Trump announces picks for IRS, SEC, NASA and a new ‘hostage affairs’ envoy
President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday announced a number of new administration appointments, including the heads of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Internal Revenue Service and NASA, as well as the first-ever special envoy for the hostage crisis. The move follows President Trump, 78, on a voter mission to defuse global conflicts that erupted in both […]
Trump Wants Hostage Deal by Inauguration
President-elect Donald Trump has given Qatar an agreement to release all 100 remaining Israeli hostages by the inauguration ceremony on January 20, 2025, according to Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani. He said he wanted it. Qatar has provided funding to Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood in the past and is considered an […]
Israel Retrieves Body of One Hostage; Concludes 6 Others Murdered by Hamas, Not Airstrike
Israel on Wednesday carried out a daring mission to recover the bodies of kidnapped and murdered hostages and released an analysis concluding that six other hostages were killed by Hamas rather than by air strikes. Hamas has often claimed that Israeli hostages who died in captivity were killed by Israeli airstrikes. The purpose of such […]
Trump appoints former Middle East negotiator as hostage affairs envoy
President-elect Trump announced Wednesday that he has selected Adam Boehler as special presidential envoy for hostage issues for a second term. This position retains the rank of ambassador, but does not require Senate confirmation. Trump, Post on true socialrecognized Boehler as the lead negotiator on the Abraham Accords team, the 2020 agreement that established diplomatic […]
Trump announces picks for Army secretary, trade adviser, hostage envoy, NASA administrator
President-elect Trump on Wednesday announced further additions to the incoming administration, including the selection of a secretary of the Army, a trade adviser, a special hostage envoy, and a NASA administrator. Daniel P. Driscoll, a retired military officer and venture capitalist from North Carolina, will serve as Secretary of the Army. “I am pleased to […]
Trump’s ‘hell to pay’ warning to Hamas welcomed by hostage families: The ‘language we were missing’
President-elect Trump offered a glimmer of hope to the families of American Hamas captives by vowing that if the hostages are not released by his inauguration on January 20th, they will be “exposed to hell.” “That's exactly the type of language we've been missing,” Ruby Chen, father of Hamas prisoner Itai Chen, told “Fox & […]
Adams staffer who tore down Israel hostage poster has been indefinitely suspended without pay
An Adams administration official accused of tearing down posters of Israeli hostages and assaulting an enraged witness has been “suspended indefinitely without pay,” it has been revealed. Nara Sutherland, special events coordinator for special projects and community events in the mayor's office, ripped the poster from a utility pole on the Upper East Side earlier […]
American Hostage Omer Neutra Confirmed Dead; Murdered October 7, Body in Gaza
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced on Monday that Omer Neutra, an American-Israeli hostage thought to have been kept alive in Gaza, was actually killed in a terrorist attack on October 7, and his body was abducted by Hamas. . Omer, who was 21 years old at the time of his murder, immigrated to Israel […]
NJ dad of hostage Edan Alexander takes hope from ‘exciting and disturbing’ video: ‘A sign of life’
The father of Edan Alexander, an Israeli hostage from New Jersey, said he was hopeful after seeing new Hamas footage of his son, but said the footage was both “exciting and disturbing.” I admitted it. Addie Alexander of Tenafly said her 20-year-old son appeared to be in generally good health and showed courage in the […]
NYC Mayor Adams’ Staffer Rips Hamas Hostage Posters, Gets Slap on the Wrist
An employee of New York City's Democratic Mayor Eric Adams, whose job description includes bridging the “cultural divide,” was caught on camera tearing up a poster of an Israeli hostage abducted by Hamas terrorists. But all I got was a slap on the wrist. A woman, identified as 25-year-old Nala Sutherland, special events coordinator for […]