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While banned in the West, Russian news organizations are expanding elsewhere, the UK state broadcaster has said Russian media organizations are expanding their reach internationally as Western networks scale back operations due…

The Russian president is scheduled to visit China next week for talks and to take part in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit Russian State Duma chairman Vyacheslav Volodin has met with Chinese…

Why The IEA Reinstated Its “Business As Usual” Scenario Authored by Haley Zaremba via OilPrice.com, The IEA has reversed course by reintroducing the “Current Policies Scenario” in its flagship World Energy Outlook,…

Trump Family Went Pro-Crypto After Biden ‘Weaponized’ Banks Eric Trump, son of US President Donald Trump, said the family became pro-crypto after they were “debanked” in the aftermath of the Capitol attack…

Nuclear War, Volcanos, & Trump’s New $500 Note; Martin Armstrong Says Gold Is Going Much Higher Via Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com, Five weeks ago, legendary financial and geopolitical cycle analyst Martin Armstrong warned his “Socrates”…

After no upgrades in over four decades, the Baku–Boyuk-Kasik line has been equipped with modern digital systems Russian engineers have completed the digitalization of the Baku–Boyuk-Kasik railway line, a key corridor linking…

The US president has claimed that the charges give China’s tech companies a free pass US President Donald Trump on Monday threatened “substantial” new tariffs and curbs on semiconductor exports against countries…

The Zelensky regime’s attacks on a key pipeline are hurting an EU member – and he chooses to add insult to injury In the swirl of the Ukraine war, headlines rarely fail…

Burkina Faso says it has ordered the Target Malaria research team to halt activities and destroy all genetically modified mosquitoes Burkina Faso has suspended a project funded by the Gates Foundation aimed…

Roblox Accused Of Enabling Predator Who Exploited 10-Year-Old Girl A North Carolina mother is suing Roblox, accusing the gaming platform of enabling a predator to sexually exploit her 10-year-old daughter.  The lawsuit,…

The EU candidate nation is said to be at a crossroads between two versions of democracy as it approaches parliamentary elections Upcoming parliamentary elections in Moldova will see the fragmented country choose…

Data Center Operators Rush To Secure Gas Connections In The UK Authored by Irina Slav via OilPrice.com, Data center developers in the UK are scrambling to get their facilities hooked to gas-fired…

Ms. Lisa Cook has vowed to fight the removal effort of President Trump through her attorneys. “President Trump purported to fire me ‘for cause’ when no cause exists under the law, and…

U.S. Bars China, Russia, Iran From Undersea Cable Supply Chains The U.S. government is overhauling undersea cable rules for the first time since 2001, tightening restrictions to keep companies linked to adversaries…

Amar Preet Singh took to the skies a month ahead of the Russian-designed fighter’s retirement Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh entered the cockpit of the MiG-21 to join in one of…

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order {SEE HERE} intending to stop the burning of the American flag, when such activity is done with the intent to threaten, intimidate or incite…

South Korea and the U.S. have a substantial trade relationship.  Today, President Trump welcomed the new President of South Korea, Lee Jae Myung.  WATCH: .   Posted in President Trump, Press Secretary…

Attorney General Pam Bondi and other top law enforcement officials held a press briefing in Brooklyn, New York, after Sinaloa Cartel boss Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada Garcia pled guilty in federal court. …

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…

Zelensky Wants EU To Provide $1BN Monthly Allowance To Fuel War Against Russia Via The Cradle Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated Monday that Kiev plans to secure at least $1 billion monthly from European…

US Fighters Intercept Russian Aircraft Off Alaska 3 Times In A Week: NORAD Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times, U.S. fighter jets were scrambled for a third time in less…

The president said Washington should seek ownership rather than leases for sites in South Korea President Donald Trump has said he would like the United States to obtain ownership of the land…

Watch: Stolen Car Suspect Stops To Pump Gas Mid-Police Chase In LA A man in a reportedly stolen blue Infiniti led California police on a 100 MPH chase Friday, stopping mid-pursuit to…

Wild Theories Abound Over Gigantic “Comet” Careening Through Our Solar System In The Fall Authored by Michael Snyder via TheMostImportantNews.com, A colossal interstellar space rock that was originally known as “A11pl3Z” but…

First Human Case Of Flesh-Eating Screwworm Detected In Sanctuary State Of Maryland  The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) reported the first human case of travel-associated New World screwworm in…

Why More Farmers Are Turning To AI Machines Authored by Autumn Spredemann via The Epoch Times, Artificial intelligence-powered harvesters, drones, and precision farming systems are quickly entering the mainstream of American agriculture….

Kiev’s attacks on critical energy infrastructure are unacceptable, top Hungarian officials have said Ukraine cannot force its way into the European Union with extortion, bombings and threats, according to Prime Minister Victor…

Trump Plans To Block Offshore Wind Farm Project Near Biden’s Beach House  President Trump’s war on unreliable green energy is shifting into high gear, with the administration now targeting a massive offshore…

Venezuela Masses 15,000 Troops At Sensitive Border Areas Amid U.S. Naval Build-Up At Sea  Venezuela is mobilizing thousands of security forces to its Colombian border, just as the Trump administration positions three…

Some Med/Nursing Schools Still Require COVID-19 Vaccine Authored by Daniel Nuccio via TheCollegeFix.com, While the majority of healthcare education programs across the nation have ended their mandatory COVID-19 vaccination requirements, there are…

Trump Proposes Renaming Department Of Defense President Donald Trump proposed on Aug. 25 that his administration rename the Department of Defense to its previous name, the Department of War. “Pete, you started…

Supreme Court Rules That Trump Can Slash $783 Million In DEI Research Funding Via American Greatness, The Trump administration is free to eliminate hundreds of millions of dollars worth of research funding…

The Student Debt Racket Authored by Derek Foster via Mises.org, The student debt crisis isn’t a natural market phenomenon; it’s the predictable result of decades of government interference. Since 1980, average tuition…

Lisa Cook’d: Trump Fires Fed Governor For “Potentially Criminal Conduct” Creating Another Opening On Fed Board Promises made… promises kept… On Friday, President Trump warned that he would fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa…

The US is now profiting from selling weapons to Kiev, the president has said The United States is no longer directly funding Ukraine and will instead be profiting from arms sales to…

The Judicial Calvinball Of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Authored by Jonathan Turley, “I just feel that I have a wonderful opportunity.” Those words of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson came in a recent interview, wherein…

FDA Suspends License For Chikungunya Vaccine After ‘Serious Adverse Events’ Federal regulators on Aug. 25 said they’ve suspended approval for a vaccine against chikungunya, a mosquito-borne virus. Due to reports of serious…

What Made The Democratic Party Go Crazy? Authored by Victor Davis Hanson via American Greatness, The answer was not Trump alone. Indeed, irony abounds when Democrats resonate with the claims of the…

Soaring debt and borrowing costs are approaching levels that once forced London to seek an IMF rescue, according to a recent report Britain is facing the prospect of a repeat of its…

The move also puts funding for Kiev’s access to Starlink internet at risk Polish President Karol Nawrocki vetoed a bill on Monday to prolong benefits for Ukrainian refugees, arguing the legislation needs…

The US president’s push for the award captures the spirit of our age In the early 1980s, former US President Jimmy Carter visited Stockholm. At a reception he approached Stig Ramel, the…

The Big Beautiful Bill Brings Big Changes For Taxpayers Authored by Sandra Block via Kiplinger’s Perosnal Finance, The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, signed by President Trump on July 4, includes tax…

‘Splainin’ Ghislaine Authored by James Howard Kunstler, “Well, I mean, I’m talking about the… the… I had had, there was a…”  – Ghislaine Maxwell Did you happen to bother reading the transcript…

Health authorities have reported a spike in new cases of the ‘Nimbus’ and ‘Stratus’ strains Mask mandates have been reintroduced in hospitals in some regions of Ukraine amid a rise in Covid-19…

5 Gaza-Based Journalists Killed In Israeli Strike – Associated Press, Al Jazeera Express Outrage More journalists with Al Jazeera have been killed in the Gaza Strip, the Qatar-based outlet has reported, in…

‘Buy Every Dip’ Remains The Winning Strategy… For Now Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, “Buy Every Dip” has lately been the “Siren’s Song” for this market. Such is seen in the flows into ETFs…

Musk Takes On Apple, OpenAI In Antitrust Showdown Over Chatbots  Elon Musk’s X and xAI have filed a federal lawsuit in Fort Worth, Texas, accusing Apple and OpenAI of “locking up markets” to…

Former Secret Service Chief Paid Himself A Bonus Authored by Susan Crabtree via RealClearInvestigations, Former acting Secret Service Director Ron Rowe gave himself a senior leadership “performance” bonus around the holidays in…

Trump Signs Order Targeting American-Flag-Burning, Desecration President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Aug. 25 that directs the attorney general to prosecute those caught burning the American flag or desecrating it…

Tensions On Korean Peninsula Spike As Warning Shots Fired Along DMZ Via The Libertarian Institute Tensions on the Korean Peninsula are spiking as South Korean troops fired on North Korean soldiers near…

CDC Advisory Committee Launches Review Of COVID-19 Vaccines Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times, A committee that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is going to review various…

San Francisco Judge Forces Trump To Keep Funding Sanctuary Cities A federal judge in San Francisco ruled on Friday that the Trump administration cannot suspend funding to 34 ‘sanctuary’ cities which limit or…

The negotiations over peace in Ukraine show that Moscow lives in the real world. The West – not so much In some important ways that Western information warriors love to miss, Russia…

What To Know About California’s Redistricting Ballot Measure Authored by Joseph Lord via The Epoch Times, On Nov. 4, Californians will go to the polls to vote in a referendum over whether…

Simplified entry rules and cooler weather have drawn a rising number of visitors from the Middle East Tourism from Gulf states to Russia has surged, as Moscow deepens ties with the region,…

The US president has said he discussed limits on nuclear arsenals with his Russian counterpart in Alaska Washington wants a nuclear arms reduction deal with Russia and China, US President Donald Trump…

President Trump held an oval office press availability today and took questions from the assembled press pool.  The full White House event is below, but the Presser Q&A is first in a…

National Economic Council Director, Kevin Hassett, appears on CNBC to discuss the 10% govt stake in Intel, the status on U.S. trade agreements and other economic matters of interest. WATCH: . Posted…

The late heavy metal legend has a massive following in Russia, according to organizers Moscow will host a major international rock festival, where musicians and fans from around the world will gather…

The Collapse Of The Democratic Party And Their Deep State Forces Authored by Larry Kudlow via RealClearPolitics.com, If you take a careful look at the decision of a New York appellate court…

France Summons US Ambassador Kushner After He Accused Macron Of Fostering Antisemitism  France has summoned the US ambassador in Paris over a diplomatic row and surprisingly blunt accusations involving Israel-Gaza policy. The…

A recent poll shows that Valery Zaluzhny, currently Kiev’s ambassador to London, is more popular than Vladimir Zelensky There is an “increasing belief” in Kiev that former commander-in-chief, Valery Zaluzhny, is preparing…

CTH noted several months ago, end the Marshall Plan for Europe and things will change quickly. Germany is in a tight economic place as a result of: (1) former leftist Chancellor Olaf…

MAGA Jay And Silent Blob By Benjamin Picton, senior market strategist at Rabobank Jerome Powell used his set-piece speech at Jackson Hole on Friday to execute a dovish pivot. The S&P500 closed…

Washington should support the effort led by Europe, the has president said Europe must take the lead in providing “significant security guarantees” to Ukraine, US President Donald Trump said on Monday.  Washington’s…

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…

Key Events This Week: Core PCE, Durables, And Fed Speakers But All Eyes On Nvidia Earnings Last week’s main event was the dovish tilt by Powell at Jackson Hole which left investors increasingly…

‘Godfather Of AI’ Warns Superintelligent Machines Could Replace Humanity Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times, Geoffrey Hinton, the pioneering computer scientist called the “Godfather of AI,” has once again sounded…

Homebuilder Incentives Soar As US New Home Sales Disappoint In July, Prices Plunge Amid record July cancellations, and tumbling single-family building permits, new home sales were expected to rise very modestly (+0.6%…

Mail-In Ballots Need To Go: John Lott Jr. Authored by John R. Lott Jr. via RealClearPolitics, “I am going to lead a movement to get rid of MAIL-IN BALLOTS,” President Trump declared…

Russia ‘Made Significant Concessions’ On Ukraine Talks, Trump Still Has ‘Lot Of Cards’ To Play: Vance Vice President JD Vance appeared on Sunday’s Meet the Press on NBC where he presented a generally…

Relations between Washington and Brussels have been strained as Trump has called on Europe to play a bigger role in its security Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky has claimed that his country can be…

Islamabad and Dhaka have signed six agreements, covering visa-free travel for diplomats, education and media collaboration Pakistan and Bangladesh have signed six cooperation agreements that are expected to deepen the bilateral engagement…

Limited relations could be restored once a “lasting” peace in Ukraine is achieved, President Alexander Stubb has said EU countries could eventually restore ties with Russia once the Ukraine conflict is settled,…

Musicians from Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, and Zimbabwe are taking part in the Spasskaya Tower Music event for the first time Army bands from Zimbabwe, Burkina Faso, and Ethiopia have performed for the…

Furniture Stocks Tumble After Trump Calls For “Major” Tariff Investigation   Furniture stocks tumbled in premarket trading after President Trump announced Friday evening on Truth Social that his administration has launched a “major”…

The “Zombie Market” Vs NVDA Earnings Via SpotGamma, The sell-off last week exemplified a classic post-OPEX window of weakness, reinforced by Wednesday’s VIX expiration. With structural support somewhat removed, the market experienced…

Futures Drop As Powell Dovish Pivot Euphoria Fades Markets are mixed this morning, with US stock futures ticking lower as euphoria over the prospect of a Fed rate cut fizzling out after…

The Hollywood legend has made a virtual appearance at a Russian cinema event The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has blasted US filmmaker Woody Allen for participating in a Russian cinema event, calling his…

Long-Dormant Bitcoin Whale Bets Big On Ethereum Upside A bitcoin wallet dormant for seven years recently became active, selling a significant portion of its BTC and buying Ethereum. CoinTelegraph’s Zoltan Vardai reports…

Stablecoins In An Unstable System By Christian Lawrence, head of cross-asset strategy at Rabobank Summary The post-WW2 and Cold War global architecture is crumbling; systemic geopolitical and geoeconomic instability is rising; so…

Orsted Shares Crash To Record Lows After Trump Halts Rhode Island Offshore Wind Project Shares of Danish wind giant Orsted A/S crashed as much as 19% – to record lows – after the…

Why Are More And More Americans Becoming Disabled? Bureau of Labor Statistics data reveals 1.1 million MORE Americans have become disabled in just the past 3 months. VigilantFox asks: Why is nobody…

The country’s citizenship law should reject the ideology of Stepan Bandera, President Karol Nawrocki has said Polish President Karol Nawrocki wants to amend the country’s citizenship law to say that the naturalization…

The bloc plans to match last year’s support to Ukraine despite Russia’s warnings that it only prolongs the conflict NATO intends to spend another $50 billion on military aid for Ukraine and…

Crude imports from Russia serve both national and global interests and help stabilize prices, the Indian foreign minister has said Indian Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar has said nobody is “forced” to buy…

Myanmar Is Shaping Up To Be The Next Front Of The Sino-US New Cold War Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, China wants to retain access to Kachin State’s rare earths, the…

These Are The World’s Most Powerful Cars From hybrid hypercars to high-output EVs, the amount of horsepower that today’s cars can generate is truly impressive. In this infographic, Visual Capitalist’s Marcus Lu…

A Russian woman was allegedly tricked into sending $37,000 to the Ukrainian security services before being dragged into a terror plot Ukrainian operatives allegedly tricked a Russian woman into debt before attempting…

The British government is struggling to process applications for shelter amid growing public discontent Protests and counterprotests over Britain’s asylum system were held across the country at the weekend, with disturbances and…

Social spending is “no longer financially sustainable,”  the German chancellor has said Germany’s welfare state is no longer financially sustainable, Chancellor Friedrich Merz has warned, citing mounting financial constraints.  Merz made the…

Nigerian authorities have said the victims were abducted in a deadly mosque attack in Katsina State last week At least 76 kidnapping victims, including women and children, have been rescued by the…

American Knifed In Face By Syrian After Intervening To Protect Women On German Train A 21-year-old American man paid a steep price for doing the right thing on a tram in Germany…

EU’s Deforestation Crusade: Brussels Expands Green Deal Control By Thomas Kolbe The European Union’s regulatory frenzy is taking on manic dimensions. Starting in 2026, a new regulation aimed at “protecting global forests”…

Where Tourists Outnumber Locals The data for this map comes from UN Tourism. It compares the number of annual tourist arrivals with resident population, producing a “tourists per resident” measure. This ratio is…

The soldiers operated an American-supplied M113 vehicle captured from Ukrainian forces A Russian crew who went viral earlier this month after flying a US flag from an armored vehicle have said they…

German Economy Shows No Signs Of Emerging From Recession By Thomas Kolbe Germany’s Mittelstand Collapses as “Investment Booster” Flops The German economy shows no signs of emerging from recession. The monthly Mittelstand…

Kiev’s troops have suffered an estimated 600 casualties in the attack near the key Donbass city of Kramatorsk Russian forces have struck Ukrainian troop positions near Kramatorsk, a key city in the…