January 21st, 2025

• Joel C. Rosenberg: I hate this hostage deal, but here's why I support it
• Yemen's Houthis to only target Israel-linked ships following Gaza ceasefire - Group says it will stop attacking Israeli-linked ships when all phases of the Gaza ceasefire deal are completed
• On Egypt border, senior IDF officer warns quietest 'front' has potential to erupt
• 'Israel's biggest threat is its marginalization by international bodies'
• Israeli president calls Trump a 'true friend' on Inauguration Day, praises his work to release hostages
• Yair Lapid praises Trump on hostage deal but worries Bibi will go back to war before every Israeli is out of Gaza
• Hamas leader says terror group prepared for dialogue with US, credits Trump with 'ending' Gaza war
• Syria's new leader says Trump to 'bring peace' to Mideast
• 'I want to be a peacemaker, stop all wars': Trump hails hostage releases in inaugural address
• Trump 'not confident' Gaza hostage-ceasefire deal will hold through all 3 phases
• Trump Middle East envoy Witkoff reportedly mulling temporary relocation of some Gaza residents to Indonesia - Future phases of ceasefire deal under doubt due to internal Israeli politics
• Aid trucks flow into Gaza, displaced residents start returning home as truce holds
• Gaza rebuild will take 'a lot of time', says UN official
• After 15 months of war, Hamas still rules over what remains of Gaza
• Sa'ar says a reformed Palestinian Authority could be involved in governing Gaza
• Israeli Settlers Wage 'Vicious Terror Attacks' in West Bank Over Prisoner Releases - One human rights group said settlers aim "to impose a 'price tag' for the release of Palestinians from Israeli prisons."
• Settlers Rev Up Activism with Terrorists' Release: Won't Go Like Sheep to Slaughter!
• 2 Israelis injured, apparently shot by cop, as settlers attack West Bank Palestinians
• On day one, Trump rolls back Biden sanctions regime targeting violent Israeli settlers
• Trump revokes Biden order that ended 2020 sanctions targeting the ICC
• Trump to Halt Funding to UNRWA
• Trump suspends US foreign assistance for 90 days pending reviews
• Jewish childcare center torched in latest antisemitic attack in Australia
• Iranian pop star Tataloo sentenced to death for 'blasphemy', Iranian media report
• At Least 80 Dead and 18,000 Flee Amid a New Surge of Violence in Colombia - Clashes between armed groups in Colombia have led to some of the worst violence in the country in years
• Colombia vows war against leftwing guerrillas amid more than 100 deaths - Security forces rush to tamp down on rising leftwing violence as 11,000 people remain displaced
• Colombia's president to declare 'state of emergency' as violence in the country's north escalates
• South Korean President Yoon shuns questioning as security tightened after court rampage - Dozens of President Yoon Suk Yeol's supporters faced arrest after storming a court building in protest of a ruling extending his detention over his failed martial law declaration
• Commentary: Has South Korea just witnessed its own January 6 moment?
• Drones attack Russian military industrial hub 600 miles from Ukraine
• A Few Days After Double-Tapping A Russian Bomber Base, Ukraine's Drones Target The Factory That Builds The Bombers
• Russia rearming faster than thought 'for possible attack on Nato' - Vladimir Putin is 'clearly creating the conditions' for an assault, says German army chief
• Putin Congratulates Trump, Says He's Open to Peace Talks
• Vladimir Putin appeared on Russian television to appeal to Donald Trump not to start World War III and congratulated him on his win
• Biden pardons Fauci, Milley and the Jan. 6 panel. It's a guard against potential 'revenge' by Trump
• Joe Biden Has One Last Insult for America - 'Preemptive Pardons' for Cronies Like Fauci, Milley - "This is fundamentally un-American and a corrupt abuse of presidential powers."
• Chip Roy on Biden's Preemptive Pardons of Fauci, January 6 Committee Members: 'Let's Call Them All Before Congress and Demand the Truth'
• Senator Rand Paul Vows to Continue Investigation on Madman Tony Fauci
• Traitor Mark Milley 'Deeply Grateful' For Biden's Pardon - Admits He Feared 'Retribution For Perceived Slights'
• General Milley Portrait Removed from Pentagon Hours After Trump Sworn In
• No Biden Pardon for Ukraine Impeachment Hoaxer Alexander Vindman
• Left off Biden's list of pardons: Jack Smith
• Biden sparks outrage with last-minute commutation of man convicted of killing FBI agents
• Joe Biden Pardons 5 Family Members Involved in Family Business
• 'Bad Precedent': Donald Trump Rips Joe Biden for Pardoning Biden Family During His Inauguration
• Peter Schweizer Slams Biden Family Pardons: 'We Have Never Had Such a Self-Serving and Corrupt President'
• Flashback: Biden told CNN he would not issue preemptive pardons before leaving office - 'You're not going to see in our administration that kind of approach to pardons,' Biden told CNN in late 2020
• Flashback December 3, 2020: Biden on Trump's possible pardons for family: "It concerns me"
• Supreme Court Ruling: Accepting a Pardon is an "Admission of Guilt!"
• Biden's Pardons Take Away Fifth Amendment Rights if subpoenaed to testify before Congress in the future
• Democratic senator says it's 'probably time' to look at pardon system
• Biden Spits in the Face of J6 Victims and Americans by Pardoning Capitol Hill Cop Michael Byrd, Who Killed Trump Supporter Ashli Babbitt
• Trump issues sweeping pardon of 1,500 Jan. 6 defendants, including rioters who attacked police
• U.S. Capitol Rioters Return to D. C. - This Time for Inaugural Parties - As jubilant Trump die-hards flooded into D.C. over the weekend, it felt like a wartime capital changing hands
• Nancy Pelosi slams Trump's 'shameful' pardons of Jan 6 defendants
• Schiff: J6 Pardons 'Obscene,' a 'Grotesque Display' of Trump's Power as President
• Anti-Trump Protesters Erect Mock Guillotine on Inauguration Day
• Trump to Take Immediate Action Against All 51 Intel Officials Who Called Hunter Biden's Laptop Russian Disinformation
• Trump revokes security clearances of officials who discredited Hunter Biden laptop story
• Trump Taps Space Force Veteran Fired Under Biden in Parting Gift to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin
• Trump reclassifies thousands of federal employees, making them easier to fire
• Trump to rename Gulf of Mexico, Mount Denali as part of first-day executive orders
• Florida governor references 'Gulf of America' while declaring emergency for winter weather
• Trump Faces First Lawsuit Moments After Taking Office - Targeting Elon Musk's DOGE
• Trump Will Sign Executive Order To Bring An 'End To Weaponization of Federal Government' - 'We will have a complete investigation into the use of police state tactics by federal authorities to arrest conservatives and Christians'
• CNN's Jennings: Trump Indicted 'Gangsters to Their Faces' in 'Glorious' Inaugural Address
• German Ambassador Shows His True Face, Says, 'Trump Is Driven by a Desire for Vengeance' in Leaked Internal Diplomatic Cable
• NYT: It's Trump's Messy, Dangerous World Now
• Trump didn't place hand on Bible during second oath of office
• Chief Justice Roberts Faces Criticism After Rushing Donald Trump's Oath of Office before First Lady Melania Trump could be next to him with the Trump and Lincoln Bibles
• 'Let Freedom Ring': Pastor Lorenzo Sewell Praises God for 'Millimeter Miracle' That Saved Trump's Life
• 'God Saved My Life to Make America Great Again,' Trump Says in Inauguration Speech
• James Caven and Zita Whalley: Donald Trump was 'saved from death by God to bring back the golden age of America'
• Trump vows 'new era of national success,' says America's 'decline is over' in inaugural address
• Franklin Graham highlights God's faithfulness in prayer at Trump's inauguration: 'Look what God has done'
• Trump friend and informal faith adviser: 'God is giving America another chance'
• Commentary: Donald Trump's inauguration is a wake up call to all Christians
• Imam who praised Hezbollah booted from inauguration benediction - The previously slated speaker did not appear alongside other religious leaders
• Constitutional Crypto: How TRUMP's Solana Token Could Force a SCOTUS Showdown
• Big Tech Mafia Spotted in Church With Trump as New Era of Oligarchy Begins - Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, and Tim Cook were all there
• Musk, Zuckerberg and Huang among 5 people now expected to become trillionaires within 10 years
• New 'oligarchy' under fire as elites descend on Davos
• Elon Musk Ignites Online Speculation Over the Meaning of a Hand Gesture - Speaking at a celebratory rally in Washington, Mr. Musk twice extended his arm out with his palm facing down, drawing comparisons to the Nazi salute
• MSNBC anchors Rachel Maddow, Joy Reid triggered by Trump inauguration: 'How is this happening in America?'
• 'I don't celebrate rapists' AOC says announcing she will not attend Trump's inauguration - The Congresswoman suggested the US is on the eve of a fascist regime and that the right-wing are signalling that they are taking control of social media right under our noses
• Trump orders government not to infringe on Americans' speech, calls for censorship investigation
• Dem Sen. Murphy: Meta Not Fact-Checking 'Unraveling' Democracy by Media Control, Must Create Platforms 'That Hear All Messages'
• TikTok lover sparks blaze at congressman's office in response to ban, police say
• American TikTokers Get a Taste of Chinese Censorship as They Rush to RedNote
• Southern Taiwan hit by 6.4-magnitude earthquake, chipmaker TSMC evacuates some factories
• 5.6 magnitude earthquake hits near Lata, Solomon Islands
• 5.5 magnitude earthquake hits near Agat Village, Guam
• 5.5 magnitude earthquake hits the southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge
• 5.4 magnitude earthquake hits near Binubusan, Philippines
• 5.3 magnitude earthquake hits near Nicobar Islands, India region
• 5.3 magnitude earthquake hits the Easter Island region
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits the southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits the southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Yujing, Taiwan
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Lobuche, Nepal
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Port Blair, India
• Ruiz volano in Colombia erupts to 23,000ft
• Popocateptl volcano in Mexico erupts to 20,000ft
• Sangay volcano in Ecuador erupts to 20,000ft
• Eruption at Purace volcano sends ash to 5.8 km (19,000 feet) a.s.l., ashfall reported in Coconuco and Purace, Colombia
• Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 15,000ft
• Santa Maria volcano in Guatemala erupts to 15,000ft
• Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 14,000ft
• Sheveluch volcano on Kamchatka, Russia erupts to 14,000ft
• Marapi volcano in Indonesia erupts to 13,000ft
• Lewotobi volcano in Indonesia erupts to 10,000ft
• All Houston airports to close ahead of arctic front
• Historic snow, ice storm threatens gridlocks, major power outages from Texas to Florida
• Highest snowfall totals in decades expected as extreme cold grips Louisiana and Mississippi, U.S.
• First ever Extreme Cold Warning issued for Metro Atlanta, Georgia
• Santa Ana wind poses significant threat to Southern California this week
• 'Everyone needs to be on high alert,' mayor says, as a new burst of dangerous winds bears down on Los Angeles
• Trump signs order to withdraw US from Paris climate agreement for second time - On first day back as president, Trump signs letter giving notice to UN of US exit from treaty seeking to curb climate crisis effects
• Trump to Sign Day One Executive Order Ending Biden's EV Mandate, 'Green New Deal'
• Donald Trump to Declare National Energy Emergency to Lower Energy Prices
• China executes two men for committing deadly 'revenge on society crimes' - Fan Weiqu had rammed his car into a crowd, killing 35 people, while 21-year-old Xu Jiajin killed eight people and injured 17 in a stabbing attack
• Trump to Declare National Emergency at Southern Border, Stop 'Catch & Release'
• Trump signs sweeping executive actions on immigration, launches fight to end birthright citizenship
• Trump Administration Fires Immigration Court Officials as Crackdown Begins
• Trump Shuts Down Migrant Entry App, Signaling the Start of His Crackdown
• El Paso port of entry shuts down as Trump takes office - Those at the border were warned of "possible application of force" from officers if they entered
• Border Patrol agent dead after 'being shot by illegal immigrant at traffic stop' hours after Trump's renewed crackdown
• Trump to Authorize Deployment of US Troops to the Border, Fox Reports
• Homan: Deportations Start Tomorrow with 'Every ICE Office', Focusing on Threats
• Trump deportations to take place in LA, Denver, Philly, DC, Chicago: report
• Chicago PD says it 'will not assist' with upcoming ICE deportations
• Zondervan Defends New Study Bible Amid Criticism of DEI Themes
• Trump set to dismantle DEI within federal government in first day executive action
• Coast Guard Commandant terminated over border lapses, recruitment, DEI focus: official
• Trump targets culture war lightning rods in early slate of executive orders
• Trump in Inauguration Speech: Official Policy of U.S. Government Is 'There Are Only Two Genders, Male and Female'
• Trump Order Blocks Trans Military Service
• Trump to Sign Executive Order Preventing Federal Funding for Sex 'Transition Services'
• Riley Gaines Hails Donald Trump as 'True Champion for Women' Due to Emerging Transgender Policies
• Historic Thai law recognises same-sex marriages - but not all families are equal
• Same-sex couples in Thailand speak of happiness before marriage equality law takes effect
• US Catholics paid more than $5 billion for allegations of sexual abuse of minors over 20 years: study
• Planned Parenthood President Who Presided Over 4 Million Baby Murders Dies at Age 67
• GOP Demands Investigation into Biden's CDC over Taxpayer Funding of 21 Abortions Overseas
• They Cared for Each Other Into Their 80s. Then He Shot Her and Killed Himself. The strain of caregiving likely plays a role in murder-suicides among older adults, say researchers
• Tanzanian sample confirms WHO fears as Marburg disease found in remote region
• Trump Signs Executive Order Withdrawing U.S. from World Health Organization