January 16th, 2026

• ​Israel National NewsIsraeli NewsPoll: 40% of Israelis fear election results won't be accepted - Poll: 40% of Israelis fear election results won't be accepted - One-third of the Israeli public is not convinced the 2026 elections will be fair; about 40% fear the election results will not be accepted
• Trump says US will ink disarmament deal with Hamas, threatens group if it doesn't comply - Agreement will include surrender of all weapons and dismantling of every tunnel, US president says, while also endorsing newly established Palestinian technocratic committee
• President Trump Announces Board of Peace for Gaza is Officially Formed
• Gaza technocratic panel meets for first time, as officials fear it's hobbled from get-go
• Netanyahu says the announced start of Gaza ceasefire's next phase is a 'declarative move'
• Witkoff says Trump teared up over freed hostages' visit, called it his 'greatest day' in White House
• IDF strikes Hezbollah in response to 'repeated' truce violations
• Netanyahu asked Trump to pump brakes on US strikes in Iran, NYT reports - The report came after the US appeared to shift towards diplomatic means of pressure to stop the Iranian crackdown on protesters
• Israeli officials advise US to hold off on Iran attack which would 'not finish the job' - report
• Saudi Arabia, Qatar & Oman said to lobby US against Iran strikes, citing fears of oil market instability
• Witkoff suggests US prefers to resolve Iran tensions with diplomacy, not military action
• Iranian Airspace Empties - Only Flights from China and Russia Identified Over Iran
• Trump stalls on Iran intervention, leaving an uncertain future for a divided nation
• Lindsey Graham Disputes Claims Trump Won't Act on Iran
• US Warns Iran in Emergency UN Meeting: 'All Options Are on the Table'
• Trump Was Told Attack on Iran Wouldn't Guarantee Collapse of Regime - President was advised U.S. military would need more firepower in Middle East to launch large-strike attack and protect American forces
• 'You don't have much time': As Iranians wait for Trump to act, Reza Pahlavi calls on army to abandon the regime - US Special Envoy Witkoff reportedly met with Pahlavi over the weekend to discuss the protests
• U.S. Military Moves in the Middle East Trigger Fears of Iran Operation
• US sending military assets to Middle East as Trump weighs Iran strike, sources say
• Iran: Trump is threatening to attack a country that produces three times more oil than Venezuela
• Iran's nationwide protests appear smothered, with fate of potential US action unclear - Oil prices fall as chance of conflict seems to recede; Tehran says protester's execution called off; Iran's airspace reopens after closing for several hours
• China Backs Iran Against Protests, Warning U.S. Not to Use 'Law of the Jungle'
• Trump says 'we saved a lot of lives' as Iran signals it won't execute protesters
• US imposes new sanctions on Iranian officials over crackdown on protests
• Amnesty International: Iran committing mass unlawful killings 'on unprecedented scale'
• Iran Dismisses Uprising as 'Israeli Plot,' Claims Protests Under Control
• 'Rats Fleeing the Ship': Iran's Ruling Elites 'Frantically Wiring' Millions Abroad, Bessent Says, as New Sanctions Hit
• Would-be Iran leader vows immediate recognition of Israel, end to nuclear program in post-Islamic Republic Iran - "Support for terrorist groups will cease immediately," exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi says in video message. "Iran will act as a friend and a stabilizing force in the region," Pahlavi said. "And it will be a responsible partner in global security."
• US slams South Africa for hosting joint naval drills with Iran amid protest crackdown
• Good news: World records longest ever lull in nuclear tests. Bad news: It's on shaky ground
• The Chinese Military is Developing Robot Dogs and Humanoid Combat Robots
• China's People's Liberation Army Begins Annual Training Cycle, Focuses on Taiwan, Threatens Japan
• Canadian prime minister hails renewed relations with China during his Beijing visit
• Trump Reportedly Says Ukraine's Zelensky, and Not Russia's Putin, Is Holding up the Peace Deal
• Mass Desertions, 2 Million Draft Dodgers - New Ukrainian Defense Minister Opens up About Kiev Military's Dire Straits
• Dad's Army? UK government raises maximum age of military reservists to 65
• US Seizes Sixth Ghost Fleet Oil Tanker in the Caribbean
• Pam Bondi Reveals Classified Leaker Behind Trump's Venezuela Operation Was Pentagon IT Contractor
• Maria Corina Machado Gives Her Nobel Peace Prize to President Trump
• Venezuela's Machado Speaks After Trump Meeting: 'Know that We Are Counting on President Trump' for Freedom
• Venezuela Calls Trump a Liar: Top Henchman Says Country Has No Political Prisoners
• Denmark's foreign minister says Trump has a point on China and Russia's threat to Greenland - Lars Lokke Rasmussen warned a US invasion of Greenland would mean 'the end of NATO'
• Russia says NATO talk of Moscow and Beijing being a threat to Greenland is a myth to create hysteria
• The 7 NATO nations sending troops to Greenland as tensions with Trump surge
• France, others in exercises in Greenland after meeting with Vance and Rubio
• How a billionaire with interests in Greenland encouraged Trump to acquire the territory: US president's friend Ronald Lauder - who first proposed Arctic expansion - is now making deals in the island
• Buying Greenland could cost as much as $700 billion
• Republicans vow to block Trump from seizing Greenland by force
• The Atlantic: For Trump, Everything Is an Existential Threat
• Chew on this: U.S. food prices are up 19% since 2022
• More Betrayl: House Votes to Keep Funding Globalist NGO Responsible for Global Censorship and Domestic Propaganda - 81 Republicans Side With Democrats to Kill Defund Push
• Feds bust massive basketball game fixing, bribery ring involving NCAA, Chinese league players
• Somali Subpoenas: Congress moving quickly to investigate cash-in-luggage exodus from U.S. airports
• Trump Deputies: Somali Fraud Is Part of the Democrats' Party Machine
• Democrat Congresswoman Reveals Plot to Impeach Trump Yet Again in Private Call
• Dem Rep. Goldman: Trump 'Setting Up' Excuse to Cancel Elections
• Passenger's Wi-Fi name triggers bomb scare, forces Turkish Airlines emergency landing
• Elon Musk Turns Off Grok AI's Ability to Generate Sexualized Images of Real People After Global Backlash
• Fake AI singer on Spotify has nearly 3 million listeners as music industry is 'taken over'
• Wikipedia signs AI training deals with Microsoft, Meta, and Amazon
• Financial Expert: OpenAI's Long-Term Viability in Question as It Burns Billions
• Amazon digs deep for AI gold as copper mine partnership fuels massive data center expansion
• Here's how AI helped researchers discover thousands of mini earthquakes beneath Yellowstone - The group of researchers used artificial intelligence to analyze 15 years of seismic data and located over 86,000 mini-earthquake events under the Yellowstone region
• Strong and shallow M6.0 earthquake hits off the coast of Oregon
• 5.9 magnitude earthquake hits near Attu Station, Alaska
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near Cuyamel, Honduras
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Barrio Industrial, Chile
• 4.2-magnitude earthquake hits southern Israel, shaking Dead Sea region
• Sangay volcano in Ecuador erupts to 20,000ft
• Fuego volcano in Guatemala erupts to 15,000ft
• Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 15,000ft
• Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 15,000ft
• Persistent drought and La Nina conditions sustain widespread wildfires in Chile
• Arctic Wildfires Are Spreading Faster Than Ever, Triggering Irreversible Damage to the Global Climate
• Suspect accused of killing sleeping passenger on Chicago train filmed himself carrying out attack: prosecutors
• The 'Angel of Death' Serial Killer Hid in a Hospital, Killing Silently for Years Until a Lab Caught Him
• More Christians Killed in Wave of Islamist Attacks in Nigeria That Began on Christmas Eve
• Nigerians Flee for Their Lives After Gang Leader Threatens Mass Murder
• Thousands of Christians killed or abducted for their faith in last two years - report
• Horror: Minnesota Daycare Worker with History of "Erratic Behavior" Toward Children Murders Baby Boy and Tries to Strangle Another Infant to Death
• Minnesota daycare worker confesses to suffocating 11-month-old boy to death, says she was 'seeking attention'
• Broken Arrow Council in Oklahoma Rejects by 4-1 the Construction of a Massive Islamic Center After Massive Citizen Opposition
• Pam Bondi Says Minnesota Prosecutors Didn't Quit - "I Fired Them All" After Refusing to Cooperate with ICE and Demanding Taxpayer-Funded Paid "Vacation" 'Til April
• Trump threatens Minnesota with Insurrection Act if Walz, Frey 'don't obey the law and stop professional agitators'
• Trump Warns That if 'Corrupt' Minnesota Politicians Don't Stop the Attacks on ICE Agents, He Will Invoke the Insurrection Aact
• Jacob Frey says federal, local law enforcement 'are literally fighting one another,' blames Trump for 'creating chaos'
• Anti-ICE Protestors Clash with Federal Law Enforcement in Minneapolis After Walz Blames Trump For Riots
• Tim Walz Urges Minnesotans to 'Resist' Federal 'Occupation'
• Tim Walz says he's 'proud' of Minnesota protestors just before they riot, loot ICE vehicles
• Minneapolis Rioters Destroy and Loot ICE and FBI Vehicles, Steal Sensitive Documents and Ammunition While Local Cops Do Nothing
• Latin Kings Gang Member Arrested For Stealing Rifle From ICE Vehicle in Minneapolis
• Bucks County sheriff cuts off ICE partnership, claims it poses danger to community
• West Virginia Fire Department Receiving Death Threats After Loaning ICE a Truck to Nab Illegal Aliens on a Roof
• Taxpayer-funded Minnesota charter school shuts down in-person learning amid ICE raids - Sejong Academy in St Paul moves classes online as community group warns Myanmar immigrants to stay home
• Democrat Sen. Fetterman Urges ICE to 'Round Up All' the Criminal Migrants
• 'Queer Eye' Star Jonathan Van Ness Trashes ICE: 'Secret Police Force... Murdering Citizens in the Streets'
• Report: Colombian President Gustavo Petro Fires 'Non-Binary' Gay Porn Star Serving as Equality Minister
• Dept. of Education Opens 18 Investigations into School Transgender Policies
• CBS News updates transgender term guidelines to include 'biological sex at birth': report
• Leavitt swipes at SCOTUS justices over women's sports hearing: 'Alarming' to hear debate on 'biological fact' - The Supreme Court heard two cases Tuesday to save girls and women's sports
• Megan Rapinoe, Elliot Page, Naomi Watts, Appear in ACLU Ad Supporting Trans Youth
• 'Can men get pregnant?' GOP portrays Democrats' witness at abortion pill hearing as fake scientist
• Number of abortions hits record high in England and Wales
• CDC studies show value of nationwide wastewater disease surveillance - Two new studies from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show wastewater monitoring of measles can flag measles spread days to weeks in advance
• Air Force Blocks Retirement of Exemplary Officer and Discharges Her Over Lawful Objections to Vaccines
• Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison Charges Minneapolis Man with over $3 Million in Medicaid Fraud