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The ISIS-inspired attack in New Orleans underscores how extremism online and political divisions at home have created “a perfect storm” for radicalization in America, experts say, with law enforcement struggling to track an increasingly fractured threat. And all that is playing into a perfect storm of factors that are leading to an increase in radicalization.”According to the federal government, the main terror threat to the U.S. now is lone actors inspired by extremism ideology. But sometimes, as in the New Orleans attack, the driving ideology is radical Islamism. Berger, an extremism researcher with the Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies, said in an email. That shift had the center’s vice president, Oren Segal, worried even before the New Orleans attack, he said.

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Mike Johnson fights to maintain his role as House Speaker. New session of Congress begins with House speaker voteIt’s the first day of the 119th Congress — and with it, two parts of the Republican trifecta of House, Senate and White House control are falling into place. This is Morning Rundown, a weekday newsletter to start your day. Read more about Congress’ first day, and follow our live blog for updates throughout the day. After the House chooses a speaker, Republicans will have a tall to-do list when it comes to advancing Trump’s agenda.

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Another question is whether Trump should have weighed in when New Orleans was on edge and authorities were still piecing together what happened and why. Fox later corrected its report to say the truck had actually crossed the border in November, with a driver who "did not appear to be" the suspect in the New Orleans attack. Conservatives on social media took note of the initial report, concluding that the suspect was a migrant and that lax border security might be to blame for the attack. “President Trump rightfully highlighted that criminals crossing the border have committed some of the most heinous crimes this country has witnessed in its history," he said. A Trump transition official predicted that the attacks would help ensure those national security selections are ultimately confirmed.

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BEAUMONT, Texas — Shamsud-Din Jabbar’s high school friends knew him as “Sham” — a good student with a quiet disposition and a bright future. “It’s a complete surprise, a shock, to everyone,” Jabbar’s half-brother, Abdur-Rahim Jabbar IV, 24, said in an interview. “He was very grounded, reserved, quiet,” said Chris Pousson, who attended middle school and high school with Jabbar. Courtesy Abdur-Rahim Jabbar IVAfter he graduated in 2001, Jabbar sought to serve his country. “It set him straight,” Abdur-Rahim Jabbar said, referring to a period after high school when Jabbar was partying and had some minor run-ins with the law.

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The person who rented the Tesla Cybertruck that was used in an explosion outside the entrance of the Trump hotel in Las Vegas has been identified as an active-duty member of the U.S. Army's elite special forces unit, two U.S. defense officials said. An Army spokesperson said Livelsberger was on approved leave at the time and assigned to the U.S. Army Special Operations Command. “This activity is related to the explosion in Las Vegas,” the FBI said on X, declining to provide further details. Clark County/Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Sheriff Kevin McMahill told reporters Wednesday that the pickup truck and the Tesla in the Las Vegas explosion were rented from the same company, Turo. "We do not believe that either renter involved in the Las Vegas and New Orleans attacks had a criminal background that would have identified them as a security threat," the statement said.

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