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Trump’s Department Of Education Finally Says ‘No’ To LGBTQ Porn In Schools Authored by Andrea Widburg via AmericanThinker.com, One of the biggest battles in the last four years has been over parents’…

The US president has suggested the tragedy was due to human error The collision of a US Army helicopter and a civilian airliner that killed 67 people could have been prevented, President…

The interim government in Bangladesh is aiming to review previous arrangements with New Delhi Bangladesh’s interim government is planning to take a strong stance on border issues with India, local media reported…

A man linked to a banned terrorist organization has been arrested in Stavropol Region, according to the security services A man who was planning to carry out a terrorist attack on a…

A Ukrainian defense manufacturer has suggested protecting drone production by using civilian sites, including school workshops A Ukrainian defense manufacturer has suggested dispersing military production across civilian sites, including to school facilities,…

This Is The Big Picture Behind The “Great Game Of Global Trade” Played By Trump By Michael Every of Rabobank Again, economic statecraft eclipses the market’s desire to just talk economic policy….

Caterpillar Shares Fall On Recalibration To “Slightly Lower” Revenue Outlook Caterpillar reported adjusted fourth-quarter earnings per share that exceeded the Bloomberg Consensus. However, the Texas-based company warned that 2025 revenue is forecasted to be…

The experiment will take place this spring at Nevada’s PULSE facility, National Public Radio reports The US is preparing for another ‘subcritical’ nuclear experiment this spring, to test whether the decades-old plutonium…

US Pending Home Sales Plunged In December Following unexpected surges in new- and existing-home-sales, pending home sales in the US plunged 5.5% MoM in December (vs 0.0% exp and below all estimates),…

Kiev is unable to mobilize enough troops to replace those killed and wounded, the Russian Defense Ministry has said Ukraine has been losing around 50,000 servicemen every month during the past half…

German Parliament Debates AfD Party Ban As Mainstream CDU Accepts ‘Far-Right’ Votes On Hard-Line Immigration Bill With Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) polling better than ever before, and Germany’s conservative chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz…

American Students’ Reading Scores Decline, Show Little Improvement In Math Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, American students are performing poorly in reading and math skills, failing to regain lost…

Initial Jobless Claims Tumble Back Near Multi-Decade Lows Initial jobless claims continue to show no signs of labor market weakness whatsoever, tumbling from 225k to 207k last week. Unadjusted claims have reversed…

Q4 GDP Growth Comes In Unexpectedly Light Despite Red Hot Personal Spending Beating Estimates By A Record US growth in the last quarter of 2024 slowed down more than expected, with the…

Slovakia continues to row with Kiev over the transit of Russian gas Slovakia’s Foreign Ministry summoned Ukraine’s ambassador, Myroslav Kastran, on Wednesday to protest recent statements made by the Ukrainian leadership, according…

The Bundestag has approved a motion to impose stricter migration measures following a fatal knife attack in Bavaria The German Bundestag has voted to tighten border controls, passing a motion that calls…

Swatch Profit Sinks 75% On China Weakness, Leaving Luxury Bulls Disappointed Swatch Group AG, whose brands include Omega, Blancpain, and jeweler Harry Winston, reported operating profits plunged by 75% to 304 million Swiss…

The freeze on American aid has washed a massive media and NGO hoax up to the surface Apparently, it’s a hallmark of “independent” media if the US President breaks wind and, just…

During Holocaust commemorations at the EU Parliament, Grzegorz Braun called for a prayer for people killed in Gaza Polish MEP Grzegorz Braun called on his fellow legislators to “pray for the victims…

Calin Georgescu anticipates an “inevitable” transition of Ukrainian lands to their historic owners, including Bucharest Calin Georgescu, the politician whose first-round victory in the Romanian presidential election was overturned by the Constitutional…

Active Users On Walmart App Surges As ‘Trade-Down Phenomenon’ Continues We recently spotlighted how Walmart remained America’s “price discount juggernaut” retailer amid an ongoing value war with other supermarket retail chains. The latest high-frequency data…

ECB Preview And Cheat Sheet: How To Trade The 5th Rate Cut Summary The ECB Governing Council is widely expected to cut policy rates by a further 25bp at its January 30…

The two countries are determined to maintain strong relations, according to Dmitry Patrushev Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Patrushev met with Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Wednesday to discuss plans to strengthen…

“Disinflation Process Well On Track” – ECB Cuts Rates As Expected The European Central Bank lowered borrowing costs for a fifth time since June, with the region’s economy stalling and the 2% inflation target…

So far, 28 bodies have been recovered from the Potomac River, as emergency services assure families that all will be found Emergency crews have recovered 28 bodies from the near-freezing river following…

Futures Rise On Dovish Powell Comments And Solid Tech Earnings; All Eyes Turn To Apple US equity futures and European markets are broadly higher led by Tech/Small-Caps following a dovish Powell press…

Israel is concerned by Washington’s plan, Kan broadcaster has reported White House officials have conveyed a message to West Jerusalem that US President Donald Trump is looking to withdraw American troops from…

The Iraqi refugee was killed in his apartment during a live stream Salwan Momika, an Iraqi refugee known for publicly burning copies of the Quran in Sweden, has been shot dead in…

Stop The Nonsense And Confirm Tulsi Gabbard Authored by Charlie Kirk via RealClearPolitics, Conservatives of all stripes have enjoyed the first week of Donald Trump’s presidency. The events of the past week…

Inflation Storm Leaves Americans More Reliant On Food Banks Emily Engelhard, Vice President of Research at Feeding America, told Bloomberg that elevated and persistent inflation ushered in a “new era of food…

Trump’s Executive Orders Are Key To DOGE’s Success Authored by Ryan Silverstein via RealClearPolitics, President Trump has just been sworn in, but his administration has already taken steps to promote a robust…

DR Congo’s president Tshisekedi was not present at the virtual East African Community meeting, citing a scheduling conflict The eight-country East African Community (EAC) held an emergency summit on Wednesday to discuss…

The restoration of pipeline deliveries could reportedly form part of a Ukraine peace deal European Union officials are discussing the possibility of resuming Russian gas imports as part of a potential peace…

The US Dominates The World University Ranking The UK’s Oxford University was named the world’s best university in the latest global ranking released by Times Higher Education last week. While the UK features quite heavily…

The country’s space agency has launched its 100th mission since 1969 and aims to send the same number within five years The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is planning to launch 100…

Vitaly Klitschko has claimed that the administration of the Ukrainian leader is meddling in the capital’s local governance, endangering democracy Kiev Mayor Vitaly Klitschko has accused the Ukrainian government of attempting to…

A clip featuring Russian troops interrogating Oscar Jenkins, who fought for Ukraine, surfaced in December Russian authorities have notified Australia that its citizen Oscar Jenkins is alive and in custody, Prime Minister…

Escobar: What Sultan Erdogan Is Really Up To On the table from Pepe Escobar, a geopolitical banquet – served by some of the best independent analytical minds from Bursa to Diyarbakir. ISTANBUL…

Visualizing How Americans Spend Their Money Today, consumer spending represents 68% of U.S. GDP, with much of this used for housing, transportation, and healthcare costs. More than ever, Americans are using debt…

A total of 21 passengers were on board the aircraft that went down in South Sudan, according to the country’s authorities At least 20 people, including Chinese and Indian nationals, have been…

Germany’s AfD Soars To 23% (Greens & SPD Crater) In Aftermath of Aschaffenburg Attack Via Remix News, The Alternative for Germany (AfD) has jumped a massive four points and hit 23 percent…

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…