Kellen Browning
By Kellen Browning
Oct. 28, 2026, 10:37 a.m. ET

In the summer of 2025, a staffer for Mary Peltola, the Alaska Democrat who was eyeing a run for Senate, received unusual instructions from top campaign aides: Find as many people named Dan Sullivan in Alaska as you can.

The staffer complied, combing through voter records to produce a list of Dan Sullivans from across the state.

This was no random request. Dan S. Sullivan is the name of the state’s Republican senator. And if the Peltola campaign or its allies could track down and persuade another Dan Sullivan to run for Senate, the confusion could cost the senator crucial votes on the state’s unusual, four-person ballot.

The plan worked. This spring, a retired teacher from a tiny fishing village along the Alaska Panhandle, reachable only by air and sea, announced his candidacy for Senate. His name was Dan J. Sullivan.

The Peltola campaign has repeatedly denied any involvement in his candidacy. But The Times has found, based on interviews and text messages, along with documents prepared for a potential lawsuit against the campaign, that not only did Ms. Peltola’s team work with people trying to recruit Mr. Sullivan to run for Senate, but the effort was much broader. The group worked to coax other would-be spoilers into the race, to dilute the incumbent’s support and help catapult the Democrat to victory.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) today released a report of its findings from its supervisory review of debanking activities at the nine largest national banks it supervises: JPMorgan Chase Bank, Bank of America, Citibank, Wells Fargo Bank, U.S. Bank, Capital One, PNC Bank, TD Bank, and BMO Bank.

The OCC conducted its supervisory review in accordance with the President’s Executive Order, “Guaranteeing Fair Access to Banking for All Americans,” to determine whether these banks’ policies or practices may have required, encouraged, or otherwise influenced banks to deny or limit access to financial services to Americans because of their political or religious beliefs or lawful business activities. The OCC’s findings show that, between 2020 and September 2025, all nine banks had such policies.

“Today’s report provides irrefutable evidence that the nation’s largest banks have denied, debanked and discriminated against customers and lawful businesses,” said Comptroller of the Currency Jonathan V. Gould. “Americans should have access to financial services regardless of their beliefs, affiliations, or political views. Fair access to financial services is not a mantra—it is a mandate. The Trump Administration is committed to ending the weaponization of finance against hardworking Americans, once and for all.”

In the report, the OCC found that broad reputation risk policies—which lacked clear standards and objective, risk-based criteria—disadvantaged certain Americans based on their political, religious, or social views or based on their lawful business activities.

Major banks closed accounts and refused credit to MAGA merchants, pro-life causes, religious groups, conservative organizations and sectors disfavored by the Biden administration, such as firearms, oil and gas, and private prisons, a bombshell report from the federal banking regulator has found.

The Debanking Review by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) investigated 100,000 complaints and scrutinized 50,000 internal bank records to reveal how customers were “debanked” based purely on their political, social, or religious beliefs.

JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Citibank, Wells Fargo, U.S. Bank, Capital One, PNC, TD Bank, and BMO Bank were found to have discriminated against American consumers, citing “reputation risk” as a reason to deny service between 2020 and 2025.
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Negative press, protests, criticism from advocacy groups such as the Southern Poverty Law Center, and reprisals from regulators or politicians were cited as the reputation risks most feared by the banks.
The 47-page OCC report, “Guaranteeing Fair Banking for All Americans,” released Wednesday, found that the nation’s largest banks targeted Christian organizations over abortion, LGBTQ issues, and traditional family values.

The banks also restricted financing for “disfavored” industries such as firearms makers and retailers, Arctic oil and gas, coal, detention facilities, tobacco and e-cigarettes.
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The propaganda press continue to lie about the fiery riots spreading across France. Both European and American outlets have described the violent insurrections as spontaneous gatherings of students who are upset about dilapidated, overcrowded schools and poor curricula.

These descriptions reek of CNN’s attempt to portray Black Lives Matter and Antifa’s 2020 summer of mass arson, looting, and murder in the United States as “fiery but mostly peaceful protests.” The BLM/Antifa attacks caused more property damage than any other riots in American history.
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What’s going on in France could end up being much worse than the BLM/Antifa terrorism in the U.S. French revolutionaries have been burning down schools and setting public buses and fire trucks ablaze. They have looted shops and stalked and preyed on women walking alone. They have attacked strangers with fireworks, mortars, and hydrochloric acid. They have beaten numerous teachers, doused some in gasoline, and set a few on fire. They have injured hundreds of law enforcement officers and firefighters, as well as students who want nothing to do with the mayhem. One witness to the destruction described the scene as “total anarchy” and “total war.”

While the propaganda press pretend that this war is merely a “student uprising,” pictures and video tell a different story. The perpetrators/revolutionary soldiers are young, but most are not white. They appear Middle Eastern or North African. They chant, “We are all antifascists!” They carry Hamas and other foreign flags. Whether they are French citizens or not, these thugs have nothing but contempt for French authorities.

One murderous group kicked and beat a young female police officer for sport. As the gang chased and tripped the trainee-cop to the ground, her attackers screamed, “Bitch!” and, “Kill her!” They nearly succeeded. Video of that incident prompted fierce open-borders-opponent Marine Le Pen to write, “The image of this young policewoman, pursued by a pack howling its hatred, thrown to the ground and assaulted, is unbearable.”

In another incident, attackers wearing masks and hoods chased, knocked down, and beat a police officer until he was unconscious. The masked revolutionaries continued to kick the unconscious officer in the head and nearly killed him. The local police union described the attempted murder bluntly: “This is no longer anti-cop hatred. IT IS A HUNT FOR COPS.”

The propaganda press insist that these violent riots have nothing to do with anti-white racism or Islamic supremacy. It is an unassailable fact, though, that almost every victim of these predatory attacks has been a white native of France. French politician, pundit, and essayist Éric Zemmour argues, “This has nothing to do with bad school conditions. Plain and simple. These are ethnic riots, and demographics is destiny. Without remigration, this is the fate of all Western European nations.”

Jordan Bardella, president of France’s National Rally political party, has called the riots “barbaric” and “an expression of extreme violence against representatives of the state, and of a hatred of France that we must fight without weakness.”
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Hamas supporters are rioting across France. Hamas supporters have been transported across the U.K. and placed in government-provided housing. Hamas supporters control towns across much of Europe.

Sundance looks at this boiling cauldron of future bloodshed and warns Westerners everywhere — particularly those in France and the U.K. — to expect Islamic terror attacks on October 6 and 7. He argues that the recent arrest of military-aged males outside the RAF Fairford base was likely a rehearsal for an attack meant for this week.
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The British government on Monday condemned the “intimidating and thuggish behavior” of anti-immigrant demonstrators who converged on a port in southern England where migrants were brought ashore after crossing the English Channel.

Jonathan McKinsey, a New York Times Games engineering executive, was shot and killed Saturday afternoon in Dublin, California, and his wife's parents were arrested on suspicion of murder within minutes, authorities said.

McKinsey, 40, was found with multiple gunshot wounds in the parking lot of the Dublin Sports Grounds and was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the City of Dublin.

A New York Times spokesperson confirmed to Fox News Digital that McKinsey served as director of engineering for New York Times Games. He had worked for the company since January 2023.

At about 3:08 p.m. local time Saturday, a Dublin Police Services sergeant driving near the sports complex spotted a man lying in the parking lot and stopped to investigate.

Around the same time, dispatchers began receiving multiple 911 calls reporting a shooting, authorities said.

Responding officers found McKinsey suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. With help from witnesses, officers quickly identified and detained two suspects who had remained at the scene, police said.

The suspects were identified as Shouyong Zhang, 77, and Shili Chen, 77, both of Dublin. Officials said the married couple are McKinsey's parents-in-law.
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President Trump announced Friday that his administration had concluded a deal with Denmark to take over security for the island of Greenland, raising hopes that one of the major points of contention between the US and Europe would be settled.

“I am pleased to announce that the United States of America has entered into an Agreement with The Kingdom of Denmark, and Greenland, that gives the United States permanent control over security, and all other needs, in Greenland, completely addressing ALL of our many U.S. concerns,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “There will be NO COST to the United States!”

There was no immediate response from Denmark, which had reacted angrily to repeated suggestions by the president that the US might annex the territory.

The deal announced by Trump Friday keeps the world’s largest island in Copenhagen’s hands — but gives Washington veto power over which countries can have a military presence there.

“[T]he United States will FOREVER have the complete ability to do what is necessary in Greenland in order to secure and defend the security of Greenland, and the United States of America,” the president’s post continued. “Additionally, from now on, no U.S. adversary can EVER have a base in Greenland, have a military presence in Greenland, or make sensitive investments in Greenland, without our express written approval.”
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Trump added that the US will “immediately begin the process of developing a large Military presence in the appropriate part of Greenland, of which there are many. We will work with the people of Greenland in its development and construction.

“This solution is a great one for the United States of America, Denmark, Greenland, and all of our Allies. We look forward to working with the wonderful people of Denmark and Greenland toward a magnificent future with respect to this large, and highly strategic, parcel of land. We will be very protective of it!”

Additional details of the deal were not immediately available, but Reuters had reported ahead of Trump’s announcement, citing two sources familiar with the talks, that Greenlandic territory could be used to house components of the Golden Dome — the massive, space-focused missile defense system that officials hope to start bringing online in 2028.
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The campaign of Ohio Democratic gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton said an armed individual lunged at her during a visit to the Canfield Fair on Sunday. The Ohio State Highway Patrol (OSHP) later identified the suspect as Patrick M. Havas, 38, and said troopers intercepted him after he forced his way through a crowd toward Acton, knocking multiple fairgoers over while carrying a Taser and two pistols.

According to a statement released by Acton’s campaign, the incident occurred while the former Ohio health director was attending the annual fair in Mahoning County near Youngstown.

“While attending the Canfield Fair, an armed individual lunged at Dr. Acton, injuring multiple people,” campaign communications director Addie Bullock said in a statement. “Dr. Acton and Eric are grateful for the swift and decisive action of law enforcement and are praying for the recovery of those injured.”

The campaign initially did not provide details about the suspect or weapons involved. State troopers said Acton was unharmed.

Newsweek reached out to the OSHP, Canfield Fair officials and Acton’s campaign Sunday evening seeking additional details. The OSHP later confirmed the identity of the suspect, the weapons recovered and the charges filed.
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As reported earlier, multiple people were injured after an armed man lunged into a tent and pushed his way through the crowd at Democrat Ohio Gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton’s campaign event at the Canfield Fair near Youngstown.

The “alleged” perpetrator has since been identified as Patrick Havas from Ohio.

Havas was charged with two counts of assault for knocking over two elderly people. He was also charged with one count of disorderly conduct.

Democrat Acton posted a statement that was completely misleading. This did not happen.
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