January 22nd, 2025

• ​Taking responsibility for Oct. 7 failures, IDF chief and head of Southern Command resign
• Israeli military chief resigns amid post-ceasefire scrutiny
• IDF chief Halevi's resignation letter: Oct. 7 failure will stay with me for rest of my life
• After IDF chief resigns, opposition MKs suggest Netanyahu should be next
• Hostage's father meets with ICC prosecutor in bid to pressure Netanyahu to end war
• Smotrich: US guaranteed Israel's right to resume fighting in Gaza - "The State of Israel will be able to return to the war on day 43" if talks fail during the first phase of the ceasefire, the Israeli finance minister told JNS
• Qatari, US and Egyptian negotiators set up Cairo hub to shore up Gaza ceasefire - Communication lines open 24 hours intended to avoid breakdown over reported violations and other issues
• Herzog sees 'potential' for next ceasefire stages as Qatar says talks 'won't be easy'
• Hamas Is Effectively Back in Control in Gaza - With no alternative following a cease-fire with Israel, the militant group has a moment to assert power
• Arab MK defends celebrating release of 'hostages and prisoners' after backlash
• Hamas confirms 4 female hostages to be released on Saturday, without naming them
• Deal will see release of longest-serving Palestinian inmate, who murdered bus driver
• Starmer offers personal thanks to Netanyahu for work securing release of Emily Damari
• Trump highlights plight of Gaza hostages and their families at inauguration event
• Aid trucks flow into Gaza, displaced residents start returning home as truce holds
• UN says 897 aid trucks entered Gaza on Tuesday
• Another Promise Kept: President Trump Immediately Suspends Funding for United Nations Relief and Works Agency
• Drone footage shows the scale of destruction in Gaza's - video
• Palestinians confront a landscape of destruction in Gaza's 'ghost towns'
• Yemen Red Sea port capacity down sharply after hostilities, UN says
• Turkey could restart Israel trade if Gaza peace proves permanent, business group says
• Knesset passes law mandating five years in jail for denial of October 7 massacre
• Hezbollah official assassinated by unknown gunmen outside his home in Lebanon - report
• Four wounded moderately and lightly in Tel Aviv stabbing; attacker shot dead
• US green card holder stabs 4 in Israel terror attack - then is shot dead
• Tel Aviv attacker apparently a Moroccan national with US green card who was visiting Israel
• Edelstein signs declaration calling for mass draft of Haredim, sanctions for dodgers - 'What do you want, 100,000 people in prison?' Defense Minister Katz asks critics, defending his proposal to only induct half of eligible ultra-Orthodox by 2032
• Israel Embarks on an 'Extensive' Military Operation in the West Bank
• 'Iron Wall': IDF launches major counter-terrorism operation in Jenin - The Cabinet recently designated Judea and Samaria as an additional war objective
• Nine Palestinians killed as Israeli forces launch major operation in Jenin
• 2 Israelis injured, apparently shot by cop, as settlers attack West Bank Palestinians
• Trump UN nominee backs Israeli claims of biblical rights to West Bank - Elise Stefanik's comments at Senate hearing align her with Israeli far right and highlight US-UN rifts over Israel policy
• Trump Signs Several Pro-Israel Executive Orders on Day One
• Trump's UN pick blasts 'anti-Semitic rot' in world body
• Stefanik vows to review funding for 'antisemitic' UN during confirmation hearing: 'Committed to holding them accountable'
• Australia probing whether 'foreign actors' behind antisemitic surge, after daycare torched
• Harvard settles lawsuits over antisemitism on campus
• After 2024 row over Gaza one-sidedness, Berlin festival to show Israeli hostage film
• UK currency trader stops working with Israel - Caxton, a major British company, ceases to transfer funds to Israel on behalf of UK customers
• Air France, Transavia to resume Israel flights
• US airlines poised to restore Israel flights within month, Ted Cruz predicts
• Jerusalem pizzeria once named for Clinton renames itself for Trump - Eatery in the ultra-Orthodox Geula neighborhood promises to 'make pizza great again' in a nod to the newly-inaugurated president
• Yemen vice president says Trump's return pivotal in fight against Iran backed-Houthis
• Saudi FM says Trump presidency doesn't raise risk of Iran-Israel war
• Afghan Taliban member freed from US custody in exchange for two Americans, Kabul says
• China says it brokered a ceasefire between Myanmar army and an ethnic rebel group
• South Korea's Yoon denies ordering arrest of lawmakers during martial law decree
• Kremlin Says No Contact With America Yet as Trump Warns Putin is 'Destroying Russia'
• Trump Effect: Macron Tells Europe to 'Wake Up' and Lift Defence Spending, Boost NATO
• Colombians flee to Venezuela as clashes between rebel groups escalate in coca-rich border region
• Speaker Johnson recounts Biden being unaware he signed one of his own executive orders
• 'Who Is Running the Country?' Mike Johnson Says Very First Biden Meeting Scared Him - Didn't Know What Was In Own Executive Order
• In Final Act, Judge Cannon Blocks DOJ From Sharing Jack Smith's Classified Docs Report with Congress
• Man Photographed with Would-Be Assassin Ryan Routh Later Honored by Biden with Presidential Medal of Freedom Releases Statement After Being Fired by Trump
• Trump revokes John Bolton's Secret Service detail amid Iranian death threats: former national security advisor
• John Bolton Stripped of Secret Service Detail After Being Stripped of Security Clearance
• John Bolton 'Disappointed' After Trump Removes His Secret Service Detail
• After Four Years of Covering Up Biden's Dementia, President Trump Shocks Media by Taking Questions From Reporters in Oval Office While Signing Executive Orders and J6 Pardons
• Booker: Trump Pardoning J6 Defendants 'Creating a Pretext for More Political Violence'
• Raskin Suggests Trump Pardoned J6 Defendants to Be 'Reserve Army of Political Foot Soldiers'
• QAnon Shaman to Celebrate Trump Jan. 6 Pardon - by Buying Some Guns
• Leftist Social Media Platform Bluesky Goes Into Meltdown Over Trump's January 6th Pardons - 'We Are All in Terrible Danger'
• Teen Jackson Reffitt Who Snitched on His Own Father to FBI Cries to CNN Over January 6th Pardons - Says He is 'Terrified' and Has Bought Himself a Gun
• Here We Go: Jake Sullivan Told NSC Staffers to "Hold Over" to Trump White House 2.0 to Spy On and Sabotage Trump
• Lip reader suggests Obama asked Bush how they could 'stop what's happening' at Trump's inauguration
• Spain calls on world to fight against Trump's 'Silicon Valley techno-caste' - Pedro Sanchez accuses ultra-Right wing American billionaires of threatening democracy in Europe with their stranglehold on social media
• Instagram hides search results for 'Democrats' - Some social media users have accused the company of political bias, pointing out the issue has been occurring after President Donald Trump's inauguration on Monday
• 'Elon-Hitler' meme coin launches in wake of salute controversy - The meme coin surged in price, then immediately plummeted
• Trump's new crypto coin sparks ethics concerns
• Experts alarmed by Trumps' crypto meme coins: 'America voted for corruption'
• Trump's embrace of meme coin sours mood in crypto industry - critics say looks like an unseemly cash grab that undermines an effort to legitimize digital assets
• Trump Warns 25% Tariffs on Canada and Mexico Could Begin on February 1
• President Claudia Sheinbaum called for cool heads to prevail after Donald Trump's vow to impose hefty tariffs sent the country's currency tumbling on fears that Mexico will become a target of his administration
• Germany's Scholz responds to Musk, saying freedom of speech must not back extreme-right
• My therapist is a bot: The rise of AI in mental health treatment - An increasing number of people are turning to so-called psychobots - artificial intelligence tools with potential psychotherapeutic benefits
• Inside $300 Million Members-Only Luxury Doomsday Bunker With AI-Powered Medical Suites and Indoor Pools Where the 1% Can Seek Shelter From Apocalypse
• President Trump Launches $500 Billion AI Initiative 'Project Stargate'
• Earth's magnetic north pole is on the move, and scientists just updated its position
• At least 27 injured after M6.4 earthquake hits Taiwan, equivalent to 'two atomic bombs'
• 5.5 magnitude earthquake hits near Rabaul, Papua New Guinea
• 5.3 magnitude earthquake hits near Lorengau, Papua New Guinea
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Hengchun, Taiwan
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Behram, Turkey
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Unalaska, Alaska
• Sangay volcano in Ecuador erupts to 20,000ft
• Popocateptl volcano in Mexico erupts to 20,000ft
• Santa Maria volcano in Gutemala erupts to 16,000ft
• Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 15,000ft
• Sheveluch volcano on Kamchatka, Russia erupts to 14,000ft
• Marapi volcano in Indonesia erupts to 13,000ft
• 25 dead and missing as severe floods and landslides hit Java, Indonesia
• Storm Eowyn named, Ireland and UK prepare for 'weather bomb'
• President Donald Trump revealed that he plans to visit North Carolina in the upcoming days, noting that the state had been "abandoned by the Democrats" in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene
• First-ever Blizzard Warning issued for parts of U.S. Gulf Coast, major crash with multiple fatalities in Texas
• Historic snow amounts are falling in Florida, Louisiana and Texas as a once-in-a-generation storm hits
• Gulf Coast beaches covered with snow during historic winter storm
• Historic snowstorm shuts down travel for millions from Texas to Florida
• 'Life-threatening' cold weather to expand southward across the nation, impacting 235 million
• New wildfires prompt evacuations near San Diego amid relentless Santa Ana winds
• Five major banks offer 90-day mortgage relief to Californians affected by wildfires
• As if LA officials don't have enough on their plates, they have another problem: Arsonists
• 4 Arrested After Fire at Popular Ski Resort that Reportedly Killed at Least 76
• Canadian Government Considers Changing Churches' Tax Status - Proposal startles religious groups even in a month of major political upheaval
• Christians gather in downtown DC to invoke God's blessing on nation
• Trump administration throws out policies limiting migrant arrests at sensitive spots like churches
• Trump shuts down US-Mexico border for asylum seekers, leaving migrants in limbo
• President Trump Has Officially Designated Drug Cartels in Southern Border as Foreign Terrorist Organizations
• 22 states challenge Trump's executive order cutting birthright citizenship
• Dershowitz: Blanket Birthright Citizenship Is 'Foolish', But It's in the Constitution
• Border Czar Tom Homan Says ICE Has Already Started Raiding Illegal Aliens: "It's Started. ICE Teams are Out There as of Today"
• Trump border aide says targeted immigration actions underway, refugees need vetting
• Mass migrant deportations coming to NYC soon as Trump's border crackdown gets underway, NY rep warns
• US Department of Homeland Security firing all advisory committee members, letter says
• Trump fires heads of TSA, Coast Guard and guts key aviation safety advisory committee
• White House OPM orders all DEI offices to begin closing by end of day Wednesday
• Trump Administration Fires Woke Coast Guard Leader Over DEI Obsession, Ignoring Border Security Threats, and Other Significant Failures
• Woke Bishop Uses Christianity to Launch a Despicable Attack on President Trump During National Prayer Service
• Radical reverend disrespectfully turns pulpit into a political soapbox during post-inaugural service
• Episcopal Bishop calls for 'unity' at politicized prayer breakfast, makes 'plea' to Trump to 'have mercy' on LGBTQ, illegal immigrants 'who are scared now'
• Israeli LGBTQ orgs slam Trump's anti-trans measures, warn they could come to Israel
• President Trump Signs Executive Order Making It Official U.S. Policy That There Are Only Two Genders
• Washington state bill would make 'gender expression,' illegal immigrants protected classes in K-12
• Senators receive affidavit containing new allegations against Pete Hegseth, who denies the claims - The former sister-in-law of Trump's defense secretary pick said that Hegseth made his second wife fear for her safety. Hegseth's second wife said, "There was no physical abuse in my marriage."
• Hegseth Routinely Passed Out From Alcohol Abuse, Witness Says - Trump's Pentagon pick has denied allegations, calling them part of a 'smear campaign'
• Democrat voters abandon party after AOC, Jeffries say anti-trans athlete bill empowers child sexual predators
• Pope Francis dissolves influential Peruvian Catholic group after investigation found 'sadistic' abuses
• Reducing abortions, faith and unity: Americans share their hopes for Trump's presidency
• 'World-leading supercomputer using AI to develop vaccines'
• As bird flu concerns grow, scientists race to develop new vaccines
• CDC Urges Rapid Testing for Bird Flu - It's Happening Again
• A wave of cat deaths from bird flu prompts new rules on pet food production
• U.N. Mourns Trump Taking U.S. out of W.H.O., Paris Climate Deal