December 20th, 2024

• After Yemen strikes, Netanyahu says Israel hitting Houthis on behalf of 'entire world'
• IDF confirms striking Yemen, says it hit targets used by Houthis 'for military ops'
• 'Lucky there were no children': School near Tel Aviv ravaged by Houthi missile warhead
• WWIII Alert: Biden Secretly More Than Doubled US Troops in Syria to 2,000
• US envoys arrive in Syria for talks with new Islamist rulers about country's future
• At Cairo summit, Muslim leaders envision Syria free of ethnic tensions, and of Israel
• Putin says Israel is main beneficiary of events in Syria, doubts IDF will withdraw troops
• 'Israel bragging about conquering the Syrian Hermon damages cooperation,' Arab diplomat warns
• Arab diplomat says hostage talks progressing but deal still likely to be weeks away
• IDF orders evacuations in central Gaza amid reports of imminent hostage deal
• UN votes to ask The Hague if Israel upholding aid obligations to Palestinians
• US said to demand Israel declare it's not deliberately starving Gazans - Blinken says he hopes Trump will continue efforts on Saudi-Israel normalization
• Blinken acknowledges Israel-Saudi normalization unlikely before Biden leaves office
• Blinken: Hamas realizes 'cavalry not coming,' should agree to a ceasefire and 'do it now' - If Hamas truly cares about the Palestinian people, they will "they will say yes and do it now," Blinken said
• CIA Chief Leaves Doha, No Breakthrough in Gaza Cease-fire, Hostage Deal Talks
• Turkey's Erdogan Urges Trade Embargo of Israel
• US House Democrats Demand Biden Administration 'Suspend Offensive Weapons' to Israel
• PA Arabs Sue the US for Providing Military Equipment to Israel
• IDF notes decrease in incidents of terrorism against both Palestinians and Israelis in West Bank in past year
• IDF drone strike in West Bank earlier today killed senior terror operative Shin Bet says was financed by Iran
• Police, Shin Bet says they're probing torching of West Bank mosque
• Montreal synagogue firebombed for 2nd time since Oct 7 massacre amid wave of antisemitic violence in Canada
• Reviving antisemitic trope, Putin says Jews are tearing apart Russian Orthodox Church - Comments made during press conference echo Soviet-era antisemitism under Stalin, when the Kremlin persecuted Jews and accused them of being 'rootless cosmopolitans'
• US State Department: No country, 'certainly not' America, would tolerate terrorists on its doorstep - "Israel, of course, as we've long said, has every right to its self-defense and its security," a U.S. State Department spokesman said
• FBI arrests college student for plotting mass casualty attack on Israeli consulate in NYC
• Iran expands weaponization capabilities critical for employing nuclear bomb - Expert says Iran 'is moving towards building the bomb at a rapid pace'
• Zelensky Admits Ukraine Doesn't Have the Military Might To Retake Territory Conquered by Russia
• Putin taunted the West with a proposed missile 'duel of the 21st century' between the Oreshnik and US-made defenses
• Putin Dares the US to an 'Experiment': Gather All Ukrainian Air Defense in Kiev in One Place, To Be Hit with the Oreshnik Hypersonic Missile - 'Let's See if They Can Shoot It Down'
• EU Plans Massive Ukraine Aid for 2025
• Stampede at Christmas fair in Nigeria kills at least 35 children - Event organisers promised cash and food in country grappling with economic crisis
• Fani Willis disqualified from Trump case by Georgia appeals court - The court of appeals disqualified Willis from the case, but allowed the indictment to stand.
• Fani Fights Back: Fani Willis Asks Georgia Supreme Court to Intervene After Appeals Court Boots Her From Trump RICO Case
• Elon Musk Cheers Victory as Speaker Johnson's Spending Bill Stalls After Trump and Musk Threatened to Primary Anyone Who Would Vote for It
• Trump-backed spending bill goes down in flames as shutdown looms - The deadline to avert a partial government shutdown is end of day Friday
• Trump-backed funding bill fails in the House after 38 Republicans oppose it - 38 Republicans voted against the bill because they did not think the cuts made were great enough
• Shutdown Imminent as Lawmakers Nix GOP's Plan B Spending Stopgap
• Republicans regroup to find a funding bill 'plan C'
• Shutdown threatens 'chaos' for Trump's transition and inauguration
• Democrats' Musk Derangement Syndrome Hits a New Level After Massive Spending Bill Crashes and Burns - Multiple House Democrats took shots at DOGE co-chair Elon Musk for the role he played in helping tank a massive spending bill
• Trump 'green lit' Elon Musk's anti-spending bill posts on X: report
• Rand Paul Floats Elon Musk for House Speaker: 'Disrupt the Swamp'
• Hillary Clinton says Republicans are taking orders from 'world's richest man' to shut down government
• Whoopi Goldberg and Joy Behar Push Wild Conspiracy That Elon Musk and JD Vance Are Plotting to Get Rid of Trump - Goldberg Backpedaled After Suggesting Assassination-Like Comment
• Eric Adams puts Dems on blast over constant comparisons of Trump to fascists: 'We stopped speaking to people'
• Report: The Cover-Up of Biden's Mental Decline Went Even Deeper Than Previously Thought - If Biden is not in control of his mental faculties, who is in control of the government - and why is nobody in the media asking about this?
• Former CNN Pundit Apologizes for Ignoring Joe Biden's Obvious Mental Decline
• MSNBC moves to bring conservative pundits to network shows: report
• New York governor announces temporary ban on flights over 'critical infrastructure' amid drone sightings
• FAA Issues Drone Ban in N.J. Areas
• Drone Wars: FAA Threatens 'Deadly Force' in New Drone No Fly Zones for Twenty-Two New Jersey Locales for 'Special Security Reasons'
• 5.3 magnitude earthquake hits the West Chile Rise
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Dapdap, Philippines
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Isangel, Vanuatu
• Popocateptl volcano in Mexico erupts to 22,000ft
• 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
• Ibu volcano in Indonesia erupts to 10,000ft
• Chinese spy pleads guilty to running secret police base in Manhattan on behalf of CCP
• Eric Adams says Trump admin could help change NYC's sanctuary city laws - "We both agreed on: violent individuals should not remain in our country," Adams said.
• Judge Orders Guns Taken Away from 20-Year-Old California Man Who Allegedly Planned Bombing with Wisconsin School Shooter
• California Man Detained for Allegedly Conspiring with Teen Behind Wisconsin Christian School Shooting in Chilling Plot to Blow Up Government Building
• Bible removed from Texas school district due to law banning 'sexually explicit' content
• 'Cascade of harm': Cuomo threatens defamation lawsuit against former aide who accused him of sexual harassment - Cuomo resigned as governor in 2021 after several women accused him of sexual harassment
• RFK Jr 'open' to some restrictions on abortion pill: Josh Hawley - "[Kennedy] indicated to me he wanted to support the president's pro-life agenda," Hawley said
• Top Crime Investigators Believe UnitedHealthcare CEO Shooter Did Not Act Alone in Cold-Blooded Murder Plot
• Luigi Mangione hit with federal charges in killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson - The DOJ stated that Mangione had "meticulously planned the execution of Brian Thompson" over the last several months "in an effort to initiate a public discussion about the healthcare industry."
• Luigi Mangione Extradited to NYC to Face Federal Charges in UnitedHealthcare CEO Assassination - Could Face Death Penalty Despite State Ban
• Leftists Establish Legal Fund for Alleged CEO Shooter Luigi Mangione, Raise More Than $160,000
• Blue States Bring Back Mask Mandates Ahead of 'Quad-demic'