Nvidia sheds almost $600 billion in market cap, biggest one-day loss in U.S. history
Nvidia shares plunged 17% on Monday, resulting in a market cap loss of close to $600 billion, the biggest drop ever for a U.S. company. The sell-off, which hit much of the U.S. tech sector, was sparked by concerns about increased competition from Chinese AI lab DeepSeek. Data center companies that rely on Nvidia chips also plummeted, with Dell, Oracle and Super Micro Computer all falling by at least 8.7%.
DeepSeek hit with large-scale cyberattack, says it’s limiting registrations
DeepSeek on Monday said it would temporarily limit user registrations “due to large-scale malicious attacks” on its services. Earlier on Monday, DeepSeek took over rival OpenAI’s coveted spot as the most-downloaded free app in the U.S. on Apple’s App Store,
dethroning ChatGPT for DeepSeek’s own AI Assistant. It helped inspire a significant sell-off in global tech stocks.
California drops case against David Daleiden for exposing Planned Parenthood baby parts scandal
California has agreed to dismiss the remaining charges against David Daleiden and Sandra Merritt of Center for Medical Progress for exposing Planned Parenthood’s criminal fetal organ harvesting business, ensuring that the pro-lifers will face no jail time, fines, or probation.
What’s going on in Syria? New regime intercepts Hezbollah weapons; IDF builds new base in Syrian Golan
On Sunday, the Interior Ministry of Syria’s new government, which is dominated by the Islamist Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) group, announced its forces had caught a shipment of weapons intended for Hezbollah. The Lebanese terror group Hezbollah was among the Assad regime’s most important allies and is a sworn enemy of the former rebel groups, including HTS.
Trump insists Jordan & Egypt will come around to accept Gaza refugees, despite public rejections
Talking about his earlier comments with reporters on Air Force One on Monday, Trump said he would “like to get them living in an area where they can live without disruption and revolution and violence so much.” “When you look at the Gaza Strip, it’s been hell for so many years,” Trump said. “There have been various civilizations on that strip. It didn’t start here. It started thousands of years before, and there’s always been violence associated with it.
Roman Boundary Stone Found in Israel Links Talmudic Accounts to Diocletian’s Lost Villages
A Roman-era boundary stone recently discovered in Upper Galilee provides valuable insights into local history and broader political dynamics during the late 3rd century CE. The study contextualizes the discovery within Roman administrative practices, rabbinic literature on land boundaries, and settlement patterns in the Late Roman and Byzantine periods, shedding light on the complexities of land ownership and taxation in the region.
Netanyahu is first foreign leader invited by Trump to White House, Israel says
U.S. President Donald Trump invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to visit the White House on Feb. 4, the prime minister’s office stated on Tuesday. Netanyahu is the first foreign leader that U.S. President Donald Trump has invited for such a visit since Trump began his second term, Netanyahu’s office stated. “The most pro-Israel president picking up right where he left off: making the U.S.-Israel relationship great again,” the Republican Jewish Coalition stated.
WATCH: IDF strikes weapons depot in southern Lebanon
Tensions in southern Lebanon reached a boiling point when Hezbollah supporters attempted to enter multiple villages occupied by the IDF, despite the extension of a ceasefire.
Senior Hamas official – ‘We are willing to negotiate with the Trump administration’
Mousa Abu Marzouk, a senior leader in Hamas’s political bureau, expressed the group’s openness to negotiations with the Trump administration, calling it “pragmatic.”
Saudi-Israel talks nearing breakthrough, says new Israeli ambassador to US
Israel is “closer than ever” to normalization with Saudi Arabia, Israel’s newly appointed
ambassador to the US revealed in an exclusive interview with The Jerusalem Post. Leiter, who officially began his role on Friday, described normalization with Saudi Arabia as part of a broader realignment in the MidEast.
Israel Slams Newly Signed Iran-Russia Treaty as ‘Dangerous for the Entire World’
Israel is deeply concerned about a recently signed “comprehensive strategic partnership treaty” between Iran and Russia, according to the Jewish state’s ambassador to Moscow. “Iran is a country that has openly and publicly stated many times its intention to destroy Israel,” Simona Halperin told the Russian state news agency TASS in an interview published on Monday when asked about the pact. “Any cooperation aimed at developing Iran’s ability to realize those intentions, or any agreement intended to strengthen Iran’s economic, strategic, or military capabilities, is dangerous for the entire world and particularly for Israel,”
Jewish Groups to Stop Posting on X Over Musk Conduct, Antisemitism on Platform
“That is why, after careful consideration, we are choosing to stop actively posting on X, formerly known as Twitter, which has become rife with toxic speech. We will transition away from active engagement on X in the first quarter of 2025.”
Israel Says Its Troops in Syria Will Remain Atop Mt Hermon Indefinitely
Israeli troops who seized strategic ground in southern Syria after the fall of Bashar al-Assad will remain on the summit of Mount Hermon indefinitely, Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Tuesday after visiting troops there. Katz said Israel would not allow what he described as hostile forces to establish themselves in southern Syria.
Iranian octopus extends its tentacles to new countries, proxies
A year and nearly four months after the outbreak of the war, it can now be declared that the Iranian-Shiite “Axis of Resistance”– which once surrounded Israel with an effective “ring of fire” and caused great devastation – has suffered a significant strategic blow and is no longer what it once was. One by one, Iran’s proxy forces have taken major hits, and Israel has even demonstrated its capability to strike directly within Iranian territory through aerial attacks. However, the Islamic Republic still possesses cards that cannot be underestimated.
The Love Of Lies: One Day The Decption In Our World Will Reach Unparalleled Heights
Mencken wrote a bogus history about the bathtub. Eight and a half years later, he confessed it was all a lie. But by then his “facts” had made it around the globe, and nothing he did or said could retract them,
Today billions of people around the world believe all sorts of solidly agreeable lies. Lies about God. Lies about Jesus. Lies about creation, morality, Israel, salvation, heaven, hell, judgment, and much more. For example, millions believe Israelis are “occupiers” of Islamic land,
America Once Again Recognizes God’s Design Of Male And Female As A ‘Fundamental Reality’
After President Trump’s inauguration on Monday, he signed a variety of executive orders, including one titled, “Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government.” The order specifically states that “It is the policy of the United States to recognize two sexes, male and female.”
The discovery of brutal mass graves in Syria reveals Assad’s legacy of horror
Since Nov. 28, the White Helmets have uncovered “more than 780 bodies, most of unknown identity,” Abed Al-Rahman Mawwas, a member of the rescue service, told The Associated Press. The charred remains of at least 26 victims of the Bashar Assad government were located Tuesday by Syrian civil defense workers in two separate basements in rural Damascus. The discovery adds to the growing tally of mass graves unearthed since the fall of the Assad government in December. The remains, which are believed to include men, women and children, showed evidence of gunshot wounds and burning.
Russia stops Ukrainian drone from attacking nuclear power facility: Russian governor
Ukraine launched waves of drone attacks targeting oil and power facilities in western parts of Russia overnight, officials and media outlets reported on Wednesday. Debris from a destroyed drone sparked a fire at an industrial facility in Kstovo, in Nizhny Novgorod, governor of the region that lies east of Moscow said on the Telegram messaging app.
US consulate warns of gun battles, IEDs, kidnappings in Mexican border towns near Texas
The State Department has put the state of Tamaulipas, Mexico, which sits across the border from McAllen, Texas, under a “Level 4: Do not travel” advisory. “As a precaution, U.S. government employees have been ordered to avoid all travel in and around Reynosa and Rio Bravo outside of daylight hours and to avoid dirt roads throughout Tamaulipas,” the consulate wrote in a statement.
US tech shares recover some losses from steep DeepSeek selloff
Technology shares on Tuesday regained some ground lost with AI chip leader Nvidia (NVDA.O), opens new tab closing up 8.9% as some investors shopped for bargains after the previous day’s record-breaking wipeout sparked by a low-cost Chinese artificial intelligence model that could threaten the dominance of U.S. rivals.
Trump barrels through guardrails, daring courts and Congress to stop him
Donald Trump, cheered on by compliant Republicans in Congress and confident in the ideological leanings of the Supreme Court, is using his first days in office to impose sweeping changes to the way government works
Chaos On Border: Mexican Cartels Fire At US Border Patrol Agents
Chaos erupted along the US-Mexico border on Monday when cartel members opened fire on US Border Patrol agents. This incident came just one week after President Trump ramped up border security efforts, deployed the military, and formally designated cartels as foreign terrorist organizations.
US Prosecutor Opens Probe Of DOJ’s Jan. 6 Cases
A U.S. prosecutor said on Jan. 27 that he’s investigating why federal prosecutors brought a felony obstruction charge against hundreds of people involved in the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol.
Ed Martin, interim U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, in an internal email ordered a review of the matter, directing employees to hand over files, emails, and other documents. Martin wrote that the use of the charge, obstruction of an official proceeding, was “a great failure of our office.” He ordered the supervisors to provide a preliminary report on the matter to him by Friday.
Google updating maps to ‘Gulf of America,’ ‘Mount McKinley’ after Trump order
On Friday, the Department of the Interior confirmed that the agency would be changing the names of the Gulf of Mexico and Mount Denali to reflect Trump’s executive order changing the name of Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America and restoring the name of Mount McKinley, which was changed to Mount Denali by former President Barack Obama in 2015,
Mouse with two fathers survives to adulthood, marking scientific milestone
A team of stem cell scientists have successfully used embryonic stem cell engineering to create a bi-paternal mouse—a mouse with two male parents—that lived until adulthood. Their results, published on January 28, 2025, in Cell Stem Cell, describe how targeting a particular set of genes involved in reproduction allowed the researchers to overcome previously insurmountable challenges in unisexual reproduction in mammals.
Rennes hit by worst floods in 40 years as Storm Herminia hits France
Storm Herminia has been battering Normandy and Brittany since January 25, 2025, causing widespread flooding, evacuations, and school closures. At least two people have lost their lives.
“Unprecedented” – State Officials Record One Of Largest Tuberculosis Outbreaks In U.S. History
Kansas officials have recorded one of the largest tuberculosis outbreaks in U.S. history since monitoring began in the 1950s.
UN Chief In Open War With Israel & US After ‘Hamas-Sympathetic’ Relief Agency Banned
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) is now in a full and very public international diplomatic fight with the Israeli government, as well as the United States and new Trump administration.
11 Random Facts That Show That America Is Rotting And Decaying Right In Front Of Our Eyes
We are in far more trouble than most people realize. Fentanyl and other drugs are ravaging our cities, and homelessness, poverty and hunger are rapidly growing all around us. Meanwhile, our federal government, our state governments, and our local governments are drowning in debt, and economic conditions are steadily deteriorating.
America’s Taxpayer-Funded Invasion: RAIR’s Investigation into Catholic Charities Sparks Global Outrage Over Refugee Resettlement Racket
After RAIR’s groundbreaking investigation and social media exposé on Catholic Charities and other refugee resettlement groups, we sparked international attention and ignited a national conversation about their controversial role in aiding illegal migrants, undermining ICE, and exploiting taxpayer dollars to fuel the refugee resettlement racket.
Chaos On Border: Mexican Cartels Fire At US Border Patrol Agents
Chaos erupted along the US-Mexico border on Monday when cartel members opened fire on US Border Patrol agents. This incident came just one week after President Trump ramped up border security efforts, deployed the military, and formally designated cartels as foreign terrorist organizations.”
With Antisemitism Rising, Those Belittling The Holocaust Are No Longer Considered ‘On The Fringe Of Society’
“…The most terrifying example can be found in the recent multiple diatribes spewed by Internet influencer Candace Owens. She was once an up-and-coming young voice of reason and conservatism. I do not know what happened in her life, but she has now become the poster child for neo-Jew hatred from the right. She claimed that the human experiments performed by the infamous Dr. Mengele never happened. She also has bought into the lie that Jews control the world and the banks and are demon-possessed. She has 3.4 Million subscribers on YouTube and 6.4 Million followers on X. Who exactly are these people following?”
WHO begs for money from the public after Trump’s announcement to withdraw the US
The World Health Organization is facing a $706 million shortfall in contributions after the US withdrawal initiated by President Donald Trump. Maria van Kerkhove has started an online fundraiser asking for donations from the public that has raised around $23,000, only 0.002% of the needed amount.
We’re in a worldwide lithium battery fire epidemic
Climate Science Coalition of America Executive Director Steve Goreham has warned against governments worldwide investing in lithium-ion batteries. “This is a worldwide epidemic,” Goreham told Sky News Australia. “It’s a lithium fire epidemic.”
China manages to keep its “artificial sun” running for almost 18 minutes
China’s “artificial sun,” the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (“EAST”), has achieved a significant milestone by sustaining a steady-state high-confinement plasma operation for 1,066 seconds on 20 January 2025, breaking its previous record of 403 seconds set in 2023. This breakthrough is claimed to be a crucial step toward the development of fusion power, which promises a nearly unlimited and “clean” energy source.