May 28th, 2026

• ​Trump says US 'not satisfied' in talks with Iran, days after claiming deal imminent - Trump reiterates call for Gulf states to join Abraham Accords, implies talks slowing as US denies committing to lifting blockade, pulling troops from region under purported draft agreement
• Trump: I'm not sure I'll make deal with Iran if Gulf countries don't join Abraham Accords
• The Mideast Is Baffled by Trump's Call to Expand Abraham Accords - The president said more countries should be required to recognize Israel as part of a deal to end the war with Iran. Analysts say the chances of that happening are close to zero
• Even with Gulf on edge, negotiations stalling, experts say peace with Israel 'possible' - Faisal J. Abbas, the Editor-in-Chief of Arab News, noted that peace is possible with Israel but that the country "needs to embrace a two-state solution."
• Iran Claims U.S. Talks Don't Include Enriched Uranium Stockpile
• Trump's emerging Iran deal forces Israel to seek guarantees, not victory - With framework risking drawn-out nuclear talks and questionable freedom of action, Jerusalem left with little to do but reach clear terms with DC on handling future threats
• Opinion: Reported terms of Trump's Iran deal would confirm the war as an epochal failure
• Report: Iran fears Trump will announce unilateral deal
• Dow rises nearly 200 points to new record close as oil retreats on Iran truce optimism
• Oil prices fall more than 5% after Rubio says U.S. will give Iran talks 'every chance to succeed'
• U.S. carries out new strikes against Iranian military site, official says
• Iran Strikes US Base In Retaliation For Attack Near Bandar Abbas, Warns Of 'More Decisive' Action
• US Imposes Sanctions on Iranian Agency Trying to Control Strait of Hormuz Shipping
• Trump threatens to 'blow up' US ally Oman amid talks over strait of Hormuz - US president calls on US ally to 'behave… or else we'll have to blow them up' in casual aside during cabinet meeting
• Iranian missile likely involved in attack on ship in Strait of Hormuz, South Korea says
• US ally pledges support for Trump's push to break Iran's grip on Hormuz: 'We are ready to contribute' - Prague has 'unique passive surveillance capabilities' it can contribute to securing the critical oil choke point
• Iranians back online after months-long shutdown, but still face heavy restrictions
• Iran executes man over alleged cooperation with Mossad spy agency - Judiciary claims that Gholamreza Khani Shakarab was tasked with recruiting operatives in country, was part of Israeli plot to assassinate rabbi and blame Iranians
• Hezbollah claims clashes with Israeli troops north of Litani; IDF dismisses reports
• Israel issues evacuation order for swathes of southern Lebanon
• IDF troops start new Lebanon offensive to 'seize dominant terrain,' protect northern Israel - Lebanese media report clashes between IDF and Hezbollah terrorists in several areas
• Hezbollah trying to 'hunt' IDF commanders in southern Lebanon with FPV drones - report
• Soldier killed in Hezbollah drone attack as Israel widens strikes on terror group
• IDF says 2 Hamas operatives targeted in Gaza strike; 7 reportedly killed, 18 wounded
• Hamas confirms death of military chief Mohammed Odeh; defiant funeral held in Gaza City
• Trump's Board of Peace's official fund receives 'zero dollars' despite billions pledged - report
• Iran war may be dampening international enthusiasm for peacekeeping force in Gaza - Board of Peace postwar plan in limbo as Arab and Muslim leaders from Indonesia to Kazakhstan seen balking at open cooperation with US and Israel in wake of attacks on Islamic Republic, Lebanon
• New Hamas military head killed in Gaza strike 11 days after predecessor eliminated - PM Netanyahu, DM Katz: Israel 'will get all of them' – Katz pledges to pursue voluntary emigration
• Gaza Board of Peace blames Hamas' refusal to disarm for stalled ceasefire
• DM Katz says Israel will continue to pursue 'voluntary emigration' plan for Gaza, Hamas will not rule enclave
• Knesset panel restores word 'massacre' to Oct. 7 memorial bill after backlash
• Israel bars entry to 40 activists from human rights group with known ties to Hamas
• Gaza flotilla activist admits provoking scrutiny through confrontation with Israel was main goal
• Foreign Ministry accuses detained flotilla activists of faking their injuries - Ministry mockingly hails 'miracle' recovery of German activist filmed lying on a stretcher with a neck brace when deported to Turkey, standing upright two days later in Germany
• For 2nd time in days, settler filmed striking dog during raid of Palestinian village - Suspect also seen shoving woman, young child to ground; police say they've launched probe, but one was also opened after similar attack 2 weeks ago that hasn't led to any arrests
• Israeli Police bust drone-assisted smuggling network in Negev Desert
• IDF document hails cluster munition as 'operational success' against drones
• Israel gets 1st of new KC-46 refueling planes, major step up in long range capability
• Opposition party leaders spar over potential inclusion of Haredim in future coalition - Democrats' Golan slammed after undated clip showed him saying he would sit with ultra-Orthodox if it was the only way to oust Netanyahu-led Likud and far-right; Lapid and Bennett vow no compromise on draft exemptions
• Haredim infuriated after Smotrich refuses to back bill granting benifits to draft dodgers - Haredi lawmakers lashed out at the Religious Zionist Party after it refused to support daycare subsidies tied to draft exemptions
• Following draft evader arrests, Gafni calls on Haredim to halt cooperation with police - Degel HaTorah chair urges local representatives not to 'become complicit in harming the holy Torah.' MKs advance bill restoring daycare subsidies for the children of draft dodgers
• France probes alleged local election interference by Israeli company - Paris prosecutors investigating after several far-left candidates claim they were targeted by disinformation campaigns; authorities stress no indication Israeli government involved
• US-Israel relations face deepest crisis in decades - The narrative that Israel "dragged" the US into war is gaining ground and young Evangelicals, historically a pillar of pro-Israel support, are also losing interest.
• Antisemitic Congress candidate loses Texas primary but gets 40% of vote - Maureen Galindo, who called for the imprisonment and castration of 'billionaire Zionists,' secures more than 5,700 votes in runoff election
• Hundreds protest Mayor Mamdani outside Gracie Mansion over rising antisemitism in NYC
• Tens of thousands expected at NYC's annual Israel parade; Mamdani to boycott it
• New York State passes buffer zone legislation protecting synagogues from harassment
• US reimposes sanctions on anti-Israel UN rapporteur, one week after dropping them
• Ukraine reburies Nazi collaborator with state honors, drawing Israeli condemnation - 'Glory to every Ukrainian hero,' Zelensky, who is Jewish, says of Sofia Fedak-Melnyk; Yad Vashem 'deeply troubled' by event, Foreign Ministry decries 'ignoring of historical truths'
• Hungarian lawmakers repeal ICC withdrawal initiated by Orban in gesture to Netanyahu - Parliament votes 133-37 to pass new PM Magyar's bill to stay in criminal court, nixing move announced by his predecessor as he hosted Israeli PM in defiance of arrest warrant
• Nearly half a million Russian soldiers have been killed since start of war with Ukraine - UK spy chief
• Senior Ukrainian commander sees imminent 'turning point' in war
• Socialists Going Down: Spanish Anti-Corruption Police Raid the Headquarters of PM Sanchez's PSOE Party in Probe of Illegal Funding
• 'I've never felt poor before': Inflation and higher gas prices are stretching workers to their limit
• Republicans stare down inflation abyss with midterms fast approaching
• Trump says Vance's anti-fraud efforts will save Social Security and lead to 'balanced budget'
• Former Senior CIA Officer With Top-Secret Clearance Arrested After FBI Raid Home And Seize 300 Gold Bars Worth $40 Million - Plus $2 Million Cash And 35 Luxury Watches
• SBA Administrator Kelly Loeffler Reveals $200 Billion in Fraudulent PPP Loans Were Hidden by Biden Admin - "People Are Going to Jail"
• Spencer Pratt Demands Investigation into Karen Bass for "Flagrant Violations" of Election Laws After Campaign Video Shows Illegal Electioneering
• Newsom seeks to shield California elections from federal interference
• DOJ subpoenas Fulton County poll workers to interview them over 2020 election - Justice Department lawyers say a grand jury wants the information
• White House plans to issue NDAs for federal workers to prevent leaks
• Trump voices support for CFTC in battle for authority to regulate prediction markets
• Google employee charged with using inside information to make $1M on Polymarket
• Germany Moves to Control Social Media: 'Trusted' News Sources To Be Algorithmically Boosted By Law
• Hayward: Pope Leo's 'Magnifica Humanitas' - The Word Became Flesh, But Can It Become Code?
• How Big Tech will wring $1M from each person - and what it'll do with your private info - Tech companies could be raking in more than $1 million a pop from every American's online data over the years - with AI firms specifically reaping potentially millions more, according to a shocking new study.
• China Is Testing Its State Surveillance Model Abroad - When a remote Pacific village asked for help with rowdy youth, the Chinese police arrived with a surveillance system. Then came the backlash.
• NASA projects may have violated law hundreds of times with joint research with China, Congress finds
• Missing UFO-Linked Air Force General Had Dinner with Space Force Members Hours Before Disappearing
• Brief S1 solar radiation storm observed after large far side CME
• Two M6.0 earthquakes hit the western Indian-Antarctic Ridge
• 5.3 magnitude earthquake hits near Neiafu, Tonga
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near Adak, Alaska
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Soe, Indonesia
• Sheveluch volcano on Kamchatka, Russia erupts to 27,000ft
• Sabancaya volcano in Peru erupts to 26,000ft
• Sangay volcano in Ecuador erupts to 22,000ft
• Popocateptl volcano in Mexico erupts to 20,000ft
• Fuego volcano in Guatemala erupts to 17,000ft
• Purace volcano in Colombia erupts to 17,000ft
• 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
• Kanlaon volcano in the Philippines erupts to 13,000ft
• Heavy rainfall and flash flooding forecast across Texas, the Gulf Coast, and the Appalachians
• 'Mind-bogglingly crazy': Europe's deadly, early heatwave is smashing records - There have been "seven deaths directly or indirectly linked to the heat
• James Talarico Claims Climate Change is Killing Thousands of Texans and Americans
• Authorities believe 11 people are dead in implosion at Washington state paper mill
• 'House of David' Star Michael Iskander: 'God Is Pouring Out His Spirit Onto Media'
• Mamdani, NYC's first Muslim mayor, joins New Yorkers in prayer for Eid Al-Adha
• AOC sports hijab for Muslim holiday event with Mamdani in the Bronx
• Bangladesh spares albino 'Donald Trump' buffalo from Eid sacrifice - Rare albino buffalo had already been sold as a holiday offering, but authorities step into save the animal, citing 'unusual level of public interest' from presidential hair-do
• Trump Files Motion to Restart WH Ballroom Project After Second Assassination Attempt in a Month
• Maryland's Democrat Governor Just Signed a Law Banning the Most Popular Handgun in the United States
• Violent Portland suspect freed without bail allegedly smashes officer's face with softball-sized rock one day later
• Minneapolis Police Chief Who Ordered Officers to Interfere with ICE Has Resigned
• DHS Secretary Says He's 'Drawing Up Plans' To Halt International Flights To Cities That Don't Cooperate With ICE
• Greg Gutfeld Slams Behavior of Anti-ICE Democrats on Memorial Day: 'Illegal Immigrants Take Priority Over Dead Soldiers'
• 'This isn't Holiday Inn': DHS Sec Mullin blasts illegal immigrants hunger striking over lack of 'ethnic food' at Delaney Hall
• ICE detainees are dying by suicide at an 'alarming' rate, an AP investigation finds
• ICE Arrests Daughter of Cuban Communist Regime 'Old Guard' General
• Justice Clarence Thomas Blasts Supreme Court For Refusing To Hear Florida's Lawsuit Against Blue States Issuing Driver's Licenses To Illegal Alien Truckers
• Paul Anka says Canada's crime rate skyrocketed due to mass migration
• $43 Billion Per Year Burden: Migration Costs Hammer German Taxpayers
• Belgian Remigration Activist Convicted of "Hate Speech" Over Factual Lecture on Migration, US State Slams Ruling
• Sweden Cracks Down: Parliament Bans Cousin Marriage After Years of Mass Migration Fallout
• A new MeToo scandal is unfolding on Capitol Hill - Sexual harassment labelled 'institutional failure' by cross-party task force attempting to take on Washington's broken system
• DOJ Launches Criminal Investigation Into Trump Rape Accuser E. Jean Carroll
• "Take it Up With the Apostle Paul" - James Talarico Doubles Down on Calling God "Nonbinary" and Saying There Are Six Genders, Admits Some "Missed the Mark"
• Canadian govt memo claims 'false claims of transgender violence' circulated online after Tumbler Ridge trans shooter killed mother, brother, school children in massacre
• Ontario man dies of MAID after being assessed outside Tim Hortons - In a second case, the same doctor failed to administer one of three drugs used in assisted deaths and the patient resumed spontaneously breathing after being pronounced dead
• In step toward immortality, Israeli scientists say they can 'rewind' aging in mouse livers
• Ebola outbreak to be the deadliest on record, aid chiefs fear - as travel bans spread and disease spins 'out of control'
• Analysis-'Breakneck' Ebola epidemic in Congo outpaces world's response
• Contagion of conspiracy theories makes Ebola epidemic harder to contain
• Uganda closes its border with Congo, where suspected cases of a rare Ebola type are surging
• 'Stunning betrayal': Feds asks SCOTUS to ignore healthcare workers fired for refusing COVID jab