February 4th, 2025

• ​Watchdogs sue US government over Qatar's billions in university funding, raising concerns over foreign influence in academia
• We are Counting on Trump': Senior Qatari Official Says 'We Want the Middle East to Be Great Again,' Trump's Push for Peace Critical
• Trump says Mideast talks 'progressing' as Netanyahu arrives in DC
• As Netanyahu and Trump to meet, Ron Dermer has to find 'the formula of the century' - PM has elevated his closest confidant to the key role of managing the ongoing hostage-ceasefire talks. That's because the implications are now broader - politically and regionally
• Netanyahu arrives in US to 'redraw' the Middle East map, 'strengthen security & broaden the circle of peace'
• U.S. Readies New $1 Billion Arms Sale to Israel
• Smotrich says he supports Saudi normalization, but not if it means ending war
• Saudi researcher: Permanent Gaza ceasefire is prerequisite for normalization
• 71% of Israelis oppose Palestinian state; 68% support sovereignty in J&S: poll
• New Data Shows Majority of Israelis Support Annexation
• Asked if he'd back West Bank annexation, Trump says Israel 'a small country, in terms of land'
• Approx. 80% of Israelis support Trump's plan to relocate Gazans - survey
• Arab League Secretary-General: Trump's Relocation Plan an Existential Threat to 'Palestinian Cause'
• Analysis: Jordan faces 'geopolitical blackmail' after Trump Gaza demand
• Trump says he has 'no guarantees' Gaza ceasefire will continue; Witkoff: It's holding for now
• Trump to watch October 7 film for first time ahead of Netanyahu visit: report
• Trump to Defund UNRWA, Leave UN Human Rights Council - Again
• Hamas says hundreds of thousands of tents, trailers needed to shelter Gazans
• Gaza in Samaria? IDF evacuates civilians, carries out airstrikes as Operation Iron Wall continues - Military expects counter terror operation to last several more weeks
• IDF Demolishes 23 Buildings in 'Terror Central' Jenin as Operation Iron Wall Continues
• Palestinians accuse Israel of 'ethnic cleansing' in West Bank, urge US intervention
• 7 injured, 2 critically, in shooting at IDF checkpoint near Tayasir in north West Bank
• Gunman who opened fire at north West Bank checkpoint killed by troops on the scene
• Security situation leads to significant emigration, Israel not attractive for educated - Knesset
• Jewish professor quits Columbia, citing 'systematic' anti-Israel bias on campus
• US Justice Department launches task force aimed at combating campus antisemitism
• Trump administration opens antisemitism inquiries at 5 colleges including Columbia and Berkeley
• 'The Hague Group': The countries imposing sanctions on Israel - Nine countries from the Americas and Africa have announced the formation of a coalition aimed at combating Israel on the international stage
• Belgium signals dramatic change in Israel policy after a new government is set to be sworn in this week: There will be no unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state, and Hezbollah will be designated as a terrorist organization
• US believes Iran looking at potential ways to quickly build nuclear bomb - report
• Iran Is Developing Plans for Faster, Cruder Weapon, U.S. Concludes
• Bombshell Report: Iran's Secret Nuclear Warhead Program Exposed at Space Program Sites
• As proxy strategy collapses, Iran builds ballistic missiles capable of reaching Europe with nuclear warheads
• Iran 'secretly building nuclear missiles that can hit Europe' - Revolutionary Guard aerospace experts working on warheads with 3,000km range at two sites disguised as satellite launch bases, say exiles
• Battle Lines: Iran's underground missile city masks a regime 'on brink of collapse'
• Car bomb kills 20 in northern Syria, deadliest since Assad toppled
• Swedish court convicts Quran burner of hate crimes, days after his ally was killed
• There are bodies in the streets in the DRC as rebel group's sweep reignites decades old conflict
• Rebels declare ceasefire in DR Congo for 'humanitarian reasons'
• Winds of Peace: Saudi Arabia and UAE Reportedly Emerge as Likely Venues for Historic Trump and Putin Summit
• Moscow bomb kills pro-Russia paramilitary leader from Ukraine - Armen Sarkisyan, founder of battalion fighting against Ukraine, dies after blast that also killed bodyguard
• UN monitors see 'alarming rise' in executions of Ukrainian POWs by Russia
• Zelensky says there have been over 1,400 Russian airstrikes this week
• Ukraine Says it Has Struck Major Russian Oil Refinery for Second Time in Three Days
• Ukrainian Assault Drones Hit Russia's Largest Lukoil Refinery Again, Shut Down Airports
• See How Russia Is Winning the Race to Dominate the Arctic - Moscow is growing its footprint at the top of the world, working with China—and leaving the U.S. behind
• U.S. Navy Showcases New 'Laser' Weapon - The state-of-the-art system can blind and destroy targets, representing a breakthrough in military technology
• Actress Mia Farrow Floats Conspiracy Trump Will 'Start a War' to Secure a Third Term
• CNN: Trump's race to honor his promises is bringing risk and turmoil to America and the world
• Trump's Threats Deliver a Big Win as Panama Agrees to Alter Course on Canal - Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino announced Sunday that his country will be ending a development deal with communist China
• Daniel J Mitchell: The United States is suddenly in big trouble - Trump's tariffs add a fourth challenge to an economy heading towards a fiscal crisis
• Faced with Trump's threats over Greenland, Danish leader seeks EU partners' support
• The Trump Effect: Denmark Ready To Allow the US To Expand Its Military Presence on Greenland
• EU leaders scramble to avoid friction with the US under Trump and avoid a 'stupid tariff war'
• EU warns Trump it will retaliate over tariffs
• Putin says Europe will 'stand at the feet of the master' as Trump's tariffs alarm allies
• Trump says Canada will 'cease to exist' without subsidy and US has 'unlimited energy'
• Trump doubles down on floating Canada as 51st state amid tariff dispute
• Canada's Ontario bans US firms from government contracts in response to Trump tariffs
• Ontario rips up contract with Starlink in retaliation against 'people hellbent on destroying' Canadian economy
• LCBO to stop selling US liquor in response to Trump tariffs - "Starting Tuesday, we're removing American products from LCBO shelves."
• Shopify CEO defends Trump's tariffs on Canada, slams Trudeau for 'hitting back' - "These are things that every Canadian wants its government to do, too. These are not crazy demands, even if they came from an unpopular source."
• Survey: Nearly Half of Canadian Businesses Plan to Move Production to the U.S - 60% Are Looking for Business Acquisitions In Response to Trump Tariffs
• Trudeau Caves to Trump, Announces 30-Day Pause on Tariffs and More Border Security
• Canada to implement $1.3 billion border plan, tariffs delayed 30 days - "Proposed tariffs will be paused for at least 30 days while we work together."
• Trump pauses tariffs on Mexico for one month after Pres Claudia Sheinbaum will reinforce border with 10,000 Mexican troops - "These soldiers will be specifically designated to stop the flow of fentanyl, and illegal migrants into our Country."
• Trump tariff threats spook world markets
• Wall Street rattled by back-and-forth over Trump's tariffs
• Rep. Moore: Globalists 'Having a Big Sad' Over US Tariffs
• 'Apocalypse at USAID' as Musk and Trump work to dismantle agency
• USAID building closed as agency's future in doubt
• USAID officials on leave as Musk says Trump considering shuttering foreign aid agency
• Rubio confirms he is new acting USAID administrator, amid Trump's effort to throttle agency
• Ilham Omar claims Trump is a 'dictator' for pausing foreign aid through USAID, claims agency saved her life
• Democratic senator places 'blanket hold' on Trump State Department nominees over USAID scuffle
• Judge in D.C. Extends Block on Trump Funding Freeze
• Chuck Schumer, Dems Attack Musk over DOGE Reviewing Treasury Payment System
• Chuck Schumer claims Elon Musk, DOGE operating as 'unelected shadow government' - Schumer labeled staffers associated with Musk "right-wing extremists."
• Ocasio-Cortez: Musk 'raiding US classified information is a grave threat to national security'
• Trump makes DOGE head Elon Musk a 'special government employee' amid accusations of a takeover
• As DOGE boss, Musk hires team of young engineers, 19-24 years old, to modernize government software
• US Attorney Pledges to Protect DOGE Workers from Threats, Harassment
• Arrests Imminent: Acting DC US Attorney Ed Martin Announces Incoming Charges Against Individuals Who Threatened Elon Musk's DOGE Workers
• DOGE subcommittee invites NPR, PBS chiefs to testify on their federal funding, 'systemically biased content'
• Disgraced Ex-FBI Official Andrew McCabe Says FBI in "Utter Disarray" and Agents are Living in Fear as They Await Next Trump Purge
• Shocker at Patel Hearing: Sen Confirms FBI, DOJ Obstructed Investigation of Trump Assassination Attempt
• FBI agents involved in Mar-a-Lago docs case removed from offices as Acting FBI head refuses to hand over list of agents on J6 cases: report
• Jan. 6 conspiracy theory promoter named to a top State Department job - Darren Beattie, who's claimed the FBI was responsible for the 2021 attack on the Capitol, has been named acting undersecretary of state for public diplomacy
• 77 Percent of Americans Favor Voter ID, 60 Percent Say Policy Is Not Discriminatory: Poll
• Trump signs order establishing a sovereign wealth fund that he says could buy TikTok
• Perplexity AI bids on TikTok, CEO says it's a win-win for Trump
• Autonomous Armageddon: The Global Risks of a Superpowered AI
• Chinese astronauts make rocket fuel and oxygen in space using 1st-of-its-kind 'artificial photosynthesis'
• China Creates Rocket Fuel In Orbit With Just Carbon Dioxide, Water And Electricity
• China's 'artificial sun' fuels Western fears it has lost race to energy holy grail
• NASA sends out warning as three giant asteroids set to just miss Earth
• Asteroid 2024 YR4 triggers planetary defense procedures
• Moderately strong M8.8 solar flare erupts from Active Region 3981
• 5.9 magnitude earthquake hits near Tobelo, Indonesia
• 5.7 magnitude earthquake hits near West Chile Rise
• 5.5 magnitude earthquake hits southeast of the Loyalty Islands
• 5.4 magnitude earthquake hits near Tatsugo, Japan
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Amorgos, Greece
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Fira, Greece
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Pangai, Tonga
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Oia, Greece
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Diomede, Alaska
• Greece Prepares for Quake as Hundreds of Tremors Shake Islands
• Emergency crews deployed on Santorini as an earthquake swarm worries Greek experts
• Major tectonic tear found beneath Iraq, Turkey, and Iran
• Ruiz volcano in Colombia erupts to 21,000ft
• Sangay volcano in Ecuador erupts to 19,000ft
• Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 15,000ft
• Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 14,000ft
• Santa Maria volcano in Guatemala erupts to 14,000ft
• Sheveluch volcano on Kamchatka, Russia erupts to 12,000ft
• Ibu volcano in Indonesia erupts to 10,000ft
• Ollera Creek Bridge collapse cuts key transport route in Queensland's worst floods in 60 years, Australia
• Streets turn into raging rivers as heavy rains hit Italy - Severe flooding hit Sicily and Tuscany
• Trump administration notifies 1,000 EPA employees they could be laid off 'immediately'
• Fight Club's Chuck Palahniuk: 'Today, cults are the big thing. Secretive cults'
• Boy, 15, killed in school stabbing in Sheffield - It happened at lunchtime at All Saints Catholic High School
• Trump DHS Sec Kristi Noem revokes temporary protected status for over 300,000 Venezuelans in the US
• U.S. Military Planes Deported Migrants to India: An Unprecedented Flight
• Mexican Government Announces Arrest of Top Cartel Commander Right After Trump's Phone Call
• Mexican cartels targeting Border Patrol agents with kamikaze drones, explosives amid Trump crackdown: report
• Some migrants arrested in Trump's immigration crackdown have been released back into the U.S. - Space constraints and court orders have led ICE to release migrants on monitoring programs after they're arrested
• Wisconsin governor rejects GOP draft bill requiring local law enforcement to help ICE agents: 'A non-starter'
• Four Democrat Mayors Called Before Congress to Face Grilling Over 'Sanctuary Cities'
• Sen Thom Tillis introduces bill allowing victims to sue sanctuary jurisdictions for migrant crimes
• Businesses Across U.S. Close for 'A Day Without Immigrants'
• Democrat Gov. Murphy Admits to Harboring 'Illegal Alien' in His Home - Brazenly Dares Feds to Intervene
• Iowa attorney general leads 17 other GOP AGs in supporting Trump's end to birthright citizenship
• Boston Girl, 11, Reports Sex Assault in State Shelter, So Officials Move Man to Different Shelter - Although the story hasn't been picked up by the legacy media, the incident has sparked outrage on social media
• New York AG Letitia James advises hospitals to ignore Trump EO about sex-change procedures for minors
• Trump health info blackout shocks providers
• C.D.C. Site Restores Some Purged Files After 'Gender Ideology' Ban Outcry
• Report: W.H.O. Appeals for Global Action to Force Washington to Reconsider Withdrawal
• Democratic senators say they have 'grave concerns' over RFK Jr.'s potential financial conflicts
• Democratic Senators Demand Health Pick Kennedy's Recusal From Vaccine Matters if Confirmed
• Uganda begins Ebola vaccine trial after new outbreak kills a nurse and infects 2 other people