A man, drenched in blood and armed with two knives, rampaged across Manhattan in a brutal daytime stabbing spree that left two men dead and a woman fighting for her life, according to police reports.
The suspected attacker, identified as a mentally ill homeless man with a long history of arrests in New York City, was apprehended by a courageous officer with the aid of several bystanders, including a cab driver and a British tourist, officials said. NYPD Chief of Detectives Joe Kenny confirmed these details, as reported by the NY Post.

The Democratic National Committee workers’ union on Monday condemned layoffs by the organization, saying permanent employees were terminated last week with one day’s notice and no severance pay.
While staff jobs at campaign offices routinely end after elections, the DNC laid off permanent employees, including people who had been told their positions would continue after the election, the staff union said in a statement.

Benny Gantz, leader of the National Unity Party in the opposition, released a video on Monday detailing the conditions that would enable northern Israeli residents to return home.
Gantz opened the video by saying: “The basic condition that would allow the residents of northern Israel to return home is the IDF’s freedom to operate against any violation by Hezbollah or other terror organizations.”
Speaking as ceasefire negotiations continue, Gantz said: “The IDF’s great achievements must lead to any arrangement in Lebanon being the basis for the security reality in the years to come. This is the only way to be able to return the residents to the north safely, and this is the only way to restore their trust.”

President-elect Donald Trump revealed on Monday that he intends to nominate former Wisconsin Congressman Sean Duffy as the next secretary of transportation.
At 53 years old, Duffy marks the second occasion that Trump, who is 78, has drawn from Fox News’ roster of personalities to fill a key role in his administration.
Duffy, who spent over eight years representing Wisconsin’s 7th District in Congress and previously worked as a prosecutor, currently serves as a contributor for Fox News and co-hosts the evening program “The Bottom Line” on Fox Business Network.
Just last week, Trump also announced his selection of Pete Hegseth, an Army National Guard veteran and co-host of “Fox & Friends Weekend,” for the position of secretary of defense.

State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller speaks regarding the location of Hamas leadership outside Gaza.

About a dozen masked neo-Nazis marched with swastika flags through Ohio’s state capital of Columbus on Nov. 16, with at least one member of the group chanting a racial slur. While police made no arrests, they did detain a few individuals.
“We will not tolerate hate in Ohio,” said Gov. Mike DeWine in a statement. “Neo-nazis—their faces hidden behind red masks—roamed streets in Columbus today, carrying Nazi flags and spewing vile and racist speech against people of color and Jews. There were reports that they were also espousing white power sentiments.”

Forces are arrayed along political lines in the leaked documents case involving the Prime Minister’s Office, with its supporters sharply challenging the accusation that one of its staff endangered state security by passing classified secrets to the press, while the State Attorney’s Office promises indictments.
The story took a shocking twist on Monday when a noose was found in the prison cell of the chief suspect, Eliezer Feldstein, a military affairs spokesman for the Prime Minister’s Office. He was immediately transferred to “a suicide prevention observation cell,” the Israel Prison Service said.

Iranian-backed Hezbollah terrorists fired a missile from Lebanon towards Israel’s densely populated central region on Monday night, wounding five people—one of them seriously injured.
“Central Israel is on fire because of Hezbollah’s indiscriminate rocket fire,” the Israel Defense Forces stated.
A 54-year-old woman was listed as being in serious condition. The four others sustained moderate and light wounds, stated Magen David Adom, an emergency response group. First responders reportedly evacuated all five victims to Rabin Medical Center’s Beilinson Hospital in Petach Tikvah.

The Biden administration announced a new round of sanctions on Monday against three Israelis and three organizations, including the leading Amana development group, which it accuses of undermining “peace, security and stability” in Judea and Samaria.
Matthew Miller, the U.S. State Department spokesman, said that the sanctioned individuals and entities had engaged in “violence targeting civilians or in the destruction or dispossession of property.”
“Their actions, collectively and individually, undermine peace, security and stability in the West Bank and the safety of both Israelis and Palestinians,” he said. (The Biden administration and some others refer to Judea and Samaria as the “West Bank.”)

The Knesset’s Economic Affairs Committee will convene on Monday to discuss a request made by airline companies to amend the Aviation Services Law so they can resume their flights to and from Israel.
In the wake of Israel’s more than year-long war on its southern and northern borders, a host of foreign airlines suspended flights to the Jewish state, sharply cutting options for travelers and leading to higher prices for seats on local carriers.
Airline companies complained that the law is causing them great losses, through no fault of their own, and are requesting to suspend it entirely and retroactively from the start of the war.