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TDFP News Roundup 10/5/26
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FlyDubai co-pilot planned to crash jet into Ben Gurion Airport:
The Omani FlyDubai co-pilot accused of attacking his captain with a crash axe on Israel-bound Flight FZ1073 allegedly told investigators he planned to obtain landing clearances and then crash the aircraft into a building or another plane at Ben Gurion Airport, according to Channel 12 and Reuters reporting on Monday. UAE Attorney General Hamad Saif Al Shamsi said the co-pilot attempted a terrorist act by trying to seize control of the Dubai-to-Tel Aviv flight before passengers intervened and the plane diverted safely to Tabuk, Saudi Arabia.
Jack Smith team tracked Trump lawyers by monitoring Susie Wiles’ phone:
Newly declassified White House memos released Monday show FBI agents on Jack Smith’s “Plasmic Echo” documents probe used a pen register to track calls and texts to and from now–chief of staff Susie Wiles’ phone, including contacts with at least 21 Trump-affiliated lawyers, campaign staff, and journalists. The memos also show Attorney General Merrick Garland and Deputy AG Lisa Monaco approved the sensitive investigation, while some FBI field officials questioned probable cause for the Mar-a-Lago search warrant.
White House launches enforcement action against LAUSD over hiding kids’ gender identity from parents:
The Education Department and Justice Department announced Monday an enforcement action against Los Angeles Unified School District over policies that allegedly require staff to conceal a student’s gender identity from parents, citing FERPA and PPRA and warning federal funding could be at risk. Education Secretary Linda McMahon said the Biden era of treating parents as the enemy is over, while Assistant AG Harmeet Dhillon stressed parents are children’s natural providers and protectors.
Two dead, 35 injured in Georgia mass shooting at homecoming weekend block party:
A mass shooting early Sunday at a neighborhood block party in Vienna, Georgia, left two people dead and 35 others wounded by gunfire after more than 50 shots rang out among a crowd of over 1,000 people, Dooly County officials said. The victims killed were identified as Jaquevion Jackson, 21, and Macaleb Jackson, 23; no arrests had been made as of Monday morning as the Georgia Bureau of Investigation sought suspects.
Netanyahu at Oct. 7 memorial: ‘No forgiveness’ for massacre killers:
At Israel’s state memorial for the third anniversary of the October 7 massacre, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed there would be “no forgiveness” for those who carried out murders, abuse, arson, and kidnappings, and pledged to eradicate Hamas’s “regime of blood.” Speaking at Mount Herzl, he told bereaved families Israel would finish the Gaza mission and keep hunting those who attacked Israeli communities and held hostages.
Yemeni forces seize key Bab al-Mandeb positions in anti-Houthi offensive:
Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces seized key positions on the Bab al-Mandeb Strait on Monday, taking large parts of Dhubab district overlooking the Red Sea chokepoint and asserting full control of the area with heavy Saudi-led air support, military and government sources told Reuters. The internationally recognized government launched the campaign Sunday to reverse last month’s Houthi advances, while Houthi-aligned media denied any government gains in the area.
Flávio Bolsonaro bests Lula, forces Brazil presidential runoff:
Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, son of jailed former President Jair Bolsonaro, led incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva roughly 47% to 45% in Sunday’s first round, taking about 56.1 million votes to Lula’s 53.9 million and forcing an October runoff. Lula called the result “unexpected,” while Human Events noted it was Brazil’s first election since USAID funding that had surged during Jair Bolsonaro’s term was stopped.
NYC teacher praised Oct. 7 mastermind Yahya Sinwar in group chat: lawsuit:
A lawsuit tied to the Park Slope Food Coop says Brooklyn public-school teacher Damien Neva posted “Long live Yahya Al-Sinwar” in a Signal group, praising the Hamas architect of the October 7 massacre. The Department of Education said the allegation was referred for investigation, and antisemitism watchdog StopAntisemitism and former Assemblyman Dov Hikind called for Neva to be fired.
FBI nabs California realtor at LAX in alleged China spy case on Taiwan leader’s relative:
Federal authorities arrested Irvine realtor Wanying “Heather” Zhang, 34, at LAX as she tried to fly to Shanghai, charging her with acting as an unregistered agent of China after allegedly photographing and recording a relative of Taiwan’s president near a Seattle-area home. FBI Director Kash Patel warned foreign adversaries America is “no longer a safe place to run your espionage operations.”
US pulls bombers from UK base after suspected Iran-linked terror plot:
All U.S. Air Force bombers at RAF Fairford in England — including about a dozen B-1s — were returned to home stations after a suspected terror plot near the base that U.S. and U.K. officials have linked to possible Iranian involvement. British police found vehicles with petrol accelerants near the base and arrested suspects; the Pentagon said America’s bomber force remains ready to strike from the continental U.S.
Coast Guard exchanged gunfire with shooters on Mexican side of border:
Coast Guard personnel returned fire after shots came from the Mexican side of the Rio Grande on Sept. 26 near Garceno, Texas, while they were intercepting migrants during joint federal operations, officials said in reporting published Monday. No Coast Guard injuries were reported; U.S. forces later cited the clash as troops and Mexican personnel were repositioned to address rising illegal activity in the Rio Grande Valley.
US strike kills 4 on suspected narco vessel in Caribbean:
U.S. Southern Command said Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere carried out a lethal strike on a go-fast vessel along Caribbean narco-trafficking routes, killing four people it called narco-terrorists, and released video of the boat erupting in a fireball. Fox News reported the death toll from the administration’s campaign of such strikes since September 2025 now exceeds 235, with the Pentagon still refusing to release identities or drug evidence from the boats.
Karoline Leavitt joins Fox News as contributor after White House exit:
Former White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will join FOX News Media as an on-air contributor starting Nov. 1, CEO Suzanne Scott announced Monday. Leavitt, 29, who left the press secretary role in August citing the demands of motherhood, said she looks forward to bringing the same energy and candor from her White House tenure to Fox’s platforms.
Supreme Court opens term with guns, religious liberty, climate lawfare cases:
The Supreme Court opened its new term Monday with blockbuster fights including Colorado’s climate tort suit against oil companies, Arizona’s citizenship proof for voter registration, Catholic preschool funding rules, and state bans on certain semiautomatic rifles. Justices will also weigh limits on third-country deportations as the docket shifts from last term’s presidential-power mega-cases toward federalism and individual rights.
Sen. Mark Kelly says Dems would ‘lower costs’ by ‘raising taxes’:
Sen. Mark Kelly said on Face the Nation that if Democrats win the House and Senate in November they would lower costs for Americans — and when pressed on how, answered by “raising taxes,” citing legislation with Sen. Chris Van Hollen to hike taxes above $1 million while cutting taxes for households up to $160,000. The Post Millennial noted the interview did not press Kelly on widespread taxpayer-funded fraud scandals.
IDF, Shin Bet kill Hamas Nukhba commander who infiltrated Israel on Oct. 7:
The IDF and Shin Bet announced they killed Ibrahim Mustafa Suleiman Abu Oweimer, a Hamas Nukhba commander who infiltrated Israel during the October 7 massacre, in an airstrike in Nuseirat in central Gaza. Officials said he had recently advanced attacks against Israeli troops and civilians and worked to restore Hamas capabilities in what they called a systematic ceasefire violation; separately, Duvdevan commandos arrested two weapons-trafficking suspects in Nablus.
IDF intel chief: 4,000 of 6,000 Oct. 7 terrorists eliminated:
Military Intelligence Directorate chief Maj. Gen. Shlomi Binder told the Security Cabinet that about 6,000 terrorists invaded Israel on October 7 and that Israeli forces have since eliminated roughly 4,000 of them, with about 2,000 still being hunted. Binder said 70 terrorists were eliminated in September alone, including senior Hamas commanders and invaders involved in abductions and hostage-holding.
Spain’s Sánchez calls snap elections after housing-crisis defeat:
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced early general elections for Nov. 29 after opposition parties sank emergency housing decrees amid nationwide protests over affordability. Sánchez framed the contest as a choice between progressives and a “far-right wave,” while Popular Party leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo said voters would finally decide whether to defeat what Sánchez represents.
Nobel medicine prize goes to three scientists for optogenetics breakthrough:
The Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded Monday to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, and Georg Nagel for research on light-gated ion channels and optogenetics that lets scientists switch individual nerve cells on and off. The Nobel Assembly said the method is now used worldwide to probe the brain’s mysteries; the winners are based at Stanford and German universities in Berlin and Würzburg.
Trump launches ‘Super Intelligence Force’ to keep U.S. AI lead:
President Trump announced a federal “Super Intelligence Force” to coordinate government efforts with technology companies, consumers, religious groups, and critical infrastructure so America remains first in what he calls Super Intelligence, with the group reporting to him and chief of staff Susie Wiles. Trump said the technology is bigger than the Industrial Revolution and the internet, and that senior administration officials will lead the effort after he renamed AI to “Super Intelligence” across the executive branch and secured a White House Accord with tech leaders.
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