Yahoo News

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The Bank of Israel bought “hundreds of millions” of dollars of foreign currency on Monday, dealers said, after the shekel (ILS=) continued to strengthen for a fifth straight session.

One dealer at an Israeli bank said the central bank started buying at a dollar-shekel rate of around 3.84. The exchange rate, which quickly moved to 3.85, had weakened to 3.90 on June 27 in the wake of the Brexit vote.    Continue reading “Bank of Israel buying ‘hundreds of millions’ of dollars: sources”

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Fox News

The long-awaited House committee report on the 2012 Benghazi attacks revealed a striking irony: In the end, the forces that came to evacuate State Department and CIA officers that night were not fellow Americans, but a secret unit of former military officers from the Qaddafi regime that Washington – and then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton – had helped overthrow.    Continue reading “Americans at Benghazi post were rescued by Qaddafi officer militia, report reveals”

Breitbart – by AWR Hawkins

An armed grandma who confronted three suspects in her home said, “I decided that it’s either them or me.”

The incident occurred Tuesday afternoon in Boynton Beach, Florida.

According to CBS 12, a suspect began “banging” on the grandma’s door and ringing her doorbell around 12:45 pm. Through the peephole she saw the suspect leave and return with “a T-shirt over his head” and she noticed he was “putting on gloves.”   Continue reading “Armed Grandma Who Foiled Invasion: ‘I Decided That It’s Either Them or Me’”

Reuters

The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives, under mounting pressure to advance gun-control legislation, will vote next week on a measure to keep guns out of the hands of people on government terrorism watch lists.

Republican and gun lobby sources said the legislation, due to be introduced as part of a terrorism package, was likely to be a National Rifle Association-backed bill brought by Representative Lee Zeldin of New York as the companion to a Senate Republican measure from Senator John Cornyn of Texas.   Continue reading “House of Representatives reignites gun-control debate with planned vote”

ABC News

Authorities say a man they wanted to talk to about shots that were fired at an apartment in North Carolina has been killed after pointing a gun at police officers.

Asheville Police said in a statement that 35-year-old Jai Williams led officers on a short chase Saturday evening before stopping and refusing commands to drop the gun.   Continue reading “Police Shoot and Kill Man After Chase in North Carolina”

CNN

Hillary Clinton met with the FBI for three and a half hours Saturday as part of the investigation into her use of a private email server while leading the State Department, her campaign said.

“Secretary Clinton gave a voluntary interview this morning about her email arrangements while she was secretary,” Clinton spokesman Nick Merrill said in a statement. “She is pleased to have had the opportunity to assist the Department of Justice in bringing this review to a conclusion.”

Clinton told MSNBC’s Chuck Todd Saturday evening that the interview was something “I had been eager to do.”   Continue reading “Clinton questioned by FBI as part of email probe”

Yahoo News

WASHINGTON (AP) — Amid the clamor a year ago to release 28 still-secret pages of a congressional inquiry into the Sept. 11 attacks, the government quietly declassified a little-known report listing more than three dozen people who piqued the interest of investigators probing possible Saudi connections to the hijackers.

The document, known as “File 17,” offers clues to what might be in the missing pages of the bipartisan report about 9/11.   Continue reading “File 17 is glimpse into still-secret 28 pages about 9/11”

CNN

Jordan Schwartz, owner of the Ohana Surf Shop, said he wanted to cry when he saw the green slime — a toxic algae bloom — covering his swath of Stuart Beach on Florida’s east coast.

“Animals are in distress, some are dying, the smell is horrible,” he told CNN on Friday. “You have to wear a mask in the marina and the river. It’s heartbreaking and there is no end in sight.”   Continue reading “Toxic algae bloom blankets Florida beaches, prompts state of emergency”

Breitbart – by Caroline May

More than 925,000 illegal immigrants with final orders of removal remain in the United States, most living in communities and towns across the country in defiance of their deportation orders, according to a new report released Friday — the one-year anniversary of the murder of Kathryn Steinle.

Department of Homeland Security information provided to the Senate Judiciary Committee and obtained by Center for Immigration Studies director of policy Jessica Vaughan reveals that as of July 4, 2015 there were 925,193 illegal immigrants with final orders of deportation in the U.S., nearly 20 percent (or 179,040) of whom have at least one criminal conviction.   Continue reading “Report: More than 925,000 Illegals With Final Deportation Orders Remain in the U.S.”

Breitbart – by Jeff Poor

Friday on Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” network host Jeanine Pirro, a former county court and district attorney for Westchester County, NY, downplayed the possibility of presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton being indicted for her use of a private email server while secretary of state.

She said if Clinton were indicted, President Barack Obama would be a witness in a criminal case, which would create a “constitutional crisis.”   Continue reading “Judge Jeanine: No Hillary Indictment Because First Witness as Defendant Would Be Obama”

The Hill – by Jordan Fabian

President Obama on Thursday signed a massive rescue package to address Puerto Rico’s debt crisis — just one day before the island must make a $2 billion payment.

“It’s not going to be in and of itself sufficient to solve all the problems that Puerto Rico faces,” Obama told reporters in the Oval Office. “But it is an important first step on the path of creating more stability, better services and better prosperity overall.”   Continue reading “Obama signs Puerto Rico debt bill”

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American Thinker – by Digby Jones

In the 2005 film Lord of War, Nicholas Cage portrays a prominent Ukrainian-American gun-runner by the name of Yuri Orlov, who makes immense profits peddling helicopter rockets, grenades, and AK-47s following the collapse of the former Soviet Union.

At one stage in the movie, his wife attempts to coax him into diversifying into a more legitimate (and moral) business operation.  She feels appropriately guilty that they live such an extravagant lifestyle as a result of her husband’s business dealing in the tools of destruction.   Continue reading “Can we become wealthy by honest means in the 2010s?”

Bloomberg – by Kate Smith

Cities across the U.S. are discovering that a visit from Donald Trump isn’t cheap. The presumptive Republican nominee kicked off his California campaign on April 28 at the Pacific Amphitheatre in the Orange County suburb of Costa Mesa, south of Los Angeles. Anti-Trump protesters outside turned violent, blocking a freeway on-ramp and trying to overturn a police cruiser. The night ended with 17 arrests, five damaged police vehicles—and a $30,000 bill for the city.   Continue reading “Cities Bill Trump for the High Cost of Rallies”

ABC News

Former President Bill Clinton — whose wife is currently in the crosshairs of the Justice Department over her use of a private email server during her time as secretary of state — met privately with Attorney General Loretta Lynch on Monday.

The meeting was a chance encounter as the two crossed paths at Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix, according to Lynch.   Continue reading “Amid FBI Email Probe, Attorney General Loretta Lynch Meets With Bill Clinton”

Judicial Watch

One of the guns used in the November 13, 2015 Paris terrorist attacks came from Phoenix, Arizona where the Obama administration allowed criminals to buy thousands of weapons illegally in a deadly and futile “gun-walking” operation known as “Fast and Furious.”

A Report of Investigation (ROI) filed by a case agent in the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco Firearms and Explosives (ATF) tracked the gun used in the Paris attacks to a Phoenix gun owner who sold it illegally, “off book,” Judicial Watch’s law enforcement sources confirm. Federal agents tracing the firearm also found the Phoenix gun owner to be in possession of an unregistered fully automatic weapon, according to law enforcement officials with firsthand knowledge of the investigation.   Continue reading “Law Enforcement Sources: Gun Used in Paris Terrorist Attacks Came from Phoenix (Fast and Furious)”

Fox 5 DC

WASHINGTON – Joint Base Andrews is currently on lockdown due to a report of an active shooter.

According to a Tweet, personnel have been directed to shelter in place. Officials say the  incident is happening at the Malcolm Grow Medical Facility and that first responders are on-scene. All personnel are being directed to continue to shelter in place.   Continue reading “Joint Base Andrews on lockdown due to REPORT of active shooter”

Salt Lake Tribune – by Matthew Piper

An FBI agent testified during a Wednesday detention hearing that a Tooele County man showed no remorse when he thought — incorrectly — that he had bombed a Bureau of Land Management cabin on the Arizona Strip the night of June 21.

The federal defender for William Keebler, meanwhile, said undercover agents proposed the explosive types, drove Keebler to the location, placed the bomb, handed Keebler a remote trigger and told him to press the button three times.

Keebler knew the cabins to be unoccupied, said Lynn Donaldson, and his actions amounted to “an extreme act of disobedience, in the nature of vandalism.”   Continue reading “FBI agent: Investigation of alleged attempted bomber began after his involvement at Bundy Ranch”