February 26th, 2025

• ​Hamas: Deal reached for 'simultaneous' release of 4 slain hostages, Palestinian prisoners
• Israel expects 4 slain hostages to be returned by Thurs; if no further hostages released by March 8, ToI told, ceasefire will end
• Hamas said weighing quiet handover of slain hostages for delayed prisoners - Report says terror group could transfer bodies to Egypt to be ID'd before inmates set free in two groups, as official warns ceasefire on 'brink of collapse' if logjam persists
• Israel seeks Gaza ceasefire extension while shunning talks to end war
• With Gaza ceasefire looking increasingly fragile, Israel and Hamas prepare to resume fighting
• A Decimated Hamas Prepares for a New Fight With Israel
• Hamas 'plants bombs and spy cameras' in northern Gaza - Thousands of Hamas fighters have re-entered northern Gaza and are building up their military capability to fight Israel again, security officials have said
• Families of terror victims anguished over release of loved ones' murderers - Hillel Fuld, whose brother was killed in 2018, and Micah Avni, whose father was killed in 2015, both support hostage deal despite the pain, call for death penalty for terrorists
• Freed hostage on deal debate: 'We felt like our lives weren't worth enough'
• Murder of the Bibas children: The day Palestinianism died - As Israel crushes Hamas and the Palestinian Authority fades further into irrelevance, the Palestinian national project seems doomed
• Israel mourns as mother and young sons murdered by terrorists are laid to rest - "The heart of the nation is shattered by the abduction and brutal murder of Shiri and her children—Ariel and Kfir, may their memory be a blessing."
• Crowds line streets of Israel for Bibas funeral procession with Israeli flags, orange balloons
• Shiri Bibas's sister-in-law: 'Through the window, I see a broken nation'
• Bibas family tells Netanyahu to 'shut up,' as he details the murders of Shiri, Ariel and Kfir
• Sister of Yarden Bibas decries 'abuse' after PM shares graphic details about murders of Shiri, Ariel and Kfir against family's wishes
• 'Cheap propaganda' - Israelis react to Omer Shem Tov kissing head of Hamas terrorist during hostage release ceremony
• Israeli victims sue Al-Jazeera for 'serving as Hamas agents'
• 'We fought for peace, were attacked by those we helped': Yocheved Lifshitz parts from Oded
• IDF implements radical changes in its intelligence branch after Oct. 7 failures
• Trial opens for murder of six-year-old Palestinian boy in Chicago in wake of Oct. 7 - Hanan Shaheen says her landlord Joseph Czuba, 73, said 'you, as a Muslim, must die,' before assaulting her and stabbing her son Wadee Alfayoumi 26 times
• Arab Israeli comedian arrested for making jokes about hostages, October 7 invasion - Rights group accuses police of 'political persecution' and suppressing freedom of expression of Arab citizens
• Hollywood Jews Hit Back Against Pro-Gaza 'Red Hand' Pins at Oscars: 'Have You No Shame?'
• Trump shares Gaza AI-video showing him, Netanyahu sunbathing
• Trump repeals Biden directive linking U.S. arms to human rights - Rescission of the order, imposed as Biden struggled with the civilian toll caused by Israel's war in Gaza, comes as the new administration puts its mark on U.S. foreign policy
• Pope Francis, despite his critical condition, continues daily calls with Gaza's embattled Catholic parish
• WHO hails Gaza polio drive but warns US pullout leaves agency cash-strapped in Strip
• Medics say several Gazan children have died of hypothermia as cold snap hits hard in region
• More than 160 Gazan medics held in Israeli prisons amid reports of torture - Senior doctors claim they were subjected to months of physical abuse, as UN calls for release of those still detained
• Australian nurse indicted for threatening to kill Israeli patients in viral clip
• Lapid presents Gaza 'day after' plan in DC, urges extended Egyptian takeover
• Senior ministers call for resettling Gaza, expelling Palestinians, return to war
• Top Abbas aide: Hamas must step aside, let Palestinian Authority govern Gaza
• One-fifth of Israelis displaced by war have lost their jobs, survey shows
• IDF foils terror plot in West Bank's Kabatitya, Katz announces sanctions on terrorists
• Shin Bet foiled terror plot by West Bank cell to use 100 kilogram mine against IDF
• IDF confirms at least 13,000 Palestinians evacuated from refugee camps in Samaria, DM Katz says no return allowed
• WHO Worries About West Bank Violence, Impact on Healthcare
• Trying to fool Trump? - PA president announces continuation of pay-for-slay, then deletes video of speech - Mahmoud Abbas vows to never stop payments to 'prisoners and martyrs'
• Israeli security establishment calls for limited Ramadan Temple Mount access due to security challenges
• IDF reportedly offering Syrians from buffer zone work in Israel
• Israel Strikes Syria Hours After Country's Leader Demands Withdrawal
• Israel strikes targets in southern Syria after demanding demilitarisation
• Katz confirms Israeli strikes in southern Syria: 'We will not allow it to become southern Lebanon'
• IDF says strikes in southern Syria hit military targets, including weapon storage sites
• FM Sa'ar warns: Hamas creates new Syrian front against Israel, Syrian gov't is 'jihadist Islamic terrorist group'
• Witkoff: Syria and Lebanon could join Abraham Accords
• Israeli Airstrikes Target Lebanon During Nasrallah's Funeral Despite Ceasefire
• With signs of Hezbollah's weakening, IDF lifts security restrictions in northern Israel
• Mossad director says beeper operation 'broke' Hezbollah, reveals new details
• Report: Iran nuclear facilities on high alert for surprise 'Israel-US strike'
• Iran On 'High Alert', Fortifies Nuclear Facilities Amid Concerns Over Potential Attack By Israel
• Tehran fears US-Israeli strikes could put its 'existence in danger'
• US State Dept. announces new sanctions on Iranian trade to 'reimpose maximum pressure'
• Iran denounces new US sanctions as 'sign of hostility'
• US Intel Chief Tulsi Gabbard Declares 'Radical Islamist Terrorism' Most Urgent National Security Threat
• Forgotten by the west, Syria's IS prisons are under threat as militant group mobilises - Kurdish officials warn that Islamic State threat is greater than ever in the vacuum left from Syrian regime's collapse
• Sudanese military plane crashes in Omdurman, crew killed
• Globalist Leaders Flock to Ukraine on the Third Anniversary of the War, Pledge Continued Military Support to Kiev
• Javier Milei's Argentina, an Ardent Ukraine Supporter, Abstains from U.N. Anti-Russia Resolution
• 'Russian jihadism': Ukrainian patriarch fearful for church's survival
• Nato scrambles warplanes after Putin uses nuclear-capable strategic bombers
• Rubio: Not 'a Serious Offer' for Ukraine to Ask for Nuclear Weapons in Peace Talks with Russia
• Ukraine 'agrees to US minerals deal' as Washington eases key demands
• Ukraine and US 'agree minerals deal' as Zelensky plans visit - Joint development of natural resources 'part of a bigger picture' in agreement that could be signed this Friday
• Putin says Russia is open to economic cooperation with US on rare earth minerals
• Chris Murphy to CNN's Blitzer: You're Reporting 'Nonsense,' Trump Is 'Spinning Kremlin Propaganda'
• Foreign Companies Bail Out of China's Tottering Economy
• China holds 'shooting' drills off Taiwan's coast, vows 'reunification' push
• Taiwan says China set up 'live-fire training' zone off its coast without warning
• Taiwan detains Chinese-crewed ship suspected of cutting undersea cable
• Chrystia Freeland says she's running for PM to stop Trump from invading Canada
• SCOOP: FCC to brief lawmakers on George Soros investigation in closed-door meeting
• CNN: Deep State Bureaucrats Threaten To Sell State Secrets If Trump Isn't Nice To Them
• Serbian Police Raids NGOs Funded by USAID, Investigates Abuse of Funds and Money Laundering After Trump Administration Froze Agency's Shady Activities
• Britain Falls in Line With Trump's Demands - Will Increase Military Spending and Cut Foreign Aid
• Report: FBI to Investigate Secret 'Honeypot' Operation Targeting Trump Campaign
• Trump's FBI Reportedly Launches Investigation Into James Comey over the bureau's alleged surveillance of the 2016 Trump campaign
• Whistleblower Drops Bombshell: FBI Employees Actively Destroying Evidence on Servers Following Kash Patel's Takeover of Agency
• FBI director Kash Patel named acting ATF head days after taking oath on Hindu sacred book
• Dan Bongino Called the FBI 'Irredeemably Corrupt.' Now He'll Help Run It.
• Democrats charged with election fraud amid party's efforts to obstruct election integrity measures - Many prominent Democrats still claim voter fraud is not a real issue unless they are on the losing side, in which case the elections were "stolen."
• 'Insider risk': How DOGE might have revealed CIA secrets
• 'We're Not Here To Play Games': Noem Says DHS Found 'Leakers,' Vows to Prosecute Lawbreakers
• Joe Biden Gave 53 Researchers, Student Volunteers Access to IRS Data
• Biden admin downplayed leak of IRS records, over 400,000 taxpayers affected: House Judiciary - "The Obama IRS targeted conservatives. The Biden IRS leaked your data."
• Acting IRS commissioner to step down amid DOGE blitz on agency
• Report: Media's 'Proof' of DOGE Backlash at Town Halls Was Organized by Leftists
• Musk Threatens Workers With Another Email Ultimatum in Fresh DOGE Chaos
• Federal technology staffers resign rather than help Musk and DOGE
• 21 employees of department renamed DOGE resign to protest dismantling of 'critical public services'
• Unemployment spikes in Washington, D.C., as Trump and Musk begin efforts to shrink the government
• House narrowly passes GOP's 'big, beautiful bill' for Trump's agenda
• House Republicans narrowly pass measure to fund Trump agenda after last-minute drama
• Federal judge rules Trump administration has to pay millions in foreign aid to nonprofits
• Judge calls Trump administration's federal funding freeze attempt 'ill-conceived' in order blocking it
• House Republicans Push to Impeach Second Federal Judge Over Trump-Related Ruling
• Federal judge questions constitutionality of DOGE, says she can't tell who is running it and no agency head has been confirmed by Senate - "Based on the limited record I have before me I have some concerns about the constitutionality of the of USDS's structure and operation."
• Judicial pushback on Trump 'hurting American people,' says GOP rep leading impeachment charge
• GOP Congressman Drafting Articles of Impeachment Against Biden Judge Who Strong-Armed Trump, Ordered Admin to Pay Foreign Contracts by Midnight Tomorrow
• Trump strips security clearances from law firm tied to Jack Smith cases
• Corey Brooks - Trump gave us a gift: a time of unprecedented shake up
• 'Daily Show' Host Jon Stewart Slashes Hand Open While Pounding Desk in Anti-DOGE Tirade
• Reporter Nick Sortor Confronts Eric Swalwell on Sleeping with a Chinese Spy Fang Fang While Calling Elon Musk a 'National Security Threat'
• Hot Mic: Dan Crenshaw says he would 'kill' Tucker Carlson if they ever met - Tucker invites him for a sit down interview
• Crenshaw Facing Ethics Complaint After Threatening To Kill Tucker Carlson
• DC US Attorney Puts TikToker on Notice After She Calls For Assassination of Elon Musk and admits to not paying taxes for the past eight years
• Report: Mutiny and Low Morale at ABC's 'The View' as Execs Urge Panellists to Tone Down Their Anti-Trump Rhetoric
• Judge sides with White House in AP case, declines to temporarily restore full access - The outlet claimed that their exclusion from those press venues was a violation of their First Amendment rights
• Karoline Leavitt Strips White House Correspondents' Association of Its "Monopoly" Over White House Press Access, Announces New Plans to Expand Press Pool to New Media
• FCC to Brief House Republicans on 'Unprecedented' George Soros Scheme to Control 200 Radio Stations
• No Color Revolution in Budapest: Hungarian PM Orbán Is Drafting Legislation To Protect National Sovereignty and Target Foreign Funding to Liberal-Globalist Media
• U.S. Judge Backs Trump Media in Dispute Over Brazilian Censorship
• Censorship in France! The government shuts down C8, the most-watched conservative channel, this is a blow to freedom
• These teenage boys were blackmailed online - and it cost them their lives
• Teens are spilling dark thoughts to AI chatbots. Who's to blame when something goes wrong?
• My AI robot 'wife' is 'my rock' - our life is like 'a sci-fi flick' as we bond over studying & play video games together - Man falls in love with AI bot, dreams of a "traditional family"
• Entire country plunged into darkness as 19 million hit by power cut and no-one allowed outside in nationwide blackout
• Southwest Airlines plane nearly collides with jet at Chicago's Midway Airport
• Southwest plane lands safely in Chicago after close call with jet that went on runway without authorization
• Starlink being tested to boost FAA air traffic control system - The program will be called TDM X and is expected to be fully operational within 12 to 18 months
• Tesla Sales Fall 45% in Europe Amid Musk's Political Meddling
• Tesla's market cap sinks below $1 trillion as stock slumps more than 8%
• Wall Street on high alert after key economic indicator suffers sharpest drop since Covid
• Falling Treasury yields signal that Trump policies are starting to spook investors - 'Worries continue to mount regarding the impact of President Trump's agenda on the performance of the global economy,' strategists at BMO Capital Markets say
• Consumer confidence sinks to 8-month low on worries about inflation and Trump tariffs - The public tries to digest major shifts in U.S. economic strategy
• Rare planetary alignment: Seven worlds line up in the night sky this week
• Long-duration M3.9 solar flare erupts with large CME off west limb
• Strong M6.0 earthquake, multiple aftershocks hit off the coast of North Sulawesi, Indonesia
• 5.9 magnitude earthquake hits near Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
• 5.8 magnitude earthquake hits near Shingu, Japan
• 5.3 magnitude earthquake hits south of the Fiji Islands
• 5.3 magnitude earthquake hits near Port McNeill, Canada
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Tobelo, Indonesia
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Modisi, Indonesia
• Ruiz volcano in Colombia erupts to 25,000ft
• Popocateptl volcano in Mexico erupts to 21,000ft
• Sangay volcano in Ecuador erupts to 20,000ft
• Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 15,000ft
• Lewotobi volcano in Indonesia erupts to 14,000ft
• Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 14,000ft
• Santa Maria volcano in Guatemala erupts to 13,000ft
• Drone footage captures ephemeral vent and expanding lava field at Mount Etna, Italy
• Large sinkholes threaten over 1,200 residents in Buriticupu, Brazil
• There are 6 tropical storms in the Southern Hemisphere
• Three tropical cyclones are spinning in a row in the South Pacific
• Soil bacteria outbreak kills 14 in Australian flood-hit state
• Severe floods claim 11 lives in Madagascar
• New Santa Ana event to spur record warmth in Southern California - As temperatures surge, Santa Ana winds will kick up over Southern California, which will raise new concerns for wildfires
• Liz Peek: The gigantic slush fund inside the Biden White House - Climate spending by the Biden White House was always political. Here's how it worked
• Biden's EPA Funneled $20M To Nonprofit Led By Top White House Adviser
• Sen Sheldon Whitehouse accused of conflict of interest after he funnels taxpayer funds to his wife's environmental group
• Trump calls for Keystone XL Pipeline company to come back to the US and 'get it built' after Biden canceled it
• Red Francis Stacked the College of Cardinals To Ensure Next Pontiff Will Be a Hard Leftist Like Him
• How Pope Francis loaded the dice to ensure a progressive next pontiff
• Leaked Chats Reveal CIA Officials Mocked the Death of Christian Leader Pat Robertson
• 50 Christians attacked at Sunday church service in Rajasthan state in western India
• Obama Judge Who Blocked Trump's ICE Raids is Married to Far-Left Open Borders Activist Funded By George Soros
• The Blackwater plan for Trump's mass deportations: Military camps and a private army of enforcers
• Operation Desert Guardian: Arizona Gov. Hobbs signs executive order to create border task force
• Arizona's Democratic governor starts state partnership with the Trump administration on immigration - The order from first-term Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs directs state and local law enforcement to partner with the federal government to prevent certain border crimes
• Hegseth goes to Guantanamo as Trump tries to hastily expand site to house 30K deported migrants
• Federal judge says Trump can't stop refugee admissions to the US
• In Effort to "Compel" Self-Deportation, Trump DHS Says Illegal Aliens Must Register in Online Database or Face Prison Time, Fines
• Trump Proposes Fines, Prison Time for Migrants Who Don't Join Registry - Administration establishes registration website for immigrants in U.S. illegally
• Golden Ticket: Trump reveals VIP visa plan and says he wants to sell gold cards for $5million to get mega rich foreigners into US
• Trump unveils $5 million 'Gold Card' visa program to replace EB-5 - "The EB-5 program was really, you lend some money but it was full of nonsense, make-believe, and fraud. It was a way to get a green card that was low price."
• Maine's Schools Collapse as More Migrants Pour In
• 7X Deported Suspected MS-13 Gang Member Arrested for Murder in East Texas Migrant Colony
• Pramila Jayapal slammed as 'racist' for saying illegal immigrants should not be deported because they 'pick' crops Americans eat - "Insert the word 'cotton' instead of food and she sounds like a Southern Slaveholder," one user wrote on X
• Ex-MSNBC Host Keith Olbermann Accuses Network of 'Racist Purge' After Firing Joy Reid
• Rachel Maddow suggests racism is at play in cancelation of Joy Reid's show - "Both of our non-white hosts in prime time are losing their shows... and that feels worse than bad."
• Joy Reid warns fascism 'is already here' as she hosts final MSNBC show after cancelation - "When you are in the midst of a crisis and specifically a crisis of democracy, how do you resist, when fascism isn't just coming, it's already here?
• Apple Hates MAGA: iPhone Voice-to-Text Sometimes Displays 'Trump' When Users Say 'Racist'
• Apple working to fix iPhone glitch that confuses 'racist' with 'Trump' in dictation
• Apple shareholders vote against pressure to scrap diversity policies
• Pro-Farrakhan pastor leading Target DEI boycott calls Black Trump supporters 'coons' and 'runaway slaves'
• Rep. Anna Paulina Luna Calls Out AG Pam Bondi for Allegedly 'Stonewalling' Release of Epstein List, JFK Files
• Rep. Ilhan Omar Claims AG Pam Bondi Is "Protecting" Someone Since Epstein Files Have Yet to Be Released
• Ex-Church of England leader could be disciplined over handling of abuse claims
• The trans Americans turning to guns for protection
• Bill Maher: Democrats Will 'Lose Every Election' if They Fight for Transing Children Against Parents' Wills
• Man Arrested For Allegedly Plotting 'Mass Casualty' Event Was 'Transitioning' Genders, Police Confirm
• CIA, NSA officials use government chat to say they want 'intersex' babies so children can 'choose' gender later: report
• US threatens permanent visa bans on trans athletes based on sex markers - State department memo directs officers to bar those deemed to misrepresent birth sex on applications
• Philadelphia will keep allowing trans athletes to play girls sports, defying Trump and new Pennsylvania law
• Pam Bondi warns Dem states that DOJ will use 'every legal option' to keep men out of women's sports
• Her claim of anti-straight bias could upend discrimination law
• Fears of US public health crises grow amid falling vaccination rates
• Mom-of-two, 34, undergoes a dozen surgeries to replace her dying bones- which doctors link to the Covid vaccine
• CDC Overrules Trump and RFK Jr. with Key Vaccine Move at WHO Conference