May 2nd, 2023

• ​McCarthy reaffirms US commitment to Israel in Knesset speech, warns of China, Russia
• Close US-Israel ties make world safer, House leader tells Netanyahu
• McCarthy pledges US will 'fully fund' security aid to Israel while he's speaker
• Analysis: McCarthy's High-profile Israel Visit Sets Netanyahu on a Collision Course With Biden
• McCarthy invites Netanyahu to visit Congress, skip the White House
• White House reiterates Netanyahu visit not planned, after McCarthy vows invite
• Israel Should Be 'Completely Bipartisan' Issue, NJ Democrat Says on McCarthy Trip
• Levin accuses US administration of cooperating with judicial overhaul opponents
• Commentary: Israel's Government Is Not Concerned, but the Judicial Overhaul Could Hurt Its International Standing
• Government agency warns judicial uncertainty will damage tech ecosystem
• Gantz: No progress in talks with government on judicial reform compromise
• Netanyahu: Opposition only says 'no, no, no' in judicial reform talks
• Abraham Accords allow Israelis to excavate two huge 'genizas' found in rural Morocco
• Israel increasingly using facial recognition to track Palestinians - Amnesty
• Berlin police ban pro-Hamas signs, lsrael flag burning during May Day rallies
• Senior member of Islamic Jihad dies in Israeli prison after 86-day hunger strike
• Rockets fired, terror groups warn 'price to be paid' as hunger-striking suspect dies
• Settlers accused of beating Palestinians in northern West Bank
• 1 injured as Palestinian gunman opens fire at Israeli vehicles in West Bank
• Palestinian teen killed, six others hurt during IDF raid near Jericho
• Military tightens restrictions on West Bank's Jericho as terror warnings rise
• Report: Israel got intel on Iran's secret nuclear weapons program from executed spy
• Report: Israel got intel on Iran's secret nuclear weapons program from executed spy
• Syria says Aleppo airport forced to shut after Israeli airstrike; 1 soldier killed
• Arab diplomats meet in Amman to discuss rapprochement with Syria
• Sudan sides trade blame, fight on despite ceasefire
• Thousands of people evacuated from Sudan to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia amid intense fighting
• Sudan battles risk exodus of 800,000 people - UN
• Sudan fighting and evacuations continue as U.S. Navy ship brings more than 100 Americans to Saudi Arabia
• Europe warily eyes security implications of a protracted conflict in Sudan
• Armenian, Azerbaijani ministers hold talks in US over Karabakh dispute
• Blinken on Saudis Moving Away from U.S.: We Have Strong Alliances in Europe, Asia
• Partisans? 'Explosive Device' Destroys Russian Fuel Train Near Ukraine Border
• 34 Casualties as Russian Missiles Rain Down on Ukrainian Civilians in Early Morning Raid
• Report: Rupert Murdoch and Son Lachlan Secretly Met With Ukrainian Dictator Volodymyr Zelenskyy Before Ousting Tucker Carlson - Were "Disturbed" By Tucker's Stance on Ukraine
• France Particularly Vulnerable to Russian Spy Infiltration, Country's Lawmakers Warned
• US military tracking balloon over Pacific, heading for Mexico - Authorities are working to identify the origin of the balloon
• New Evidence Exposes Ties Between Mexican Cartels and Chinese Communist Party
• Global Investors Pull $3.2 Billion out of China in 5 Days
• First Republic Bank Taken Over by FDIC and Sold to JPMorgan - Largest Lender to Collapse Since 2008
• US seizes assets of First Republic Bank, third to collapse in 2 months
• First Republic Bank Is Seized, Sold to JPMorgan in Second-Largest U.S. Bank Failure - Lender teetered for weeks after Silicon Valley Bank's collapse in March
• JP Morgan boss plays down risk of crisis after second biggest bank failure in US history
• JPMorgan's acquisition of First Republic revives too-big-to-fail talk
• First Republic Bank collapse spurs fears for banking system, broader economy
• First Republic fallout: Democrats fume as regulators bail out yet another failed bank
• JPMorgan deal forces Biden administration to defend record on mergers
• Biden promises banking system 'safe and sound' after First Republic collapse
• Carney on 'Kudlow': Expect More Banks to Fail Due to Years of Low Interest Lending
• Steve Scalise: Biden 'Trying To Run Out The Clock And Create A Debt Crisis' By Rejecting GOP Bill
• Treasury Secretary Yellen warns U.S. must raise debt ceiling by June 1 or risk default
• McCarthy weighs in on debt limit showdown from Jerusalem: 'The president still hasn't talked to me'
• White House Caves: Joe Biden Asks Kevin McCarthy to Negotiate Debt Limit
• Schumer Accuses 'MAGA House Republicans' of Risking Default with Spending Cuts Bill
• Bernie Sanders: The Federal Government Should Confiscate Wealth Above $1 Billion - 'I Think People Can Make It on $999 Million'
• Farage: UK's Post-Brexit 'Globalist' Government Is a 'Disaster' for Businesses
• May Day: World's workers rally, France sees pension anger
• May Day Protests Become Violent in Paris
• France protests: More than 100 police hurt in May Day demonstrations
• Hollywood writers, slamming 'gig economy,' to go on strike
• Hollywood writers to strike as streaming shift upends TV business
• Jesse Watters: "It's Never Been More Clear. Epstein Was an Intelligence Asset. Not Only Was He Working with the CIA, Israeli Intelligence, Maybe Even Russian"
• Noam Chomsky, Ehud Barak among names on Jeffrey Epstein's newly uncovered calendar
• Blinken Denies Role in Hunter Biden Laptop Russian Disinfo Letter
• Blinken: 'Not Engaging in Politics' of Whether Hunter Biden Laptop Is Russian Disinformation
• GOP House Permits IRS Agent to Discuss Hunter Biden Probe, Protecting Whistleblower from Reprisal
• Hunter Biden Appears Before Judge For Hearing to Lower Child Support Payments - Opening the Door for Examination of His Financials
• Hunter Biden Paying $20K a Month in Child Support
• Judge denies mistrial in E. Jean Carroll rape case against Trump
• Trump rape accuser E Jean Carroll says her generation stayed quiet about assault
• GOP presidential candidate vows to cure 'cultural cancer' plaguing U.S.
• Dominion wants 'accountability' over Fox News election lies, co-founder says
• 'His Reputation is in Tatters': Tucker Carlson Career in Turmoil After FOX News Firing as No Major Networks Will Touch Him
• Report: Vice Media Group Likely Heading Into Bankruptcy
• President Trump to Hold CNN Town Hall Next Week
• Greg Gutfeld: Biden bragged about his contempt for the press and the reporters just sat there and chuckled
• Americans fault news media for dividing nation: AP-NORC poll
• Wikipedia Facing Potential UK Ban over 'Online Safety' Censorship Bill
• Elon Musk Explains Why 'Woke Mind Virus' Is Pushing Civilizational Suicide
• Google's 'godfather of AI' quits to spread word about dangers of AI, warns it will lead to 'bad things' - Geoffrey Hinton fears there's nothing to prevent 'bad actors' from using AI
• OpenAI gives in to Italy's data privacy demands, ending ChatGPT ban
• Scientists develop A.I. system focused on turning peoples' thoughts into text
• Groundbreaking new AI can detect cancer earlier: study
• ChatGPT found to give better medical advice than real doctors in blind study: 'This will be a game changer'
• Environmental groups sue FAA for SpaceX launch that exploded in April
• Moderately strong M7.1 solar flare erupts from AR 3288
• 5.6 magnitude earthquake hits south of the Fiji Islands
• 5.4 magnitude earthquake hits near Katsuren-haebaru, Japan
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near Contamana, Peru
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits the Kermadec Islands, New Zealand
• Sabancaya volcano in Peru erupts to 24,000ft
• Popocateptl volcano in Mexic erupts to 23,000ft
• Ruiz volcano in Colombia erupts to 20,000ft
• Fuego volcano in Guatemala erupts to 15,000ft
• Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 15,000ft
• Barren Islands in India erupts to 15,000ft
• Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 14,000ft
• Sakurajima volcano on Japan erupts to 10,000ft
• Weekend tornadoes rip through coastal Florida and Virginia causing major damage
• EF3 tornado destroys more than 100 structures in Virginia Beach, officials say
• Videos show cars being tossed around, flipped over by tornado in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
• Dust storm in Illinois leaves at least 6 dead after more than 70 vehicles crash on major highway, officials say
• Historic May storm brings snow and record cold temperatures to the Great Lakes
• Israel falling far behind its own global warming emissions targets
• State, local legislatures eye bans on gas-powered lawn equipment
• Tom Cotton on NY Banning Gas Stoves: 'So Much for a Right-Wing Conspiracy!'
• Federal Judge Rules That Pennsylvania School District Must Host After School Satan Club
• Indians Condemn Ukraine for Sharing 'Hinduphobic' Image of Goddess as Marilyn Monroe
• Haiti on 'brink of civil war', humanitarian group warns - Mercy Corps sounds the alarm about escalating violence between gangs and civilians as Haiti faces a hunger crisis
• Cartel Violence and MS-13 Plague Southern Mexico Border State
• Suspect in Texas massacre had been deported 4 times after entering US illegally, ICE source says
• Bodies of two missing teen girls - and a registered sex offender - among seven people found dead on Oklahoma property
• Former Hopkinton Deputy Police Chief John Porter accused of child rape during stint as school resource officer
• DeSantis signs law allowing death penalty for child rape, defying US Supreme Court ruling
• Israel's Supreme Court justice's remark on lack of 'violence' in rape case sparks outrage
• German Law Legalising Prostitution Has Failed, Politicians Judge
• Pornhub blocks Utah in protest of new age-verification law
• Va. District Mulls Planned Parenthood's Sex Curriculum
• Middle school teacher issues dire warning amid claims she was forced to hide students' gender identity - Teacher Elizabeth Mirabelli tells Fox News schools are teaching students that 'manipulating others is acceptable' and they should 'lie if you need to'
• NYC man wanted for 'hate crime' of defecating on Pride flag
• Montana transgender lawmaker Zooey Zephyr sues after being censured by Republicans
• Kansas Becomes 1st State to Pass Law Defining Gender as a Person's Sex at Birth
• Missouri Judge Temporarily Blocks New Restrictions on Transgender Procedures
• Oklahoma governor makes performing 'irreversible gender transition surgeries' on children a felony
• North Carolina's Leading Medical Institutions "Duke, UNC, and ECU" Offers 'Transgender' Treatments to 2, 3, and 4 Years Old
• MSNBC's Reid: GOP Turning Women Into 'Womb Slaves of Any Red State'
• Coca-Cola shareholders vote down proposal that targets pro-life states
• HHS: Two Hospitals That Denied Abortions Broke Law
• Israel's Sheba Medical Center presents Dr. Anthony Fauci with award for COVID cooperation
• Texas Attorney General Launches Investigation Into Big Pharma for Covid Vaccine Fraud
• The White House Finally Surrenders on Covid-19 Mandates for Federal Employees, Contractors, International Travelers
• 'How Is This Ok?': Auburn's Bruce Pearl Blasts ABC News' Decision to Cut RFK Jr. Vax Comments Out of Interview