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Boeing Appoints Kelly Ortberg As New CEO After Another Catastrophic Quarter Boeing is finally going back to its core engineering roots. The aerospace giant has named former Rockwell Collins boss Kelly Ortberg…

This is a very significant policy proposal.  President Trump is supporting a position that Seniors should not pay taxes on Social Security income. [SOURCE] This comes on the heels of President Trump…

Before heading to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania for a rally tonight (6:00pm), President Trump is delivering remarks at the National Association of Black Journalists in Chicago.  RSBN is livestreaming the event which has become…

“I’m Not Afraid Of You”: Venezuelan President Maduro Challenges Elon Musk To A Fight Move over Mark Zuckerberg.  Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro fired back at Elon Musk on national television, challenging the billionaire to a fight. This…

The number of warplanes is “small,” the news outlet has reported, citing unnamed sources The first batch of US-made F-16 fighter jets has arrived in Ukraine, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday. The number…

US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs James O’Brien says the new approach will be developed in the coming months NATO is in the process of developing a new…

Quarterly Refunding: Treasury To Hold Bond, Note Sales Steady For “Several Quarters”, Will “Modestly Increase” Bill Offering Size Earlier this week, in our Quarterly Refunding preview we said that “the August refunding…

Obese Olympic ‘Christ’ Threatens To Sue Critics Over ‘Last Supper’ Backlash Authored by Jonathan Turley, Barbara Butch, the LGBTQ activist who was the center figure in the controversial “Last Supper” Paris Olympic…

Washington has jeopardized greenback and its status as the world’s reserve currency, Republican Mike Lee has said The White House has created the first real threat to the dollar and its status…

The former US president has claimed that Israel may cease to exist if he is not re-elected Donald Trump has urged American Jews to vote for him in the November election, warning…

“They Are Changing The Rules”: BOJ Shocks By Hiking Into Weakening Economy To Contain Crashing Yen The Bank of Japan has lifted its benchmark interest rate to 0.25% and outlined plans to…

US Pending Home Sales Rebound (Modestly) From Record Lows In June After two months of ugly declines, US pending home sales bounced in June (up 4.8% MoM). However, that jump was not…

Court Overturns Order To Remove Texas’ Rio Grande Barrier Authored by Caden Pearsen via The Epoch Times, The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Tuesday overturned a lower court’s…

Ayatollah Says ‘Severe’ Revenge Coming For Israel Killing Hamas Leader On Iranian Soil The world just woke up to a new Middle East on Wednesday which stands on the precipice of major…

Drone strikes targeted a military base in the country’s east, where General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan was attending a graduation event Strikes on a military graduation ceremony in eastern Sudan have left five…

A ‘Watershed Event’: Five Takeaways From Israel’s Assassination Of Hamas’ Political Leader In Tehran Authored by Andrew Korybko via substack, Hamas’ political leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated by Israel early Wednesday morning…

ADP Employment Report Weakest Since January As Wage-Inflation Slows ADP’s Employment report for July was disappointing, showing the addition of just 122k jobs (well below the 150k expected and down from the…

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has warned that Israel will be “severely punished” for the assassination of the Hamas political chief Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has pledged to avenge the death of…

Futures Surge As Tech, Semis Rebound Ahead Of Fed Decision Despite disappointing earnings from world’s second biggest company and Mag 7 titan, Microsoft, global stocks rallied on Wednesday, with Nasdaq 100 index…

New Delhi is a “great power” pursuing its own interests, the deputy secretary of state has said   India is a great power but it will never be an ally or partner…

MOSCOW, JULY 31, 2024 – RT is now accepting entries for the 2024 Khaled Alkhateb International Memorial Awards, an annual competition that recognizes the best journalism from conflict zones. The awards were established in…

ASML Jumps On Report That New US Chip Curbs On China Will Exempt Some Allies  According to a new Reuters report, the US plans to exempt semiconductor equipment makers in Japan, the Netherlands,…

Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in a missile strike on his residence in Iran on Wednesday Washington was “not aware of or involved in” the assassination of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh, the…

Kiev’s 3rd Assault Brigade is due to hold an event in the Czech capital as part of its controversial European tour A Czech Member of the European Parliament has complained to the…

Hungary has demanded that the bloc explain its silence in a dispute over halted Russian oil flows through Ukraine The European Commission (EC) may be behind the suspension of some Russian oil…

How the infamous Berlin Conference drew the continent’s borders, which up till now fuel profits and generate conflicts From the ongoing ethno-political conflict on the Congolese-Rwandan border to the violent tribal militias…

Military personnel have been deployed to search for dozens of people believed to be trapped under the debris More than 170 people have been killed and almost 200 injured in a series…

Bloomberg Commodity Spot Index Goes Negative On Year Amid China’s Faltering Economic Recovery The Bloomberg Commodity Spot Index (BCOMSP) has wiped out all gains so far this year. After peaking in late May…

These Are The Most Accident-Prone Electric Vehicles In The U.S. A new study by car accident lawyer Levine and Wiss recently analyzed the number of most searched electric vehicles involved in fatal crashes, as well as each model’s…

‘Digital Euro’ To Be “Most Private Electronic Payment Option”; ECB Claims Authored by Daniel Ramirez-Escudero via CoinTelegraph.com, The digital euro will be one of the most private forms of electronic payment, according…

New Secret Service Director Announces Changes In Wake Of Trump Assassination Attempt Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Secret Service is making changes in the wake of…

The Palestinian group’s political chief, Ismail Haniyeh, was killed in a missile strike on his residence in Tehran Russia has strongly condemned the assassination of Hamas political chief Ismail Hanieyah, who was…

Less than half of those questioned support US aid to Kiev, Pew Research has found Less than half of Americans approve of their government giving aid to Kiev, according to research published…

Angola has announced a truce between warring parties in the DR Congo, following talks that also involved Rwanda A ceasefire has reportedly been agreed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR…

The decision follows President Emmanuel Macron’s support for Morocco in a decades-long territorial dispute in North Africa Algeria has withdrawn its ambassador to France, Said Moussi, in response to French President Emmanuel…

Homicide Rates In The US Vs Europe This graphic, via Visual Capitalist’s Bruno Venditti, shows the homicide rates for the U.S., UK, and Europe, based on data from the United Nations Office on…

The nationwide protests over Maduro’s re-election are part of a US-backed plan, Vladimir Padrino has said Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez has accused the Western-backed opposition of attempting a coup, and…

Ukrainian Refugees Unwilling To Work Should Have Benefits Scrapped; CDU General Secretary Says Authored by Thomas Brooke via ReMix News, Benefit recipients in Germany who refuse to work should have their state…

Labour finance chief Rachel Reeves has been accused of backtracking on pre-election promises The UK’s Labour government will likely need to raise taxes in its new budget, Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel…

Activist Tommy Robinson Arrested Under Terror Provisions After Massive Rally Of British Patriots British patriot activist Tommy Robinson is in trouble again for speaking his mind, and the details are rather strange. …

The Palestinian militant group has accused Israel of killing its political leader and said this ‘grave escalation’ will not go unanswered Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh has been killed in the Iranian…

A policy document earlier suggested that New Delhi should opt for more direct investment from Beijing to bolster its own exports to the US and other markets India is not “rethinking” its…

Blinken, Foreign Ministers “Seriously Concerned” About Indo-Pacific Security Authored by Frank Fang via The Epoch Times, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and top diplomats from Australia, India, and Japan said they…

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…

The militant group have placed the blame for the strike on Israel The head of the Hamas political wing, Ismail Haniyeh and one of his bodyguards have been killed after their home…

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…

It seems like this has now been confirmed. Two Sources: IRAN – Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh and one of his bodyguards were killed after his residence was targeted in Tehran, Iran’s Islamic…

Are The Olympics A Trial-Run For A 1984-Style Digital-State? Authored by Aaron Hertzberg via The Brownstone Institute, First-person report of QR Codes, Digital IDs, and police militarization of Paris This is a…

India’s leader has been compelled to schedule a first-ever visit to Ukraine just six weeks after meeting the Russian President in Moscow for a bilateral summit that irked Washington India’s claim to…

School That Gave Child COVID-19 Vaccine Against Parents’ Wishes Immune From Lawsuits: Court Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A school that injected a minor with a COVID-19…

Israeli Police Detain Soldiers Suspected Of Raping A Palestinian, Sparking Protests Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, On Monday, Israeli military police detained Israeli soldiers who were suspected of raping a Palestinian prisoner at…

Democrats Vs. The Man Who Could Get To The Bottom Of The Trump Shooting Authored by Julie Kelly via RealClearInvestigations, After the evasive House testimony of now-former Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle…

FDA Approves New Blood Test For Colon Cancer Authored by Chase Smith via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new blood test for…

The Top 3 Proxy Wars To Determine WW3 And Reshape The World Order Authored by Nick Giambruno via InternationalMan.com, Today, I will closely examine the most important proxy wars of World War…

“Hundreds” Of Cars Stolen And Robbed Each Year From Seattle Airport “Park-N-Fly” Lots ‘Hundreds’ of cars are being stolen from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport every year, investigators from KING NBC 5 have found.  Car…

Trump’s VP Pick Is A Climate Skeptic, And The Knives Are Out Authored by Tilak Doshi via RealClearEnergy, Within a day of ex-President Trump’s announcement of “climate denier” Mr. J. D. Vance…

The process is now clear, and the timeline was just announced; but there is a surprise. The DNC will nominate and confirm Kamala Harris as the official Democrat nominee for President on…

Illegal aliens do not need to vote (per se’), they only need to exist in a captured state database as physical persons. Their personage is then shifted to voter rolls, that then…

“Absolutely Stunning”: CRE Analyst Lists Latest Office Tower & Mall Valuation Collapses  The commercial real estate downturn is still underway, posing significant risks for investors across financial markets. CRE-linked equities, corporate credit, structured credit, and private markets…

Starter Homes Cost At Least $1 Million In 117 California Cities Authored by Summer Lane via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), California is one of the most expensive places to buy a…

Texas Crude Oil Pipelines Near Full Capacity, Potential Export Constraints Near  Pipelines transporting crude from America’s top-producing shale basin to major export hubs in Texas are nearing capacity limits. With US crude production hitting…

The Fiscal And Monetary Problem Is Not Hopeless Authored by Jeffrey Tucker via The Epoch Times, A major factor in public ignorance of economics is the manner in which economic forces transcend…

Meta Agrees To Pay Texas $1.4 Billion Settlement In Biometric Data Lawsuit Authored by Jana J. Pruet via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Meta Platforms has agreed to pay $1.4 billion to…

An embarrassing interview has exposed rifts at the National Endowment for Democracy The biggest public relations fiasco in the history of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) has resulted in two senior…

The Totalitarian Tactic Of The Smear Has No Place In Our National Discourse Authored by Jeff Minick via The Epoch Times, Thomas Jefferson proclaimed “all men are created equal” as a self-evident…

Thai Customers Angered By BYD Price Cuts Amidst “Chaotic” EV Market Competition Price cuts on BYD vehicles in Thailand are “angering” current owners of the vehicles, just days after we noted how…

Minimum-Wage Increase Takes Toll On California’s Fast-Food Restaurants, Survey Finds Authored by Travis Gilmore via The Epoch Times, Two-thirds of California fast food restaurant operators who responded to an online survey believe…

Streaming Wars: Amazon Prime Video Shakes Up Streaming Ad Market, Undercutting Netflix The introduction of Amazon Prime Video’s ad-supported tier has pressured Netflix’s advertising plans and forced other top players in the streaming…

A Wagner Group fighter played dead before attacking militants in Mali with a stone, footage circulating online suggests A member of the Russian private military company (PMC) Wagner Group has chosen death…

In the interests of reader time, here’s a few key excerpts from Senate questioning of Acting Director of the Secret Service Ronald Rowe Jr. and Deputy FBI Director Paul Abbate. Senator Josh…

WTI Hovers Above 2-Month Lows After API Reports Across-The-Board Inventory Draws Oil prices declined for the third straight day as general risk-off sentiment combined with traders anxiety over Chinese demand to pull…

Acting Secret-Service Chief Played Key Role In Limiting Resources For Trump Authored by Susan Crabtree via RealClearPolitics, Acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe was directly involved in denying additional security resources and…

Mad 7: Microsoft Tanks, Down $250 Billion After Cloud Miss In our preview of today’s main event, we said that mood for the Mag7 would be defined by Microsoft’s fiscal Q4 earnings,…

Bonds & Bullion Bid; Crude, Crypto, & Mega-Cap Skid Ahead Of Fed/BoJ With gamma ‘unclenched’ (and now solidly negative), markets have been free to roam… Source: SpotGamma And today saw more downward…

29-year-old Rico Krieger had been found guilty of terrorism-related charges by a Minsk court Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has granted a pardon to a German national, Rico Krieger, who had been sentenced…

The Global Backdrop Is Bananas By Michael Every of Rabobank The market focus is this week’s confluence of Fed, BOJ, and BOE meetings. However, if you think there is room for uncertainty…

Kremlin Tells Venezuelan Opposition To ‘Accept Defeat’, Warns Against US Interference The Kremlin on Tuesday issued a message to the Venezuelan opposition, saying it must accept that its candidate Edmundo Gonzalez lost the…

Three Palestinian Terror Suspects Detained At Southern Border As Agents Lament Lack Of Resources Three Palestinian terror suspects were detained at the Southern Border earlier this month, the New York Post reported…

The IDF has confirmed a targeted attack on a Hezbollah commander A building in Beirut, Lebanon has been destroyed in what Israel said was a targeted attack on a Hezbollah commander. The…

Bullish Years Often Have Corrections Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, In bullish years, markets often have corrections. Yet, after a lengthy bullish run, it always surprises me how quickly investors and…

From the outrageous opening ceremony to the organizational screw-ups, the games will surely go down in history for all the wrong reasons French culture isn’t just about masked balls at Versailles anymore….

Another Leopard 2A4 main battle tank has been eliminated by Russian troops, footage circulating online shows Russian forces have destroyed another German-made Ukrainian Leopard 2A4 tank, fresh footage that surfaced online on…

Huge Airstrikes Rock Densely-Populated Beirut Suburb As Israel’s Retaliation Begins Israel’s anticipated big ‘retaliation’ has begun, apparently, after major airstrikes were felt in the Lebanese capital of Beirut. Large smoke clouds were…

Masoud Pezeshkian has taken oath of office before the parliament, pledging to keep fighting “oppressive” Western sanctions Masoud Pezeshkian was sworn before parliament on Tuesday as the Islamic Republic’s ninth president. He…

Happy 9th Birthday, Ethereum! Authored by Savannah Fortis via CoinTelegraph.com, Nine years ago on July 30, the Ethereum network launched, sparking a revolution in the decentralized space.  In 2015 Vitalik Buterin and…

Facebook Admits It ‘Mistakenly’ Censored Trump Assassination Attempt Photo Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times, Facebook wrongly censored a photograph of former President Donald Trump raising his fist after surviving…

Unburdened: Kamala Harris Suddenly Rejects All Of Her Radical Positions In 2019, Kamala Harris was rated the ‘most liberal’ Senator in a now-scrubbed rating from GovTrack. She’s on record wanting to abolish…

This Is What The Final Stages Of A Bubble Economy Look Like Just Before A Collapse Happens Authored by Michael Snyder via TheMostImportantNews.com, How does it feel to be living on the…

Washington will reportedly provide Kiev with modern munitions for the fighter jets The US-made fighter jets that are expected in Ukraine soon will be equipped with modern American missiles, the Wall Street…

Another Dem-Oversampled Poll Still Has Trump Beating Harris 48-45 In today’s episode of why polls are generally bullshit – a new survey of voters from Harvard-Harris has Donald Trump beating Kamala Harris…

The proposed change involves a constitutional amendment that would abolish criminal immunity for presidents US President Joe Biden has called for an end to immunity from prosecution for former holders of the…

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba’s trip to Guangzhou, where he hinted at readiness for talks, may have meant more than he realizes Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba went on a three-day visit…

Algeria has warned that the move by Paris could exacerbate a long-running regional crisis French President Emmanuel Macron has thrown his support behind Morocco’s autonomy plan for Western Sahara, calling it the…

The Venezuelan president has called the billionaire a threat to peace in the South American country Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro has accused SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk of trying to disrupt…

Exports dropped by 76% in the first half of this year, Chinese customs data shows Electricity exports from Russia to China plummeted to record low levels in the first six months of…

Conference Board Consumer Confidence ‘Revised Down’ Again… For the eighth month in the last nine, the headline Conference Board Consumer Confidence print was revised lower in June (dramatically so)… Source: Bloomberg That…

India has repeatedly called for a resolution of the conflict through “dialogue and diplomacy” New Delhi will continue to call on world powers to engage with both Russia and Ukraine, as their…

Catastrophic JOLTS: Private Sector Job Openings Plunge Offset By Bizarre Surge In Government “Openings”, As Hiring, Quits Crater Heading into today’s JOLTS number we were expecting much of last month’s unexpected surge…

The vehicle got stuck in the mud and was taken out by a single guided artillery shell, the Russian military has said The Russian Defense Ministry on Monday reported the destruction of…

CrowdStrike Shares Slide Amid Report Delta Airlines Preparing To Sue In early premarket trading on Monday, CNBC published a note titled “Jim Cramer calls the bottom in CrowdStrike stock after global IT outage fallout.“  By late…