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Moscow has reported the destruction of a US-designed warplane for the first time Russian forces have shot down a US-designed F-16 fighter jet operated by Ukraine, the Defense Ministry in Moscow has…

Delegations from the two countries will meet in Türkiye to discuss security in the Black Sea, the outlet has claimed Russian and Ukrainian representatives will hold direct talks in Ankara next week,…

The Most Important 4-Minutes On America’s Middle East Wars We Have Ever Heard Economist Jeffrey Sachs strikes again… this time by dropping truth bombs at Saturday’s Antalya Diplomacy Forum — an annual conference…

More than 20 people have been killed and over 80 wounded in the blast, according to local authorities A Russian missile has struck Ukrainian troops lining up for an award ceremony in…

More ‘Trump-Proofing’ The War: Europe Pledges $23BN In New Military Support For Ukraine Authored by Kyle Anzalone via AntiWar.com, The Ukraine Defense Contact Group (UDCG) pledged to send 21 billion euros ($23.7…

“We need to prepare for it,” spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said, following US envoy Steve Witkoff’s talks with the Russian president on Friday A meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his…

Space Force Commander Fired After Undermining JD Vance Visit To Greenland During the height of the Cold War the United States built multiple military outposts and bases in Greenland as part of…

Whites Need Not Apply… British Police Force Blocks Applications In Favor Of ‘Diversity’ Candidates Authored by Thomas Brooke via Remix News, White applicants from a British or Eastern European background are at…

Kiev’s forces keep violating the US-brokered truce prohibiting such strikes, Moscow’s Defense Ministry has said The Ukrainian military has targeted two energy facilities in Russia’s Belgorod Region over the past 24 hours,…

Proper conditions will be created for the migrant laborers from the South Asian country, the Belarusian president has said Belarus will soon accept up to 150,000 migrant workers from Pakistan, the Eastern…

Local authorities have issued a rare storm alert as winds reach 150 kph, battering the country’s northern regions China has urged residents in the northern part of the country who weigh less…

Moscow has condemned World Press Photo’s decision to “cancel” the TASS journalist as disgraceful discrimination The World Press Photo Foundation has blocked the winner of its 2025 contest, Mikhail Tereshchenko, from attending…

How Reliant Are Foreign Automakers On US Buyers? With global automakers facing uncertainty from U.S. auto tariffs, the importance of American car buyers has never been clearer. For many automakers, the U.S….

Restoring American Industrial Might To Counter China Authored by Pat Fallon via RealClearDefense, U.S. intelligence predicts a Chinese invasion of Taiwan by 2027, just two short years away. The fall of Taiwan would…

Critical Mineral Cooperation With Pakistan Carries With It Five Strategic Risks For The US Authored by Andrew Korybko via substack, The US sent one of its top diplomats for South Asia to…

Both sides described the high-stakes negotiations in Oman as “constructive” and reportedly agreed to meet again for “real talks” soon Iran and the United States held their first diplomatic engagement in years…

Judge Orders Trump Admin To Unfreeze Funds Withheld From Maine Over Transgender Athletes A U.S. District Court in Maine issued a ruling April 11 ordering the federal government to release funding to…

Comedian and avowed leftist who adored Barack Obama, Bill Maher, used his HBO show to describe what it was like to meet with President Trump for dinner at the White House. There…

Man With CZ Scorpion Charged With Pistol Brace Ownership, May Set Dangerous Precedent Submitted by Gun Owners of America, The Department of Justice is currently pursuing criminal charges in the U.S. District…

The top US diplomat has agreed that “Steve Witkoff is busting his ass for President Trump” The US leader’s confidant spent over four hours behind closed doors discussing aspects of a potential…

A Tale Of Two Sanctuary Cities: Chicago Hits Back At Trump, L.A. Stays Quiet Authored by Susan Crabtree via RealClearPolitics, Two states and the largest cities within them had nearly opposite reactions…

Israeli Military Admits Hamas Still Has 75% of Tunnels Intact & 40,000 Fighters Via The Libertarian Institute  Israeli military sources speaking to the press revealed the lack of progress Tel Aviv has…

These Are The Most Taxed States In America This graphic, via Visual Capitalist’s Bruno Venditti, is based on research by WalletHub, which ranked states by total tax burden, combining property, income, and sales…

Zelensky Announces Western Supplied F-16 Shot Down, Pilot Killed In a rare moment, Ukraine’s military as well as President Zelensky have announced that a Western-supplied F-16 fighter jet was shot down Saturday…

US Homeowners Must Earn $50,000 More Than Renters To Cover Shelter Payments: Report Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, American homeowners need to earn about $50,000 more than the typical…

The militarization effort is driven by Germany, France and the UK, Russia’s top diplomat has said The international structures centered in the Euro-Atlantic have failed to deliver stability and security to the…

The US claims Moscow still represents an “unusual and extraordinary threat” to its national security President Donald Trump has prolonged US sanctions on Russia for another year, based on the supposition that…

Colorado Governor Signs New Gun Restrictions Into Law, Including Bump Stock Ban Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D), signed a bill into law…

Peter Dutton will lose his seat of Dickson with a new poll finding Labor’s Ali France is ahead of Peter Dutton by 52-48 on a two-party preferred basis. And the Labor Party…

US Judge Declines To Block Immigration Raids At Churches Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A federal judge on April 11 declined to prevent Department of Homeland Security…

Watch: Bill Maher Says ‘Mind Blown’ After Meeting With Trump While Bill Maher may change opinions like a windsock depending on who he’s pandering to, the “Real Time” host told his mostly-Democrat…

Kaja Kallas has said European countries are not on the same page regarding a possible ‘peacekeeping’ force to support Kiev There is currently no agreement within the “coalition of the willing” regarding…

Ukraine has sent mixed messages about the circumstances surrounding the loss of the US-made aircraft A Ukrainian F-16 fighter jet went down along with its pilot on Saturday during a “combat mission,”…

Trump Urges Congress to Work Harder To Make Daylight Saving Permanent Authored by Savannah Hulsey Pointer via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), President Donald Trump has offered his support for the “lock…

The US president has called the taxes he imposed on most countries “appropriate,” brushing off concerns over declining stock markets The countries that deem US tariffs on their goods to be too…

Several Charts To Put DOGE Efforts In Perspective Authored by Lawrence Wilson via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), It costs more to be an American now than it did five years ago—more…

Trump Orders Military To Seal Southern Border As US Accelerates Hemispheric Defense Days after NBC reported that the Trump administration had considered launching drone strikes on drug cartels in Mexico, President Trump issued…

Might Of The Living Feds: The Need To Tackle The 1,500+ ‘Zombie’ Gov’t Departments Authored by Bob Ivry, Jeremy Portnoy and RealClearInvestigations, In 1974, Congress created the Legal Services Corporation to connect…

NYPD Seeks Suspect Accused Of Having Sex With A Homeless Man’s Corpse On Subway Just another day in New York City, another man wanted by New York City police for allegedly committing a…

JPMorgan Responds To The Fed: There Is A Liquidity Crisis Right Now Earlier this morning Apollo’s Torsten Slok laid out the following three reasons why bond yields are soaring: With the yen,…

Last Gasp Of The Landfill Economy Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, It seems we’re supposed to mourn the last gasp of The Landfill Economy. Perhaps we should celebrate its demise….

Minority Report: UK Government Developing ‘Murder Prediction’ Program Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, The UK government is in the process of developing a system to predict whether people will commit homicide in…

The demand is an “Easter egg” contained in the minerals deal that Washington is pressuring Kiev to sign, the news agency has said The administration of US President Donald Trump wants Kiev…

The right-wing party has taken the lead in a nationwide poll for the first time. It won’t be the last – and the establishment only has itself to blame Germany has an…

Finland Bans Russians From Buying Property As Zelensky Says ‘Hatred’ For Them Is Justified On Friday Finland’s parliament unanimously approved a government proposal for a complete ban on real estate acquisitions from…

Yaroslav Zheleznyak has claimed presidential elections can be held in November at the earliest if this proves to be the last such extension Ukraine’s parliament will extend martial law by another 90…

The Russian military has reported making new gains in Kursk Region border area, as well as in the north of Donetsk People’s Republic The past week in the Russia-Ukraine conflict has been…

Press secretary Caroline Leavitt has warned Beijing of consequences if it responds further to increased trade taxes from Washington The White House has warned China that further retaliation through tariff hikes would…

A slight change of venue in Russia as President Trump envoy Steve Witkoff travels to St Petersburg for his third meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The talks come as President Trump’s…

After having his annual physical at Walter Reed hospital, President Trump delivers remarks to the assembled press pool aboard Air Force One. President Trump notes he feels great and has a great…

Regarding the recently released Russiagate files. Again, emphasizing that process matters, let me explain how and why we are being purposefully misled, even with Trump ‘allies’ in control of various govt agencies…

Points For Honesty: UK Tech Firm Says “Only Immigrants From India Will Be Considered” In DevOps Want Ad UK tech firm Avantao Technologies has apologized after posting a job ad stating “only…

NATO Is A Corpse Authored by Andrew Latham via RealClearDefense, NATO is a corpse. All that remains is the grotesque performance art of a diplomatic zombie stumbling from summit to summit, mouthing…

Andrey Kozyrev, who was Moscow’s top diplomat in the 1990s, had been given the nickname over his pro-Western stance The Russian Justice Ministry has designated the country’s former foreign minister, Andrey Kozyrev…

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…

Things are again not what they seem, but you have to stand back to understand the right questions. People have asked about the recent release of the declassified FBI documents (a partial…

Cooperating with Kiev is a chance for the EU to rediscover its identity, Denis Shmigal has claimed Ukraine is the central point around which a new geometry of Europe is being built,…

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…

Goods from Ivory Coast have been slapped with a 21% duty as part of Trump’s latest trade measures Ivory Coast (Cote d’Ivoire) could take measures to increase the prices of cocoa if…

The Ukrainians allegedly referred to Britain’s military chiefs as the “brains” of the “anti-Putin” coalition, according to the exposé Britain’s military leadership played a far more extensive and covert role in the…

Escobar: Russia–Iran–China – All For One, And One For All? Authored by Pepe Escobar via The Cradle, Russia and Iran are at the forefront of the multi-layered Eurasia integration process – the…

These Are Most Common Types Of Fraud In America Americans are losing more money to scams than ever before. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) estimates that Americans lost $12.5 billion to fraud…

Water Wars, Begun They Have Water conflicts are on the rise around the world, according to data from the Pacific Institute. In the first four years of this decade alone, there have been 785…

Judge Sides With Trump Admin On Identification Rules For Illegal Immigrants Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A federal judge has allowed the Trump administration to enforce identification…

US Consolidates Position Among Highest-Spending Global Cities In 2020, there were five U.S. entries among the cities with the biggest consumer spending in the world. By 2040, this will have risen to six with…

The Sahel: Emerging Center Of Global Islamism Authored by Nils Haug via The Gatestone Institute, The center of world terrorist activity and violent death is no longer the Middle East. The “Sahel…

Venezuela’s PDVSA Pulls Export Papers For Two Tankers Destined For USA  Two large tankers loaded with Venezuelan crude and chartered by Chevron are stranded in Venezuelan waters after state oil firm PDVSA revoked export authorizations…

Trump Admin Reaches Agreements With 5 Law Firms Authored by Jackson Richman via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Trump administration announced on April 11 that it has reached agreements with five…

Democratic State Attorneys General Sue To Restore COVID-Related Programs For K-12 Students Authored by Jacob Burg via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A group of Democratic state attorneys general and a governor…

A New Food Pyramid For A Metabolically Unwell Nation Authored by Sheramy Tsai via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), With chronic illnesses soaring across the United States, a group of doctors and…

Keith Kellogg has accused The Times of misrepresenting his words about the demilitarized zone and areas of “responsibility” US President Donald Trump’s special envoy to Ukraine, General Keith Kellogg, has rejected the…

DOJ Launches ‘Second Amendment Task Force’ To Guard Gun Rights Authored by Wim De Gent via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced the establishment of a…

How Chinese Imports Are Leveraged In Cyberattacks Authored by Andrew Thornebrooke via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), News Analysis For more than a decade, cybersecurity experts across the government and private sectors…

Judge Rules Trump Can Deport Pro-Palestine Columbia Activist, Cites “Potentially Serious Foreign Policy Consequences” A top US immigration judge has ruled that the Trump administration can deport Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud…

New Colorado Law Makes It Far More Difficult To Buy Semiautomatic Firearms Enacting what gun-grabbers see as the next-best thing to an outright “assault weapon” ban, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on Thursday…

The US president’s confidant spent over four hours behind closed doors with the Russian leader in St. Petersburg White House special envoy Steve Witkoff has departed Russia in the same secrecy he…

California’s Disastrously Run College Financial Aid Program Is Filled With Fake ‘ChatGPT’ Students Authored by Victoria Taft via PJMedia.com, First, you must admit you have a problem.  It’s unclear the state of…

Trump Tells Putin To ‘Get Moving’ On Ukraine Peace Negotiations, Clock Ticking  White House special envoy Steve Witkoff was in St. Petersburg Friday where he met with President Putin for the third…

The Wicked Flee… Authored by James Howard Kunstler, “No more government in the shadows.”  – Mike Benz The decade-long treasonous hectoring of Mr. Trump keeps on coming, you understand, for the simple…

Houthis Offer Reciprocal Truce With US: ‘Not At War With The American People’ A top Houthi official has offered Washington a truce in the Red Sea, if the US stops attacking Yemen….

The Russian military has reportedly been advancing toward key strongholds Ukrainian soldiers have been raising fear of possible encirclement as Russian forces continue to advance along the front line, CNN has reported,…

USPS To Hike Stamp Prices By About 7.4% To 78 Cents Effective This Summer The U.S. Postal Service has proposed raising the price of a “forever” stamp from 73 cents to 78…

The Russian president has held a marathon meeting with Steve Witkoff The discussions between Russian President Vladimir Putin and White House special envoy Steve Witkoff on Friday involved “aspects of the settlement…

Did the President of the United States get what he wanted? “Now I’ve seen it all.” I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve said that to myself over the past few…

A State Department spokesperson has confirmed previous media reports that Bridget Brink is leaving after three years in post The US State Department has confirmed that Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink will…

Russia & US Reveal Details Of Latest Talks In Istanbul  American and Russian delegations continued their direct engagement in an effort toward normalization, meeting Thursday in Istanbul for talks which lasted for…

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s meeting with Steve Witkoff lasted four hours Steve Witkoff’s visit to Russia is aimed at facilitating direct US communications with the Kremlin as part of a broader effort…

In Congressional Testimony, Whistleblower Accuses Meta Of Aiding China’s Censorship Authored by Samantha Flom via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A former Facebook executive told Congress on April 9 that she watched…

Sam Altman-Backed Oklo Among 8 Names Selected To Provide Nuclear Microreactors For U.S. Military Bases The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), alongside the Army and Air Force, has launched the Advanced Nuclear Power…

The Asymmetric Gold Trade Authored by Jim Rickards via Investors Daily, Gold has reached a new all-time high, surpassing $3,200 per ounce. I anticipate it could climb even higher in the near…

Calin Georgescu has claimed his opposition to the supposed plans led to his candidacy being invalidated by the “globalist mafia” Calin Georgescu, a former Romanian presidential candidate whose bid was controversially invalidated…

Yura Borisov’s contract with UTA will see him “represented in all areas,” according to Variety magazine Russian Oscar-nominated actor Yura Borisov, known for his role in US director Sean Baker’s film ‘Anora’,…

Trade War Turbulence: Chinese Airline Delays Boeing Jet Delivery In Possible Non-Tariff Countermeasure China announced earlier that it had raised its levies on U.S. goods to 125%, up from the previous 84%, but…

Paying A Heavy Price For Going After A Tax-Cheat Named Hunter Biden Authored by Nancy Rommelmann via RealClearInvestigations, Joe Ziegler is not a beaten man – not for his antagonists’ lack of…

“Groundbreaking” FDA Shift Away From Animal Testing Sends Lab Shares Into Freefall  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a major policy shift late Thursday, signaling the replacement of traditional animal testing—particularly in monoclonal…

Is The Consumer Tapping Out? Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, The recent implementation of tariffs has the media buzzing about increased recession odds as the consumer faces potentially higher costs. While…

Hope Harbor Society has been accused of collecting funds for Ukraine’s military and backing Russian opposition The Office of the Russian Prosecutor General has designated the US non-governmental organization Hope Harbor Society…

“We Are Now A Global Destabilizer”: Larry Fink Stunned By Trump Tariffs Speaking after BlackRock’s Q1 earnings report on a call with Wall Street analysts, CEO Larry Fink said he was troubled…

Tulsi Gabbard Drops Two Huge Bombshells Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard made a startling revelation during an open cabinet meeting Wednesday, announcing that she has evidence that…

Americans’ Expectations Plunge To 45 Year Lows As Democrats Send UMich Inflation Expectations Soaring The cognitive dissonance for Democratic UMich survey respondents is about to go to ’11’ as various ‘hard’ data…