## Four people arrested in Washington after alleged hate crime attack on trans woman

Authored by theguardian.com

Four people – including three teenagers – are accused of a hate crime in Washington state after being arrested in connection with an alleged attack on a transgender woman that left the victim hospitalized, according to authorities.

“They chased her, knocked her to the ground, and repeatedly assaulted her,” police said in their statement.

That drew the group’s attention, and they began “charging towards her”, the police documents alleged.

Police arrested two of the suspects – boys ages 15 and 17 who were siblings – near the scene of the alleged attack soon after it happened.

A third boy, 16, was arrested Thursday on suspicion of assault and a hate crime.

Police said that man then turned himself over to police to be booked on counts of assault and a hate crime.

King county prosecutors charged the two sibling suspects with assault, strangulation, great bodily harm and a hate crime. »

### 'No evidence' found yet of ties between Charlie Kirk's shooting and left-wing groups, officials say

Authored by nbcnews.com

One person familiar with the federal investigation said that “thus far, there is no evidence connecting the suspect with any left-wing groups.”.

A Justice Department spokesperson said, “The investigation is ongoing and beyond that we decline to comment.”.

The study was removed from the Justice Department website in the past few days, according to 404 Media. »

### JD Vance Jokes About Killing Civilians as Kimmel Gets Yanked Off Air

Authored by motherjones.com

The Republican party apparently thinks that making fun of people’s deaths is absolutely abhorrent, unless the people dying are your perceived political enemies.

On Wednesday, Vice President JD Vance, while speaking of the attacks, appeared to make a joke about the US potentially killing civilians while speaking at a rally in Michigan.

“I was talking to Secretary Hegseth, and you know what he said? »

### FBI to Categorize Trans People As "Nihilistic Violent Extremist" Threat Group, Report Says

Authored by them.us

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is reportedly preparing to categorize transgender people as “violent extremists,” a categorization supported by organizations affiliated with Project 2025.

According to a September 18 report by independent journalist Ken Klippenstein, two anonymous national security officials said that the Bureau is discussing treating trans subjects as a subset of its new threat category, “Nihilistic Violent Extremists” (NVEs), which was created earlier this year.

“They are cynically targeting trans people because the shooter’s lover was trans,” an unnamed senior intelligence official told Klippenstein. »

### Russia and China’s Hybrid War has moved into Space, Nato Warns

Authored by inews.co.uk

Russia and China are investing heavily in new weapons capable of wiping out Western satellites – risking key communications, financial transactions and military defence systems, Nato has warned.

“These have multiple vectors from lasers from space to cyber attacks, to kinetic attacks in space,” he said.

Former Nato Commander Sir Nicholas Borton emphasised the massive disparity in scale between Western space capabilities and those of hostile nations. »

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