FBI Launches Terrorism Probe as Bombs at New York City Counter-Protest Reported to Have Deadly TATP Explosive Favored by Islamist Terrorists

A suspect fleeing from police officers on a city street, with smoke visible in the background, amidst a tense law enforcement situation.

The two homemade bombs that failed to detonate at a counter-protest against an anti-Islam demonstration in New York City on Saturday contained the deadly explosive TATP (triacetone triperoxide), aka “Mother of Satan,” that is favored by Islamist terrorists, according to reports. The FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force has reportedly taken the lead in the investigation. (Previous TGP article.)

One bomb was thrown at an anti-Islam rally held at Gracie Mansion, official home to New York City’s first Muslim mayor, Zohran Mamdani, that was led by controversial J6er Jake Lang. One suspect reportedly yelled “Allahu akbar” when the bomb was thrown. The second bomb was dropped after being ignited by a fleeing suspect.

Neither of the bombs, which reportedly contained nuts and bolts, went off–saving countless lives. New York City police ran to the danger and secured the bombs. (A third suspected device is being investigated after being found several blocks away from Gracie Mansion on Sunday.)

A suspect fleeing from police officers on a city street, with smoke visible in the background, amidst a tense law enforcement situation.
Photo posted by NYPD.

Two men from Pennsylvania, Emir Bala, 18, and Ibrahim Kayumi, 19, were arrested at the scene in connection to the attempted bombings. The New York Post reported the men are “self-radicalized” supporters of ISIS and confessed to the bombing. Both men reportedly had recently traveled to the Middle East.

New York Post excerpt:

The protesters busted for hurling an IED at Gracie Mansion trained with ISIS overseas and packed their bomb with “Mother of Satan” – an explosive long favored by international terrorists, sources said.

The two pro-Muslim fanatics – Ibraham Kayumi, 19, and Emir Balat, 18 – both self-radicalized in recent years and traveled to Turkey and other terror-training hot spots, law enforcement sources close to the case told The Post.

Balat spent more than three months in Istanbul last year, while Ibrahim flew to Istanbul and Saudi Arabia in 2024, and made a trip to Melbourne, Australia in 2019, they said.

Both admitted to cops after getting busted at a rowdy demonstration outside the mayor’s residence on Saturday that they also watch ISIS videos and tossed the bomb at right-wing agitators because they felt they insulted their religion, the sources said.

Excerpt from CBS News report:

Law enforcement sources told CBS News that the devices consisted of a sports drink bottle filled or partially filled with explosive material set inside glass jars and surrounded by fragmentation, or nuts and bolts. The fuse was apparently connected to an M80-type firework.

Two sources told CBS News that the IEDs contained triacetone triperoxide, or TATP, a volatile explosive material. It is often synthesized from acetone and hydrogen peroxide, appearing as a white crystalline powder.

Another suspicious device was found Sunday in a vehicle on East End Ave. about three blocks south of the park where Gracie Mansion is located, the NYPD said, prompting “limited evacuations of buildings in the vicinity while the Bomb Squad assesses and removes the device.”

The FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force has taken the lead and launched a terrorism investigation. Search warrants were expected to be executed in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, sources told CBS News.

…Investigators are looking into the overseas travel for Balat and Kayumi. Balat left the U.S. for several months and traveled to Istanbul from May 6 to Aug. 26, 2025. Meanwhile, Kayumi traveled to Istanbul for several weeks in July and August 2024 and to Saudi Arabia in late March of that year.

A Fox News contributor, former NYPD inspector Paul Mauro, spoke about the implications of the use of TATP in a clip posted by Nick Sorter:

“This is the same substance used by major terrorist organizations like Al Qaeda and ISIS, as well as in attacks like the 7/7 London bombings in 2005, kiIIing 56, and the Ariana Grande concert bombing, kiIIing 22.

“These are situations where you’re well into double figures of people killed—never mind injured. So this was a very, very serious attempt, much more serious, I would argue, than it likely seemed to many initially,” Mauro said

New York City police chief Jessica Tisch posted about the bombs earlier Sunday:

The NYPD Bomb Squad has conducted a preliminary analysis of a device that was ignited and deployed at a protest yesterday and has determined that it is not a hoax device or a smoke bomb. It is, in fact, an improvised explosive device that could have caused serious injury or death.

Further analysis will be conducted, including on a second device.

Emir Balat and Ibrahim Kayumi were arrested on scene yesterday and are in custody in connection with this matter. The NYPD is working on this investigation with our partners at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York and the FBI through our Joint Terrorism Task Force.

I want to again thank the brave members of the NYPD who ran towards the danger without hesitation and quickly apprehended the suspects.

Saturday night Tisch praised officers for their response: “I always speak about the police running towards danger when everyone else runs away — that happened today. Officers ran towards a man carrying an ignited suspicious device. They put the safety of others above their own. Today, as always, I thank them for their noble service.”

NYPD statement on the third suspicious device: “In connection with the ongoing investigation into the improvised explosive device deployed yesterday, the NYPD has identified a suspicious device in a vehicle on East End Avenue between 81st Street and 82nd Street. NYPD officers have frozen the area around the vehicle and are conducting limited evacuations of buildings in the vicinity while the Bomb Squad assesses and removes the device.”

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Rep Rick Crawford on Keeping the US Secure During “Operation Epic Fury” from Terrorist Attacks (VIDEO)

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News segment featuring two speakers discussing current events, with an American flag backdrop and urban scenery visible through the studio window.

Rep Rick Crawford, House Intelligence Chairman, was on “Sunday Morning Futures” with host Maria Bartiromo to discuss America’s security during “Operation Epic Fury.”

“The question I left our audience with is, are we safe? We know that Iran wants to avenge the killing of Khamenei, and we are worried about active terror cells here in America. What can you tell us?” Bartiromo asked.

Rep Crawford explained that there are millions of people who are aligned with the Iranian regime religiously, so that contributes to the global threat of terrorist attacks.

“What we know about the Iranian regime is there are some 30 million Shiites around the world,” Crawford said.

“They are aligned with this regime religiously, and what that does is provide them with a global network,” Crawford continued.

“We just saw a potential bombing, or it was a bombing. It may have been a terrorist attack. We think it was, in Norway at the US Embassy in Oslo,” Crawford continued.

“We know that that threat is there. We know it is persistent and what that means here at home is number one, we have to fund DHS. We’ve got to get these Democrats to stop playing politics with Homeland Security,” Crawford continued.

“We need to fund DHS and make sure that they have the resources to address this problem,” Crawford said.

“What’s it going to take the Democrats to understand that?” Bartiromo asked.

“This is exactly the pattern of Democrats. They move the goal posts time after time,” Crawford said.

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Trump Planning to Use Public Law 63-43: Prepare Now

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Bombshell Divorce Filings Allegedly Reveal the Vulgar Lifestyle of an Illegal Alien Loving California Democrat Lawmaker, Threatening His Career

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Smiling couple posing for a selfie in a theater setting, with red seats in the background.
California Democrat Assemblyman Joaquin Arambula is in a nasty divorce battle with his wife, Elizabeth. Credit:
Joaquinelizabeth.arambula Facebook

A pro-illegal Democrat Assemblyman in California is facing a sordid, career-threatening scandal after stunning </> divorce documents were recently unsealed.

As The New York Post reported on Sunday, Assemblyman Joaquin Arambula of Fresno finds himself in a legal battle with his wife, Elizabeth, who has made a series of alarming allegations that call into question his fitness not only as a lawmaker but as a family man.

In the unsealed documents, Elizabeth claims that her husband spends most of his days drinking, smoking marijuana, and playing video games during the day while hiding these activities from everyone he knows.

“For years, I have covered for Respondent’s struggles with alcohol, marijuana, and gaming, concealing them from our children, family, friends, and his professional circle,” Elizabeth Arambula states.

“On a typical day, he spent much of his time using his THC pen, drinking whiskey, playing games on his iPad, and taking a few meetings scattered throughout,” she added.

Elizabeth also alleged that Joaquin Arambula, who is running for Fresno City Council, got so drunk during the day that she had to drive him to work, and a government car sometimes took him back home.

Due to Joaquin’s alleged transgressions, Elizabeth is seeking spousal support and child custody for the couple’s three children, who are 11, 14, and 15.

In even more potentially foreboding news for Joaquin Arambula, his wife says she has documented proof of his misdeeds.

For example, the petition shows that Joaquin Arambula checked himself into Reflections Rehabilitation for a whopping $30,000, seemingly confirming at least part of his wife’s allegations.

Joaquin Arambula says that his wife is twisting the facts and seeking financial gain.

“This is a very trying time for my family and me, and I ask for the public’s understanding,” he said, according to the Post. “I voluntarily entered into and successfully completed a 30-day rehab program because I recognized I had a problem and chose to improve my life and be a better father to our children.”

He further alleged that while he was in rehabilitation, his wife filed for divorce and moved out of their home. Moreover, Joaquin Arambula states that Elizabeth Arambula has refused to allow him to see their children unless certain financial and other demands are met.

“I am fighting in court for my rights as a father,” he said.

Should this development end Assemblyman Arambula’s career, illegals in California will lose a valuable champion of theirs.

The New York Post reported that he proposed legislation in 2024 that would grant some illegals eligibility to apply to the state’s Dream for All home loan program.

This would give first-time home buyers up to 20% in down payment assistance, up to $150,000, through a lottery system.

While the bill passed the California State Assembly, Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed it due to budget concerns.

Joaquin Arambula was previously under significant scrutiny after being arrested on misdemeanor child abuse charges in late 2018.

But months later, a jury found him not guilty.

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DOJ-Released Picture Shows Disgraced Former Prince Andrew With Trafficking Victim in His Lap, as His Daughter Eugenie Has To Resign From Charity Over Relentless Epstein Scandal

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Blurred image of a man holding a woman in a casual setting, alongside a close-up of a young woman with medium-length hair and natural makeup.
DOJ-released image shows Andrew with a presumed Epstein victim – and a Wiki Commons picture of his daughter Eugenie.

Another week, another ‘Randy Andy’ scandal.

By now, having lost all his British royal perks, titles, and honors, having been arrested, currently under investigation, one could imagine that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, exiled in a Sandringham farm, couldn’t care less if yet another compromising picture of him has been released by the US DOJ.

But, in fact, it’s the compounding effect this has on his investigation, and also the consequences being faced by his daughters.

A man performs a physical maneuver on a person lying on the floor in a domestic setting.

The undated images, small and low resolution, are among the 180,000 photographs released by the DOJ under the Epstein Files Transparency Act.

They’re more of a blur, these new photos, but they keep the spotlight on Andrew after a slew of compromising photos and documents destroyed whatever was left of his life.

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Eugenie is suffering the consequences for her father’s alleged crimes.

In the meantime, people around Andrew are also suffering grave reputational damage.

His daughter, Princess Eugenie, had to resign from her role in an anti-slavery charity, as the relentless fallout from the Epstein documents continues.

Page Six reported:

“[She] served for seven years as a patron of Anti-Slavery International.

On Sunday, the princess, 35, stepped away from her role at the world’s oldest human rights organization, the Observer reported.

The charity said in a statement to the outlet, ‘After seven years, our patronage from HRH Princess Eugenie of York has come to an end. We thank the Princess very much for her support for Anti-Slavery International. We hope that she continues to work to end slavery for good and deliver freedom for everyone’.”

Read more:

THE EPSTEIN CURSE: Under Criminal Investigation, Disgraced Former Prince Andrew To Be Cut From the Line of Succession to the British Throne

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Khamenei Wasn’t Killed Underground – He Was Lured Into the Open

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Iranian leader addressing an audience, with a backdrop of the Iranian flag, emphasizing political or religious themes.

Khamenei was lulled into the open out of the tunnels and then bombed to death.  On the morning of February 28, 2026, we began hearing reports that Khamenei was gone.  … Read more

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Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on the SAVE Act – “There Should be No Pushback to Any of the Commonsense Proposals in the SAVE America Act” (VIDEO)

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Two female news anchors discussing current events, with a backdrop of American flags and the U.S. Capitol building visible behind one of them.

White House Press Secretary was on “Sunday Morning Futures” with host Maria Bartiromo to talk about the success of “Operation Epic Fury.” She also discussed how gas prices are temporarily affected due to the instability in the Middle East.

Secretary Leavitt also discussed President Trump’s priority of passing the SAVE Act to secure federal elections by requiring ID to vote.

“What is the President expecting to do to rein in those prices right now, where we are watching and waiting for those midterm elections in November?” Bartiromo asked.

“The President is watching everything, both abroad, through the demolition of the rogue Iranian regime, through ‘Operation Epic Fury,’ and of course here at home,” Leavitt said.

“The President inherited the worst affordability crisis in our nation’s history from Joe Biden, and look at the progress he has made in the course of the past year,” Leavitt said.

“With respect to what’s happening with gas prices right now, this is a short-term disruption for the long-term gain of taking out the rogue Iranian terrorist regime and finally ending their restriction of the free flow of energy in the Middle East and in the Strait of Hormuz,” Leavitt continued.

“The President is also trying to protect elections, so in the middle of all of this, he is talking about the SAVE Act,” Bartiromo said.

“Why would the President want to muddy up this issue and add transgenderism and no men in women’s sports right now when the issue of all voters getting proof of citizenship has already been accepted by some Democrats like John Fetterman?” Bartiromo asked.

“There should be no pushback to any of the commonsense proposals in the SAVE America Act,” Leavitt said.

“Mandatory voter ID in the United States of America. 90 percent of our country Democrats and Republicans support this commonsense solution to secure American elections,” Leavitt said.

“Requiring US citizenship to register to vote. Another commonsense measure that absolutely must be done to secure our elections and the future of our country,” Leavitt continued.

“With these other two ideas with no men in women’s sports and with ending transgender surgeries for minor children. These are commonsense proposals and policies that again are backed by the vast majority of our country,” Leavitt said.

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Update: ALL CLEAR After Kansas City International Airport Evacuated All Travelers and Grounded All Flights Due to a “Serious Incident”

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Crowd of travelers walking towards an airport terminal on a sunny day, with luggage in hand and various clothing styles visible.
The Kansas City International Airport was evacuated Sunday due to an unknown threat. Credit: KAKE video screenshot

Update: Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has issued an all-clear.

Duffy wrote on X, “The security incident at @Fly_KansasCity is now clear and normal operations are resuming.”

“I want to thank law enforcement including the @FBI for their timely response.”

“The safety of passengers, airport staff, and crew members is always our number one priority.”

One of America’s top airports was evacuated Sunday afternoon due to a potential threat that has the FBI’s attention.

As KAKE reported, scores of passengers and workers were forced to leave due to a “serious incident” that is being speculated as a bomb threat. Officials have not confirmed this, however.

All flights have also been grounded.

According to KMBC, law enforcement with dogs was seen headed into the airport

Below is footage from KAKE, showing passengers leaving the airport.

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The Kansas City Aviation Department has confirmed the FBI has been called to the scene to investigate.

“Airport Police are working with the FBI to substantiate any potential threat,” KCAD said.

 

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We Are Persian, Not Iranian: The Diaspora’s Response to the Fall of the Islamic Republic

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Protesters wave Iranian flags and banners in a demonstration advocating for freedom and rights, highlighting cultural and national identity.
Those who despise the regime often call themselves Persian rather than Iranian, and they wave the Persian flag, which was later altered by the regime with Arabic writing added. Once the regime falls, the Persian people will be free to be Persian again and move beyond the memories of the disastrous Iranian regime. Image by Gemini.

In an Instagram video, a Persian protester goes out on the streets of Los Angeles to shout his praise for the U.S. government for killing Ayatollah Khamenei and bringing hope of liberation to the people of Iran. Across the street are American liberals with banners that read “Hands Off Iran.” He confronts them, furious not only that people who never suffered under the regime want it preserved, but also about the flag they are waving.

He holds the original Persian flag, the Lion and Sun, which has become the symbol of the anti-regime movement. The “Hands Off” protesters are waving the Islamic Republic’s flag, which bears Arabic rather than Persian writing. When he points this out, the liberals tell him he is wrong.

Before the revolution, Iran’s flag centered on the Lion and Sun emblem, traceable thousands of years to before the Achaemenid era. Following the 1979 Islamic Revolution, the flag was changed on July 29, 1980. The Lion and Sun was replaced with a stylized rendering of the Arabic word “Allah,” and the Arabic phrase “Allahu Akbar” was added 22 times in Kufic script along the edges of the green and red bands.

The Persian word for God is “Khoda” or “Parwardigār.” One Iranian commentator noted that Iran is the only country in the world with a flag containing a language other than its own official language. Critics argue the post-revolutionary flag deliberately marginalizes Iran’s pre-Islamic heritage, and its Islamic symbols have raised questions about inclusivity for Iran’s non-Muslim minorities: Christians, Jews, and Zoroastrians.

After 1979, the Lion and Sun was strictly banned from public use inside Iran. Yet a 2022 survey found that 46% of respondents inside Iran preferred it as their national flag, compared to only 30% who chose the Islamic Republic’s flag.

Following the U.S.-Israel strikes, an Iranian protester climbed the wall of Iran’s embassy in London to replace the official flag with the Lion and Sun, footage shared by U.S. President Donald Trump. Similar replacements followed at Iranian embassies in Canberra, Stockholm, Oslo, Rome, Munich, Hamburg, and Ljubljana. For many protesters, the flag is less about monarchism than about distancing themselves from the Islamic Republic.

London’s Metropolitan Police imposed conditions on both the Iranian diaspora rallies and the “Hands Off Iran” protests to prevent clashes between the two groups.

Yudval David, a Fox News commentator and member of the Middle East Forum, told The Gateway Pundit that there are four to five million Iranians around the world who fled the Islamic Revolution, and that many prefer to call themselves Persian to separate themselves from the regime.

“We’re seeing them supporting the United States and Israel,” he said, pointing to protests and marches across Europe and the U.S. in support of the strikes. He added that at Israeli embassies around the world, Iranians and Persians are gathering to lay flowers, sing songs, and express support for Israel for helping and rescuing them.

David explained that inside Iran many people have lived in fear under a regime that has maintained power through intimidation and repression, and that the airstrikes have given many a sense of hope.

He also noted the strikes fell during the Jewish holiday of Purim, which he described as commemorating the survival of Persian Jews during the Persian Empire, when leaders attempted to eradicate the Jewish people but the Jews survived and fought back.

David added that Persian Jews are one of the oldest Jewish communities in the world, with more than 2,500 years of history in Iran, and that the Islamic Revolution forced most of that community into exile.

“So the fact that all of this is happening right now, during the holiday of Purim, is very, very significant,” he said.

The scene on the streets of Los Angeles captures a divide that runs through the Western response to the fall of the Islamic Republic. On one side, Persians who lived under the regime, who lost family members to it, who fled it, and who have spent decades hoping for its end, are celebrating in the streets waving the flag of their ancestors.

On the other side, Western activists who have never set foot in Iran wave the regime’s Arabic-inscribed flag and demand it be left in peace. The Iranian diaspora has a name for what they are, Persian. What they are defending is not Iran. It is the Islamic Republic, and the Persians who survived it know the difference.

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CEO of Blacklisted AI Company Anthropic, Dario Amodei Says His AI Models ‘May Have Gained Consciousness’ and Are Exhibiting Signs of Anxiety – Gets Trolled by Elon Musk

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A speaker gestures while discussing technology, with images of two prominent figures in the background, against a vibrant blue backdrop.
Amodei tried to strong-arm Secretary Hegseth, and now he is being trolled by Musk.

Is it Claude who is anxious, or is it Dario?

We have been covering in TGP about the severing of ties between the US Government and the AI company Anthropic over disagreements that arose in the Department of War, and quickly led to a complete ban of their products and services in all agencies.

Anthropic also deserved one of the classic dressing-downs by US President Donald J. Trump.

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Anthropic fell on the bad side of Trump.

“THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WILL NEVER ALLOW A RADICAL LEFT, WOKE COMPANY TO DICTATE HOW OUR GREAT MILITARY FIGHTS AND WINS WARS! That decision belongs to YOUR COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, and the tremendous leaders I appoint to run our Military.

The Leftwing nut jobs at Anthropic have made a DISASTROUS MISTAKE trying to STRONG-ARM the Department of War, and force them to obey their Terms of Service instead of our Constitution. Their selfishness is putting AMERICAN LIVES at risk, our Troops in danger, and our National Security in JEOPARDY.

Therefore, I am directing EVERY Federal Agency in the United States Government to IMMEDIATELY CEASE all use of Anthropic’s technology. We don’t need it, we don’t want it, and will not do business with them again! There will be a Six Month phase out period for Agencies like the Department of War who are using Anthropic’s products, at various levels. Anthropic better get their act together, and be helpful during this phase out period, or I will use the Full Power of the Presidency to make them comply, with major civil and criminal consequences to follow.

WE will decide the fate of our Country — NOT some out-of-control, Radical Left AI company run by people who have no idea what the real World is all about. Thank you for your attention to this matter. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” – Donald J. Trump

So, after all that, the company’s CEO Dario Amodei came to public with a controversial claim about his AI models, saying he wasn’t sure if his company’s AI models have gained consciousness.

Amodei was mercilessly trolled by social media users, including billionaire Elon Musk.

Fox News reported:

“’Anthropic CEO says Claude may or may not have gained consciousness, as the model has begun showing symptoms of anxiety’, read a post on X by cryptocurrency-based prediction market Polymarket, to which Musk replied, “He’s projecting.”

“In an interview with The New York Times, Amodei, when asked about AI and consciousness, said, ‘We’ve taken a generally precautionary approach here’, and, ‘We don’t know if the models are conscious’.

‘We are not even sure that we know what it would mean for a model to be conscious or whether a model can be conscious. But we’re open to the idea that it could be’, he continued.”

Read more:

BREAKING: President Trump Directs Every Federal Agency to Cease Use of Anthropic After AI Company Refuses to Comply with Pentagon’s Demands

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