August 2nd, 2025

• ​Ahead of Tisha B'Av, Herzog denounces push to oust AG, warns of deepening national rift - President blasts government's contentious plan to fire Gali Baharav-Miara, says Israel faces historic challenges and must avoid tearing itself apart from within
• Western Wall, 1929: A Tisha B'av protest is ground zero of the Arab-Israeli conflict
• Trump looks to bring Azerbaijan, Central Asian nations into Abraham Accords
• Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) circulating letter asking US to recognize Palestinian state
• With Palestine recognition threats, frustrated allies try to get Netanyahu to listen - Macron, Starmer and Carney are sending a message with announcements but give Hamas more reason to avoid a ceasefire; their actions are unlikely to change anything for the better
• Commentary: From silence to statehood: how Trump's indifference moved the UK on Palestine - Under pressure on domestic and international stage to act on Gaza, a shrug from the president allowed Starmer to make pledge
• Starmer: Hamas must also meet demands of UK ahead of Palestine statehood decision
• How Europe could prolong Israel-Hamas war by recognizing a Palestinian state - Hamas leaders are likely to be emboldened to carry on fighting by French and British proposals to recognize a Palestinian state in a break with Trump
• World Jewish Congress Hails Arab League's 'Moral Clarity' in Historic Call to Disarm Hamas
• Huckabee: Arab Nations Have Clarity on Hamas that U.K., France, Canada Don't
• Witkoff, Huckabee tour Gaza, assess humanitarian situation, to help Trump craft aid plan
• Trump says Witkoff's trip focused 'on getting the people fed, and that's what we want'
• Source: United Nations Continues to Struggle to Deliver Aid in Gaza
• Commentary: Running Out of Hostages, Hamas Invents and Fuels the Famine of 2025
• Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad Publish Videos of Starving Israeli Hostages
• Hamas issues propaganda video of hostage Evyatar David - Clip comes a day after video of Rom Braslavski; ex-hostages and families of captives say they are 'crushed' by videos, call to end 'repeated holocaust'
• Families to erect barbed wire protest camp after new videos show hostages' harsh condition
• With 'broken heart,' author David Grossman calls Israeli actions in Gaza 'genocide'
• Brendan O'Neill: Why are so many British babies being given the same name as a murderous Hamas terrorist? Not a single 'Keir' was born in 2024. Yet some 583 infants now share their name with the architect of October 7
• Yahya ranked in top 100 names for boys in UK, says Office for National Statistics
• Poll: Most Israelis fear they won't be able to travel abroad as global anger mounts
• Huckabee: Hatred of Israel rooted in antisemitism and spiritual crisis - Ambassador Huckabee accuses Hamas of manipulating aid and Western media, calling anti-Israel sentiment a mix of spiritual animus and misinformation
• Temple Mount sees surge in Jewish visits and open worship
• US administration freezes $339M for UCLA over rights violations, including antisemitism
• Trump admin imposes sanctions on PLO, Palestinian Authority - "You can't give aid and comfort to the terrorists who kill Americans and Israelis," the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee stated
• IDF intercepts latest Houthi missile; 67th launched since March ceasefire collapse - No injuries reported; missile attack comes three days after last one on Tuesday
• 'Flashbacks to Tehran': Iranian pastor urges Trump to protect persecuted Christians, not deport them
• Croatia Marks 30 Years Since Defeat of Serbs in War of Independence With Military Parade
• Cambodia to Nominate President Trump for Nobel Peace Prize Following Border Ceasefire
• Taiwan convinced China is ready to invade but audit finds military 'not ready' for war
• Putin Criminalizes Online Searches for 'Extremist' Content
• Kyiv apartment block strike marks the deadliest attack on Ukraine's capital since 2024
• Putin says Russia's hypersonic missile has entered service and will be deployed in Belarus
• As US-Russia War of Words Escalate Dramatically, President Trump Positions Two Nuclear Submarines in Range of Moscow
• Trump moves nuclear submarines after statements by former Russian president - US president takes action amid escalating tensions with Moscow, 'in case foolish and inflammatory statements are more than just that'
• Trump planning 'shock and awe' Russia sanctions - Senior Republican says US president will make good on pledge to impose crippling economic penalties
• Reports: Indian Oil Refiners Pause Russian Purchases as Trump Tariffs Loom
• India Will Buy Russian Oil Despite Trump's Threats, Officials Say
• Stock Market Posts Worst Week in Months on Renewed Economic Fears
• Trump fires commissioner of labor statistics after weaker-than-expected jobs figures slam markets
• President Trump Fires Biden-Appointed Commissioner of Bureau of Labor Statistics After She 'Faked' Jobs Numbers
• Breitbart Business Digest: Trump Vindicated by Jobs Slump; Powell Humiliated
• Carney on Poor Jobs Numbers: 'I Point This Directly at the Fed'
• Trump to blame for high cost of living, Americans say in new poll - Six out of 10 Americans fault president for financial struggles and eight out of 10 worry about tariffs' impact
• Fed Governor Kugler is resigning, giving Trump a nominee on committee that sets interest rates
• Trump Demands Fed Chair Jerome Powell Resign After Biden-Appointed Federal Reserve Governor Resigns
• Trump calls on the Federal Reserve board to take full control of the central bank from Powell
• Laura Loomer Shares "Tip Line" to Purge More Trump Officials - The far-right MAGA personality promises more Trump officials will be ousted soon
• Antisemitic conspiracies about Jeffrey Epstein go mainstream as he returns to headlines
• Trump says he wants to 'release everything' related to Jeffrey Epstein
• Bloomberg Reporter Claims President Trump's Name Redacted in the Epstein Files by the FBI
• Elon Musk Mocks Trump's White House Epstein Files Cover-Up
• Prince Andrew told 'testify in public' over ties to paedophile pal Jeffrey Epstein - Renowned US attorney Gloria Allred, who represents multiple victims of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, has demanded that the Duke of York, 65, testify before US lawmakers
• Prince Andrew 'Dismayed' at Being Dragged Back Into Epstein Scandal, Friends Say
• House panel postpones Ghislaine Maxwell deposition, hours after she was transferred to a low-security federal prison in Texas, says 'good-faith negotiations' continue
• Virginia Giuffre's Family Outraged by Ghislaine Maxwell's Transfer to Minimum-Security Prison in Texas - Say Epstein's Accomplice 'Should Never Be Shown Any Leniency'
• Lindsey Graham: Hillary Clinton Invented Trump Russian Agent Claim to Distract from Email Scandal
• Rep. Nancy Mace: If You Didn't Already Believe in the Deep State 'You Absolutely Should Now'
• Ex-Trump prosecutor Jack Smith under investigation by Office of Special Counsel after claims of playing politics: 'No one is above the law'
• Former Trump DOJ lawyer Jeffrey Clark faces possible DC disbarment over 2020 election claims
• "This Case Is Not Closed, It Is Not Dismissed, It Has Not Been Complied With" - Georgia State Election Board Votes to Seek DOJ Assistance to Obtain Voting Records from Fulton County from 2020 Election
• Less staff, even less trust: Some states say they can't rely on Trump's DHS for election security - Staffing cuts and politics have left some state election heads unsure of how they would work with the federal government if they are hacked
• DNI Tulsi Gabbard Confirms Explosive 2020 Election Fraud Revelations Coming - Feds Knew About Voting Machine Vulnerabilities and Stayed Silent
• Operation Mockingbird 2.0? - Tulsi Gabbard Confirms Intel Agencies Still Using Corrupt Media to Undermine Trump and Push Propaganda
• Kamala tells Stephen Colbert she wants to be an outsider to a 'broken' political system
• Panicked Biden Aide Neera Tanden Now Claims "Every Time" She Used Autopen Joe Biden "Signed Off Himself"
• Biden complains that Trump has 'erased' all the 'gains' made under his administration
• Dark Brandon 2.0 Attempts Comeback: Joe Biden Declares 'These Are Dark Days,' Says Law and Media No Longer 'Rooted in Justice'
• Report: Trump's Sanctions on Rogue Brazilian Judge Splitting Nation's Supreme Court
• El Salvador Ends Term Limits, Letting Bukele Seek Re-Election Indefinitely - President Nayib Bukele has cracked down on gangs and civil rights, jailing tens of thousands of people
• Opposition leaders say 'democracy in El Salvador has died' after scrapping of presidential term limits
• Rep. Jim Jordan: UK, EU Issuing 'Direct Attack' on Free Speech, Like Biden Administration
• Bye Bye Bias: Corporation for Public Broadcasting Begins Shutdown
• Corporation for Public Broadcasting, funder of NPR and PBS, says it will end operations within months after federal budget cuts
• Elon Musk's Tesla ordered to pay $243M in deadly Autopilot crash case: 'This will open the floodgates'
• 'What am I falling in love with?' Human-AI relationships are no longer just science fiction
• Mark Zuckerberg says without AI glasses, you'll be at 'cognitive disadvantage'
• Commentary: We're creating AI that could surveil US citizens. And the government is in on it - Tech companies' lack of transparency and accountability in developing surveillance tools that governments can use is unacceptable
• Experts predict AI will lead to the extinction of humanity - Truly super-intelligent bots could wipe us off the face of the Earth, says a Nobel prizewinner and others - who predict machines will match humans in as little as a year
• Hackers threaten to leak 'top-secret' data after French navy attack - More than 30GB of data was dumped online by the cyber criminals, who claim to possess more sensitive documents
• New space station crew to mark a historic milestone: 25 years of continuous human presence on ISS
• 6.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Severo-Kuril'sk, Russia
• 5.9 magnitude earthquake hits near Vilyuchinsk, Russia
• 5.6 magnitude earthquake hits near Vilyuchinsk, Russia
• 5.6 magnitude earthquake hits near Severo-Kuril'sk, Russia
• 5.6 magnitude earthquake hits near Severo-Kuril'sk, Russia
• 5.5 magnitude earthquake hits near Akkeshi, Japan
• 5.5 magnitude earthquake hits near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
• 5.4 magnitude earthquake hits near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
• 5.4 magnitude earthquake hits near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
• 5.3 magnitude earthquake hits near Vilyuchinsk, Russia
• 5.3 magnitude earthquake hits near Vilyuchinsk, Russia
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Farkhar, Afghanistan
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Ozernovskiy, Russia
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Ozernovskiy, Russia
• Major eruption at Lewotobi Laki-laki ejects ash up to 19.2 km (63,000 feet) a.s.l., Indonesia
• Klyuchevskoy volcano on Kamchatka, Russia erupts to 30,000ft
• Sangay volcano in Ecuador erupts to 20,000ft
• Popocateptl volcano in Mexico erupts to 19,000ft
• Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 15,000ft
• Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 14,000ft
• Santa Maria volcano in Guatemala erupts to 14,000ft
• Marapi volcano in Indonesia erupts to 13,000ft
• Kirishimayama volcano on Japan erupts to 10,000ft
• Massive landslide forces 342 evacuations in Tyrnyauz, Russia
• Grand Canyon's Dragon Bravo Fire reaches 'megafire' status, surpassing 100,000 acres
• Reports: Poor Countries Outraged over 'Exorbitant' Hotel Prices for U.N. Climate Alarmism Event COP30
• Rhino horns turned radioactive to fight poachers in South Africa
• Anaconda shooting leaves 4 dead as Montana cops hunt for 45-year-old suspect Michael Paul Brown who 'opened fire' at bar
• Iraqi parents acquitted of attempted 'honor killing' of teen daughter in WA State, convicted on lesser charges
• 'Alligator Alcatraz' detainees on hunger strike for 10th day, protesting conditions
• Newsom claims National Guard deployment hurt fentanyl seizures
• ICE arrests near 150,000 since January as Trump operation ramps up fast
• Biden-Appointed Judge Invokes 'Racial Animus,' Blocking Trump from Ending 'Temporary' Amnesty for Migrants
• "Color is Neither a Poison Nor a Crime" - Biden Judge Pulls The Race Card As She Blocks Trump Admin From Ending 'Temporary' Protected Status For Migrants from Three Countries
• Lawmaker unveils 'ERIC ADAMS Act' threatening criminal penalties for sanctuary city mayors
• Ireland cannot blame housing shortages for not accommodating asylum seekers, EU's highest court rules
• Islamic Center Sends Support Letter for Child Rapist During Sentencing
• Minnesota Islamic center asks judge to go easy on Somalian convicted child rapist due to cultural differences
• Trump Gets Backlash Over RNC Chair Endorsement: An LGBT 'Ally' Who 'Just Tried to Pass Amnesty'
• Transgender Rep. Sarah McBride: Rahm Emanuel Saying Men Can't Become Women Is an 'Overcorrection'
• Tish James sues Trump to allow child sex changes in New York
• VA reverses Biden admin policy providing abortion services agency calls contrary to federal law
• Eight PA Planned Parenthood Locations Accused of Falsely Advertising 'Prenatal Services' It Does Not Provide
• Woman uses Neuralink to write name with her mind - After 20 years of paralysis, Audrey Crews makes history with brain chip
• China Debuts 15-Point 'Birth-Friendly' Plan to Reverse Collapsing Fertility Rate
• China Insists Chikungunya Virus Outbreak 'Under Control,' U.S. Travel Warning 'Unnecessary'