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US Futures Rise For Fifth Day In A Row As S&P 6000 Looms US stock futures are set for a fifth straight session in the green, as US equity funds benefited from…

Single-Family Home Permits Plunged In April, But ‘Renter Nation’ Returns A day after homeBUILDER sentiment finally cracked (though still dramatically more ‘confident’ than homeBUYERS)… Source: Bloomberg …and mortgage rates are rebounding higher,…

5 Takeaways From Supreme Court Hearing On Nationwide Injunctions, Birthright Citizenship Authored by Sam Dorman and Matthew Vadum via The Epoch Times, The Supreme Court on May 15 heard oral arguments in…

Charter-Cox $34.5 Billion Deal Leapfrogs Comcast As New Cable Giant Charter Communications has agreed to acquire Cox Communications in a blockbuster merger that will create the largest cable TV and broadband provider…

Gwyn Jenkins reportedly withheld evidence of extrajudicial SAS killings in Afghanistan instead of forwarding the matter to military police The British government has appointed General Gwyn Jenkins as First Sea Lord and…

France, Spain, and Greece are reportedly pushing for bloc-wide restrictions to protect children from harmful content France, Spain, and Greece are advocating for mandatory age verification on social media platforms such as…

Russia-Ukraine Talks Wrap Up In Under 2-Hours: ‘Nothing Meaningful To End War’ The Friday meeting between Ukrainian and Russian officials, the first direct engagement of its kind in some three years, has ended, according…

It is “difficult to talk” about détente with the bloc while it is essentially at war with Moscow, according to spokesman Dmitry Peskov Russia does not see any openings for resuming its…

Kiev is leveraging access to Elon Musk’s Starlink to make unmanned copters more capable The Russian Defense Ministry has published a video showcasing recent interceptions of Ukrainian rotorcraft bomber drones. These robotic…

Moscow’s delegation is satisfied with the outcome of the talks and is ready to continue contacts, Vladimir Medinsky has said Russia’s chief negotiator, Vladimir Medinsky, has delivered a statement following the first…

Russia’s foreign minister said attempts were being made to provoke a serious clash between the Asian giants The West is attempting to provoke tensions between India and China by pitting them against…

Novo Nordisk CEO To Step Down Following Brutal Bear Market Novo Nordisk announced a surprise leadership shake-up, with CEO Lars Fruergaard Jørgensen stepping down by mutual agreement with the Board. The move…

Living On Meds, Vitamin C, & Ibogaine: American Precarity Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, Favoring capital over wage earners is the long-established policy of both political parties. Cribbing a…

The negotiations in Türkiye lasted around two hours Talks between Russia and Ukraine have concluded in Istanbul, Türkiye, sources have told RT and Russian news agencies TASS and RIA Novosti.  Ukrainian and…

From saving lives in the trenches to capturing country’s tragedy in timeless novels — here’s how the chaos of revolution and civil war shaped Mikhail Bulgakov, one of Russia’s greatest writers On…

Ali Bongo and his family have left Gabon for Angola after being held for over a year following the August 2023 coup Ousted Gabonese President Ali Bongo and his family have been…

A group of Afrikaners have sought asylum in America, citing claims of racial persecution Deputy President Paul Mashatile has pleaded with farmers at the NAMPO Harvest Day 2025 not to leave South…

Jaw-Dropping Lawsuit Accuses ‘New Soros’ Of Proposing ‘Threesomes’, Other Sexual Harassment Swiss billionaire Hansjorg Wyss—dubbed the “New Soros” by conservatives for his funding of leftwing causes—has been accused of sexual harassment in what…

Russia Readies Its First Underground Oil Storage Facility Russia’s first underground oil storage facility, built by a subsoil user in the Krasnoyarsk territory, is ready for trial operation, said Nina Erofeeva, head…

MAHA Chief Medical Advisor Demands mRNA COVID Jab Moratorium Authored by Jon Fleetwood via substack, British cardiologist and author Dr. Aseem Malhotra, the newly appointed Chief Medical Advisor to the Make America…

The scandal around Pfizer texts and Covid jabs is giving von der Leyen a taste of her own medicine Well, this is awkward. How many times has Ursula von der Leyen, European…

The Pakistani Foreign Ministry has called for a composite dialogue to resolve tensions with its neighbor Pakistan and India have agreed to extend their ceasefire until May 18, Pakistani Foreign Minister Ishaq…

The Russian foreign minister has said the group now represents half of the world’s population and 40% of global GDP The BRICS group has become a leading platform for aligning the interests…

Unreliable foreign contractors and rampant corruption and were behind the losses, the report claims Ukraine has wasted $770 million on attempts to buy weapons from dubious sources, the Financial Times reported on…

Representatives of Kiev and Moscow are holding their first direct negotiations since 2022 Delegations from Russia and Ukraine have started their first direct peace talks since April 2022. The meeting in Istanbul,…

The push has reportedly been inspired by US Senator Lindsey Graham, who proposed slapping 500% levies on Russian exports Ukraine’s European backers are considering imposing “punitive tariffs” on Russian exports as part…

A London-based think tank has assessed the time and funding required for preparing for a war without US backing European NATO members would face a $1 trillion bill over 25 years to…

Colonel Ali Al-Jabri of the Security Directorates Support Agency was targeted while engaging with protesters in the capital Libya’s Security Directorates Support Agency (DSA) says it has foiled an assassination attempt against…

Ukraine Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Bill Reportedly In Final Stages Authored by Zoltan Vardai via CoinTelegraph.com, Ukraine is reportedly moving closer to adopting Bitcoin as a national reserve asset, a move that could…

Moscow won’t be tricked into giving Kiev time to regroup, Rodion Miroshnik has said Any truce between Russia and Ukraine must support lasting peace and not simply be a ruse by Kiev…

The Nuclear Missile Launch Sites Buried Under Greenland’s Ice Revealed Camp Century, part of a secret Pentagon plan called Project Iceworm, was designed in the late 1950s as a hidden network of…

The US president has suggested that the world could become “much safer” in two to three weeks US President Donald Trump has confirmed he is ready to meet with his Russian counterpart…

Emphasizing the need for President Trump and President Putin to come together and cut the gordian knot, Secretary of State Marco Rubio holds a press conference from Turkey explaining the background situation. …

The talks between Ukraine and Russia on the neutral turf of Turkey turned into a geopolitical game of theatrics and narrative competition following the announcement that Vladimir Putin would not attend. NATO…

It is absolutely not accidental that President Trump delivers a speech at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, the USA’s largest military base in the middle east, with a backdrop of an…

Former FBI Director James Comey is also trying to create attention for his new book, so factor that into the equation. Earlier today James Comey posted a popular threatening message against President…

The honors and grand receptions for U.S. President Donald J Trump continued today with an Arrival Ceremony at Qasr Al Watan in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.  The UAE is the third…

In an effort to keep the Daily Open Thread a little more open topic we are going to start a new daily thread for “Presidential Politics”. Please use this thread to post…

Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, is pulling no punches in her view of the direct threat against President Donald Trump that has been made and promoted by former FBI Director James…

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And…

A meeting between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin brings with it the focus of the entire world.  For a myriad of geopolitical reasons both domestically and abroad, there are ‘trillion-dollar’…

Global Population Is Projected To Begin Declining In 2085 The global population is undergoing a major demographic shift. As fertility rates fall and life expectancy rises, average ages are climbing in nearly…

Foreign Minister Jaishankar has said negotiations for a trade deal with Washington are ongoing Indian Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar has rejected claims made by US President Donald Trump that the countries were…

Kiev said “an emergency occurred” on board the US-designed jet The Ukrainian military has confirmed the loss of another US-designed F-16 fighter jet as it was repelling a Russian strike. This marks…

Why Is The Secret German Spy Report On The AfD Party Only Filled With Public Statements? Via Remix News, The German domestic spy service, the Office of the Protection of the Constitution…

It’s Time To End Federal Control Of Education And Restore Parental Authority Authored by Sam Sorbo via American Greatness, For decades, Americans have watched as federal involvement in education expanded, ballooning into…

Moscow has slammed President Emmanuel Macron’s push for more sanctions over Ukraine France has emerged as one of the leaders of the “hybrid war” against Moscow, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova…

Water Wars: One-Fifth Of Pakistan’s Electricity Comes From Hydro India has suspended the Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan, a major water-sharing agreement brokered by the World Bank. The move came on April…

New York To Send ‘Inflation Refund’ Checks To Eligible Residents Authored by Rachel Acenas via The Epoch Times, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Tuesday announced the state’s first-ever “inflation refund,” a…

How Widespread Are Food Intolerances? In a limited survey by Statista Consumer Insights, between 6 and 17 percent of respondents said they had a food intolerance confirmed by a health professional.  As…

The president’s critic has been accused of making a coded endorsement of violence The Secret Service is investigating former FBI director James Comey for making a threat against President Donald Trump, Secretary…

The DoD Audit Conundrum: Accountability Over Accounting Via RealClearPolitics, The Department of Defense (DoD) has failed every audit since 2018, costing taxpayers over $1 billion each year, marked by “disclaimers of opinion,”…

“I Can’t Understand My Professor” By Rob Jenkins of Minding the Campus My colleague at Minding the Campus, Jared Gould, has written persuasively on the problem of colleges and universities over-admitting foreign…

Colorado Could Be The Parental Rights Canary In The Coal Mine Authored by J.P. De Gance via RealClearReligion, Some may look at the pending Colorado legislation destroying parental rights and wrongly see…

Multiple countries have launched corruption investigations into the US-led alliance’s procurement system Police have conducted arrests and searches in several countries as part of a corruption investigation involving current and former employees…

Buffett Liquidated Citigroup, Dumped Financial Stocks As US Entered Trade War : Full 13F Breakdown Warren Buffett already stunned the Berkshire faithful with his “shocking” announcement last weekend that the 94 year…

Montana Becomes Latest State To Ban Lab-Grown Meat  On Tuesday, Montana State Governor Greg Gianforte announced that he had signed a bill into law banning the manufacturing and sale of lab-grown meat.  “So-called “lab-grown…

“86 47” – Former FBI Director Comey Posts-Then-Deletes Creepy Threat Aimed At Trump Former FBI Director James Comey posted a photo of sea shells arranged into the numbers “86 47” on his…

As India-Pak Tensions ‘Ease’, These Are The Countries Holding The World’s Nuclear Arsenal India and Pakistan, currently experiencing a ceasefire after clashes along their disputed border, have caught global attention as the…

Lethal Lidar: Volvo SUV’s Infrared Beam Fries Smartphone Camera High-powered lidar systems—commonly used in autonomous and semi-autonomous vehicles—emit infrared laser beams to map their environments. While invisible to the human eye, these beams…

Dem Lawmaker Facing Calls For Expulsion And Arrest After Allegedly Assaulting ICE Agents Outside Detention Center In NJ Authored by Debra Heine via American Greatness, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Tuesday…

Kiev is ready to detail negotiations with Russia, Andrey Telizhenko has told RT Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky seeks to make a “political show” out of the expected peace talks with Russia in…

One of Latvia’s military spy agencies has instructed its citizens on how to spot potential infiltrators from Russia One of Latvia’s intelligence agencies has published an instruction manual on how to spot…

DHS Reportedly Requests 20,000 National Guard Troops For “Interior Immigration Enforcement” Democrats had no concern for due process when millions of third-world illegal aliens, including violent criminals and terrorists, invaded the U.S….

Schiff Slams Clueless Fed, Says Powell Is Living In A Kind Of “Baghdad Bob World” Via SchiffGold.com, In Wednesday’s episode of The Peter Schiff Show, Peter unpacks the Federal Reserve’s recent decision to…

Meta Stumbles: Delays Release Of Flagship “Behemoth” AI Model Over Performance Concerns A new report from The Wall Street Journal hit the wires late Thursday during the U.S. cash session, revealing that…

Police have confirmed no injuries occurred during the three separate incidents in north London A Ukrainian national has been charged with multiple counts of arson following a series of fires, including one…

VDH: The Real First 100 Days Authored by Victor Davis Hanson via American Greatness, Pundits are confused about what to make of the first 100 days of the second Trump administration. Supporters…

The US president had previously suggested he might attend peace negotiations in Istanbul US President Donald Trump has said that only a personal meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin will lead…

Putin Removes Commander Of Russia’s Ground Forces In Another Defense Shake-Up The longtime commander of Russia’s ground forces, Army General Oleg Salyukov, has been relieved of his command by order of President Vladimir…

Trump Touts 1.4 Trillion Investment In AI, Tech From UAE In Final Mideast Stop After the several massive announcements and deals to come out of Trump’s visit to Saudi Arabia and Qatar, developments…

Trump Admin Urges Supreme Court To Permit DOGE Access To Social Security Records Authored by Matthew Vadum via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Department of Justice urged the Supreme Court on…

A face-to-face conversation between the two presidents would help seal the peace deal between Moscow and Kiev, Sebastian Gorka has said US President Donald Trump will meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin…

The Ukrainian leader has refused to formally recognize any of Kiev’s former territories as part of Russia Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky has ruled out making any territorial concessions to Russia, following talks with…

Oleg Salyukov has been named deputy secretary under Sergey Shoigu Russian President Vladimir Putin has appointed General Oleg Salyukov as deputy secretary of the National Security Council, according to a decree issued…

The Treasury Department has issued a new license easing restrictions on the Caspian Pipeline Consortium The US government has allowed American and international companies to resume oil-related work involving a major Russia-linked…

Kiev’s Western backers have claimed Moscow’s delegation to peace talks in Türkiye is not high-level enough Kiev’s Western backers have blasted Moscow’s choice of negotiators ahead of the planned peace talks in…

3M Settles New Jersey’s ‘Forever Chemicals’ Contamination Lawsuit For $450 Million Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Chemical manufacturer 3M has entered into a settlement agreement with New…

US Treasury ‘Surprised, Confused’ By Trump’s Sudden Lifting Of Syria Sanctions Much of the world was caught off guard when amid an avalanche of multiple US-Gulf deals worth hundreds of billions of…

Trump Very Displeased With Tim Cook’s ‘Made-In-India’ iPhone Blitz, Wants Production In US  Apple is turbocharging its “friend-shoring” strategy by shifting more iPhone production from China to India—a move that could soon…

No casualties or significant damage have been reported A 5.2-magnitude earthquake struck central Türkiye on Thursday, shaking the capital Ankara as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hosted Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky. The quake hit…

“Patience To See, Not To Guess” By Benjamin Picton, Rabobank Senior Macro Strategist Patience To See Tech names drove the NASDAQ and S&P500 to further gains yesterday, while the Dow Jones fell…

Democratic Senators Remove Trump-Targeting Provisions In Push To Pass Stablecoin Bill The US Senate could pass a key bipartisan stablecoin bill as soon as next week after removing language targeting President Donald…

The Ukrainian leader has said he wants to meet President Putin to discuss prisoner swaps and a ceasefire Vladimir Zelensky has said that although he does not know how long the conflict…

Official statistics show that viral load testing declined by up to 21% among key groups in the last two months Funding cuts, particularly from the United States’ President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS…

Moscow aims to secure a lasting peace with Kiev, presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky has said Moscow seeks to engage Ukraine in direct negotiations in Istanbul to secure a lasting peace, Russia’s chief…

The US president has advised Tim Cook to avoid expanding the company’s manufacturing operations in the South Asian country US President Donald Trump has advised Apple CEO Tim Cook to avoid expanding…

US Factory Production Tumbled In April, But… Headline industrial production held steady in April, driven by utilities production, while manufacturing production declined 0.4% due to decreased production of vehicles and nondurable goods….

US Homebuilder Sentiment Slumps To Lowest Since 2023 Confidence among US homebuilders slumped in May to the lowest level since late 2023 as the NAHB sentiment index tumbled 6 points to 34…

Is ‘Soft’ Survey Data About To Explode Higher? For all the terrified FUD being spread that ‘soft’ sentiment surveys are the real deal and ‘hard’ data is simply not reflecting the terrible…

The US reportedly wants to reopen military dialogue with Moscow to support Ukraine peace efforts The US has proposed resuming long-stalled security talks under the NATO-Russia Council (NRC) framework as part of…

Moscow is in a “working mood” ahead of planned talks with Kiev, top negotiator Vladimir Medinsky has said Moscow is ready for dialogue as well as potential compromises in direct negotiations with…

Finland has proposed raising the maximum age of reservists from 50 to 65 amid wider militarization within the EU The Finnish Defense Ministry has submitted a proposal to raise the maximum age…

US Producer Prices Plunge Most Since COVID Lockdowns Following the cooler than expected CPI, US Producer Prices plunged in April, down 0.5% MoM (vs +0.2% MoM exp) – the biggest drop since…

Walmart Delivers Solid Earnings, Warns Of Imminent Price Hikes Walmart reported better-than-expected first-quarter results for the period ending April 30 but cautioned that the trade war will raise prices on certain items as…

A group of “decolonizers” has targeted a site honoring Kharkov residents killed in foreign conflicts A group of anti-Soviet Ukrainians has defaced a war memorial in the city of Kharkov, using power…

The top Russian diplomat has ridiculed the Ukrainian leader for demanding President Vladimir Putin personally attend talks in Istanbul Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has branded Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky a “pathetic person,”…

Is DOGE Starting To Work? ‘Deep TriState’ Jobless Claims Surged Last Week The number of Americans filing for jobless benefits for the first time was flat from the prior week at 229k…

“A Modest Request”: The Supreme Court Hears Challenge To National Or Universal Injunctions Authored by Jonathan Turley, Today, the United States Supreme Court will hear three consolidated cases in Trump v. CASA on the…

John Mahama has warned that the African country’s oil reserves could be useless if not tapped before the world shifts to clean energy Ghanaian President John Mahama has urged investors to ramp…