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Alex Soros, George’s son, huddles with Tim Walz in meeting in New York City apartment

Alex Soros, George’s son, huddles with Tim Walz in meeting in New York City apartment

Alex Soros, son of billionaire financier George Soros, huddled with Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz and hosted him at his New York City apartment. “Honored to host Governor Tim Walz at my home in New York City!” Soros wrote in a X post Tuesday. The 38-year-old Soros has been politically active since taking the reins from his father, donating millions to political committees aimed at helping Democrats win elections and expanding various left-wing endeavors. GEORGE SOROS NONPROFITS GAVE TENS OF MILLIONS TO ANTI-POLICE GROUPS AND INITIATIVES IN 2021, TAX FORMS SHOW Alex’s social media profiles have dozens of pictures of him and leading House and Senate Democrats since 2018.  The two who appear the most are Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York and then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California. Weeks ago, he publicized a photo with Vice President Kamala Harris, writing, “Great to recently catch up with Madame Vice President, [Kamala Harris]!”  Alex has also donated millions to Democrats over the past several years, albeit far less than his father. Since the 2018 elections, Alex has poured more than $5 million into federal political coffers. Records show that his largest contribution was $2 million to the Schumer-aligned Senate Majority PAC during this time.  WHITE HOUSE-LINKED GROUP BACKED BY GEORGE SOROS WAGES BEHIND-THE-SCENES WAR ON GASOLINE Alex pushed over $700,000 into the Biden Victory Fund in 2020, putting him among its top donors. He’s provided hundreds of thousands in additional cash to the Nancy Pelosi Victory Fund, Democratic National Committee and Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC). He’s also given tens of thousands more to state Democratic parties and individual campaigns, many of which were maximum contributions.  It is unclear if or how much Alex has donated to the Harris-Walz election campaign.  Fox News Digital has reached out to the Open Society Foundations (OSF) for comment. Fox News Digtal’s Joe Schoffstall contributed to this report.

Blinken ignored US assessments that Israel blocked aid to Gaza: Report

Blinken ignored US assessments that Israel blocked aid to Gaza: Report

Acknowledging Israel blocked US aid to Palestinians would have triggered a ban on arms transfers to Israel. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken ignored assessments by United States government agencies and officials indicating that Israel blocked US aid to Gaza earlier this year, a new report has revealed, with the top US diplomat presenting a different conclusion to Congress. Investigative news outlet ProPublica reported on Tuesday that the US Agency for International Development (USAID) told the State Department in a late April report that Israel was subjecting US humanitarian aid destined for Gaza to “arbitrary denial, restriction and impediments”. ProPublica said that officials in the State Department’s refugee bureau also found in April that “facts on the ground indicate US humanitarian assistance is being restricted”. But in May, Blinken delivered a State Department report to Congress with a different conclusion. “We do not currently assess that the Israeli government is prohibiting or otherwise restricting the transport or delivery of US humanitarian assistance,” the State Department said in its May 10 assessment. The leaked memos would have had major implications on US policy had they been adopted by Blinken, including on US weapons shipments to Israel. That’s because US law bans security assistance to a country that “prohibits or otherwise restricts, directly or indirectly, the transport or delivery of United States humanitarian assistance”. The US provides Israel with at least $3.8bn in military aid annually, and this year, Biden approved an additional $14bn in assistance to help fund the Israeli government’s Gaza war efforts. That support has drawn widespread condemnation and scrutiny as the Gaza war drags on. The State Department’s May report, which ultimately concluded that Israel was not blocking US aid to Gaza, at the same time outlined how Israeli officials had encouraged protests to block the assistance from reaching Palestinians. The document also said that Israel implemented “extensive bureaucratic delays” on the delivery of aid and launched military strikes on “coordinated humanitarian movements and deconflicted humanitarian sites”. The Israeli military has killed more than 41,000 Palestinians in Gaza while enforcing a strict siege on the territory that has brought its population to the verge of famine. At least 34 Palestinian children have died of malnutrition this year, according to the Gaza Government Media Office. In March, CIA Director Bill Burns recognised that Palestinians in Gaza are starving. “The reality is that there are children who are starving,” Burns told US senators during a briefing. “They’re malnourished as a result of the fact that humanitarian assistance can’t get to them.” Earlier this year, the White House acknowledged Israeli efforts to block US aid to Gaza, as well. Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich had publicly stated that he was blocking US-provided flour for Gaza, prompting a White House response. “I wish I could tell you that flour was moving in, but I can’t do that right now,” White House spokesperson John Kirby told reporters on February 15. ProPublica reported on Tuesday that US Ambassador to Israel Jack Lew urged Blinken to accept Israeli assurances that Israel was not blocking aid to Gaza. “No other nation has ever provided so much humanitarian assistance to their enemies,” Lew told subordinates, according to the report. The International Court of Justice has ruled that Gaza is under Israeli occupation. Under the Fourth Geneva Convention, an occupying power has the “duty of ensuring the food and medical supplies of the population” in the territory it occupies. Adblock test (Why?)

Video shows huge explosion from Israeli strike south of Beirut

Video shows huge explosion from Israeli strike south of Beirut

NewsFeed Surveillance video captured the massive explosion from an Israeli strike on a building in Lebanon’s Saadiyat, just south of the capital Beirut. Initial reports say Israel allegedly targeted a Hezbollah weapons warehouse. Published On 24 Sep 202424 Sep 2024 Adblock test (Why?)

US charges suspected Trump gunman with attempted assassination

US charges suspected Trump gunman with attempted assassination

Ryan Routh was remanded in custody after being charged in a Florida court over incident on Florida golf course. Ryan Routh, the man accused of staking out former United States President Donald Trump’s Florida golf course with a rifle, has been indicted on a charge of attempted assassination of a political candidate. Routh, 58, was already facing two gun-related charges after he was found pointing a rifle through a fence at a West Palm Beach golf course in Florida while the Republican presidential candidate was playing a round. “The Justice Department will not tolerate violence that strikes at the heart of our democracy, and we will find and hold accountable those who perpetrate it. This must stop,” Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement. Routh has been remanded in custody ahead of his trial. The attempted assassination charge carries a maximum sentence of life in prison. Court documents showed that the case had been assigned to Judge Aileen Cannon, a Trump appointee who in July dismissed a criminal case accusing Trump of illegally keeping classified documents after leaving office. Routh has not yet entered a plea. His lawyers unsuccessfully sought to have him released on bond. Prosecutors have in recent days revealed evidence they said pointed towards a plan to kill Trump. They alleged that months before the incident, Routh dropped off a note to an unidentified person which appeared to have been premised on the idea that the assassination attempt would be unsuccessful. The note referred to his actions as a failed “assassination attempt on Donald Trump” and offered $150,000 for anyone who could “finish the job”. They said Routh spent a month in South Florida and mobile phone data showed him near the golf course and Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Estate. He was found with a handwritten list of dates and venues where Trump had spoken or was expected to appear in August, September and October, according to court filings. A US Secret Service agent searching the golf course ahead of Trump opened fire after spotting the partially obscured face of a man and the gun poking through the fence, prosecutors said. The agent fired at Routh who fled. He was arrested within an hour on a Florida highway. Routh did not fire any rounds and did not have Trump in his line of sight, officials have said, but he left behind a digital camera, a backpack, a loaded SKS-style rifle with a scope and a plastic bag containing food. The arrest came two months after Trump was shot and wounded in the ear in an assassination attempt during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania. The Secret Service has acknowledged failings leading up to that shooting but has said that security worked as it should have to thwart a potential attack in Florida. Adblock test (Why?)