January 15th, 2026

• ​Witkoff announces 'Phase 2' of Trump's Gaza peace plan - "The US expects Hamas to comply fully with its obligations, including the immediate return of the final deceased hostage. Failure to do so will bring serious consequences," Witkoff stated
• US launches Gaza plan's 2nd phase as Palestinian technocratic government unveiled
• Former deputy PA minister to lead technocratic committee slated to administer Gaza
• US bullish as bodies tasked with replacing Hamas take shape, despite disarmament hurdle
• French publisher withdraws textbooks that called Oct. 7 victims 'Jewish settlers'
• IDF says 6 Hamas terrorists killed in firefight in Israeli-controlled part of Rafah after severe violation of ceasefire - NYT says IDF has destroyed more than 2,500 structures in Gaza since start of ceasefire
• IDF launches medical revolution with AI-PTSD treatment, whole blood drone delivery - The IDF's medical research tech commander updates the Post on post-war developments, as the improvements are settled to help soldiers with PTSD treatment and whole blood delivery in battle field
• IDF demolishes Hebron home of terrorist in Gush Etzion Junction attack
• UK's anti-terror watchdog says demonizing Israelis is a 'vehicle for hatred of Jews'
• Anger in UK as police chief blames AI for false evidence used to ban Israeli soccer fans
• Hezbollah warns Beirut that expanded disarmament push could cause 'chaos, civil war' - Terror group official says forcing it to fully give up arms would be 'the biggest crime,' day after Lebanese FM says IDF has right to strike in country as long as Hezbollah holds weapons
• Why Saudi Arabia and UAE nearly fighting over Yemen sends worrying signals for entire region
• Saudi Arabia Carries Out Record Number of Executions in 2025
• No to nuclear missiles, yes to ties with Israel, US: Iran's exiled crown prince lays out vision for the future
• As Iran Cracks Down on Protests, Christians Speak Up - This time, believers in the Iranian diaspora are praying more explicitly for the fall of the country's rulers
• 'Shoot to Kill': Accounts of Brutal Crackdown Emerge From Iran
• Trump: US notified that killing of Iran protesters has ceased, executions won't take place
• Can Trump avoid Obama's Tehran blunders? Vice President JD Vance is leading efforts to persuade the president to appease Tehran rather than confront it. America has been down that disastrous road before.
• Wall Street Journal Refuses to Correct False Report That Vance and Rubio Are Deterring Trump from Striking Iran
• Top Iranian official downplays death toll, blames 'Israeli plot' as US considers strikes - Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi denied concerns that protesters would be hung for challenging the government
• 'Rats fleeing the ship': US treasury secretary says Iran's leaders moving funds out of the country
• Israel's 'nuke Gaza' minister says Mossad agents 'operating right now' in Iran amid protests
• Americans warned by US Embassy in Israel to prepare for 'crises' amid Iran tensions
• India urges its citizens in Iran to leave the country
• Some US personnel told to leave Qatar base as Iran touts 'peak readiness' for conflict
• UK ambassador and all embassy staff evacuated from Iran
• Iran temporarily closes airspace, Western military official says signals show US attack 'imminent' - "All the signals are that a US attack is imminent, but that is also how this administration behaves to keep everyone on their toes," a Western military official said
• Iran warns of retaliation if Trump strikes, US withdraws some personnel from bases
• Reuters: US Military Action Against Iranian Regime May Start within the Next 24 Hours
• US carrier strike group movement in South China Sea sparks concern as Iran closes airspace
• Pentagon moving carrier strike group toward Middle East amid Iran tension
• Trump reportedly wants an attack on Iran 'to be definitive,' not spark sustained war
• Iran issues sickening assassination threat against Trump: 'This time it will not miss the target'
• Musk Stands Up Against the Ayatollahs, as Iranian Regime Cracks Down on Starlink Terminals, Deploys Military-Grade Jammers Against Sole Internet Option for Protesters
• Free Starlink access seen as game changer in helping Iran protesters get their message out
• How Iran jammed Starlink (and how Iranians are trying to get around it)
• Reports: Armed Kurdish fighters try to breach Iran border as regional threat grows amid protests - Turkey's intelligence agency warned Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps of fighters trying to cross from Iraq
• Zelensky declares state of emergency in Ukraine's energy sector as crisis worsens
• South Korea Seeks Death Penalty For Ex-President Yoon's Botched Martial Law Attempt - Closing arguments have been made in his trial in a Seoul court as he stands accused of being the "ringleader of an insurrection".
• China Fumes at Trump's Iran Tariffs After Losing Access to Venezuelan Oil
• What the alleged 'sonic weapon' used in Venezuela may actually have been - Eyewitness account describes security forces vomiting blood and falling to ground during Trump operation in Caracas
• Senate Republicans Strike Down Venezuela War Powers Resolution - Two GOP Senators Flip - Vance Cast Tie-Breaking Vote
• Key Republicans flip, kill effort to restrain Trump's policing power over Venezuela - Hawley and Young flip votes following assurances from administration, giving Trump victory on Venezuela authority
• Venezuela: 15 Teens Charged with 'Treason' for Allegedly Celebrating Maduro Arrest
• 'Worse Than Alcatraz' - Released Italian Political Prisoners of Venezuela Recount Prison Horror
• Trump asks NATO to back Greenland acquisition
• Macron Threatens US With "Unprecedented" Consequences If It Moves on Greenland
• Denmark Sends 'Military Reinforcements' to Greenland Ahead of White House Talks
• Trump says 'anything less' than US control of Greenland is 'unacceptable'
• Republican congressman proposes bill to make Greenland 51st state
• Poll: Most Americans think Trump has 'gone too far' with foreign interventions
• Dollar Declines Amid Global Tension
• Silver at $100, gold at $5,000? Why experts think the milestones may come sooner in 2026
• Trump says he has no plan to fire Fed's Powell despite investigation
• Lobsters to tequila: Cargo theft is eating America's lunch and driving up food prices
• Nick Shirley unveils alleged $16M Somali welfare fraud in Minnesota in latest investigation
• Somali couriers took $700 million in cash from Minnesota out of the US: bombshell JTN report
• Federal Prosecutors Are Investigating Democrat Senator Elissa Slotkin After She Urged Military Members to Defy Trump's Orders
• FBI Raids Home of Washington Post Reporter Who Obtained and Published Illegally Leaked Information From Pentagon Contractor
• House Oversight panel sets vote to hold Clintons in contempt for not testifying in Epstein probe
• 46 House Republicans Join Democrats to Kill Chip Roy's Amendment to Defund Staff Budgets for Rogue Judges Boasberg and Boardman
• Johnson and Grassley Subpoena Telecom Firms Over Jack Smith Jan. 6 Phone Records
• New Dem bill would force schools to label Jan 6 Capitol breach as 'unprecedented, violent attack'
• Murphy: 'Chances Are High that We Could Lose Our Democracy Between Now and Next November'
• Supreme Court Greenlights Lawsuits Against Late Mail-In Ballots - Opens Door to Nationwide Challenges to Democrat Schemes
• Another Victory for Tom Fitton and Judicial Watch - Oregon Agrees to Clean 800,000 Names of Inactive Voters from Voter Rolls
• 'Victory For Individual Liberty': Labour Govt Admits Defeat on Blair-Style Mandatory ID
• Verizon Suffers Major Service Disruption Impacting Voice and Data for Customers Throughout the Country
• More than a million Verizon users experience outages
• Widespread Verizon Outage Prompts Emergency Alerts in Washington, New York City - New York State Assembly member Anil Beephan has called on the Federal Communications Commission to investigate the hours-long service outage
• Lunar Power: NASA and Department of Energy Team up To Build and Deploy a Nuclear Reactor on the Moon by 2030
• 5.6 magnitude earthquake hits near Akkeshi, Japan
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits the Kuril Islands
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Shiojiri, Japan
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits southeast of Easter Island
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Lae, Papua New Guinea
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits central Mid-Atlantic Ridge
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Dunhuang, China
• Sangay volcano in Ecuador erupts to 21,000ft
• Popocateptl volcano in Mexico erupts to 20,000ft
• Marapi volcano in Indonesia erupts to 20,000ft
• Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 17,000ft
• Fuego volcano in Guatemala erupts to 17,000ft
• Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 15,000ft
• Santa Maria volcano in Guatemala erupts to 14,000ft
• Kanlaon volcano in the Philippines erupts to 10,000ft
• Kilauea's latest eruption sent lava 800 feet high - Monday's eruption in Hawaii lasted about 10 hours and marked Episode 40 in a series that started in 2024, the USGS said
• Private jet skids 300 yards off Colorado runway, sustains severe damage in violent crosswind
• Anti-Zionist graffiti defaces rubble of Pasadena synagogue destroyed in wildfire
• ICE Barbie Impeachment Push Racks Up Support as Fury Grows
• Democratic lawmakers file articles of impeachment against Kristi Noem - Robin Kelly and other House Democrats move against homeland security secretary over ICE killing of Renee Good
• St. Paul Mayor: Our Lawsuit Will Create Precedent to Keep Feds from Enforcing Law
• Ilhan Omar: Militarized ICE Is 'Roaming the Streets, Harassing and Terrorizing'
• So-Called 'Whistleblower' Leaks Identities of Thousands of ICE and Border Patrol Agents Following Self-Defense Shooting of Renee Good - DHS Responds
• Venezuelan man shot by ICE in Minnesota after assaulting agents with shovel: report
• Viral Video: ICE agents pull woman from car after she blocks Minneapolis road to obstruct immigration enforcement
• Joe Rogan: 'ICE Are Villains' After Fatal Minneapolis Shooting; 'Are We Really Going to Be the Gestapo?'
• ICE Agent Who Fatally Shot Leftist Activist Renee Good as She Tried to Run Him Over Suffered Internal Bleeding to the Torso
• Ilhan Omar Calls ICE Shooting of Renee Good an 'Execution' Despite Video Showing Officer Acted in Self-Defense
• Renee Good's Former Father-in-Law: 'I Don't Blame ICE' for Her Death
• Minnesota AG Keith Ellison rallies students against ICE, calls Renee Good a 'martyr'
• Joy Reid calls Renee Good's death a 'George Floyd moment,' claims she was 'supposed to be safe' due to 'white privilege'
• Family of Renee Good hires George Floyd lawyer to go after federal officials
• White House mocks Tim Walz after he tells Minnesotans to keep filming ICE agents in glitchy prime-time address: 'Just resign'
• Tim Walz's Primetime Address Marred by Audio Issues as He Urges Minnesotans to Stalk, Harass and Record ICE Agents So They Can be Prosecuted
• Dem Rep. Vindman: 'Irony' with Iranians Protesting, 'What We See with ICE' in U.S.
• Treasury Sec. Bessent says fraud recovery in Minnesota could fund Trump's defense plan
• Navy intel officer tracked millions from Minnesota day cares to terror groups
• Trump Suspend Visa Processing for 75 Countries as ICE Terror Spreads
• Report: Zohran Mamdani 'Outraged' After NYC Council Staffer is Detained by ICE for Overstaying Visa and Alleged Assault
• Senate Investigates Biden's Afghan Parolee Immigration Program
• California's Billionaires Rage at Huge Tax Bill to Fund Illegal Migrants' Health Subsidies
• California investigates Elon Musk's AI company after 'avalanche' of complaints about sexual content
• Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Still Stumped by What a Woman Is During Trans Athletes Cases
• "Cisginger": Social Media Erupts After Hearing Justice Brown Jackson Invent This Wacky New Word to Describe Actual Girls
• Woke Doctor Falters During Hearing When Senator Josh Hawley Uses Her Own Words Against Her and Asks a Simple Question: "Can Men Get Pregnant?"
• Nancy Mace rips trans athlete's attorney for refusing to define sex at SCOTUS women's sports hearing
• Trans founder of defunct LGBTQ nonprofit sentenced to 33 months in prison, $1 million fine for pandemic relief fraud
• Medicaid Funneled to Illegal Aliens Now Tops $1.8 Billion Across 8 States - CMS Withholds $300M From California, the Worst Offender
• Space experiments reveal new way to fight drug-resistant superbugs, scientists say