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House Democrats had a tense closed-door caucus meeting on Wednesday, after one lawmaker accused another of saying a "shit thing" about Muslims.

The kerfuffle erupted after Rep. Susan Wild (D-PA) described a virtual vigil she attended in the wake of this weekend's Hamas attack, Politico reports. Wild explained that she didn't want any religious community to feel ostracized, and noted that Muslim leaders weren't present at the event to condemn the attack, (more…)

Authored by Caden Pearsen via The Epoch Times,

U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday said he'd seen "confirmed pictures" that beheaded children were among the many victims of the Hamas terrorists who murdered hundreds of civilians in Israeli border towns this weekend. The White House later issued a statement to clarify his remarks.

The reports of Hamas beheading infants came as the world was already grappling with the extent of the crimes being described in Israel's southern kibbutz communities, which bore the brunt of the wave of 1,500 terrorists who invaded Israel on Oct. 7.

During a roundtable with Jewish community leaders at the White House on Wednesday, President Biden emphasized the importance of Americans understanding the nature of the unfolding events.

White House national security aides have said that they have not had access to the images.

National Security Council spokesman John Kirby, who joined President Biden at the roundtable alongside other White House officials, told the Washington Examiner that while he hadn't personally seen the beheading photos, he trusted the president's assertion of their existence.

The White House later walked back President Biden's comments, telling the Washington Post that neither President Biden nor U.S. officials have seen photos nor independently verified the reports coming out of Israel. Instead, the president had based his confirmation of the atrocities on allegations put forward by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s spokesperson Tal Heinrich, The Post said.

The Epoch Times has contacted the White House for further comment.

Maj. Gen. Itai Veruv speaks to members of the media at Kibbutz Be'eri where dozens of civilians were killed days earlier (more…)

Authored by Eva Fu via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),

As Chinese authorities escorted the senior Federal Reserve official from his Shanghai hotel room, they demanded he “say good things about China" when back in the United States.

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The atmosphere was “frightening,” the official, who remained unnamed, recalled to the Fed.

That was the first of four times the official was detained and interrogated during a (more…)