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Kirill Dmitriev said that the Trump administration “understands” Russia’s position on Ukraine Russian President Vladimir Putin’s investment envoy, Kirill Dmitriev, visited Washington on Thursday. He is the highest Russian official who traveled…

Health And Human Services Layoffs Begin Leaving Federal Workers Stunned The first stage of cuts to Health and Human Services (HHS) have begun with 10,000 employees slated to be fired in the…

Pentagon Watchdog Launches Investigation Into SecDef Hegseth Over Use Of Signal Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times, The inspector general for the Department of Defense is investigating Defense Secretary Pete…

Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide has said the new US trade policy may violate the military bloc’s economic commitments Recently imposed US tariffs could breach NATO’s founding principles by undermining economic cooperation…

Microsoft Scales Back AI Data Center Projects In US, Australia, UK TD Cowen analyst Michael Elias has explained to clients through multiple notes over the last month that Microsoft has scaled back on data…

The lawmaker has vowed to challenge the decision, insisting he has been sick and missed only about a week without a valid reason A Russian MP has been stripped of his mandate…

Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth will reportedly not attend the Ramstein group either virtually or in person US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will skip the next meeting of countries coordinating military support for…

The detention of regional leader Evgenia Gutsul exposes deepening tensions between Moldova and autonomous Gagauzia On March 25, Evgenia Gutsul, the elected leader of Gagauzia, was detained at Chisinau International Airport while…

Auto Tariffs Pump Brakes On Jeep Owner; Stellantis Pauses Canada, Mexico Plants  President Trump’s 25% tariffs on imported vehicles took effect overnight, with the first signs of impact materializing Thursday morning—i.e., shares of U.S….

War reporters face artillery fire, drone strikes, and targeted attacks – yet keep returning to the front. They explain to RT why. On March 26, tragic news of the death of Anna…

‘Disloyal’ NSC Staffers Fired After Laura Loomer Brings Receipts To The White House Three staffers on the National Security Council have been fired after journalist Laura Loomer met with President Trump in…

This Trump Shock Is A Reverse Nixon By Michael Every of Rabobank Hoot Small-ly and Reverse Nixon Again In line with the Churchillian tone I had struck, yesterday’s US tariffs were historic…

With bank deposit rates up, consumers are choosing saving over spending, the head of retailer DNS has said Russia’s home appliance and electronics market is facing its sharpest downturn in decades as…

American officials working in China have been reportedly subjected to a blanket “non-fraternization” policy Washington has banned its diplomatic personnel in China, as well as their family members and contractors with security…

Elon Musk’s Neuralink Seeks Patients Globally To Try Its Brain Chips Authored by Jesse Coghlan via CoinTelegraph.com, Elon Musk’s brain-chip company, Neuralink, is recruiting participants worldwide to trial its device, which enables…

The Hague-based institution has no support from “the great powers,” according to George Szamuely from the Global Policy Institute The International Criminal Court (ICC) has no legal standing whatsoever because it is…

The Rio Reset: Inside The BRICS Scheme To Hotwire The Global Economy Authored by Peter Reagan via Birch Gold Group, BRICS+ leaders are meeting in Rio de Janiero this summer. Their dedollarization…

Deutsche Bank has raised concerns over a possible erosion of trust in the US currency amid escalating trade tensions A deepening crisis of confidence in the US dollar may be unfolding, Deutsche…

Senate Votes To Block Trump Tariffs On Canada After Four Republicans Cross The Aisle The Senate has passed a largely performative rebuke of President Donald Trump’s ability to impose tariffs on Canada,…

Watch: Sen. John Kennedy Destroys Nationwide Injunctions Authored by Matt Margolis via PJMedia.com, By now, you know that I’m a big fan of Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) and his unmatched ability to…

Washington is as active as ever in the military bloc, the secretary of state has said US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has reassured NATO member states that Washington remains committed to…

Secretary Scott Bessent has urged American trading partners not to retaliate against Washington’s new import taxes US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has urged Washington’s trading partners not to retaliate against President Donald…

Far-Left Maryland Lawmakers Pass Reparations Bill While Financial Crisis Looms Far-left Maryland lawmakers, sitting high in their Annapolis castle, are completely detached from reality. They masquerade as public servants but are merely progressive…

Congress must focus on restoring fiscal control and deficit reduction in order to avoid “the grim reckoning,” the billionaire believes The US is heading for a “fiscal breakdown,” and Congress should take…

Here are the basic resources you need to dive into President Trump’s global trade and tariff reset.  Topline opinion at the end of the document summaries. ♦ United States Trade Representative: 397-page…

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent discusses President Trump’s tariff plans, federal deficit negotiations and the efforts to extend the 2017 tax cuts with Annmarie Hordern on “Balance of Power.” Bessent walks through…

Senior White House Officials Taylor Budowich, Stephen Miller, and Karoline Leavitt have a discussion on Tariffs with U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer. President Trump’s trade and tariff policy is a complete restructuring…

President Trump delivers a speech at the White House outlining a global trade reset established on the principle of trade and tariff reciprocity.  [Primary Executive Order Here]  – [Executive Order Here] “The…

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…

ISM Services Slumps To 9-Month Lows; Employment Plunges Following the significant decline in US Manufacturing ‘soft’ survey data (while hard data keeps rising with manufacturing jobs jumping most in years according to…

VW Among Several European Automakers To Halt Vehicle Shipments, Raise Prices, In Response To Tariffs Here come the price hikes… European automakers are hiking prices and shifting production to the U.S. in…

The response from the EU is exactly what we would expect to see from the end of the 80-year-old Marshal Plan. EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyden has three big concerns…

The de minimis loophole comes from back in the 1930s. The idea back then was, say you went on a vacation to Paris, you shouldn’t have to file customs paperwork or pay…

New Delhi could eye increased trade with China and Southeast Asian countries US President Donald Trump’s decision to impose a 26% tariff on imports from India could prompt New Delhi to explore…

Nations of the alliance make a significant contribution to crucial sectors of the world economy, and this also increases the group’s political role BRICS+ collectively represents nearly half of the world’s population…

Here Are The Three Goals That Trump Wants To Achieve Through His Global Trade War Authored by Andrew Korybko via substack, He hopes to strengthen the US’ supply chain sovereignty, renegotiate its…

Vice President JD Vance appears on Fox News this morning to discuss the trade tariffs and the ongoing MAGAnomic trade reset. The reciprocal tariffs and global trade rebalance are two components of…

‘Luigi Mangione’ Copycat Kills Pharmacy Worker In California Authored by Luis Cornelio via Headline USA, A copycat of alleged insurance executive assassin Luigi Mangione apparently harbored so much hatred toward large pharmacies that he…

Milorad Dodik has thanked Serbia for challenging Bosnia and Herzegovina’s push for a Red Notice against him Interpol has rejected Bosnia and Herzegovina’s request to issue wanted alerts for the president and…

Existing sanctions have significantly reduced trade with Moscow, according to US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent Russia was excluded from President Donald Trump’s sweeping new tariffs because existing US sanctions have already severely…

The Israeli PM is visiting Budapest despite an arrest warrant issued against him by The Hague-based court The International Criminal Court (ICC) has said Hungary is obligated to cooperate with an arrest…

Reign Of Tariffs Begins: Futures Crash, Dollar Craters Well, Trump’s “liberation day” is here… and it has liberated countless traders of their net worth and risk assets: the market’s reaction to Trump’s…

Zero Dimensional Chess Authored by Peter Tchir via Academy Securities, This administration had delivered on the border as the voters wanted. I wanted to start with something positive. Today, I’m sure we will…

Maine Gets Final Warning on Males in Female Sports Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, The U.S. Department of Education issued a final warning to the state of Maine, telling…

Abdoulaye Diop has met with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov in Moscow to discuss regional security threats Malian Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop has accused Ukraine of providing support to terrorist groups operating…

‘DOGE Impact’: Federal Govt Layoffs Dominate Biggest March Job Losses In 36 Years Over the last two months, DOGE actions have been attributed to 280,253 layoff plans of federal workers and contractors…

“This Could Blow Up Apple” iPhone Maker Plummets; Most Impacted By Tariffs Among Mag7s Apple shares are plunging almost 10% in premarket trading, as the iPhone maker is viewed as especially exposed to the…

Lesotho has yet to respond to the move, although neighboring South Africa says the “punitive” measure serves as a barrier to trade US President Donald Trump has targeted several African countries in…

“Immense Consequences” – EU Warns Of Countermeasures As World Leaders Respond To US Tariffs The European Union will unveil countermeasures to U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest tariffs if negotiations with the White…

Slapping a tax on his country represents “peak cynicism,” the national parliament’s financial committee chairman has claimed Ukrainian MP Daniil Getmantsev has condemned recently imposed US tariffs as “peak economic cynicism” toward…

The US president has levied duties ranging from 10% to 49% on virtually all of the country’s trading partners  US President Donald Trump on Wednesday rolled out a sweeping new wave of…

The official says Pretoria is looking into how Trump arrived at the 30% “reciprocal” tariffs he imposed on goods from the country Minister of Trade, Industry, and Competition, Parks Tau, has pledged…

The move by Hungary coincides with a visit from Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, who is wanted by the Hague-based court Hungary will pull out of the International Criminal Court (ICC) because it…

Four facilities have been damaged in the last 24 hours, the Defense Ministry in Moscow has said Ukraine has conducted four attacks on Russian energy infrastructure within the past 24 hours, in…

The Israeli PM has received a warm welcome by Hungarian officials despite war crimes charges by the International Criminal Court Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has embarked on a four-day official visit…

Beijing Slams Trump’s “Unilateral Bullying” Tariffs, Signals Retaliatory Action President Trump’s late afternoon announcement on Wednesday—”Liberation Day“—unveiled a far more aggressive tariff policy than top Wall Street analysts had anticipated, prompting panic…

The Indian government has indicated it is analyzing the impact of 26% tariffs imposed by the US on imports from the country New Delhi is examining the effect of 26% reciprocal tariffs…

In Warning To Turkey, Israel Strikes Several Bases Across Syria Israel on Tuesday carried out several major airstrikes on Syria, including targeting the capital of Damascus, according to state agency SANA. “An…

Maxine Waters Alleges Trump Wants To Replace US Dollar With His Stablecoin Authored by Turner Wright via CoinTelegraph.com, California Representative Maxine Waters, ranking member of the US House Financial Services Committee, used…

Nashville Police Claim Transgender Christian School Shooter Never Had ‘Manifesto’ Authored by Ken Silva via Headline USA, The transgender shooter behind the 2023 Nashville elementary school attack that killed six people, including three children,…

European Officials Now Worry About Reliance Of Dollar Funding By The Fed Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, Can the EU rely on dollar funding by the Fed with Trump in play?…

The pro-LGBTQ organization undermines traditional family values, according to the Prosecutor General’s Office The Office of the Russian Prosecutor General has designated the Elton John AIDS Foundation “undesirable” in the country, alleging…

Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot has warned of further destabilization in the Middle East A military conflict with Iran would be highly likely if attempts to renegotiate a new nuclear deal fail, French…

Three Americans will instead serve life in prison after being convicted last September of attempting a coup in DR Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) government has commuted the…

The Ukrainian leader’s tactics of denial and making false claims could backfire, Russia’s deputy UN envoy has told RT Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky is playing a “dangerous game” with US President Donald…

Rape, Violent Crime Explodes Even Higher In Germany; Number Of “Non-German” Suspects Up Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Violent crime and sexual assault cases have increased in number even further in…

Dialogue between Moscow and Washington is of the utmost importance for the entire world, Kirill Dmitriev has said Russian President Vladimir Putin’s economic envoy, Kirill Dmitriev, has said that he has arrived…

ICC Blasts Hungary For Ignoring Arrest Warrant As Orban Hosts Netanyahu The International Criminal Court (ICC) has denounced Hungary’s decision to defy its arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu after The Hague charged…

The suspect is under investigation in Kherson Region A Russian woman has been arrested on suspicion of financially supporting the Ukrainian army, Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has announced. The case is…

Gulf States Refuse To Let US Use Bases, Airspace For Iran Attack Via Middle East Eye Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states have imposed a ban on US warplanes using their air fields…

Zelensky Has No Feasible Alternative To Accepting Trump’s Lopsided Resource Deal Authored by Andrew Korybko via substack, Trump warned last weekend that Zelensky will have “some problems – big, big problems” if he “tries…

How Globalists Use Crazed Leftists To Piss Off The Populace And Provoke Dictatorship Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.us, There is nothing more dangerous than an incomplete picture of history. A hundred…

Neither side will get everything it wants, Keith Kellogg has argued The conflict between Kiev and Moscow is close to a ceasefire, US President Donald Trump’s Ukraine envoy, Keith Kellogg, has said….

Supreme Court Upholds Biden-Era Rule On Regulation Of “Ghost Guns” Via American Greatness, The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld a Biden administration rule on federal regulation of so-called “ghost guns” which are…

Trump’s Reconfiguration Of Global Conflict: What It Means For Asia And Europe Authored by Joseph Yizheng Lian via The Epoch Times, Two months into his second term, President Donald Trump was accused…

US president is not an agent of Moscow, Dmitry Kuleba has said US President Donald truly believes that he can do “great things” with Russia, former Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba has…

China Ends Military Drills With ‘Simulated Attacks’ On Taiwan Ports, Energy Sites China’s military on Wednesday announced the completion of major war drills aimed at Taiwan, and which included a ‘live fire’…

Washington Sheriff Won’t Allow Non-Citizens To Work As Police Officers, Despite Political Pressure A state county sheriff in Washington may be the only person left in the state with common sense.  He is…

President Trump and the White House posted the following message to begin “Liberation Day.” President Donald Trump is scheduled to end the U.S Marshal Plan for Europe, eliminating one-way tariffs eighty years…

Over 100 Rounds Fired During Weekend Shooting In Seattle West Seatlle…or war zone? That’s the question many have to be asking after a report that over 100 rounds were fired in West…

RFK Jr.’s Advisor Torches Anti-MAHA Lobbyists: “Insane To Think More Bureaucrats = Better Health” Calley Means, co-founder of the Truemed telehealth platform and a special government employee at the Department of Health…

Hegseth: Men And Women In Combat Must Meet ‘Same, High Standard’ Authored by Rachel Acenas via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Defense Department on Monday revealed that it would be imposing…

Massie Bill Demands Federal Candidates Reveal Dual Citizenship Seeking to spotlight federal office-seekers who may have a conflict of interest, Kentucky Congressman Thomas Massie has introduced a bill that would require candidates…

Revealed: Pro-Kamala Social-Media Millions That Couldn’t Sync ‘Brat’ With ‘Democrat’ Authored by Lee Fang via RealClearInvestigations, The abrupt withdrawal last year of President Joe Biden as the Democratic presidential nominee, followed rapidly…

Government Funding For mRNA Technology Is Being Scrutinized And, In Some Cases, Sidelined It looks as though government funding for mRNA technology is on a short leash… Take, for example, a promising…

RIA Novosti has appealed the decision based on previous assurances that sanctions do not prohibit journalistic activities The European Union has denied accreditation for this year to Russian news agency RIA Novosti,…

Seattle Economic Crisis: Proof That Democrat Wealth Taxes Lead To Disaster To look at the Pacific Northwest today one would never know that 25 years ago the region was an economic powerhouse…

The Swirling Vortex Of Weaponized Lawfare Authored by Ramesh Thakur via The Brownstone Institute, Like a bad ‘When a chicken walked into a pub’ type of joke, when activist litigants walk into…

Futures Tumble As President Trump Delivers “Declaration Of Economic Independence” Update (1630ET): “Well we have some very, very good news today,” Trump began his address exclaiming that “This is Liberation Day.” “April…

The US president is applying primitive tactics in both the economic and political issues he’s dealing with, Henry Johnston tells RT US President Donald Trump’s tactics in both political and economic matters…

California’s Regulations, Not Price Gouging, Cause High Gas Prices, USC Study Finds Authored by Jill McLaughlin via The Epoch Times, Gov. Gavin Newsom stands behind his claim that “Big Oil” is responsible…

The so-called Liberation Day plan sets out broad, country-specific duties on US trading partners US President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced a new round of sweeping tariffs, part of what he has…

Will Today Go Down In History As The Beginning Of A New Era? To paraphrase Michael Every’s earlier take, “will today go down in history, marking the end of one era and…

Alec Baldwin Says Quiet Part Out Loud As Democrats Become More Unhinged  As the Democratic Party spirals into disarray—polling in freefall, far-left activists firebombing Tesla showrooms and vehicles, and USAID funds cut…

Corruption at the National Anti-Corruption Commission should be front and centre during the federal election campaign but it isn’t because it leads straight back to the dirty deal between Prime Minister Anthony…

New FAA Rule Allows Private Jet Owners To Hide Travel Information From Public Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is implementing a data…

Judge Blocks Trump Admin From Firing Federal Employees On Probation In 19 States Authored by Katabella Roberts via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A federal judge on April 1 indefinitely blocked President…

A new executive order is expected to sharply raise the minimum threshold for weapons sales that trigger a congressional review US President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order that…

The gaffe occurred during remarks by Andrey Sibiga on a potential agreement between Kiev and Washington Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrey Sibiga appeared to confuse Ukraine and the US while speaking on Tuesday…