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- Israel's Attack on Qatari Soil Leads Gulf Powers to Question U.S. Protection — nyt News
- Elon Musk agrees with JD Vance on the 'big lie the Democrats told about violent crime' — Fox News
- Hong Kong's Same-Sex Rights Bill Meets Rare Defiance From Lawmakers — nyt News
Israel's Attack on Qatari Soil Leads Gulf Powers to Question U.S. Protection
Source: nyt News • Published: 9/10/2025, 3:56:52 PM
Qatar hosts the largest American military base in the Middle East, has bought billions of dollars worth of defense systems from the United States and recently gifted a luxury Boeing jet to President Trump.
Yet on Tuesday, none of that stopped Israel, a key U.S. ally, from launching a brazen military attack on Qatari soil. It was an attempt to assassinate senior Hamas officials who had gathered to discuss a cease-fire proposal to pause the war in Gaza — a deal that was backed by Mr. Trump.
"Qatar being unable to protect its own citizens with literally the U.S. Central Command on its territory has prompted locals to question the value of the American partnership," said Kristin Diwan, a senior resident scholar at the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington, a research group. "It's a real problem for Gulf leaders. And it should worry the United States as well."
The Israeli attack sent shock waves through Gulf capitals that have been courted by Israel as potential allies in recent years and have long regarded the U.S. as their main security guarantor.
The strike hit a residential neighborhood in the Qatari capital of Doha, sending black smoke into the sky and killing a member of Qatar's internal security forces, Bader Saad al-Humaidi al-Dosari, according to Qatari officials. He became the first Gulf Arab to be killed by Israel in decades.
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Elon Musk agrees with JD Vance on the 'big lie the Democrats told about violent crime'
Source: Fox News • Published: 9/10/2025, 3:38:32 PM
Business tycoon Elon Musk agreed with Vice President JD Vance's assertion that the bulk of violent crime is perpetrated by a small pool of people who should be locked up.
"The big lie the Democrats told about violent crime is that it's 'systemic' and therefore no one's really responsible. If the 'system' is to blame then you fund a bunch of nonprofits that don't do anything besides give jobs to underqualified radicals," Vance noted in a post on X. "The reality is that the gross majority of violent crime is committed by a very small group of people and we should be throwing them in prison."
Musk agreed, saying that people who have greater sympathy for those likely to perpetrate murder than for those at risk of becoming murder victims are "disgusting."
Left: Elon Musk arrives for US President Donald Trump's address to a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on March 4, 2025; Right: Vice President JD Vance in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, Aug. 22, 2025 (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images; Right: Annabelle Gordon/UPI/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
"Yes," he commented when sharing Vance's post. "What it comes down to is this: Do you have more sympathy for those highly likely to commit murder or more for those at risk of being murdered? If the former, you are a disgusting human being and yet so many on the radical left choose this!"
Republican Rep. Beth Van Duyne of Texas also shared Vance's post.
U.S. Rep. Beth Van Duyne, R-Texas, speaks at a press conference on border security at the U.S. Capitol on February 14, 2024 in Washington, D.C. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
"The crime and homeless industrial complexes Democrats have set up with NGOs and nonprofits' aren't designed to solve problems," the congresswoman asserted. "Rather, they are fraudulent entities which exist to launder taxpayer dollars to enrich themselves, their friends, and further radical, pro-criminal policies that only endanger hard working Americans."
Musk has also advocated for locking up repeat violent criminals for life.
Elon Musk attends the NCAA Division 1 Wrestling Championship finals on March 22, 2025, at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pa. (Terence Lewis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
"A second conviction for aggravated violent crime should get life imprisonment," he wrote on X.
Alex Nitzberg is a writer for Fox News Digital.
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Hong Kong's Same-Sex Rights Bill Meets Rare Defiance From Lawmakers
Source: nyt News • Published: 9/10/2025, 3:37:32 PM
Since the Chinese government imposed a major overhaul of Hong Kong's political system four years ago, the city's legislature has been stacked with loyalists who have sided with the government on almost every issue.
But there is one law proposed by the Hong Kong government that faces opposition from a large number of lawmakers. It's a bill that would recognize same-sex partnerships and provide people in such relationships with rights such as the authority to make medical decisions on behalf of their partners.
On Wednesday, 71 of the city's 89 legislators voted against the bill. Holden Chow, the vice chair of the city's largest pro-Beijing party said that the bill could "result in dire consequences" for traditional Chinese family values.
Hong Kong does not recognize same-sex marriage. The proposed law would allow only same-sex couples who married or entered a civil union overseas to register as lawful couples in Hong Kong, and extends rights to such individuals in a limited way.
Once registered, people in same-sex relationships would be entitled to rights related to the medical matters involving their partners, including taking part in medical decisions. They would also be allowed to make arrangements if their partners died, including burial, cremation and the keeping of ashes.
The bill does not cover parental or adoption rights, nor does it directly address public welfare benefits for couples.
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