August 30th, 2025

• US says it will ban PA's Abbas, 80 other officials from attending UN General Assembly
• Trump Admin Revokes Visas for Palestinian Officials Ahead of UN General Assembly Meeting, Citing 'Incitement to Terrorism' - The Palestinian Authority and Palestine Liberation Organization have long had a "pay-to-slay" policy of providing money to imprisoned terrorists and their families
• France leads European calls for US to allow PA's Abbas, other officials attend UN General Assembly
• Netanyahu moves toward replacing the PA - Meeting to examine feasibility of replacing PA leadership in Hebron area with local clans and establishing a separate emirate that would recognize Israel as a Jewish state, join the Abraham Accords
• Seven soldiers wounded, one moderately, when Gaza roadside bomb hits armored vehicle
• Israel declares Gaza City a combat zone, says bodies of 2 hostages recovered as it expands the war
• Hamas threatens to kidnap IDF soldiers, warns hostages held in Gaza City combat zones
• 'A wild gamble on hostages' lives': Defense chiefs said set to urge cabinet to take Gaza deal
• PM releases new Oct. 7 footage of terrorists murdering father in front of two sons
• IDF nixes daily 'tactical pauses' for aid distribution in Gaza City ahead of planned takeover
• After Netanyahu and Cindy McCain meet, she calls out 'desperation' in Gaza, and he accuses her of 'misrepresentation' - McCain said Gaza is 'at a breaking point'
• Netanyahu Raps Cindy McCain for Claiming Gaza 'Starving' After Privately Admitting Improvement
• Former top Biden aide says he now backs withholding weapons from Israel - Ex-national security adviser Jake Sullivan, who opposed policy last year, says situation has changed, Israel is just 'bombing the rubble into rubble' without clear aim
• Turkey cuts all trade ties with Israel, shuts its airspace and ports over Gaza war
• Israeli airlines say they're still traversing Turkish airspace despite declared closure
• Huh? Socialist Colombian President Warns: 'The Bombs Falling in Gaza Will Also Fall Here'
• Gaza-bound flotilla set to sail from Spain on Sunday, with Greta Thunberg again in tow - Organizer of what is expected to be largest flotilla yet urges governments to pressure Israel to let activists break naval blockade of the Strip
• Pro-Palestinian conference panelist calls US 'evil,' urges 'destroying the idea of America' - Speaker at Tlaib-linked event declares, 'We live in an evil country'
• Keir Starmer's UK Bans Israel from Defense Industry Exhibition
• Israel says it won't participate in upcoming UK weapons show after Defense Ministry officials barred from taking part
• Norway seeks to fend off US scrutiny after divesting from Caterpillar to protest Israel - Norwegian official insists divestment 'not a political decision' as Trump ally Lindsey Graham blasts move as 'beyond offensive'
• FBI director Kash Patel's girlfriend sues ex-agent for defamation over Israeli spy claim
• Southern Lebanon strike kills senior member of Hezbollah's Radwan force - IDF
• 'Most Dramatic Strike Yet': Israel Targets Houthi Leaders as Terror Chief Delivers Speech
• IDF said to believe entire Houthi cabinet was likely killed in yesterday's strike
• Iran says eight arrested for suspected links to Israel's Mossad spy agency
• Putin to hold nuclear talks with Iran's president after European sanctions 'snapback'
• China Condemns European Countries for 'Snapback' Sanctions on Iran
• UK, France and Germany urge Iran to agree deal to delay UN sanctions - The E3 offered to delay reinstating sanctions - known as snapback - for up to six months if Iran adresses concerns about its nuclear program
• In 'major increase,' UN says Iran has executed at least 841 people this year - Human rights office says ethnic minorities disproportionately targeted and that at least 7 public executions have been staged since start of 2025, some reportedly in front of kids
• South Korea's Ruling Party Pushes "Special Court for Rebellion" - A Communist-Style Assault on Judicial Independence
• North Korea's Economy Surges to 8-Year High - Thanks to Military Ties with Russia
• Putin, Kim Jong Un to attend Chinese parade in show of defiance to the West
• Kremlin denies NYT report on Russian drone surveillance over US supply routes in Europe
• Kremlin says report of Russian drones over US weapons routes in Germany looks like fake news
• Germany's Army Is Rebuilding. What Could Go Wrong? As Putin looms and Trump pulls back from NATO, Germany gears up to build the fourth largest army in the world
• Portuguese president calls Trump Soviet or Russian agent
• Brazil's Lula da Silva Backs Panama Canal Neutrality After Talks with Xi Jinping
• Experts: Trump Tariffs to Erase India's Savings on Cheap Russian Oil
• Tarifflation Narrative Fail: Goods Prices Fall, Inflation Muted, Even as U.S. Collects Record Tariff Revenue
• Most Trump tariffs ruled illegal by appeals court, dealing major blow to trade policy
• US court finds Trump's global tariffs illegal, but leaves them in place for now
• Bessent Warns of US 'Embarrassment' If Tariffs Ruled Illegal
• Anti-Trump Protests Planned Across U.S. for Labor Day: 'We Have to Stop the Billionaire Takeover'
• Pentagon is reinstalling portrait of Confederate General Robert E. Lee that includes a slave - An Army spokesperson said that under the revived instructions of President Trump, they were not prepared to 'erase' history
• Trump cancels Kamala Harris' Secret Service detail that was extended by undisclosed Biden order
• Van Jones: Trump's Weaponization of the Law Is 'What Happens in a Banana Republic'
• Fate of Fed Gov. Lisa Cook still up in the air after court hearing on Trump firing bid
• Mike Johnson: House 'Probably' Will Vote to Force Epstein Files Release
• Top DOD Official Sues 'Notorious Astrologer' After Messy Affair
• Missouri is next to answer Trump's call for redrawn maps that boost GOP in 2026
• Obama and Holder Mobilize Democrats Against GOP Redistricting: Existential Threat to 'Our Democracy'
• Only in It for the Somalis: Ilhan Omar's Muscle Man Admits His Part in $300+ Million Somali Scam, Pleads Guilty
• Brazil's Democratic Quandary: How to Prosecute a President - Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil's former president, is heading to trial. But his path there has stirred concern that the judiciary has overstepped its bounds
• Corruption scandal threatens Argentina's right-wing President Milei and his influential sister
• Jailed Bolivian right-wing governor Camacho is granted house arrest - Camacho was arrested in 2022 and accused of "terrorism" for his participation in events during Bolivia's 2019 political crisis, a time in which then-President Evo Morales resigned amid allegations of electoral fraud
• Thailand's prime minister removed from office over leaked phone call scandal with Cambodian strongman
• Wife of jailed South Korean ex-president indicted over bribery and stock manipulation
• Italy's PM Meloni 'disgusted' over porn site allegedly showing doctored images of her and other high-profile women
• Porn censorship is going to destroy the entire internet - Age verification isn't just for adult websites
• Are AI and Democracy Compatible? Avoiding digital dictatorship may mean rethinking our relationship with machines
• Elon Musk’s xAI sues former engineer for ‘stealing’ Grok trade secrets and taking them to Sam Altman’s OpenAI: What the lawsuit says
• OpenAI's ChatGPT gave instructions on how to bomb sports hall and weaponise anthrax
• Connecticut Man's Case Believed to Be First Murder-Suicide Associated With AI Psychosis - Several suicides have been blamed on AI. This appears to be the first homicide.
• Tesla said it didn't have key data in a fatal crash. Then a hacker found it.
• 5.5 magnitude earthquake hits near Onagawa Cho, Japan
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near Severo-Kuril'sk, Russia
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Adak, Alaska
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Tomioka, Japan
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
• Popocateptl volcano in Mexico erupts to 23,000ft
• Ruiz volcano in Colombia erupts to 21,000ft
• Sangay volcano in Ecuador erupts to 19,000ft
• Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 15,000ft
• Fuego volcano in Guatemala erupts to 14,000ft
• Santa Maria volcano in Guatemala erupts to 14,000ft
• Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 14,000ft
• Sakurajima volcano on Japan erupts to 11,000ft
• Dempo volcano in Indonesia erupts to 11,000ft
• Marapi volcano in Indonesia erupts to 11,000ft
• Pakistan races to evacuate tens of thousands stranded by floods in Punjab
• Protective dykes blown up to save Punjab cities as raging waters head southwards
• Ruins revealed by wildfire boost Galilean site's claim as New Testament's Bethsaida
• Destroyed Burning Man Orgy Dome replaced by 'pink taco-shaped' Orgy Bus - A 10-time festival goer has opened up to his TikTok followers about the orgy situation after the original Orgy Dome was destroyed in a sandstorm earlier this week
• Trump Admin Ends $679 Million for 'Doomed' Offshore Wind Projects
• Quebec government to ban public prayer after viral videos show Muslims praying in large groups - "The premier of Quebec has given me the mandate to strengthen secularism, and I am determined to fulfil this mandate diligently."
• Self-proclaimed 'apostle' who claims to be Jesus' best friend arrested in forced labor scheme
• Maryland Governor Wes Moore now says he would welcome Trump's help to fight crime in Baltimore: "I would absolutely welcome federal support."
• Wealthy Island Community's Sewage Has a Cocaine Problem
• Detainees report alleged uprising at 'Alligator Alcatraz': 'A lot of people have bled' - Reports of incident were denied by Florida and Ice officials as detainees say they were beaten and teargas was fired
• Democrat Rep. John Larson Calls On 'Americans to Rise Up' Against 'Gestapo' ICE Agents
• Bill Clinton Deported More Mexicans than Trump, Says Mexican President
• Duffy: 'Newscum' Is Putting Americans in Danger by Ignoring Language Proficiency Standards for Truck Drivers
• Investigation Finds Migrants Used Hidden Cameras to Cheat on Truck License Tests
• Chinese Students Required to Spy Under Chinese Law: 600,000 Coming Soon
• Kim Kardashian Trashes Trump Illegal Immigration Crackdown from Italy: 'Protect the People' Who 'Built Our Country'
• Germany Needs Trump Migration Policies, Says U.S. Tourist After Getting Stabbed While Defending Women
• Manhunt underway in rugged Australian bush after gunman kills two policemen
• Rare police shooting reveals how a US imported belief system is becoming more violent in Australia
• Manhunt in Australian bush brings long-dismissed conspiracy theorists to the fore
• 'Even Handguns Too': The Trace Reporter Floats Australia-Like Gun Ban After Trans Allegedly Kills Catholic School Children
• Rosie O'Donnell Falsely Claims the Anti-Catholic Trans Minneapolis School Shooter 'Was a Republican MAGA Person'
• Rosie O'Donnell Fantasizes About Trump Dying in Trans School Shooter Rant: 'It's Coming to an End, He's Not Doing Well'
• MN Bishop Calls Mayor Jacob Frey's Sneering at Prayer After School Shooting 'Asinine'
• Tulsi Gabbard accuses Jen Psaki of 'hatred of God' after Minneapolis school shooting remarks
• Johnson: Psaki, Newsom Are Attacking Religion in a Time of Tragedy
• Senator snaps back at RFK Jr. for linking antidepressants to Minnesota shooting - Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minnesota, said Kennedy should be fired after he suggested antidepressants played a role in the Aug. 27 shooting at Annunciation Catholic School
• Sen. Welch: 'RFK Is a Lunatic' - Should Be Fired
• Minnesota trans killer of Catholic schoolchildren inspired by 'secret Satanic network': report
• 'Six Million Not Enough': Minneapolis School Shooter Scrawled Antisemitic, Anti-Israel Messages on Guns
• Kash Patel: FBI Investigating the 'Barbaric' Catholic School Attack Carried Out by 'Robert Westman, the Male Subject'
• Trans Minneapolis killer of Catholic schoolchildren blamed massacre on mother warning him not to transition - Westman also blamed his marijuana habit
• Minneapolis Mayor on if Gender Dysphoria Contributed to Shooting: Trans Community 'Suffering', It's Not About Groups
• Massachusetts trans activist arrested in fatal shooting of father after school drop-off just one day after Minneapolis trans massacre
• Pro-Transgender Schools Sue Trump to End Protections for Kids
• Amazon sells trans extremist shirts calling for violence to 'protect trans kids'
• German neo-Nazi shakes up debate when ordered to women's prison following gender change
• University of Michigan Hospital Halts Sex Change Drugs for Minors amid Pressure from Trump Administration
• Taxpayer Dollars from NIH Used to Create 'Transgender Monkeys' to Inject with mRNA Vaccines
• 'Get politics out of public health': CDC official who resigned over vaccine policy