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Russian politicians, journalists, and experts reacted to the news about the first contact between the presidents of Russia and the US The phone call between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President…

Ukraine’s ‘anti-disinformation’ center has admitted to spreading disinformation about the new US director of national intelligence The Ukrainian Center for Countering Disinformation (CCD) has publicly recognized that it previously disseminated unverified information…

European Leaders Freaking Out Over Trump-Putin Summit: ‘Dirty Deal’ For Ukraine European leaders are freaking out at the speed at which Presidents Trump and Putin are headed toward a summit to talk…

EU Considers Temporary Cap On Natural Gas Prices By Tsvetana Paraskova of OilPrice.com European Union officials are considering the potential introduction of a cap on natural gas prices as part of discussions…

The billionaire claimed that the agency was running a “total scam” in plain sight A subsidiary of Reuters has received millions in US government funding for “large scale social deception” projects, Elon…

The US president’s phone call with Vladimir Putin is “recognition” that Washington wants a “negotiated peace,” Pete Hegseth has said US President Donald Trump is not “betraying” Ukraine and is instead pursuing…

Annalena Baerbock has complained that US President Donald Trump sidelined the bloc in his recent phone talks with Moscow and Kiev  The EU and Kiev must be involved in any peace talks…

Kremlin Confirms Putin-Trump Summit On The Way, As Zelensky Warns Against Cutting Ukrainians Out The Kremlin side has confirmed that a Putin-Trump summit is on the way, following yesterday’s phone call, revealed…

Producer Prices Surge At Fastest Pace In 2 Years As Energy ‘Deflation’ Ends Following yesterday’s hotter than expected surge in consumer prices, all eyes are on producer prices this morning as headline…

Is This Time Different? Authored by Jim Quinn via The Burning Platform blog, “We will not have any more crashes in our time.” – John Maynard Keynes, leading British economist, in 1927 “Stock prices…

Futures Flat Ahead Of PPI, Reciprocal Tariffs Futures are flat, Europe’s Stoxx 600 slipped from session highs and the euro gave up an earlier advance against the dollar sparked by hopes for…

The Ukrainian leader has implemented asset freezes and media gags against his potential rivals Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky has imposed personal sanctions on five prominent individuals, including potential political rivals former President…

The two presidents have opened the door to dialogue, and the ‘Investors in War’ are nervous The defining geopolitical rivalry of the 21st century may be between the United States and China,…

The new US administration will stop promoting diversity, equality and inclusion programs across the world, the billionaire has said US President Donald Trump and his administration will work to end the promotion…

Kiev has lost over 60,000 troops since the start of its incursion into Russian territory in August 2024, the Defense Ministry has claimed Ukraine has lost more than 60,000 service members and…

Resuming US-Russia dialogue is “a major step” toward a peaceful resolution of the conflict, retired Lieutenant Colonel Earl Rasmussen has told RT Russia and the US are “starting to make headway” in…

The conglomerate has said it will “bow out” of a renewable wind farm project after the new government in Colombo sought to renegotiate terms The conglomerate led by billionaire Indian tycoon Gautam…

12 Facts About The Deindustrialization Of America That Will Blow Your Mind Authored by Michael Snyder via The Economic Collapse blog, The United States is rapidly becoming a “post-industrial” nation.  All great…

US President Donald Trump has repeatedly floated the idea of absorbing Canada as the 51st state Outgoing Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said US President Donald Trump’s remarks about Canada becoming…

Citi Warns Arabica Coffee Rally May Have Peaked As Demand Destruction Looms Arabica coffee futures have recorded a parabolic rally this year due to tightening supplies from top grower Brazil. However, demand may diminish…

Chevron Planning Layoffs Of Up To 20% Of Its Staff Chevron Corp. will cut 15% to 20% of its global workforce by next year to trim costs and boost profits. With 46,500…

US-Russian relations will now return to their ‘factory settings’, but the key here is the end of Western overreach The long-anticipated phone call between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump has finally taken…

Lawmakers have blocked the Rada podium in protest of sanctions imposed by Kiev on former President Pyotr Poroshenko Lawmakers blocked the podium of the Ukrainian parliament on Thursday in protest of Vladimir…

Members of a terrorist cell were reportedly killed in a firefight before they could strike at a railway terminal in Pskov The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) has said it prevented a…

DC Internet Searches For “Criminal Defense Lawyer” & “RICO Law” Erupt As DOGE Drains Swamp President Trump and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) have waged war on the federal bureaucracy…

The African country’s leader demanded the departure of some 350 French troops in November last year Senegal and France have agreed to set up a commission to organize the withdrawal of French…

The historic talks left Kiev’s backers in shock while raising the prospect of a “grim” peace deal, Western outlets argue The historic phone call between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US…

Bloc members can’t realistically support Kiev without US help, an official has told the newspaper Officials in European NATO states are reluctant to shoulder Ukraine’s security without US backing, The Financial Times…

The incident occurred during a union rally in Munich At least fifteen people have been injured after a car plowed into a crowd during a union rally in Munich, Germany, local media…

Houthis Vow To Unleash Hell On Red Sea Shipping Again As Gaza Truce Teeters Yemen’s Houthis have declared “our hands are on the trigger” ready to resume attacks on Israel and especially…

The US has ordered aid to Pretoria to be cut, partly due to the International Court of Justice genocide case South Africa’s foreign minister, Ronald Lamola, has said his country will continue…

Claver Gatete has proposed five key areas for improving the economic situation across Africa The head of the UN’s Economic Commission for Africa, Claver Gatete, has described the current global financial infrastructure…

The new reality is that the West can be stopped and made to negotiate on its “adversary’s” terms It’s obviously good news for the world that the US has finally ended its…

The resumption of dialogue between the US and Russia is “significant,” political commentator Steve Gill has told RT Wednesday’s phone call between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart, Donald Trump,…

Spokesman Dmitry Peskov welcomed the US administration’s desire to reach peace in Ukraine It is hard to overestimate the significance of the recent phone call between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his…

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi has been conspicuously quiet since her confirmation last week.  The Lawfare has raged against the Trump administration, while AG Bondi has remained silent. However, today at 4:30pm…

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…

President Trump delivered some rather remarkable filler information today surrounding the phone calls between himself, President Putin and President Zelenskyy.  The remarks, which should not be missed, come at the conclusion of…

The remarks and formal swearing in ceremony are essentially uneventful; however, it is President Trump’s remarks at the conclusion of the swearing in ceremony that will catch the majority of attention from…

An American has been pardoned alongside a Belarusian journalist and activist amid a US-Russia prisoner swap An American citizen is among three people who have been released from prison by the Belarusian…

Moscow has accused Kiev of impeding a scheduled rotation of international monitors at Europe’s largest nuclear power plant The Russian Defense Ministry has released footage allegedly showing a Ukrainian attack on a…

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…

Beijing has long sought to mediate the peace process between Moscow and Kiev China has presented a proposal to hold a summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump…

The US and Russian leaders have agreed to begin negotiations to resolve the Ukraine conflict The Weimar+ group of European countries have demanded to be part of negotiations on the Ukraine conflict…

The US president spoke to the press following what he said was a “great” phone call with his Russian counterpart US President Donald Trump spoke to reporters in the Oval Office on…

The US and Russian leaders have agreed to begin Ukraine peace talks, with membership in the military bloc off the table US President Donald Trump has cast doubt on Ukraine’s chances of…

Illinois Gun Requirement Is Unconstitutional: Judge Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A statewide requirement in Illinois for guns violates residents’ constitutional right to keep firearms in their…

Putin Holds First Call With Syria’s Jolani As Fate Of Russian Bases Uncertain Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has spoken to Syria’s self-declared President Ahmad al-Sharaa (whose AQ name is Abu Mohammad al-Jolani),…

VDH: How To Commit Democratic Party Suicide Authored by Victor Davis Hanson, The Democratic Party is polling about 31 percent approval, a near-historic low. Despite enjoying a huge lead in fundraising, legacy…

It is high time Americans got the “answers they deserve,” says new declassification task force head Anna Paulina Luna A so-called “black book” containing the list of contacts and alleged clients of…

America’s War On Coal Power-Plants Is Over Al Gore’s worst nightmare, US Energy Secretary Chris Wright told Bloomberg TV hosts on Tuesday that coal-fired power plants will remain the backbone of President Trump’s reindustrialization of…

Both crew members ejected safely and were rescued by a nearby fishing vessel A US Navy EA-18G Growler electronic warfare jet crashed into San Diego Bay near Shelter Island on Wednesday morning….

The US has released Russian computer programmer Aleksandr Vinnik in exchange for American Marc Fogel Russian crypto businessman and computer programmer Aleksandr Vinnik has been released from a US prison as part…

Supersonic missiles developed by Moscow and New Delhi are attracting global interest, the joint venture’s CEO has told RT BrahMos Aerospace, a joint Indo-Russian venture, is ready to export its upgraded BrahMos…

Disney Announces Reduction Of DEI Programs Due To Trump Executive Actions Authored by Eric Lendrum via American Greatness, On Tuesday, it was reported that the Walt Disney Company is preparing to significantly…

Redditor Reports “Melting Smell” Of Nvidia’s RTX 5090 GPU While Playing Battlefield V Here we go again. Fire hazard risks are already mounting over Nvidia’s RTX 5090 after a Redditor shared images of…

USAID Staff Cry For Their Fiefdom Authored by David Bell via The Brownstoine Institute, The largest foreign aid agency on earth has, courts willing, abruptly closed its doors in the past week and…

2,400 New JFK Assassination Records Found, FBI Says It’s amazing what new leadership atop the FBI helps unearth… The FBI announced Tuesday it has uncovered 2,400 new records related to President John…

Matt Taibbi’s Opening Statement To Congress About USAID, Free Speech, And The ‘Censorship Machine’ Authored by Matt Taibbi via Racket News, Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Two years ago, when Michael and I…

US Intelligence Suggests Israel Is Trying To Drag Trump Into Preemptive Attack On Iran A fresh report Wednesday in The Wall Street Journal has reviewed a US intelligence assessment which concludes Israel…

Indian Prime Minister begins his visit with a meeting with newly confirmed Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi landed in Washington, DC, on Wednesday evening for a…

The sides have had a “constructive, business-like” phone conversation, Moscow has said Russian President Vladimir Putin has held a phone conversation with the head of the Syrian administration, Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa, for…

Former Ukrainian president Pyotr Poroshenko has reportedly faced restrictions linked to “treason” charges Kiev has allegedly imposed sanctions on former president Pyotr Poroshenko, according to multiple local media outlets, as Vladimir Zelensky…

Final Tally For Biden-Era Improper Payments? $925 Billion… Via OpenTheBooks substack, The House Committee on Oversight and Reform spent today investigating how to address the crisis of improper payments made by the…

Polar Vortex Forces EIA To Hike 2025 US NatGas Price Forecast By 20% The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) published its Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO) for February, which boosted its outlook for natural…

Restoring America With Common Sense Authored by Robert Curry via RealClearPolicy, Because common sense is the key to understanding America’s original design at every level, America was long known as “The Common…

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has personally delivered the US president’s demands to Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky US President Donald Trump expects Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who visited Ukraine on Wednesday, to secure a…

Fired Inspectors General Sue Trump To Get Jobs Back A group of eight federal inspectors general has sued the Trump administration after they were ousted from their jobs last month. The IGs…

Age Of Transparency: We Need Mass Surveillance Of Governments Instead Of Citizens Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.us In the wake of Donald Trump’s return to the White House there has been…

Many Top Universities Have Yet To Comply With Trump’s Order On DEI Authored by Aaron Gifford via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), President Donald Trump recently put the wealthiest U.S. colleges and…

Liberal Hangout Reddit Craters After Google Algo Change Cripples User Growth For much of the past few months we had watched in stunned amazement as the world’s most overvalued and censored website,…

Ayatollah Responds To Trump’s Big Stick Threats: ‘Go Forward’ With Military Growth President Trump kicked off the week saying in a Fox interview that “Iran is very concerned. Iran is very frightened, to…

SpaceX To Switch Capsules To Bring 2 Stranded Astronauts Back To Earth Sooner Authored by Rudy Blalock via The Epoch Times, NASA said Tuesday they have revised their strategy in order to…

US Budget Deficit Hits A Record $840 Billion In First 4 Months Of 2025; Interest On Debt Hits Record $1.2 Trillion First the good news: Elon Musk’s DOGE is going through government…

The two leaders had a lengthy and “highly productive” phone conversation on Wednesday US President Donald Trump has named Saudi Arabia as a potential host for his first meeting with Russian President…

Judge Temporarily Blocks DOGE From Accessing Federal Student Aid Data Authored by Bill Pan via The Epoch Times, A federal judge has temporarily barred Elon Musk’s government efficiency team from accessing federal…

The US president made the comment after speaking on the phone with both the Ukrainian and Russian leaders on Wednesday Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky is eager to put an end to the…

Ita Buttrose, former ABC Chair, gave evidence under oath on the witness box on Tuesday (11/2/25) in Antoinette Lattouf’s unlawful termination case against the ABC and Ms Buttrose did not hesitate to…

Washington should confront rising threats while securing its own borders, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth believes The US intends to refocus its military priorities to confronting China’s growing influence in the Indo-Pacific…

President Donald Trump posts a brief outline of a conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin to his Truth Social Account. President Trump: “I just had a lengthy and highly productive phone call…

Biden’s Parting Legacy: The Most Expensive Breakfast Ever… Breakfast in America has never been more expensive… Worse still, to cap off Bidenomic’s spectacular failure, we just witnessed the largest monthly jump in the price…

The full senate vote was 52-48. Senator Mitch McConnell (U-DC) was the lone republican who voted against confirming Tulsi Gabbard as Director of National Intelligence (DNI).  Tulsi Gabbard is now DNI. Additionally,…

Hegseth Drops Bombshell Of Realism On Europe, Rules Out NATO Membership For Ukraine Trump’s Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has definitively poured cold water on Ukraine’s hopes of gaining Washington backing to join NATO, at…

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt holds a press briefing from the Brady Room in the White House. Anticipated start time 1:00 pm EST. Livestream Links Below: . . Posted in President…

Growth And Value Are Not Mutually Exclusive Authored by Michael Lebowitz via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, Might Nvidia and Tesla, with price-to-earnings ratios (P/E) nearly double and quadruple that of the S&P 500, respectively, be…

The release of American citizen Marc Fogel could contribute to a gradual rebuilding of trust, according to Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov The release of US citizen Mark Fogel, who was jailed in…

“The Left Wants Us Dead” – Larry Klayman Warns Of “Violent Revolution In Short Order” Via Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com, Renowned Attorney Larry Klayman, founder of Judicial Watch and later Freedom Watch USA, predicted…

White House Bars AP Reporter For Failing To Use ‘Gulf Of America’ Designation On Tuesday this week, AP spent its time writing about how the White House barred one of its press…

Poor 10Y Auction Tails Despite Surging Yields After yesterday’s stellar 3Y auction, many were expecting today’s sale of benchmark 10Y paper to also be very solid too, especially after the massive post-CPI…

Deep weeds walkers can infer quite a bit from the Zelenskyy pablum, including the necessary photograph that accompanies the text written for him by the CIA.  And without a scintilla of doubt,…

Steve Witkoff has highlighted the “great friendship” between the US and Russian presidents Relations between the US and Russia could improve, Steve Witkoff, a senior adviser to US President Donald Trump, has…

Brussels is unable to defend the bloc’s interests in economic disputes with the US, the Hungarian prime minister has claimed Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has criticized EU leaders for their passive…

Computer programmer Aleksandr Vinnik is set to return home in exchange for Marc Fogel, the Russian national’s lawyer has told RT Russian crypto businessman and computer programmer Aleksandr Vinnik is set to…

El Mundo’s Alberto Rojas has been accused of illegally crossing into Kursk Region The Russian authorities have launched a criminal case against Spanish journalist Alberto Rojas for allegedly illegally crossing the border…

At Least 70,000 Federal Workers Have Accepted Buyout Offer: White House Official Authored by Jacob Burg via The Epoch Times, At least 70,000 federal workers have opted into the Trump administration’s buyout…

Putin Invites Trump To Visit Moscow In ‘Highly Productive’ Call, Ready For Peace US President Trump and Russian President Putin held a nearly hour-and-a-half call this morning which the US president described…

Why They Really Hate Elon Musk Authored by Connor O’Keefe via The Mises Institute, As Elon Musk continues to take over and wind down parts of the federal bureaucracy, establishment figures from…

Mark Rutte has said the US-led military bloc would crush Russia if the country attacks member states NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte warned Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday that the US-led military…

Tulsi Confirmed As DNI, With Glitchin’ Mitch As Lone Republican ‘No’ Vote In what is hands-down the most surprising, and welcome, development concerning a Trump pick for a national security top post, Tulsi Gabbard…

Membership in the US-led bloc is not a “realistic outcome” of a peace deal, according to US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth Ukraine will not be admitted to NATO as part of any…