June 16th, 2022

• ​For Biden's Middle East trip, Israel plays second fiddle to Saudi Arabia - Biden's visit to Israel and the Palestinian Authority is just a sideshow. Saudi Arabia is the main event.
• Saudis Want Biden to Counter Iran, Forget Khashoggi in Gas Crisis Bargain
• Lapid hints at possible Israeli-Saudi talks ahead of Biden visit
• US pushing Israel to avoid unilateral steps in lead-up to Biden visit
• Lapid: Biden will visit Israel even if coalition collapses
• Israel faces possible snap election - and the return of Bibi Netanyahu
• Gazan aid worker convicted of embezzling millions for Hamas
• Israel charges two Palestinians over deadly April terror attack in Ariel
• Ben & Jerry's said to force new employees to watch videos on Israel, Palestinians
• Russia expresses 'deep concern' over Jerusalem church land ruling
• Russia summons Israeli envoy for clarifications on Damascus airport strike
• U.S. forces capture senior ISIS leader in Syria raid
• Ex-IRGC commander claims Iran dealing constant confidential 'blows' to Israel
• Lapid: All UN Security Council nuclear sanctions on Iran must be restored
• Iran admits it is about to test rocket after photos show preparation
• Lapid thanks Turkish FM for help thwarting Iranian attacks on Israelis
• With tensions running high, IDF to hold drill near border with Lebanon
• Lebanon extends licensing deadline for gas exploration amid dispute with Israel
• In landmark deal signed in Cairo, Israel to export natural gas, via Egypt, to Europe
• Putin humiliated as Israel turns on 'ally' Russia to strike major energy deal with EU
• Trump Was Right Again - Russia Further Reduces Natural Gas Flow by 40% into Germany
• Indian refiners lap up cheaper crude oil as Russia is now India's 2nd largest oil supplier
• After Waging War on Oil Industry, Biden White House Now Blaming Oil Refineries For Not Doing a "Patriotic Duty"
• Biden tells oil refiners: Produce more gas, fewer profits
• Biden threatens oil companies with 'emergency powers' if they don't boost supply amid inflation spike
• Jim Cramer Says Biden's 'Worrisome' Letter Rebuking Oil Companies 'Harks Back' to Jimmy Carter Era
• Biden Energy Secretary: 'Unsustainable' Gas Prices 'Accelerating Our Progress Toward Clean Energy'
• Biden called out over warning to Big Oil as energy secretary exercises electric car stock options
• Another 45 Million Barrels of Crude Oil to be Released From Strategic Petroleum Reserve: DOE
• Fuel Thefts on the Rise as Biden Gas Prices Continue to Hit All-Time Record Highs
• Russia Says It Has Destroyed Warehouse for NATO Weapons in Ukraine
• Joe Biden Announces Additional $1.2B Aid for Ukraine a Day After Ranting, "I Don't Wanna Hear Anymore of These Lies About Reckless Spending!"
• Avi Tiomkin: The US is leading the world into recession
• Summers: 'There's Going to Be an Element' of 'Stagflation'
• Oklahoma House votes to eliminate grocery tax as inflation takes bite out of wallets
• Fed hikes its benchmark interest rate by 0.75 percentage point, the biggest increase since 1994
• Markets and households lose faith that Fed can handle inflation
• Bitcoin came close to falling below $20,000 as investors continue to flee cryptocurrencies
• European Central Bank to create new tool to address fragmentation risk and temper bond rout
• EU launches legal action against UK over post-Brexit deal on Northern Ireland
• Putin nemesis Alexei Navalny transferred to notorious 'torture prison'
• Xi Jinping Offers Russia Economic Support After Zelensky Warns World to Defend Taiwan
• Xi Jinping clears non-war use of army, raising fear of 'special military operation' in Taiwan
• Taiwan Foreign Minister: China Preps for War, 'Very Threatening'
• Taiwan warns China it has a missile capable of striking Beijing
• U.S. Rebuffs China by Calling Taiwan Strait an International Waterway
• India: Over 800 Members of Largest Opposition Party Arrested for Protesting Corruption Probe
• Navy fires five leaders in less than a week
• Biden's White House hosted several 'defund the police' activists over the past year, visitor logs show
• Texts reveal Hunter Biden's meltdown over discarded gun incident
• Report: Hunter Biden Reveals 'There Are 5 Guns in Dad's House' While Berating Sister-in-Law via Text
• Report: Networks Silent on Hunter Biden's Laptop - Only 298 Seconds of Coverage Since March
• CNN's Don Lemon defends questioning Karine Jean-Pierre about Biden's mental fitness: 'It's our job'
• 79 buses of migrants transported to Washington under Abbott-Ducey initiative
• January 6 committee has footage that challenges Capitol Police findings over alleged role of GOP congressman
• Thursday's Jan. 6 hearing will focus on Trump's efforts to convince Pence to overturn the election
• Republicans Bust Out Laughing As Dem Rep Says J6 Committee Doesn't Engage In Partisan Politics
• Jan. 6 panel divided over whether to issue criminal referral of Trump
• Swalwell: 'Trump Right Now Is Going into a Season of Legal Reckoning'
• Another Challenge for November: Getting Enough Paper for the Ballots
• Republican Mayra Flores flips Texas House district that Biden won by 13 points in 2020
• Gov. Ron DeSantis responds to Elon Musk's likely vote for him for president: 'I welcome support from African Americans'
• Louisiana, Missouri ask federal court to block Biden from pressuring social media to censor
• Is it alive?: Google suspends engineer who claims their AI system seems 'sentient'
• Dr. Peter Scott-Morgan, 'world's first human cyborg,' dead at 64
• Tesla Tops List of Crashes Thought to Involve Driver-Assistance Technology
• Inside the U.S. government project to create tiny nuclear reactors like batteries
• Strange brew: Americans warned of China possibly spying through smart coffee makers
• China says it may have detected aliens, then deletes report
• Tremors felt in Dubai after 5.9 magnitude earthquake hits Iran
• 5.6 magnitude earthquake hits off the coast of Oregon
• 5.3 magnitude earthquake hits the Bonin Islands, Japan region
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits the Volcano Islands, Japan region
• Ruiz volcano in Colombia erupts to 23,000ft
• Sabancaya volcano in Peru erupts to 22,000ft
• Sangay volcano in Ecuador erupts to 22,000ft
• Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 17,000ft
• Floods and landslides claimed 90 lives and severely damaged more than 16,000 homes since March, Colombia
• Yellowstone evacuates over 10,000 amid unprecedented floods
• Parts of Yellowstone National Park may stay closed for 'substantial length of time' after severe flooding
• After Yellowstone, floodwaters menace Montana's largest city
• Ankara's deadliest flood in recent memory, Turkey
• Extreme winds and blizzard-like conditions hit Mount Wellington in Tasmania
• Australia: Five States Seeing Power Disruptions as Winter Arrives
• Hottest city on Earth: Jacobabad in Pakistan hits 51 Celsius (124 Fahrenheit)
• Devastating forest fires continue to rage in Pakistan amid extreme heatwave - 40% of trees in pine forests of Koh-e-Sulaiman Range destroyed
• Triple-digit temps scorch the Midwest, smash a host of records
• Extreme heat will again scorch a large section of the US, including areas where thousands have lost power
• Mass shooting at Ohio cooling center as residents shelter from heatwave
• Heat Stress Kills Estimated 10,000 Head of Kansas Feedlot Cattle
• Argentina set for worst wheat harvest in 12 years
• Starving Sri Lanka Shortens Work Week to Give People Time to Grow Food
• Global Food Crisis: Ukrainian Farmers Fearing 'Hell' Harvest Amid Ongoing Invasion
• Another US Food Processing Plant Erupts In Flames
• GOP senator laments greater federal protections for turtle eggs than unborn babies
• Unelected Tyrant NY Governor Calls Pro-Life Americans 'Neanderthals'
• US abortions rise: 1 in 5 pregnancies terminated in 2020
• Abortion Extremist Group Declares 'Open Season' on Pro-Life Facilities Nationwide
• Activist: Wave of Violence Following SCOTUS Draft Leak is 'Domestic Terrorism'
• Senate Republicans press Garland on lack of prosecutions for SCOTUS home protesters
• Kavanaugh's neighbor speaks out against protesters, details 'horrific' experience since Roe v Wade leak - The neighbor, speaking on anonymity, explained that law enforcement has done little to help with protesters
• Hate crime charges filed against Buffalo shooting suspect who allegedly killed 10 at supermarket
• Democrats Can't Define a 'Woman,' But They're Sure About 'Violent White Supremacist'
• At least 100 killed in Burkina Faso massacre as militants go 'shop to shop' killing men
• India: Relatives Hack Newlyweds to Death for Being Different Castes
• In Another Win for Abuse Reform, SBC Elects Bart Barber as President
• Electronic-sniffing dog helps in pedophilia arrest in Mexico
• Miss Universe Organization Calls for 'Inclusive Language' When Speaking About Periods
• 'Lightyear' Star Chris Evans Calls Critics of the Disney Movie's Lesbian Kiss 'Idiots': Going to 'Die Off Like Dinosaurs'
• Joe Biden Botches LGBTQI+ Acronym as He Condemns 'Ultra MAGA' Agenda at Pride Celebration
• Biden Mumbles as He Signs Executive Order 'Advancing LGBTQI+ Equality' at Reception For Pride Month
• Biden targets conversion therapy, transgender bans in Pride Month order
• Trans kids' treatment can start younger, new guidelines say
• Michigan's First Openly Gay AG: 'A Drag Queen for Every School'
• Graduating students at Seattle Pacific University gave pride flags to their interim president during a commencement ceremony to protest anti-LGBTQ hiring policy
• Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Announces She is Introducing Bill to Make it Illegal for Children to be Exposed to Drag Queen Performances
• Biden calls states that protect minors from gender ideology 'Ultra MAGA'
• Biden fires culture war salvo with big LGBTQ celebration
• Arizona State University pulls down American flags, replaces them with Juneteenth and Pride flags: student
• Saudi authorities seize rainbow toys they say 'promote homosexuality'
• WHO looks into reports of monkeypox virus in semen
• WHO to Convene Emergency Meeting on Monkeypox Amid Spread
• China Blames 'Technical Errors' for Using Coronavirus App to House-Arrest Protesters
• Patients: Chinese Vaccines Cause Cancer, Diabetes
• Bayer Head Admits COVID-19 Vaccine is Gene Therapy
• FDA Advisory Panel Recommends Moderna and Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccines for Babies, Toddlers
• Iowa Gov. Reynolds signs bill banning COVID-19 vaccination requirements at schools, daycares
• Canada Makes 3 Jabs The New 'Fully Vaccinated' Standard, Saying 'Two Doses Doesn't Work Anymore'
• Quadruple-vaxxed Dr. Fauci tests positive for COVID-19
• Fauci, 81, has mild symptoms - is being treated with the antiviral medication Paxlovid - was scheduled to testify Thursday at a hearing of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on the status of the federal response to Covid-19
• Biden to Unveil Plan for Next Pandemic While Seeking $88 Billion in Funds