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Moscow and Ankara’s plans for the future of the global order align, while the West has proven to be an unreliable partner Before the latest round of Russia-Ukraine talks in Istanbul, Turkish…

Trump Says China Deal “Done” With 55% Tariffs On Beijing; Will Work With Xi To Open Up China To US Trade China and the US have agreed to “a done deal” that…

Amazon To Invest $20 Billion In Pennsylvania For AI Infrastructure In the largest private-sector investment in Pennsylvania history, Amazon is plowing $20 billion into two data center campuses to boost its artificial intelligence…

The GENIUS Act Showdown: Trump’s Crypto Agenda Faces GOP Resistance Authored by Paul Bradford via American Greatness, President Trump has made it clear that he will not let the United States fall…

Trump Pressed Netanyahu To ‘Permanently End Gaza War’ In Phone Call Israeli media has revealed that in a Monday phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Trump told the Israeli…

Canadian Unemployment Rate Has Now Hit 7% Canada’s unemployment rate rose to 7% in May — its highest in over eight years, excluding the pandemic — with just 8,800 jobs added, according…

Professor Sends Email Encouraging Campus To Join LA Protests Against ICE Via The College Fix, An English instructor at Glendale Community College recently sent an email encouraging the campus community to join…

“Revolution”, “Arbitrary Dictatorship”, And CPI By Michael Every of Rabobank Yesterday’s UK labor market data were a clear story – and an ugly one. Yet the US NFIB survey summarized: “Although optimism…

The move could disrupt global energy markets, presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov has warned The European Commission’s push to lower the price cap on Russian oil exports risks fueling instability in the global…

The two sides have agreed on tariffs as well as rare earths and other trade, according to the US president Washington has finalized a long-sought trade deal with Beijing, US President Donald…

Diplomats still have a lot of “logjams” and “irritants” to clear, spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said Russia and the US still have a lot of issues to resolve in bilateral ties and…

The third annual gathering has attracted participants from over 30 countries, the organizers say The 3rd International Forum of Ministers of Education, ‘Shaping the Future’, officially opened on Wednesday in the Russian…

Always Ready, Always There: Democrats Mobilize Against National Guard Deployment Authored by Jonathan Turley, Gov. Gavin Newsom was in his element this week. After scenes of burning cars and attacks on ICE…

Fearmongering Pundits Disappointed AGAIN As Consumer Prices Refuse To Surge On Trump Tariffs In what is reportedly the first real test of the tariff terror pass-through impact on the average American, today’s…

Everything Soars Higher As Rate-Cut Odds Jump After CPI ‘Miss’ A ‘disappointing’ CPI print (cooler than expected) has promoted a surge higher in the market’s expectation for rate-cut… Source: Bloomberg Prompting a…

Futures Drop After US-China Trade Talks Fall Flat, CPI Looms US equity futures dropped into today’s CPI print after traders weren’t moved by the US-China trade talks, which saw the two two…

Berlin is reviving its Nazi past by supplying Ukraine with weapons, State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin has said Germany is reviving its Nazi past by supplying Ukraine with weapons to attack Russia,…

Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar has criticized Western countries for being reluctant to condemn terrorism in Kashmir Indian Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar has said Western countries are hypocritical to expect India to take…

Oil Rises As Trump Says He’s ‘Less Confident’ About Nuclear Talks With Iran The NY Post has published a new Trump interview focused on apparently stalled Iran nuclear deal efforts which resulted…

The rapper has reportedly been referred to as Ye Ye in legal documents filed in 2025 American rapper and 24-time Grammy Award winner Kanye West has reportedly changed his name to ‘Ye…

Russia and China’s strategic cooperation, US-China rivalry, and Eurasian integration will top the agenda at the international event in Moscow Russia is gearing up to host the ‘Primakov Readings’ International Forum, one…

The French president has linked a recent fatal school stabbing to youth violence fueled by online platforms France will block social media access for children under 15 “within a few months” if…

“Temporary Disruptions”: Cyberattack On Whole Foods Supplier Sparks Store Shortages North American grocery wholesaler United Natural Foods (UNFI), the primary distributor for Whole Foods Market, has been hit by a cyberattack that temporarily…

NIH Director Gives More Details On New Government Medical Journal Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will start a new journal that…

Musk “Regrets” Some Posts About Trump, Signals Possible Reconciliation Elon Musk publicly expressed regret over his recent X post attacks on President Donald Trump, admitting that his posts on X — particularly the one…

Colombian national Pablo Puentes Boorghes will serve 28 years in prison and pay a fine A Russian court has sentenced Colombian national Pablo Puentes Boorghes to 28 years in prison for fighting…

Moscow has retrieved the remains of 27 of its service members, Vladimir Medinsky, the top negotiator for talks with Kiev, has confirmed Russia has handed over to Ukraine the remains of 1,212…

The alleged Kiev operative is accused of planning a bombing attack against a military veteran in Veliky Novgorod A Ukrainian national accused of plotting the assassination of a Russian military veteran has…

Jefferies Goes On Hiring Binge As Outsourced Trading Booms Jefferies Financial Group is ramping up its outsourced trading business by hiring 17 new traders, aiming to tap into the growing trend of…

Rajnath Singh has questioned the Security Council’s decision to appoint Islamabad as vice-chair of its anti-terror panel Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh has expressed shock and disappointment over the United Nations Security…

The event welcomed young policymakers and energy professionals from all BRICS member states Brazil hosted the bloc’s 7th Youth Energy Summit in its capital, Brasilia, earlier this week. The flagship gathering brought…

Energy Winners Should Be Chosen By Consumers, Not Government Authored by Gary Abernathy via The Empowerment Alliance, The “One Big Beautiful Bill” – designed to put most of President Trump’s campaign promises…

A clip by an affiliate of the broadcaster showed people, including women in hijabs, fleeing in a desert landscape as the anchor spoke about a raid on Kharkov An affiliate of US…

The military deserter reportedly fantasized about killing and being sent to a Western European prison A Ukrainian national who faces multiple attempted murder charges after a stabbing spree in Amsterdam is a…

Diana Atwine has highlighted the global risks from emerging diseases at a biological security conference in Sochi Uganda managed to stop a recent outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus thanks to cooperation…

The Inflection Point In European Defense Is Here UBS’ latest European Economic Perspectives note to clients highlights the current and future state of defense spending by European nations. Much like AI stocks are…

Gun Used In Shooting Colombian Presidential Candidate Traced To Arizona Authored by Yeny Sora Robles via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The pistol used to shoot Colombian presidential candidate Sen. Miguel Uribe…

The push to destabilize the alliance is fueled by foreign powers’ interest in the region’s vast natural wealth, Burkina Faso’s president has said Burkina Faso’s interim president, Captain Ibrahim Traore has accused…

The sector has reportedly shed over 100,000 jobs over the past year and is expected to lose 70,000 more by the end of 2025 Germany’s industrial sector has lost more than 100,000…

Moscow earlier accused Kiev of failing to accept the remains, questioning whether it was complying with agreements reached in Istanbul Ukraine has received from Russia the remains of 1,212 soldiers killed in…

UK Announces $19.3 Billion Funding For New Nuclear Power Project Weeks after Germany decided to reverse course and ‘re-embrace’ nuclear power following their supreme idiocy on the matter, the UK government announced…

Federal agencies reportedly scrutinized Eastern European visitors to the tech mogul’s properties for possible “influence” US federal agencies investigated foreign nationals visiting Elon Musk’s properties during the administration of former President Joe…

The gathering in Kalmykia will bring together Buddhist communities from over 30 countries for dialogue, culture, and cooperation The Russian Republic of Kalmykia is set to host the 3rd International Buddhist Forum,…

Kiev’s delegation in Istanbul is authorized to discuss humanitarian issues and ceasefire terms, the Ukrainian leader has said Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky has said he will only discuss territorial issues with Russian President…

Slovak leader Robert Fico has spoken out after the bloc unveiled a planned new package of restrictions Slovakia will not support the EU’s new package of sanctions against Russia, Prime Minister Robert…

The former DOGE chief has said some of his posts directed at the US president “went too far” Elon Musk has expressed regret for some of the public criticism he directed at…

Foreign Meddling: US Ambassador Lobbies Israeli Ultra-Orthodox Against Forcing New Elections As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ruling government coalition stands on the brink of being toppled by a bill that would dissolve…

Russia’s Arrival In Dnipropetrovsk Puts Ukraine In A Dilemma Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, It’s very difficult to imagine how Ukraine can prevent any further Russian advances after this… The Russian…

NIH Nixes Fauci Pet Project As Scripps’ Kristian Andersen Fixes To Flee The Country Authored by Paul Thacker via The DisInformation Chronicle, Senior officials inside the NIH are working to shut down…

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…

This indictment summary reads like a movie script. A member of the Chinese Communist Party, Shenghua Wen, 42, of Ontario California, came to the USA on a student visa in 2012; he…

Sergey Feoktistov was earlier ordered to leave Berlin as part of sanctions imposed on Moscow’s media Russia has condemned the treatment of Sergey Feoktistov, head of the bureau for the media company…

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…

President Donald Trump speaks at Fort Bragg today to mark the U.S. Army’s 250th anniversary.  The anticipated start time is 4:00pm ET with livestream links below. “President Trump, Secretary of Defense Pete…

Following the suspension for vile public statements about President Trump and Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, ABC has now decided to fire Senior White House Correspondent Terry Moran. VIA CNN (Brian…

Prior to leaving the White House for the celebration at Fort Bragg, President Trump answered questions from the press during an oval office press conference about professional forest management. President Trump spoke…

Earlier today, California Governor Gavin Newsom claimed President Trump never called him prior to the President’s decision to take control of the national guard.  A few hours later President Trump showed the…

U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer rejected California Governor Gavin Newsom’s emergency ruling request for a temporary restraining order to stop the Trump administration from deploying military personnel to support the enforcement of…

Debt, Leverage, And Fiat Come To Bitcoin Authored by Kane McGukin via Bombthrower.com, Money has always been strategic, providing the foundation of nations and empires for centuries. Owning capital and controlling its…

Appeals Court Keeps Trump’s Tariffs In Place For Now In the latest court victory for President Trump, late on Tuesday a federal appellate court on Tuesday granted the Trump administration’s request to…

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will be departing London, leaving Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer to finalize the details with the Chinese trade delegation. Apparently, the talks have…

Apparently, the prior narrative that everything was fine, there’s nothing to see here, just didn’t work.  As footage of looting, arson, violence and riots against law enforcement continues to highlight the false…

Central Asia’s Debt Burden To China Examined By Eurasianet courtesy of OilPrice.com China has shifted from the world’s largest creditor nation to the globe’s biggest debt collector. Central Asian states owe billions…

This is actually a very surprising development.  The World Trade Organization (WTO) is a heavily controlled multinational exploit of the World Economic Forum assembly (WEF).  This could be looked upon as the…

Wuhan Researcher Charged With Smuggling Biological Materials Into US Lab Authored by Eva Fu via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), U.S. prosecutors have charged another Chinese national for smuggling biological materials into…

Israeli Navy Conducts Major Strikes On Houthi-Controlled Port For 1st Time On Tuesday Israeli Defense minister Israel Katz has warned Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis that they could face a complete naval and air…

LA Mayor Declares Local Emergency, Issues A Curfew For Downtown Los Angeles In a bizarre twist, after spending much of the past week pleading just how peaceful the LA riots hugfest has…

The restrictions will be in effect in a section of downtown from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m A curfew has been imposed in downtown Los Angeles following several days of rioting and…

According to a statement by New Jersey U.S. Attorney Alina Habba, a grand jury has indicted Representative LaMonica McIver (N.J) on three charges related to her involvement in a violent stunt at…

Moscow will present its vision of an “ideal school” that other countries could adopt Moscow will introduce an education model designed to help students contribute to building a “multipolar world,” Russian Education…

Nearly 8,000 Killed In Syria Within Six Months: Monitor Via The Cradle At least 7,670 people, mainly civilians, have been killed in Syria since the fall of former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad’s…

Thomas Massie Introduces Bill To Audit America’s Gold Reserves Authored by Andrew Moran via The Epoch Times, Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) introduced legislation on June 6 to audit gold reserves held by…

China Taps $1.5 Trillion Fund To Offer Cheap Mortgages, Boost Housing Demand With China’s real estate sector now a pale shadow of its former self, when just five years ago Goldman defined…

US, China “Agree In Principle On Framework For Implementing Geneva Consensus” After a full second day of discussion on the US-China trade deal, we finally have… something. As Bloomberg reports, just before…

Waste Of The Day: Secrecy Surrounds California Capitol Annex Authored by Jeremy Portnoy via RealClearInvestigations, Topline: An annex to California’s Capitol Building was supposed to cost $543 million, but the price has…

China Sends Two Aircraft Carriers Deeper Into Pacific For First Time, After NATO Bolstered Presence Western media and American allies in east Asia are hyperventilating over Chinese warships being deployed in… regional…

Mapping Out Welfare Shockwave By Retailer If SNAP Cuts Passed The House Republican reconciliation bill, currently at the Senate, would, if passed and signed by President Trump, reduce federal spending on the Supplemental Nutrition…

Bruno Kahl cited the Ukraine conflict when justifying the increase in military spending Russia could attack NATO countries after the Ukraine conflict is over, Bruno Kahl, the head of the German foreign…

Rogue NGOs Prepare For Nationwide Color Revolution; Walmart Heiress Calls For “Mobilization” A network of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) with known affiliations to Marxist-aligned political ideologies initiated coordinated protest activity across Los Angeles last Friday. Almost…

We Are Being Amused & Abused To Death Authored by Jim Quinn via The Burning Platform blog, “But we had forgotten that alongside Orwell’s dark vision, there was another—slightly older, slightly less…

Viral Footage Appears To Show Waymo Vehicles Fleeing Los Angeles After Riots  Law-abiding Americans watched in disbelief as Marxist-aligned NGOs sparked chaos in downtown Los Angeles. Riots and looting raged overnight and entered the…

Border Czar Homan Says Trump Admin Has ‘No Intention’ To Arrest Newsom Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times, White House border czar Tom Homan said on Monday that he has…

Steel Stocks Slide After US Nears Deal With Mexico To Cut Steel Duties, Cap Imports After weeks of quiet, Trump’s trade deals are starting to take shape: first it is the ongoing…

Brussels’ 18th sanctions package also reflects Brussels’ frustration over the Russia-US thaw, Kirill Dmitriev has said The European Commission’s latest sanctions package, which targets the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), among other…

Global responsibility and Moscow’s foreign policy: Between autonomy and a changing world One of the central paradoxes of Russia’s foreign policy is this: while its primary goal has always been to secure…

A peaceful end to the conflict is in Washington’s interests, Pete Hegseth has said The White House will be slashing military funding for Ukraine as the administration of US President Donald Trump…

Staked Ethereum Hits All-Time High As ETH ETF Inflows Surge Ethereum surged to a four month high this morning, just shy of $2800 (a key resistance zone) as ETF inflows and Staking…

Nation’s 2nd-Largest Wine And Spirits Distributor Exits California Market Over Costs, Suppliers Authored by Kimberly Hayek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Wine and spirits distributor Republic National Distributing Company (RNDC) is…

‘Several Agencies’ Spied On Foreign Musk Associates During Biden Years: Report In the final years of President Biden’s term, as Elon Musk began publicly criticizing Democrats and shifted his support to Donald…

Residents of the Estonian town of Tartu are concerned about rapists and murderers potentially turning it into a “risk zone” Hundreds of Estonians have signed a petition protesting against a government initiative…

Elon “might agree to step back a little from his principles” in a bid to end tensions with the US president, Errol Musk has said Errol Musk has weighed in on the…

A second group of Russian soldiers has been released from Ukrainian captivity as part of a major exchange, the Defense Ministry in Moscow has said A second group of Russian POWs has…

India And US Advance Toward Interim Trade Deal After Four-Day Talks Indian and US negotiators have made progress in their latest round of talks in New Delhi on Tuesday on a bilateral…

Overnight Russian Strikes On Ukraine’s Capital Lasted 5-Hours, Hit Seven Districts Ukraine’s capital was subject of an hours-long, immense barrage of Russian airstrikes in the overnight and early morning hours, which spanned…

Trump’s Law-And-Order Vs. Democrats’ Open Border Authored by Larry Kudlow via RealClearPolitics.com, President Trump is using a tough law-and-order approach to quell this Los Angeles insurrection. I’m using the definition of insurrection,…

Trump Frustrated As Iran ‘Much More Aggressive’ In Nuclear Negotiations President Donald Trump said Tuesday in a Fox News interview that Iran is becoming “much more aggressive” in nuclear negotiations. The day…

Berlin has been diligently poking the bear, and it has taken note They probably won’t but Germans should pay close attention to a recent news item out of Russia: The Levada polling…

Tailing 3Y Auction Kicks Off Week Of Closely-Watched Supply There was some apprehension ahead of today’s 3Y auction – the first sale of coupon paper this week – following some very sloppy…

Tesla Robotaxi Spotted On Austin Streets Ahead Of Launch  Tesla is just days away from launching its long-anticipated robotaxi service in Austin, Texas, marking a major milestone in Elon Musk’s pivot toward…

The billionaire was forced to sell Chelsea FC and is under pressure from the UK to transfer the proceeds to Ukraine Russian businessman Roman Abramovich has said he no longer intends to…