December 17th, 2021

• Ukraine's envoy: We could recognize Jerusalem as capital in coming months
• US, Israel convene economic policy group for 1st time under Biden administration
• For 4th time, Republican senator blocks passage of Iron Dome funding bill
• US Senate sends Biden defense bill, with funding for cyber-cooperation for Israel
• Prosecutors to indict 14-year-old Palestinian girl for stabbing attack
• One Israeli man killed, two injured in northern West Bank terror shooting
• Palestinian terror groups praise deadly West Bank attack
• As coalition bickers, hundreds of soldiers to help police confront settler violence
• PM vows to 'settle score' with terrorists after deadly attack in northern Samaria
• Lapid: Extremist violence 'a stain on Israel,' there must be zero tolerance
• Gaza mother says her twins were born of sperm smuggled from father jailed in Israel
• Charging Israel with apartheid turns int'l law on its head - NGO Monitor
• Ex-Trump aide says Netanyahu was 'willing to fight Iran to the last US soldier'
• Iran says UN can't see images from cameras at nuclear site until sanctions end
• US Navy rescues Iranian drug smugglers from burning ship off coast of Oman
• Canada and others say patience running out with Iran over downed plane
• U.S. and allies shoot down drone near U.S. base in Syria
• Bangladesh marks 50 years of liberation war victory over Pakistan
• Blinken Says US Weighing New Sanctions on Myanmar
• North Koreans banned from laughing, celebrating birthdays to mark anniversary of Kim Jong Il's death
• Lithuanian Diplomats Leave China Over Taiwan
• NFL map endorses CCP's claim that Taiwan is part of China
• NFL Wants In On China, Announces International Home Marketing Program
• China Wants U.N. to Regulate Military A.I.
• US Builds New Software Tool to Predict Actions That Could Draw China's Ire
• China conducts live-fire drills after Blinken condemns 'Beijing's aggressive actions' in South China Sea
• Jittery Ukrainian villagers 'fear that a big war will start'
• Ukrainian Leader Urges EU to Sanction Russia
• Ukraine's Zelensky Torches Weak Biden, E.U. Policy: Sanctions After Invasion 'Won't Matter'
• Swedish commander: U.S. should add troops in Europe if Russia-Ukraine crisis deepens
• Italy to probe claims government enabled 1982 terror attack on Rome synagogue
• Democrats' Infighting Threatens to Doom Progress on Biden Agenda
• Warren: SCOTUS 'Has Lost the Respect of the American People' - We Need More Justices
• Member of Biden's Supreme Court panel says adding justices is threat that would have a dangerous impact on justice and risked destabilizing that nation's highest court
• DC Bar Reinstates Ex-FBI Lawyer Who Admitted Altering Russia Probe Email
• 'His emails were about plotting a coup d'etat' - Hillary Clinton Pops Off About Mark Meadows' Private Email Accounts
• Carville: 'Strap in People' - January 6 Probe Will Expose Trump Was Behind a 'Massive Criminal Act'
• J6 Committee Fabricates More Evidence, Says Trump Waited 187 Minutes To Call For Peace. It Was Actually 25
• Georgia House Speaker David Ralston Predicts GOP Will Suffer Bloodbath in 2022 Unless They Shut Up About Voter Fraud
• Exclusive Whistleblower Video: Pennsylvania Election Workers Discuss Hiding 'Derogatory' Records
• Fox News removes cartoon showing George Soros as a puppet master after ADL complains
• Facebook targets 7 cyber firms, 4 of them Israeli, that use platform to spy
• Meta targets 'cyber mercenaries' using Facebook to spy
• Uber Eats and Motional are working on driverless food delivery for 2022
• Rare Comet Expected to Pass By Earth for Last Time on Christmas Day, Astronomer Says
• 6.0 magnitude earthquake hits the South Sandwich Islands region
• 5.7 magnitude earthquake hits near Lospalos, Timor Leste
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits the Mid-Indian Ridge
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits south of Panama
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Ambon, Indonesia
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits the Kermadec Islands region
• Sabancaya volcano in Peru erupts to 25,000ft
• Ruiz volcano in Colombia erupts to 20,000ft
• Sangay volcano in Ecuador erupts to 19,000ft
• Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 15,000ft
• Fuego volcano in Guatemala erupts to 15,000ft
• Santa Maria volcano in Guatemala erupts to 14,000ft
• Manam volcano in Papua New Guinea erupts to 10,000ft
• Super Typhoon Rai slams into the Philippines as tens of thousands evacuate
• 2 long-track tornadoes confirmed amongst rare December swarm
• Record High Temperatures, Strong Winds Blow Into Midwest
• At Least 5 Dead as Midwest Rocked by Hurricane-Force Winds
• U.S. records most hurricane-force gusts in a single day
• Massive dust storm sweeps through Colorado, Kansas and Nebraska, U.S.
• 43 Iowa counties listed under disaster proclamation
• Flood From Coal Mining Traps 21 People in China
• Oil Company Amplify Energy Accused of Negligence Over Massive Spill Off California Coast: DOJ
• Remaining missionaries kidnapped in Haiti by gang released
• France Closes Border to UK, Meanwhile Channel Migrant Crisis Rages On
• Report: Biden's Agencies Purge Term 'Alien' in Favor of 'Noncitizen'
• Rep. Kat Cammack: Biden 'Trafficker in Chief' With Illegals Coming Into US
• WH to stop holding migrant families at border, will use ankle bracelets instead: report
• Congress approves import ban targeting forced labor in China
• US Curbs Chinese Drone Maker DJI, Other Firms It Accuses of Aiding Rights Abuses
• U.S. blacklists 34 Chinese entities, citing human rights abuses and 'brain-control weaponry'
• Ghislaine Maxwell's trial resumes Thursday. A key question: Are enablers criminally liable?
• Project Veritas Uncovers Grotesque CNN Employee's Texts About His Fiance's Underage Daughter
• Longtime CNN producer John Griffin's devices seized 17 months before child sex trafficking arrest
• Two Women Accuse 'Sex and the City' Star Chris Noth of Sexual Assault
• Fired McDonald's CEO Steve Easterbrook is forced to pay back $105 million in severance over claims that he lied about affairs with employees
• The metaverse has a groping problem already - A woman was sexually harassed on Meta's VR social media platform
• Appeal against jailing of two men in Tunisia seeks to decriminalize homosexuality
• Salvadoran drag queen emerges as a colorful presidential critic
• UPenn Parents Plead with NCAA to Change Rules After Trans Swimmer Dominates Women's Competition
• Appeals court hears oral arguments in Catholics' challenge to mandate on gender-related treatments
• Texas AG Investigating Pharmaceutical Companies That Promote Hormone Blockers for Kids
• New York University Faculty Member: Trans Activism Part of 'Communist Revolution'
• Ron DeSantis: Wokeness Is 'Cultural Marxism' and Critical Race Theory Is 'Elite-Driven Phenomenon'
• Gorsuch deals abortion providers another setback by sending Texas SB8 lawsuit to a conservative appeals court
• Supreme Court Urged to Uphold Ban on Down Syndrome Abortions: 'Protect Unborn' from Discrimination
• Ohio city repeals measure that criminalized abortion
• FDA loosens restrictions on telemedicine abortions as the Supreme Court considers rolling back Roe v. Wade
• FDA to permanently allow abortion pills by mail, a major win for advocates
• Healthcare crisis: 1 in 3 are skipping vital medical care due to the cost
• CDC says contamination, design flaw at fault for initial COVID-19 test kit failure
• Lioness at Belgian Zoo Tests Positive for COVID-19
• Zoo in Chile Tests Experimental COVID-19 Vaccine on Lions and Tigers
• Former top FDA officials accuse Biden admin of 'sidelining' experts
• Emails Expose How Dr Fauci And Mark Zuckerberg Colluded To Impose Control Over Pandemic Narrative
• RFK Jr.: Fauci's 'Commercial' Interests Replaced Regulation at Agency
• In lawsuit, radio host Dave Ramsey's former employee says he was told to 'pray away' covid before being fired
• Covid-19 Cancels Christmas Around Europe... Again
• Record-Breaking Omicron Is Now So Bad in U.K. Even the Queen Has Canceled Christmas
• WHO expects severe omicron cases, warns against treating variant as mild disease
• Omicron infects 70 times faster than previous COVID strains: study
• 'Striking' vaccine resistance in Omicron variant: Columbia University
• More Tri-State Colleges Are Starting to Require Covid Booster as Omicron Looms
• Governor Hochul intends to change definition of 'fully vaccinated' to include boosters
• Biden warns of a 'winter of severe illness and death' for those not vaccinated against Covid
• Biden Suggests Unvaccinated Americans Are Irresponsible, Unpatriotic Spreaders of Disease
• Joe Biden Tells Packers Fan to Get Aaron Rodgers Vaccinated as He Tours Tornado Damage
• Jill Biden Visits Children Injured in Waukesha Christmas Parade Massacre; Promotes Coronavirus Vaccines
• Climate Activist Michael Mann Calls Climate Denial 'Deadlier' than COVID Denial, Demands Censorship of Dissenters
• Olaf Scholz condemns Covid 'truth denial' in inaugural speech
• Twitter to Penalize For Saying Vaccinated Can Spread COVID
• The Atlantic calls out CDC's 'flawed case' for school masking: Its go-to study based on 'very shaky science'
• "Masks Don't Add Much" Additional Protection Against Covid - Southwest CEO Sparks Backlash After Questioning the Need for Masks on Planes
• CDC panel recommends Pfizer, Moderna vaccines over J&J shots for adults due to rare blood clot cases
• Eight Heart Inflammation Cases Among Young Kids Who Got COVID-19 Shot: CDC
• Doctor Warns Stillbirths Are Rampant Among Fully Vaccinated Mothers, Launches Investigation
• Commentary: Vaccine Passports are Not Only Useless but a Threat to Public Health
• Three Jab World: Boosterless French over-65s See Covid Passes Disabled
• France says 110,000 fake health passes in circulation
• Israel's Green Pass rules for malls delayed amid confusion over enforcement
• Israel rejects Christians' accusation of 'racist' bias in granting entry exemptions during travel ban amid the COVID-19 pandemic
• Israel's PM Bennett enters quarantine after contact with COVID patient on UAE flight
• Israeli Knesset guard tests positive for Omicron strain, sending MK, 20 staff to quarantine
• Blinken cuts overseas trip short due to reporter testing positive for Covid-19
• US sports leagues facing COVID-19 crisis
• The NFL Is a COVID Superspreader Right Now - There are currently more than 70 active players on the NFL's COVID-19 list
• Viral video of 'utterly terrifying' brawl over face masks on UK train
• Six men, including a decorated army veteran, were arrested in New York City last night after failure to show proof of vaccination
• Texas Governor Tells Defense Secretary COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate on National Guard Won't be Enforced
• Across Services, Troops Face Discipline for Refusing Vaccine
• 103 Marines booted for refusing COVID vaccine as services begin discharges
• Only 6 of United's 13,000 pilots were fired for failing to meet the airline's vaccine mandate
• Biden asks Supreme Court to revive health worker vaccine mandate
• CNBC's Jim Cramer doubles down on belief that government has the 'right' to force citizens to obey vax-mandate
• Supermarket Juggernaut Kroger Co. Strips Paid Coronavirus Leave from Unvaccinated Employees
• COVID Cancels Big Broadway Shows: 'Tina,' 'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child'
• Biden administration announces plan to boost truck driver workforce amid national supply chain woes
• Fewer people moving to California, more leaving during pandemic: Study
• Evictions slowly rising ahead of Christmas following end of federal ban
• Europe's Top Central Banks Take Divergent Tracks as They Confront Inflation
• BoE becomes first major central bank to raise rates since pandemic
• Turkey's Currency Crisis Escalates After Central Bank Again Cuts Rates
• Report: Wholesale inflation hits 26.5%, making it the absolute highest since 1974 - and there's no slowing down
• Wharton Study: Bidenflation Will Cost Families $3,500 This Year, Low-Incomes Hardest Hit
• Biden signs debt ceiling increase, preventing first-ever U.S. default
• Obama's Ethics Director Attacks Pelosi for Supporting Lawmaker Stock Trading