February 23rd, 2025

• Last 6 living hostages of ceasefire's first phase released by Hamas, return safely to Israel
• Family of NYC man killed by Palestinian teen bracing to see 'monster' freed in Israel-Hamas cease-fire deal
• A decade of 'unimaginable suffering:' Relief as Avera Mengistu, Hisham al-Sayed freed
• Hostages were chained, starved, kept in pitch black; some return almost unresponsive
• A sickening display of cruelty: Two hostages forced to watch others released then taken back into captivity
• Aghast families bemoan 'cruel torment' after Hamas drags hostages to watch others freed
• 'He Was Told To Do So': Netizens Say Israeli Hostage Kissed Hamas Operative Under Pressure, Video Is Viral
• Israeli PM Netanyahu condemns Hamas for killing Bibas brothers: "Their bodies return home to a nation in mourning. A nation that will never forget and never forgive the evil that cut down these beautiful souls."
• Forensics chief confirms ID of body of Shiri Bibas, no evidence she died in explosion - Hamas insists she died in airstrike, accuses Israel of disseminating 'baseless lies'
• New York, Rio de Janeiro landmarks lit orange to honor murdered Bibas family
• Israel Delays Prisoner Release After Hamas Frees 6 Hostages - Israel was supposed to release 620 Palestinian prisoners soon after the hostages were handed over. Officials gave no reason for the delay.
• Netanyahu delays planned prisoner release until Hamas ends 'demeaning ceremonies'
• Ben Gvir again urges unleashing 'hell' on Hamas over 'unimaginable cruelty' toward hostages
• Opposition leaders promise to give Netanyahu 'full backing' to bring home all remaining hostages
• 4 hostages set to be released on Thursday; all are believed to be dead
• PM holding security consultation on efforts to get more hostages out, pullout from Philadelphi Corridor
• Opposition MK: Netanyahu is beholden to Qatar, 'selling the country for monetary gain'
• Why all eyes are on Egypt during the Israel-Hamas cease-fire - and how its own 'Gaza' problem could soon emerge
• Egypt to unveil two-phase counter proposal to Trump's post-war Gaza plan
• Commentary: The case against annexation - Israel inherited these borders upon independence, making discussions of annexation legally redundant. "You cannot occupy territory to which you already have sovereign claims"
• Trump administration approves funds for Gaza aid, Red Cross after initial freeze
• Third round of polio vaccinations begins in Gaza amid ceasefire
• Released terrorist murderer falls to his death - The terrorist Nael Abid was involved in 2003 attack in which 7 Israelis were murdered
• Gaza captor told hostages that Hamas collaborates with US campus protesters, lawsuit alleges
• 1 dead, at least 2 wounded in France knife attack labeled Islamic extremism by Macron
• Algerian Migrant on Terror Watch List Arrested as Suspected Islamist Mass Stabbing in France Leaves One Dead, Several Injured
• Chechen Migrant Arrested Over Plot to Attack Israeli Embassy in Berlin
• 'Plan to Kill Jews' - Syrian Asylum Seeker Arrested After Tourist Stabbed Near Berlin Holocaust Memorial
• In Syria, Joy at a Dictator's Demise Turns Into Fear of Israeli Raids - Villagers say they worry that incursions into border areas of Syria by Israel's military could turn into a prolonged occupation. Israel says the raids are needed to protect the border.
• Israel Establishes A Buffer Zone In Lebanon - Israeli troops remain on the ground in southern Lebanon, despite a ceasefire agreement that required Israel to withdraw from all Lebanese territory following its recent war with Hezbollah
• Hezbollah facing financial squeeze as supply lines from Iran are severed
• Lebanon's flight ban 'will not shut down Iran-Hezbollah funding network'
• Iran's parliament speaker, foreign minister to attend funeral of Hezbollah's Nasrallah
• Houthis target US fighter jet, drone with SAM missiles for first time
• Denmark: This NATO ally will 'buy, buy, buy' more weapons as quickly as possible after intelligence report says Russia may start a war in Europe in a few years
• After years of firm support, 10 days upended the US approach to Ukraine
• Zelensky yields to Trump admin pressure, US-Ukraine mineral deal to be signed
• Zelensky Folds Like a Cheap Suit - Will Sign Over Ukraine's Mineral Rights to U.S. as Compensation For Military Aid
• US Could Cut Ukraine's Access to Starlink Internet Services Over Minerals, Say Sources
• Trump-Putin summit preparations are underway, Russia says
• Shocked by Trump, Europe Turns Its Hopes to Germany's Election
• Germans Head to Polls on Sunday: While Voters Are Shifting Right in Droves, Globalist Establishment Guarantees Nothing Will Change With Mainstream 'Conservative' Merz at the Helm
• The Unabashedly Provocative Youth Driving Germany's Far Right
• Berlin Stabbing Extends Chain of Attacks Ahead of German Election
• 'Mad as hell' Canadians cancel US travel en masse as trade war escalates
• Trump orders trade chief to revive tariff retaliation against digital taxes
• Kash Patel Warns Against 'Two-Tier System of Justice': 'Singular System of Justice for All Americans'
• James Blair: Trump White House Has 'Frenetic Pace' to Reshape Government, Deliver Promises
• CNN's Tapper: Musk Is Committing 'South African Chainsaw Massacre' on Federal Government
• 'President of Peace': Elise Stefanik to Tout Trump's Case for Nobel Peace Prize, Call for 'Global DOGE' at CPAC
• Elon Musk lays pressure on federal employees after Trump urges DOGE honcho to 'get more aggressive'
• Federal judge allows Trump admin to purge USAID staffers - "It simply is not possible for the Court to conclude, as a matter of law or equity, that the public interest favors or disfavors an injunction."
• How USAID squandered billions in Haiti and around the globe
• President Trump Is Selling the Nancy Pelosi Federal Building in San Francisco - Another money pit that is sucking millions of taxpayer dollars will soon be on the market
• Senator John Kennedy Blasts Continued Funding of "Public" Media NPR and PBS: "Gravy Train with Biscuit Wheels"
• Orwellian UK: Apple Scraps Encryption Security Feature After Ordered To Create Back-Door for Big Brother Starmer To Access British iPhone Users' Texts, Audios, Videos and Pictures
• Israel's National Digital Agency warns: Prepare for quantum cyberattacks on critical data
• North Korea feared to be behind 'worst hack in history' as Kim's goons took 1 billion Euros in world's biggest crypto heist
• 'Jetsons'-like flying cars could be a reality in Orlando by 2028: report
• Falcon-9 debris lights up European skies before crashing into Poland
• The asteroid hits and near-misses you never hear about
• Total lunar eclipse will cause moon to turn red in March - The first "Blood Moon" eclipse since 2022 will cause the moon to change colors on March 13-14, and it will be visible across North America
• 5.4 magnitude earthquake hits off the coast of Aisen, Chile
• 5.3 magnitude earthquake hits south of the Fiji Islands
• 5.3 magnitude earthquake hits near Gizo, Solomon Islands
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near Hakha, Myanmar
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Akureyri, Iceland
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Pangai, Tonga
• Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 15,000ft
• Santa Maria volcano in Guatemala erupts to 14,000ft
• Lewotobi volcano in Indonesia erupts to 10,000ft
• At least nine dead after severe flooding and landslides hit KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), South Africa
• Arctic outbreak ends after breaking century-old records from Kansas to Texas
• California Gov. Newsom requests nearly $40 billion in wildfire recovery funding in letter to Congress
• 70 Christians beheaded in African country by ISIS-aligned militants, groups say; world mostly silent - Reports say the dead bodies were discovered inside a church in the Democratic Republic of Congo
• Cannibal Who Killed Man with an Axe and Ate His Brain and Eyeball Has Been Granted Conditional Release in Connecticut
• Police officer killed, 5 other people wounded after gunman holds Pennsylvania hospital staff hostage, officials say
• Not lovin' it: Crime-ridden NYC McDonald's has started carding people at the door
• Revealed: the true scale of Britain's illegal drug use - National Crime Agency exposes increasing ketamine use in England amid surge in 'drug cocktails'
• Cartels Are Business as Usual Despite Trump's Terror Designations - Trump's administration is building up its presence on the Mexico border, apparently prepping a "soft invasion." Cartels are still fighting local battles
• Former Proud Boys' leader Enrique Tarrio arrested outside US Capitol following altercation with protester
• Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro Claims Biden Moved Tren de Aragua into U.S.
• Tom Homan tells migrant terror groups Trump will 'wipe you off the face of the Earth'
• Texas 11-year-old girl dies by suicide amid deportation rumors at school
• NYC Mayor Adams Sues Trump Admin Over $80.5 Million in Migrant Shelter Funding Revoked by the Feds
• New Seattle Police Chief doubles down on refusing to combat illegal immigration - "I have unwaveringly supported the rights of undocumented people"
• ICE Raids Texas Bakery: 8 Illegal Aliens Arrested, Owners Charged for Harboring and Aiding Illegals
• 'We are in danger': Migrants deported from US were locked in hotel and held at remote camp in Panama, lawyers say
• Alex Marlow: Trump Proves Self-Deportation Works When You Stop Subsidizing Illegal Immigration
• Trump 'couldn't stand' illegal migrant surge, so he ran for president again
• Woman Accused of 'Romance Scam on Steroids' After Allegedly Drugging Older Men in Deadly Dating App Scheme
• Trump slams MSNBC as a 'threat to democracy' in wake of NBCUniversal's lawsuit settlement
• MSNBC settles defamation suit with doctor they claimed was mass sterilizing women at ICE detention centers
• Trump Fires Gen. Charles 'CQ' Brown as Joint Chiefs Chairman, Who Pushed DEI in Air Force
• Clyburn: Brown Was Fired Along with White Officials Because He's Black, Woke and DEI Are Substitutes for N-Word
• Van Jones: Brown Was Fired Due to 'Slander that He's Woke and DEI', He Just Had Policies to Make Diverse Military 'Cohesive'
• Pepsi to Eliminate Role of Chief DEI Officer After Being Pressed on 'Woke' Policies
• Ousted Kennedy Center President Defends Drag Queen Performances Following Trump Criticism
• Iowa Republicans Advance Bill to Make Bringing Children to Drag Shows a Felony
• DOE Launches Investigation into Maine Just Hours After Governor Sparred with Trump at White House Over Men in Women's Sports
• Maine Boy Scores Dominating Win in Girls' Pole Vault Championship as Governor Defies Trump Over Banning Men from Women's Sports
• Trans athlete enraged after being banned from Boston University's women's track & field meet: 'Scary precedent'
• Transgender 'Euphoria' Star Complains Gender Marker on His Passport Has Been Changed to 'Male'
• Another Democrat Seeks Destroy the Nuclear Family Through Wokeism: WI Governor Wants to Change 'Mother' to 'Inseminated Person' in State Law
• Education Department Moves to Reimbursement Model for COVID Relief Funds After Billions in Wasteful Spending
• Alarm as bird flu now 'endemic in cows' while Trump cuts staff and funding - Experts say current US outbreak is unlikely to end without intervention with further mutation of virus likely
• Pope Francis in critical condition after health worsens, Vatican says
• Pope Francis in critical condition after respiratory crisis, undergoes blood transfusions
• NYC Archbishop Timothy Dolan worries about health of Pope Francis, says 'it's not looking good' - He explained, 'Look, we gotta be kind of realistic'
• Will Pope Francis step down? A look at his likely successors