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Jay Jones text scandal sparks donation surge as GOP group pours millions more into VA race

Jay Jones text scandal sparks donation surge as GOP group pours millions more into VA race

FIRST ON FOX: A top fundraising group in the Virginia election doubled its investment in the state’s attorney general race following the revelation of Democrat Jay Jones’ violent text messages, a sign that the controversy could be having concrete effects on his candidacy. The Republican Attorneys General Association invested $2.5 million in Republican incumbent Jason Miyares on Friday, after dropping $2 million in the race earlier this week, Fox News Digital has learned. Those figures bring the group’s total contributions to Miyares to a historic $8.5 million. Spokesman Adam Piper said the texting incident has driven new interest from donors, which has allowed the group to up its investment in the race. YOUNGKIN PRESSES DEMS TO PUSH JAY JONES OFF VIRGINIA AG TICKET AFTER ‘BEYOND DISQUALIFYING’ MESSAGES SURFACE Piper, the group’s executive director, said the Republican Attorneys General Association has been “all in” on Miyares from the outset but that the text messages “completely changed the dynamics” of the race. “Jason Miyares is surging in the polls and RAGA has been overwhelmed with millions in new donations, allowing us to double our investment in Virginia over the last week,” Piper told Fox News Digital. The group has outspent all other political committees up and down the gubernatorial race ticket, according to the most updated data from the Virginia Public Access Project. It also broke its prior record of $7 million, which it spent on their attorney general candidate in 2017. WINSOME EARLE-SEARS RELEASES ‘TWO BULLETS’ AD SCATHING OPPONENT FOR FAILING TO DEMAND JAY JONES’ OUSTER The incidence of down-ticket donations overshadowing those for the governor’s race comes after Jones, a lawyer and former state delegate, fantasized in newly surfaced texts from 2022 about the violent death of a Republican lawmaker.  The GOP attorneys general group this week released internal polling, conducted Oct. 6-7 by Cygnal, that found a sharp drop of 21 points in Jones’ favorability compared to one month ago. The poll found Miyares leading Jones by two points with one month until Election Day. At the top of the ticket, recent polls have shown Democratic gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger leading Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears by roughly ten points while the attorney general race is slightly tighter. With early voting well underway, it is unclear how much, if it all, the texts from Jones will hurt him and other Democratic candidates’ chances of winning in a blue-leaning state. Jones has apologized for the texts but continues to face fierce backlash over them. In addition to the new fundraising headwinds, Jones has been hit with widespread calls by Republicans to drop out of the race amid a heightened national concern over political violence. Democrats, including Spanberger, have disavowed the texts but stopped short of asking Jones to bow out.

Leftist club smears Charlie Kirk on campus flyers spotted ahead of their event honoring George Floyd instead

Leftist club smears Charlie Kirk on campus flyers spotted ahead of their event honoring George Floyd instead

A far-left activist organization with a history of causing anti-ICE and anti-Israel unrest is set to host an event next week on a college campus disparaging Charlie Kirk and pushing for George Floyd to be celebrated instead.  “The federal government decided to celebrate Charlie Kirk Remembrance Day on George Floyd’s birthday (Oct. 14th),” the University of Minnesota Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) chapter posted on Facebook.  “Instead of celebrating a white supremacist bigot, join us for a rally celebrating what would have been George Floyd’s 51st Birthday and continuing to tell UMN admin white supremacy is not allowed on campus.” Flyers for the event were spotted on campus and posted on X by Alpha News editor Anthony Gockowski. “The Real Legacy of Charlie Kirk,” the flyer’s headline said.  EXPERTS WARN LEFTIST CELEBRATIONS OF CHARLIE KIRK’S DEATH SIGNAL A DANGEROUS MAINSTREAM SHIFT IN POLITICS SDS has been active so far this year organizing counter-protests, including in July when protesters clashed with conservatives at a Turning Point USA event in Tampa Bay, Florida, Fox News Digital reported. In January, Fox News Digital reported that an SDS-related protest at a Turning Point USA event featuring a women’s rights speaker at the University of Washington devolved into chaos when protesters proceeded to bang on the windows of the classroom where the event was held, shattering one window.  A noisemaker was thrown into the building, and a pulled fire alarm resulted in several moments of confusion and an eventual evacuation from the building, despite no visible fire, shortly after. JIMMY KIMMEL CLAIMS HIS COMMENTS ON CHARLIE KIRK’S ALLEGED ASSASSIN WERE ‘MALICIOUSLY’ MISCHARACTERIZED The Minnesota SDS chapter’s website, which doesn’t appear to have been updated since 2016, describes SDS as an “organization of progressive young people” that is seeking to “create a sustained community of educational and political concern; one bringing together liberals and radicals, activists and scholars, students and workers.” Posts this year on the group’s Facebook page include instructions on how to identify and report ICE agents, mourning the “genocide” in Palestine, picketing with the Teamsters Union, and the organization of an event on Independence Day called, “F— The Fourth.” Fox News Digital reached out to SDS at UMN for comment.  CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP A spokesperson for the University of Minnesota told Fox News Digital that SDS is “not affiliated with the University nor is this an official university event.” “As a public institution, the University is an open and public place that provides reasonable access to spaces on campus that are open to the public, subject to reasonable time, place and manner restrictions. This includes campus outdoor sidewalks and green spaces. The Guidelines for Demonstrations and Protests at this page has more specifics on our policies.” College campuses have become a hot-bed of outrage directed at conservatives since the assassination of Charlie Kirk last month, which has spilled into the faculty on several occasions with professors ultimately terminated from employment due to their justification of Kirk’s killing. Across the country, vigils and memorials for Kirk have been disrupted by protesters, including at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington in September where a mural honoring Kirk was defaced with paint, Fox News Digital reported.  In September, the U.S. Senate passed a resolution declaring Oct. 14, 2025, Kirk’s birthday, as the National Day of Remembrance.

Tsunami threat as magnitude 7.6 earthquake strikes off southern Philippines

Tsunami threat as magnitude 7.6 earthquake strikes off southern Philippines

DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, Tsunami evacuation warning after quake strikes in waters off Davao Oriental in the country’s Mindanao region. Published On 10 Oct 202510 Oct 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share The Philippines and some regions of Indonesia have issued a tsunami warning urging coastal communities to evacuate after a magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck offshore in the southern Philippines The strong quake struck at a depth of 23 kilometres (14 miles) at 9:43 am local time on Friday, according to the US National Tsunami Warning Centre. The centre warned the earthquake could trigger waves of up to 1 to 3 metres above tide level along the coast of the Philippines, and waves of 0.3 to 1 metres above tide level in parts of Indonesia and Palau. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology “strongly advised” people living in coastal communities in the southern and central Philippines to evacuate to higher ground, as waves of more than 1 metre were expected to hit the area. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr — popularly known as Bongbong Marcos — said that the Philippines government was “assessing the situation on the ground and ensuring that everyone is safe.” “I have directed the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, the Office of Civil Defense, the Armed Forces, the Philippine Coast Guard, and all concerned agencies to immediately carry out evacuations in coastal areas, activate emergency communication lines, and coordinate closely with local governments,” Marcos said, according to the Inquirer, a leading media organisation in the Philippines. Indonesia’s northern Sulawesi and Papua regions also issued tsunami warnings that waves as high as 50 cm could hit coastal areas, according to Reuters. Advertisement There were no immediate reports of casualties in the Philippines following the earthquake, but videos shared on social media show damage to infrastructure. The US National Tsunami Warning Centre said that tsunami waves can persist for many hours after the first wave hits, and the impact will vary depending on the shape and elevation of the local shoreline. This is a developing story. More to follow…  Adblock test (Why?)

Complete list of Nobel Peace Prize winners (1901–2024)

Complete list of Nobel Peace Prize winners (1901–2024)

The 2025 Nobel Peace Prize is scheduled to be announced on Friday, October 10, at 11:00 am local time in Oslo, Norway (09:00 GMT). The announcement comes from the Norwegian Nobel Institute on behalf of the all-Norwegian, five-member Nobel Committee, appointed by the Norwegian Parliament and responsible for selecting and presenting the laureates. Nominations for this year’s award closed on January 31, and the selection process remains shrouded in secrecy. A brief history of the Nobel Prize The Nobel Prizes are named after Alfred Nobel (1833–1896), a Swedish chemist, engineer and industrialist best known for inventing dynamite, an explosive that transformed the modern world through advances in construction and mining, but which was also responsible for the deaths of tens of thousands of people in wars. Motivated by a desire to shape his legacy, Nobel left a multimillion-dollar fortune to fund annual prizes, awarded to those who “have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind” in the preceding year. A view of a bust of Alfred Nobel in the Nobel Forum in Stockholm, Sweden, on October 6, 2025 [Tom Little / Reuters] The first Nobel Prizes were awarded in 1901 for outstanding achievement in the fields of physics, chemistry, medicine, literature and peace. In 1968, Sweden’s central bank, Sveriges Riksbank, established the Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, expanding the categories to six. So far this year, four Nobel Prizes have been announced. After the Peace Prize on October 10, the final award for economics will be revealed on October 13. Who can be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize? The Nobel Peace Prize is meant to recognise individuals and organisations that have made exceptional efforts to promote peace, resolve conflicts and advance human rights. Advertisement The 2025 Nobel Peace Prize has 338 nominees, including 244 individuals and 94 organisations, up from 286 candidates in 2024. Nominations are kept confidential, and committee members are prohibited from discussing their decisions for 50 years. Only the nominators themselves may choose to disclose their submissions. While a person cannot nominate themselves, they may be nominated multiple times by others. This year, United States President Donald Trump has become a focus of Nobel Peace Prize nominations. Trump, who has said, “Everyone says I should get the Nobel Peace Prize,” has received several endorsements: Israel, Cambodia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Pakistan, even as many have questioned his credentials. While many well-known figures have been nominated in the past but never received the Nobel Peace Prize, the names most frequently searched in the Nobel nomination database are Adolf Hitler, Mahatma Gandhi and Joseph Stalin. These individuals represent vastly different legacies: Hitler was nominated in 1939 as a satirical gesture, Gandhi was nominated multiple times between 1937 and 1948 but never awarded, and Stalin was nominated in 1945 and 1948 for his role in ending World War II. Who has received the Nobel Peace Prize? As of 2024, the Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded 105 times to 142 laureates – 111 individuals and 31 organisations. Among the individual recipients, 92 are men and 19 are women. The youngest laureate to date is Malala Yousafzai, who received the award at the age of 17 in 2014, while the oldest is Joseph Rotblat, honoured at 86 for his work against nuclear weapons. The International Committee of the Red Cross holds the record for the most Peace Prizes, having been recognised three times, followed by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), which has won twice. Geographically, Europe accounts for the largest share of laureates at 45 percent, followed by North America (20 percent), Asia (16 percent), Africa (9 percent) and South America (3 percent). In addition, United Nations organisations represent about 7 percent of all Nobel Peace Prize recipients. When was the Peace Prize not awarded? The Nobel Peace Prize has not been awarded every year. It was skipped on 19 occasions, specifically in 1914–1916, 1918, 1923, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1939–1943, 1948, 1955–1956, 1966–1967, and 1972, usually due to war or the absence of a suitable candidate. According to the statutes of the Nobel Foundation, if none of the candidates’ work is deemed significant enough, the prize may be withheld and the prize money carried forward to the next year. If it still cannot be awarded, the amount is transferred to the Foundation’s restricted funds. Advertisement One notable instance came in 1948, the year Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated. Gandhi had been nominated several times – in 1937, 1938, 1939, 1947, and again in 1948 – for his nonviolent leadership of India’s freedom movement. In 1948, the Nobel Committee chose not to award the prize, citing “no suitable living candidate”, widely seen as an implicit tribute to him. Has anyone refused the award? The Nobel Peace Prize has only been refused on one occasion. In 1973, Vietnamese politician Le Duc Tho and US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger were awarded the prize for their efforts to end the Vietnam War. Tho declined the award, citing the ongoing conflict in Vietnam. The Vietnam War lasted from the late 1950s to 1975, ending with the fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975, and killed millions of people. Henry Kissinger, left, President Richard Nixon’s national security adviser, and Le Duc Tho, member of Hanoi’s politburo, are shown outside a suburban house at Gif-sur-Yvette  in Paris on June 13, 1973 [Michel Lipchitz/AP Photo] Has the award ever been shared? Yes, very often. Out of the 105 awards presented so far: 71 prizes were given to a single laureate, 31 prizes were shared between two laureates, and 3 prizes were shared among three laureates. According to the Nobel Foundation’s statutes, a prize can be divided equally between two recipients or shared among up to three if their work is considered to merit the award jointly. The prize cannot be divided among more than three people. Who are all the winners of the Nobel Peace Prize? The table below lists all Nobel Peace Prize laureates from 1901 to 2024,

Belgian police arrest three for plotting drone attack on prime minister

Belgian police arrest three for plotting drone attack on prime minister

Evidence was found in a building a few hundred metres from Prime Minister Bart De Wever’s Antwerp residence. By News Agencies Published On 10 Oct 202510 Oct 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Belgian authorities say they have arrested three people in connection with a plot to attack Prime Minister Bart De Wever and other politicians using drone-mounted explosives. Federal prosecutor Ann Fransen announced the arrests on Thursday and said the group were under investigation for an “attempted terrorist murder and participation in the activities of a terrorist group”, according to Belgian public broadcaster RTBF. Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of list “Certain elements indicate that the suspects intended to carry out a jihadist-inspired terrorist attack against political figures,” Fransen told reporters. “There are also indications that the suspects aimed to construct a drone to which a payload could be attached,” she added. Fransen did not name their intended targets, but social media posts from senior figures in De Wever’s government indicate that he was on the list. “The news of a planned attack targeting Prime Minister Bart De Wever is deeply shocking,” wrote Deputy Prime Minister Maxime Prevot in a post on X. “I express my full support to the Prime Minister, his wife, and his family, as well as my gratitude to the security and justice services whose swift action prevented the worst.” Defence Minister Theo Francken shared a similar message on X. “Prime Minister, Bart, all our support for you and your family. Thanks to the security services. Never surrender,” he said. De Wever did not immediately comment on the case. Belgium’s Gazet van Antwerpen newspaper said explosives were found by police in an Antwerp building a few hundred metres from De Wever’s residence. Advertisement Evidence included an improvised explosive device still under construction, a bag of steel balls, and a 3D printer, the newspaper said. Police believe the group were trying to build a drone capable of carrying an explosive payload. Authorities did not release the names of the suspects but said they had been born in 2001, 2002, and 2007. One of the suspects has been released, according to Fransen, and two are due to appear before an investigating judge on Friday. Gazet van Antwerpen said De Wever has been the subject of previous threats. Earlier this year, a Belgian court convicted five people of making preparations to carry out an attack against him. Adblock test (Why?)