March 17th, 2025

• Netanyahu OKs talks based on US proposal to free 11 living hostages - The Witkoff plan also calls for the release of half of the deceased captives held by Palestinian terrorists in Gaza
• Hamas says it won't release American hostage unless ceasefire is implemented - In the meantime, airstrikes against targets in Gaza have continued
• 'Not in trickles, nor 50-day deals': At rally, ex-hostage calls for release of all captives - Brother of slain hostage says Israelis will put Netanyahu 'on trial for crimes against the nation of Israel,' as nearby, anti-government protests resume in full force
• Witkoff says administration is 'exploring' alternatives for Gaza relocation
• 'Hamas never stopped digging': Ex-hostage warns tunnel network under Gaza still growing
• IDF: Oct. 7 terrorist and others 'operating under guise of journalists' killed in Gaza
• Nita Lowey, longtime Jewish US congresswoman and Mideast peace advocate, dies at 87
• The shocking story of the Olympic star who became a Hezbollah-linked crime boss
• Rights group challenges legality of Trump deportations of anti-Israel activists - American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee files lawsuit to block White House's orders; Rubio: Welcoming pro-Hamas students 'runs counter to the foreign policy interest of the US'
• 'Antisemitism explodes in ways we've never seen': Schumer warns of rising hate in the US
• French, German officials opt out after Israel invites far right to antisemitism conference
• Police to question former Shin Bet chief Argaman for alleged threats against PM
• Netanyahu moves to fire intel chief who is investigating his aides
• Netanyahu announces his intention to fire Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar - PM cites 'ongoing distrust' in head of security agency, says cabinet will vote this week on dismissal
• Netanyahu says he'll fire Shin Bet chief Bar; AG says he can't before legal review
• Levin pans attorney general, says government has authority to fire Shin Bet chief
• Opposition lawmakers vow 'resistance,' legal action against firing of Shin Bet chief - Lapid accuses PM of ousting Ronen Bar in order 'to sabotage' probe into aides' alleged ties to Qatar; Ben Gvir, Smotrich and Karhi praise decision; Bennett: Netanyahu has to go
• PM Netanyahu rejects offer for Oct. 7 commission formed in consultation with top conservative judge
• Smugglers using drones to spirit lion cubs and monkeys into Israel, police say - Officers locate two more monkeys as they probe wildlife trafficking ring suspected of using heavy-duty drones to fly animals across border from Egypt, Jordan
• Security forces foil plot by Arab Israeli to carry out Jerusalem Old City shooting attack
• Landmines in Syria kill hundreds of civilians returning home after fall of Assad
• Syrian Terrorists Smoke and Burn Alawites Out of Forests as "President" al-Jolani Imposes Islamist Constitution and Sharia Law
• 3 Syrian troops killed in Lebanon; Damascus accuses Hezbollah of seizing, killing them
• Air Force on high alert for resumption of Houthi missile, drone attacks on Israel
• As US strikes Yemen, Houthis again vow to target Israeli ships until Gaza 'siege' ends
• Yemen's Houthis Retaliate with Massive Attack on US Aircraft Carrier USS Harry Truman with 18 Ballistic Missiles and Drone - Vow to Target All U.S. Warships in Red Sea and Arabian Sea
• Houthis claim 2 attacks on USS Truman; US strikes said to target seized Israel-linked ship
• Trump watches strike on Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen in new White House pics as large-scale op continues
• Houthi missile falls inside Egypt, IDF checks whether it was fired at Israel
• US says airstrikes against Houthis in Yemen will continue indefinitely
• Oil prices rise as US vows to keep attacking Houthis
• Fresh US strikes in Yemen with 53 now dead, Houthis say
• Witkoff to Hamas: 'What happened with the Houthis informs where we stand in regards to terrorism'
• Mike Waltz Pins Houthi Red Sea Strike on Iran
• Iran Guards chief vows 'decisive' reprisal against any attacks, after Trump warning - As US president demands Iran end support for Houthis, IRGC general says the group is 'the representative of the Yemenis,' and makes its decisions independently from Tehran
• Iranian ex-officers to Israeli TV: Israel should bomb Khamenei's home, help topple regime
• Israeli aid group uses chatbot to help survivors of sexual assault in South Sudan
• Lying In Wait On The Ground, Russia's Best Attack Drones Devastate Ukrainian Convoys - Advanced drone tactics drove Ukrainian troops out of Kursk
• Moment Ukraine obliterates key Russian bridge in blow to Putin's war supply lines as fighting rages despite peace talks
• Putin 'accepts the philosophy of President Trump' on ending war in Ukraine: US special envoy
• Peace is the Prize: Trump and Putin Set To Hold Talks This Week as Peace Process Gains Momentum
• Peace Deal With Armenia Could Strengthen Azerbaijan in Mideast, West - and Weaken Russia
• 51st Staters: Canadians Who Want To Be Part of the US Are Swearing Allegiance to America
• Back to cash: life without money in your pocket is not the utopia Sweden hoped - Nordic countries were early adopters of digital payments. Now, electronic banking is seen as a potential threat to national security - "keep some cash on hand due to the vulnerabilities of digital payment solutions to cyber-attacks"
• How the US economy lost its aura of invincibility - Tariffs and cuts to the federal workforce are raising uncertainty and sapping confidence, while investor exuberance has faded
• US shoppers cut spending as economic outlook concerns mount - Tariffs, market volatility and political uncertainty threaten to undermine key driver of growth in world's largest economy
• Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent says there are 'no guarantees' there won't be a recession
• MSNBC hosts, analysts unleash on Schumer for supporting bill to avoid shut down - Former Democratic lawmaker Donna Edwards said the move was a 'black mark' and a 'stain' on Schumer's leadership
• Van Jones: Dems Unleashing 'Volcanic Anger' Towards Schumer for Caving
• Democrats' approval ratings sink to historic lows as party tears itself apart over Schumer's decision not to filibuster shutdown
• Radical Clinton Judge Accuses Trump Admin of Violating His Court Order After He Rehires Thousands of Probationary Employees
• Activist Judges and the Overreach of Judicial Authority: A Case for Sedition and Treason
• Newt Gingrich on Judicial Activism: This 'Last Castle of Left-Wing Nutism' is a 'Fundamental Assault on the Constitutional Order'
• Second Biden Autopen Discovered: New Analysis of Second Frequently Used Autopen for Biden's Pardons
• Trumps takes jab at Biden over 'autopen signature' following concerning report over who ran the White House - 'The person who was the real President during the Biden years was the person who controlled the Autopen!'
• Grimes says she 'begged' Elon Musk to keep their kids offline: Young people are being 'destroyed by the internet'
• Fort Lauderdale spring breakers stage illegal beach boxing match, place crypto bets
• Welcome to Skynet: Google Unveils AI Models to Power Physical Robots
• Home robot automates household chores like Rosie from 'The Jetsons' - Is this your new humanoid robot housemate?
• SpaceX Dragon ship arrives at International Space Station to bring back NASA astronauts
• Preliminary magnitude-3.9 Malibu earthquake shakes parts of Los Angeles and Ventura counties
• 5.5 magnitude earthquake hits near Awash, Ethiopia
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near La Tirana, Chile
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near San Jose de Jachal, Argentina
• Ruiz volcano in Colombia erupts to 21,000ft
• Sangay volcano in Ecuador erupts to 20,000ft
• Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 15,000ft
• Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 15,000ft
• Fuego volcano in Guatemala erupts to 15,000ft
• Santa Maria volcano in Guatemala erupts to 14,000ft
• Marapi volcano in Indonesia erupts to 12,000ft
• Lewotobi volcano in Indonesia erupts to 12,000ft
• Dukono volcano in Indonesia erupts to 10,000ft
• Floods batter Italy after Florence sees a month's rainfall in one day
• Storms slam Northeast with hurricane-force wind gusts on third, final day of deadly severe weather outbreak
• Trump activates National Guard in tornado-ravaged Arkansas as 37 deaths reported across multiple states
• US tornadoes, wildfires and dust storms leave 40 dead and 'staggering' damage
• Oklahoma wildfires destroy nearly 300 structures, injure 112 people
• Canada Kills Carbon Tax, Gas Prices Expected to Plummet
• Barna: America needs 'spiritual renewal' as fewer than half of Americans believe God exists - 'Nothing short of sweeping national repentance and spiritual renewal can save America from itself'
• CAIR Attacks Trump Administration for 'Racist,' 'Islamophobic' Expulsion of South African Ambassador
• Man set on fire in heart of New York City's Times Square, suspect at large: report
• 51 people killed, more than 100 injured in nightclub fire in North Macedonia - Interior Minister Panche Toshkovski says pyrotechnic caused blaze during concert at the Pulse in Kocani, country has 'moral responsibility' to prosecute those responsible
• 'Extermination' site allegedly used by cartels found in Mexico with cremation ovens, human remains
• Trump Deports 'Hundreds of Violent Criminals' Despite Judge's Order to Halt Flights
• How the White House defied a judge's order to turn back deportation flights
• "Oopsie, Too Late" El Salvador President Mocks Judge Boasberg After Flights Land With Several Hundred Venezuelan Gang Members Deported by President Trump
• White House blasts judge for attempting to halt deportation flights to El Salvador: 'No lawful basis' - Karoline Leavitt said the WH did not 'refuse to comply' with the order
• AG Pam Bondi Files Emergency Motion with DC Circuit to Halt 'Illegal Order' by Obama-Appointed Judge Jeb Boasberg, Alleging Sabotage of Presidency
• Rep. Brandon Gill Moves to Impeach Obama Judge James Boasberg for Blocking Trump's Use of Alien Enemies Act
• GOP rep, Elon Musk push to impeach judge who scuttled Trump's order to rapidly deport Venezuelan gangbangers
• First 250+ migrant gang members from US arrive in El Salvador - where they'll be held in a notorious mega-prison
• Trump thanks El Salvador for taking in hundreds of alleged gang members: 'We will not forget'
• 'We're going to keep doing it': Marco Rubio warns that visa holders who support terrorist groups will be deported
• Trump admin set to start construction on 7 miles of new border wall, Kristi Noem announces
• Saudi Arabia cracks down on 'immoral acts' - Prince Mohammed creates unit to combat prostitution and begging after years of loosening hardline social restrictions
• Trump Provides Update on Epstein and Other Classified Files: 'It's Moving Along Rapidly - Will Be Released in Coming Weeks'
• Mississippi pastor accused of multiple sex crimes including child pornography, statutory rape
• NYC Man Caught in Viral Video Calmly Eating Raw Dead Rat on Busy Sidewalk in Broad Daylight: 'This is How Zombie Movies Start'
• 'They/Them/Turtle': Oregon mental health advisory board includes member who identifies as terrapin species
• Russell T Davies: gay society in 'greatest danger I've ever seen' after Trump win
• Pentagon Enforces Transgender Ban as Biden Judge Warns DOJ of Legal Fallout, Possible Court Ruling This Week
• Israeli readies to be first transgender referee to officiate international soccer match
• Christian Women's Basketball Team Punished for Opposing Trans Players Wins Canadian Tournament
• Virginia judge rules cancer-surviving woman cannot use embryos created with now-ex-husband
• Missing Connecticut girl found alive 25 years after kidnapping with help from DNA testing
• Researchers Trying to De-Extinct Mammoths Hit Big Milestone - First Ice Age Calf Is Expected in 2028 - A biotech company from Texas says some fuzzy mice are a big step toward its goal of bringing back the woolly mammoth from extinction
• Washington man accused of having enough fentanyl to kill 278,000 people after getting clemency from Dem gov