July 4th, 2025

• ​Saudi defense minister secretly meets with Trump to discuss Iran de-escalation, Israel - Sources report 'progress and optimism' as the two nations finalize defense and trade agreements
• US-Iran nuclear talks to resume in Oslo next week for first time since war - report
• Katz, Zamir hail Israel's war against Iran as 'defining milestone' in country's history
• Israel showed that seizing air superiority isn't gone from modern warfare, but Iran isn't China or Russia
• As sides await Hamas response to truce deal, Trump said to offer personal pledge to end war
• Trump: Hamas response to Gaza ceasefire-hostage deal should come in 24 hours
• Freed US-Israeli hostage Edan Alexander meets Trump, urges deal for remaining captives
• Pleading for deal, families okay clips showing hostages Maxim Herkin, Bar Kuperstein
• Anger, protests, tears and courtesy as Netanyahu finally visits Nir Oz, worst-hit Oct. 7 kibbutz
• After IDF shares probe into failures at Moshav Mivtahim on Oct. 7, community calls for state commission of inquiry
• IDF says soldier killed in operational accident in northern Gaza Strip overnight
• 15 people said killed in Israeli strikes on southern Gaza overnight
• Gaza aid contractor tells BBC he saw colleagues fire on hungry Palestinians
• Gaza aid group says AP report of US contractors firing on aid-seeking Palestinians is 'categorically false'
• US-backed Gaza Relief NGO Vows 'Legal Action' Against AP Claim Group Fired on Palestinian Civilians
• Small businesses struggle to stay afloat as damages from two wars deepen
• UN expert repeats Israel 'genocide' claims after US calls for her removal - Palestinian envoy defends controversial report while calling a Trump-backed humanitarian group a 'trap'
• Nearly 1/3 of New York voters support Mamdani's statements on BDS, intifada - poll
• Lawsuit: Private DC-area school expels siblings after parents report antisemitic bullying - At Nysmith School for the Gifted, an hour from US capital, students allegedly called Jews 'baby killers,' said they deserve to die over Gaza, and cast Hitler as a 'strong leader'
• Antisemitic poster hung at tram station in Rome: Nazi soldier with Star of David on his armband
• University of California reiterates ban on boycotts of Israel by student governments - University head Michael Drake says financial decisions by campus bodies must be grounded in 'sound business practices,' which boycotts based on nationality violate
• Police Respond to 'Suspicious Package' at Denmark Israeli Embassy
• Russia becomes first country to recognise Afghanistan's Taliban government
• Ukrainian Government Targets Orthodox Church in Controversial Crackdown - The latest blow came when Zelensky signed a decree stripping the revered 80-year-old leader of the UOC, of his Ukrainian citizenship, according to Ukraine's SBU security service agency
• Ukraine Identifies Upgraded Iranian Suicide Drones in Russian Attack
• Russia Confirms Navy Deputy Commander-in-Chief Killed in Combat, Ukraine Claims by HIMARS Strike
• Russia Deploys Foreign Intel Director to Cuba
• Putin and Trump discuss Iran, Ukraine in 'frank' phone call, Kremlin official says - Russian leader stresses need to resolve Middle East differences 'exclusively by political and diplomatic means,' vows to remove 'root causes' of Ukraine conflict, his top aide says
• 'NO PROGRESS': Peacemaker Trump Comments on Call with Putin, Torches Biden as He Discusses Pause on Ukraine Weapons Deliveries
• "Biden Emptied Out Our Whole Country Giving Them Weapons! - "Trump Goes Off on Biden For Depleting US's Munitions Stockpiles
• Trump Says US Has Given Ukraine Too Many Weapons
• If the US doesn't give Ukraine what it needs it would be a big setback for Ukraine, EU and NATO, Denmark says
• Kyiv hit by barrage of drone strikes as Putin rejects Trump's truce bid
• Russia's all-night drone attack on Kyiv injures 23, Ukraine says
• The US dollar is on track for its worst year in modern history
• Legacy Unlocked: Trump's Big, Beautiful Bill Clears Final House Hurdle En Route to White House
• AOC denounces Trump budget bill as 'deal with the devil' in fiery speech
• Congressman Who Said Filibuster Is Racist Artifact Tries To Stop Spending Bill With Filibuster
• 'Immoral': Democrat Hakeem Jeffries blasts Trump megabill in record-breaking, 8-plus-hour speech
• Hakeem Jeffries Holds Up Final Vote on "Big, Beautiful Bill" with Embarrassing Hours-Long Filibuster - And It Backfires When He Flips One Undecided GOPer to YES
• JD Vance: Undecided GOP Rep. Just Backed Big Beautiful Bill After Watching Hakeem Jeffries Ramble
• Democrats Complain About Disrupted Travel Plans After Hakeem Jeffries' Hours-Long Speech
• Musk Demands Epstein Files Release While Mounting Last-Minute Attack on Trump's Megabill
• The Autopen Speaks: Biden Comes Out of Retirement to Bash Trump's Big, Beautiful Bill
• Joe Biden Complains Trump is Undoing His Incredible Accomplishments
• Trump Urged to Make Pardons, Commutations, More Regular to Reverse Decades of DOJ Abuses
• Justice Alito's warning about nationwide injunction 'loophole' looms over Trump cases - AG Bondi criticized 'rogue' judge for attempting to undermine Supreme Court's decision on nationwide blocks
• 'Calexit'? As rift grows with DC, more Californians favor secession
• Trump admin calls for states to remove 'political messaging' like Pride crosswalks from roads - "Roads are for safety, not political messages or artwork."
• Carville: Trump Will Try to Interfere with 2026 Election by Declaring Martial Law
• Globalist Denmark Wants to Deploy 'Nuclear Option' to Remove Conservative Hungary's Voting Rights in the European Union
• Chinese Students Feel a Familiar Chill in America - Surveillance, censorship, detention were things to worry about back home. Now they're here
• Managers are using AI to determine raises, promotions, layoffs
• New 'Mind-Reading' AI Predicts What Humans Will Do Next, And It's Shockingly Accurate
• 5.4 magnitude earthquake hits the Pacific-Antarctic Ridge
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near Ohonua, Tonga
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near Sabang, Indonesia
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Carlsberg Ridge
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Isangel, Vanuatu
• Manga doomsday prediction spooks tourists to Japan
• Authorities urge evacuation of Akusekijima as over 1,000 earthquakes rattle Tokara Islands, Japan
• In Rattling Japan Islands, 'It's Very Scary to Even Fall Asleep'
• Explosive eruption at Shinmoedake blankets parts of Miyazaki and Kagoshima prefectures with ash, Japan
• Kirishimayama volcano on Japan erupts to 22,000ft
• Popocateptl volcano in Mexico erupts to 20,000ft
• Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 15,000ft
• Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 14,000ft
• Santa Maria volcano in Guatemala erupts to 14,000ft
• Sheveluch volcano on Kamchatka, Russia erupts to 13,000ft
• Raung volcano in Indonesia erupts to 12,000ft
• Powerful windstorm hits Las Vegas, toppling power poles and leaving 90,000 without power
• Nuclear power plants shut down in France and Switzerland as heatwave impacts river cooling
• Over 5,000 evacuated as wildfire rages on Greek island of Crete
• Madre Fire grows to 52,000 acres, now California's largest wildfire of 2025
• Praying the world halts climate change? There's now a Catholic Mass for that
• Bomb threats disrupt flights at six major Canadian airports including Calgary
• Syrian Suspect Arrested After Axe Attack on German Long-Distance Train
• "When Are We Going to Bomb the White House?" - FBI Foils Alleged 'Skibidi Massacre' Plot After Girlfriend Tips Off Authorities
• Chicago Drive-by Mass Shooting Leaves 4 Dead and 14 Others Wounded
• NYPD Chief of Dept.: Mamdani 'Foolish' to Call for Ending Our Unit that Patrols Protests
• FBI Makes 'Largest Takedown' of Anti-Tren Gang Members in Texas Roundup
• ICE director says progressive Dem should apologize to voters after calling agency a 'terrorist force'
• Trump admin deploying 200 Marines to Florida to support ICE deportation raids
• Alaska Suggests 'Bear Alcatraz' For Migrants to be Detained
• 'Star Trek's' George Takei compares US internment camps of Japanese to Trump detaining illegal immigrants
• Kidnappers or ICE agents? LAPD grapples with surge in calls from concerned citizens
• Joe Rogan calls Trump's targeting of migrant workers for deportation "insane" - "Showing up in construction sites, raiding them. Gardeners. Like, really?"
• Utah man wrongfully detained by ICE for nearly 50 days, attorney says
• US citizen seeks $1 million after arrest, detention for recording immigration raid
• California husband says he'll continue to support MAGA movement after wife taken into federal custody
• Tom Homan Says Deportations will "Vastly Increase" if Big Beautiful Bill is Passed - Provides Funding to Open More Facilities like Alligator Alcatraz to Detain Aliens
• Democrats Panic: Trump's Big Beautiful Bill Will Deport More Illegal Aliens
• Hakeem Jeffries Warns Spending Bill Means Trump's 'Deportation Machine Will Be Unleashed on Steroids'
• Democrats and the Fake News Media Are Hiding This from the American Public: Illegal Migrants Collect More Food, Housing, Cash Benefits, and Medicaid Than Natural Born Citizens
• Supreme Court lets Trump admin deport men detained in shipping container for 6 weeks to South Sudan
• Greater Manchester Police Investigating 1,000 Child Rape Grooming Gang Suspects, Identify 714 Victims
• Lawyers for Transgender Cult Suspect in Border Patrol Killing Claim Trump Admin Fast-Tracking Death Penalty Case
• Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Cases Involving Transgender Athletes
• HHS Cracks Down on Planned Parenthood's Smut-Filled Sex Ed Programs with Defunding Warning
• Victor Reacts: Planned Parenthood Lost $500 Million in Funding, Democrats Aren't Handling it Well
• Planned Parenthood Vows to Sue Over Defunding Megabill
• Democrat Hakeem Jeffries Tries to Use Scripture to Oppose BBB and Justify Leftist Policies Like Aborting Babies
• Dem ignites showdown after declaring GOP is only pro-life so kids can grow up and 'get shot in school'
• China 'to triple number of Uyghur organ-harvesting centres' - Campaigners fear six new medical sites in Xinjiang could be used for forced 'donations'
• FDA Announces New Safety Warning on All mRNA COVID Vaccines - Cites "Extremely High" Risk of Myocarditis and Long-Term Heart Damage in Young Men