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“Supply Towers Over Last Year”: DC Listing Service Warns  Listing service Bright MLS summed up Washington, D.C.’s housing market in one troubling line: “Supply is towering over last year.” That’s been the trend for…

All Gulf States want to join diplomatic efforts to end the Ukraine conflict, Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesman Majed Al-Ansari has told RT Qatar advocates for peaceful solutions to global conflicts, including the…

Russia Targets Major Surge In Natural Gas Exports By 2050 Authored by Charles Kennedy via ilPrice.com, Russia plans to double its natural gas exports by 2030 and triple them by 2050. The…

“A Fluid Situation”: Deutsche Bank On How Auto OEM’s Are Responding To Tariffs In a new note out this week, Deutsche Bank laid out how it believes auto OEMs are going to…

EU’s Protectionist Policies Have Been In Place Long Before Trump Authored by Kenin M. Spivak via RealClearWorld, In March of 2025, President Donald Trump imposed a 25% tariff on imports of steel,…

Ukraine’s Parliament Votes To Prolong Martial Law Despite Trump Criticisms Ukraine’s parliament on Wednesday voted to extend martial law and military mobilization for another three months, in a nearly unanimous 357-1 vote which…

The tycoon intends to personally lead the fight against what he sees as a looming demographic “apocalypse,” the report claims Elon Musk wants to populate the Earth with a “legion” of high-intelligence…

The report comes as a result of leaks to the New York Times. Which, given the nature of the subject matter and administration officials involved, indicates the sourcing is from the domestic…

A Russian-Indian joint venture manufacturing AK-203 assault rifles is looking to supply law enforcement in Kerala A Russian-Indian joint venture has submitted a bid for a contract to supply Kalashnikov AK-203 assault…

The two countries’ foreign ministers have emphasized multilateral coordination at BRICS and the UN Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met with South Africa’s Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Ronald Lamola on…

Incoming Chancellor Friedrich Merz earlier said he wants to supply Taurus missiles to Kiev, despite the outgoing government ruling out the move The UK would support Germany if it decides to give…

The Azov brigade’s Denis Prokopenko will soon lead five full brigades, the National Guard has announced The Ukrainian National Guard has announced that the commander of the notorious neo-Nazi Azov brigade, Colonel…

The bloc has reportedly backtracked on the restrictions to retain leverage in trade talks with Washington EU officials have stepped back from plans to include a ban on Russian liquefied natural gas…

Today White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt will hold a press briefing from the Brady press room in the White House with a special guest.  The anticipated start time is 4:30pm ET. …

The State Dept. Global Engagement Center was the epicenter of the Dept of State operation to control speech on social media platforms.  Following revelations from within the Twitter Files, and facing increasing…

Senator Chris Van Hollen goes to El Salvador to speak with deported MS13 gang member, Kilmar Garcia, and bring him back to the USA. Van Hollen didn’t speak to Garcia, and Van…

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr provides an update on the latest scientific study of the growth in Autism cases within the U.S and a new HHS initiative to…

President Trump hosted a group of faith leaders from the U.S. at the White House for an Easter prayer service and dinner event.  Franklin Graham delivered remarks and introduced President Trump. [Video…

Not since the Sandra Fluke election operation have the intel democrats coordinated so heavily with their media allies to organize support for a random person within the political/social narrative space, as they…

President Trump recently claimed that the country possesses weapons “nobody has any idea” about The US possesses technology that can “manipulate” and “bend time and space,” White House innovation czar Michael Kratsios…

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…

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…

The bloc must look for new partners as trade tensions with the US increase, the European Commission president has said The traditional idea of a united West is a thing of the…

Ukraine Could Lose Kiev To Russia, Says Former French General Via Remix News, The imbalance between the Russian and Ukrainian militaries will deepen and may even lead to the fall of Kyiv,…

Millions of women cook for 120 million children daily, yet earn less than $1 a day with no benefits or job security In the sweltering kitchen of a primary school in Sitapur,…

Trump Signs Order Barring Illegal Immigrants From Receiving Social Security Authored by T.J. Muscaro via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), President Donald Trump signed a memorandum on April 15 directing several federal…

Trump Confronts Economic And Geopolitical Reality Authored by Edward Ring via American Greatness, By the time this is published, everything may have changed, and that is to be expected. Throughout his career,…

The Jewish state reportedly intended to initiate strikes on Tehran’s nuclear site next month US President Donald Trump has rejected Israel’s proposal to strike Iran’s nuclear sites, The New York Times reported…

Trump Admin Directs Judges To Auto-Deny Asylum Without Hearings In a decisive move to address the nation’s overwhelmed immigration system, the Trump administration has rolled out a new policy directing immigration judges…

Federal Judge Blocks Trump’s Freeze On Climate, Infrastructure Grants Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times, A federal judge on April 15 blocked the Trump administration from freezing the disbursement of…

Report Claims N.Korea Supplying 100% Of Russian Artillery Shells Used In Ukraine Reuters has cited a UK-based open-source analysis firm to claim that Russia’s military is now relying almost on entirely on…

IRS Asked To Revoke Harvard’s Tax-Exempt Status Which Shields Almost $500 Million Per Year The Trump administration has directed the Internal Revenue Service’s top legal official to consider revoking Harvard University’s tax-exempt…

Friedrich Merz should not supply Taurus missiles to Kiev, the leader of the Social Democrats said Classified briefings would sway Germany’s chancellor-designate Friedrich Merz from delivering Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine, Matthias…

CDC Advisers Consider Recommending Narrower Use Of COVID-19 Vaccines Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are considering advising the…

New Trump Executive Order Threatens California’s Climate Ambitions Authored by Marc Joffe via The Epoch Times, President Donald Trump has announced his intention to shut down California’s cap-and-trade program, which raises revenue…

To Fly, You’ll Soon Need A REAL ID: What To Know Authored by Arjun Singh via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), On May 7, 2025, millions of Americans will be unable to…

Texas Track Meet Killer’s Family To Tap $400k Support Fund For New Home As the online fundraiser for confessed Texas track-meet killer Karmelo Anthony continues raking in cash, his family has told…

The Russian president has promised to help broker the release of the remaining captives held by Hamas Russian President Vladimir Putin has met with an Israeli-Russian family that had been held hostage…

NJ Sushi Restaurant Owner Charged With Acting As Unregistered Agent Of Chinese Government A 61 year old man known as “Sushi John” and owner of Ya Ya Noodles in Montgomery Township, NJ,…

The EU country will struggle to meet the higher military spending levels pushed by the US, the budget minister has told FT Belgium is preparing to raise debt and cut welfare to…

Made In China Vs Made In America While China’s status as the world’s largest manufacturing hub seems to be a law of nature these days – one only challenged by President Trump…

The previous government worked to silence dissenting voices, Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said The US has officially shut down the government agency that Secretary of State Marco Rubio said was…

Georgia Man Sentenced To 6.5 Years In Prison For Laundering Cartel Money Authored by Frank Fang via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A Georgia man has been sentenced to 6.5 years in…

Multiplication, Biden-Style: School Bias Cases Doubled Authored by James Varney via RealClearInvestigations, While limiting strings-attached grants and curbing federal regulation, President Trump’s efforts to dismantle the Department of Education also take aim…

US Tells Israel It Will Begin Drawdown Of Troops In Syria Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, Pentagon officials have told their Israeli counterparts that the US will begin a phased withdrawal…

Are Democrats Unintentionally Sabotaging Retailer Target New high-frequency data on monthly store visits and consumer sentiment metrics reveal a slowdown in activity at retail giant Target. Interestingly, when the same data is applied across…

Total Southwest Border Apprehensions Last Month Lower Than First 2 Days Of March 2024: CBP Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, There was a historic drop in the apprehension of…

Are Foreigners Entitled To The Same Protest Rights As Natural American Citizens? One of the primary platforms of Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign was the strict control of foreign elements entering into the…

Washington’s rupture with longtime allies over Ukraine has shattered the global order, Francois Bayrou has said French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou has accused the US of abandoning the democratic world, saying Washington’s…

“The Autism Epidemic Is Running Rampant” – RFK Jr Addresses Latest CDC Report Showing 1-In-20 Boys Diagnosed A report released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on April 15…

Washington’s tariff spree will eventually backfire on itself, Xia Baolong has said A senior Chinese official has slammed US President Donald Trump’s “extremely arrogant and shameless” tariffs against Hong Kong, a special…

The Russian president has praised the entrepreneur’s Mars ambitions and hinted at joint missions Elon Musk’s passion for Mars is reminiscent of Soviet space engineer Sergey Korolev, Russian President Vladimir Putin said…

British, French and German diplomats have reportedly been looking for ways to help Kiev restore relations with the US, the outlet claimed French diplomats reportedly helped Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky write a conciliatory…

Doha welcomes the ongoing diplomatic efforts to stop the hostilities between Moscow and Kiev, spokesperson Majed Mohammed Al-Ansari has told RT Qatar has been working to play a constructive role in resolving…

‘Depression’ Narrative Bust: Atlanta Fed ‘Adjusts’ Away GDP Plunge Forecast Who could have seen that coming? Well us, literally!! One month ago the world was stunned when the Atlanta Fed GDPNow forecast…

‘Staggering’ Number Of IRS Employees To Take Buyout: ‘This Is Enormous’ 25 percent of Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employees are are preparing to take buyout offered by the Trump administration and resign…

China’s ‘Surprise’ New Trade Rep A Likely Effort At Backchanneling ‘Breakthrough’ With Trump We reported earlier in the day that China has opened the door for reengaging President Trump in trade talks,…

It’s not the first part of the 46-page ruling [SEE HERE] by Judge James Boasberg, threatening to hold President Trump and Main Justice in criminal contempt of court, that presents the biggest…

Washington and London are currently negotiating a tariff agreement The administration of US President Donald Trump wants the UK government to repeal hate speech laws in order to secure a trade deal…

Tesla Reportedly Facing Trade Disruption On Cybercab, Semi-Truck Parts From China The latest supply chain disruption report comes from Reuters, which claims that shipments of Tesla components from China—intended for its Cybercab…

The US president’s first international trip this term will be to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE – three pillars of his foreign policy US President Donald Trump is planning a visit…

China’s Next Step: “Helicopter Money” Or “Keynes Is Dead” Depending on whom you ask, China’s economy is either imploding or swallowing the world. The Chinese are masterminds of espionage or bloated central…

Columbia Pro-Palestinian Protest Leader Seeking Citizenship Detained By ICE Authored by Nathan Worcester via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Columbia University student Mohsen Mahdawi was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)…

Stellar 20Y Auction Stops Through, Benefits From Solid Foreign Demand After last week’s basis trade collapse (which we now know has already claimed several relative value multistrat hedge funds), many were dreading…

Watch Live: Stocks Puke As Fed Chair Powell Raises Specter Of Stagflation, Awaiting “Greater Clarity” Update (1330ET): Key highlights from Powell’s prepared remarks: Powell said: “tariffs are highly likely to generate at…

Bessent’s Grand Strategy: Use Tariff Negotiations To Isolate China From The Rest Of The World Yesterday, president Trump laid out the stakes in the ever-escalating trading war between the US and China,…

Happiness levels have remained “surprisingly resilient” in the face of external shocks, a poll has found Almost 80% of Russians feel happy despite the external challenges, according to a nationwide poll released…

Carney Capitulates: Canada Waives Retaliatory Tariffs On US-Made Cars And Trucks The first skirmish in the US-China trade war just concluded and John Carney is left licking his wounds. Canadian Prime Minister…

“Markets Have To Choose Between The US And China” By Michael Every of Rabobank John Authers at Bloomberg just ran a piece titled ‘This Passover, Everyone Has Questions’. His annual tradition of…

Teen Murder Suspect Karmelo Anthony Released On Reduced Bail, Claims “Self Defense” Public outrage over the Karmelo Anthony case is growing with a recent court decision to dramatically reduce the teen suspect’s…

The Russian currency has posted strong gains against the US dollar and has outshined gold, data shows The Russian ruble has emerged as the world’s top-performing currency this year, outpacing even gold,…

The measure is part of Kiev’s push to join the EU Ukraine will begin blending all motor fuel with bioethanol starting next month as part of the country’s EU integration plans, the…

The White House has insisted Beijing must make a deal and threatened it with tariffs of up to 245% China has called on the US to “stop threatening and blackmailing,” if it…

Bank of Canada Keeps Rates At 2.75% As Expected, Sees “Significant Recession” In All-Out Trade War The Bank of Canada kept rates steady at 2.75% as expected, with the central bank saying…

WTI Extends Gains As Cushing Hub Stocks Hit Lowest For Time Of Year Since 2008 Oil prices are higher this morning on the prospect of US-China trade talks (and after better than…

Johnson ‘Not A Big Fan’ Of Raising Taxes For Wealthy, Supports Tax Cuts For Everyone Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said that…

Washington reportedly still views a resource deal with Kiev as a way to recover funds spent on supporting the country The US continues to insist that Ukraine should pay it tens of…

Foreigners rejecting the neoliberal perspective in their home nations have the option of relocating to the country, according to the foreign minister An increasing number of people worldwide, particularly in the West,…

The reporters were found guilty of working for the opposition figure’s extremist organization A Moscow court has sentenced four Russian journalists from Reuters, the Associated Press, and SOTAvision to five and a…

The warning comes amid an escalating trade war between Washington and Beijing Chinese imports to the US could face tariffs as high as 245%, according to a White House fact sheet released…

A campaign group in Scotland had challenged the government’s attempts to allow transgender individuals into roles reserved for women The UK Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that the term “woman” refers to…

DHS To Revoke Temporary Protected Status For Afghans, Cameroonians In US Thousands of Afghans and Cameroonians living in the United States will have their temporary protected status (TPS) revoked in the coming…

The former president has slammed conservatives while claiming that the US is more divided than ever Former US President Joe Biden has accused Donald Trump’s supporters of having “no hearts,” while claiming…

Russian media presence on the continent will help counter Western media’s dominance In February, Russian news agency Sputnik opened its first African editorial center in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s capital. Foreign policy experts…

US Industrial Production Dipped From Record High In March US Industrial Production dipped in March from record highs… Source: Bloomberg The headline industrial production fell 0.3% MoM (slightly worse than the 0.2%…

New York Business Leaders Say Economic Outlook Worse Since Lehman The drastically decoupled trend of hard data improvement and soft data dissolution continued this morning with US Manufacturing improving while NY Fed…

The Dollar Bubble Just Burst: Peter Schiff Warns “This Is The Collapse I’ve Warned About For Years” Via SchiffGold.com, In an interview last week on Kitco News, Peter joined Jeremy Szafron to offer his…

ASML Misses On Orders As CEO Warns Of Trade War; Analysts Call Results “Disappointing”  Nasdaq 100 futures declined 1.5% early Wednesday, driven by renewed pressure on semiconductor stocks. Nvidia fell about 6% in pre-market…

Futures Slide After Nvidia Chip Export Curbs Slam Tech Stocks US equity futures are lower after NVDA unveiled the US government restricted export of its H2) chips to China, sending the stock…

US Retail Sales Soared Most In 2 Years In March As Auto-Spending Spiked Ahead Of Tariffs Following two disappointing months, US Retail Sales were expected to rebound strongly in March (despite all…

Non-citizens accounted for nearly 50% of offenses last year, according to police statistics Nearly half of all crimes in Austria last year involved foreign suspects, with a significant rise among young Syrians,…

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…

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…

Kiev’s recognition of the new borders of Russia and its non-nuclear and neutral status are essential for a settlement, Sergey Naryshkin has said Peace between Russia and Ukraine is possible only if…

Respect & Clarity: China Opens Door For Reengaging Trump In Trade Talks Nasdaq 100 and S&P 500 e-mini futures trimmed overnight losses after China reportedly laid out a set of preconditions for resuming…

Turkish Admiral: NATO Has Become A Reckless “Zombie Alliance” A prominent Turkish defense official has given a rare interview to a regional Middle East outlet wherein he describes NATO as a “zombie…

Washington reportedly aims to leverage tariff negotiations to isolate Beijing The US plans to use tariff negotiations to push trade partners to scale back economic ties with China, the Wall Street Journal…

The US president’s decision follows past diplomatic clashes, including aid cuts and criticism of the Pretoria’s land policies, Goodenough Mashego has said Leading political analyst Goodenough Mashego said US President Donald Trump’s…

Attention Homeowners: Here’s Where Your Imported Home Goods Are Actually Made Although President Trump rolled back some reciprocal tariffs last week (ex-China), U.S. imports still face an average effective tariff rate of…

Russia & Belarus Ready To Ramp Up Spy War Against NATO: Kremlin Intel Chief There’s little doubt that ‘spy wars’ between Russian and NATO countries have already long been in progress in…