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Virginia AG Miyares ratchets up investigation into American Muslims for Palestine, files petition to enforce document request Miyares says AMP 'refused to comply' with investigative demand into allegations of terror financing

January 14, 2025 Adam Kredo

(Free Beacon) Virginia attorney general Jason Miyares (R.) filed a petition to compel American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) to turn over documents related to the leading anti-Israel group’s alleged terror financing. Though a judge ordered AMP to disclose its funding channels last […]

At New Orleans terrorist’s local mosque, imam says Hitler killed Jews ‘because of the economy thing, they were in control of the economy’ Jews 'have many problems, but that's one of the main problems — they like to take control of the economy,' Eiad Soudan said during 2023 event

January 2, 2025 Adam Kredo

(Free Beacon) Shamsud-Din Jabbar, the Islamic terrorist who killed 14 people in the New Year’s Eve attack on New Orleans, lived near a Houston mosque led by a radical imam who once preached that Hitler massacred Jews because “they like to take […]

The US sanctioned an anti-Israel group for backing terrorists. Months ago, its leaders were hobnobbing with Columbia University students Samidoun, an arm of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, props up anti-Israel campus activism

October 15, 2024 Adam Kredo and Jessica Costescu

(Free Beacon) The U.S. Department of Treasury, in a joint action with the Canadian government, sanctioned the Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network and one of its leaders for providing material support to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), a […]

Kamala Harris’s new Arab outreach director said ‘Zionists’ are ‘controlling’ American politics Brenda Abdelall comments came at a convention featuring prominent anti-Semite Cynthia McKinney

August 29, 2024 Adam Kredo

(Free Beacon) Kamala Harris’s newly appointed head of Arab-American outreach once accused Zionists of “controlling” American politics, echoing an anti-Semitic trope that suggests Jews nefariously manipulate global affairs. “The Zionists have a strong voice in American politics,” Brenda Abdelall, an Egyptian-American lawyer […]

Biden-Harris admin stonewalls congressional probe into US nonprofits bankrolling pro-Hamas protests House Ed and Oversight committees tease subpoena after admin fails to produce 'suspicious activity reports'

August 21, 2024 Adam Kredo

(Free Beacon) The Biden-Harris administration is stonewalling a congressional probe into 20 anti-Israel nonprofit groups with suspected links to money laundering and terrorism financing, the Washington Free Beacon has learned. Lawmakers are teasing a subpoena as a result. Congress initiated the probe […]

Kamala Harris stonewalls congressional probe into natsec adviser’s ties to Iran influence network 'Such an obvious security risk in your inner circle should have elicited your utmost attention,' Cotton writes

August 15, 2024 Adam Kredo

(Free Beacon) Vice President Kamala Harris is stonewalling a congressional inquiry into her national security adviser’s ties to an Iranian government influence network, the Washington Free Beacon has learned. Sen. Tom Cotton (R., Ark.) and Rep. Elise Stefanik (R., N.Y.) launched the […]

A Pentagon official saw her ties to an Iranian influence network exposed — then visited the Biden-Harris White House 8 times Ariane Tabatabai's admin access 'warrants our highest scrutiny,' Stefanik says

August 12, 2024 Adam Kredo

(Free Beacon) The Biden-Harris White House hosted a Pentagon official at the center of an Iranian government influence operation eight times — after her ties to Tehran’s hardline regime were exposed, raising further questions about the official’s ongoing access to classified information. […]

Congress plots bipartisan probe of terror-tied app Telegram Encrypted messaging service used to disseminate official Hamas statements and propaganda videos

August 6, 2024 Adam Kredo

(Free Beacon) House lawmakers are pushing a bipartisan bill that would compel the Biden-Harris administration to document and assess all terrorism threats to the United States that are disseminated through foreign messaging apps such as Telegram, according to a copy of the […]

Kamala’s natsec adviser probed over ties to Iranian influence network 'The Biden-Harris Administration is no stranger to Iran accommodators, appeasers, and accomplices,' Cotton and Stefanik write

July 31, 2024 Adam Kredo

(Free Beacon) Sen. Tom Cotton (R., Ark.) and Rep. Elise Stefanik (R., N.Y.) launched a probe into Vice President Kamala Harris’s national security adviser over his ties to an Iranian government influence network, the Washington Free Beacon has learned. In a Wednesday […]

CAIR leader mourns Hamas head Haniyeh: ‘His martyrdom is not in vain’ Terror group's leader attended Iranian president's inauguration, where chants of 'death to Israel' and 'death to America' rang out, shortly before his death

July 31, 2024 Adam Kredo

(Free Beacon) Zahra Billoo, head of the Council on American-Islamic Relations’s (CAIR) San Francisco branch, mourned the death of top Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, portraying the terrorist as a martyr before calling for Israel’s eradication. “Never say that those martyred in the […]

American Muslims for Palestine ordered to turn over potentially damaging donor documents in Virginia terror financing probe Leading anti-Israel group must open its books amid probe from Republican AG Jason Miyares, judge says

July 16, 2024 Adam Kredo

(Free Beacon) A Virginia judge on Tuesday ordered American Muslims for Palestine (AMP), a prominent anti-Israel advocacy group, to disclose its funding channels as part of an investigation by Republican attorney general Jason Miyares into allegations of terrorism financing. AMP, a nonprofit […]

Biden disavowed anti-Semite Linda Sarsour. Then his White House hosted her Visitor logs place Sarsour at Biden's White House on day of Muslim holiday

July 15, 2024 Adam Kredo

(Free Beacon) The White House hosted anti-Semitic activist Linda Sarsour in May 2023, three years after then-candidate Joe Biden publicly disavowed the prominent Jew hater, citing her long record of anti-Israel incitement and support for boycotting the Jewish state. Sarsour — who […]

IRS under pressure to pull tax-exempt status for pro-Hamas groups fomenting unrest Network of groups that encouraged BLM riots now bankrolling anti-Israel violence, Jim Banks says

July 2, 2024 Adam Kredo

(Free Beacon) The IRS is under renewed congressional pressure to pull the tax-exempt status for several key U.S.-based nonprofits that are fomenting pro-Hamas protests across the country just years after they played a leading role in the anti-police riots that erupted as […]

GOP senators press IRS to revoke tax-exempt status of ‘Palestine Chronicle’ nonprofit tied to Hamas hostage taker 'While Aljamal may have played a journalist by day, the evidence clearly suggests he was, at minimum, a Hamas collaborator,' letter says

June 12, 2024 Adam Kredo

(Free Beacon) A coalition of senators on Wednesday petitioned the IRS and other federal law enforcement agencies to launch an investigation into the Palestine Chronicle, alleging the nonprofit outlet violated its tax-exempt status by routinely publishing a Hamas hostage taker, the Washington […]

Daughter of ‘Palestine Chronicle’ editor works for American Muslims for Palestine Anti-Israel org is facing lawsuit alleging it provides 'substantial assistance' to Hamas

June 11, 2024 Adam Kredo

(Free Beacon) The daughter of Palestine Chronicle editor in chief Ramzy Baroud works for American Muslims for Palestine, a leading anti-Israel group that has defended Hamas terrorism and spearheaded anti-Semitic campus protests — activism that prompted Israeli terror victims to sue the […]

Iran’s ties to the ‘Palestine Chronicle’ [Abdallah] Aljamal, who held Israeli hostages, worked as journalist for an organization registered as a U.S. nonprofit. Here's what we know.

June 10, 2024 Adam Kredo

(Free Beacon) An American nonprofit that published the writings of a Hamas affiliate who held three Israelis hostage has ties to the Iranian regime and Al Jazeera, the Qatari-funded outlet that has served as a leading mouthpiece for Hamas, according to a […]

House Republican probes State Department communication with ‘radical pro-Hamas groups’ Rep. Brian Mast seeks info on Biden admin contact with groups that bankrolled anti-Semitic campus protests

May 23, 2024 Adam Kredo

(Free Beacon) A House Republican asked the State Department on Wednesday to turn over “all records and correspondence it has had with radical pro-Hamas groups linked to the funding of the anti-Semitic protests that have exploded across college campuses in recent months,” […]

Congress launches probe into groups funding ‘pro-Hamas’ unrest on campus 'American education is under attack,' Rep. Foxx says

May 14, 2024 Adam Kredo

(Free Beacon) Congress on Tuesday initiated a wide-ranging probe into 20 nonprofit groups bankrolling and supporting anti-Israel protests on college campuses across the nation and are petitioning federal authorities to turn over internal documents that could tie them to money laundering and […]

Congressman probes White House communications with anti-Israel group Rep. Issa seeks info on Biden admin's partnership with Council on American-Islamic Relations

December 14, 2023 Adam Kredo

(Free Beacon) A Republican in Congress is probing the Biden administration’s communications with an anti-Israel group that is known to promulgate anti-Semitic propaganda and whose leader celebrated Hamas’s Oct. 7 terror attack on Israel, the Washington Free Beacon has learned. Rep. Darrell […]

Veterans Affairs investigates employee who mocked Israel’s efforts to secure hostages Shekeba Morrad posted and deleted video deriding Israeli calls for Hamas to release hostages

November 28, 2023 Adam Kredo

(Free Beacon) The Department of Veterans Affairs is investigating an employee who posted a video to social media mocking Israel’s efforts to secure the release of hostages being held by the terror group Hamas, the agency told the Washington Free Beacon on […]

Six Tlaib fundraisers linked to terrorism, report says Canary Mission report comes day after Tlaib was censured for promoting anti-Semitism

November 8, 2023 Adam Kredo

(Free Beacon) Anti-Israel representative Rashida Tlaib (D., Mich.) is connected to at least “six terror-linked activists who all served as cohosts for fundraisers for her 2018 congressional campaign,” according to a report from a watchdog group. Just a day after the “Squad” […]

Member of Iranian influence network to keep security clearance after Pentagon review Ariane Tabatabai reportedly a member of the Iran Experts Initiative

October 18, 2023 Adam Kredo

(Free Beacon) A senior Pentagon official who was recently outed as an alleged member of an Iranian government-run influence operation will keep her top-secret security access following an internal review, the Washington Free Beacon has learned. Ariane Tabatabai, a senior official in […]

Israel didn’t see a Hamas strike coming. The U.S. could be next, McCarthy warns McCarthy: ‘We could have the same thing happen next week to us’

October 9, 2023 Adam Kredo

(Free Beacon) The mass terror strikes in Israel this weekend should serve as a “wake up” call for Americans, according to former House speaker Kevin McCarthy (R., Calif.), who told the Washington Free Beacon in a wide-ranging interview that the chaos at […]

Member of Iranian influence network visited Biden White House five times Meetings indicate alleged members of Iranian gov’t group including former Malley colleague Ali Vaez had access to top Biden officials

October 3, 2023 Adam Kredo

(Free Beacon) An alleged member of a secret Iranian government influence network visited the Biden White House at least five times for high-level meetings with senior U.S. officials, according to visitor logs. Ali Vaez, an Iran analyst with the International Crisis Group, […]

GOP senators call on Pentagon to revoke security clearance of official linked to Iranian government group

September 29, 2023 Adam Kredo

(Free Beacon) The Pentagon must immediately revoke the security clearance of a senior official alleged this week to be part of a secret Iranian government-run propaganda network, a coalition of Republican senators said in a Friday letter to the Department of Defense […]

Pentagon to review senior official linked to Iranian government group Ariane Tabatabai outed as an alleged member of an Iranian-run influence network

September 28, 2023 Adam Kredo

(Free Beacon) A senior Pentagon official on Thursday said his office is reviewing top-secret security access for another official alleged to be part of a secret Iranian government-run propaganda network, marking an about-face from an initial defense offered earlier in the week. […]

Iranian spies have infiltrated the American government, lawmakers warn Leaks constitute 'a significant security breach of U.S. government property by a foreign adversary'

September 27, 2023 Adam Kredo

(Free Beacon) The Iranian government has infiltrated the Biden administration and obtained access to sensitive U.S. government information, according to a coalition of Republican lawmakers who are investigating the matter. Iran has repeatedly demonstrated in the past several months that it has […]

US Strategic Command hosts former Iranian official who bragged about efforts to assassinate US leaders [Hossein] Mousavian headlined STRATCOM's Deterrence Symposium

August 29, 2023 Adam Kredo

(Free Beacon) U.S. military leaders earlier this month hosted a former top Iranian official who came under fire last year for bragging about the hardline regime’s efforts to assassinate American leaders. U.S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM) tapped [Hossein] Mousavian, a former member of […]

Rashida Tlaib asks supporters to ‘chip in’ so she can host more anti-Semitic events

May 15, 2023 Adam Kredo

(Free Beacon) Democratic congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (Mich.) is fundraising off the anti-Semitic event she hosted last week, telling supporters she needs the money to battle “Israel’s apartheid regime.” Tlaib’s fundraising pitch references the “Squad” member’s controversial push to host an event mourning […]

McCarthy blocks Rashida Tlaib’s anti-Semitic congressional event 'As long as I’m speaker, we are going to support Israel’s right to self-determination and self-defense'

May 9, 2023 Adam Kredo

(Free Beacon) House Speaker Kevin McCarthy moved on Tuesday evening to block Michigan’s Democratic congresswoman Rashida Tlaib from hosting an anti-Semitic congressional event planned for Wednesday, the speaker’s office confirmed to the Washington Free Beacon. McCarthy told the Free Beacon that he […]

Rashida Tlaib will host congressional event to mourn ‘catastrophe’ of Israel’s founding Anti-Semitic Democrat will cohost event with radical groups that defend terrorists

May 8, 2023 Adam Kredo

(Free Beacon) Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D., Mich.) will host a congressional event this week to mourn Israel’s founding alongside an array of anti-Israel groups, some of which have defended terrorism. The Wednesday event marks the “Nakba,” a Palestinian term for the creation […]

Two years after botched withdrawal, the Biden administration has yet to properly vet 88,000 Afghan refugees

May 1, 2023 Adam Kredo

(Free Beacon) The Biden administration has yet to properly vet over 88,000 Afghan refugees who were resettled in the United States after its botched military withdrawal, which lawmakers say raises “serious national security concerns for the state of U.S. homeland security.” The […]

Victims of terrorism sue Biden admin for sending taxpayer aid to Palestinians

December 20, 2022 Adam Kredo

(Free Beacon) Victims of Palestinian terror attacks are suing the Biden administration for awarding nearly half a billion dollars in U.S. taxpayer funds to the Palestinian government, which allegedly uses these funds to pay convicted terrorists and their families. The lawsuit, filed […]

Meet the anti-Israel, anti-police LA city attorney candidate Faisal Gill has worked for a host of anti-Israel groups

October 28, 2022 Adam Kredo

(Free Beacon) Pro-Israel community leaders in Los Angeles are sounding the alarm over a Democratic candidate for the city’s top legal post who has spent several decades working alongside groups accused of supporting terrorism against Israel — and whose far-left views on […]

Congress battles Biden admin in bid to ban Iranian president from US soil Pressure mounts on Biden admin to nix visa for hardline president

September 14, 2022 Adam Kredo

(Free Beacon) Congress is moving to prevent Iran’s president from entering the United States to attend U.N. proceedings but is facing resistance from the Biden administration, which says it is “obligated” to allow the hardline president into the country. Sen. Ted Cruz […]

GOP battles Biden admin decision that made it easier for terrorists to enter US

July 20, 2022 Adam Kredo

(Free Beacon) Congressional Republicans want to mandate that any immigrant who applies for a U.S. visa disclose ties they might have to Iran and its terror affiliates, according to legislation obtained by the Washington Free Beacon. Those seeking entrance into the United […]

Meet the Cori Bush activist who wants to burn Jews alive Neveen Ayesh wants to 'set Israel on fire'

July 12, 2022 Adam Kredo

(Free Beacon) Rep. Cori Bush (D., Mo.) spent years cultivating a relationship with a pro-Palestinian activist who once tweeted that she wants to “set Israel on fire with my own hands & watch it burn to ashes along with every Israeli in […]

Lawmakers want to know why Biden made it easier for terrorists to enter the US

July 8, 2022 Adam Kredo

(Free Beacon) Congressional Republicans on Friday launched a formal probe into the Biden administration over its decision to alter federal law so that individuals tied to terrorist organizations can more easily enter the United States. The investigation, led by House Armed Services […]

The Biden admin just made it easier for terrorists to enter the United States Lawmakers, former officials say change will let Iranian terrorists come to US

June 29, 2022 Adam Kredo

(Free Beacon) The Biden administration altered federal law to make it easier for individuals who have worked with designated terrorist groups to legally enter the United States. The State and Homeland Security Departments last week amended federal immigration laws to allow foreigners […]

How imprisoned ISIS terrorists obtain cash and legal aid

June 13, 2022 Adam Kredo

(Free Beacon) Jihadist militants imprisoned in the United States are receiving cash and legal assistance from a website similar to Facebook that connects them with terrorist sympathizers and publicizes their location, including “GPS-coordinated satellite imagery of the facilities at which the inmates […]

Meet Rashida Tlaib’s favorite anti-Israel publisher

May 26, 2022 Chuck Ross and Adam Kredo

(Free Beacon) Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D., Mich.) spoke at a rally this month with a pro-Hamas newspaper publisher who urged Palestinians to attack Israel. Tlaib shared the stage with Osama Siblani, the publisher of the Dearborn-based Arab American News, at the second […]

Congress investigates Biden admin for granting visa to Iranian ally of terror leader Soleimani

May 9, 2022 Adam Kredo

(Free Beacon) Congress is probing the Biden administration over its decision to grant a U.S. visa to an Iranian national tied to Iran’s terrorist fighting force and its former leader, Qassem Soleimani. Rep. Jim Banks (R., Ind.), a member of the House […]

New Iran nuclear deal could allow Iranian terrorists into US Removal of sanctions on IRGC will permit terror-tied Iranians to enter the country

April 1, 2022 Adam Kredo

(Free Beacon) The Biden administration’s new nuclear accord with Iran is likely to include a loophole that will “allow Iranian nationals linked to terrorism to enter and stay in the United States,” according to a new Republican-authored policy analysis circulating on Capitol […]

House legislation targets social media platforms that allow terrorist accounts

March 29, 2022 Adam Kredo

(Free Beacon) A new piece of House legislation would mandate that social media platforms remove terrorist organizations and their supporters or face a $50,000 fine for every infraction. The No Publicity for Terrorists Act, spearheaded by Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R., N.C.), is […]

Princeton faculty member brags about death threats against Trump admin envoy University Middle East expert [Hossein] Mousavian was a former Iranian official

January 9, 2022 Adam Kredo

(Free Beacon) A former Iranian official who is a faculty member at Princeton University recently bragged in an interview about how his hardline government’s death threats against a former top Trump administration official had him and his family “trembling” with fear. [Hossein] […]

Four months after withdrawal, Biden admin doesn’t know identities of Afghan refugees resettled in US GOP lawmakers want full accounting of failed vetting efforts

December 17, 2021 Adam Kredo

(Free Beacon) More than four months after the Biden administration airlifted nearly 75,000 Afghans out of the war-torn country, it still does not know the identity or backgrounds of many who have since been resettled in the United States, according to three […]

Most American parents unaware China, Saudi Arabia, Qatar are major donors to US universities

October 30, 2021 Adam Kredo

(Free Beacon) A majority of American parents are unaware that China, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar are among the top financiers of U.S. universities and are worried that foreign cash is influencing what their children are taught in the classroom, according to a […]

Biden admin blocks bipartisan lawmakers from accessing Afghan evacuee holding site

October 15, 2021 Adam Kredo

(Free Beacon) The Biden administration on Thursday blocked a bipartisan delegation of House lawmakers from entering and inspecting a U.S.-run military facility near Doha, Qatar, where thousands of Afghan evacuees are being stationed prior to their possible relocation to America, according to […]

Afghan refugees not tested for COVID before landing in US Afghans are tested after arrival in the United States

September 3, 2021 Joseph Simonson and Adam Kredo

(Free Beacon) Afghan refugees coming to the United States did not receive COVID-19 tests before departing Kabul, the State Department told the Washington Free Beacon. The State Department’s disclosure comes amid increased scrutiny of the Biden administration’s handling of more than 100,000 […]

Senate Dems confirm anti-Israel activist to top spot at US Postal Service

June 2, 2021 Adam Kredo and Matthew Foldi

(Free Beacon) Just before the Memorial Day weekend, Senate Democrats quietly confirmed a longtime anti-Israel activist to serve on the United States Postal Service’s Board of Governors, raising further questions about the Biden administration’s embrace of those who serve on the front […]