November 16th, 2025

• Trump Organization said close to joining $63 billion Saudi-owned real estate project - NYT reports potential deal ahead of Saudi crown prince's visit to Washington, in latest case of blurred lines between Trump's diplomatic dealings and his family business
• Report: Trump presses Riyadh to normalize ties with Israel - The U.S. president told Mohammed bin Salman he wants progress on a deal ahead of the crown prince's visit to the White House
• Report: Trump pressing Saudi crown prince to ink deal with Israel following Gaza truce - Senior US official tells Axios message to MBS, expected at White House next week, is: 'We did all the things you asked. Now there are things President Trump wants'
• Saudi Arabia may join Abraham Accords 'very shortly,' Trump tells reporters - The US President also discussed a possible deal to supply Saudi Arabia with dozens of F-35 fighter jets
• Mike Huckabee to Newsmax: Abraham Accords Extension 'on the Horizon'
• PM's far-right allies up in arms over US plan's offer of path to Palestinian statehood - As Washington weighs selling F-35s to Riyadh, Israel said insisting sale be conditioned on normalization; politicians, settler leaders oppose two-state solution as part of deal
• Zohar calls for deal with Saudis without commitment to Palestinian state
• Putin, Netanyahu discuss Middle East in phone call, Kremlin says
• US signals optimism about UN resolution for Gaza security force despite Russian & Chinese objections - Israel: New US draft has 'uncomfortable' clauses but Russian proposal is 'bad'
• Unpopular and politically weak, PA's Abbas struggles for a role in Gaza - Palestinian leader, who has not held elections in nearly 2 decades, is sidelined in Strip as critics say he put PA, notorious for corruption, 'hand-in-hand with Israeli occupation'
• US said considering forgoing Hamas disarmament to begin reconstruction, as talks stall - Israeli TV says administration is pushing 'interim solutions' that are 'unacceptable to Israel'; Ahead of UN vote, Israel reportedly readying for deployment of foreign troops to Gaza
• US: Failure to back UN resolution based on Trump's Gaza plan is a vote for Hamas, war - Attempt to 're-litigate the past will come with a real human cost,' says US envoy to UN
• IDF demolishes Hamas tunnel in north Gaza used in deadly 2024 attack on troops
• Commentary: Did Israel use famine as a weapon of war
• First storm of the season pummels Gaza, flooding tent camps and makeshift shelters
• Israeli military uses AI to detect distress and prevent suicides among soldiers
• UN official for violence against women falsely claims no independent probe found Oct. 7 rape - Reem Alsalem's remarks contradict 2024 UN report which found 'reasonable grounds' to believe sexual violence took place in Hamas-led attacks, and even more against hostages in Gaza
• 'We ain't fleeing': Demand for firearms said to rise among NYC Jews after Mamdani elected
• Democratic socialist who accused Israel of genocide defeats incumbent Seattle mayor - Katie Wilson, whose insurgent campaign drew comparisons to Zohran Mamdani's, beats early favorite Bruce Harrell as progressives galvanized by Trump's return to White House
• Likud MK says IDF conscription bill aims to draft half of Haredim 'not in yeshiva' - Controversial legislation 'more or less ready,' says Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee chair
• ISIS terror cell arrested, preventing imminent attack - Four would-be ISIS-supporting terrorists from Beit Safafa in Jerusalem arrested by security forces, thwarting imminent attack
• Lebanon to file UN complaint accusing Israel of building border wall beyond Blue Line - UNIFIL says Israeli construction has blocked access to over 4,000 square meters of Lebanese land; IDF denies accusation
• Damascus home hit by Katyusha rockets launched from outskirts of Syria capital; 1 hurt
• Iran's Revolutionary Guards confirm seizing oil tanker sailing off UAE coast - Marshall Islands-flagged ship unexpectedly diverted into Iranian waters while heading to Singapore, with Tehran claiming it's carrying 'unauthorized cargo'; US monitoring situation
• As Iranian women defy mandatory hijab law, judiciary calls for tougher measures - Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei orders prosecutors and security agencies to target 'organized and foreign' efforts behind rising 'social anomalies'
• DR Congo and M23 rebels sign framework for peace in Qatar
• 'Justice prevails' as Ukrainian oligarchs ordered to pay $3 billion in decade-old PrivatBank case
• Zelensky vows to overhaul Ukraine's energy sector in wake of $100M corruption scandal
• Zelensky associate at crux of Ukrainian corruption case said to have fled to Israel - Legal proceedings expected to take place in absentia against entertainment tycoon Timur Mindich, who is accused of masterminding $100-million embezzlement plot at state companies
• Trump administration stays silent as massive Ukraine corruption scandal rocks Zelenskyy's inner circle - White House declines comment on $100M probe that prompted senior Ukrainian official resignations
• Russia's AI Enabled Drones: The Next Evolution of Warfare
• Japan urges China to scale back response in Taiwan row - China has issued a travel warning for Japan amid an escalating dispute sparked by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's remarks on Taiwan
• China has issued a travel warning for its citizens against visiting Japan due to escalating tensions over comments made by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi regarding Taiwan
• White House memo says Alibaba helping Chinese military to target US: report
• CCP Linked Entities Hold Properties Adjacent to Military Bases Across the US
• US Treasury's last five minted pennies may spark multimillion-dollar bidding war
• Bill to reopen government includes plan to ban THC gummies, drinks, hemp
• Democrats' 'Principled Stand' on the Shutdown Is an Attempt to Pay Back Their Health Insurance Donors
• Jon Voight pleads with Trump to save New York from 'socialist crap city' fate with Mamdani - Trump's Hollywood ambassador calls for Zohran Mamdani's removal, says only president can 'stop this horror'
• Bill Maher tears into socialism and begs Democrats to embrace moderate candidates - The HBO host warned that the GOP would highlight extremists on the left: 'Democrats must recognize that Zohran Mamdani is the future of the party.'
• Seattle's new socialist mayor looks forward to 'coast to coast partnership' with NYC's Zohran Mamdani
• MAGA rift grows as Trump feuds with Greene before key 2026 midterm elections
• In Stunning Development, President Trump Withdraws His Support and Endorsement of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene
• Trump vows to back primary challenger to MTG: "...if the right person runs, they will have my Complete and Unyielding Support."
• Trump, Marjorie Taylor Greene engage in war of words over Epstein investigation
• Trump breaks with 'ranting lunatic' Taylor Greene amid calls for Epstein file release - Firebrand MAGA lawmaker with history of antisemitic comments says US president attacking her for supporting Congressional demands that administration release sex trafficker files
• Trump stews and Dems gloat over feud with Marjorie Taylor Greene
• Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene says she's received threats amid deepening feud with Trump
• Trump goes on offensive over Epstein files, as voters appear unwilling to accept ordeal as a 'hoax' - Trump campaigned on releasing the so-called "client list," a master document of the famous and powerful people to whom Jeffrey Epstein allegedly trafficked underaged girls
• Raskin: Donald Trump Is 'Like a One-Man Crime Wave' - "They killed the actual Epstein investigation when they took over the Department of Justice upon his return to Washington. The first thing they did was they called up all of the files and all of the investigations, and they said it was over."
• Mike Davis: Reagan-appointed judge driven from bench by TDS is a wolf in wolf's clothing - Mark Wolf resigned from lifetime appointment to speak out against president
• Arizona Governor Facing Racketeering Probe Runs From the Media
• FBI arrests suspect in attack on US Attorney Alina Habba's office
• Trump issues fresh pardons for Jan 6 defendants, including woman accused of threatening FBI on social media
• Trump to sue BBC for up to $5 billion over propagandistic J6 speech edit - "They've even admitted that they cheated."
• Trump threatens BBC with lawsuit up to $5 billion over edited speech, despite apology - US president says he plans to raise issue with Starmer; firestorm has prompted resignations of British public broadcaster's director-general and news chief
• Commentary: 'At 16, I was experimented on by the CIA and now I'm suing' - She became an unwitting participant in covert CIA experiments known as MK-Ultra
• Anthropic says Chinese hackers used its Claude AI chatbot in cyberattacks
• Explosive new documentary probes '80-year global coverup' of UFO secrets - Director Dan Farah interviews senior officials who claim to have seen craft and non-human bodies
• Earth Has Tilted 31.5 Inches. That Shouldn't Happen. Can we fix it back? Water has power. So much power, in fact, that pumping Earth's groundwater can change the planet's tilt and rotation.
• 5.4 magnitude earthquake hits near Sarangani, Philippines
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Vallenar, Chile
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits the South Sandwich Islands region
• Ruiz volcano in Colombia erupts to 23,000ft
• Popocateptl volcano in Mexico erupts to 20,000ft
• Sangay volcano in Ecuador erupts to 20,000ft
• Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 18,000ft
• Sakurajima volcano on Japan erupts to 18,000ft
• 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
• Five vents open during Wandan mud volcano eruption in Pingtung County, Taiwan
• At least 11 dead and 12 missing after a landslide in Central Java, Indonesia
• Tornado strikes Albufeira leaving 1 dead and more than 20 injured, Portugal
• Atmospheric river hits Southern California with risks of flash floods in fire-ravaged areas, coast
• Dangerous flash flood threat in California turns deadly as heavy rain pounds the state
• Super fog covers St. James Parish and parts of southern Louisiana
• Newsom Again Avoids Accountability amid Palisades Fire Fallout: 'We're on the Tip of the Spear of Climate Change'
• A crucial system of ocean currents may be on course to collapse. Iceland just declared it a national security threat
• Commentary: Climatism Is Crumbling 10 Years After the Paris Climate Agreement
• Protests return to climate summit with calls for Indigenous rights (and a dash of Trump mockery)
• Electricity bills significantly increasing in some states with the most data centers
• 6,000 N.C. State Students Gather to Worship Jesus: 'All Glory to God'
• World's Largest Statue of Our Lady of Fatima Inaugurated in Brazil - Think of the largest and most iconic sculptures on the planet. Do the Statue of Liberty in New York or Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro come to mind? Now, an even taller statue has debuted
• Thousands protest crime and corruption in Mexico City as 'Gen Z' protests gain momentum
• Trump Says Stopping Suspected Drug Boats Doesn't Work. But the US Reports Record Cocaine Seizures
• U.S. official says the 'table is being set' for possible military action against Venezuela
• Suspected Haitian gang members exchange fire with Marines protecting US Embassy in Port-au-Prince
• Feds expand terrorism charges against Antifa members indicted in Texas ICE center shooting
• 21 Alleged Violent Gang Members Arrested in North Texas FBI RICO Investigation
• 560 illegal immigrants arrested in October during 'Portland Sweep' ICE operation
• Naturalized US citizens thought they were safe. Trump's immigration policies are shaking that belief
• Green Card alert: US plans to use Trump's travel ban to impose chilling immigration rule, know who will be impacted
• Trump's DHS Launches Operation to Rescue Migrant Children Resettled with Unvetted Adults Under Biden Administration
• Ford CEO Claims He Can't Fill 5,000 Mechanic Jobs That Pay $120,000 Per Year: 'We Are in Trouble in Our Country' - We don't have enough young people in the country who are learning skills... we have a surplus of people in college who are going into massive debt wasting their time on useless topics like gender studies, women's studies, and various social justice topics
• Brazil: Lula's former human rights minister formally accused of sexual misconduct
• NPR: Liberals Groups Embrace Gun Ownership in Trump's America
• More liberals, people of color and LGBTQ Americans say they're buying guns out of fear
• 'Free to express opinions': Oregon district pays $650,000 to settle with educators who objected to trans lessons
• Quebec has the highest euthanasia rate in the world at 7.4% of total deaths
• 47-Year-Old New Jersey Pilot Becomes First Recorded Death from a Rare Meat Allergy Triggered by Tick Bites
• Secret millions for the WHO: Who is behind the anonymous donations?