August 13th, 2023

• 'The time to fight is now': Masses nationwide rally against overhaul for 32nd week
• Op-Ed: Wresting Land Rights from Israel Using a 'Historic' Arab Village That Never Existed
• Saudi Arabia appoints its first ever non-resident ambassador to Palestine
• PA's Abbas to hold three-way summit with Egyptian, Jordanian rulers
• Hezbollah: Next war will be in Israel's Galilee, IDF posts will become graveyards
• PM Netanyahu scorns US-Iran deal unfreezing Iranian assets in exchange for release of prisoners
• Netanyahu Slams Reported U.S.-Iran Deal, Accuses Biden of Funding Terrorism
• US, EU warns shippers to avoid Iranian waters over seizure threats
• Explosions rock Syrian capital, with no immediate word on source or targets - State media and local residents say repeated blasts heard before dawn in Damascus
• Islamic State attack on army bus kills 33 Syrian soldiers
• Supporters of Niger's coup protest against regional bloc that wants return to democracy
• AP report: Niger's junta told U.S. they would kill deposed president if neighbors intervene militarily
• Poland moves troops to Belarus border as Wagner fighters fuel NATO tensions
• Tensions between Ukraine and Poland over grain hint at exhaustion from war
• Russian Orthodox priests persecuted by state and church for backing peace in Ukraine
• Russia says it downed 20 drones over Crimea following a spate of attacks on Moscow
• Russia Vows Retaliation for Ukraine's 'Terrorist Attack' on Crimean Bridge
• UN Security Council members demand Russia return land to Georgia
• Egypt Resists US Push to Aid Ukraine
• House Conservatives Object to $24 Billion Ukraine Aid Request: Americans 'Tired' of Endless Wars
• Bernie Moreno: Tying Ukraine Aid to Disaster Relief Best Example of D.C. 'Uniparty'
• Biden's 'ticking time bomb' remark referred to China's economy: White House - US President told political fundraiser that China was 'in trouble' due to internal economic and social tensions
• Beijing Flexes Military Might Near Taiwan, Aiming to Make Taiwanese Voters 'Fear War'
• Saudi Arabia seeks to join fighter jet project involving Japan
• Weiss appointment as Hunter Biden special counsel violates DOJ regulations, experts warn
• IRS Whistleblower Shapley: Special Counsel Decision Shows We Told the Truth, Garland and Weiss Didn't
• Tim Scott claims special counsel 'cannot be trusted' in Hunter Biden probe
• CNN's Jake Tapper suggests IRS whistleblowers may have been right after 'odd' Weiss appointment
• Hunter Biden Lawyer: Making Weiss Special Counsel Just Changes His Title, Garland Said Weiss Already Had Full Power
• Top House Republican rips 'damning picture' of Biden with Hunter-linked adviser on 2015 Ukraine trip
• Dem Rep. Phillips: 'Too Much Risk' Hunter's 'Probably Unethical' Behavior Reaches Joe, We Need a Backup
• Cruz: If Biden Is Guilty of Bribery, He Should Go to Prison
• Trump Spars with Reporter in Iowa: "We Don't Take Plea Deals Because I Did Nothing Wrong!"
• Fulton County DA to present Trump election subversion case to grand jury early next week
• AOC demands that DOJ target Justice Clarence Thomas over relationship with Republican donor
• Rising political threats take US into uncharted territory as 2024 election looms
• Ecuador Arrests 6 Colombians in Slaying of Presidential Candidate
• Brazil police allege Bolsonaro received cash from $68,000 sale of luxury Saudi gifts, posing another potential blow for the embattled far-right leader
• 'False alarm' prompts brief Eiffel Tower evacuation; bomb squads search site
• Commentary: The Emerging 'Cold Tech War' Between the U.S and China
• Police stage 'chilling' raid on Marion County newspaper, seizing computers, records and cellphones
• After 440 Reporters Purged from White House, Today News Africa Reporter Simon Ateba Files Lawsuit Against Karine Jean-Pierre
• Sens. Grassley and Johnson Say Defense Agency and Georgia Tech May have Targeted RNC, DNC Networks
• 'Strong-arming': Appeals court judges compare Biden social media pressure to mafia
• Jordan's king approves bill to criminalize online speech that 'harms unity'
• Censorship Fears Over EU's New Internet Rules
• Hackers gain control of casino card shuffling machine for godlike control over games - "Basically, it allows us to do more or less whatever we want."
• US Military Establishes Generative Artificial Intelligence Task Force
• Biden floats nearly $20M in prizes for AI tools that secure US computer code
• Rise of the machines: AI spells danger for Hollywood stunt workers
• AI will be at the center of the next financial crisis, SEC chair warns
• Central Bank Digital Currency Would Be 'Checkmate' for People: Joe Rogan
• The Sun Has Been Emitting High-Energy Gamma Rays In Huge Quantities, But Nobody Noticed - Until Now
• 5.7 magnitude earthquake hits near Kandrian, Papua New Guinea
• 5.4 magnitude earthquake hits near Batan Islands region, Philippines
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Sulawesi, Indonesia
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Palaiochora, Greece
• Sabancaya volcano in Peru erupts to 24,000ft
• Ubinas volcano in Peru erupts to 23,000ft
• Sangay volcano in Ecuador erupts to 21,000ft
• Fuego volcano in Guatemala erupts to 16,000ft
• Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 15,000ft
• Ebeko volcano in the Kuril Islands erupts to 12,000ft
• Mayon volcano in the Philippines erupts to 10,000ft
• Bagana volcano in Papua New Guinea erupts to 10,000ft
• Lava overflows after major explosion at Stromboli volcano, Italy
• Stifling heat to jeopardize August records in the Pacific Northwest
• At Least 80 Dead, 1000 Still Missing, Additional Areas Evacuated from Wildfires in Hawaii
• Death toll from Maui wildfire reaches 89, making it the deadliest in the US in more than 100 years
• The deadliest natural disaster in Hawaii since it joined U.S. in 1959
• Catastrophic wildfires in Maui: AccuWeather estimates damage, economic loss of $8 to $10 billion
• Hawaii has a robust emergency siren warning system. It sat silent during the deadly wildfires
• Hawaii Officials Were Warned Years Ago That Maui's Lahaina Faced High Wildfire Risk - 'It's just really frustrating and heartbreaking to see that some things could have been done,' says author of 2014 report
• Hawaii utility faces scrutiny for not cutting power to reduce fire risks
• Biden Regime to Spend $1.2 Billion to Vacuum Carbon Dioxide Out Of The Air
• Biden, ATF Set Sights on Banning Private Gun Sales with New Rules: Report
• Kamala Harris Laughs as She Says the Solution to Gun Violence is to Elect More Anti-Second Amendment Democrats
• Bodybuilder livestreams execution of ex-wife before going on shooting rampage: 'Are you watching?'
• Ian Watkins, Lostprophets Singer Convicted of Child Sex Offenses, Brutally Stabbed in Jail
• Marine is charged with sexual assault after missing 14-year-old found in barracks
• The Sound of Freedom: A conspiracy theory that turned into a box office hit? Low-budget Christian drama on child trafficking soars at box office despite criticism; Liberals decry it as blood libel; Republicans, including Trump, laud its success, fueling the culture war before upcoming elections
• Starbucks Wins Dismissal of Lawsuit Over Diversity
• Judge Lets Starbucks Keep Its Race-Based Hiring Quotas
• Skittles Catching Flak Over Black Trans Packaging
• Uganda's Marxist Dictator Defends 'Anti-Homosexuality' Law After World Bank Cuts Off Loans
• American College of Pediatricians Rejects Reaffirmation of Children's Transgender Medical Treatments by American Academy of Pediatrics
• Beef Company CEO: "I'll Shut Down the Company Before We Ship a Single Bag With mRNA-Injected Meat"
• Global Covid-19 cases see 80% rise amid concerns over new EG.5 variant