Republican lawmaker directs investigation after swastika vandalism discovered in DC office
U.S. Capitol Police (USCP) is investigating after Rep. Dave Taylor, R-Ohio, reported vandalism in his Washington, D.C. office that included a swastika. Images obtained by Politico show an American flag altered with a swastika pinned on one of the cubicles in Taylor’s office. A pocket Constitution and congressional calendar were also spotted in the photo, allegedly taken near a staffer’s desk. POLITICAL VIOLENCE SURGES ACROSS AMERICA AS LAWMAKERS FACE GROWING THREATS AT HOME Taylor’s office released a statement Wednesday afternoon, noting he condemns the symbols “in the strongest terms.” “I am aware of an image that appears to depict a vile and deeply inappropriate symbol near an employee in my office,” the lawmaker wrote. “The content of that image does not reflect the values or standards of this office, my staff, or myself, and I condemn it in the strongest terms.” PROTESTERS CAUGHT ON CAMERA DELIVERING COFFIN TO GOP CONGRESSMAN’S FRONT DOOR IN MOCK FUNERAL PROCESSION Taylor said when he found out about the vandalism, he immediately directed a thorough investigation alongside USCP, which remains ongoing. “No further comment will be provided until it has been completed,” according to Taylor’s office. ANTISEMITIC GRAFFITI PROMPTS HATE CRIME PROBE AT ISRAELI-AMERICAN COUNCIL HQ IN LOS ANGELES Taylor, who represents Ohio’s Second District in the U.S. House of Representatives, is a member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and House Agriculture Committee. The husband and father of three also serves as co-chair of the bipartisan Congressional Rural Broadband Caucus. USCP did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment, with an automatic reply citing office closures due to the federal government shutdown.
Dem governor in hot seat after whistleblower rips disturbing sentencing pattern for illegal child rapists
A former Massachusetts shelter director-turned-whistleblower is calling the sentencing of yet another illegal alien for raping a child at a taxpayer-funded shelter further evidence of a “total government failure” in the sanctuary state. Haitian illegal alien Cory Alvarez, 27, was found guilty of aggravated rape of a child at a migrant shelter in Rockland, Massachusetts, and sentenced to 10 to 12 years in prison, according to NBC 10 Boston. Alvarez was arrested by Rockland police in 2024 on suspicion of sexual assault on a 15-year-old female victim. Both Alvarez and the victim were living at a state-run shelter at a Comfort Inn. Alvarez was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers in August. According to the agency, he entered the country lawfully in 2023 but violated the terms of his admittance, meaning he was present in the country illegally. MIGRANT CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN PILE UP IN BOSTON AREA AS MAYOR SLAMS BONDI OVER ‘SANCTUARY’ WARNING In response, Fetherston, who ran a similar migrant shelter in Marlborough, Massachusetts, from 2023 to 2024, said Alvarez’s sentencing “exposes a much bigger problem.” “Call it what you will, but this is total government failure,” he said. “You have documented cases now of these girls being assaulted in shelters run with taxpayer dollars. No one at the top, including Governor Maura Healey, is taking any of the responsibility.” Fetherston has previously blown the whistle on “rampant” sexual abuse of children taking place in the Massachusetts-run shelter system. Speaking with Fox News Digital in February, he detailed the case of another Haitian illegal alien, Ronald Joseph, who raped and impregnated his own 14-year-old daughter at the Marlborough shelter. Fetherston said that when he and the authorities confronted Joseph about the rape, he became agitated and threatened him. Despite the gravity of the crime, Fetherston said he was instructed to order Joseph a ride to another state-run shelter. Joseph was not arrested until months later. He has since been sentenced to 12 to 15 years in prison for aggravated rape of a child. Fetherston said that these two cases are not isolated but rather part of a larger disturbing pattern of child sexual abuse that has largely gone unpunished. “The state didn’t protect these children, and when you don’t protect children, you have no moral authority to run these programs,” he said, adding, “If you’re not going to protect children, you shouldn’t be in office.” Earlier this year, a Healey spokesperson told the Boston Herald that the governor “inherited a disaster of a shelter system” and that Healey “is the one who took action to implement a length of stay limit, mandate criminal background checks, require residents to prove Massachusetts residency and lawful immigration status, and get families out of hotels.” Fetherston said that despite claims that shelter residents had all been vetted through criminal background checks, “not a single one of these people was vetted” and “nobody knows who they are.” “The governor opened up the doors wide open and didn’t vet anybody, and that is on her,” he said. ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT CHARGED WITH REPEATED SEXUAL ASSAULT OF 14-YEAR-OLD GIRL: FLORIDA SHERIFF He also noted that “98 percent of the people that I was dealing with were really good people and they were just here to make a better life for themselves. But the 2% that weren’t were some of the worst people I have ever seen.” He emphasized that “all of these shelters are paid for with taxpayer dollars.” “The taxpayers need to realize that essentially, and horribly, you’re funding these rapes and assaults of little girls,” he said, adding, “Nobody wants that.” In August, Healey ordered the closure of the state’s shelter system and made some of the residents eligible to receive at least $30,000 in state housing assistance over a two-year period. Since then, Fetherston said that local police have told him there has been an uptick in auto accidents. He also said that school districts, especially in small-town communities, have been overwhelmed by the influx of foreign students. $30K IN MIGRANT HOUSING AID HAS DEM GOV ON HOT SEAT FOR ‘REVOLVING DOOR’ POLICY “Where do you pull the money from? Do you pull money from police? Do you pull the money from fire? Do you not fix the roads that year? Because you do have to educate these children. So, I mean it has devastating effects on small communities.” Fox News Digital previously reported that Alvarez arrived in June under the parole process for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans (CHNV) instituted by the Biden administration. The policy was first announced for Venezuelans in October 2022, which allowed a limited number to fly directly into the U.S. as long as they had not entered illegally, had a sponsor in the U.S. already and passed certain checks. Fox News Digital reached out to Healey’s office for comment but did not immediately receive a response.
Dem governor spent state of emergency on European wedding getaway as gubernatorial election looms
Democratic New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy faced backlash and mockery for taking a trip to Europe as a powerful nor’easter barreled toward the Garden State, sparking an emergency declaration, and as the gubernatorial election looms. Murphy traveled overseas to Europe Oct. 9 for a wedding and returned to his duties Tuesday, according to his office, with Lt. Gov. Tahesha Way serving as acting governor in his absence. Way declared a state of emergency Saturday as a nor’easter was set to batter the coastal state, and as the gubernatorial campaign cycle hits a fever pitch before Nov. 4. “Starting on Sunday, a dangerous coastal storm will begin to move past our state with extreme weather conditions for several counties, especially those on the Shore,” the acting governor said in an emailed statement to the media Saturday. “In preparation for this storm, I am issuing a State of Emergency for all 21 counties out of an abundance of caution, authorizing our state’s emergency services personnel to activate as necessary. The New York Post reported over the weekend that the former Goldman Sachs executive was MIA as the state braced for the storm, reporting his office said the first couple of the Garden State were in Europe for a wedding. CRIME AND IMMIGRATION DIVIDE NEW JERSEY VOTERS AFTER EXPLOSIVE CIATTARELLI-SHERRILL DEBATE “Governor Murphy and First Lady Tammy Murphy are out of state this weekend to attend a close family friend’s wedding in Europe. The Governor has been in close communication with his team and emergency response officials regarding the nor’easter storm impacting the East Coast,” a Murphy spokesman told the outlet Sunday. Murphy’s official X account continued posting messages as usual, including celebrating Indigenous People’s Day — which Democrats and liberals often celebrate instead of Columbus Day — igniting condemnation in the reply section as social media users demanded answers as to why he was not home during a state of emergency. “You type this from Italy?” one user responded. FINAL FACEOFF: DEMOCRAT, REPUBLICAN NOMINEES IN KEY RACE FOR GOVERNOR BLAST EACH OTHER ON DEBATE STAGE “Are you honoring them while in NJ? You seem to disappear a lot,” one commenter said. “Columbus Day! And are you doing this tweet from Europe?” another person wrote. Murphy cannot run for re-election as he is term-limited. The 2025 gubernatorial election pits Democratic Rep. Mikie Sherrill against Trump-backed Republican Jack Ciattarelli in an election that is heating up as the candidates rally last-minute voter registration by the Tuesday evening deadline. New Jersey voted to elect former Vice President Kamala Harris as president nearly a year ago in the presidential election. Trump, however, made inroads with Garden State voters, flipping five counties red, improving his 16-point loss in the state during the 2020 election to a six-point loss in 2024, which has teed up a nail-biter gubernatorial election a year later. TRUMP NOT ON BALLOT, BUT PRESIDENT FRONT AND CENTER IN 2025 ELECTIONS During another overseas trip in 2023, Murphy’s lieutenant governor died in office while serving as acting governor in his absence. Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver suddenly died at the age of 71 on Aug. 1, 2023, when Murphy was vacationing in Italy and forced to make an early trip home. He also came under fire in 2021 when he made an eight-day trip to Costa Rica for Christmas when coronavirus cases flared in the Garden State. The governor also was abroad just in April when he took part in a state-funded trip to the Middle East as wildfires raged at home. Murphy’s office reported the governor was back at work as of Tuesday, with his schedule detailing he would attend a local media event at 8 p.m. called “Ask Governor Murphy.” Murphy’s office did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment Tuesday.
Trump admin cracks down on foreigners who celebrated Charlie Kirk’s killing: ‘Dangerous practice’
The White House lauded the State Department for imposing consequences on foreign nationals who posted controversial statements following the death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk in September. The White House said the State Department’s decision to revoke visas for these foreign nationals is safeguarding Americans. “President Trump has long called attention to the spread of left-wing political violence, which is driven by Democrats’ vile rhetoric characterizing Republicans as Nazis, fascists, and more,” White House spokeswoman Anna Kelly said in a statement Wednesday to Fox News Digital. “The Trump administration is ensuring that so-called ‘guests’ in our country are not echoing this dangerous practice of celebrating and encouraging left-wing political attacks, which poses a national security threat to law-abiding Americans.” On Tuesday, the State Department announced that it had yanked the visas of six, unidentified people for their comments in the aftermath of Kirk’s assassination. CHARLIE KIRK PAINTED AS ‘CONTROVERSIAL,’ ‘PROVOCATIVE’ IN MEDIA’S ASSASSINATION COVERAGE “The United States has no obligation to host foreigners who wish death on Americans,” the State Department wrote on X Tuesday. “The State Department continues to identify visa holders who celebrated the heinous assassination of Charlie Kirk.” In particular, the State Department said that those whose visas were pulled included a German national who said that “when fascists die, democrats don’t complain,” and a Paraguayan national who said “Charlie Kirk was a son of a b**** and he died by his own rules.” Additionally, the State Department said it revoked the visa of a Mexican national who said Kirk “died being a racist” and that “there are people who deserve to die. There are people who would make the world better off dead.” The State Department also said it revoked visas from foreign nationals from Argentina, South Africa and Brazil. The agency signaled there would be consequences for visa-holders who mocked Kirk’s death on social media, and said in September that it would take “appropriate action” in response to such posts. Critics of the State Department’s move have pointed out that Kirk himself was an advocate for free speech. “US revokes visas for 6 foreigners for derisive posthumous comments about Charlie Kirk–who was, ironically, a self-styled champion of free speech!” David Axelrod, who served as an adviser to former President Barack Obama, said in a Tuesday post on X. TRUMP DEFENDS LABELING ANTIFA A ‘TERRORIST ORGANIZATION’ AS HE TARGETS LEFT-WING EXTREMISM Meanwhile, President Donald Trump has blasted “far-left radicals” for embodying the “devil’s ideology” amid political violence in the U.S. “We’ve watched legions of far-left radicals resort to desperate acts of violence and terror because they know that their ideas and arguments are persuading no one,” Trump said Tuesday at the White House. “They know that they’re failing. They have the devil’s ideology and they’re failing.” In particular, Trump pointed to recent violence at Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities, and inflammatory text messages recently unearthed from Virginia attorney general candidate Jay Jones describing a hypothetical scenario where he would shoot a Republican lawmaker in the head. YEARS OF CAMPUS ATTACKS ON CONSERVATIVE ACTIVISTS RESURFACE AFTER CHARLIE KIRK’S MURDER Trump’s comments came as he posthumously awarded Kirk, Turning Point USA (TPUSA) co-founder, the Presidential Medal of Freedom. It is the highest award issued to civilians in the U.S. Kirk, 31, was assassinated during his “American Comeback Tour” at Utah Valley University in September — just over a year after two assassination attempts against Trump. Tyler Robinson, the shooting suspect involved in Kirk’s assassination, was charged in September with aggravated murder, along with other charges.
After ‘military coup’, Madagascar faces uncertain future
NewsFeed Uncertainty looms in Madagascar as military leader Michael Randrianirina is expected to take charge of the country, following weeks of anti-government protests led by Gen Z groups. Al Jazeera’s Fahmida Miller looks at what this could mean for the nation’s future. Published On 15 Oct 202515 Oct 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Adblock test (Why?)
What do we know about the Trump plan to disarm Hamas?
NewsFeed US President Donald Trump says Hamas may need to be disarmed ‘violently’ as part of the Gaza peace plan. Hamas has so far not agreed publicly to give up its weapons. Soraya Lennie looks at the key questions over how the process is supposed to work. Published On 15 Oct 202515 Oct 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Adblock test (Why?)
House filmed floating to sea after Typhoon Halong hits Alaska’s coast
NewsFeed A house was filmed floating away off Alaska’s coast after Typhoon Halong made landfall over the weekend, killing one person and leaving two missing. More than 1,300 people have been displaced by the storm, with residents saying they witnessed around 20 homes floating out to sea. Published On 15 Oct 202515 Oct 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Adblock test (Why?)
How did brand new bus become running inferno? Did lone jammed door, inflammable materials kill people on board?
At least 21 passengers died and 16 were injured as a Jodhpur-bound bus caught fire near Jaisalmer. Rajasthan CM Bhajanlal Sharma expressed grief and ordered aid.
India’s indigenous Astra Mark 2 missile a new fear for Pakistan, DRDO expands range to over 200 km; how powerful is it?
The Indian Navy has now expanded its capabilities to a higher level, as the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has decided to upgrade the range of its Astra Mark 2 air-to-air missile by extending its range to over 200 kilometres.
Financial aid to ex-servicemen and dependents gets 100% increase, penury grant doubles; check details
The decision strengthens the social security net for non-pensioner ESM, widows, and dependents from lower-income groups, reaffirming the Government’s commitment to honouring the service and sacrifice of the veterans.