May 20th, 2025

• ​'Qatar is Hamas': Behind Qatar's diplomatic mask - MEMRI president Yigal Carmon claims Qatar funds terrorism while mediating hostage deals and accuses Netanyahu of fearing confrontation with the Gulf state
• Qatar lobby reaches deep into US conservative media, documents show - Newly revealed DOJ documents show Doha's increasing efforts in right-wing outlets, including Fox News, to promote favorable narratives
• New York City mayor announces business council to build economic ties with Israel
• Macron's Israeli advisor spearheading initiative for Palestinian state
• Trump team considering inviting Netanyahu rival to White House amid growing frustration - Sources close to President Donald Trump claim his administration is weighing an unusual diplomatic maneuver by inviting former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett
• 'We will abandon you if war continues,' Trump tells Israel - US President Donald Trump has been increasing pressure on Israel over recent days, an anonymous source told The Washington Post on Monday
• Gazans call for Hamas removal, end of war, amid fleeing from Khan Yunis - report
• US says it wants Gaza war to end, but denies threatening Israel if it doesn't comply - US, Palestinian officials quash speculation that aid to Gaza stemmed from US deal with Hamas; Huckabee says report that Trump will 'abandon' Israel if war continues is 'nonsense
• UK, France, Canada warn of 'concrete actions' if Israel doesn't halt war, boost aid
• U.K., France, Canada Threaten Response to Israel's 'Disproportionate' Gaza Offensive
• PM says UK, France, Canada rewarding terror amid threats over Israel's conduct in Gaza
• Starmer tells Labour MPs UK could take further action if Israel's Gaza offensive continues
• Netanyahu Says Israel Moving Toward 'Full Control' of Gaza as Strikes Intensify
• Israel Wavers as Far Right and Military Disagree on Gaza Strategy
• Australia demands Israel allow aid into Gaza, stating 'the population faces starvation' in joint statement
• Israel lets aid into Gaza after 11-week blockade but UN calls it 'drop in ocean'
• Five trucks of humanitarian aid enter Gaza, says Israel, ending two-month blockade
• PM said to order Israeli hostage negotiators remain in Doha despite impasse
• Hamas leader's body found as peace talks with Israel pick back up
• IDF denies reports of attempted hostage rescue in Khan Younis amid heavy airstrikes, intense clashes - Arab media say Israeli commandos attempted to capture a senior terror leader
• IDF says it foiled another attempt to smuggle weapons into Israel from Egypt using a drone
• IDF soldier killed in Strip; Hamas-linked agency raises day's Gazan death toll to 91
• Jordanian textbooks 'justify 7 October massacre and promote antisemitism' - IMPACT-se finds 'worsening extremism' in curriculum despite claims of moderation
• Flight cancellations to Israel extended by major airlines
• Ryanair CEO Says Airline Is 'Losing Patience' With Israel, May Cut Tel Aviv Routes
• Spain's Prime Minister Calls for Eurovision to Ban Israel, the First European Leader to Do So
• Microsoft employee interrupts CEO's keynote with pro-Palestinian protest
• Court prohibits Netanyahu from meeting with his lawyers during cross-examination
• Kurdish human rights activist meets Israeli officials to request support for Syria's minorities
• U.N. Estimates Half a Million Refugees Returned to Syria After Fall of Assad
• Iran and Britain summon envoys over alleged spying in UK
• Iran Claims Nuclear Deal 'Within Reach' - But Rejects Key U.S. Requests
• Iran warns nuclear talks will fail if US pushes for zero enrichment
• 'Death to America': Iran's 'Supreme Leader' Calls Trump a Liar, Doubles Down on Anti-U.S. Rhetoric
• Lifting US Sanctions on Iran Could Crush China's 'Teapot' Oil Refineries
• Kremlin Criticizes Romanian Election Over Barred Pro-Russian Candidate, Telegram Founder Alleges French Pressure
• Russia's motorbike squads may be suicidal but they are hurting Ukraine - Putin gambles on two-wheeled evasion tactic despite the slim chance of success and high casualty rate
• President Trump Announces "Russia and Ukraine will Immediately Start Negotiations Toward a Ceasefire" Following Phone Call with Putin - Says Russia "Wants to do Largescale Tradewith the United States"
• Putin aiming to take control of 4 Ukraine regions by end of the year as peace talks loom
• China's Economy Stumbles as It Fails to Shake Off Trump's Tariff Gut Punch
• Dollar slumps after US loses gold-plated credit rating
• Mortgage rates jump above 7% after Moody's downgrade of U.S. credit
• Ray Dalio says the risk to U.S. Treasurys is even greater than what Moody's is saying
• Citi CEO: Something 'deeper' is going on in financial markets right now
• JPMorgan's Dimon sees 'extraordinary amount of complacency' as markets recover from tariff shock
• Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy Sold Stocks Two Days Before Trump Announced a Plan for Reciprocal Tariffs - Duffy is the second member of Trump's cabinet who sold securities shortly before the president's tariff announcements sent markets plunging
• E.U. and Britain announce trade, defense deals after Brexit rupture
• Leftist British PM Keir Starmer Betrays Brexit, Causes Alarm by Signing Agreement With European Union Making Huge Concessions
• Telegram Founder: Macron Regime Interfered in Romanian Elections by Pressuring Him to Silence Conservatives Ahead of the Vote—Musk Backs Durov
• Incoming DOJ Investigation? Trump Demands Investigation Into Kamala Harris's "Illegal Payments" to Bruce Springsteen, Beyonce, Oprah and Bono for Endorsements Disguised as "Entertainment"
• Bernie Sanders agrees Democratic Party is 'threat to democracy,' removed process from its constituents
• Marc Elias Sues Wyoming to Stop Law Requiring Proof of Citizenship and Residency to Vote - Secretary of State Chuck Gray Vows to Fight
• Comey: Don't Regret 'Innocent' 86 47 Post - It Was 'Clever,' Artistic Political View Point
• James Comey says he wasn't aware of the violent overtones of his social media post
• Organizers Planning a 'Nationwide' Protest for Trump's Birthday
• Trump threatens ABC News over Qatar jet coverage
• CBS News CEO Wendy McMahon quits amid potential Trump lawsuit settlement
• CBS News President Abruptly Resigns Amid Trump's $20 Billion Lawsuit For Deceptively Editing '60 Minutes' Interview with Kamala Harris
• Key group in government censorship project boasted of suppressing Trump message, defunding newsrooms
• Alan Dershowitz says news outlets could sue over lost ad revenues due to federally funded censorship
• Grok Pivots From 'White Genocide' to Being 'Skeptical' About the Holocaust
• Police secretly monitored New Orleans with facial recognition cameras
• Schumer ripped for placing blame on Trump, DOGE for deadly Mexican Navy crash in NYC: 'He is an idiot'
• Newark Airport air traffic controllers experience another alarming system outage: FAA
• Newark Airport Experiences Fourth Radio Outage
• Close call at LaGuardia Airport prompts FAA and NTSB investigations
• UFO striking fighter jet is among swarm of mystery objects spotted near US military sites: reports
• Nasa warns of huge solar flares causing blackouts on Earth - The Sun's most active region is turning to face Earth, bringing spectacular auroras and occasional blackouts
• 5.6 magnitude earthquake hits the northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge
• 5.4 magnitude earthquake hits southeast of Easter Island
• 5.3 magnitude earthquake hits the Kermadec Islands, New Zealand
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits the Kermadec Islands region
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits south of Tonga
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Georgetown, Saint Helena
• Sangay volcano in Ecuador erupts to 21,000ft
• Popocateptl volcano in Mexico erupts to 20,000ft
• Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 15,000ft
• Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 15,000ft
• Lewotobi volcano in Indonesia erupts to 14,000ft
• Sakurajima volcano on Japan erupts to 14,000ft
• Poas volcano in Costa Rica erupts to 10,000ft
• Flash floods and landslides kill 9 in northern Vietnam's Bac Kan and Lai Chau provinces
• Floods destroy over 300 homes and damage roads, bridges, and schools in southern Tanzania
• 28 dead, at least $9 billion in damages after deadly storms, tornadoes sweep across central, eastern US
• 'It's a war zone': Communities pick up the pieces after deadly Kentucky tornadoes - At least 19 people are dead and neighborhoods destroyed after violent tornadoes tore through Kentucky
• Tornado outbreak causes widespread damage in Colorado and Kansas
• Large wedge tornado hits Plevna, Kansas near midnight, causing severe structural damage
• Interactive map shows all damage, entire track of St. Louis' deadly tornado - The 23-mile-long twister claimed the lives of five people and caused over $1 billion in damages in the St. Louis region on Friday
• St. Louis Suffers Worst Tornado in History - Thousands of Homes Damaged, Black Community in North St. Louis Decimated - Please, President Trump Come Console the St. Louis Tornado Victims
• 'FEMA Has Not Been on the Ground': St. Louis Mayor Pleads For Federal Aid in Wake of Devastating Tornado
• Kentucky NWS forecast office faced federal staffing cuts before deadly tornadoes hit
• Trump cuts leave National Weather Service scrambling to cover vital shifts
• Trump Ed Department Rescinds 'Largest' Fine Ever Levied Against Christian School
• 'Wrongly Accused': Trump's Education Department Rescinds Biden's $37 Million Fine on Christian University - The outlet said the initial fine "sparked allegations that the Biden administration was targeting and harshly punishing Christian universities."
• Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Says He Favors Hiring Black Staff Because They Are 'Earth's Most Generous Race'
• Justice Department investigating Chicago Mayor Johnson for alleged racially motivated hiring
• US Attorney Alina Habba Announces Federal Charges Against Democrat Rep. LaMonica McIver for Assaulting ICE Agents
• Rep. LaMonica McIver Charged with Assault, Impeding Law Enforcement Officials at ICE Detention Center
• US Supreme Court lets Trump end deportation protection for Venezuelans
• Supreme Court Sides With Trump - Allows Removal Of 'Protected Status' From 300,000 Venezuelan Migrants
• Supreme Court Lifts Obama Judge's Block on Trump's Order to Revoke 'Protected Status' of Hundreds of Thousands of Migrants - Ketanji Jackson Dissents
• Obama Judge Says to Hell with the Supreme Court, Orders Trump DOJ to Turn Over Docs Related to Decision to Revoke 'Protected Status' for Hundreds of Thousands of Migrants
• Tim Walz Claims ICE Agents Are 'Trump's Modern Gestapo' Chasing 'Folks'
• Tim Walz ripped for comparing ICE to 'Gestapo' in 'outrageous' commencement speech
• Naturalized American Doubles Down on Trump Support After Wrongful ICE Detention - Says 'No Hard Feelings,' Still Backs Deportations of Criminal Illegals
• Fears of new 'super cartel' as Mexico's most violent gangs make terrifying alliance
• Three U.S. State Department Advisors Gunned Down at Taco Stand in Mexico
• Colombian Influencer Shot Dead Days After Mexican Influencer Killed During TikTok Livestream
• Reporter Asks Karoline Leavitt About Clinton Suicides and Epstein's Ties to Israeli Intelligence Agencies After Trump Posts Video Tying the Clintons to Multiple Alleged Suicides
• FBI Director Kash Patel and Deputy Dan Bongino Face Massive Patriot Backlash After Claiming "Epstein DID Kill Himself" and Downplaying the Trump Butler Assassination Plot
• BLM activist Aston Mack, busted during a child sex sting operation
• President Trump Signs Take it Down Act - Criminalizes Nonconsensual AI Generated Pornographic Images
• Singer Sufjan Stevens Calls the Bible 'Very Gay': 'Religion Is Very Sexual, Erotic'
• This Is Your Priest on Drugs - Dozens of religious leaders experienced magic mushrooms in a university study. Many are now evangelists for psychedelics.
• Nevada Legislature Quashes Bill to Legalize Physician-Assisted Suicide
• Bird flu in humans hasn't officially been seen in U.S. in 3 months: "We just don't know why"
• Top FDA Official Discloses She Never Received COVID-19 Vaccine
• W.H.O. Cries Poor as It Faces 'Existential Crisis' After U.S. Funding Cuts
• Portuguese far-right leader taken to hospital after second collapse - Andre Ventura taken ill at campaign event less than 48 hours after first collapse and three days before election
• Andre Ventura, leader of the Chega party, withdrew as a presidential candidate in Portugal just three days before the election
• Trump Goes There, Questions Biden White House Doctor Following Cancer Diagnosis Announcement
• Hakeem Jeffries Accuses Republicans of Pushing 'Conspiracy Theories' When Asked if Democrats Were Dishonest About Biden's Health
• Cover-Up: Urologist Says Joe Biden Likely Knew He Had Prostate Cancer Going Back 5-10 Years
• Doctors say Biden likely had cancer in office, scrutiny on mental decline ramps up
• Joe Biden's Cancer Diagnosis Shouldn't End Scrutiny of the Cognitive Decline Cover-Up - Ignore David Axelrod's suggestion that questions "should be more muted and set aside for now as he's struggling through this."
• Rep. James Comer Says Staffers Behind Biden's Autopen Scandal When He was "Clearly in Mental Decline" Have Been Identified - Warns Subpoenas Are Coming
• Tapper: 'We Had All Seen Evidence of Decline' from Biden, I Should Have Been 'More Aggressive'
• Jim Jordan: We Shouldn't Be Surprised They Lied About Biden's Mental State
• Van Jones: Dems Will Pay for Covering Up Biden's Decline for a 'Long Time'
• Newsmax's Schmitt: Biden Legacy Is 'Elder Abuse by a Power-Hungry Democratic Deep State'
• Chris Murphy: We Have a 'Madman' in the Oval Office Because Dems Failed to Oust Biden