Author:

Chevron And GE Vernova Teaming Up To Build Nat Gas Plants To Power Data Centers Despite the market scare about data centers and AI offered up by Deepseek this week, U.S. based…

Juvenile athletes and coaches were reportedly returning from a championship in Kansas on the doomed flight Several prominent figure skaters and coaches were reportedly on board the passenger plane which crashed into…

Europeans should send funds for at least several months while Washington reviews its assistance programs, lawmakers have said Ukrainian members of parliament have appealed to non-US donors to step in and fund…

The suspect carried out arson attacks against military and civilian infrastructure, the agency has alleged A Russian man has been arrested on suspicion of carrying out a series of sabotage and terrorist…

“Ukraine Is Running Out Of Time” – Austrian Armed Forces Colonel Issues New Warning Authored by Liz Heflin via Remix News, Markus Reisner, colonel of the Austrian Armed Forces and Head of…

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…

New Delhi has implemented a plethora of laws to combat exploitation but 7.7 million ‘human scavengers’ continue to toil in abysmal conditions On Wednesday, India’s Supreme Court ordered an immediate halt to…

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…

These Are The Best US Cities To Flip Houses In 2025 For those looking to flip houses in the upcoming year, a recent ViewHomes Team study analyzed U.S. cities based on prices,…

Lithium-Ion Batteries, Melted EVs Create New Hazards In SoCal Fire Zones Authored by Jill McLaughlin via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), This month’s deadly and destructive Los Angeles fires that claimed 28…

Is Trump Positioning For A “No-Deal” With Russia? Authored by Alastair Crooke, Trump’s rhetoric about Russia having lost 1 million men in the Ukraine conflict is not just nonsense (the real number…

Black Hawk Helicopter Collides With Jet Near Reagan National Airport, Explosion Caught On Camera A mid-air collision between a Black Hawk helicopter and a regional jet near Reagan International Airport in DC…

“Hope For The Future”: Newly Discovered ‘Super Earth’ Could Reveal Existence Of Extraterrestrials Despite over 7,000 exoplanets being discovered, the search for extraterrestrial life continues. But now, a nearby “super Earth”, located…

Stolen Valor Bills Seek Harsher Penalties For Falsified Military Service Authored by Allan Stein via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), PHOENIX—Of all the schemes and scams that U.S. Air Force veteran Bob…

Ronald Reagan National Airport has suspended operations following an “aircraft emergency” An American Airlines regional jet has collided midair with a helicopter over the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport…

New White House Press Rules Will Expand Access For ‘New Media Voices’ Authored by Travis Gillmore via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced on Jan. 28…

Trump Plans To Finally Withdraw US Troops From Syria, Israelis Say Israel and Turkish media reports say that President Donald Trump is planning to finally pull American occupying forces out of Syria….

L.A. Times Columnist Renews Attacks On ‘Lab-Leak Theory’ While Dismissing Criticism Of China Authored by Jonathan Turley, After years of the media demonizing and attacking any scientists supporting the lab theory of…

Ronald Reagan National Airport has halted operations due to an “aircraft emergency” An aircraft collided with a helicopter near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Wednesday night, leading to the suspension of…

The Russian tech billionaire has warned that DeepSeek’s AI success is just the beginning Telegram co-founder and CEO Pavel Durov has attributed China’s rapid advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) to its highly…

Jim Bovard: Trump Freezes Foreign Aid Frauds Authored by Jim Bovard via The Libertarian Institute, The Donald Trump administration suspended top officials at the U.S. Agency for International Development earlier this week. The…

Trump Is “Dangerous” & Racist To Keep Men Out Of Women’s Prisons, Professor Says Authored by Matt Lamb via The College Fix, Trump’s executive order is about keeping women ‘pure,’ professor says……

ETF Expert: Why This SEC Approval Would Be A ‘Game Changer’ For Bitcoin The way U.S. financial institutions interact with Bitcoin may be on the brink of a major shift, according to…

DeepSeek: Is This Jevon’s Cope? Authored by Doug O’Laughlan via ‘Fabricated Knowledge’ substack, One of my favorite market sayings is that “narrative follows price.” In the case of DeepSeek, this has never…

“Potential For Collapse”: MTA Operates On “Rusty, Corroding” Infrastructure, Report Highlights MTA’s infrastructure is crumbling, despite the agency’s incessant appetite for new cash.  The 110-year-old Grand Central train shed, vital for 200,000…

The contribution will reportedly go toward funding the US leader’s future presidential library Facebook’s parent company, Meta Platforms, has reportedly agreed to pay $25 million to settle a lawsuit filed by President…

ChatGPT Gov is designed to handle sensitive data in “secure environments” OpenAI has launched a dedicated ChatGPT client for the US government, aiming to allow agencies to enter sensitive information into artificial…

If this is indeed representative of half the country, then we are dealing with half the country having a severe mental illness. Sheldon Whitehouse tells RFK Jr during his confirmation hearing today…

Meta Settles ‘Facebook Ban’ Suit With Trump, Offers Weak Guidance As Earnings Hit Late While most of the other Mega-Cap tech giants were hit hard this week, META stock was largely unaffected…

Tesla Spikes Despite Soft Q4 Results After Forecasting Vehicle Business Returning To Growth Ahead of today’s earnings by the smallest Mag7 member, Tesla (with a $1.3TN market cap) , the company’s online…

Ex-New Jersey Dem Senator Menendez Gets 11 Years In PMITA Prison Following Bribery Conviction Former New Jersey Democratic Senator Bob ‘Gold Bar’ Menendez – who sat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee…

MSFT Tumbles On Cloud Revenue Miss Having suffered this week from ChatCCP’s arrival on the scene, traders are hoping that MSFT’s earnings (and CapEx outlook) will rescue sentiment. If ASML’s data is…

There’s no sympathy for Bob Menendez at all; however, all things considered, he was convicted of doing the same thing that every Senator on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee does, and the…

The notorious US military detention camp in Cuba will house up to 30,000 people, according to the president President Donald Trump has announced plans to expand detention facilities at the US naval…

Are Sh*tposting Fed Workers With ‘TDS’ On Reddit In Violation Of Hatch Act? The Trump administration has just offered millions of unproductive federal workers buyouts through a government-wide “deferred resignation” program to push…

Whistleblower: Multiple FBI Agents Called In Sick With ‘Blue Flu’ To Avoid Helping ICE Round-Up Criminal Illegals In Chicago Authored by Debra Heine via American Greatness, Multiple FBI agents assigned to assist…

Democrat Bob Menendez was found guilty on 16 charges in a sprawling bribery scheme to benefit a foreign country Former US Senator Bob Menendez has been sentenced to 11 years in prison…

Air Force Academy Drops ‘Diversity And Inclusion Studies’ Minor Authored by CJ Womack via Campus Reform, The United States Air Force Academy in Colorado has removed the “Diversity and Inclusion Studies” minor…

Here’s What To Expect When Microsoft, Meta, & Tesla Report Today The S&P 500 is down 32bp as AI continues to dominate headlines ahead of Microsoft ($3.3TN), Meta ($1.7TN) and Tesla ($1.3TN)…

Wall Street Responds To The Fed’s Hawkish Pause Coming into today’s FOMC meeting, consensus was that the Fed would unveil a dovish pause, instead what the Fed revealed was much more hawkish…

The new US president wants to deploy a “next-generation missile defense shield” to protect the country from long-range attacks US President Donald Trump has ordered the Pentagon to develop a plan for…

Federal opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s chances of winning his own seat at the federal election just took a huge hit with community independent Ellie Smith entering the race for Dutton’s seat of…

Our country refused to embrace this particular diversity experiment – and thank God for that Trump has banned 72 genders. Where will he put transgender people? Where is he going to put the…

The 47th president of the US has signed 38 directives after less than two weeks in office US President Donald Trump has issued a record number of executive orders within his first…

Watch Live: Fed Chair Powell’s First Trump 2.0 Press Conference Our tweet sums it all up… “Any minute now Trump will learn that Powell ended cutting rates as soon as the vegetable…

Hawkish Fed ‘Pauses’ Rate-Cuts As Expected, Reignites Inflation Fears Tl;dr: The Fed removed a portion of the statement that said inflation has made progress toward the central bank’s 2% goal. That aligns…

“I Like Profitability” – Czech Central Bank Boss Wants To Buy Billions In Bitcoin For Reserves The Czech National Bank (CNB) may become the first European central bank to invest in Bitcoin…

Multiple media reports suggested the policy was scrapped just two days after it was introduced The White House has denied multiple media reports that it had revised its decision to freeze federal…

DOJ Moves To Dismiss Appeal In Mar-a-Lago Classified Documents Case Authored by Sam Dorman via The Epoch Times, The Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a motion on Jan. 29 to voluntarily dismiss…

President Donald Trump has accused his predecessor of wasting taxpayer funds President Donald Trump’s push for government efficiency has already discovered wasteful spending such as $50 million allocated to purchase condoms for…

Today, Robert F Kennedy Jr will become the first of this week’s trio of nominees to enter the arena.   RFK Jr was nominated for Secretary of Health & Human Services and his…

The sanctioned businessman’s assets in the country have been frozen since 2022 Roman Abramovich, the Russian billionaire and former owner of Chelsea FC, may owe the British exchequer up to £1 billion…

The “chemical and surgical mutilations” of children should be stopped, the executive order reads US President Donald Trump has signed a new executive order ending federal support for medical procedures related to…

Globalstar Shares Crash After Apple Reportedly Working With Starlink On Satellite Network Globalstar shares crashed as much as 32% after a Bloomberg report revealed that Apple has been working with SpaceX and T-Mobile…

Holy See cautions against risks of advanced technology, including misinformation and ethical concerns, and urges global regulation The global center of Catholicism has issued a stark warning about the dangers of artificial…

Trump Asks Elon Musk To Retrieve NASA Astronauts From International Space Station Authored by Katabella Roberts via The Epoch Times, President Donald Trump said on Jan. 28 that he has asked billionaire…

The request was reportedly made when diplomats from Moscow visited Damascus to meet the new government Syria’s new leadership is seeking compensation from Russia to “restore trust” between the two nations, news…

Weight-Loss Drugs Linked To Increased Risk Of 19 Health Conditions Authored by George Citroner via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Popular weight-loss drugs like semaglutides (Ozempic and Wegovy) may help protect against…

WTI Holds Losses After Surprise Crude Build; US Production Tumbles Oil pries continues to churn sideways since tumbling in the big risk-off slump from DeepSeek on Monday as traders weigh the possible…

Chancellor Olaf Scholz has doubled down on the country’s historical guilt and denounced Elon Musk’s endorsement of a rival party German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called US billionaire Elon Musk “disgusting” for…

Two Charts That Should Worry The Fed (And Trump) Personal consumption represents over two-thirds of economic activity. Therefore, consumers’ ability to spend, i.e., income, is vital to the economy. Taking it one…

Bank of Canada Cuts Rates As Expected, Ends QT, Restarts QE, And Drops Guidance On Looming Trade War Just hours before the Fed’s dovish pause, the Bank of Canada extended its easing…

New Delhi has strongly rejected official report by Ottawa, asserting that truth is Canada has interfered in its internal affairs New Delhi has denied “insinuations” made against it in an official Canadian…

Government efficiency watchdog said it has stopped “unnecessary” new hires, diversity initiatives and certain “improper payments” The US Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), created by President Donald Trump and led by Tesla…

Watch Live: Howard Lutnick Testifies At Senate Hearing For Commerce Secretary The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee announced on Jan. 23 that it will hold its hearing on the nomination of…

Antwerp has witnessed a sharp decline in trade volumes due to the Western ban on the Russian gems, according to a report Belgium’s multibillion-dollar diamond industry in Antwerp is facing a ‘perfect…

90% of outlets rely on foreign aid and over 80% have been funded by USAID, the head of Ukraine’s Institute of Mass Information says The vast majority of Ukrainian media have been…

In 2024, the Biden administration drew criticism for not identifying the origins of objects spotted over the East Coast US authorities have dismissed speculation that mass sightings of drones in the past…

The traditional spiritual values of the Russian people are being “crossed out,” Patriarch Kirill has said The head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, has warned about attempts to use multiculturalism…

Futures Flat Ahead Of Fed’s Dovish Pause, Tech Giant Earnings Futures are flat with Tech/Small-caps big higher as the market looks to recover from Monday’s tech plunge. As of 8:00am S&P futures…

ASML Recoups DeepSeek Losses After Solid Orders Ease Demand Woes ASML shares surged as much as 12% in European trading, the biggest intraday gain since 2020, after the chip equipment maker posted…

The causes of the conflict in the DR Congo are deeply rooted in colonial times It’s been over six decades since the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) declared independence, yet its…

Police Arrest Man With Molotov Cocktails Plotting to Assassinate Trump Admin Officials Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times, A Massachusetts man was arrested near the U.S. Capitol on Monday, according…

Biden Leaves Office With All-Time-Record US Trade Deficit In December It wasn’t just his approval rating that was at a record low when President Biden left office; data from the Commerce Department…

The move will help to diversify the country’s reserves, according to Ales Michl The governor of the Czech National Bank (CNB), Ales Michl, wants to invest a substantial amount of the country’s…

American service personnel have been told that relying on the Chinese-developed AI model raises security and ethical concerns The US Navy has barred its sailors from using the artificial intelligence model from…

Public trust in legacy media is declining, according to presidential press secretary Karoline Leavitt The administration of US President Donald Trump has invited members of the “new media” to take a prominent…

Chinese and Russian brands dominated sales in the $50 billion market, according to Avtostat Russians spent a record 4.91 trillion rubles ($50.1 billion) on new cars last year, according to data from…

Kiev’s brigades in the Donbass are consistently understaffed, according to commanders Kiev’s forces are struggling to maintain their ranks in Russia’s Donbass amid mounting manpower shortages, Ukrainian commanders have told the Economist…

Jean-Noel Barrot’s remarks come amid tensions between Denmark and the US, with President Trump demanding the island be ceded to Washington French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot has said his country would be…

LVMH Reports “Mixed” Results As Goldman Says “Buy On Any Weakness” LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE posted better-than-expected full-year sales but delivered mixed fourth-quarter results, highlighting a sluggish luxury recovery. Shares…

Ruh Roh, Pepsi… Republican Congressman Introduces FIZZ-NO Act To Nuke Soda From SNAP Ahead of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s confirmation hearing for the role of Secretary of Health and Human Services, set…

ECOWAS had given Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger until July to reconsider the move, but they said their departure was irreversible Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger have formally withdrawn from the Economic…

The World’s Worst Financial Catastrophe Could Happen Soon Authored by Zoltan Istvan, Today, there are developers around the world working on creating artificial intelligence (AI) agents that can autonomously do millions of…

45% of survey respondents reportedly also recorded that they see President Donald Trump’s interest in the island as a threat Greenlanders are overwhelmingly rejecting the idea that US President Donald Trump could…

Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have spent seven months in space instead of the originally planned eight days US President Donald Trump has asked SpaceX CEO Elon Musk to bring back two…

Ray Dalio Warns Of Brutal AI War Between U.S. And China: ‘No Country Can Lose’ Billionaire investor and Bridgewater hedge fund founder Ray Dalio warned in an interview with All-In podcast co-host…

The levies on certain nitrogen-based fertilizers will jump to a “prohibitive” level, the European Commission has said The European Union plans to impose “prohibitive” tariffs on certain agricultural products and fertilizers from…

Trump’s Fight Against Online Censorship Quickly Goes Global Authored by Ben Weingarten via RealClearInvestigations, Flanked by some of the Big Tech executives whose companies had suppressed the views of his supporters throughout…

Leaders have adopted the Dar es Salaam Energy Declaration to drive power infrastructure African leaders have pledged to provide electricity to 300 million people across the continent by 2030. The ambitious target…

Latvia’s top rehabilitation center says it hopes to be able to resume the training program once US funding is restored Latvia has halted a training program for Ukrainian doctors after US President…

The Example That Trump Made Out Of Colombia Will Reverberate Across The World Authored by Andrew Korybko via substack, Colombian President Gustavo Petro thought that he’d rebalance lopsided relations with his returning…

Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 has become the first independently developed aircraft to reach Mach 1.1 A test aircraft built by Boom Supersonic, a US start-up, has broken the sound barrier for the first…

Slovakia sought gas transit talks with the Ukrainian leader but instead received a document pledging support for Kiev’s NATO bid Vladimir Zelensky wanted Robert Fico to sign a protocol promising to support…

Pfizer To Pay $60 Million In False Claims Settlement Over Drug Kickbacks, DOJ Announces Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. has agreed to pay…

US, British Commercial Ships Cautiously Return To Red Sea As Gaza Truce Holds American and British vessels are cautiously returning to the Red Sea as the Gaza truce and prisoner exchange deal continues to…

The controversial case of a former Nagorno-Karabakh leader is not just a legal matter; it is a question of what kind of future the region envisions for itself. In a Baku courtroom,…

The company is pursuing “countermeasures to protect” its intellectual property amid Chinese rival DeepSeek’s rapid growth OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, has vowed to combat the potential use of its intellectual property…

At least ten people were killed at the Maha Kumbh festival as Hindu devotees gathered for a holy dip A stampede at the Maha Kumbh festival in northern India has led to…

The UN says peacekeeping personnel and troops have been forced to shelter in their bases amid escalating clashes Fighters from the M23 rebel group, which is carrying out a major offensive in…