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Pete Buttigieg Immediately Shuts Down JD Vance in an unforgettable interview. JD Vance was stumbling and backtracking while Pete talked calmly with facts. This video goes to show how desperate JD Vance and the Trump campaign are getting. Pete is all over them and there’s no way out for poor little JD.

Unbiased headline news – An Israeli airstrike targeted a school-turned-shelter in Gaza early Saturday, resulting in at least 80 fatalities and injuring nearly 50 others, according to Palestinian health authorities. This incident is the most recent in what the U.N. human rights office described as “systematic attacks on schools” by Israel, with at least 21 such incidents since July 4, resulting in hundreds of deaths, including women and children. “For many, schools are the last resort to find some shelter and possible access to food and water,” the office stated shortly after Saturday’s attack. A witness reported that the strike occurred during prayers at a mosque within the building. — A U.S. military base in eastern Syria was hit by a one-way drone, as confirmed by a U.S. defense official. Initial assessments do not suggest any injuries from the attack, though the official noted that medical evaluations and damage assessments were still ongoing. “There was an attack using a one-way attack uncrewed aerial system (OWAUAS) against U.S. and Coalition forces at Rumalyn Landing Zone in Syria,” said the defense official. — Brazilian airline Voepass has updated the death toll to 62, including 58 passengers and four crew members aboard its plane that crashed Friday. Brazilian investigators have also recovered the flight recorders from the aircraft. Voepass initially reported 57 passengers plus four crew members but later adjusted the count to 58 passengers, raising the total fatalities to 62. The crash near the city of Vinhedo in São Paulo state left no survivors. Despite crashing in a residential area, the incident did not result in any casualties among local residents or visitors. — President Biden discussed his decision to exit the 2024 presidential race during an interview on “CBS Sunday Morning” yesterday. President Biden, who previously stated that his 2020 run for the White House was motivated by concerns about former President Donald Trump, decided to withdraw from the 2024 race last month. He explained that his decision was partly influenced by the need to maintain the nation’s focus on Trump and to unify the Democratic Party ahead of the November election. — Susan Wojcicki, a trailblazing tech executive who was instrumental in the development of Google and YouTube, has passed away at the age of 56, according to her husband. Wojcicki was a pivotal figure in Google’s early years and served as YouTube’s CEO for nine years before stepping down last year to focus on her “family, health, and personal projects I’m passionate about,” as she stated at the time. She was one of the most admired female leaders in the predominantly male tech industry. She had been living with non-small cell lung cancer for 2 years. — A California man found guilty of committing some of the most prolonged and violent assaults on police during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Friday. The 20-year sentence for David Dempsey, imposed by senior D.C. District Judge Royce Lamberth, is the second longest given to a defendant connected to the Capitol attack. In one video clip, Dempsey can be seen repeatedly striking an officer’s helmet with a stolen metal crutch, causing the face shield to crack. — A 20-year-old woman was discovered deceased after a multiday search in the Grand Canyon, marking the third reported death in the national park within a week, according to the National Park Service. The body of Leticia A. Castillo, 20, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, was found by park staff below Twin Overlooks on Tuesday, the NPS stated. “Park rangers recovered the body which was located approximately 150 ft. below the rim,” the NPS said in a press release Thursday. No further details have been released. — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has declined to approve a psychedelic treatment, combined with therapy, for treating post-traumatic stress disorder. The treatment involves a pharmaceutical version of midomafetamine, commonly known as MDMA and sometimes referred to as ecstasy. The FDA has requested an additional Phase 3 trial. The rejection follows controversy surrounding Lykos’ existing clinical trial, which faced allegations of misconduct.

Marjorie Taylor Greene takes on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for this week’s Diva Debate in a head to head match. They both have a message for the American people and the people have spoken. Watch as they show their communication skills and take each other on! Become a Truthkast member for more videos like this: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvCWQIXKnRoJo0AaMH_VvCQ/join Be sure to like, subscribe and join: https://youtube.com/@Truthkast Visit our website: https://truthkast.com Listen to our 24-hour live radio: https://truthkast.com/radio

Donald Trump holds this totally bonkers news conference raging about crowd size claiming Kamala Harris is only bringing in 1,000 people while he brings in 100,000 at his rallies. He rambles, yells and rages on how ‘fake news’ is lying about the Democrat’s turnaround. It’s a must-see video to watch how this man is cracking before our very eyes. Become a Truthkast member for more videos like this: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvCWQIXKnRoJo0AaMH_VvCQ/join Be sure to like, subscribe and join: https://youtube.com/@Truthkast Visit our website: https://truthkast.com

Unbiased headline news – Russian officials stated they were repelling Ukrainian cross-border raids in a southwestern province for a second consecutive day, while Kyiv officials remained silent about the operation’s extent. Russian President Vladimir Putin labeled the incursion into the south-western Kursk region as a “large-scale provocation” and mentioned plans to meet with top defense and security officials to address the situation. The regional head urged residents to donate blood due to the intense fighting. — Amid strategic advances by China and North Korea in the Indo-Pacific region, Japan and Italy are bolstering their military cooperation to enhance their defensive capabilities. Japan and Italy are currently in the second day of a three-day joint exercise called Rising Sun 24, aimed at improving defensive capabilities as China and North Korea increase their tactical presence in the area. The exercise features four F-35A fighters from Japan and another four from Italy, along with four Eurofighters. Two KC-767 refueling aircraft are also part of the exercise. — Elon Musk has confirmed that the headquarters of his social media company X is relocating from San Francisco, citing the business environment challenges in the California city. “It is impossible to operate in San Francisco if you’re processing payments,” he stated, without further explanation. This confirmation follows a New York Times report that X will close its San Francisco office over the next few weeks, with employees moving to existing offices in San Jose, California. — The number of women obtaining abortions in the U.S. rose in the first three months of 2024 compared to the period before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, according to a report released Wednesday. A key reason for the increase is that some Democratic-controlled states have enacted laws protecting doctors who use telemedicine to see patients in states with abortion bans, the WeCount report for the Society of Family Planning, which supports abortion access, found. — At least one person was killed and eight others remained trapped Wednesday after a hotel partially collapsed near the Mosel River in western Germany, police reported. Police said they believed 14 people were inside the hotel in the winemaking town of Kroev at the time of the collapse. Five people escaped unharmed, while the other nine were buried beneath the rubble, police said. One person had been confirmed dead but their body had yet to be recovered. — The Environmental Protection Agency issued a ban on a weedkiller, stating it poses a threat to the health of farmworkers, pregnant women, and unborn babies. The pesticide, known as DCPA or Dacthal, is used in farming to control plants, vegetables, and fruits, commonly on staples like broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, and onions. The weedkiller could affect fetal thyroid hormone levels, the agency stated. — A 5-year-old boy with autism was rescued from a Florida pond after he wandered away from his home Tuesday evening, authorities reported. The child, whose name was not released, went missing from his home in Deltona around 7:30 p.m. ET, according to the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office. He triggered an alarm after escaping through a second-story door, the sheriff’s office stated. After the rescue, the boy was medically cleared and returned to his family, the sheriff’s office said. — Taylor Swift’s three concerts in Vienna this week were canceled after two suspects were arrested for allegedly plotting a terror attack, authorities announced. “We have no choice but to cancel the three scheduled shows for everyone’s safety,” stated a message from Barracuda Music. “All tickets will be automatically refunded.” The cancellation followed the arrest of a 19-year-old Austrian citizen on Wednesday morning and a second suspect in the afternoon. —

Hamas, the Palestinian militant group, announced Tuesday that Yahya Sinwar, its top official in Gaza and mastermind of the Oct. 7 attacks in Israel, has been selected as its new leader. Sinwar’s selection, a secretive figure who leads Hamas’ hardliners and maintains close ties to Iran, marks a defiant move. Sinwar tops Israel’s kill list as it aims to dismantle Hamas and its leadership following the October attack in which militants killed 1,200 people in southern Israel and captured about 250 hostages. — A Pakistani national with alleged ties to Iran has been arrested and charged with plotting a murder-for-hire scheme targeting U.S. government officials and politicians, according to charging documents unsealed Tuesday. The individual, 46-year-old Asif Merchant, is accused of planning to assassinate current and former government officials across the political spectrum, including former President and GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump, according to multiple sources familiar with the investigation. — Renewed concerns about the U.S. economy could significantly impact Americans beyond this week’s stock market free fall. Experts state that the recent decline in financial markets, driven by growing evidence of economic slowdown, increases the likelihood that the Federal Reserve will aggressively ease monetary policy starting next month to prevent a severe downturn. Wall Street analysts now predict a series of interest rate cuts beginning in September and continuing into 2025. — The Treasury and State Department announced sanctions on the Paraguayan tobacco company Tabacalera del Este S.A. for providing financial support to former Paraguayan President Horacio Manuel Cartes Jara, who had been previously blacklisted by the United States. Cartes previously owned, directly or indirectly, a 50% interest in the tobacco company, known as Tabesa. U.S. officials reported that the company has made payments and plans to continue paying him “millions of dollars,” despite sanctions against him. — Nine people, including six children, died after a vehicle overturned in a Florida canal, authorities reported. The incident occurred Monday evening in Palm Beach County. At approximately 7:30 p.m., authorities received calls about a car in a canal near Belle Glade. First responders found a vehicle upside down with only the wheels visible, according to Palm Beach County Fire Rescue Capt. Tom Reyes. — A man held responsible for his 5-year-old grandson’s death has pleaded no contest to violating Michigan’s new gun storage law, one of the first significant convictions since the law was implemented earlier this year. Prosecutors charged former Waupun Correctional Institute Warden Randall Hepp with felony misconduct in office in June, related to the deaths of an inmate from a stroke in October and another inmate from malnutrition and dehydration in February. Hepp pleaded not guilty during an arraignment in Dodge County Circuit Court. — The former warden of a maximum-security Wisconsin prison, where multiple inmates have died over the past year, pleaded not guilty Tuesday to a misconduct charge. Five inmates have died at Waupun Correctional Institution since June 2023. The latest, Christopher McDonald, was found dead at the facility Monday morning, according to the Dodge County Sheriff’s Office. Investigators believe McDonald killed himself. Online court records show a judge sentenced him to two 999-year sentences in 1993 for being a party to homicide. — Elon Musk’s social media platform X has sued a group of advertisers, claiming that a “massive advertiser boycott” deprived the company of billions of dollars in revenue and violated antitrust laws. The company, formerly known as Twitter, filed the lawsuit Tuesday in a federal court in Texas against the World Federation of Advertisers and member companies Unilever, Mars, CVS Health, and Orsted. It accused the advertising group’s brand safety initiative of helping to coordinate a pause in advertising after Musk acquired Twitter.