July 9th, 2025

• Lammy refuses to set time frame for UK recognition of Palestinian state - Appearing before the Commons Foreign Affairs Committee, David Lammy says 'I'm not going to tie myself to a calendar because it's convenient for a soundbite'
• S. Daniel Abraham, Slim-Fast inventor who advocated for Mideast peace, dies at 100 - Late entrpreneur made billions off his popular weight-loss product in the 1980s before establishing nonprofit group focused on Israeli-Palestinian peacebuilding
• Netanyahu wants hostage deal 'as soon as possible'; insists ultimately there'll be 'no Hamas,' says strategy requires 'some painful moves'
• Netanyahu holds second meeting with Trump, pushes Gaza deal 'over the line' - Meanwhile, US envoy Steve Witkoff said that the points of contention between Israel and Hamas to reach a deal have been reduced from four to one
• Netanyahu quietly leaves White House without announcement of breakthrough in Gaza talks
• Israeli officials claim 80-90% of Gaza deal settled, but core issue of ending war unresolved
• Israel to draw up new Gaza withdrawal lines after Hamas rejected previous maps - source
• Netanyahu says several countries close to agreeing to take in Gazans; Trump: 'Something good will happen'
• Netanyahu before meeting Trump: '20 hostages definitely alive'
• Netanyahu says meeting with Trump 'focused on efforts to free our hostages'
• Lapid accuses Netanyahu of finding excuses not to reach a hostage deal
• Qatar dashes hopes of rapid Gaza ceasefire, saying talks 'will need time'
• Trump-Netanyahu meeting revives bitterly opposed plan to relocate Palestinians
• Israel's defense minister plans to relocate displaced Palestinians to restricted area in southern Gaza, Israeli media reports
• Katz calls for plan to confine all Gazans in 'humanitarian city' to be built over Rafah's ruins
• Backlash grows over Israel's proposal for prison-like city in Gaza
• Palestinians, human rights activists slam Israeli defence minister's plan to build camp on Rafah's ruins
• MP uses 'gas chambers' slur as he criticises Israeli plan to 'concentrate' Gazans in Rafah
• Hostages released from Gaza detail sexual violence as Israeli report concludes Hamas used it as 'weapon of war' on October 7
• Hamas used sexual violence as part of 'genocidal strategy', Israeli experts say
• Rape as weapon of war: Report lays groundwork for prosecuting Oct 7. sexual violence
• IDF says it killed key Hamas figure in Lebanon, confirms death of Oct. 7 terrorist in Gaza - Death of Mehran Mustafa Bajur 'significant blow' to group's Lebanese branch, says IDF
• Shas spiritual leader links death of troops in Gaza to students' neglect of Torah
• Elite College Says It Will No Longer Appease Pro-Hamas Protesters
• Justifying terrorism and conspiracy theories: Antisemitism surges online after Colorado attack
• Hezbollah chief admits to wildly underestimating Israeli capabilities before pager blasts
• As West seeks to legitimize al-Sharaa, Israeli Druze influencer warns of rising terror threat to Syria's religious and ethnic minorities under jihadist rule
• Commentary: Iran's lies go viral: Tucker Carlson's interview proves why fact-checking matters - Tucker Carlson's interview with Iran's president is spreading dangerous misinformation to millions. When podcasts replace journalism, facts become blurry
• Iran at a crossroads: Intelligence breaches, internal paranoia shake the regime - Confronted with this damning reality, the mullahs' regime has resorted to its most familiar weapon: executions and repression
• Iranian FM: Tehran still interested in diplomacy, willing to restart nuclear talks
• 'First strength, then peace': Joint strikes on Iran a game-changer for region, Netanyahu says
• BRICS Nations Rally Behind Iran, Condemn US and Israeli Strikes
• Israeli military official confirms Iran missiles hit some IDF sites last month
• Despite success of Operation Rising Lion, Iran's ballistic missile program remains serious threat, says Israeli defense minister
• French Intelligence: Most of Iran's enriched uranium remains intact
• French spy chief: Uncertain where Iran's remaining highly enriched uranium is located
• Russia 'Ready to Assist Tehran in Refilling' Uranium Stockpiles, Foreign Minister Says
• Trump, finally fed up with Putin, teases more Russian sanctions 'at my option'
• Graham teases Senate will 'soon' vote on a 'tough' Russia sanctions bill
• War-torn Russia facing 'population wipe out' ticking time bomb - Some experts believe Russia is already facing an existential crisis due to its catastrophic birth rates
• Chinese Warship Accused of 'Laser Attack' Against German Reconnaissance Aircraft on Red Sea Houthi Mission
• 'We're the United States, but They Treat Us Like a Colony': USDA Farm Security Plan Targets China's Bioterrorism, Land Grabs
• Trump admin to ban China from buying US farmland - The US government will "take swift legislative and executive action to ban the purchase of American farmland by Chinese nationals and other foreign adversaries."
• At least 31 dead, 532 arrested in Kenya's antigovernment protests
• Nairobi is locked down as Kenyan police clash with protesters
• Colombia's Marxist Prez Issues Grovelling Apology to Trump - Days After Accusing U.S. of Plotting 'Coup' Against Him
• Trump Announces 50% Tariff on Imported Copper
• Trump floats 200 percent tariffs on pharmaceutical imports 'very soon'
• Jeff Bezos sells $666 million in Amazon stock as part of plan to unload 25 million shares
• IRS says churches can endorse political candidates without losing tax-exempt status
• Supreme Court allows Trump to proceed with large-scale government agency staff cuts, reorganizations
• Socialist Zohran Mamdani's former staffers include woman who accosted NYPD, man who solicited minor for sex
• Adams rebukes Mamdani for 'romanticizing' socialism in NYC mayoral campaign - Zohran Mamdani has come under fire for radical campaign promises and quoting communist Karl Marx
• Trump threatens federal takeover of NYC if 'communist' Zohran Mamdani wins mayoral race
• NYC Mayor Eric Adams, running against Mamdani, vows to protect Jews
• Trump Says He's Weighing Federal Takeover of Washington, DC to help combat crime, in a move that would represent a dramatic upheaval to the capital's half-century of home rule
• Leftist political cartoonist from Utah announces move to Portugal in fear of Trump, 'full-on fascist MAGA' - Bagley said he has been planning to move when Trump won in 2016
• Stacey Abrams: Trump Taking Steps to Cancel Elections in the U.S.
• House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan threatens to use 'power of the purse' to punish wayward judges
• White House waives executive privilege for Biden doctor Kevin O'Connor in cover-up probe - Former physician set to testify about alleged cover-up of Biden's mental decline during presidency
• Biden's strange use of teleprompter in donor's home with only 30 people present infuriated supporters, dashed expectations
• Gabbard's team has sought spy agency data to enforce Trump's agenda
• FBI launches criminal probes into John Brennan, James Comey over Trump-Russia collusion hoax: report
• Trump talks up FBI as MAGA base erupts over Epstein 'client list' denial
• MAGA fury at missing Epstein list boils over as calls mount for Trump to FIRE Pam Bondi - Tucker Carlson theorizes intel services are implicated in a cover-up
• Tucker Carlson Warns Trump Could Spark a 'Revolution' With 'Very Dangerous' Epstein Cover-Up
• Top House Democrats demand release of Epstein files that mention Trump - Jamie Raskin and 15 others accuse justice department of withholding Epstein files to protect Trump
• Trump goes off on questions surrounding Epstein: 'This creep?'
• I Was Told to Leave Epstein Alone Because He 'Belonged to Intelligence': Ex-Cabinet Secretary
• X AI Grok declares itself 'MechaHitler' after tweaks erode content safeguards - Other posts questioned the narrative surrounding Jeffrey Epstein's death and suggested that his sex trafficking operation was a honeypot blackmail operation organized by the Israeli Mossad
• Grok Praises Hitler, Blames Jews for White Hatred, Echoes Microsoft's 'Tay' Meltdown from 2016
• Elon Musk's Grok Gets Extremely Anti-Semitic After Latest Update
• Musk's AI repeats antisemitic trope that Jews 'control Hollywood' - Grok chatbot fuels conspiracy claims days after Elon Musk hails system's major upgrade
• Grok calls for another Holocaust; Musk apologizes
• US, Israel sign MOU on AI, energy cooperation during Netanyahu visit
• Report: Marco Rubio Imposter Calls High-Level Officials Using AI-Generated Voice
• Commentary: What if AI Isn't Intelligence but Anti-Intelligence? Personal Perspective: AI's power may be distancing us from our own intelligence
• July 9 will be the shortest day in recorded history - blame it on the moon, scientists say: 'We're in a very unusual time'
• M2.4 solar flare erupts from the northeast limb
• 5.7 magnitude earthquake hits near San Vicente Pacaya, Guatemala
• 5.4 magnitude earthquake hits near Bandar Lampung, Indonesia
• 5.3 magnitude earthquake hits near Lorengau, Papua New Guinea
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near Lorengau, Papua New Guinea
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near Lorengau, Papua New Guinea
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits the central Mid-Atlantic Ridge
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Pisco, Peru
• Earthquake swarms are fueling fear of the 'big one' in Japan
• Earthquake swarm detected beneath Mount Rainier, Washington
• Sangay volcano in Ecuador erupts to 20,000ft
• Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 15,000ft
• Reventadro volcano in Ecuador erupts to 14,000ft
• Sheveluch volcano on Kamchatka, Russia erupts to 13,000ft
• Lewotobi volcano in Indonesia erupts to 12,000ft
• Dog saves 67 lives from landslide becoming a hero amid deadly monsoon in Himachal Pradesh, India
• North Carolina flooding prompts water rescues in Chapel Hill, other areas
• At least three dead as remnants of Chantal bring deadly floods and tornadoes to North Carolina, U.S.
• 6 Christian Leaders Point to God's Hope Amid Texas Camp Flood Tragedy
• More than 160 people are still missing after deadly floods, Texas governor says
• Marlow: Liberals Reveal Themselves as Monsters in Rush to Politicize Deaths of Christian Girls
• Swalwell: We Need to Probe if Trump's National Weather Service Cuts Impacted TX Flood Warnings
• Meteorologists: National Weather Service Had 'Extra' Staff During Texas Floods, Not Impacted by Trump's Cuts
• Trump avoids talk of scrapping FEMA after more than 100 killed in Texas flash flood
• Confirmed: CEO of Weather Modification Company Reveals Cloud Seeding Operations Were Conducted in Texas Just Two Days Before Deadly Flood
• Texas inspectors approved Camp Mystic's disaster plan 2 days before deadly flood, records show
• Austin Fire Association says Fire Chief Baker Denied pre-deployment to Kerrville 2 days before flood began
• New Mexico flash flooding emergency declared, multiple rescues underway
• Ruidoso, New Mexico suffers damage again as heavy rain triggers record flash flooding in burn scars
• Flash flood devastates Ruidoso, New Mexico: Homes swept away, river rises 20 feet in 30 minutes
• 3 missing, house swept away as flash flooding hits New Mexico mountain village
• Roads flood in Arkansas, Oklahoma
• At least 1 dead, nearly 30 missing as floods destroy Miteri Bridge on China-Nepal border
• Wildfire on Edge of Marseille Injures More Than 100, Officials Say - Firefighters worked to prevent the blaze from entering France's second-biggest city, where ash and smoke had spread overnight
• Strong winds drive wildfire near Les Pennes-Mirabeau, halting air traffic in Marseille, France
• Suspect arrested after alleged mid-flight bomb threat caused emergency landing
• Five members of a family were accused of witchcraft and brutally murdered by a mob in India, police say
• 10 Antifa extremists charged in July 4th ambush shooting of ICE officers at Texas detention center
• ICE Agents Arrest 11 Illegal Alien Sex Offenders in Minneapolis
• Jessica Tarlov Shredded by Co-Hosts on 'The Five' for Suggesting ICE Detainees Are Being Sexually Abused by Federal Workers
• ICE agents on horseback storm SoCal kids' summer camp as families flee in terror
• House Democrats Admit Their Radical Base Is Calling for Bloodshed at ICE Facilities to Stop Trump - Urging Lawmakers to Abandon Law and Order, Embrace Political Violence
• Senate Democrats introduce legislation seeking to ban ICE agents from wearing masks during arrests
• President Trump Says "No Amnesty" but "Work Program" for Illegal Aliens on Farms? - Labor Secretary Calls it a "Concierge Approach" for "Streamlining" Illegal Aliens Through Work Visa Programs
• Agriculture secretary says there will be 'no amnesty' for migrants, adults on Medicaid can replace them in workforce
• Gavin Newsom Attacks Ric Grenell for 'Audacity' to Criticize Fire Recovery; Claims Illegal Migrants Needed for Rebuilding
• International Criminal Court issues arrest warrants for Taliban leaders, accusing them of persecuting women
• China: Cross-Dresser Known as 'Red Uncle' Charged with Seducing Men, Publishing Secretly-Recorded Videos
• Violent male inmate transferred out of Washington women's prison after years of sexual assault allegations - Williams had been transferred to the women's prison in 2021 under the Washington Department of Corrections' gender-inclusion policy
• Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump admin from cutting funding to abortion provider Planned Parenthood
• Marjorie Taylor Greene is Asking Trump DOJ to Drop Charges Against "Hero" Dr. Kirk Moore who Faces 35 Years in Prison for Helping Parents Avoid Giving Mandated COVID Vaccines to Children
• Measles cases reach highest point since the disease was eliminated in U.S. in 2000
• Doctors and health groups sue RFK Jr over major vaccine changes as measles reaches 33-year high
• Report: USAID Quietly Sent Thousands of Viruses to the Infamous Wuhan Lab
• USAID Shipped 11,000 Viral Samples to Wuhan Lab Without Oversight - FOIA Documents Reveal Gaps in $210 Million Predict Program
• UK Parliament Announces the Largest-Ever Pandemic Exercise "Pegasus"