News from Around the Web for May 22, 2025

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem expressed “deep sorrow” Thursday over the killing of Israeli embassy staff members Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim in Washington, DC. Lischinsky “was a graduate of the Hebrew University, having completed his degree in International Relations and Asian Studies in 2021,” the university said in a statement Thursday. “We share in the profound grief of their families and loved ones. The man and woman killed, identified as Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim, were a “young couple about to be engaged,” according to Israel’s ambassador to the US. The sole suspect was identified as 30-year-old Elias Rodriguez from Chicago, who chanted “Free Free Palestine” while in custody, police said. Eyewitnesses told CNN the suspected shooter waited for police to arrive before saying he “did it for Gaza.”

#8 Trump, South African President Have Tense Exchange in White House Meeting - Kathryn Watson for CBS News, The Vigilant Fox, Scott Jennings, Benny Johnson, johnny maga, MAGA Voice, and The White House on X

Differences between President Trump and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa came to a head Wednesday afternoon in a tense exchange in the Oval Office, as Mr. Trump confronted him over whether White genocide is taking place in South Africa.  Mr. Trump and Ramaphosa met for a critical conversation — with South African-born billionaire Elon Musk in the room — amid tensions between the U.S. and South Africa, after the U.S. accepted 59 White Afrikaners last week and granted them status as refugees.  At one point in the meeting, Ramaphosa took a question intended for Mr. Trump about what it would take to persuade him that White genocide is not occurring in South Africa. 

#7 Microsoft Says 394,000 Windows Computers Infected by Lumma Malware - Jonathan Vanian, CNBC, Nick Carr, Who said what?, Dark Atlas Squad, Microsoft Threat Intelligence, and Reuters on X

Microsoft said Wednesday that it broke down the Lumma Stealer malware project with the help of law enforcement officials across the globe. The tech giant said in a blog post that its digital crimes unit discovered more than 394,000 Windows computers were infected by the Lumma malware worldwide between March 16 through May 16. The Lumma malware was a favorite hacking tool used by bad actors, Microsoft said in the post. Hackers used the malware to steal passwords, credit cards, bank accounts, and cryptocurrency wallets...

#6 A Former Florida Republican Congressional Candidate Gets 3 Years for Threatening Primary Opponent - Associated Press, WUSF, Nyra Kraal, WFLA NEWS, Red Panda Koala, News 6 WKMG, 

A former Florida Republican congressional candidate accused of stalking and plotting to have his primary opponent murdered by a purported foreign hit squad was sentenced Wednesday to three years in federal prison. William Robert Braddock III, 41, of St. Petersburg, was sentenced in Tampa federal court, according to court records. He pleaded guilty in February to sending an interstate transmission of a threat to injure. In 2021, Braddock and U.S. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna were both candidates in the primary election to represent the 13th Congressional District of Florida in the U.S. House of Representatives. Luna eventually won the primary and later the general election. She was re-elected last year...

#5 US Officials Delayed Warning Public About Heart Inflammation Risk From COVID Shot: Report - Brooke Singman for Fox News, Vigilant Fox, JB Slear, Jevaughn, and Tracy Beanz/The HighWire on X

U.S. health officials knew about the risks of myocarditis from COVID-19 vaccines but downplayed the concern and delayed informing the public about the risks of taking the jab — that is according to a new Senate report released by Sen. Ron Johnson Wednesday. Johnson, R-Wis., chairman of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, has been investigating the safety and efficacy of the COVID-19 vaccines. Earlier this year, he subpoenaed the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for records relating to COVID-19 vaccine safety data and communications about the pandemic...

#4 FDA Requires COVID Vaccine Makers to Expand Warning About Risk of Rare Heart Inflammation - Jen Christensen for CNN, KESQ News Channel 3, Epoch Times, RT, Jenny, and RiftTV on X

The US Food and Drug Administration will now require Covid-19 vaccines from Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna to use expanded warning labels with more information about the risk of a rare heart condition after vaccination. The vaccines’ previous labels warned about the risk of a heart condition called myocarditis, inflammation of the heart muscle, and pericarditis, inflammation of the lining outside the heart, which the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website says is rare but possible after vaccination. The new labels will expand that warning to certain age groups...

#3 Bitcoin Hits New Record High Above $111,000 as Rally Marches On - Arjun Kharpal for CNBC, Cory Bates, Connor Boyak, Max Keiser, Brian Roemmele, Steve Deace/Zerohedge, and Bitcoin Archive on X

Bitcoin continued its rally on Thursday, hitting a brand new record high above $111,000. Bitcoin hit $111,886.41 in early trading hours in London, according to Coin Metrics, before paring some of those gains to trade at around $111,083.67 at 13:01 p.m. London. Bitcoin’s move has been “driven by a mix of positive momentum, growing optimism around U.S. crypto regulation, and continued interest from institutional buyers,” James Butterfill,  head of research for crypto-focused asset manager CoinShares, told CNBC by email. The price rise in world’s largest cryptocurrency is taking place despite a drop in U.S. stock markets on Wednesday...

#2 Disney, ABC Executives Ask ‘The View’ Hosts to Tone Down Trump Bashing - Paul Bois for Breitbart, TV News Now, politically brewed, Eric Deggans at NPR, wdwpro, and Broadway Terry on X

Executives with Disney and ABC News have reportedly asked The View hosts to tone down their bashing of President Donald Trump and political rhetoric overall. While The View hosts have never shied away from bashing Trump and Republicans in general, executives within the company have reportedly grown weary with the show’s over-emphasis on politics, feeling that it has strayed from its original inception as a talk show for women. According to the Daily Beast, two sources confirmed that Disney CEO Bob Iger and ABC News President Almin Karamehmedovic recently held a meeting with The View hosts and executive producer Brian Teta, asking them to shift the conversation away from politics...

#1 Van Jones Slams Biden Cover-up: ‘A Crime Against the Republic’ - Blaze TV Staff, Bobby Schindler, Alan X, JC Sousa? and A Man of Memes/Paul B on X

Democrats spent the entirety of former President Joe Biden’s presidency turning a blind eye to what appeared to be a clear mental and physical decline — but after Biden’s stage four prostate cancer diagnosis, they can no longer pretend the president was in control. His cancer, which has a Gleason score of nine and bone metastasis, has been purported by experts to have been progressing for years, which would include his presidency. Now, even the former president’s fiercest supporters are admitting that they were wrong about the president’s health, including Van Jones. “I don’t care who you are, left, right, or otherwise, anybody who cares about this country and about just the dynamics of power, this is the emperor’s new clothes playing itself out in real time,” Jones told Jake Tapper on CNN...

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