January 7th, 2026

• ​Sa'ar visits Somaliland to meet with president for 1st time since Israeli recognition
• Foreign media group fumes as Israeli government says Gaza press ban must be upheld
• Saudi Arabia seeks role over Palestinian Authority reforms
• Last hurdle cleared to start controversial settlement project near Jerusalem - Government issues tender for 3,401 housing units in E1 area, which both critics and proponents say will effectively divide West Bank and block a contiguous Palestinian state
• IDF raids West Bank's Birzeit University, says it aimed to disrupt pro-terror gathering - Palestinians report 11 injured, including five from live fire; military says hundreds violently clashed with troops, who shot at key instigators posing immediate threat
• 13-year-old killed, three injured after bus hits Orthodox protesters in Jerusalem - Police do not believe the incident was a terrorist attack. The bus driver has been arrested
• Police: Bus driver says he was attacked by protesters before running over, killing teen
• President laments 'deeply sad and painful evening' after Haredi protester run over by bus
• NYC Jews targeted in hate crimes more than all other groups combined in 2025 - NYPD
• Netanyahu: Israel and US have 'different approaches over certain points,' but disagreements are worked out
• Lebanon claims Israeli strikes undermine efforts to prevent escalation - President Aoun insists country's military is exerting authority over southern Lebanon amid repeated IDF targeting of Hezbollah, Hamas; Jerusalem says disarmament effort insufficient
• Nine dead in clashes between Syria govt, Kurdish forces in Aleppo
• Israel-Syria talks advance, but key security questions remain
• Israel, Syria, and U.S. Establish Joint Communication Cell for Intelligence and De-Escalation
• Israel and Syria agree on mechanism to share intel, seek economic ties
• Source: Syria open to Israeli liaison office in Damascus
• Syrian, Turkish FMs meet in Paris to talk 'regional and international developments'
• Pahlavi dismisses calls for US-led regime change in Iran, predicts 'Cyrus Accord' with Israel
• Iran executes another man accused of spying for Israel, as protests roil country
• Reports Claim Possible US Intervention, Khamenei Exit Plan As Iran Protests Intensify
• The Trump Effect: One Day After Maduro Capture, Reports Say Iran's Supreme Leader Preparing to Flee Country to Moscow
• Iran protesters emboldened by Trump admin's Persian messaging after Obama-Biden inaction, activists say
• Protests Continue Across Iran with Calls for 'Death to the Dictator'
• Mass Protests Enter 9th Straight Day in Iran - Regime Accused of Killing Young Woman and Multiple Peaceful Protesters as Officials Deny Responsibility - Brave 11-Year-Old Iranian Boy Calls on Nation: "Take to the Streets! We Have Nothing to Lose!"
• Security forces clash with protesters in Iran's main market as at least 35 killed in demonstrations
• Iran security forces use tear gas in Tehran bazaar as toll rises
• The Rial's Breaking Point: How Iran's Economic Collapse Is Redrawing The Middle East? - OpEd
• Iran's currency slides to new low, dollar at 1.47 million rials
• Iran's currency collapse shows why Bitcoin is seen as an exit option
• Hundreds of tourists stranded on remote island as troops are pulled from conflict zone - About 600 visitors unable to leave Socotra after airport control changes during UAE-Saudi Arabia political conflict
• Jon Stewart Exposes Mark Kelly's Blatant Hypocrisy - Urged Military to Defy Trump While Staying Silent on Obama's Regime Killing American Citizens with Drone Strikes
• Former Canadian Minister Chrystia Freeland, Granddaughter of Ukrainian Nazi, To Become Zelensky's Adviser
• UK, France strike new Ukraine security pact as US takes lead in ceasefire enforcement
• Trump: Venezuela to Turn over 30-50 Million Barrels of Oil to U.S.
• No Coup: Venezuelan Government Denies Clashes Took Place, States 'Illegal' Drones Invaded Airspace and Were Fired At - Female Inspector Was Shot in the Head and Hospitalized
• 68 Lawmakers of South Korea's Pro-China Ruling Party Rebuke the United States Over Maduro Raid
• US operation in Venezuela undermined international law, UN rights office argues - Spokeswoman calls on international community to speak out against Washington's actions; Trump says countries not at war, US may subsidize rebuilding oil infrastructure
• MAGA rejects 'Isolationist' label, embraces Donroe Doctrine - The MAGA right has made a clear distinction between removing a criminal dictator from his position and undertaking a war to create regime change conditions and what is in the best interests of the United States
• Trump's Venezuela strike sparks constitutional clash as Maduro is hauled into US - Lawmakers split on president's actions as constitutional debate intensifies
• Rand Paul breaks with Trump on Venezuela, calls action 'war' as Senate prepares constitutional showdown - Kentucky senator questions Trump's authority to remove Maduro without congressional approval
• Fetterman: If We Didn't Want Maduro Removed, Why Did Biden Have a Bounty on Him?
• Report: Mystery bettor won $400K predicting Maduro capture before US forces moved in - User 'Burdensome-Mix' placed largest bets hours before troops moved on Venezuelan leader's compound
• Marlow: Trump's Arrest of Maduro All About Keeping China Out of Our Hemisphere
• Wayne Root: Trump Gave Communist Nicolas Maduro a Taste of American Justice. But Here is a Case for Arresting Democrat Politicians & Judges Inside USA Who Are Even Bigger Threats to America.
• 'Welcome to Hell': Venezuelans Describe Torture Under Maduro Regime
• Reports: U.S. 'Preparing' to Reopen Embassy in Caracas
• Traders Bet on Trump Seizing Panama Canal, Greenland
• Europe scrambles to respond to US moves towards 'acquiring' Greenland
• Top Canadian officials to visit Greenland amid international fears as Trump eyes NATO-linked territory
• GOP Warns Trump: Greenland Takeover Talk Risks NATO Allies
• Denmark Warns NATO Is Over If US Moves on Greenland
• White House Confirms Greenland Acquisition Is a U.S. "National Security Priority" - Military Option on the Table
• White House says 'range of options,' including US military, on table as Trump renews push to acquire Greenland
• Miller expects no military fight over Greenland acquisition
• Trump wants to take over Greenland - but the island's economy faces 'major challenges'
• Economist: Trump administration developing draft deal for Greenland
• Joe Biden Will Receive a Record Pension of $417,000 Annually as Former President Funded by U.S. Taxpayers, Surpassing the Presidential Salary and Doubling Obama's Pension
• Liberals Compare Trump's Plan Requiring Treatment or Work for Housing to the Holocaust
• Two Haitan immigrants defrauded SNAP program of $7 million from two tiny Boston storefronts, also sold donated humanitarian food
• DOJ charges ex-Georgia Democrat lawmaker with allegedly fraudulently obtaining COVID unemployment benefits
• Gen. Michael Flynn Alleges Speaker Mike Johnson's PACs Funnel Money Back to Daycare and Healthcare Clinics
• Trump admin freezes $10 billion in childcare funds to 5 Dem-led states over fraud concerns
• Washington AG claims independent journalists investigating daycare fraud are 'racist,' 'random vigilantes'
• Trump Announces Federal Fraud Investigation Into California Following Minnesota Scandal - "California has been labeled by some analysts as the fraud capital of America..."
• Minnesota fraud scandal exposes how entitlement culture is crushing the American Dream
• Dr. Oz Orders Full-Scale Federal Audit of Minnesota Medicaid Under Tim Walz - Fraud Will Be Clawed Back and Withheld From Future Funding
• DHS Launches Massive Door-to-Door Audit of Somali-Linked Daycares in Minneapolis as Trump Administration Expands Massive Fraud and Immigration Crackdown
• House GOP bill could trigger self-deportation for Somali refugees amid Minnesota fraud probe
• Charge Him: Tim Walz Admits Guilt in Explosive Somali Fraud Scandal
• "The DOJ Is Going to Find Out": Karoline Leavitt Hints at Criminal Investigation for Tim Walz Amid Exploding Minnesota Fraud Scandal - Says Trump Believes Walz is "Criminally Liable"
• Walz refuses to quit after dropping re-election bid amid Minnesota fraud firestorm: 'Over my dead body' - Walz says he takes 'full accountability' for massive fraud scandal but slams Trump and Republicans for political broadsides
• Hilton Hotels removing Minneapolis franchise location after it again denied DHS booking
• Democrat Charlotte Sheriff Now Under Investigation for "Mafia-style" Intimidation and Corruption
• Report: Lt. Michael Byrd, Officer Who Shot Ashli Babbitt Dead on Jan. 6 in Cold Blood, Allegedly Operates Unaccredited Home Daycare in Maryland Tied to $190M in HHS Funds
• Rand Paul: Biden FBI tracked Catholic teacher with no Jan 6 ties in 'weaponized' probe - Christine Crowder was placed on terror watchlist despite FBI never proving she entered Capitol building, Senate committee says
• Fifth anniversary of Jan. 6 Capitol riot highlights partisan divisions in US
• CIA Tells Court It Cannot Produce Requested J6 Documents and Information for 4 More Years
• MAGA Vs Liberal Woman Fight Breaks Out as January 6 Defendants Gather at Capitol - Leftist Ends Up in Cuffs
• Clownshow: Congressional Dems Stage Candlelight Vigil for January 6 Fedsurrection Anniversary While Refusing to Condemn Left-Wing Riots and Political Violence
• Pelosi Sounds Drunk as She Accuses Trump of Inciting an Insurrection, Claims He Refused to Send National Guard on January 6
• Nolte: Hillary Clinton Libels Trump with False Claim He 'Urged Supporters to Attack Congress' on January 6
• Farm champion Rep. Doug LaMalfa of California dies, reducing GOP's narrow control of the House
• GOP Congressman Jim Baird Hospitalized After Being Severely Injured in Car Accident
• Trump warns Dems will impeach him if GOP loses midterms
• Trump to House Republicans: You Should 'Insist' on Voter ID
• Trump Delivers Grave Warning to House Republicans: Losing the Midterms Guarantees a Third Democrat Impeachment Coup - Demands Congress Pass Nationwide Voter ID
• Slovenia's Liberal Government Warns of 'Foreign Disinformation' as it Prepares For Election Contrst Against Populist-Right
• UK Government Urges Elon Musk To Address "Appalling" Grok AI Deepfakes
• Nvidia unveils next-generation AI superchip architecture partly developed in Israel
• Central Elections Committee to work on combating AI influence on vote - Director of body that administers vote tells Knesset hearing it is assembling a team of experts to address issue ahead of national ballot slated for October
• Tsunami Triggered by Giant Russian Quake Broke the Rules, Satellite Data Shows - The 2025 tsunami is shattering old models, thanks to observations from spac
• Strong and shallow M6.4 earthquake hits Mindanao, Philippines
• 5.5 magnitude earthquake hits near Santiago, Philippines
• 5.4 magnitude earthquake hits near Mathurin, Mauritius
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near Barishal, Pakistan
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near Vilyuchinsk, Russia
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Port-Vila, Vanuatu
• Sangay volcano in Ecuador erupts to 20,000ft
• Purace volcano in Colombia erupts to 18,000ft
• 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
• Fuego volcano in Guatemala erupts to 14,000ft
• Ambae volcano on Vanuatu erupts to 12,000ft
• Kanlaon volcano in the Philippines erupts to 11,000ft
• Alert Level 3 issued for Mayon volcano as dome collapse triggers pyroclastic density currents, Philippines
• Snow blankets Hawaii volcanoes as Kona Low triggers Winter Storm Warnings
• Severe multi-state heatwave drives extreme bushfire risk across southern Australia
• German prosecutors launch terror probe into Berlin power outages - Around 24,700 households remain without power after arson attack claimed by far-left extremist group caused massive winter blackout across the German capital
• Dozens of Dangerous Mental Health Patients Went on to Kill After Being Released in Britain: Report
• Harmeet Dhillon puts Mamdani on notice over anti-white discrimination policies
• Disgraced Former Prince Andrew Reportedly Blames Princess Catherine of Wales for His Downfall, Calls Her a 'Silent Assassin'
• Venue Cancels Musician Ashley MacIsaac After AI Wrongly Labels Him a Sex Offender
• Report: WV Trans Athlete in Supreme Court Case Accused of Sexually Harassing, Intimidating Girls
• Sen. Marshall: RFK Jr.'s Childhood Vaccine Move Could Restore CDC Trust