October 25th, 2025

• ​Report: Senior UAE official held call with Smotrich during layover in Dubai, warning against steps that could tank Abraham Accords
• Finance Minister Smotrich apologizes for insulting Saudi Arabia while dismissing 'Palestine' recognition in exchange for peace
• Bachmann: Kushner, Witkoff's Gulf Ties Undermined Israel's Victory Over Hamas
• Western countries that recognized Palestinian state join US-led ceasefire monitoring hub
• Erdogan says US, others must press Israel to abide by Gaza ceasefire - Turkish leader and Israel critic suggests ostensible Israeli violations should be met with sanctions or the halting of arms sales
• Israeli defense company wins 2 billion Euro deal in Germany despite formal arms embargo
• Hamas, Fatah hold talks in Cairo on next steps for Gaza truce - Source says sides agreed to 'work on organizing the Palestinian internal front'; Hamas says 'factions' agreed independent Palestinian technocrats will administer post-war Gaza
• US weighs which side's red line to cross as it seeks to implement Gaza deal's 2nd phase
• Netanyahu said to insist PA have no role in Gaza as US pushes Trump's plan to end war - Israeli TV says PM has recently informed US of several red lines regarding Strip's future; Trump reportedly pleased he 'has so far managed to keep both sides in line' amid ceasefire
• Palestinian factions say they agree to let independent technocrat committee run Gaza - Administration will manage basic services 'in cooperation with Arab brothers and international institutions', says joint statement
• US flies surveillance drones in Gaza airspace to monitor Israel-Hamas ceasefire compliance
• Rubio at Gaza coordination HQ: Israel has met its ceasefire commitments, Hamas must disarm - Terror group 'cannot be involved in governing Gaza,' says top US diplomat, adding 'there is no plan B,' only Trump's 20-point peace plan; calls UNRWA a Hamas 'subsidiary' that can't play role in aid delivery
• Rubio stresses there is 'no plan B' amid questions over Trump's Gaza deal
• Analysis: Trump's bearhug leaves Netanyahu with little room to move, and an election is coming - PM has thrown in his lot with the US president, and reaped great benefits, notably on Gaza and Iran. But he has given up control over much of what happens between now and when Israel head to the polls
• Aid Group: Clearing Gaza's 'minefield' surface of ordnance could take 20-30 years - IDF says drone strike hits terror operative who crossed Yellow Line; humanitarian orgs say food supplies not meeting nutritional needs on the ground, situation 'catastrophic'
• 'Violent and terrorist activities': Pakistan cabinet bans TLP party; decision after deadly Gaza protest
• DHS Urged to Re-Vet Immigrants from 'High-Risk Regions' After Biden's DHS Gave Visa to Hamas-Linked Operative
• House Dems leader Jeffries endorses Mamdani, after criticism of anti-Israel rhetoric - New York representative backs far-left Israel critic for mayor, a day before early voting, despite previously expressing concerns about antisemitism
• Commentary: Hakeem Jeffries Surrenders Democrat Party to Zohran Mamdani
• Nolte: Over 25% of New Yorkers Consider Fleeing if Zohran Mamdani Elected Mayor
• As number of rabbis to sign anti-Mamdani letter tops 1,000, others decry 'red lines' - Rabbis who didn't back statement against anti-Israel candidate say it's not their place to tell congregants how to vote in NYC mayoral race, express concerns about divides among US Jews
• Anti-Israel activists at university in London threaten to 'behead' Israeli professor
• 'The church is asleep right now': Ted Cruz urges US Christians to fight Jew-hatred on right - The Texas senator's warning comes as antisemitic and anti-Israel conspiracy theories surge, led by voices like Candace Owens and Tucker Carlson, and young people question Hitler's evil
• ANU Museum honors immigrants on Aliyah Day with fair, tours, music - Tel Aviv's Museum of the Jewish People invites olim for multilingual celebration of immigration and Israeli identity
• Protests mount as crime wave in Arab cities claims 209th victim this year - Northern Arab city in shock after 53-year-old shot dead in his home by assailants who also injured his wife; hundreds in Kafr Yasif protest surging crime wave, blame police
• Dramatic reductions to IDF troops in Judea and Samaria will put communities at risk, MK Sukkot warns'
• IDF strikes several Hezbollah sites in northern and southern Lebanon, says group in 'blatant violation' of ceasefire terms - Lebanese newspaper warns about potential escalation of strikes if Hezbollah not disarmed
• IDF says it killed operative involved in restoring Hezbollah's military capabilities in south Lebanon strike
• Turkish court throws out case aiming to oust opposition leader - Local stock market boosted after closing of case against Ozgur Ozel; new espionage probe opened against Istanbul mayor Imamoglu, an Erdogan rival imprisoned since March
• WSJ: Trump plans 'Golden Fleet' to modernize US Navy to counter China and other threats
• China creates Day of Taiwan's Restoration as part of sovereignty claims over island
• Politico Reporter Under Investigation for Serving as CCP Spy
• 'Sex Warfare': China, Russia deploy honeypots to seduce tech execs, obtain industry secrets: report
• 'Crude Violation': NATO Intercepts Russian Jets as Secretary General Affirms Shoot-Down Doctrine
• Putin's System Begins to Collapse as Russians Finally Dare to Confront Him - From pensioners to Communist party loyalists, people across Russia are daring to stand up to Putin directly
• Kyiv's allies push for quick use of frozen Russian assets, US still reviewing missiles for Ukraine: Rutte
• How Trump's plans for a Budapest summit with Putin turned into sanctions on Russia
• Viktor Orban: Hungary Planning to 'Circumvent' Trump Sanctions on Russia
• Silicon Valley's War Profiteers - After years of pushing sensationalized claims about foreign threats, Silicon Valley's military start-ups are set to score billions in funding for drones and AI-powered weapons in the nearly $1 trillion defense budget
• Donald Trump Jr.'s Drone Ventures Could Make a Killing - Thanks to Dad's Big Beautiful Budget - After Trump was reelected, his son took stakes in several drone companies. They're now raising ethics concerns.
• Drone company's stock soars after it appoints Donald Trump Jr. to advisory board - Orlando-based Unusual Machines said it relies on Chinese imports and warned of potential impacts from Trump tariffs
• Ontario to pause Reagan tariffs ad after Trump terminated Canada trade talks
• Ontario Premier Doug Ford plans to run anti-tariff ad during World Series game despite Trump canceling trade talks
• Companies Have Shielded Buyers From Tariffs. But Not for Long. Cars, toys and tea are among products set to get more expensive as tariffs weigh on corporate profits.
• U.S. coffee prices spike due to tariffs and poor weather
• Inflation climbs to highest level since January, beef prices soar - A recent uptick in prices has coincided with a sharp slowdown of hiring
• Cost-of-living worries haunt Americans ahead of midterms, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds
• USDA: Can't Use Contingency Funds for SNAP Aid
• Pentagon Received $130 Million Anonymous Gift to Pay Troops
• Mystery Trump ally donates $130M to cover troops' paychecks amid shutdown chaos - Congress is the one who has the authority to appropriate funds
• Hakeem Jeffries Blames Shutdown on 'Republican Healthcare Crisis' (It Was Set Up by Laws Signed by Obama & Biden)
• Joe Manchin Exposes Biden's Thug Tactics - Says Biden Orchestrated Death Threats and Paid Protestors After He Refused to Back 'Build Back Better' Spending Boondoggle
• Study: TikTok boosts Mamdani videos, suppresses Cuomo content - Dodeles wrote that it's "not just bias," it's "algorithmic steering."
• DNC Chair: 'May Be Nearing' Moment Where 'Elections Don't Matter' and 'Resistance Looks Completely Different'
• Cultural Vandalism: Real-Life Indiana Jones Torches Trump's White House Teardown With Scathing ISIS Comparison - An archaeologist who spent years documenting the recovery of ancient artifacts looted by ISIS in Syria and Iraq is shocked by Trump's wanton destruction.
• "He's Erasing History" - Real-Life Indiana Jones Blasts Donald Trump's East Wing Demolition for Ballroom Expansion
• Chelsea Clinton Laments Trump Demeans the White House with His Renovations - The same building where her father demeaned himself and the nation in his scandalous Oval Office dealings with intern Monica Lewinsky
• Trump admin accuses Hillary Clinton of stealing White House furniture as former first lady slams ballroom plan
• Big Tech Helped Bankroll the East Wing Destruction - Meta, Amazon, Microsoft, Apple, and Google have a lot riding on their relationships with the Trump administration. They all cut checks for the ballroom.
• Out to Pasture: Why Hollywood's Animal Actors Can't Find Work - As AI continues to advance, more productions are opting to create animal performances in post rather than film with the real thing
• NYT: A Teen in Love With a Chatbot Killed Himself. Can the Chatbot Be Held Responsible?
• AI Security System Mistakes Bag of Doritos for Gun, Triggers Police Response to School in Baltimore
• Amazon's Massive Internet Outage Left 'Smart Bed' Owners with Overheating Mattresses
• 5.8 magnitude earthquake hits near Nemuro, Japan
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Merizo Village, Guam
• Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 16,000ft
• Kanlaon volcano in the Philippines erupts to 15,000ft
• Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 14,000ft
• Fuego volcano in Guatemala erupts to 14,000ft
• Santa Maria volcano in Guatemala erupts to 13,000ft
• Jamaica has a rich hurricane history but has avoided most powerful storms - Although Jamaica has been hit by many hurricanes, a storm stronger than Category 3 has never made landfall on the island
• Jamaica could face days of hurricane conditions as Melissa set to rapidly intensify in the Caribbean
• One dead in Haiti as Tropical Storm Melissa brings severe weather across the Caribbean
• Germany Warns Of Dangerous 'Boom' In Hard Drug Use
• FBI Director Kash Patel calls Kensington drug takedown 'how you safeguard American cities'
• Wife of Colombian fisherman - one of 32 supposed drug traffickers killed in US boat strike speaks out: "Why did they just take his life like that?"
• US Sanctions Colombian President Petro, Citing Illicit Drugs
• Trump considering plans to target cocaine facilities inside Venezuela, officials say
• US is sending an aircraft carrier to Latin America in major escalation of military firepower
• Pentagon Orders Aircraft Carrier to the Caribbean - Move is strongest sign yet that Trump administration envisions expanding its military campaign in region
• War Footing: Trump sends aircraft carrier & Super Hornets to blitz narco-terrorists as Hegseth vows to 'hunt them like Al Qaeda'
• Could USA invade Venezuela? Doomsday report warns of 100,000 troops and social collapse - Maduro, on national television last night, begged Trump not to send ground troops to avoid a "crazy war," after Trump authorized covert action against the country in his battle against drug trafficking
• Venezuela's Maduro says US 'fabricating war' as it deploys world's largest warship
• Lula: US Action in Venezuela Threatens Sovereignty
• Republicans Who Have Rarely Opposed Trump Raise Questions About His Drug War - The president said he wouldn't seek congressional approval for his expanding military offensive against cartels, but some in his party believe Congress should weigh in
• War Secretary Hegseth Responds to Leaked Memo on Nationwide National Guard Response Force Establishment by April 2026, Confirms Administration Ready to Mobilize National Guard "When Necessary"
• Jimmy Kimmel Claims 'Christianity Has Been Co-opted and Perverted' in Rant About Trump's Illegal Immigration Crackdown
• DOJ vows to investigate Dems over plans to identify, prosecute federal agents in California, Illinois
• AG Pam Bondi announces investigation into another Trump foe: Nancy Pelosi - Pelosi suggested those who break the law should be held accountable, even if those people are federal agents. The attorney general wasn't pleased.
• AG Pam Bondi Warns Pelosi, Democrats for Threatening ICE Officers
• Attorney General Pam Bondi Orders Nancy Pelosi to "PRESERVE HER EMAILS" After She Ordered ICE Agents to Be Arrested: "We Will Charge Them if They Think I Won't, They Have Not Met Me"
• Florida Police Bust Massive Colombian Theft Ring Run by Illegal Aliens Disguised as "Landscapers" - All Five Suspects Are in the U.S. Illegally with ICE Detainers
• Inside the Tech CEO Campaign to Stop Trump From Sending Troops to San Francisco - Sam Altman, Jensen Huang and Marc Benioff conferred with Mayor Daniel Lurie on how to persuade the president not to deploy the National Guard
• Bernie Sanders: 'If You Don't Have Any Borders, You Don't Have a Nation'
• Merz says Europeans fear 'public spaces' due to migration
• Germany: Migrants Committed Nearly 3 Million Crimes Since Merkel Opened Borders
• Illegal immigrant trucker failed CDL test 10 times in 2 months — Washington licensed him anyway
• Coast guard security shoot at U-Haul truck after masked driver tries to back into California base
• Man charged with murder in North Carolina had 40 previous arrests
• ESPN's Stephen A. Smith Falsely Claims NBA Gambling Investigation is Trump's 'Revenge'
• Kash Patel Blasts Stephen A. Smith Over Claim that Trump Is Behind NBA Gambling Probe: 'Single Dumbest Thing I've Heard'
• Prince Andrew's arms banner removal 'ghastly,' reserved for 'high treason or rebellion': royal expert
• Wolff: This Is What I'm Going to Ask Melania Under Oath - Author Michael Wolff says his explosive lawsuit against Melania Trump will lift the "dark curtain" on the "secrets" entangling the first lady, President Donald Trump, and Jeffrey Epstein
• DEI Government: Hunter Biden Admits His Dad Picked Kamala as VP Because She is Black
• Federal judge rules Biden's HHS overstepped its authority when altering Title IX to include 'gender identity' - "In the opinion of the Court, Congress only contemplated biological sex when it enacted Title IX in 1972."
• Ted Cruz calls out Californians accused of jeering girls protesting volleyball game involving trans athlete
• Minnesota Supreme Court Rules Ban of Trans-Identifying Male Powerlifter from Women's Event Is Discrimination
• Federal Court Crushes Biden-Era HHS Rule Forcing Hospitals to Perform Sex Changes
• Texas doctor surrenders license after being sued for giving cross-sex hormones to minors
• Planned Parenthood moves to block Medicaid termination in Ohio
• Army Lieutenant Who Was Court-Martialed for Refusing COVID-19 Shot Granted Full Reinstatement and Retroactive Promotion After Under Secretary of War Steps In to Fix Slow Processing
• Suspected H5 avian influenza virus detected after elephant seal die-off on Heard Island - If confirmed, it would be the first recorded H5 detection in an Australian sub-Antarctic territory
• France raises bird flu alert to 'high' risk for poultry farms amid rise in cases across Europe