February 9th, 2024

• A Blinken Visit Puts U.S.-Israeli Tensions on Full Display
• Biden calls Israel's response in Gaza to October 7 Hamas attack 'over the top'
• Biden to host King Abdullah at White House next week, as Jordanian monarch lobbies for ceasefire
• Riyadh to host ministerial confab to advance united Arab stance for postwar Gaza
• Blinken Cancels Gaza Crossing Visit After Israel Doesn't Commit to Stopping Aid Protests
• Netanyahu rejects Hamas' 'delusional' terms for a hostage release deal, says 'total victory' is possible within months
• US intel says Israel degraded Hamas capabilities, but not close to eliminating group
• Israel ramps up strikes on Rafah as US warns major offensive would be 'disaster'
• Airstrikes reported in Rafah as Israel expands military campaign to southernmost Gaza city
• UN leader says Palestinian aid agency cannot be replaced amid scrutiny
• UN chief promises to act immediately against any 'Hamas infiltration' of UNRWA
• Guns stolen from Gaza hidden in Hadera school
• Britain's PM Vows to Crack Down on 'Antisemitism' and 'Violent Intimidation' at pro-Palestinian Rallies
• Argentina's Milei sees echoes of Holocaust on visit to shattered kibbutz
• Agitators camp outside of Blinken's Virginia home, pour fake blood on driveway over Israel-Hamas war
• Nicaragua files application to join South Africa's genocide case against Israel
• After he hailed Oct. 7 onslaught, Iran leader's Facebook, Instagram accounts removed
• Top Hezbollah commander hit in apparent Israeli strike as air force head threatens more
• Hezbollah fires 30 rockets at Upper Galilee town in response to deadly IDF drone strike
• Head of US-backed forces in Syria seeks more air defense after deadly drone strike
• Iraq labels US 'factor of instability' after three killed in drone attack
• US conducts more strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen
• Trade leaders urge governments around the world to join Red Sea military effort
• $1 million in extra costs and weeks of delays. How the Red Sea crisis is upending global trade
• 340 Myanmar troops flee into Bangladesh during fighting with armed ethnic group
• Putin and China's Xi Say They're Closer Than Ever Amid U.S. Tensions
• Putin says Bill Clinton told him Russia could join NATO before pulling back hours later: 'You tricked us'
• Putin: Russia Has No Interest Attacking Poland, Latvia
• Finland extends Russia border closure until April 14 saying Moscow hasn't stopped sending migrants
• UN committee urges Russia to end 'forcible transfer' of Ukrainian children - Kyiv claims 20,000 children have been taken from Ukraine to Russia without families' or guardians' consent
• Ukraine's 'Underground Railroad' rescues abducted Ukrainian children from Russian reeducation camps
• Ukraine's Zelensky replaces his top general to shake up deadlocked war with Russia
• Ukraine's Zelensky Fires Top General Zaluzhny After Months of Infighting
• Putin regime removes anti-war opponent from presidential ballot over signature disputes
• Tucker Carlson's Exclusive Interview with Vladimir Putin - Ukraine War, NATO, Bill Clinton, Elon Musk, Nord Stream Pipeline, and More
• "It Is Clear to the Whole World What Happened" - Vladimir Putin Blames the CIA for the Nord Stream Pipeline Explosion - Tucker Carlson Interview
• Putin signals he's open to prisoner swap for Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich's release
• Vladimir Putin Says Russia Has 'Run Out' of 'Decency,' and It's on the US to Take 'Reciprocal Steps' to Free Evan Gershkovich
• Tucker Carlson met Edward Snowden in Moscow
• Senate advances $95 billion foreign aid bill without border security funding - The Senate voted 67-32 in favor of advancing the bill that includes funding for Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan, and Gaza
• Chuck Schumer plans congressional Kiev trip after anticipated approval of Ukraine war funds: report
• Biden under fire online again for twice confusing living European leaders with dead predecessors in one week
• "I See Dead People" - Joe Biden Does it Again: This Time Recalls Long-Deceased German Chancellor Helmut Kohl
• Biden says he will 'be president for everybody whether you live in a red state or green state' - This marks Biden's fourth gaffe within the past week as he mixed up the colors of his own political party
• Biden Confuses Mexico and Egypt in Stunning Gaffe During Presser Meant to Assuage Fears About His Cognitive Function
• While Giving Speech Defending His Memory, Biden Refers to Egypt's President El-Sisi as the 'President of Mexico'
• Biden confuses Egypt and Mexico while assuring nation he's mentally fit - "I didn't know how half the boxes got in my garage."
• Biden's DOJ says evidence shows President 'willfully' withheld classified docs - but he will not be prosecuted
• Special Counsel Report Shows Joe Biden Couldn't Remember When He Was VP "When did I stop being Vice President?" - Couldn't Remember When His Son Beau Died
• Special Prosecutor Gives Scathing Assessment of Biden's Mental Acuity
• Special Counsel Hur Finds Joe Biden "Willfully Retained" Top Secret Military and National Security Information - DOJ Defends Lack of Criminal Charges Against Biden, a "Well-Meaning, Elderly Man with a Poor Memory"
• Angry Joe Biden Blows Up at Reporter Asking About His Age and Mental Acuity After Special Counsel Calls Him 'Elderly Man with Poor Memory'
• Joe Biden Read Aloud Classified Passages About Highly Sensitive Meetings in Situation Room to Ghostwriter "Nearly Verbatim on at Least Three Occasions"
• Classified Ukraine Documents Discovered in Biden's Possession from Time of Hunter's Burisma Work
• Biden Used Private Email and Fake Names for Official Business, Shared White House Comms with Family
• GOP Rep. Tenney urges Garland either to charge Biden or oust him under 25th Amendment
• Sen. Rick Scott: Time for President Joe Biden's Cabinet to 'Invoke 25th Amendment'
• Biden classified memos report re-ignites debates about dual justice, 'diminished' president - Famed liberal icon Alan Dershowitz decries Hur decision when compared to treatment of Trump: "You can't have two different laws for similar acts. You have to have one single standard of justice."
• Trump: Biden Report Proves Unequal Justice System
• Trump urges Jack Smith to drop Mar-a-Lago docs case after special counsel recommends no charges in Biden docs case
• Jack Smith prevented from keeping names of government witnesses secret in classified docs case: Judge Cannon
• Trump's attorney argues before Supreme Court that criteria for 'insurrection' not met
• Attorney for Colorado argues Trump is threat to democracy and voters need to be protected from him
• Supreme Court justices indicate they'll keep Trump on 2024 ballot in landmark case
• SCOTUS appears reluctant to keep Trump off CO ballot for insurrection, questioning the implications
• Supreme Court Justices Shred Colorado's Case to Get Trump Kicked Off Election Ballot
• Justice Brett Kavanaugh Delivers Reality Check to Colorado Attorney in Effort to Exclude Trump from Ballot: 'Trump Has Not Been Charged with an Insurrection'
• Clarence Thomas Stumps Colorado's Anti-Trump Lawyer: Can't Give Example of States Disqualifying National Candidates
• Justice Alito indicates that states could go after Biden for releasing funds to Iran if Colorado decision holds - "Could a state determine that that person has given aid and comfort to the enemy, and therefore keep that person off the ballot?"
• Rudy Giuliani claims Donald Trump's campaign owes him $2m - Trump's former lawyer was appearing in bankruptcy court after being ordered to pay $148m in damages over a defamation case
• Georgia Senate Passes Bill to Allow State Commission to Investigate Prosecutors, Including Fani Willis
• Trump wins twice in Nevada in the race for the Republican presidential nomination
• MTG calls for full investigation into allegations Fani Willis violated Georgia Campaign Finance Act - "How can the public trust a prosecutor who abuses her office for personal gain while targeting her political opponents?"
• Congressional Candidate Derrick Evans Releases Exclusive Footage of Infiltrator Shooting Gun on January 6 - Just Now Being Released, Why Is That?
• 'This Is Our Opportunity' - Top GOP Senators Game McConnell's Ouster After Botched Border Deal
• Bolsonaro Targeted as Police Ensnares Alleged Coup Plotters
• Brazilian police investigate former President Bolsonaro's allies over alleged election interference - Brazil's former president was ordered to surrender his passport
• Azerbaijan election: President Ilham Aliyev wins vote criticised by monitors
• El Salvador opposition warns it may ask to nullify congressional election results
• Haitian PM calls for calm as violent protests demand his resignation
• Haiti elections will take place when security improves, PM Henry says as protests grow
• Pakistan Suspends Mobile Phone Services on Election Day Already Marred by Violence
• Yellen Ducks Questions on MAGA Bank Records Searches
• Shaky commercial loans threaten a new regional bank crisis
• AI Deployed Nukes 'to Have Peace in the World' in Tense War Simulation - OpenAI's GPT models sounded like a genocidal dictator in a test of war-time decision-making
• FCC makes AI-generated robocalls that can fool voters illegal after Biden voice cloning in New Hampshire
• Biden White House works to 'cryptographically verify' all official communications as AI deep fakes surge
• Meet Tong Tong, the world's first AI toddler
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits the central Mid-Atlantic Ridge
• Rare magnitude 4 earthquake recorded off Florida's Space Coast late Wednesday
• Ruiz volcano in Colombia erupts to 26,000ft
• Sabancaya volcano in Peru erupts to 24,000ft
• Popocateptl volcano in Mexico erupts to 22,000ft
• Fuego volcano in Guatemala erupts tso 15,000ft
• Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 15,000ft
• Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 15,000ft
• Marapi volcano in Indonesia erupts to 12,000ft
• Dukono volcano in Indonesia erupts to 10,000ft
• State of emergency declared in Iceland after volcano erupts for third time in 2 months
• Iceland Volcano Erupts With Lava Fountains, Disrupts Heating and Roads
• 'We were very surprised': Magma under Reykjanes Peninsula rushed into Grindavík dike at a shockingly fast rate
• Wisconsin records first-ever February tornado
• Severe snowstorm paralyzes Astana, Kazakhstan
• Heavy snow pummels Flagstaff, shuts down busy northern Arizona interstates
• Hottest January on record pushes 12-month global average temps over 1.5 degree threshold for first time ever
• Maui wildfire survivors face soaring rates of depression and lung problems
• Biden admin says Beverly Hills, Martha's Vineyard are 'low income' to enable EV charger subsidies
• How Indigenous Conflicts in Chile Ended up Targeting Christians - Mapuche attacks against the government and environmental companies have included the arson of numerous churches
• Rolling Stone: Speaker Mike Johnson Gathers Far-Right Christians to Cast Out Demons - GOP lawmakers and extremist pastors joined together to repent over LGBTQ freedoms, abortion, and nonbelievers
• Hawaii Supreme Court Controversially Rejects Second Amendment Right, Rules "In Hawaii, There is No State Constitutional Right to Carry a Firearm in Public"
• Ocasio-Cortez: 'Immigration Writ Large Is Yielding Enormous Economic Benefits to the United States'
• Champion of Slavery Reparations Sunny Hostin Discovers on "Finding Your Roots" Program that She is a Descendant of Slave Owners from Spain
• Musk Rages Against 'Disney's DEI Gestapo' And Doubles Down On Crusade
• Kentucky Senate Panel Advances Bill Limiting DEI Programs
• California sues nonprofits offering 'abortion pill reversal' treatment
• Houston attorney gets 180 days in jail after being accused of drugging pregnant wife to induce abortion
• Over 150 people sick with mystery illness aboard luxury cruise headed to Hawaii
• NY Supreme Court Slams Anti-Trump DA for Enforcing Harsh Vaccine Card Punishment on Residents
• Commentary: Emergency response or planned takeover? WHO Pandemic Treaty - Treaty to infringe on national sovereignty and personal liberties