work with him. She is also running for re-election in 2026, but is so disliked by folks in the NYC suburbs and most of upstate New York that some politicos <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/09/14/us-news/ny-gov-kathy-hochul-expected-to-endorse-zohran-mamdani-this-week-sources/">believe</a> she’s trying to lean harder on the urban vote, where Mamdani has strong support.
Trump weighs in: On the heels of Hochul’s endorsement, Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115207991871277413">labeled</a> Mamdani the “‘Liddle’ Communist” and described his frontrunner status as a “rather shocking development, and a very bad one for New York City.”
<h2 style="text-align: left;">Lengthy Prison Sentence For Jair Bolsonaro Strains U.S.-Brazil Relations</h2>
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Topline: After a two-week public trial, Brazil’s five Supreme Court justices sentenced former President Jair Bolsonaro to 27 years in prison after he was found guilty of an attempted coup. The Trump administration is now threatening severe consequences.
Expert opines: Andres Martinez-Fernandez, senior policy analyst for Latin America at The Heritage Foundation: “This is a case which has a lot of question marks around it, and particularly with this sentencing, which is dramatic, over 25 years, for this person who just a few years ago was occupying the top office in Brazil, is very controversial at the moment. So a lot of Congress in Brazil and others are exploring very actively the need to take action to bypass this sentencing.”
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in response to the ruling that the United States would “respond accordingly to this witch hunt.”
Martinez-Fernandez: “There&#8217;s a disconnect, I think, that a lot of people see, and this administration certainly sees, between the pursuit of justice and the political priorities that we see the supreme court in Brazil pursuing … and that’s what the administration is really seeking to counter, leveraging the United States&#8217; economic heft and influence in that country. But, it&#8217;s clearly going to be a very significant challenge here.”

Morning Brief: Kirk Probe Expands, Hochul Backs Socialist Mamdani & U.S. Rips Bolsonaro Sentence

Morning Brief: FBI’s Kirk Probe Widens, Hochul Backs Mamdani, U.S. Rips Bolsonaro Prison Sentence

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky&#8217;s chief of staff discussed Russian strikes on Ukrainian targets with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday and told him a government building that came under attack on Sunday was hit by a Russian ballistic missile.
Chief of Staff Andriy Yermak, writing on Telegram, also said he and Rubio discussed U.S. military aid for Ukraine, security guarantees for Ukraine that have been under discussion with Kyiv&#8217;s allies, and increased pressure on Russia.
&#8220;I informed him of the constant Russian strikes that attack our cities, our residential buildings with drones and missiles,&#8221; Yermak wrote.
&#8220;They kill civilians and children, destroy our infrastructure. For the first time, the enemy attacked the Ukrainian Government building &#8211; the strike was carried out by an Iskander ballistic missile.&#8221;
In a separate post, Yermak said he had held a video conference with the national security advisers of Britain, France, Germany, and Italy.
He said the discussion was a continuation of a meeting in Paris last week with Ukrainian allies within the Coalition of the Willing and said &#8220;a further strengthening of Ukraine&#8217;s positions in confronting Russian aggression is necessary.&#8221;
The European Union&#8217;s top sanctions official was in Washington with a team of experts to discuss what would be the first coordinated transatlantic measures against Russia since President Donald Trump returned to office.
On Sunday, after the war&#8217;s biggest air attack set fire to a government building in Kyiv, Trump said he was ready to move to a second phase of restrictions.
(Reporting by Ron Popeski; Editing by Chris Reese, Rod Nickel)

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Rubio Meets With Zelensky’s Chief Of Staff To Discuss Recent Russian Strikes

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Vice President JD Vance on Saturday bluntly defended the Trump administration&#8217;s recent targeted U.S. Military strike of Tren de Aragua cartel drug smugglers.
&#8220;Killing cartel members who poison our fellow citizens is the highest and best use of our military,&#8221; Vance posted to X.
Far-Left social media activist Brian Krassenstein replied to Vance, &#8220;Killing the citizens of another nation who are civilians without any due process is called a war crime.&#8221;
&#8220;I don’t give a s*** what you call it,&#8221; the VP bluntly responded. The response, only posted hours ago, already has over 1.3 million views.
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Vance later doubled-down, mockingly posting, &#8220;Democrats: let’s send your kids to die in Russia. Republicans: actually let’s protect our people from the scum of the earth.&#8221;
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Democrats: let’s send your kids to die in Russia.
Republicans: actually let’s protect our people from the scum of the earth.
— JD Vance (@JDVance) <a href="https://twitter.com/JDVance/status/1964341366298660905?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 6, 2025</a></blockquote>
This is certainly not the first time Vance has been blunt in his response to Left-wing defenses of apparent criminals. Vance notably went viral back in January when CBS anchor Margaret Brennan tried to argue about when exactly an Afghan national who was plotting a terror attack in the U.S. was radicalized. “I don’t really care, Margaret,” Vance memorably interrupted her argument.
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“I don&#8217;t really care, Margaret.“
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
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— Ginny Robinson (@ImGinnyRobinson) <a href="https://twitter.com/ImGinnyRobinson/status/1883627417744625731?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 26, 2025</a></blockquote>
Over the past decade, hundreds of thousands of Americans have suffered synthetic opioid-related deaths. During the open-border Biden era, tens of thousands of pounds of fentanyl were seized by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP). It&#8217;s unclear how much fentanyl made it into the U.S. illegally. Trump&#8217;s administration has not only closed the border and started deporting illegals, but they are being proactive with cartel members.
This past week, as referenced by Vance, Trump posted a video of the military strike against Tren de Aragua members in the Caribbean Sea. As noted by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/u-s-drone-strikes-cartel-drug-boat-trump-posts-video-for-world-to-see-beware">The Daily Wire</a>, the strike took place in international waters and killed nearly a dozen terrorist cartel members carrying illicit drugs, according to Trump.
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— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a href="https://twitter.com/RapidResponse47/status/1962990388211228951?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 2, 2025</a></blockquote>
Additionally, Trump’s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/u-s-drone-strikes-cartel-drug-boat-trump-posts-video-for-world-to-see-beware?author=Tim+Pearce&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=1&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=U.S.+Drone+Strikes+Cartel+Drug+Boat%2C+Trump+Posts+Video+For+World+To+See%3A+%E2%80%98BEWARE%21%E2%80%99" target="_blank" rel="noopener">strikes</a> against drug cartels are only getting started, according to Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
Rubio said on Wednesday that the Trump administration would no longer rely on stopping drug runners when they arrive on U.S. soil, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/blow-them-up-rubio-says-trump-will-direct-more-strikes-against-narco-terrorists">The Daily Wire</a> reported. Instead, the United States will take out cartel members before they reach the country to spread their “poison.”
“Interdiction doesn’t work because these drug cartels — what they do is they know they’re going to lose 2% of their cargo. They bake it into their economics,” Rubio said. “What will stop them is when you blow them up. You get rid of them.”
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/u-s-drone-strikes-cartel-drug-boat-trump-posts-video-for-world-to-see-beware">U.S. Drone Strikes Cartel Drug Boat, Trump Posts Video For World To See: ‘BEWARE!’</a>

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President Donald Trump&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/u-s-drone-strikes-cartel-drug-boat-trump-posts-video-for-world-to-see-beware?author=Tim+Pearce&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=1&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=U.S.+Drone+Strikes+Cartel+Drug+Boat%2C+Trump+Posts+Video+For+World+To+See%3A+%E2%80%98BEWARE%21%E2%80%99">strikes</a> against drug cartels are only getting started, according to Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
Rubio said on Wednesday that the Trump administration would no longer rely on stopping drug runners when they arrive on U.S. soil. Instead, the United States will take out cartel members before they reach the country to spread their &#8220;poison.&#8221;
&#8220;Interdiction doesn&#8217;t work because these drug cartels — what they do is they know they&#8217;re going to lose 2% of their cargo. They bake it into their economics,&#8221; Rubio said. &#8220;What will stop them is when you blow them up. You get rid of them.&#8221;
Rubio made the comments while speaking at a press conference in Mexico as he met with leaders to <a href="https://x.com/SecRubio/status/1963007877628756258">discuss</a> &#8220;strengthening cooperation on illegal immigration and countering transnational crime and terrorism in our region.&#8221;
The Secretary of State added that before the United States launched a strike on drug smugglers with the Venezuelan criminal organization, Tren de Aragua, U.S. intelligence determined that the drug boat was on its way to the United States.
&#8220;Instead of interdicting it, on the president&#8217;s orders, we blew it up, and it will happen again. Maybe it&#8217;s happening right now, I don&#8217;t know,&#8221; Rubio said. &#8220;But the point is, the president of the United States is going to wage war on narco terrorist organizations. This one was operating in international waters, heading toward the United States to flood our country with poison. And under President Trump, those days are over.&#8221;
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Rubio says interdiction drug cartel boats isn’t enough. What works is to blow them up.
He says the U.S. is now waging war on narco-terrorist organizations and will blow up more such boats 🇺🇸🇻🇪 <a href="https://t.co/Zl4KHfTe18">pic.twitter.com/Zl4KHfTe18</a>
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Trump announced on Tuesday that the &#8220;U.S. Military Forces conducted a kinetic strike against positively identified Tren de Aragua Narcoterrorists in the SOUTHCOM area of responsibility.&#8221; The president also posted a video of the strike, which he said resulted in the deaths of 11 drug smugglers while no U.S. service members were harmed.
&#8220;Please let this serve as notice to anybody even thinking about bringing drugs into the United States of America. BEWARE!&#8221; Trump added.
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Last month, Trump ordered U.S. forces to be deployed to the Southern Caribbean Sea — near Venezuela — to take on the drug cartel. Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/maduro-accuses-u-s-of-seeking-a-regime-change-after-trump-deploys-military-to-south-caribbean">accused</a> the United States of &#8220;seeking a regime change&#8221; with its latest military movements. Maduro added that Trump&#8217;s decision marked “the biggest threat that has been seen on our continent in the last 100 years.”
Maduro, a socialist who remained in power in an election that appeared to be rigged in his favor, has a $50 million bounty placed on him by the U.S. government, citing his ties to drug cartels.

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