April 18th, 2024

• ​UN Security Council slated to vote on full Palestinian membership on Friday - US expected to use its veto power to block the vote if it goes ahead with a majority consensus, after admission committee was 'unable to make a unanimous recommendation'
• US lobbying other UNSC members to block Palestinian statehood bid to avoid using veto
• US Envoy Says Full UN Membership Won't Help Palestinians With Statehood
• 'Squad' Democrat promotes 'peace' in Middle East as hometown ranks among worst for crime
• US leads group of 48 UN members in condemning Iranian attack on Israel
• Biden urges Congress to act on Israel aid, says Iran aims 'to destroy Israel forever'
• G7 finance chiefs pledge 'close coordination' on Iran sanctions
• EU leaders back new sanctions on Iran drone, missile producers after attack on Israel
• Putin Praises Iran's Missile Assault on Israel: 'Best Way to Punish Aggressor'
• Israel 'badly miscalculated' severity of Iranian response to Damascus strike - report
• Iran shows military might as tensions with Israel soar - Iran holds military parade days after its missile and drone attack on Israel
• IDF shows remains of Iranian ballistic missile that fell in Dead Sea - Military estimates rocket carried a 500-kilogram warhead; spokesperson says that when Iran fired at Israel it knew it would be a 'dangerous escalation'
• Jordanians try to sell downed Iranian rockets on the internet
• 'Excellent Quality, Severely Damaged': Jordanians Are Selling Iranian Missile Parts
• After meeting Herzog, UK's Cameron says it's clear Israel will respond to Iran attack
• Iran president warns of 'massive' response if Israel launches 'tiniest invasion'
• Report: Israel Approved, Then Nixed, Strike on Iran
• Netanyahu iced pre-approved plans for immediate Iran reprisal after Biden call - report
• Netanyahu: Despite allies' advice, Israel will 'make our own decisions' on security
• Israel reportedly deploys extra weapons for assumed Rafah offensive - IDF confirms buying thousands of tents for evacuation, raising fears over long-threatened attack
• Qatari PM says Israel-Hamas talks on Gaza truce, hostage deal are 'stalling'
• Qatar says it's reconsidering hostage talks mediator role after suffering 'abuse'
• UNRWA: Israeli Army Forced Staff to Confess Ties to Hamas Using Torture
• Humanitarian aid enters Gaza Strip via Ashdod port for the first time, says IDF
• Galloway claims Netanyahu govt has 'killed and maimed well over 100,000 people in six months'
• Israeli envoy: UNRWA aims 'to indoctrinate Palestinian children to idea of destroying Israel'
• 'Death to Israel' in Turkish parliament during Erdogan speech - Turkish president accuses Israel of attempting to orchestrate repeated coups in Turkey, says he is to host Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh whom he calls 'leader of the Palestinian struggle'
• US House resolution condemns chant 'From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free'
• Columbia University president refuses to admit to Congress that 'from the river to the sea' is antisemitic amid massive pro-Gaza rallies on campus
• At antisemitism hearing, Columbia official tells lawmakers, 'We have a moral crisis'
• Google Employees Arrested After Staging Protest Inside CEO's Office Demanding Google to Cut Ties With Israel
• Deepening US divide over Israel tests the limits of free speech
• FBI director says probes of anti-Jewish hate crimes tripled in months after Oct. 7
• FBI Expresses Concern Over 'Lone Actors' Who Could Target Passover Gatherings in U.S.
• IDF hits Hezbollah air defenses in northeast Lebanon after drone attack wounds 18
• US Navy Has Spent Almost $1 Billion in Middle East
• Afghan Suicide Bomber Who Killed 13 Americans and 173 Afghans Was Released From Bagram Prison During Biden’s Botched 2021 Withdrawal
• Whistleblower Alleges Biden Is Endangering American Forces in Niger
• Report: 50,000 Russian Soldiers 'Confirmed Dead' in Ukraine, While Kyiv Claims Nearly Half a Million Casualties
• Pentagon leaders press Congress for Ukraine funding, saying battlefield situation is dire
• Mike Johnson's Top Policy Adviser Is Former Lobbyist: Clients Have Corporate Interest in Ukraine War
• Breakdown: Foreign Aid Bills Would Send $95 Billion to Ukraine, Israel, Indo-Pacific
• Biden 'Strongly' Supports Johnson's $95 Billion Foreign Aid Package
• Biden Backs Mike Johnson's Ukraine Aid Plan, Urges Democrats to Get on Board and Says he Will Sign Into Law "Immediately" - Rep. Thomas Massie: "Johnson's Plan is Biden's Plan"
• Chuck Schumer brags to Senators about Mike Johnson giving Dems everything they wanted on Ukraine, foreign aid: report
• The Betrayal Continues: Mike Gallagher Postpones Quit Date to Help Deep State Pass Ukraine Aid Scheme
• GOP Rep. Armstrong on Attempts to Oust Speaker Johnson: 'I Don't Know Who Would Want the Job at This Point'
• Sen. Rand Paul Issues Stark Warning to Trump: 'He Will Lose His Voters if He Continues to Support Speaker Johnson'
• Senate rejects impeachment articles against Mayorkas, ending trial against Cabinet secretary
• Democrats sink both impeachment articles against Mayorkas on Senate floor without debate or trial
• GOP Impeachment Manager: Mayorkas Has Killed Thousands of Migrants, Aided Drug Cartels
• Rep. Comer Calls Out WH Obstruction in Impeachment Inquiry
• MSNBC's Joy Reid brags that DEI is responsible for persecuting President Trump
• John Legend: Trump Is the Beneficiary of Two-Tiered Justice System
• Report: Judge Allows Juror Who 'Celebrated Trump's Loss in 2020' to Stay in Pool
• Potential Juror Dismissed After Trump's Legal Team Finds 'Lock Him Up' Posts on Social Media
• Trump's increasing court outbursts come with increasing risks - for all
• Ex-prosecutor 'worried' about Trump jurors' safety
• O'Keefe Media Group Uncovers who is Really Running the White House - Special Advisor Reveals That Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton Are Still Involved Behind The Scenes
• US Reimposes Oil Sanctions on Venezuela as Hopes for a Fair Presidential Election Fades
• Taiwan Sets the Bar on Respecting Freedom of Speech While Shutting Down Chinese Election Interference
• NPR editor Uri Berliner resigns after bombshell expose reveals network's pervasive left-wing bias
• Uri Berliner resigns from NPR after being suspended over essay slamming outlet's woke bias - "I cannot work in a newsroom where I am disparaged by a new CEO whose divisive views confirm the very problems at NPR I cite in my Free Press essay."
• NPR CEO Katherine Maher believes pursuit of truth is a 'distraction' that can get in the way of 'getting things done'
• Report: China Covertly Lobbying Congress on TikTok
• House Passes Bill to End 'Unconstitutional Sale' of American Data to Intel Agencies
• Widespread 911 outages reported in at least 3 states, officials say
• Entire Alaska Airlines Fleet Grounded Temporarily Amid Technical Issue Affecting All Planes
• Boeing's Safety Culture Under Fire at US Senate Hearings
• Boeing under fire for allegedly skipping safety steps on planes
• Rare star explosion expected to be 'once-in-a-lifetime viewing opportunity,' NASA officials say
• M6.6 quake hits western Japan prefectures, no tsunami warning issued
• 5.5 magnitude earthquake hits near Cardenas, Nicaragua
• 5.4 magnitude earthquake hits near Houma, Tonga
• 5.3 magnitude earthquake hits near Pozo Dulce, Mexico
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits the southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Hualien City, Taiwan
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Balleny Islands region
• Multiple high-level eruptions at Ruang volcano force evacuation of entire island, Indonesia
• Massive Mt. Ruang eruption sends plumes nearly 70,000 feet high
• Sabancaya volcano in Peru erupts to 30,000ft
• Ruiz volcano in Colombia erupts to 19,000ft
• Ibu volcano in Indonesia erupts to 16,000ft
• Fuego volcano in Guatemala erupts to 16,000ft
• Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 15,000ft
• Santa Maria volcano in Guatemala erupts to 14,000ft
• Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 14,000ft
• Tornado outbreak in Midwest: SPC reports at least 17 tornadoes, 10 in Iowa and 4 in Nebraska
• At least 135 dead in Pakistan and Afghanistan as flooding continues to slam region
• Don't blame cloud seeding for the Dubai floods - Questions have swirled online about the process being behind the historic rainfall - but experts say it's not the real culprit
• UAE government unit denies cloud seeding took place before Dubai floods
• What the desert city of Dubai looks like after its biggest rainfall in 75 years - video
• World's busiest airport suspends flights until Thursday amid severe weather - Torrential rains deluge Dubai, disrupting travel at Sharjah International Airport
• Jeff Bezos' Earth Fund Launches $100 Million Challenge to 'Fix' Climate with AI
• Musk: Letting 'Flood' of 'Unvetted People' Into US 'Insane'
• Crisis in California: Migrant chaos on San Diego area beaches 'pretty scary,' local officials say
• Sexual assault and brutal beatings: Iran renews violent hijab crackdown
• International House of Prayer Kansas City denies report it plans to close
• Mayim Bialik Says 'Quiet On Set' Claims Of Abuse Wasn't Only At Nickelodeon: "It Touched Me Personally"
• UK Culture Secretary Calls for Ban of Transgender Athletes in Female Sports
• NCAA Urged to Ban Trans Athletes From Women's Sports
• Arizona House again blocks repeal of 1864 abortion ban, Senate leaves door open
• NFL Superstar Aaron Rodgers Claims HIV/AIDS was a Government-Engineered Pandemic in 1980's
• Fury as it's revealed US and Chinese lab are creating deadly viruses - A letter states the research could threaten national security and public health - It involves infecting ducks with different viruses to make them more infectious
• Rat Urine Causing Rise in Cases of Flu-Like Illness in NYC: 'It's a Real Problem'