January 30th, 2025

• ​Israel Breaks With U.N. Agency Critical to Gaza's Aid Flow - Legislation threatening deliveries for Palestinians goes into effect Thursday
• Israel's looming Unrwa ban a catastrophe, UN Palestinian refugee agency warns
• Fear hits east Jerusalem as Israel moves to close UN Palestinian refugee agency
• 'We will suffocate': Palestinian refugees in Gaza fear UNRWA ban
• Elation turns to despair as Gazans return to uninhabitable homes in Strip's north
• Commentary: Hamas talks a big game but is in chaos - Look beyond the latest bravado and brutality and it is bitterly split
• Turkey's Erdogan Meets With Hamas Leader, Delegation in Ankara
• 'Hamas can never govern Gaza or threaten Israel again', US State Sec Rubio tells Egypt FM
• Israel-Saudi normalization 'closer than ever', says Israel's new ambassador to US, as Trump envoy visits Riyadh
• Trump Envoy Witkoff Becomes First U.S. Official in 15 Years to Enter Gaza Strip
• Top U.S. Envoy Makes Rare Trip to Gaza Strip to Bolster Cease-Fire - Steven Witkoff, who played an important role in brokering the truce between Israel and Hamas, also met with Israel's prime minister and visited Saudi Arabia.
• Meeting Netanyahu after Gaza visit, Witkoff said to push for full implementation of truce
• Qatar Will Help Trump 'Pressure' Israel and Hamas to Uphold Gaza Ceasefire
• Trump Is Pushing Netanyahu to Pursue Stage Two of the Israel-Hamas Deal, Despite Political Risks
• Heading to the White House, Netanyahu seeks cancellation of next week's trial hearings
• Israel is about to free another 110 prisoners; nobody knows where they are going
• Zakaria Zubeidi, Mahmoud Atallah among notorious terrorists set for release Thursday
• Israel said to demand Hamas clarify status of hostages Shiri Bibas and her two kids
• Hamas Is Expected to Release 8 Israeli and Thai Hostages
• Freed hostage Agam Berger arrives back in Israel; waved and smiled in Gaza handover
• Arbel Yehoud: The Israeli hostage set to be released without her beloved
• Red Cross says it has no control over Hamas conduct during hostage handovers
• Mossad chief warns Gaza cleanup risks destroying hostages' bodies - report
• At least 10 said killed by IDF strike targeting terror cell in northern West Bank
• IDF says it destroyed home of terrorist in West Bank
• A tale of two cities: Jenin and Tulkarem's descent into terror
• Israel-Hezbollah war 'hell' for Lebanese Christians
• Israeli strike kills three Turks attempting to cross from Lebanon to Israel, Turkey says - report
• Israeli DM Katz: IDF to Stay in Syrian Golan 'Indefinitely'
• Russia withdraws military equipment from Syrian port, images show
• 'We will keep protesting': Druze minority demands a voice in new Syria - Assad's fall welcomed in southern province of Suwayda but community continues to press Damascus caretaker government
• Leader of Rebels Who Toppled Syrian President Bashar Assad Is Named Country's Interim President
• Syria's de facto leader declares himself president, abolishes constitution
• Syria's Julani names himself transitional president, dissolves Baath institutions
• Mysterious meeting with Syria's Assad at center of US spy chief's nomination fight - Tulsi Gabbard expected to face tough questioning from Republicans and Democrats about her 2017 trip to Syria for talks with the then-dictator
• Israel's Iron Beam set for deployment this year
• 'A slip of the tongue': Shas retracts threat to blow up coalition over Haredi draft bill
• Sydney police uncover cache of explosives, with indication target was synagogue
• Australian authorities foil possible antisemitic attack after finding trailer packed with explosives
• Trump reinstates executive order protecting monuments to deter 'pro-Hamas-related vandalism'
• Trump administration to cancel student visas of pro-Palestinian protesters
• Trump order targets pro-Palestinian activists to 'combat antisemitism'
• President Donald Trump to deport Hamas sympathizers on college campuses, defund CRT with new executive orders
• Trump signs executive orders targeting CRT, antisemitism - The executive orders fulfill a campaign pledge Trump made to go after schools that promote far-left ideologies
• Elon Musk Says He Thinks He'll Sue 'Creepy' Tim Walz Over Nazi Claim
• On the streets of Khartoum: life amid the ravages of Sudan's war - in pictures
• Missionaries Flee Mozambique's Election Unrest - Hundreds of Brazilian Christians serve in a country struggling with consecutive natural disasters and political turmoil
• 11 Baltic cables damaged in 15 months, pushing NATO to boost security
• Zelensky Says Ukraine Giving Up Nukes Was 'Stupid, Illogical, and Irresponsible'
• Flirting With WW3: Russia Says Nuclear Plant Targeted In Massive Ukrainian Drone Attack
• Putin: Ukraine Talks Possible, but Not With Zelenskyy
• China and India Halt Russian Oil Purchases for March
• Honduras Cancels Anti-Trump Latin America Meeting Due to Infighting
• Germany Declares Solidarity With Greenland Against Trump, France Floats Deploying Troops
• Whopping 85% of Greenland Residents Don't Want to Join US - Rebuking Trump's Recent Claim That They 'Would Love' to
• Mexico to Send Letter to Google Questioning Decision to Rename Gulf of Mexico on Its US Maps
• Chinese Communist Party Quietly Operates Shadow Justice System in U.S. Cities
• Trump DOJ Drops Jack Smith's Classified Documents Case
• Trump Official Rails Against Leaked Emails In Leaked Email - The US attorney for DC expressed 'disappointment' that his email was leaked 'almost immediately'
• Kash Patel to face Senate hearing in bid to reform scandal-plagued FBI
• USDA inspector general refuses to leave office after firing, escorted out by security - Phyllis Fong told her colleagues earlier that she intended to stay despite the White House terminating her on Friday
• Secretary Hegseth: Pentagon to Investigate Mark Milley's Conduct After He Undermined Chain of Command in Previous Trump Admin
• Former Sen. Bob Menendez sentenced to 11 years in prison on corruption charges - He was convicted of abusing the power of his office in exchange for bribes
• Crooked Bob Menendez Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison in Corruption Case, Fishing for a Trump Pardon
• Louisiana Takes Step Toward Paper Ballot Voting System
• Musk's Election Interference Is Rattling German Political Class
• Who Will Stand Up to Trump's Broligarchs? As Elon Musk and his billionaire brethren take power in Trump's second term, the lack of legal guardrails - and the fading power of Big Media - is becoming an existential crisis.
• Trump's billionaire brigade poised to upend Washington: 'We are in a post-conflicts-of-interest world'
• MSNBC's Wallace: Trump's Funding Freeze 'Completely Resuscitated the Democratic Party'
• Trump administration rescinds order attempting to freeze federal aid spending - A federal judge had temporarily paused the order, which sparked widespread criticism and confusion Tuesday
• Inside 45 hours of chaos: The brief life and quick death of Trump's federal spending freeze
• Trump attacks Fed after no change in interest rates, saying they had "failed to stop the problem they created with Inflation"
• Fake News Collapse: CNN Couldn't Pull 500K Average Viewers During the Busiest News Week of the Year
• White House Receives More Than 7,000 Applications for 'New Media' Seat in Press Briefing Room
• Whoopi Goldberg: Trump's Press Secretary Got Her Job Because of 'Wokeness'
• Nolte: Press Secretary Forced to Debunk 3 Fake News Hoaxes 10 Days into Trump Administration
• Meta to pay $25 million to settle Trump lawsuit over 2021 social media ban
• Scientists Just Used AI to Simulate 500 Million Years of Evolution - Rendered in the blink of an eye - geologically speaking
• US agency rules artists can copyright pieces that are made with AI assistance
• AI Commercials Are Going to Take Over the Super Bowl This Year
• DeepSeek underscores US-China race for AI dominance, OpenAI says
• Tech billionaires lost almost $100bn in stock market selloff sparked by DeepSeek
• Sensitive data from DeepSeek exposed to web, warns Israeli-founded cyber firm
• UnitedHealth cyberattack exposes 190 million in largest US healthcare data breach
• First independently developed jet breaks the sound barrier over the California desert
• American Airlines jet carrying 60 passengers and four crew members collides with Army helicopter, plunges into Potomac River in Washington DC
• 3 soldiers aboard the helicopter: Defense official
• American Airlines plane 'split in half' in Washington DC in collision with Black Hawk helicopter on training flight
• 300 first responders dealing with 'very dark, cold conditions' as 18 bodies pulled from DC's Potomac River after AA jet, military helicopter collision: report
• 18 bodies recovered following plane crash, no survivors found yet, say reports
• Several victims of Washington DC plane crash were US Figure Skating Championship contestants
• Air traffic controller reported seeing a 'fireball' when American Airlines jet collided with helicopter near Reagan Airport: 'Then it was gone'
• FBI Says No Indication of Terrorism in DC Plane-Helicopter Collision Near Reagan Airport: Report
• Trump says collision between American Airlines jet and Army helicopter 'looks like it should have been prevented'
• Trump Posts Truth on Reagan Airport Mid-Air Collision: "...It is a CLEAR NIGHT, the lights on the plane were blazing, why didn't the helicopter go up or down, or turn..."
• Midair collision over nation's capital preceded by months of near misses, safety warnings
• Plane crash in South Sudan kills at least 20 people
• Nearly 40 injured - 6 seriously - as DC-bound United Airlines Boeing plane plunges in midair
• Passenger plane catches fire at South Korean airport; all 176 people on board are evacuated
• F-35 fighter jet crashes at Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska after pilot ejects
• F-16s Scrambled After Possible Drone Nears Donald Trump's Plane
• UFO whistleblower counters White House claims New Jersey drones were FAA approved - It is not true, and Donald Trump isn't being told everything
• SpaceX instructed to rescue astronauts Biden abandoned on International Space Station
• Happy Lunar New Year 2025! Chinese astronauts send Year of the Snake greeting from Tiangong space station
• 'City-killer' asteroid has a 1-in-83 chance of smashing into Earth in 2032, NASA says
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near Takotna, Alaska
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Yujing, Taiwan
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Sanana, Indonesia
• 4.5 magnitude earthquake hits South Texas, felt across San Antonio
• Earthquake rattles Yellowstone National Park's oldest, hottest geothermal area - The magnitude 3.7 earthquake was reported near Mammoth, Wyoming
• Ruiz volcano on Colombia erupts to 22,000ft
• Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 15,000ft
• Santa Maria volcano in Guatemala erupts to 14,000ft
• Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 13,000ft
• Magma accumulation approches critical volume at Svartsengi, Iceland
• 111 flights canceled during Lunar New Year holiday as heavy snowfall hit South Korea
• "Out of control" wildfire erupts in North Carolina town still recovering from Hurricane Helene
• California Rains Create Risk of Toxic Ash Runoff as Crews Clean Up After Fires
• Trump's California water claim denied by state: "The military did not enter California."
• LAPD Source: Police Could Not Help Fire Evacuation Because Guarding Biden
• LA law requires that Pacific Palisades rebuilding after fires must include low-income housing
• Ocean temperatures have broken heat records for 450 straight days
• Senate confirms Zeldin to lead Environmental Protection Agency as Trump vows to cut climate rules
• Farmers whose cows fart too much to be taxed under Washington Dems' new proposal
• 1.2 million in Japan told to use less water to help sinkhole rescue
• At Least 30 Dead, 60 Injured After Religious Event Ends in Stampede: 'There Was No Chance for Escape'
• Religious sect followers prayed and sang as an 8-year-old died. All 14 have been found guilty of manslaughter
• Instead of giving her life-saving insulin, Elizabeth Struhs's parents prayed over her dying body
• Trump to Sign Executive Order to Defund Schools that Teach Gender Ideology, Critical Race Theory
• Pentagon Agency Pauses Celebrations for MLK Jr. Day, Black History Month, More
• Hegseth Bans Race, Sex Consideration From Military Promotions
• Stacey Abrams: Republicans Are Making It 'Safe to Discriminate Again'
• Disney Damage Control - Anthony Mackie Walks Back Captain America Doesn't Represent America Remarks: 'I'm a Proud American'
• Oklahoma Board of Education Unanimously Approves Proposal Requiring Parents to Prove Citizenship When Enrolling Their Kids
• Trump's DHS stops all grant funding to NGOs that are working 'to facilitate illegal immigration'
• Trump Revokes Deportation Protections for Over 600,000 Venezuelan Migrants
• Deported Colombian Migrants Complain of 'Despotic, Humiliating' Treatment
• Nearly 400 non-citizens voted in DC's 2024 general election: Judicial Watch
• Migrants have been illegally voting in Maine's elections since 2016: report
• ICE, Marines to conduct 'biggest illegal immigrant grab in recent history' near San Diego border crossing
• Portland police chief will not allow cops to aid ICE in mass deportations
• Dems scream 'racism,' but NYC minorities cheer Trump's ICE raids
• DEA arrests 4 in Colorado with suspected ties to Sinaloa Cartel, Tren de Aragua - Rifles, thousands of rounds of ammo found during arrests in Denver area
• Migrant TDA gang member breaks officer's arm as 10 indicted in massive guns, drug running operation: police
• Trump Admin Gives ICE an Arrest Quota of 1,800 Illegal Aliens Per Day Nationwide
• Trump will send up to 30K illegal immigrants to Guantanamo Bay: 'It's a tough place to get out of'
• Hegseth lays out Trump's plan to hold migrants at Gitmo for deportation in new interview - "In other cases, we want somewhere else to hold them safely in the interim. Criminal illegals. Guantanamo Bay, Will, is a perfect place."
• Trump signs into law Laken Riley illegal-migrant crime bill, 'World will never forget Laken'
• 4X Deported Alien Gets Life Without Parole for Killing 5 Honduran Migrants in East Texas
• Dr. Phil to Selena Gomez: Dry Your Eyes; 'Rapists Don't Deserve Your Tears'
• Harvey Weinstein begs for rape trial to be moved up, 'can't hold on anymore' amid cancer battle
• Diddy's Former Assistant Claims The Rapper Ordered Him To Have Sex To Prove His 'Loyalty'
• Fitness trainer sexual scandal rocks Israel
• Israeli city of Yavne rocked by online clips of multiple women having sex with trainer at gym
• 'The end of women and children's rights': outrage as Iraqi law allows child marriage
• Britons Support Bringing Back Death Penalty For Child Killers and Terrorists, Say Pollsters
• School reacts to video of official telling parents to alter trans kid's birth certificate to play girls sports - The school district says the administrator in the footage has resigned
• Trump's Education Department Probes Blue State School for Turning Girls' Bathroom into 'All-Gender' Space
• Trump Issues Order Banning Child Gender Transition Care
• Credit Card Giant Tries to Scuttle Efforts to Guarantee Insurance for People Who Regret Sex Transition Surgeries
• California to Dismiss Case Against Journalists Who Exposed Abortion Industry's Fetal Body Parts Practices
• Calif. drops all charges against David Daleiden, Sandra Merritt in Planned Parenthood undercover videos case
• Confirmation Hearing: RFK Jr. Backs Trump's Pro-Life Policies, Promises to Study Abortion Pill Safety
• RFK Jr. says he agrees with Trump that 'every abortion is a tragedy' despite personal pro-choice views
• RFK Jr. says government-run health care is failing Americans
• Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Promises to Ensure Tax Dollars Support Healthy Foods, 'Scrutinize' Chemical Additives in Food Supply
• RFK Jr: 'If You Like a McDonald's Cheeseburger or Diet Coke... You Should Be Able to Get Them' - But people should know what the health impacts are of eating those kinds of foods
• 'Are You Supportive of These Onesies?': Bernie Sanders Demands RFK Jr. Condemn Baby Outfit That Say: "Unvaxxed Unafraid" and "No Vax. No Problem."
• RFK Jr rips Dem senator for pushing 'dishonest' narrative on past vaccine comments: 'Corrected it many times'
• RFK Jr.: Critics Have Labeled Me a Conspiracy Theorist to 'Keep Me from Asking Difficult Questions'
• Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Addresses Critics Head On: 'I'm Not Going to Apologize' for Questioning the Status Quo
• Mary Kennedy accuses ex-husband RFK Jr. of being 'sexual deviant' and 'gaslighting' from beyond the grave
• Fetterman: RFK Jr.'s nomination in trouble after rocky hearing
• RFK Jr.'s Hearing Spurs Partisan Clash Among Senate Panel's Members
• RFK Jr: Democrats Who 'Used to Be My Friends' Only Oppose Me Because of Trump
• Billionaire Philanthropist Nicole Shanahan Puts Senate on Notice - Vote to Confirm RFK Jr. or I Will 'Personally Fund' Primary Challenges
• Democrat Critics of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on the Big Pharma, Healthcare Dole for Millions of Dollars
• Miranda Devine: Contentious RFK Jr. hearings reveal the border crisis under the Biden administration is why our healthcare has faltered - It stands to reason that if you have an extra 10 to 20 million new potential low-income patients, none of whom has contributed a penny in net taxes, you will get a blowout in Medicaid and Medicare costs
• Reinstating military members over COVID vax mandate is 'good,' accountability still needed: lawyers
• Disease X Fears Renewed: Nine Die of Ebola-like Eye-bleeding Disease With High Mortality Rate In Fresh Outbreak in Tanzania
• Avian flu strikes second biggest US egg producer
• Scientists in China Genetically Engineer Mice with Two Male Parents