January 5th, 2025

• ​Blinken: After Oct. 7, I threatened to nix Biden visit if Israel didn't let aid into Gaza
• Restive protesters demand Gaza deal, look to Trump after video shows hostage alive
• Hostages' families accuse Health Ministry report of violating captives' privacy
• IDF destroys Hamas terror compound overlooking Israel; rocket hits aid crossing
• Israel Chief Rabbi's security bolstered amid terror threats
• Ballistic missile fired by Houthis shot down en route to Israel, IDF says
• Biden administration prepping $8 billion arms package for Israel, including heavy bombs
• Reports: Biden Beefing up U.S. Military Presence in Kurdish Syria
• Turkish officials: Assad's fall wasn't the original plan
• Syria's International Airport to Reopen as Government Presses for Stability
• Anger over changes to school curriculum exposes Syria's fragile unity - While relative peace and stability have followed the Assad regime's collapse, the proposed educational changes have stoked worries about the country's new Islamist leadership
• Reports: IDF may extend south Lebanon presence for 30 more days as Hezbollah regroups
• Iranian plane raided and diplomat's cash seized after 'mission to fund Hezbollah'
• Iranian foreign minister warns of 'large-scale war' if Israel attacks again
• Iran Takes Italian Journalist Hostage, Demands Prisoner Swap
• Biden admin 'quietly' sent Javelin missiles, other weapons to Ukraine in Sept 2021 in anticipation of Russian invasion
• Drones, Exploding Parcels and Sabotage: How Hybrid Tactics Target the West
• South Koreans face off over impeached leader Yoon in snowy Seoul
• The Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer resigns after talks on forming a government collapsed
• Biden Grants Highest Civilian Honor to George Soros, Hillary Clinton During Final Days in Office
• Biden bestows Presidential Medal of Freedom upon Hillary Clinton, George Soros, Bill Nye the Science Guy - Biden said they are "great leaders who have made America and the world a better place."
• Election Denier, Two-Time Failed Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton Receives Presidential Medal of Freedom
• Man Photographed with Would-Be Trump Assassin Ryan Routh Receives Presidential Medal of Freedom From Joe Biden
• D.C. on high alert going into unprecedented period of prominent events
• House Speaker Mike Johnson held onto his job, but there are signs of trouble ahead
• Senate Panel Secretly Investigates Allegations Against Pete Hegseth, Demands More Information
• Murphy: We Will See Dems 'Locked Up,' Media Companies 'Shut Down' by Trump
• Murphy: Trump Second Term Will Be 'Oligarchy' in Service of Elon Musk, Billionaire Class
• Elon Musk goes global with his playbook for political influence
• German Chancellor Olaf Scholz Calls Elon Musk a 'Troll' - Not Interested in Having Friendly Relations
• Mark Zuckerberg Wants to Flood Your Facebook Feed with AI 'Friends'
• DOJ requests that Supreme Court rejects Trump's call to delay upcoming TikTok ban - The court has to issue a ruling before Jan. 19, which will determine whether or not U.S. citizens have access to the app
• It's not just Tesla. Vehicles amass huge troves of possibly sensitive data.
• 'Fundamentally wrong': Self-driving Tesla steers Calif. tech founder onto train tracks
• "We're Here To Blow Starship Up": FBI Probes Bomb Threats Against SpaceX's Texas Facility
• Major X1.8 solar flare erupts from AR 3947 - third X-class in a day
• 5.3 magnitude earthquake hits near Lakatoro, Vanuatu
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Awash, Ethiopia
• Marapi volcano in Indonesia erupts to 20,000ft
• Fuego volcano in Guatemala erupts to 15,000ft
• Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 14,000ft
• Santa Maria volcano in Guatemala erupts to 14,000ft
• Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 14,000ft
• Ibu volcano in Indonesia erupts to 14,000ft
• Intense seismo-volcanic crisis near Dofen volcano forces thousands to evacuate, Ethiopia
• Blizzard causes 95-car pileup in Kazakhstan
• 'Heaviest snowfall in over a decade': Mega winter storm bears down on millions
• Winter storm to usher in severe Arctic outbreak across U.S.
• Fog disrupts life and travel in northern India
• Delhi fog: City sees season's longest zero visibility spell; 400 flights delayed
• Mysterious 'Chemical-Smelling' Fog Blankets U.S. States, Sparking Health Concerns and Bioweapon Fears
• Russia-appointed officials in Crimea declare emergency as oil spill reaches Sevastopol
• Russia warns of severe environmental damage as oil from damaged tankers washes up on beaches
• The Jewish woman leading the fight against American Christian nationalism - Since 2018, Rachel Laser, the first Jew to lead Americans United for Separation of Church and State, has worked with Christian allies to keep religion from influencing US laws
• Christian Faith Leaders Will Hold 'Prayer for the Nation' After New Orleans Terrorist Attack
• New Orleans attacker used very rare explosive in bombs, officials say
• 'I Joined ISIS': The New Orleans Attacker's Secret Radicalization
• Deadly New Orleans ramming attack may be sign of possible Islamic State comeback
• Previously deported illegal immigrant arrested for stabbing 86-year-old man in Oregon grocery store parking lot
• Honduras President Threatens to Shut Down U.S. Military Base Over Trump's Plan to Deport Illegal Honduran Immigrants
• Teamsters Union President: H-1B Visa Program 'Displaces' Americans, Allows Billionaires to Exploit Foreign Workers
• Ohio Meat Company Fined $4 Million for Illegal Migrant Hiring, Identity Theft Scheme
• Illegal Migrants and Asylum Seekers Given 'Preferential' Access by Britain's Socialised Healthcare System: Report
• Report: 400,000 Anchor Babies Born in the U.S. in 2024
• Golden Globes 2025: Transgender Mania Set to Dominate with 'Emilia Perez,' 'Conclave'
• Lawsuit: Royal Caribbean Worker Engaged in Video Voyeurism of Children on Hidden Cameras, Uploaded to Dark Web
• Arrest Made After NICU Closure: Malicious Wounding and Felony Child Abuse
• Virginia nurse arrested for breaking bones of newborn babies in hospital NICU
• Dr. Andrew Huff: Coronavirus Timeline 'Giant Scandal to Subvert' Trump - "At best, Dr Fauci is guilty of 25 million counts of negligent criminal homicide."
• Dr. Andrew Huff: Corrupt Officials Using Infectious Diseases to 'Scare the Population as a Psychological Operation'
• Bird flu could merge with seasonal flu to make mutated virus that could spread among humans, CDC warns
• Here We Go: Scientists Behind AstraZeneca COVID Jab Rush to Develop Bubonic Plague Vaccine as Fears of the Next Pandemic Loom
• Biden Commits $306 Million to Prevent 'Potential Bird Flu Outbreak' in Humans Ahead of Trump's Return to Office
• China downplays mystery virus deaths and claims safe to travel despite pandemic fears - Funerals are reportedly being performed en-masse as deaths mount from the mystery condition
• EU Commission Chief Ursula von der Leyen Sidelined with 'Severe Pneumonia'