February 13th, 2025

• Egyptian Defense Minister calls on army to maintain highest level of combat readiness
• Egypt defies Trump: Tensions rise over Gaza relocation plan
• Egypt's President Sisi to stay away from White House if Gaza displacement on agenda
• Sisi, King Abdullah Agree that Gaza Should Be Rebuilt Without Displacing Palestinians
• Egypt reportedly releases details on plan to rebuild Gaza; there's no mention of 'cooperation' with the US
• Van Hollen: Trump 'Lit a Fire and Threw It on a Keg of Gasoline' in the Middle East
• Backing return to fighting, Rubio says Israel can't let Hamas use ceasefire to rearm
• Russia, Sudan voice concern over possible collapse of Gaza cease-fire agreement
• IDF Preparing for Largest Reserves Mobilization Since October 7 Should Ceasefire Collapse
• Hamas claims 'positive signs' as Qatar, Egypt scramble to resolve Gaza truce crisis
• Hamas to resume hostage release deal as previously agreed
• Israel said to tell Hamas ceasefire can continue if three hostages freed on Saturday
• Trump asked Jordan's King Abdullah to ensure Hamas understands 'severity of the situation' if hostages not freed
• Trump's special envoy for hostage affairs warns Hamas not to test Trump ahead of Saturday ultimatum - Trump wants all hostages to be released Saturday by noon or 'all hell is going to break out'
• Nobel laureates make bold peace prize offer to Trump in bid to save Hamas hostages
• Signs of life received in recent days for at least 10 hostages held in Gaza
• Hamas forced Daniella Gilboa to film her 'death' for propaganda purposes - Daniella Gilboa's mother reveals the terrorist organization forced her to participate in a fake video to make it look like she was killed by IDF fire
• Interior minister orders 3 Palestinians to be deported for alleged terror support
• Israel's fatal shooting of a pregnant Palestinian woman puts the focus on West Bank violence
• Amid deadly raids, Israeli army orders evacuation of another West Bank camp
• IDF expands security operations in Judea & Samaria, considers permanent deployment in refugee camps
• Palestinian Forces Are Openly Helping Israel Fight Its West Bank War - As the war moves to the West Bank, Palestinian security forces stun residents as they operate in occupied streets in cooperation with the Israeli army
• Jesse Watters calls out 'explosive' Palestinian birthrate of hostile and uneducated people
• Alleged ties between Netanyahu aides and Qatar prompt calls for investigation
• Sydney nurses who said they would kill Israeli patients are suspended - Ahmad Rashad Nadir and Sarah Abu Lebdeh, who work at Bankstown Hospital in Sydney, said they would send Israelis 'to hell' in a conversation with TikTok user
• Tucker Carlson has no place in the White House because of 'fake-Christian form of Jew-hatred,' says US Evangelical leader
• Trump formally nominates Mike Huckabee as next US ambassador to Israel
• Iranian ex-commander - now believer in Jesus - addresses members of Knesset: 'I'm here, standing with Israel'
• Israel Sees Opening for Strikes on Iranian Nuclear Sites, U.S. Intelligence Warned
• Israel plotting attack on Iranian nuclear sites now that Trump is in office: report
• Global war fears rising among security experts: Survey
• Over 160 unexploded bombs from World War II found under children's playground - "The scale of the problem was far greater than anyone had anticipated"
• South Sudan president sacks top leaders and spy chief
• South Sudan's deputy pres. threatens to leave peace agreement over fired officials
• Sudan fighters accused of storming famine-hit camp
• Man recalls burying infants who starved in Sudan's Darfur camp
• Sudan's FM visits Moscow seeking more collaborations with Russia
• Russia to help restore stability in Sudan
• Sudan appreciates Russia's support amid trying times - foreign minister
• Sudan says 'no obstacles' to Russian Red Sea naval base
• Bolivia Erupts in Protest over Chinese and Russian Companies Taking over Lithium Supply
• The Art of the Deal? Bitcoin fraudster tied to 2016 hacking of Democrats is Russian released in exchange for U.S teacher
• Kremlin says U.S. will free cyber criminal Alexander Vinnik in swap for Marc Fogel
• Trump secures release of American citizen, two others from Belarus prison - Also being released is Andrey Kuznechyk, a European journalist
• Peace Progress: Trump Speaks with Putin, Zelensky as Efforts to End Ukraine War Surge Forward
• Trump speaks with Zelensky, says Ukrainian leader 'wants to make peace'
• Putin 'not preparing for peace,' Zelenskyy says after deadly ballistic missile strike
• Ukraine returning to pre-2014 borders, joining NATO are 'unrealistic,' Hegseth says
• US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says US won't protect Europe from attack by Putin in chilling threat
• No lasting peace in Ukraine without European role in talks, leaders say after Trump-Putin call
• NATO Ally Warns of Russia Launching 'Large-Scale' War in Europe
• Authoritarian leaders in former Soviet bloc seize on Musk's USAid crackdown - USAid has long been a thorn in the side of governments in the region who have railed against US support for pro-democracy and civil society movements
• Ecuador's President Suggests Presidential Election Was Rigged
• More Than 150 Arrested in the Largest Operation by Italian Police Against the Mafia in 40 Years
• Ex-Illinois House Speaker convicted on 10 corruption charges at trial that exposed Democrat greed
• 'Costs And Chaos!' Ford CEO Warns Trump Tariffs Will 'Blow A Hole' In Auto Industry
• Citadel CEO Ken Griffin says Trump's 'bombastic' trade rhetoric is eroding trust in the U.S.
• Trump EPA chief accuses Biden of 'tossing gold bars off the Titanic'
• Adjusting the bookkeeping on America's gold reserves could add $750 billion to the U.S. Treasury overnight - but one expert says cashing out could trigger an 'Armageddon' event and tank the market
• Republicans Reveal Trump Tax Plan Will Cost US $4.5 Trillion
• WH Official After Inflation Surge: Trump Is Tackling 'Lingering Damage of Biden's Failed Economic Policies'
• White House: Inflation Numbers Show Biden Administration 'Left Us with a Mess'
• Rep. Andy Barr Details Republican Plan to 'Whip Inflation' with Tax Cuts, DOGE, Energy Dominance
• Biden White House collaborated from the start on Trump documents probe, emails show
• House Dems reintroduce reparations legislation: 'We refuse to be silent' - Progressive Rep. Ayanna Pressley says 'reparations are a necessary step in achieving justice'
• Fox News Host: Trump Voters Frustrated by 'Level of Chaos'
• Supreme Court Justice Sounds Alarm Over Trump's 'Monarchy' Power Grab
• Sotomayor Issues Stark Warning: 'We Will Lose Our Democracy'
• 'Possibility of imprisoning someone': Judge outlines what could happen if Trump does not comply
• Judge Who Blocked Trump's Spending Freeze Calls Him a 'Tyrant,' Decries Racism as a 'White People Problem,' and Advocates Packing His Court with 'People of Color' Because It's 'Too White' in Resurfaced 2021 Footage
• Here's the Organization Chart That Exposes How Unelected Activist Judges Are Undermining the Role of Each Branch of Government
• El Salvador's Nayyib Bukele Urges Trump to Impeach Activist Obama Judges in Order to Save America - Elon Musk Agrees
• Elon Musk Pushes for 'Wave of Judicial Impeachments'
• Rep Eli Crane to file articles of impeachment against judge who blocked Treasury access from DOGE - "Partisan judges abusing their positions is a threat to democracy."
• White House calls judges blocking Trump's agenda 'real constitutional crisis'
• NY Post: Dems exhaust the last of their credibility with a false Trump 'constitutional crisis'
• Judge affirms Trump has some authority to pause spending
• Judge clarifies that Trump has authority to pause funding if orders comply with existing statutes
• 'Outside The Power Of A Federal Judge': Courts Test Boundaries As Trump Admin Sparks Showdown Over Executive Authority
• Legal expert 'baffled' by courts 'intruding significantly' on Trump's presidential authority - A judge extended a restraining order Monday to ban the admin's buyout offer to federal workers
• Musk staffer 'mistakenly' given ability to edit Treasury Department payment system, legal filings say
• Trump blasts Department of Education as 'con job,' says he wants it closed 'immediately'
• 8 inspectors general fired by Trump file lawsuit challenging dismissals
• Nonprofits accuse administration of 'accelerating' foreign aid cuts
• Hohmann: USAID funded Terrorist Regimes that Killed Thousands of US Soldiers
• 'Designated terrorists': Extremist groups raked in millions from USAID, multiyear study reveals
• The good, the bad and the ugly of USAID's Middle East funding - Some of the agency's funding went to programs encouraging Israeli and Palestinian coexistence, while other grants went to pro-Hamas organizations
• Rep. Mike Lawler: USAID Gave 'Over $3 Million to a Rap Artist in Gaza Producing Anti-Israel, Anti-Semitic Songs'
• Trump fires USAID's top watchdog after reports of billions wasted on educating al Qaeda terrorist and drag shows
• Microsoft Drops USAID-Funded NewsGuard After Ted Cruz Starts Digging
• Why Is This Not Making Headlines? Over $2.7 Trillion in Fraudulent US Government Payments Discovered
• DOGE now has 100 staffers as Elon Musk vows to find $1T in cuts, Trump says
• "The Entire Political Context We've Had for 50 Years Has Changed in the Last Month. We Are Now at the End of the Fourth Turning - These People Are Evil," Says Top Pollster on Trump Momentum
• Disgruntled and vocal: Zuckerberg follows DOGE, 3,600 'low performing' Meta workers get the axe
• White House upholds banishment of AP from Oval Office for not using 'Gulf of America' in reporting
• Rep. Ayanna Pressley Says the Quiet Part Out Loud: Says Democrats "Willing to Work with Anyone Who's Serious About Doing the Work of Censoring the American People"
• How the world stopped worrying and learned to love AI - Politicians have shifted from AI regulation to innovation - and the industry loves it
• UK and US refuse to sign international AI declaration
• JD Vance Knocks EU's Regulation Of US Tech Giants: 'America Cannot Accept That'
• Excessive regulation could 'kill' AI industry, JD Vance tells government leaders at Paris summit
• JD Vance tells Europe: Deregulate or the AI revolution will leave you behind
• Vance tells world leaders AI must be 'free from ideological bias,' American tech won't be censorship tool
• Scarlett Johansson Slams AI Video of Celebrities Denouncing Kanye West: Pass Laws Limiting Misuse of AI
• Musk's X Agrees to Pay About $10 Million to Settle Trump Lawsuit - Musk's platform becomes second social-media company to settle with Trump after Jan. 6, 2021 riot triggered bans
• Modi and Musk to meet, possibly discuss potential Starlink launch in India
• Chinese Spy Balloon Joe Biden Allowed to Traverse the US and Pass Over Military Bases Was Loaded with US Technology
• Military fighter jet crashes into San Diego Bay, pilots eject safely
• Emergency declared on a second Greek island as a string of earthquakes persists
• 5.3 magnitude earthquake hits the South Sandwich Islands region
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Onagawa Cho, Japan
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Oia, Greece
• Ruiz volcano in Colombia erupts to 22,000ft
• Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 16,000ft
• Mt Etna volcano in Italy erupts to 16,000ft
• Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 15,000ft
• Santa Maria volcano in Guatemala erupts to 14,000ft
• Eruption at Kilauea producing lava fountains up to 100 m (330 feet) high, Hawai'i
• Heavy rain and risk of 'life-threatening' debris flows prompt evacuation warnings in LA fire areas as snow hits the Midwest
• Roofs ripped off and powerlines downed as possible tornado rips through Pensacola, Florida
• Media Blackout? Trump's New FEMA Has Handled 80 Percent of Cases in Western NC in Just 5 Days - Biden Had 116 Days
• DHS report: FEMA found to have mismanaged Billions during Covid pandemic - FEMA disbursed $8.1 billion in "questioned costs" and $1.5 billion to a state without proper vetting
• Trump-themed goat statue at Mar-a-Lago sparks Christian outrage over 'In Trump We Trust' message - A Trump-themed statue wrapped in 'In Trump We Trust' $100 bills ignites controversy among Christians
• UN rights office estimates up to 1,400 killed in crackdown on protests in Bangladesh
• Crackdown on Bangladesh protesters may be crime against humanity, UN says
• Ilhan Omar Fumes at Trump's 'Discriminatory' Resettlement Offer to Persecuted White South Africans
• Republican lawmaker is fundraising off petition to 'arrest and deport' Rep. Ilhan Omar to Somalia
• 'Reverse flow': Illegal immigrants streaming back home after being blocked by Trump's border
• Trump's DOJ sues New York officials for prioritizing illegal immigrants over Americans
• DOJ announces lawsuit against New York, Hochul and state AG James over 'sanctuary' status
• Border czar Tom Homan accuses FBI of leaking information about ICE raids: 'Lives at risk'
• Attacker posing as ICE agent punches, robs, nearly rapes woman in Brooklyn Heights
• Antifa uses anti-ICE protests to recruit, radicalize new members in Oregon
• Hypocrite Pope Francis, Living Behind a 39-Ft Wall, Sends Letter to U.S. Bishops Blasting Trump's Immigration Crackdown - Yet Imposes Harsh Penalties of 1-4 Years in Jail and Fines Up to $25,700 for Illegal Entry into Vatican
• Archbishop Vigano Exposes Why Pope Francis is Pushing Back on President Trump's Immigration Polices-It's All About the Money
• Colorado BLM activist who shot disabled veteran in the head released from prison early after sweetheart plea deal from Soros-funded DA
• FCC to launch investigation into Comcast and NBCUniversal's DEI policies - Carr claimed the goal of the investigation was to "ensure" the companies "are not promoting invidious forms of discrimination in violation of FCC and civil rights laws"
• Disney ditches trigger warnings in DEI bonfire - Entertainment giant removes disclaimers on beloved classics in major shift
• Late multimillionaire banking tycoon Evelyn de Rothschild is accused of exploiting his position to sexually abuse female members of staff
• Judge who demanded Trump admin restore webpages on gender ideology presided over case of J6er who committed suicide while waiting for sentencing
• Trump admin demands NCAA return awards given to transgender competitors in female athletic events after prez's executive order
• Massachusetts town votes to become a transgender 'sanctuary city' after wild city council meeting - One Worcester resident warned the city should 'prepare for trans people to make this a very unsafe space' if the resolution didn't pass
• The 'sexome': A new forensic tool to identify perpetrators
• JD Vance's Young Relative Denied Life-Saving Transplant Over Vaccine Status, Family Claims
• Why the health care industry is letting RFK Jr. cruise to confirmation
• RFK Jr clears final hurdle before final Senate confirmation vote
• Tulsi Gabbard confirmed by Senate as Trump's national intelligence director