April 2nd, 2025

• ​Gaza war's first major anti-Hamas protests may not oust it, but are weakening its hold
• 'You find yourself begging, and they enjoy it': Ex-hostage Eliya Cohen says captors intentionally starved him
• Hostages families 'horrified' by expanded Gaza op, suggest captives being 'sacrificed'
• IDF orders more Gaza evacuations after rocket attack; Israel offers Hamas 40-day truce for 11 living hostages
• Israeli Supreme Court dismisses petitions urging government to resume Gaza aid - Court rules petitioners had 'not even come close' to proving breaches of international humanitarian law
• Trump admin quietly reinstated some $80m in USAID funds for Gazan aid, official says
• Hamas 'quietly drops' thousands of deaths from casualty figures - Claims that 70 per cent of the fatalities are women and children are complete nonsense, says report
• Palestinian paramedics shot by Israeli forces had hands tied, eyewitnesses say - Senior doctor who saw bodies says men appeared to have been 'executed', adding to evidence of potential war crime
• Palestinian teenager dies in Israeli jail after being held six months without charge - Family of Walid Ahmad, 17, say his health had deteriorated and Palestinian officials say he was denied medical care
• Gazan terrorists launch rocket at Israel, intercepted by IDF
• PM Netanyahu's aides allegedly took money to promote Qatar as hostage mediator, at Egypt's expense
• Global academics converge in London 'safe space' to dissect post-Oct. 7 antisemitism
• Under pressure in Gaza, Hamas looking to attack Jews, Israelis abroad, warns NSC
• Israel's National Security Council Warns of Increased Threats to Jews Abroad Ahead of Passover
• Trump administration pausing $210 million in federal funding to Princeton University as it probes antisemitism on campus: report
• Trump admin reviews $9 billion in federal funding to Harvard over campus chaos, antisemitism
• Markey: Withholding Money from Harvard over Antisemitism Is 'Authoritarianism'
• Columbia Prof. McWhorter: Education Schools Teach Teachers How to Indoctrinate, Not How to Teach
• Tim Walz's daughter says she's ditching grad school as a 'privileged white woman' over college not 'protecting' protesters
• Republicans seek to block the reappointment of UN official accused of antisemitism
• Far-right podcaster who hosted Kash Patel eight times says he wants a 'final solution' to rid US of Jewish people
• US Supreme Court Weighs Law on Suing Palestinian Authorities Over Terror Attacks
• 'Culture of impunity' around West Bank settler violence is 'intolerable' says Lammy
• Dozens of settlers attack homes in West Bank village of Duma, injuring several Palestinians
• 'There's no justice': Palestinian villagers reel after brutal settler, IDF rampage
• Following vandalism during military raid in Palestinian village of Janba, IDF chief reprimands commanders and soldiers
• Israeli strike kills four in Beirut in test of fragile ceasefire with Hezbollah
• IDF eliminates key Hezbollah operative in Beirut strike - Hassan Ali Mahmoud Bdeir 'directed Hamas terrorists, and assisted them in planning and advancing a significant and imminent terror attack against Israeli civilians'
• Israel says it killed Hezbollah and Iranian IRGC Quds Force operative in overnight Beirut strike
• Israel Hits Hezbollah, Iran, Hamas Terrorist in Beirut; Allegedly Planned Attack
• Turkey moves to take control of Syria's strategic T4 air base - Ankara aims to use base to strike the Islamic State and deter Israeli aerial attacks in Syria
• US THAAD missile battery boosts Israel's aerial defense against Houthi missiles
• Houthis claim to shoot down American drone as U.S. airstrikes continue in Yemen
• Two Iranians charged with procuring US parts to build IRGC attack drones
• Pentagon deploys more squadrons, assets, aircraft carriers to Middle East
• Somalia Offers U.S. Control of Ports, Airbases to Counter Islamist Militants
• US imposes new sanctions on Iran
• Iran Threatens Strike on Strategic U.S. Base in Indian Ocean
• Iran escalates threats against US military bases: Iranian officer warns US not to 'throw stones in glass house'
• Russia warns of 'catastrophic' consequences if US strikes Iran
• Amsterdam stabbing suspect acted with 'terrorist intent,' Dutch authorities say - Ukrainian, 30, accused of attempted murder for allegedly stabbing five people at random with multiple knives in a busy square last week
• Crisis in Sweden as nuclear bunkers are readied for WW3 clash - Sweden has 64,000 bunkers with enough space for seven million people
• Germany launches first permanent foreign deployment since WWII - and it's on Putin's doorstep - The German troops are being sent to NATO's eastern flank with in Lithuania, with the unit to become fully operational by 2027
• Powder Keg Europe: In First Foreign Deployment Since WW2, Germany to Station 5,000 Troops in Lithuania as Latest Escalation Against 'Russian Threat'
• Russia says it cannot accept US peace plan for Ukraine 'in its current form' - Moscow's refusal highlights the limited progress Donald Trump has made on his promise to end the war
• Putin begins biggest Russian military call-up in years
• Russian Video Shows F-35 Escort Submarine Hunter Buzzing USS 'Carl Vinson'
• 'Friends Forever, Never Enemies', Chinese Foreign Minister Declares Eternal Fealty to Russia
• China launches military drills around Taiwan in aggressive show of force after Pete Hegseth's Asia trip
• China Blocks Panama Canal Port Sale - Report Claims Xi Jinping Infuriated by Deal Sought Without His Approval
• Israel canceling all tariffs on US products - Netanyahu said move aims to strengthen alliance with US
• Europe warns Trump: We have 'a strong plan' for retaliation against tariffs
• The AI bubble may not be bursting, but tariff chaos is sure helping to deflate it
• Gold maintains record rally as tariff fears spur demand
• Pharma industry lobbies Trump for phased tariffs, sources say
• Trump aides draft tariff plans as some experts warn of economic damage
• 'Businesses will shut down': Maga backfires as Americans suffer under tariffs
• Airline Stocks Sink as Waning Demand, Tariff Concerns Threaten Summer Travel
• Federal Workers Get Second Musk Buyout Offer
• All local workers, US diplomats to be fired from USAID, sources say
• 23 states, DC sue Trump administration over billions in lost public health funding
• Elon Musk Announces DOGE Will Investigate Lawmakers Who Are 'Strangely Wealthy'
• Elon Musk Accuses U.S. Government of Deleting Terabyte of Financial Data to Cover Up Crimes, Claims 'We Recovered It' Due to Their Tech Incompetence
• NASA and State Department Employees Caught on Tape Revealing Their "Genius" Scheme to Defy Trump's Executive Orders on Racist DEI Activities
• Mike Waltz, Aide Accused of Using Gmail For Official Government Communication - But These Same People Said Nothing When Obama, Hillary and Joe Biden Were Caught Using Gmail
• Elon Musk Drops Bombshell - Says Arrest Is Imminent 'Today' in Massive Social Security Theft Involving 400,000 Stolen Identities and Financial Fraud Scheme
• Jeffrey Goldberg: Allies Will Keep Valuable Intelligence from 'Reckless' Trump
• House Republicans Say Elon Musk Is Dragging Down Party: Rooting for Special Election 'Massacre' So GOP Will Bench Him
• Civil rights groups sue Trump over executive order requiring citizenship proof in registering to vote - The lawsuit claims that the executive order disenfranchises millions of voters
• Democrats sue Trump over 'unlawful' plan to overhaul US elections
• Trump agenda upended after GOP rebellion shuts down House floor
• Cory Booker staffer arrested in Capitol for carrying pistol without license as Dem Senator undertakes 20+ hour filibuster
• Cory Booker sets a record with marathon Senate speech. Will it rally anti-Trump resistance?
• Milwaukee polling places running out of ballots amid 'historic turnout' by voters
• Wisconsin passes amendment enshrining voter ID - State law already requires voter ID; however, the vote assures that the law will be enshrined in the state constitution
• Liberal candidate wins Wisconsin Supreme Court race in blow to Trump, Musk
• Democrats Appointed 92% of Judges Blocking Trump Agenda: 'Judicial Coup D'Etat'
• Chuck Grassley unveils legislation to clarify scope of judicial reach
• Vance Vindicated: VP's Warnings About Democracy in Europe Proven Prophetic with Ban on Le Pen in French Election
• Marine Le Pen Vows to Fight Ban, Won't Allow French Election to Be 'Stolen' by Lawfare Ruling
• Steve Watson: "They Were Literally Michael Jacksoning Him": Incredible Details Of Biden's Decline Emerge
• House Judiciary: Internal FBI Chat Logs Show Agency Imposed "Gag Order" on NY Post Story on Hunter Biden's Laptop the Day It Came Out
• Oliver Stone asks Congress to reopen JFK assassination investigation with new evidence available
• CIA Analysis of HVCA 2592 Suggesting Hitler Survived World War II and Lived in Colombia
• MSNBC out another journalist. Steve Kornacki takes his khakis to another network
• John Lennon and George Harrison pictured 'now' in startling AI images as new film announced
• Solar radiation storm reaches S2 levels, strong M5.6 solar flare erupts from AR 4046
• Survivors still being found from Burma earthquake, but hopes begin to fade as deaths exceed 2,700
• Shallow M6.3 earthquake hits Pacific-Antarctic Ridge
• 5.7 magnitude earthquake hits near Lospalos, Timor Leste
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near Vogar, Iceland
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits south of the Fiji Islands
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Katsuren-haebaru, Japan
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Pangai, Tonga
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Mandalay, Burma (Myanmar)
• Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 15,000ft
• Santa Maria volcano in Guatemala erupts to 14,000ft
• Marapi volcano in Indonesia erupts to 11,000ft
• Dukono volcano in Indonesia erupts to 11,000ft
• Poas volcano in Costa Rica erupts to 10,000ft
• Lava bursts through Grindavik's defense barriers as new volcanic eruption begins on Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula
• Iceland volcano eruption: Chilling warning as blast 'could be much larger' than previous
• Icelandic town and Blue Lagoon spa evacuated after volcanic eruption
• 22 dead in Ecuador floods, water crisis continues due to Esmeraldas oil spill
• Severe storms claim 7 lives across Midwest, leave nearly 1.2 million people without power
• Atmospheric river to trigger central US flooding that may become life-threatening, historic
• A once-in-a-generation flood event could cap off this week's slew of severe weather threats
• 'Chaos': Trump cuts to Noaa disrupt staffing and weather forecasts
• Gas pipeline explosion in Malaysia triggers massive fire, over 100 injured
• 'Wide-scale domestic terrorism': Elon Musk urges authorities 'go after the generals' behind Tesla attacks
• Colorado man federally charged in Tesla firebomb attack: 'Justice is coming,' AG Pam Bondi says
• New York to release prisoners in droves after prison strike: Memo
• House lawmaker moves to oust judge in deportation case with move that skips impeachment
• Judge Extends Biden Amnesty for 530,000 Venezuelan Migrants
• Democrat Demands Trump 'Return' Deported Gang Members to U.S.
• An 'Administrative Error' Sends a Maryland Father to a Salvadoran Prison - The Trump administration says that it mistakenly deported an immigrant with protected status but that courts are powerless to order his return
• Karoline Leavitt debunks The Atlantic over article on deported 'Maryland dad' - says he's a leader, member of MS-13
• In Salt Lake City, murals memorializing George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and others come tumbling down
• Conservative Org Urges Congress To Root Out Biden Officials Who 'Ruthlessly' Waged War On Christian Schools
• Colorado Bill Would Classify 'Misgendering,' 'Deadnaming,' as Child Abuse, Impact Parental Rights, Custody Cases
• Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp Expected to Sign 'Riley Gaines Act' Banning Males from Girls' Sports
• Nevada schools ban trans athletes from girls sports in major reversal for state
• 'White Lotus' scene featuring non-binary child dropped following Trump re-election
• Lena Dunham Rails Against 'Horrific Government Abuses' at Trans Visibility Rally: 'Trans Liberation Is Our Liberation'
• A Prison Death Highlights an L.G.B.T.Q. Crackdown in Russia
• Seattle Mayor signs bill to protect sex change, abortion providers from prosecution in honor of Transgender Day of Visibility
• Woke DC-Area High School Displays Sickening ABCs for Teens: 'A Is for Abortion'
• More than 230 People Infected With Norovirus on Luxury Cruise Ship
• About a third of Americans stop buying eggs due to rising costs, study shows
• Layoffs begin at US health agencies responsible for research, tracking disease and regulating food
• RFK Jr. exiles top federal health leaders, including Fauci's replacement