February 17th, 2024

• ​Gaza war to dominate global security summit in Munich
• Recognizing Palestine 'not a taboo for France,' says Macron
• In call, Biden warns Netanyahu on Rafah; PM vows to resist Palestinian state - Netanyahu says he'll defy 'international dictates' regarding Palestinian accord
• Biden says doesn't expect Israel to launch Rafah operation as hostage talks continue
• International Court of Justice Refuses to Block Israel from Attack in Rafah
• Israel's war on Hamas could continue during Ramadan, Gantz warns - "There will not be a ceasefire for even one day until our hostages are returned"
• Hamas: 'Many' Israeli Hostages Dead, Others Suffering
• FM: We'll coordinate with Egypt on Rafah and displaced Gazans; no plans to push them out
• Egypt reportedly building walled enclosure in case masses of Gazans flee to Sinai
• Palestinian ambassador to UK says eight relatives killed in Israeli strikes in Rafah
• Over 20 suspects involved in Oct 7 attack held in Gaza hospital raid, Israel says
• Israeli Troops Storm Gaza Hospital, 4 Die as Oxygen Cut Off
• Report: US readying new arms shipment to Israel; embassy says no human rights concerns
• US Blasts UN: 'Hamas Is a Terrorist Organization'
• Riots at Rafah Crossing after Gaza teen trying to grab aid is shot dead by Hamas
• US envoy: Israel hasn't provided 'specific evidence' Hamas is stealing aid shipments
• Israel reveals 12 UNRWA staffers it says took part in Oct. 7, says 30 more assisted
• Ex-Meta COO Sandberg Filming Doc on Hamas' Oct. 7 Sexual Violence
• NY governor sorry for saying 'there would be no Canada' if it attacked Buffalo, in Oct. 7 analogy
• Free speech rights weaponized to silence students on US campuses after Oct. 7
• House committee subpoenas Harvard over antisemitism investigation
• Brazil's Socialist President Lula Delivers Anti-Israel Rant in Egypt, Promises Money for UNRWA
• Two Dead in South Israel Terror Attack
• Hezbollah says Israel will pay 'in blood' for civilian deaths during air strikes
• NYT: Two Iranian gas pipelines allegedly attacked by Israel - Officials told the Times that Israel also caused a blast in a chemical factory near Iran's capital on Wednesday
• UK's Cameron asks Chinese FM to use influence on Iran to pressure Houthis
• US sanctions against Houthis over Red Sea attacks take effect
• US downs more Houthi drones; American public lulled into complacency by Navy's power, defense official says
• Houthi attacks in Red Sea having a 'catastrophic' effect on aid to Sudan
• Minnesota Man Charged with Aiding ISIS Threatened to 'Blow up New York' According to DOJ
• Kim Jong Un's military threats put U.S. on edge
• Avdiivka: Defenses Collapse, Ukrainians Evacuate in Chaos Before Being Encircled - Russian Flag Flies in Same Place Zelensky Took His Defiant Selfie
• As Kiev's War Situation Deteriorates, Ukraine's Zelensky Signs Bilateral Security Agreements With Germany and France
• Speaker Johnson: US Must Halt Putin's Aggressions
• Alexei Navalny, the Kremlin's Most Ardent Critic, Dies in Prison - Politician had been in a penal colony serving sentences amounting to more than 30 years
• Putin's no 1 enemy Alexei Navalny 'collapses and dies' in jail as Latvian president says he was 'brutally murdered'
• Protests, poisoning and prison: The life and death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny
• Western Officials and Kremlin Critics Blame Putin and His Government for Navalny's Death in Prison
• Alexei Navalny's wife Yulia Navalnaya says Vladimir Putin will not go 'unpunished'
• Biden promised Putin there would be 'devastating' consequences if opposition leader Navalny died in Russian prison
• Biden, after Navalny's death, says 'no doubt' that 'Putin and his thugs' were behind it
• Biden blames Putin for Navalny's death, urges House to pass Ukraine funding
• Biden 'hopes to God' Navalny's death in Russian prison forces House to fund Ukraine war - "I hope to God it helps. I mean, the idea that we need anything more to get Ukraine aid"
• Elderly Joe Biden Freezes for Several Seconds as He Smears Trump During Press Conference on Putin Critic Alexei Navalny's Death
• Was Russian Opposition Leader Navalny Working with CIA? Top Aid of Putin Critic Was Caught on Video Requesting $10-20 Million from British Spy to Launch Revolution
• Haley Slams Trump's Praise of Putin After Navalny's Death
• Tucker Carlson blasted as 'useful idiot for Putin' as Navalny dies: 'Must feel sick!'
• Tucker Carlson exposes national security state as 'main driver of censorship and election interference' in the US
• Journalists debunk claim that Putin favored Trump over Clinton in 2016
• Democrats Threatened Biden Crime Family Whistleblower Tony Bobulinski as He Confirmed Under Oath That Joe Biden is "The Big Guy"
• House Oversight Committee Releases Powerful Witness Testimony of Biden Foreign Influence-Peddling Scheme
• Biden claims arrested FBI informant is lying about Biden family bribes in Ukraine
• Biden: Impeachment inquiry should be dropped after key source was indicted
• Glenn Beck Lists the Top Ten Times That Joe Biden Has Acted Like a Dictator
• Report: Biden Attorneys Pushed DOJ to Omit Language Critical of His Age
• Only a Third Confident in Biden's Mental/Physical Stamina, Nearly Half Believe He Could Be Replaced in New Poll
• House Republicans push Biden to take cognitive test after Hur report: 'Obvious mental decline'
• Lawfare: Judges Fine Trump Just Under $Half Billion in 2 Cases
• Judge orders Trump to pay $355 million for lying about his wealth in staggering civil fraud ruling
• Judge fines Donald Trump more than $350 million, bars him from running businesses in N.Y. for three years
• Elon Musk slams NY court ordering President Trump to pay $354 million: 'No victims with losses, who is supposed to receive the money?'
• Judge pulls back from dissolving Trump's businesses in fraud ruling
• Melania, Ivanka Could Save Donald Trump's Businesses
• Jack Smith Accused of 'Desperate, Partisan' Attempt to Convict Trump Before Election in New SCOTUS Brief
• Trump Reacts to Verdict in Civil Fraud Trial at Press Conference: "This is Russia, This is China... and It's Happening Right Here in Our Country"
• "If This Judgment Sticks, Every Developer Must Be Jailed - It's Appalling - It's UnAmerican" - Entrepreneur Kevin O'Leary on Today's Colossal Ruling Against President Trump and His Two Sons
• Experts: Trump's penalty could cause NY biz exodus to FL, as New York State becomes 'legal banana republic' - NY AG Letitia James and liberal interests in the state appear to be seeking a political 'death by exposure' of Trump, analysts said
• Fani Willis Could Face Disqualification, Disbarment, Prosecution
• Fani Willis will not testify for second day in disqualification hearing, state has no further questions
• Fani Willis case ensnared in legal arguments during testimony about romantic relationship timeline
• Fani Willis Campaigned in 2020 on Not Engaging in Sexual Misconduct
• Witness Told Feds She Was Paid for Sex Parties With Matt Gaetz
• A chaotic US House is losing three Republican committee chairs to retirement in the span of a week
• GOP Rep. Mark Green Will Not Seek Reelection After Leading Impeachment of DHS Secretary Mayorkas: "I Have Come to Realize Our Fight is Not Here Within Washington, Our Fight is With Washington"
• Big Tech Signs Accord to Fight Deepfake Election Cons
• A $1 Trillion Conundrum: The U.S. Government's Mounting Debt Bill - Higher Treasury yields snowball into $1.1 trillion of additional interest
• January wholesale prices rise more than expected, another sign of persistent inflation
• Tech Giant Cisco Lays Off 4,000+ Employees to Concentrate on AI
• Major X2.5 solar flare erupts from AR 3576, producing large CME
• Japan: Quake-induced liquefaction hampers Noto reconstruction
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near Port-Vila, Vanuatu
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Izu Islands, Japan region
• Ruiz volcano in Colombia erupts to 20,000ft
• Popocateptl volcano in Mexico erupts to 20,000ft
• Santa Maria volcano in Guatemala erupts to 16,000ft
• Fuego volcano in Guatemala erupts to 15,000ft
• Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 15,000ft
• Marapi volcano in Indonesia erupts to 14,000ft
• Floods and landslides hit Ecuador, leaving two dead and thousands affected
• Thousands homeless after DR Congo's worst floods in sixty years
• The Great Lakes Are Nearly Ice-Free - Generally warmer weather and El Nino this year have led to the lowest ice cover over the lakes since records began
• Major American Financial Institutions Withdraw from Global Climate Investment Organization in Blow to Green Agenda
• JPMorgan And State Street Quit UN Climate Alliance As BlackRock Pulls Out
• California's Plastic Bag Ban Backfires as Green Exemptions Make the Problem Worse Than Ever
• Biden speaks in East Palestine for 6 minutes, takes no questions after avoiding site of toxic train derailment for 1 year
• "Don't Sniff Me" - East Palestine Residents Protest Joe Biden's Arrival One Year After Toxic Train Crash
• East Palestine residents protest Biden's visit, say he's not welcome: 'Too little, too late'
• Venezuela orders UN human rights office to close, accusing it of anti-government activity
• Commentary: Two mysteries surrounded the Georgia Guidestones. One may have finally been solved
• 'This is What They Should Have Done': Pastor's Remake of Controversial Super Bowl Ad Goes Viral
• Massachusetts Dem Senator Ed Markey Pushes Bill That Could Prevent Churches From Using Armed Security
• Harvard professor says 'all hell broke loose' when his study found no racial bias in police shootings - Roland Fryer said he lived under police protection during the fallout of his study
• Juvenile suspects in Kansas City mass shooting to be charged as adults
• U. of Colorado on 'Lockdown': Dead Body is Discovered After Police Said No 'Active Shooter' Threat
• Two dead, scores injured after police open fire in India's Manipur state
• Illegal immigrants charged in beating of NYPD officers identified as Venezuelan gang members
• EU Committee Passes Migration Pact Dubbed the "Soros Plan" - Will Result in Massive Wave of Migrants Storming the EU Borders
• Brussels Shaken by Series of Drug-Related Shootings Just Blocks Away From EU Headquarters
• Gang wars shock EU's capital as record amount of cocaine seized in Europe
• More Young People Are on Multiple Psychiatric Drugs, Study Finds
• Greece becomes first Orthodox Christian nation to legalize same-sex marriage despite opposition of church
• Mike Johnson supports Christian Nationalists who believe in slavery & say HIV/AIDS are consequences for living an "LGBTQ+ life"
• Freethought Democrats object to Pastor Jack Hibbs as guest chaplain, say he's Christian nationalist
• House Democrats question Johnson's invitation of far-right preacher known for anti-LGBTQ views
• Minnesota School District Allows Muslim Families to Opt Out of LGBTQ Curriculum
• 19 Wyoming Republicans block bill to legally define 'man' and 'woman'
• Funeral for atheist trans sex worker activist in NYC Catholic church features prayers for sex changes, celebration of whoredom
• Prominent Trans Surgeon Admits in Unearthed Video That Complications of Genital Surgery 'Can Be Pretty Bad'
• Trans patients who change sex in medical records face 'unintended negative consequences'
• Missouri Must Continue to Fund Planned Parenthood, State Supreme Court Rules
• Trump Privately Expresses Support for a 16-Week Abortion Ban
• Fani Willis' Radical Father Claims He Had Foreknowledge that COVID-19 Was Coming While Residing in South Africa in 2019
• Why the WHO Pandemic Treaty Threatens Freedom of Expression