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TDFP News Roundup 9/11/26

Writer: Yossi S
Yossi S
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Mamdani heads to 9/11 memorial despite 110,000-signature push from victims’ families to stay away

Scores of 9/11 families are asking NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani to skip Friday’s Ground Zero remembrance, citing his appointment of Ramzi Kassem—who once represented a convicted al Qaeda operative—as city chief counsel, with a petition near 110,000 signatures. Mamdani is attending anyway alongside VP JD Vance and former presidents Biden, Obama, Clinton, and Bush, defending his presence as focused on victims and first responders while critics including Rudy Giuliani say his attendance offends families.


Trump marks 25th anniversary of 9/11 at the Pentagon as Vance joins ex-presidents at Ground Zero

President Trump will commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks at the Pentagon Friday, with the White House saying he will honor victims, families, and first responders. Vice President JD Vance will represent the administration at the World Trade Center ceremony with former presidents Obama, Bush, Clinton, and Biden, while other officials attend the Flight 93 memorial in Pennsylvania.


Nation gathers for 25th anniversary ceremonies at Ground Zero, Pentagon, and Flight 93

Ceremonies Friday at the 9/11 Memorial in New York, the Pentagon, and the Flight 93 National Memorial mark 25 years since al Qaeda’s attacks killed nearly 3,000 people. Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Mamdani are expected at Ground Zero; Trump at the Pentagon; and Pennsylvania GOP nominee Stacy Garrity among officials at Shanksville for the 10:03 a.m. names reading.


Mamdani joins interfaith 9/11 walk only at the final stop—an Islamic center

Mayor Mamdani joined Thursday evening’s Children of Abraham Peace Walk only at the Islamic Center of New York City after the group had already stopped at Hebrew Union College and Judson Church. He delivered remarks honoring victims and first responders, including FDNY Chaplain Mychal Judge, amid a petition topping 111,000 signatures urging him to skip Friday’s Ground Zero ceremony.


Vance will stand at Ground Zero with son of firefighter killed on 9/11

Vice President JD Vance will stand Friday at Ground Zero with Matthew Palazzo, an active-duty Coast Guard member whose father, FDNY Rescue 5 firefighter Jeffrey Palazzo, died with the “Staten Island 11.” The Coast Guard will commission the Fast Response Cutter Jeffrey Palazzo in New York on Saturday; Trump will lead the Pentagon ceremony the same day.


JD Vance steals 2028 buzz at GOP midterm convention as attendees hail him Trump’s MAGA heir

After Vance’s closing-night keynote in Dallas, convention-goers told the Post he looked ready to inherit Trump’s coalition, with “JD 28” chants as Rubio stayed away and Trump gave only a short closer. Vance stuck mostly to script, needled a Mexican-flag protester, and urged Iran-war skeptics not to hand the country to Democrats over a single policy fight.


Some GOP loyalists question Trump-centric midterms strategy after Dallas convention

Trump used the first-ever Republican midterm convention to urge voters to “pretend that I’m on the ballot,” but Reuters interviews with 15 engaged Republicans found five doubting he can win the independents needed to hold Congress amid inflation and Iran-war fatigue. Ten still backed putting him front and center; several vulnerable candidates skipped Dallas entirely.


Midterms won’t be a blue or red wave—only ‘knife fights in dark alleys,’ NRCC boss says

NRCC Chair Richard Hudson told the Post House races this cycle are “30 knife fights in 30 dark alleys” because gerrymandering left few true swing seats, with contests decided by a few thousand votes until the next census. He says prognosticators ignoring district-level polling are wrong, notes a GOP cash edge after SCOTUS loosened coordination rules, and predicts Michael Whatley beats Roy Cooper in North Carolina.


Young Albany Democrats accuse Israel of ‘genocide,’ sparking civil war inside NY Dems

The Young Democrats of Albany County’s executive board declared Netanyahu’s government has “committed a genocide in Gaza,” drawing no mention of Hamas’s Oct. 7 massacre and urging an end to U.S. military aid. State Dem Chair Jay Jacobs rejected the genocide label as a smear, calling the statement an “outlier,” while longtime Albany Dem Gary Greenberg blasted it as Jew-hatred that sides with Hamas.


Massachusetts judge accused of helping immigrant escape ICE gets rare public reprimand

Massachusetts’ highest court publicly reprimanded District Court Judge Shelley Joseph over a 2018 episode in which she was accused of helping an immigrant evade ICE via a courthouse back door after a drug hearing. The Supreme Judicial Court found an appearance of impropriety, including instructing the clerk to stop courtroom audio; federal obstruction charges were dropped in 2022 after she referred herself to the judicial conduct commission.

Trump’s Latin America ‘foreign terrorist organization’ list grows to 21

The administration has now designated 21 Latin American and Caribbean criminal groups as foreign terrorist organizations, adding an Ecuadorian outfit during Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s regional trip focused on narcotics. The FTO label—once aimed at groups like ISIS and al Qaeda—has underpinned pressure on cartels, joint operations, and boat interdictions, with Mexico hosting the most designated groups at eight.

US diesel prices soar past $6 a gallon as Iran war keeps oil elevated

The U.S. national average for diesel hit a record $6.05 a gallon Friday, up from $5.85 last week and $3.70 a year ago, per AAA, as the Iran war disrupts Middle East fuel flows and Brent crude trades above $100. Higher diesel raises freight costs for groceries and packages; Trump has said oil prices likely won’t ease until after the November midterms.

UK MI5 chief warns next 9/11-scale plot ‘may already be taking shape’ out of sight

On the 25th anniversary, MI5 Director General Ken McCallum warned in a rare public essay that the next strategic shock “may already be taking shape somewhere we are not yet looking,” urging governments, business, and the public to treat security as a shared endeavor. He said mass-casualty terror ambition endures alongside rising state-backed sabotage and cyberattacks on critical infrastructure.

White House has an AI message problem that may worry Wall Street more than Iran

Charles Gasparino reports Wall Street allies say the Trump White House still lacks a coherent pitch for the AI buildout even as data-center backlash grows inside the rural MAGA base over water and power use. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent blasted AI executives for explaining themselves poorly; Trump urges Americans to “let Data Reign,” warning China benefits if projects are killed.

UCLA features speakers accused of terror sympathy at 9/11 anniversary symposium

UCLA Law’s Critical Race Studies program is hosting a Sept. 10–11 symposium on post-9/11 state power featuring panelists including CAIR-CA’s Hussam Ayloush and scholars who have called counterterrorism “racist” or praised Luigi Mangione’s murder as protest. Separately, Columbia’s Knight First Institute invited Mohsen Mahdawi—who later dropped out—drawing Catholic League condemnation for platforming him on the anniversary week.

Australia floats ‘Digital Duty of Care’ bill with huge fines—and free-speech alarms

Australia’s Labor government released a draft Online Safety Amendment that could fine platforms up to A$109.2 million for failing a new digital “duty of care,” mandating risk assessments, algorithm opt-outs, and tighter child protections. One Nation’s Pauline Hanson and Liberal Sen. Alex Antic call it censorship; Michael Shellenberger warned of global speech controls; consultation runs through Sept. 22.

9/11 burn victims say they’re told to ‘get over it’ as memory fades

Survivors who suffered catastrophic burns on 9/11 told the Post people now dismiss their pain, tell them to move on, or assume they cashed big payouts—leaving them feeling “disrespected” at the 25th anniversary. Ken Summers, Lauren Manning, and others describe lifelong surgeries, PTSD, and lost livelihoods; NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch separately urged “moral clarity” against revisionists who downplay the attacks.

Lindsay Clancy’s hospital care costing taxpayers $620K+ a year after mistrial

After her Sept. 4 mistrial, Lindsay Clancy’s psychiatric care at Tewksbury Hospital is estimated at roughly $620,500–$675,250 a year based on Massachusetts daily rates, with 24-hour suicide watch potentially raising costs further. A retrial looms; if found not guilty by reason of insanity she could remain institutionalized for years, with Bridgewater-level care cited around $367,000 per patient annually.

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