February 14th, 2025

• ​Knesset speaker: Hamas killed two-state solution on Oct. 7
• Israel Ally UAE Rejects Trump Gaza Plan; Renews Pitch For Two-State Solution
• UAE Envoy Backs Trump's Gaza Relocation Plan Amid Criticism - UAE Ambassador to the U.S. Yousef Al Otaiba supports Trump's plan to relocate Gaza's population, calling it "difficult but inevitable" despite international backlash
• Vatican rejects Trump's Gaza plan, says Palestinians must 'stay on their land'
• 'No to ethnic cleansing': Hundreds of US rabbis, Jewish celebs slam Trump's Gaza plan
• Egypt Announces Reconstruction Plan for Gaza
• Report: Pentagon threatening to withhold military aid from Egypt unless it accepts Trump's Gaza plan
• Egypt increases Sinai military presence, violates peace treaty - Satellite images reveal Egyptian tanks near the border with Israel. Experts warn: 'Four times the permitted forces'.
• Rubio: Arab countries unwilling to accept Palestinian refugees
• Israel said readying for three hostages to be freed Saturday, still pushing for more
• US hostage envoy argues Hamas walked back hostage threat after Trump warned of hell
• Starved, threatened and abused: Parents of freed Hamas hostages give details of ordeal
• Freed Israeli hostages tell families of torture while held by Hamas
• Hamas forced surveillance troops to watch torture videos of male hostages, says mother
• Inside Hamas' propaganda machine: How Al Jazeera aided October 7 misinformation - Documents reveal Hamas' coordinated effort with Al Jazeera to reshape the narrative of the October 7 attack
• How Israel almost wiped out Hezbollah, only days after October 7 - exclusive
• IAF strikes Hezbollah military sites which posed threat to Israeli home front
• US said to accept IDF request to remain in 5 south Lebanon posts after Feb. 18 deadline
• Lebanon's Berri rejects IDF plan to stay in 5 posts beyond deadline, as US backs it
• France proposes plan to speed up Israeli troop withdrawal from Lebanon, minister says
• 'Last nail in the coffin': Israeli settlers push on with fresh West Bank land grab - There are fears that a widely unnoticed displacement of Bedouin has the aim of fragmenting the territory intended for a future Palestinian state
• Security forces say they foiled terror attacks planned by 2 Israelis
• Terrorism still pays - the PA is simply rebranding it - Headlines broke this week over Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas issuing a decree revoking the Martyrs Fund payments
• US Treasury slaps sanctions on International Criminal Court prosecutor over Israel actions
• US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, a strong supporter of the State of Israel, is expected to arrive in Jerusalem this weekend as part of his first Middle East diplomacy tour
• In act of defiance, Jews produce T-shirts responding to Kanye's antisemitic merch
• 'The swastika shirt was the last straw': Kanye West and wife reportedly split up
• Majority of American Jews say fear of antisemitism has changed behaviors, AJC report finds
• US House panel demands Columbia University turn over disciplinary records for anti-Israel protesters
• At USAID, Funding for Terror-Tied Groups and Internal Hostility Toward Israel Goes Back Years
• Shocking Footage: NSW Health Nurses Caught on Livestream Video Bragging About Killing Israeli Patients
• Israel is 'likely' to attack Iranian nuclear facilities within the next 6 months, US intel estimates - US estimates Israeli strikes without direct US assistance can't destroy nuclear program
• Chinese Fighter Harassed Australian Surveillance Aircraft Over South China Sea, Official Say
• Australia says Chinese fighter jet released flares that almost hit spy plane over South China Sea
• USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier crashes into merchant ship near Middle East port
• At least 30 injured in Munich after Afghan migrant plows car into crowd in 'suspected attack' - just one day before Vance's meeting with Zelensky
• Russian troops are targeted in Israeli-style pager bomb plot - with explosives hidden in headsets used to fly drones
• Trump Pushes Fading Zelenskiy Toward Risky Ukraine Election
• John Bolton denounces Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin peace talks
• Vance warns US will use sanctions, military action if Putin doesn't agree to Ukraine peace deal: report
• Zelensky to Trump: Putin pretends to want peace because he's "afraid of you"
• Zelensky says Ukraine will not accept US-Russia peace deal without Kyiv's involvement
• UAE offers to host talks aimed at ending Ukraine war, sources say
• Trump Says He Expects To Meet Putin In Saudi Arabia After 'Highly Productive' Call About War In Ukraine
• Trump's call with Putin alarms Europe and shocks Ukraine
• Trump kept Germany's Scholz in the dark about his Ukraine peace plan
• There must be no imposed peace in Ukraine, says Germany's Scholz
• Scholz rejects 'dictated peace' for Ukraine as Europe reels after Trump-Putin call
• Russia launches fresh drone attack against Ukraine shortly after Trump-Putin phone call
• Ukrainian President Zelensky Welcomes Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent for Rare Earth Talks
• Donald Trump Says US Will Still Send Ukraine Aid
• Pete Hegseth says European allies must do more to 'make NATO great again'
• NATO is in disarray after the US announces that its security priorities lie elsewhere
• Moscow Exchange Abruptly Halts Trading as Technical Issues Surge in Russia
• Record Stock 'Fragility' Sends Warning to Broader Market
• Kallum Pickering ; The world is underestimating the risk of a US recession - Protectionism threatens to fuel inflation, push up interest rates and end the bull run in equity markets
• Banks closed more than 100 branches in three weeks as closure bloodbath continues in 2025
• Why Dealers Are Flying Gold Bars by Plane From London to New York - Tariff fears push JPMorgan and others to stash bullion on passenger planes to sell at record prices
• 'Does He Understand Money?': Rupert Murdoch's Wall Street Journal Slams Donald Trump's Intellect
• Trump to impose 'fair and reciprocal' tariffs against all trading partners
• National retailers warn of higher prices with reciprocal tariffs
• 'Prices Could Go Up': Trump Admits Tariffs Might Worsen Inflation, But Promises They'll 'Make Our Country a Fortune'
• Liberal minister suggests US-Canada trade war could delay next federal election - "If we are in a full-blown tariff war with the US, that might be a reason not to go to the polls."
• India, US agree to resolve trade and tariff rows after Trump-Modi talks
• Meeting Modi, Trump names Israel as a waypoint on proposed US-India trade route
• Petition calling for Denmark to buy California secures more than 230K signatures as Trump eyes Greenland
• Mexican President Considering Suing Google Over Gulf of America Name Change
• A Weaponized FBI: It's Real, Whistleblowers Testify, Boasting Scars to Prove It
• Ways and Means chair calls for de-weaponization, overhaul of IRS after 'lawless' behavior
• Biden Education Sec. Cardona: We're Going from a Democracy to a Monarchy
• Comer, Lee roll out bicameral bill to fast-track Trump's government reorganization plans through Congress
• Elon Musk Says US Government Needs to 'Delete Entire Agencies'
• Scores of firings have begun at federal agencies
• Trump administration tells federal agencies to fire probationary employees - The move could affect hundreds of thousands of federal workers
• 75,000 federal workers take President Trump's buyouts as offer expires
• 14 states sue Musk and Trump, calling billionaire's role unconstitutional
• 14 Democrat State Attorneys General Sue Trump, DOGE, Claim Musk Operating with Unchecked Power - White House Responds
• Fetterman says there 'isn't a constitutional crisis' with the Trump administration - Pennsylvania Democrat speaks out as White House slams 'judges in liberal districts' who are blocking Trump's orders
• Impeachment threat hits judge who blocked Trump federal funding freeze
• Tests of Trump's power on fast tracks to the Supreme Court
• Some federal workers are 'getting wealthy at taxpayer expense,' says Elon Musk, whose companies have received at least $20 billion from the government
• EPA head Lee Zeldin reveals no real oversight of shocking $20B Biden admin funneled through Citibank: 'Tip of the iceberg'
• Democratic senator: 'DOGE is now at the IRS'
• Top Elon Musk aide arrives at IRS to scrutinize operations, sources say
• DOGE Website Launches to Be 'Maximally Transparent' With Taxpayers
• New York Times says Musk has no 'proof' of fraud but simple Google search shows otherwise
• Led by Trump-picked chairman, the FCC takes aim at media companies
• Trump tells CNN reporter 'nobody watches' her network because it has 'no credibility' - President Trump said Biden was a 'friend' of CNN's Kaitlan Collins
• Was 'Reuters' Really Paid $9 Million by the Department of Defense? Elon Musk Claims Yes
• California Democrat says party needs to 'bring actual weapons' in the 'fight for democracy' against Elon Musk
• Mad Maxine Waters Sounds Alarm After Musk Announces DOGE Will Investigate Multimillionaire Government Workers: "We Don't Know What They Have on Us"
• Thomson Reuters, a Far-Left Propaganda Arm, Receives Funding from the U.S. Department of Defense for 'Active Social Engineering Defense Large-Scale Social Deception' - Elon Musk Responds
• Musk Will Face Consequences for Meddling in German Politics, Warns Likely Leader
• Top German Politician Wants Revenge on Elon Musk For Supporting AFD - Threatens to Go After Tesla as Punishment
• Elon Musk Offers to Withdraw $97 Billion OpenAI Bid if Organization Remains a Nonprofit
• TikTok returns to Apple and Google app stores in US, after Trump postpones ban
• US Air Force General says there were over 350 drone detections over 100 bases last year
• Stranded Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams To Return to Earth Mid-March on SpaceX Dragon Capsule After 9 Months in the International Space Station
• Earth's Magnetic North Pole Position Is Officially Changed - Scientists Just Updated Its Location
• 5.8 magnitude earthquake hits near Akhiok, Alaska
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits off the coast of Ecuador
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits the Banda Sea
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits the Banda Sea
• Ruiz volcano in Colombia erupts to 25,000ft
• Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 15,000ft
• Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 15,000ft
• Mt Etna volcano in Italy erupts to 15,000ft
• Santa Maria volcano in Guatemala erupts to 14,000ft
• Dukono volcano in Indonesia erupts to 12,000ft
• Alaska's Largest Volcano Is Waking Up and There's a 50-50 Chance of an Eruption - Alaska's largest volcano, Mount Spurr, is showing signs of imminent eruption as seismic activity around the mountain intensifies
• Category 5 Cyclone Zelia to make landfall over Pilbara coast, bringing very destructive winds and flooding, Western Australia
• California atmospheric river's relentless rains turn burn scars into roaring torrents of mud
• Winter storm creates chaos on Southern California streets
• Tornado damages homes and businesses in Columbia, Mississippi
• Trump Admin Formally Ends Biden's War on Gas Stoves
• Gas explosion at Taiwan food court kills 4 and injures 26
• Panama Arrests over 500 in Massive Construction Worker Union Riot
• National strike in Belgium as protesters rally against new government reforms
• Protests in Brussels Halt Over 400 Flights and Snarl Public Transit
• Queen of Belgium's plane forced to make emergency landing after cockpit windshield cracks
• Plane carrying Secretary of State Rubio to Europe turned around because of a mechanical issue
• Brazilian Air Force Shoots Down Plane Allegedly Carrying Drugs from Venezuela
• DOJ Charges Eight Venezuelans For Roles in a "Transnational Commercial Sex Enterprise" - One Additional Charged by Tennessee Bureau of Investigations
• Trump Administration Sends 53 Venezuelans to Guantanamo Bay
• Gov. Kathy Hochul puts off Trump meeting in wake of bombshell DOJ lawsuit against NY over sanctuary status
• NYC Mayor Adams vows to reopen ICE office at Rikers Island following meeting with Trump border czar Tom Homan
• Gov. Kathy Hochul doesn't rule out removing Eric Adams from office following allegations NYC mayor was involved in 'quid pro quo' with DOJ
• Prosecutors were prepping to charge Eric Adams with destroying evidence, Manhattan US attorney's resignation letter reveals
• Interim US attorney Danielle Sassoon quits after being told to drop NYC mayor's case
• Trump denies meddling in Eric Adams case as 6 top prosecutors quit over DOJ dismissal order
• AOC Webinar Teaches Illegal Immigrants How to Avoid ICE Deportation
• 4th federal judge blocks Trump's birthright citizenship executive order
• 260 foreigners rescued from virtual slavery in Myanmar's online scam centers are being repatriated
• 'I was being groomed to rape': The young men being taught to hate women - Online 'bubbles of hate' are weaponising the insecurities of frustrated young males to create violent misogynists with extremist potential
• Woman Claims Diddy Said These Chilling Words Before Giving Her Drink. Then He Allegedly Sexually Assaulted Her: Complaint
• 30 years before Sean 'Diddy' Combs faced sex trafficking charges, he organized a celebrity basketball game where 9 people were killed in a stampede
• CPAC's Matt Schlapp Accused of Sexually Assaulting a Man
• Coast Guard left sensitive data vulnerable to adversaries under Trump-fired, DEI-focused commandant
• Disney's DEI Discord: Staffers Feel Abandoned By Bob Iger, 'Pandering to Keep MAGA Happy'
• Former Marvel exec sues Disney after allegedly denying him promotion for being 'old White guy' - The lawsuit comes as Disney announces changes to its DEI programs
• 18-year-old trans suspect arrested for plotting Indiana high school shooting
• Worcester becomes transgender sanctuary city after public compares Trump admin to Nazis
• Federal judge pauses President Trump's order restricting gender-affirming care for trans youth
• RFK Jr.: Trump Wants Study of Abortion Pills' Safety
• Hochul signs law to allow NY doctors to anonymously prescribe abortion pills
• Texas judge fines NY doctor for prescribing abortion pills to woman near Dallas
• NIH spent $2.3M injecting dogs with cocaine in experiment related to overdose research: report
• DOGE subcommittee uncovers $2.7 trillion in improper Medicare, Medicaid payments
• NIH principal deputy director, who led agency during COVID, resigns abruptly
• Social media censorship of COVID vaccine injury discussion led to suicides, families, advocates say
• Kennedy clinches top US health job despite anti-vaccine views
• Senate Confirms Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to Lead New Era in Restoring American Health
• MAHA! RFK Jr. Confirmed as HHS Secretary with 52-48 Vote - Mitch McConnell Lone Republican to Vote 'No'
• Newly sworn-in HHS Secretary RFK Jr. vows to tackle physical, as well as spiritual 'crisis' in the country
• Arizona egg farmer wants to vaccinate chickens from bird flu, but government won't allow it
• CDC finds evidence that bird flu spread silently to veterinarians, suggesting undercount of cases