August 26th, 2024

• ​IDF launches pre-emptive strike against Hezbollah in Lebanon, foils massive attack aimed at strategic facilities in center of country
• IDF hits Hezbollah launch sites in Lebanon to thwart major attack on central, north Israel
• IDF: Israel Fighting in 'Self-Defense' Against Imminent Hezbollah Missile, Rocket Threats
• IDF: Israel Hit 'Thousands' of Hezbollah Launchers; Lebanon: One Dead
• More than 100 Israeli warplanes attack thousands of rocket launchers in 'preemptive' strike against Hezbollah in Lebanon
• Israel unveils its preemptive capabilities - At the operational level, the Jewish state proved it can act quickly on intelligence warnings, but most of Hezbollah's capabilities remain intact
• 'We are all one fist against Hezbollah' - Israel's opposition leaders largely support gov't on IDF strikes in Lebanon
• Gallant says Hezbollah 'thrown off balance' after 'very, very successful' strikes
• Netanyahu vows more 'surprising blows' after Israel thwarted 'thousands' of Hezbollah rockets: 'Not the end'
• The Middle East may have backed off from the brink of a regional war - for now
• After Attacks, Israel and Hezbollah Swiftly Move to Talk of Containment
• 'First Phase' of Attack Against Israel is 'Over,' Hezbollah Declares, Amid Fears of Regional War
• Nasrallah falsely claims Hezbollah attack was success, reserves right to strike again
• Hezbollah claims response to killing of Fuad Shukr was 'carried out with highest degree of accuracy and success'
• Hezbollah thought to have targeted Mossad HQ near Tel Aviv in 'mostly' foiled barrage
• 'Nasrallah the chicken hunter': Arab world mocks Hezbollah over foiled attack - "Initial response to Israel a chicken coop was destroyed, killing a number of chickens and chicks and breaking thousands of eggs"
• Travel chaos as Ben Gurion Airport briefly shut, foreign airlines nix flights
• NYT: US giving 'priceless' help to Israel in hunt for Sinwar, but he remains elusive
• Hamas leader 'hiding in plain sight' disguised as a woman in Gaza - Yahya Sinwar has been hiding among Palestinians after abandoning Gaza's terror tunnels.
• Sen. Lindsey Graham wants Israel to warn Iran: "If I were the state of Israel, I would tell the ayatollah if these people do not come home alive - the ones that are left alive - and if we don't get the bodies of the fallen, we're going to blow up your oil refineries"
• Israel says US shipments of arms, equipment during war top 50,000 tons
• JNS poll: Israelis willing to defy US to defend national interests
• Media, human rights groups urge EU to suspend accords with Israel, impose sanctions
• Israeli team returns to Cairo for Gaza hostage-ceasefire deal talks as north erupts
• Gaza truce talks take twist as Qatar PM heads to Tehran
• No breakthroughs in Cairo talks as US says mediators pushing 'feverishly' for deal
• Hamas says it rejects new Israeli conditions in Gaza ceasefire talks
• In newly leaked audio, PM tells hostage families that Israel 'didn't lose' on Oct. 7 - Israeli TV plays recording in which Netanyahu says toll of attack was only a fraction of Holocaust
• Hostage's relative asks Netanyahu if Israelis understand Gaza captives are being raped
• Diseases spread in Gaza as sewage contaminates camps and coast
• Israel coordinates delivery of 25,100 polio vaccine vials to Gaza amid fears of outbreak
• Cabinet ministers warn Ben Gvir endangering Israel with 'reckless' Temple Mount moves
• 2 Terrorists Neutralized in Ramming Attack Near Ariel, 2 Jewish Shepherds Attacked in Judea
• Foreign Media Issue Wild Claim: U.S. and Israel Established Islamist Terrorist Groups
• Two children killed in bomb blast in southwest Pakistan, police say
• Biden Pentagon spokesman insisted Afghan withdrawal wasn't chaotic but his emails say otherwise
• US 'kinetic strike' takes out senior leader of terrorist group aligned with al Qaeda in Syria
• Syrian President Says Efforts to Restore Ties with Turkey Have Yielded No Results
• Ukraine's Zelenskyy Says He Would Support India Hosting Second Summit on Peace
• Russia launches deadly overnight aerial attack on cities and power grids across Ukraine
• Russian Attacks on Ukraine Injure at Least 29, Local Authorities Say
• Ukraine Says it Has Recaptured Land in the Kharkiv Region, Reversing Some Russian gains There
• Newest US Aid Package For Ukraine Includes More HIMARS Munitions To Attack Russia
• Philippines Accuses Chinese Vessels of Blocking South China Sea Supply Mission, Ramming Its Ship
• Taiwan Plans $8.88 Billion for 7 New Untested Subs
• Report: U.S. Navy to Sideline 17 Ships for Lack of Manpower
• Rep. Malliotakis: US Will Be Like Venezuela Under Harris
• Trump Warns Kamala Harris 'Will Implement Soviet-Style Price Controls,' Things Will 'Get 100 Times Worse'
• Hill Dems try to tamp down backlash to Harris' grocery price gouging pitch
• Democrat lawmakers privately tell grocery industry allies Kamala's price controls will never pass Congress
• Gingrich says Biden likely blames exit from race on Obamas: 'He didn't want to go'
• Pastor: Evangelicals Can Be Swayed to Vote Harris to Hand Her Election
• Democrat Strategist Argues on CNN Burning the American Flag is "Patriotic"
• Democrat Rep. Dean Phillips Suggests He Is Open to Serve in a Republican Administration: 'We Failed a Lot of People'
• Cotton: Dems Under Harris So Far Left that a Kennedy Endorsed a Republican
• RFK Jr. says President Trump will announce many other Democrats who are joining his campaign soon
• Top Dem strategist tells RFK Jr. his assassinated father Bobby Kennedy would be 'appalled' after Trump endorsement
• RFK Jr. Sister Kerry Kennedy: My Brother Endorsing Trump Is Setting 'Fire to My Father's Memory'
• RFK Jr.: '16 Months of Censorship' Led to Suspending Race
• Secret Service ends protection for RFK Jr. as he suspends presidential campaign
• Renowned JFK Expert Reveals Why He Suspects the CIA Was Involved in the JFK Assassination as Trump Vows to Release All the Files on the Incident
• Sen Johnson: FBI 'Dragging Feet' on Trump Assassination Probe
• Senator Tom Cotton on ABC's This Week: "Trump Derangement Syndrome is a Real Thing"
• Sen. Cotton: Republicans at DNC Had 'Trump Derangement Syndrome'
• Leftist Jon Stewart Calls Out Bill Clinton, Bernie Sanders, and Other Democrat Elites for Hypocrisy at the DNC - Labels Bill Clinton a 'Sexual Predator'
• Nancy Pelosi on Winning Back Congress to Stop Trump and Help Kamala Harris Become President Next January 6: "We're Very Discreet, Reptilian, Cold Blooded"
• Trump whistleblower Eugene Vindman accused of violating federal election law in Virginia congressional race
• Justice, Europe Style: Telegram CEO Pavel Durov Arrested Due to 'Lack of Moderation' on Platform
• Flashback - Telegram CEO Pavel Durov: US Government Attempted to Secretly Infiltrate Telegram to Give Themselves 'Backdoor Access'
• Rumble CEO says he's safely left Europe after France arrests Telegram CEO over 'failure' to moderate content
• Elon Musk Reacts to Arrest of Telegram CEO in France, Slams Zuckerberg for 'Caving to Censorship Pressure'
• Vindman says Musk should be 'nervous' after Telegram CEO was arrested: 'Free speech absolutists weirdos'
• In Europe, Growing Calls for Musk to Be Arrested
• Leaked Internal Talk: Amazon Cloud Chief Predicts AI Will Take Over Coding Within 2 Years
• Very strong M6.9 earthquake hits Tonga
• 6.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Pangai, Tonga
• 5.8 magnitude earthquake hits near Boca Chica, Panama
• Moderate 5.4 magnitude earthquake hits off the coast of Lisbon, Portugal
• 5.3 magnitude earthquake hits near Pangai, Tonga
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near Ternate, Indonesia
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Lae, Papua New Guinea
• Sabancaya volcano in Peru erupts to 26,000ft
• Ruiz volcano in Colombia erupts to 22,000ft
• Feugo volcano in Guatemala erupts to 16,000ft
• Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 15,000ft
• Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 14,000ft
• Ibu volcano in Indonesia erupts to 10,000ft
• Alaska city issues evacuation orders after landslide leaves 1 dead and 3 injured. Officials worry another slide could strike
• Strong Typhoon Shanshan Predicted to Approach Western, Eastern Japan Earliest on Wednesday
• Hurricane Hone Sweeps Past Hawaii, Dumping Enough Rain to Ease Wildfire Fears
• Hurricane Hone rainfall transforms Hawaii's Rainbow Falls after more than a foot of rain fell across parts of the Big Island
• Eastern Pacific Braces For Hurricane Gilma And Tropical Storm Hector
• Twenty dead, 5 million affected in Bangladesh floods
• Floods kill 13 in Indonesia's North Maluku, two injured
• President Biden approves federal disaster declaration for Suffolk due to flooding - The declaration comes after severe storms caused historic flooding in some areas
• California sees 'winter wonderland' in summer for first time in 20 years
• Palisades Tahoe, California sees rare snow in August, causing the closure of Highway 89
• Heat waves, wildfires and now ... snow? California endures a summer of extremes
• South Australia experiences record-breaking winter temperatures two days in a row
• Media Narratives on Climate Change Driving 'Climate Anxiety' and Harming Young People, According to Experts
• Harris' push for electric vehicles suffers another blow after automaker backtracks: 'Unwanted and unworkable'
• University of Kentucky to Shut Down DEI Office
• Asian Enrollment Explodes at Elite University Following Race-Based Admissions Ruling
• Disney actress Jenna Ortega deleted Twitter account after being sent explicit, AI-generated photos of herself
• Mark Morgan: Missing Migrant Children Likely Abused
• Rep. Weber: Dems Prioritize Abortion Over Border Security
• Vance says Trump would veto a national abortion ban
• "I Hear You, I Heard You, and Tell Your People I Hear Them" - President Trump After Private Meeting on Vaccines and Medical Freedom
• Democratic National Convention surprise guest turns out to be COVID-19 as multiple attendees test positive