October 16th, 2025

• Commentary: The fallacy of a new Middle East reality - Because a brand-new reality in our region is highly dependent on the acceptance of Israel as a legitimate state which has the right to exist. What are the chances of that happening?
• Netanyahu says Israel giving "peace a chance," but no Palestinian state without "destroying fanaticism"
• Trump tells CNN Israeli forces could resume fighting in Gaza 'as soon as I say the word' if Hamas won't uphold ceasefire deal
• 'Doctor Who' actress admits she had 'Trump derangement syndrome' before Gaza peace deal
• Newsom Marks Hostage Deal by Mocking Trump, Netanyahu as 'Dumb and Dumber'; Deletes Post
• Mark Hamill Shares Hoax 'Occupy Democrats' Meme Claiming Trump's Gaza Peace Deal Was Stolen from Biden
• Backfire: Biden Finally Responds to Peace Deal, But with Unexpected Admission That He Failed on Everything
• 'No real argument' against need for state inquiry into Oct. 7, High Court tells government
• Levin vows to advance bill that would enable slowdown of Netanyahu's trial - Legislation would allow defense minister to limit court hearings during time of war; opposition leaders accuse Levin of returning to judicial overhaul agenda, pledge to oppose bill
• Trial hearing ends early for ill Netanyahu, who's accused of exposing freed hostages to disease - PM's office says he has bronchitis that 'poses no danger' to others; Hostages Forum doctor says his Tues. hospital visit endangered newly released captives who have compromised immune systems
• Gaza experts work to identify bodies of 90 Palestinians returned by Israel
• Palestinian bodies returned by Israel show signs of torture and execution, say doctors - Almost all had been blindfolded and had gunshot wounds between the eyes, says medic at Nasser hospital in Gaza
• Israel's rage over mystery body handed over by Hamas that's not a hostage
• Hamas returns bodies of hostages Tamir Nimrodi, Uriel Baruch, Eitan Levy; 4th body a Palestinian
• IDF receives two bodies from Red Cross; Hamas says it has now returned all dead hostages it could find
• Senior Israeli official insists Gaza war 'not over' until all truce phases complete
• Hamas Brutally Executing Gazans: Turning on the People They Claim to Protect
• Senior US military official tells Hamas to halt executions after Trump downplays them - Chief of US Central Command calls killings a threat to ceasefire in Gaza, says he's working with mediators to protect civilians; France calls incidents 'particularly concerning'
• Israel accused of new war crimes as it kills more Gaza civilians
• Beauty for Ashes documentary: Oct 7 through the eyes of Jewish and Arab believers
• More U.S. Jews shield identity in public amid antisemitism fears, Post poll finds
• Antisemitic threats escalate nationwide as protesters call for repeat of Oct 7 massacre - Jewish students harassed, synagogues vandalized as calls to 'globalize the intifada' spread
• Israel to deploy first combat-ready laser weapon system for operational air defense
• Ken Paxton Uncovers "Illegal Activities" by Developers of 'Sharia City' - Takes Action to Stop Mega Mosque and Sharia Compliant Schools
• Report: Vatican Grants Muslim Plea for Dedicated Prayer Room
• Syria's Sharaa meets Putin in Moscow, but Assad haunts event from the shadows
• Syria's Sharaa, in first Russia visit, says he'll respect all past deals with Moscow - Interim Syrian president expected to ask Moscow to extradite Putin ally Assad, who sought refuge in Moscow after ouster; also said to seek Russian backing against Israeli demands
• Crowds in St Petersburg sing about overthrowing Putin - Hundreds gather to chant anti-war lyrics labelled 'extremist' under Moscow's censorship laws
• Zelensky Moves Against Opponents, Strips Odessa Mayor Trukhanov of Ukrainian Citizenship, Causing Him To Lose His Mandate
• Poll: 75 Percent of Ukrainians Want Zelensky Out of Office After the War
• Cannon Fodder: Putin could deploy 2 million reservists to meatgrinder war with law change - as Trump mulls sending Tomahawks to Ukraine - Putin's battlefield casualties have soared past the bloody one million milestone
• Ukrainian officials meet with US weapons manufacturers ahead of anticipated Trump-Zelensky meeting
• Nato in talks to make it easier to shoot down Russian jets - Defence chiefs want Russian jets carrying ground-attack missiles over allied airspace to be possible targets
• NATO agonizes over leaky air defenses while Russian threat grows - Mounting drone incursions are sparking a debate on national rules that some see as limiting NATO's top military officer
• EU to unveil drone defense plan to counter Russian threat
• The Drones Are Coming: Prepare for Russian kamikaze drones to swarm skies above Britain, gov warned as Iranian weapon is unveiled in Parliament
• Sweden to begin stockpiling food for first time since Cold War
• I'm ready to be King of France - Macron has brought Republic to ruin, says direct descendant of guillotined Louis XVI - The 51-year-old is seen by many in France as the rightful claimant to the throne which hasn't been used since the monarchy was abolished in 1792
• Madagascar coup leader says he will be sworn in as president as African Union suspends the country
• Federal judge blocks Trump admin from issuing layoffs during gov shutdown - This comes after the Trump administration began sending layoff notices on Friday
• Mike Johnson claims Democrats attacked a Capitol Police officer: "They stormed my office"
• House Democrats Storm Speaker Johnson's Office Demanding He Swear In Democrat Rep-Elect Grijalva - But Johnson was at the White House Honoring Charlie Kirk
• VP J.D. Vance Torches Democrats for Hypocrisy - Dems Ignore Democrat AG Candidate Fantasizing About Killing Republicans While Young GOPers Are Publicly Crucified Over Leaked Private Group Chat 'Jokes'
• "Absolutely Ludicrous" - Jack Smith Speaks Out About Trump Inquisition for the First Time, Denies Politics Played a Role in His Cases
• Rep. Jim Jordan Demands Testimony from Jack Smith on His 'Politically Motivated Investigation' into Trump
• Nolte: Election Official Confirms Tim Walz Driver's License Law Allows Illegals to Vote
• President Trump Calls Out the Georgia 2020 Election and "Votes Being Stored in Fulton County"
• Arkansas Col. Conrad Reynolds Facing Prosecution for Promoting Hand Counting Paper Ballots
• Barack Obama Claims Republicans Want to 'Steal' Seats, 'Rig' Election in Ad for Newsom's Gerrymandering Proposal
• Kathy Griffin Promotes 'No Kings' Protests by Calling Trump a 'Fascist Dictator' Who 'Didn't Win a Free and Fair Election'
• Whoopi Goldberg: Trump 'Wants to Be King of the World'
• Capitol Police called to investigate swastika in GOP congressional office - An American flag altered to include an image of a swastika was found in Rep. Dave Taylor's office
• 'I love Hitler': Leaked messages expose Young Republicans' racist chat - Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape
• Mediaite: JD Vance's Defense of Racist Republican Chat Exposes Moral Rot of the MAGA Right
• NAACP Lawyer at Supreme Court: Race-Based Districts Needed Because 'White Democrats' Did Not Vote for Black Candidates
• Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Refers to Black Americans as 'Disabled' During Supreme Court Hearing
• NBC News' 150 Layoffs Gut Black, Latino, Asian American and LGBTQ+ Diversity Teams
• Pentagon Reporters From Every Major (Fake News) Media Organization Lose Their Press Badges After They Refuse to Sign Hegseth's Security Rules
• Top US Army General Says He's Letting ChatGPT Make Military Decisions
• Employee uploads 187,000 explicit images to US Department of Energy network intending to create 'robot porn', gets caught and loses his security clearance, complains he's facing 'the Spanish Inquisition'
• Bessent: Rising power costs a 'binding constraint' of Trump AI boom
• Make India Great Again: Google Announces $15B Commitment for AI Data Center, Largest Investment Outside USA
• Researchers create revolutionary AI fabric that predicts road damage before it happens
• Stellantis 'Bricks' Jeep Hybrids with Botched Software Update, Leaving Owners Stranded
• Asteroid discovered only 2 days ago will fly by Earth closer than the moon today
• Afghan earthquake triggers contradictory Taliban tactics on rescuing women
• Afghan Quake Aftermath: Children Facing Heightened Risk From Disease
• 5.6 magnitude earthquake hits near Ovalle, Chile
• 5.4 magnitude earthquake hits south of the Kermadec Islands
• Klyuchevskoy volcano on Kamchatka, Russia erupts to 23,000ft
• Lewotobi volcano in Indonesia erupts to 22,000ft
• Popocateptl volcano in Mexico erupts to 21,000ft
• Sangay volcano in Ecuador erupts to 20,000ft
• Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 15,000ft
• Fuego volcano in Guatemala erupts to 14,000ft
• Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 14,000ft
• Trump admin will not comply with UN carbon tax on global shipping
• Car Bomb Explosion Outside Mall del Sol in Guayaquil Leaves One Dead and Over 30 Injured. The Terrorist Act Occurs During the State of Emergency Declared by President Daniel Noboa
• Turkey deports peaceful Christians under guise of 'national security' claims watchdog - Ankara calls claims 'unfounded and part of a deliberate disinformation campaign'
• Pete's Hegseth's plane makes emergency landing in the UK - A flight carrying US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has been forced to land at RAF Mildenhall due to a crack in the windshield of the plane
• Chaos in UK town as machete thugs rip down England flags - 'We don't feel safe'
• Reputation Management: Boris Johnson Insists Migration Wave Blame 'So Unfair'
• Trump Administration Authorizes Covert C.I.A. Action in Venezuela - The development comes as the U.S. military is drawing up options for President Trump to consider, including possible strikes inside the country
• Trump next eyes 'land' in drug war, warns cartel boats are 'not faster than missiles'
• President Trump hits hard at the Cartels and revokes visas of 50 Mexican politicians and government officials
• Illegal migrants arrested over ramming attack on Border Patrol SUV in Chicago that sparked 'hostile' riot: officials
• ICE Is Cracking Down on Chicago. Some Chicagoans Are Fighting Back. Residents have begun forming volunteer groups to monitor their neighborhoods for federal immigration agents. Others honk their horns or blow whistles when they see agents nearby.
• Shocking video shows masked ICE agent tackle 'fleeing' black teen to the ground during Walgreens raid
• Meta Removes Facebook Group That Shared Information on ICE Agents - The Facebook page was taken down for "violating our policies against coordinated harm," according to Meta
• Congressmen Demand Netflix Explain 'Demonic' Transgender Content in Children's Shows
• Report: Transgender Identification in 'Free Fall' Among Young Americans
• California girls' volleyball team with trans player sees 10th match forfeited amid controversy
• California candidate for governor Betty Yee backs gender-neutral Olympics
• SCOTUS Rejects Case About Colorado School Hiding Sex Transitions from Parents
• Blue-State Governors Are Attempting to Undermine RFK Jr. by Setting Up a 'Shadow' Health Alliance
• Blue States Are Setting Up a Shadow Public-Health Alliance to Counter RFK Jr. - Initiative aims to help states detect and respond to disease threats in light of public-health funding cuts under Trump
• Trump Rattles Vaccine Experts Over Aluminum - The president's call for removal of the metal from childhood inoculations set off alarms. About half of shots for polio, whooping cough and other diseases would be affected