Date: October 17, 2025
Host: Jim Schneider
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Here’s your glimpse at news headlines from this past week, with more details to be had when you review the audio of this Crosstalk broadcast.

–President Trump issued a blunt threat to Hamas saying in a Truth Social post     that, “…if Hamas continues to kill people in Gaza, which was not the Deal, we will have no choice but to go in and kill them.”

–Hamas has called on mediators to push for the next steps under the cease-fire.

–Due to what was described as the mediators’ leniency regarding Hamas’ refusal to disarm, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Bahrain have issued warnings that the effort to end the war is at risk of collapsing.

–The FBI has arrested a suspect in Louisiana who allegedly participated in Hamas   in the October 7, 2023, attack on Israel.

–Demonstrators will be taking to the streets across America Saturday against the Trump administration as they participate in “No Kings” protests.

–Federal officials are warning that Saturday’s nationwide “No Kings” demonstrations could attract extremist elements linked to the Antifa movement, seeking to insight violence and disrupt public order. 

–A New Mexico County judge and his wife were indicted last week after they were caught housing illegal immigrants, including a suspected Tren De Aragua gang member.

–Virginia’s Republican Attorney General, Jason Miyares, kicked off a debate on Thursday with text messages in which his Democratic opponent, Jay Jones, wished death on a political rival. 

–Border “Czar” Tom Homan said his family has been in hiding due to death threats while reporters try to find out where his family is located.

–The Department of Homeland Security put out a blistering release that chronicled a sickening plot south of the border that was targeting ICE officials and border protection agents all the way in Chicago.

–Governor Bill Lee of Tennessee said that the state and federal crime fighting mission in Memphis will continue indefinitely after a joint operation has notched more than 850 arrests in its first two weeks.

–California will lose millions in federal money because it won’t comply with the federal Department of Transportation English language proficiency standards, according to Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy.

–A Virginia father will be in prison for 30 years after attacking and killing his two month old daughter in December of 2020 due to gaming rage.

–Former National Security Adviser John Bolton turned himself in at a federal court in Maryland to answer an indictment that charges him with mishandling classified information.