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New Delhi firmly believes the Pahalgam terrorist attack was backed by Pakistan. It can crush Islamabad in retaliation The gruesome massacre of innocent holidaymakers near Pahalgam in India’s Jammu and Kashmir Union…

The tech giant’s reported plans come amid an escalating trade war between the US and China, the top assembly site for the iPhone Apple plans to move the assembly of all US-bound…

G4S’s mercenaries are everywhere – from the halls of American power to the darkest corners of detention centers The British-American private military company Group 4 Securitas (G4S) has evolved far beyond its…

An interesting report from the U.K reflects British government officials who feel their legal position against ‘free speech’ in Great Britain is now part of the negotiations for President Trump’s tariffs.  Essentially,…

Prosecutors File Notice To Seek Death Penalty For Luigi Mangione Authored by Katabella Roberts via The Epoch Times, Prosecutors on Thursday formally filed a notice of intent to seek the death penalty…

DNC Chair Rebukes Vice Chair David Hogg’s Push To Unseat Incumbent Democrats Authored by Joseph Lord via The Epoch Times, Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chairman Ken Martin on Thursday rebuked DNC Vice…

Beijing Vows To Stabilize China’s Sinking Economy As we have shown on several recent occasions, the US-China trade war is notable in that while the Xi and Trump admins are clearly going…

US Warns Foreign Nationals Over Birth Tourism Authored by Rachel Acenas via The Epoch Times, The U.S. State Department issued a warning on Thursday to foreign nationals who plan to obtain U.S….

USDA Directs States To Make Sure Illegal Immigrants Don’t Receive Food Stamps Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times, The Department of Agriculture (USDA) told states on April 24 to take…

Yahoo is reportedly preparing to acquire the web browser if a US federal court orders its sale in an antitrust case Yahoo is ready to buy popular web browser Chrome if a…

Amid Worst Start To A Year On Record, Scott Bessent Affirms The Dollar Is Not Dying Despite a growing chorus of pundits claiming the “death of the dollar” is imminent, Treasury Secretary…

The orthodox complex in Russia’s Belgorod Region was “deliberately” targeted by drones, according to the governor and local metropolitan bishop The iconic New Jerusalem orthodox temple has burned down as a result…

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…

Brainwashed Democrats Continue To See Imminent Inflation-pocalypse; But UMich Sentiment Improved Intra-Month Having been widely mocked – and quantitatvely denigrated by Goldman Sachs – this morning’s final print for UMich consumer sentiment…

China May Shift From US Treasuries Toward Crypto, Gold; BlackRock Exec Authored by Amin Haqshanas via CoinTelegraph.com, Central banks, particularly China, may start to shift away from US Treasurys, exploring alternatives such…

The meeting has brought the positions of Moscow and Washington “closer,” Yury Ushakov has said Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted US President Donald Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, in Moscow on Friday…

The US president has given an extensive interview marking his first 100 days back in office US President Donald Trump has stated that Kiev will never join NATO, suggested that Washington could…

Gold: The Everything Hedge Authored by James Rickards via DailyReckoning.com, It’s a subject we analyze continually, and we have recommended gold as part of a sound investment portfolio for years. Today the…

FBI Arrests Wisconsin Judge Accused Of Helping Illegal Immigrant Hide From ICE: Patel FBI Director Kash Patel announced Friday that the bureau has arrested Judge Hannah Dugan out of Milwaukee, Wisconsin on…

Participants from 102 countries have sent in nearly 700 papers on economic change and global challenges that lie ahead Nearly 700 essays from around the world have been unveiled in Moscow ahead…

Various interests are staked on the outcome of negotiations between Washington and Tehran. If they align just right, all can benefit The current phase of relations between the Islamic Republic of Iran…

Apple Turbocharges Friendshoring: Your Next iPhone Could Be Made In India Apple is turbocharging its “friend-shoring” strategy, thanks in large part to President Trump’s ongoing trade war with Beijing, by initiating plans…

Numerous international dignitaries, including US President Donald Trump, are planning to attend the ceremony at the Vatican Kiev is reportedly “pressuring” Rome to organize a mini-summit on the Ukraine conflict on the…

UK households have grown increasingly downbeat about the outlook for the country’s economy, data shows UK consumer confidence has dropped to its lowest point since 2023, driven by soaring bills, tax increases…

Kiev is helping to fuel unrest in the Sahel region, unlike Moscow, Themba Godi has said Claims by Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky that Russia is undermining Kiev’s diplomatic efforts in Africa are “pure…

Futures Slide After Trump Interview Reverses Boost From China Tariff Cut Reports US equity futures are mixed after three days of gain, with tech leading, highlighted by GOOG (+5.6% amid strong earnings…

The Wile E. Coyote Recession Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, So where are corporate profits going to come from as globalization, price-gouging, planned obsolescence, shrinkflation and immiseration run out…

The counteroffer is “on the table” of the American president, Vladimir Zelensky has stated Kiev and its European backers have turned down President Donald Trump’s reported peace plan for the Ukraine conflict…

Bitcoin Extends Gains As Fed Pulls Biden-Era Guidance On Bank’s Crypto Dealings The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the withdrawal of guidance for banks related to their crypto-asset and dollar token…

Berlin Labor Minister Says Tesla Cars Are ‘Nazi Cars’, Faces Serious Backlash Via Remix News, Berlin Senator Cansel Kiziltepe, of the Social Democratic Party  (SPD), decided to attack Elon Musk on X,…

The country needs to revise rules in order to weather falling oil revenues and global trade wars, Anton Siluanov has said Russia should brace for potential budgetary stress due to declining oil…

Whatever Happened To The Green New Deal? Authored by William Anderson via The Mises Institute, Fresh off her 2018 upset New York Democratic congressional primary win, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (better known as AOC)…

Steve Witkoff’s visit to Russia aims to advance a US-proposed peace plan that faces opposition from Ukraine and its Western supporters Russian President Vladimir Putin is meeting with US President Donald Trump’s…

Germany Downgrades Growth Outlook, Now Expects Recession For Record 3rd Year, Blames Trump Entering 2025, Germany’s economic situation had never been worse: following a 6th consecutive GDP contraction in Q4, the country…

Who Blinks First? China May Exempt Tariffs On US Ethane & Other Goods By now it’s become increasingly clear that both the U.S. and China are eager to de-escalate the trade war,…

Steve Witkoff’s visit to Russia aims to advance a US-proposed peace plan that faces opposition from Ukraine and its Western supporters Steve Witkoff, the special envoy for US President Donald Trump, has…

European and Asian diplomats have claimed a territorial settlement in Ukraine could send a “dangerous message” Officials in Western Europe and Asia have claimed US President Donald Trump’s reported framework to end the…

An Il-76 carrying 65 Ukrainian servicemen destined for an exchange was shot down by Kiev in 2024, according to Moscow A senior official in Kiev has confirmed that Ukrainian prisoners of war…

A Romanian national had been collecting classified data for Ukrainian intelligence, the agency has said Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has detained a Romanian citizen in the southern city of Sochi on…

The move could pave the way for “temporary peace,” Vitaly Klitschko has said Ukraine may have to give up land to Russia to secure peace, Kiev Mayor Vitaly Klitschko has admitted, although…

Yaroslav Moskalik, general staff deputy chief of operations, has been assassinated in a car bomb plot outside Moscow A Russian two-star general serving as deputy operations chief of the general staff has…

Zelensky is being forced to seek partners in the Global South due to tensions with the US, according to Thato Senabe The recent visit to South Africa by Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky is…

The US president has claimed that even Zelensky understands the peninsula will remain under Moscow’s control in a final settlement The Crimean Peninsula will remain a part of Russia under a final…

The Crocus City massacre, in which 145 died, is a model for attacks envisaged by Kiev, Sergey Shoigu has said Ukrainian military intelligence is enlisting migrants and others in Russia and equipping them…

Meet The “Other” EV Brands Challenging Tesla’s Domination As Tesla continues to dominate the global EV conversation, a wave of upstart and established players—many of them based in China—are rising fast, offering…

Social democrat Cansel Kiziltepe has linked a slump in the car maker’s sales to CEO Elon Musk’s “far-right positions” A Berlin senator has branded Elon Musk’s Tesla a “Nazi car,” while commenting…

Ukrainian assurances that all US weapons and funds are fully accounted for are the “funniest thing,” the Trump official has said US government efficiency tsar Elon Musk has ridiculed Vladimir Zelensky’s claims…

The stockpile is reportedly sufficient to fully repair the gas pipeline, made inoperable in an act of sabotage in 2022 Germany continues to store spare pipes for the Nord Stream gas pipeline,…

The American Menace: Leading Liberals Call Upon Europeans To Resist The United States Authored by Jonathan Turley, In his historic speech in Munich this year, Vice President J.D. Vance confronted the Europeans over their…

WHO Announces ‘Significant’ Layoffs Three Months After Trump Halts US Funding Three months after President Donald Trump signed an executive order withdrawing the United States from the World Health Organization (WHO) –…

India Throws Trump A Harley-Davidson Olive Branch In Trade Talks President Donald Trump hinted overnight at a potential easing of the trade war with Beijing, suggesting that the current 145% tariffs on…

Political bias in the West could lead to unfair prosecution, officials have said People who have taken part in the Ukraine conflict on Moscow’s side could face prosecution in EU member states,…

Moscow’s decision not to seize all of the country is a significant step toward peace, the US president has said Russia has made a major concession in Ukraine peace talks by refraining…

€55,000 To Get Migrants To Go Home? Sweden Ups Golden-Handshakes To Encourage Re-Migration Authored by Thomas Brooke via Remix News, A new proposal from the Swedish government would dramatically raise financial incentives…

The Great ‘Shortening’ Authored by Jeffrey Tucker via The Epoch Times, “No one can concentrate on anything for long these days. It’s completely ruining society.” That’s quite a comment from my philosophically…

The two neighbors have effectively severed trade and diplomatic ties in a raft of tit-for-tat measures, with airspace, visas, and treaties suspended Tensions between India and Pakistan have sharply escalated following a…

Moscow says negotiations are progressing, but details of Washington’s proposal remain confidential Moscow and Washington are “moving in the right direction” toward finalizing an agreement to end the Ukraine conflict, Russian Foreign…

US Can Produce Rare Earths If China Stops Exports – But There’s A Catch Authored by John Haughey via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), It could take up to five years to…

Crowd Control: Nassau County Seeks To Make It Illegal To Stand Within 15 Feet Of Police During An Emergency Nassau County lawmakers want to make it illegal to stand within 15 feet…

Affordable, Reliable, Clean Scorecard: Natural Gas Is Tops, Wind And Solar Are The Worst Authored by James Taylor via RealClearEnergy, Policymakers on both sides of the political aisle increasingly advocate for affordable,…

‘JUDICIAL COUP’: Judge Blocks Key Component Of Trump’s Election Integrity Order U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly has dealt a partial blow to President Donald Trump’s push to secure America’s elections, blocking his…

Peter Schiff: Gold’s Rise Is A Warning Everyone Ignores Via SchiffGold.com, In Friday’s episode of The Peter Schiff Show, Peter sets his sights on the market’s astonishing complacency in the face of gold’s…

As most of you know I have been traveling extensively. However, a strange thing happened today upon return through the airport. Apparently, all of the test pilots for biometrics, real ID etc….

Global Silence As HTS & Allies Take Alawite Women As Sex Slaves In Syria Via The Cradle Since December, when the former Al-Qaeda affiliate, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), toppled the government of…

The US president’s new campaign merch reignites third-term rumors US President Donald Trump has launched a new line of campaign merchandise, unveiling baseball caps featuring “TRUMP 2028” – a bold signal that…

Trump Says Baby Bonus For Moms “Sounds Like A Good Idea” Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times, President Donald Trump has signaled a willingness to issue a financial bonus to…

Liberal Media Ditching “Food Deserts” Term For Far More Inflammatory-Sounding “Food Apartheid” Having worn out the use of ‘Hitler’ over the last decade, the liberal media is searching for its next sensationalist…

Zeldin Demands Mexico Act On Cross-Border Sewage Authored by Susan Crabtree via RealClearPolitics, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin’s trip Tuesday to this scenic family-friendly coastal tourist destination was all business and…

Wash. State Instructor And PhD Student Arrested After Assaulting Student Wearing MAGA Hat A Washington State University instructor and PhD student, Patrick Mahoney, was arrested after allegedly assaulting a student wearing a…

Israel argues that The Hague has no jurisdiction over its citizens The International Criminal Court (ICC) Appeals Chamber has instructed a lower panel to reconsider Israel’s objections to the court’s jurisdiction over…

Officials in Ukraine fear the “worst-case scenario,” according to the German tabloid The leadership in Kiev is bracing for a “worst-case scenario” in which US President Donald Trump cuts off all American…

‘Cuomo Lied, New Yorkers Died!’ – Protesters Storm Stage At Mayor Candidate Forum As he continues his bid for the New York City mayor’s office, scandal-plagued former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo was…

Trump’s Illegal Migrant Hunt Digs Into The IRS and Social Security Authored by Benjamin Weingarten via RealClearInvestigations, Against fierce resistance, the Trump administration is enlisting the Internal Revenue Service and Social Security…

19-Year-Old Arrested For Sparking Massive New Jersey Wildfire A 19-year-old from Ocean Township, New Jersey, has been arrested and charged with sparking what could be the Garden State’s largest wildfire in decades.  On…

Alphabet Surges After Easily Beating Estimates, New $70 Billion Stock Buyback In our preview of Alphabet’s Q1 earnings, we said the company was “Cheap, Room For Error, And Optimism Worst Is Over“,…

NATO critic Calin Georgescu’s victory in last year’s first round vote was annulled by the Constitutional Court An appeals court in Romania has suspended the Constitutional Court’s (CRR) decision to annul the…

What Is Democratic ‘Legality’? Authored by Victor Davis Hanson via American Greatness, Since 2021, the left has waged a veritable war against the American legal system in a variety of ways. One…

Who Are Possible Contenders To Succeed Pope Francis? Authored by Stacy Robinson & Joseph Lord via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The world awoke on April 21 to news that Pope Francis,…

Gabbard Asks DOJ To Prosecute 2 Alleged Leakers Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times, Two alleged intelligence community leakers have been referred to the Department of Justice (DOJ) for prosecution,…

12 Signs That U.S. Consumers Are Experiencing Far More Financial Stress Than Most People Realize Authored by Michael Snyder via The Economic Collapse blog, Consumer sentiment is plummeting, delinquency rates are rising,…

Estonia’s parliament had earlier passed legislation that could force the country’s Orthodox Church to sever its historic ties with Russia Estonian President Alar Karis has refused to sign a controversial law targeting…

North Korean Missile Used In Deadly Russian Attack On Kiev, Ukraine Claims A Ukrainian official speaking to Reuters Thursday has claimed that the missile that killed at least nine people in a major…

The US secretary of state has urged member countries to increase defense spending US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has renewed pressure on NATO members to increase their defense contributions, describing the…

Judge Halts Order Demanding Details On Efforts To Return Abrego Garcia To US Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times, The federal judge overseeing the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an…

Stocks Extend Gains After Trump Says “They” Are Having Meetings With China US equities extended their gains after President Trump told reporters that US was having daily ongoing talks with China. “Well,…

Trump To Go After Democrat Fundraising Juggernaut ActBlue In Presidential Memorandum: Report President Trump is expected to sign a presidential memorandum on Thursday targeting major Democrat online donation platform, ActBlue – specifically…

Trump Admin Asks Supreme Court To Allow Prohibition Of Troops With Gender Dysphoria Authored by San Dorman via The Epoch Times, The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to halt a…

Ugly, Tailing 7Y Auction Sees Lowest Foreign Demand In Over 3 Years The week’s last coupon auction is in the books, and perhaps because people are just tired of dealing with the…

Institutions Break Up With Ethereum But Keep ETH On The Hook Authored by Yohan Yun via CoinTelegraph.com, Ethereum is entering one of its most precarious periods since its inception. Usage on the…

“Our Export Orders Disappeared”: Chinese Factories Shutting Down, Laying Off Workers, FT Finds By now it has become abundantly clear (and if it isn’t, the openly biased media has certainly made it…

Participants of an international conference have noted the crisis of Western dominance and stressed the need for a UN-led new world order Foreign policy experts have highlighted the emergence of a multipolar…

President Donald Trump will be holding a celebration of his 100 days in office during a stop in Michigan.  It makes sense to pick Michigan as the auto industry is representative of…

UK and French intelligence have been fabricating smears about the US president’s alleged ties to Moscow, the SVR has claimed Europe is seeking to undermine US President Donald Trump’s efforts to broker…

Peace Will Be Achieved When Ukraine Withdraws From 4 Annexed Territories: Peskov Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has filled in a little bit more of the details in the wake of a Financial…

Andrzej Duda has called on Kiev to make concessions to end the conflict with Russia Ukraine will have to compromise to achieve a peace settlement with Russia, Polish President Andrzej Duda has…

Trump Says Could Meet Putin ‘Shortly After’ Upcoming Middle East Trip President Donald Trump has said he could meet with Russia’s Vladimir Putin shortly after his upcoming trip to the Middle East…

Fake It Till Trump Makes It By Michael Every of Rabobank Fake it till Trump makes it Markets were thrilled this week as Bloomberg reported US Treasury Secretary Bessent saying 145% US…

France and the UK reportedly showed a weakening desire to deploy troops to Ukraine at recent talks France and the UK displayed a weakening resolve to put boots on the ground in…

Kiev could default if it doesn’t make a $600 million payment due next month Ukraine’s government announced on Thursday that it has failed to reach an agreement to restructure some $2.6 billion…