Hostages to Be Released Amid Four-day Truce in Gaza
Hamas agreed on Wednesday to release 50 hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners, humanitarian aid, and a four-day truce in Gaza. The cease-fire will begin at 10 a.m. local time, when...
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Binance CEO Pleads Guilty as Part of $4.3 Billion DOJ Settlement
Zhao Changpeng, founder and CEO of Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, will step down as CEO as part of a settlement with the Department of Justice. Zhao plead guilty to...
Israel and Hamas Close to Deal to Release Hostages
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh said in a statement sent to Reuters that Hamas was “close to reaching a truce agreement.” With the help of Qatari mediators, the United States and Israel...
Xi Tells BRICS: China Supports an Independent Palestine
Xi Jinping, along with other world leaders from Brazil, Russia, India, and South Africa, took part in a virtual BRICS summit to discuss the Israel-Hamas conflict. The summit was hosted by...
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin Visits Kyiv
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin made an unannounced visit to Kyiv today to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and other Ukrainian military officials. This is Austin’s second visit to...
Ousted OpenAI CEO Joins Microsoft
Over the weekend, OpenAI unexpectedly terminated CEO Sam Altman, and removed Greg Brockman from its board. Microsoft, who is partnered with OpenAI, quickly hired both to lead a new advanced AI...
Libertarian Javier Milei Wins Argentina’s Presidential Election
Libertarian Party candidate Javier Milei won Argentina’s runoff presidential election yesterday. Milei, a proponent of the Austrian School of economics, was an economist and writer before entering politics. Bloomberg results show...
UN: Gaza Faces Imminent Starvation
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) said 2.3 million Gaza residents face “immediate possibility of starvation” due to lack of supplies. According to the UN, the imminent crisis has been a...
Rep. Gallagher Warns of Reversion to Obama-era China Policy
After President Biden met with Chinese President Xi Jinping earlier this week in San Francisco, a reporter asked Biden if he would continue to refer to Xi as a dictator. Biden...
Appeals Court Lifts Trump Gag Order
New York Court of Appeals Associate Justice David Friedman temporarily lifted the October 3 gag order New York State Judge Arthur Engoron imposed on former President Donald Trump and his attorneys....
George Santos Not Running for Reelection; Facing Expulsion
Representative George Santos (R-N.Y.) announced he will not run for reelection after the House Ethics Committee found “substantial evidence” that he violated federal criminal laws, and the Investigative Subcommittee recommended referring...
BlackRock, Apple, Boeing CEOs Attend Dinner With Xi Jinping
BlackRock CEO Larry Fink, Apple CEO Tim Cook, Boeing Commercial Airplanes CEO Stanley A. Deal, and Elon Musk are among the group of elite executives who attended last night’s dinner event...
FBI Director Warns Hamas May Conduct Attacks in U.S.; Denies Use of Informants on Jan. 6
Yesterday, during a Homeland Security Committee hearing, FBI Director Christopher Wray warned, “We cannot and do not discount the possibility that Hamas or another foreign terrorist organization may exploit the current...
Pro-Palestinian Protesters Cause D.C. Lockdown
Representatives Brad Sherman (D-Calif.) and Sean Casten (D-Ill.) were evacuated from the Democratic National Committee (DNC) headquarters by U.S. Capitol Police last night as the situation between pro-Palestine protesters and Capitol...
New York Governor Kathy Hochul Surveilling Social Media
Under the direction of Governor Kathy Hochul, New York law enforcement plans on “reaching out” to people reported for posting hate speech online, along with surveilling social media platforms and collecting...