April 20th, 2023

• As national tensions rage, Independence and Memorial Day organizers plan for protests
• IDF reservists protesting overhaul urge activists not to demonstrate on Memorial Day
• Lapid to boycott Independence Day torch-lighting event to protest judicial overhaul
• Lapid urges inclusion of Haredi draft bill in overhaul talks to avoid further rift
• Commentary: After Years of Netanyahu, U.S.-Israel Ties Are on Life Support
• Herzog to Polish president: Story of Holocaust must recall evil of Nazis, accomplices
• Credit Suisse hindered internal probe into Nazi-linked accounts, US senators say
• President of Moldova urged to remove monuments of antisemites, Nazi criminals
• Arab influencers visit Auschwitz to promote tolerance through Holocaust education
• IDF to impose closure of West Bank for Palestinians on Memorial, Independence Day
• No injuries after Israeli bus comes under fire in northern West Bank
• Palestinian 15-year-old arrested for East Jerusalem shooting that injured 2 Israelis
• IDF said to hit sites belonging to Hezbollah in southern Syria, then drop flyers
• Foreign Minister Cohen heading to Turkmenistan to open embassy 15 miles from Iran
• US Supreme Court rejects immunity for Turkish bank in Iran sanctions case
• In Israel, son of last shah says Iranians 'absolutely' ready for Israel ties
• US Navy sails first drone boat through key strategic waterway Strait of Hormuz
• Israel PM cautions Saudi Arabia about Iran after China-brokered deal, urges greater U.S. presence
• Saudi Prince Slams Israeli, US Threats to Strike Iran
• Saudi Arabia's push to break through peace talks in Yemen thaws relations with the US
• Yemen crowd crush: at least 78 dead at event to distribute money
• 'Burhan and Hemedti are both genocidaires': activists despair as Sudan violence surges
• Fifth day of clashes in Sudan: "Both sides are in this until the bitter end"
• Sudan conflict: Residents flee capital Khartoum as fighting continues
• Sudan faces rising humanitarian need as fighting continues
• What Jihadis? Outrage After UK Police use Terrorism Laws to Arrest French Publisher Over Anti-Macron Protests
• Actress Patti LuPone Smears American Christians as No Different from the Taliban
• Afghanistan is terrorist 'safe haven' under Taliban with growing threat to US, experts say
• Special inspector says he can't say that $2B in US aid to Afghanistan isn't funding Taliban
• US Government Watchdog Blames Both Biden and Trump for Afghan Government Collapse
• Afghanistan IG report hammers Biden administration for 'dysfunction' days after White House blames Trump
• GOP Holds Afghan Hearing: 'Taliban Flag Flies over Kabul - This Is Joe Biden's Legacy'
• Air Force Launches Investigation Into Leak of Classified Documents
• Discord Leak: US Spying on the UN - Secretary General Guterres Said To Be Soft on Moscow, Frustrated With Zelensky
• Power, Water: Russian Hackers Trying to Take Out Our Critical Infrastructure, UK Warns
• Russia Accuses Ukraine of Sabotaging Grain Deal
• White House announces additional $325 million military aid package for Ukraine
• Medvedev threatens Russia will arm North Korea if South Korea supplies arms to Ukraine
• Macron Working with Beijing on 'Secret Plan' for Peace Deal Between Ukraine and Russia: Reports
• Russia Turns to Treason Laws as Putin Extends Crackdown - Journalists, activists and dissidents risk longer sentences than they did before Russia invaded Ukraine, lawyers say Moscow's Red Square
• Report: Moscow Preps Secret Weapon to Take Down Starlink
• US jets intercept Russian Tu-95 bombers near Alaska; first encounter there since US drone taken down
• Russian Sub Simulates Attack on Carrier Strike Group in Pacific
• 3 Nuclear Superpowers, Rather Than 2, Usher In a New Strategic Era
• Leaked US Doc: China Prepping Supersonic Spy Drone
• The battle lines are being drawn for a war across East Asia involving Taiwan
• 'Get Ready': Taiwan Civilians Train For Chinese Invasion
• US Sends Soldiers to Train Taiwan Troops: Report
• NGO that Exposed NYC Chinese Police Station Says More Operating in Texas, L.A., Nebraska
• China Calls Its Illegal NYC Police Station a 'Service Center,' Accuses U.S. of Repressing Its Agents
• Josh Hawley Pushes TikTok Ban After Chinese Secret Police Station Arrests
• Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene Goes Scorched Earth on Eric Swalwell: "That was quite entertaining from someone that had a sexual relationship with a Chinese spy - and everyone knows it"
• Dems ask for Greene's words to be stricken from record after she brings up Swalwell's Chinese spy scandal
• De-Dollarization Is Happening at a 'Stunning' Pace, Jen Says
• Elon Musk Says No 'Magic Cure' for Inflation, Blames Fed's Money Printing
• Carney on 'Kudlow': Jerome Powell Should Tell Congress He'll Hike Interest Rates to 7% if They Keep Overspending
• Ted Cruz Demands Janet Yellen Release Biden Family's Suspicious Bank Records to Public
• Senior IRS agent blows whistle, alleging Biden DOJ thwarting criminal prosecution of Hunter Biden
• Hunter Biden investigation infected by 'politics' and 'preferential treatment': IRS whistleblower
• Hunter Biden investigation being mishandled, 'clear conflicts of interest': IRS whistleblower
• Trump says GOP revelations on 'Biden Crime Family would be Watergate times 10' without corrupt media
• Fox faces similar defamation case from Smartmatic after Dominion settlement
• Elon Musk Slams ChatGPT's Political Correctness, Promises 'TruthGPT' Alternative
• Elon Musk: "There's A Life Cycle Arc To Civilizations," I Just Want To Make Sure That We Have A Civilization Go Onward
• Elon Musk Tells Tucker Carlson AI Could 'Absolutely' Take Control of Civilization
• A.I. leader says tech will reveal problems or could 'go off the rails,' humans must still 'ride herd' over it
• Google's Rush to Win in AI Led to Ethical Lapses, Employees Say
• Machine Learning Investor Warns AI Is Becoming Like a God - "They are running towards a finish line without an understanding of what lies on the other side."
• 660-pound NASA spacecraft is hours away from crashing into Earth after more than a decade studying the sun
• NASA satellite crashing back to Earth triggers air raid alarm in Kyiv
• Pentagon UFO leader who penned alien 'mothership' paper to testify before Senate
• Rare hybrid solar eclipse on Thursday, April 20, 2023
• 6.3 magnitude earthquake hits near Kandrian, Papua New Guinea
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Vilyuchinsk, Russia
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Bengkulu, Indonesia
• Sabancaya volcano in Peru erupts to 26,000ft
• Popocateptl volcano in Mexico erupts to 23,000ft
• Sangay volcano in Ecuador erupts to 20,000ft
• Sheveluch volcano on Kamchatka, Russia erupts to 16,000ft
• Fuego volcano in Guatemala erupts to 16,000ft
• Santa Maria volcano in Guatemala erupts to 15,000ft
• Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 15,000ft
• Fatal lightning strikes hit Tshimbulu, southern DR Congo amid heavy rainfall
• Heavy rain and giant hail hit Rio Grande do Sul, leaving hundreds of homes damaged, Brazil
• Major river flooding expected across north-central US as thaw ramps up
• Rapidly melting snow causes widespread flooding in Minnesota, U.S.
• Large swathes of Asia are sweltering through record breaking temperatures
• Thailand notches highest temperature on record as 'monster' heat wave roasts Southeast Asia
• South Florida faces fuel supply issues after devastating storm
• Oil CEO calls Biden out for missing 'golden window' to replenish the US petroleum reserve: 'Really bad'
• Europe Imposes First-Ever 'Climate Tax' on Imported Goods
• MEPs Denounce 'Utopian' EU Carbon Tax As Green Agenda Marches Through Parliament
• Civil Rights Group Discussion: 'Will the US Government Seize Private Property to Achieve Green Agenda Goals?'
• Witness Angers House Committee Dems for Calling Green Agenda 'Communist in Nature'
• 'It's Nonsensical': GOP-Led House Panel Grills SEC Chair on Climate Change Rules
• "Climate Change is a Crisis of Our Lifetime!" - Biden's Secretary of Interior Starts Crying During Hearing
• Joe Manchin: Biden Electric Vehicle Scheme Will Only Empower China
• Electric vehicles may be too heavy for old parking garages - The collapse of a parking garage in New York City on Tuesday that killed at least one person has put a new spotlight on aging structures used for vehicle storage
• Dennis Quaid Sounds The Alarm On What Happens If The US Power Grid Goes Down - "It Would Take Us Back To 1880"
• Worker Killed, 4 Injured in Nebraska Ethanol Plant Explosion
• 12 are arrested after a Beijing hospital fire killed 29 people
• Tony Perkins: Religious Freedom at Stake in Postman Case
• Fmr. NYC Police Commissioner Kelly: 'Alvin Bragg Is a Major Contributor' to NYC Crime
• Federal judge rules Jim Jordan can subpoena ex-Manhattan prosecutor who investigated Trump
• Sheryl Crow, Amy Grant Team Up to Push Gun Control in Tennessee
• Portland's first Shake Shack hasn't even opened yet, and it's already been smashed up
• Home Depot Worker In His 20's Is Shot Dead Trying To Stop Shoplifter In Lawless Dem-Controlled State
• Uvalde Shooter Wrote 'LOL' on Whiteboard With Victim's Blood During Massacre
• Lee releases plan for gun reform, 'temporary mental health order of protection'
• Experts: Chinese 'Fast Fashion' Brands Like Shein Can Exploit Loopholes to Sell Slave-Made Products to Americans
• Biden Administration Loses Track of Tens of Thousands of Migrant Children
• Trump Endorses Using Military to Crush Cartels: 'I Would Do That'
• UN Issues Report Pushing for Normalization and Decriminalization of Pedophilia
• Florida Bill Protecting Children from Businesses Hosting Drag Performances Heads to DeSantis's Desk
• Florida Board of Education Expands Ban on Classroom Instruction of Sexual Orientations and 'Gender Identity' to All Grade Levels
• North Carolina School District Votes to Require Parental Notification of Pronoun Changes
• Portland College Offering "Gender Diversity" Pre-K Teacher Certificate
• Twitter quietly drops bans on 'misgendering', 'deadnaming' transgender individuals
• ESPN personalities slam Biden's Title IX proposal amid uproar over transgender athletes in women's sports
• "Blood on Your Hands!" - Trans Montana Lawmaker Throws Fit and Threatens GOP Colleagues for Wanting to Bar Sex Change Treatments for Children
• Activists shower lawmakers in underwear to protest bans on gender-affirming care
• Philadelphia Children's Hospital Quietly Scrubbed Videos Discussing Transgender Surgeries Amid Public Backlash
• Report: CVS 'Gender Transition Guidelines' Urge All Employees to Become Allies of Transgender Workers
• 'I'm ashamed': Luxembourg's PM Xavier Bettel denounces Viktor Orban and Hungary's anti-LGBT law
• Caitlyn Jenner: 'Trans Is 'Oversaturated Due to Indoctrination,' Left Using it to 'Destroy Families'
• Dylan Mulvaney Touts 'Relationship with God' - 'I Don't Think He Made a Mistake with Me'
• Taxpayer-Funded Castration: Trans Murderer Wants Sex Change Surgery
• 'Nonbinary' Biden Administration Official Ordered to Undergo Mental Health Evaluation After Avoiding Jail Time
• Nolte: With 'Complex PTSD,' Kathy Griffin Claims She's the Victim of the Gory Trump Photo Uproar
• 'Abort God': Ohio Pro-Life Pregnancy Center Attacked by 'Jane's Revenge'
• Supreme Court Temporarily Extends Access to Abortion Pill
• Generic Drugmaker Sues to Keep Abortion Pill on Market
• White House issues veto warning for resolution overturning the VA's abortion policy
• A 13-year-old died in Ohio after participating in a Benadryl TikTok 'challenge'
• More Kids Get Weight-Loss Surgery to Treat Obesity
• Planning a trip? Oregon's magic mushroom experiment advances
• Commentary: After Decades of Outsourcing to China, the U.S. is Running Out of Children's Antibiotics
• Argentina sterilizes mosquitoes with radiation to battle devastating dengue outbreak
• USDA Accelerates Bird Flu Vaccine Trials After Third Reported Human Case Led to a Death
• FDA approves single booster dose of bivalent COVID vaccine for people aged 65 and older or those with immunocompromise
• Intel community may be stalling COVID origins assessments for political reasons, ex-director says
• GOP Sen. Marshall: There Were Multiple Lab Leaks, 95% of Evidence Points to Lab Leak Origin of COVID
• GOP Sen. Marshall: The 'Smoking Gun' for COVID Lab Leak Was 'Destroyed'
• House Oversight Subcommittee Hearing on 'Data Breach at the DC Health Exchange'
• Rand Paul: History Will Judge Fauci 'Very Poorly'