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Cargo ships could reportedly be impounded on grounds of supposed piracy and the threat of environmental incidents Several EU members are considering strengthening the legal framework for seizing ships in the Baltic…

Kiev should receive aid without strings attached during the conflict with Russia, the chancellor has insisted German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has criticized US President Donald Trump for insisting that Ukraine should provide…

Moscow and Washington have showcased their fifth generation aircraft amid rising competition for defense partnership Russia’s fifth-generation stealth fighter, the Su-57, has made its debut at India’s largest air show, Aero India,…

Washington has yet to take steps to re-establish contacts with Russia, including on Ukraine, Vassily Nebenzia has said Russia is open to dialogue with the US, including on Ukraine, but has not…

Any deployment must be approved by the UN Security Council, Moscow’s envoy has said Russia will consider any foreign military forces deployed to Ukraine without the approval of the UN Security Council…

The latest cover shows the tech billionaire sitting at the Resolute desk in the Oval Office US President Donald Trump has ridiculed the latest cover of TIME magazine depicting Elon Musk. The…

Daily Omega-3 Supplements May Slow Down Aging, Study Finds Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Omega-3 fatty acids, found in fish and flax seeds, may slow down the…

The Chinese leader has extended a reciprocal invitation to Vladimir Putin for WWII commemorations in his nation, Igor Morgulov says Chinese President Xi Jinping has accepted an invitation to attend celebrations in…

Chinese Nationals Arrested For Allegedly Smuggling Counterfeit Goods Through SoCal Ports Two Chinese nationals living in Los Angeles were recently arrested for allegedly running a scheme to smuggle counterfeit goods from China…

The US president’s bid to relocate Palestinians is meaningless and politically motivated, according to the Turkish leader Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has denounced US President Donald Trump’s proposal to take control…

Rival armies have been fighting for control of the African country for nearly two years Sudan will form a new government after the army regains complete control of the capital, Khartoum, Reuters…

The equipment provided to the Republic of the Congo is aimed at strengthening monitoring and prevention of infectious diseases Russia has delivered a mobile laboratory to the Republic of the Congo to…

Imposing tariffs on the bloc will cause inflation in the US, the French president has warned US President Donald Trump should focus on containing China, not the EU, which is an American…

Refugees Paid More Than Germans? Federal Body Demands Higher Than Statutory Pay For Foreigners By Thomas Brooke of RMX News A decision by the Federal Employment Agency to mandate higher wages for…

Washington is essentially subsidizing the country to the tune of $200 billion a year, the US president has said Canada is “not viable” as a country without continued economic support and military…

Kim Jong Un Offers Rare Remarks On State Of Ukraine War, Blames US ‘Wild Ambition’ In rare words assessing the state of the Russia-Ukraine war, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has blamed…

The US president says he will slap additional 25% levies on all steel and aluminum purchases US President Donald Trump has threatened to hike tariffs on key metal imports. Speaking to reporters…

Lee Hsien Loong urged the nation to implement new strategies as the US reassesses its global role Singapore must adjust to a far less predictable world where the US is no longer…

Senate GOP Proposes Constitutional Amendment To Limit Size Of Supreme Court Authored by Matthew Vadum via The Epoch Times, Republicans in the U.S. Senate proposed a new constitutional amendment on Feb. 7…

Even Never Trumpers Are Warming Up To The Donald Authored by Victor Davis Hanson via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Commentary I’d like to talk a day about an irony. Maybe it’s…

First CBS News Poll Of Trump Stuns Democrats President Donald Trump’s lawsuit against CBS News over its “news distortion” of a 60 Minutes interview with then-Vice President Kamala Harris may have compelled the left-leaning…

“Worst Go First”: Baltimore ICE Agents Arrest “MS-13 Terrorists” In Suburban Neighborhoods Maryland’s radical sanctuary state policies under Governor Wes Moore and the Democratic Party in Annapolis have unleashed public safety threats…

Trump, Musk, & The Deep State: The Battle Over Transparency Begins Authored by Roger Kimball via American Greatness, Here we go again. At the beginning of his first term as president, Donald…

Trump Says He’ll Impose 25% Tariffs On Steel And Aluminum On Monday President Donald Trump said Sunday that he will announce on Monday new 25 percent tariffs on all steel and aluminum…

Top commanders have reportedly pressed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to lift the religious ban, citing existential threats Senior commanders of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) have urged Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei…

Trump Says He Has Spoken Directly To Putin About Ending War In Ukraine Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times, President Donald Trump said this weekend that he spoke to Russian…

Unfavorable weather conditions are hindering rescue operations, authorities have said A Chinese cargo ship has run aground off Sakhalin Island in the Russian Far East, the regional branch of Russia’s Emergencies Ministry…

NIH Slashes Indirect Costs, Says Move Will Save Billions Per Year Authored by Kimberly Hayek via The Epoch Times, The National Institute of Health (NIH) on Feb. 7 decreased the maximum indirect…

Musk Calls For Impeachment Of Obama-Appointed Judge Who Blocked DOGE Access At Treasury Elon Musk has called for the impeachment of an Obama-appointed judge who barred DOGE and the Treasury Secretary from…

The US president’s Gaza plan must be discussed with key countries in the Middle East, according to Isaac Herzog US President Donald Trump will begin talks with Arab leaders regarding his proposal…

Earlier today, en route to the Superbowl in Louisiana, President Donald Trump held the first press conference above the officially renamed Gulf of America.  President Trump signed a proclamation and took questions…

President Trump gave an interview to Fox News to celebrate the nation coming together to watch the Superbowl, the biggest sporting event of the year in the USA.  Video Below: The United…

The Super Bowl Is About More Than Just The Game With all the hype surrounding the Super Bowl, it’s easy to forget that in the end, it is still a sporting event. However,…

The results of the US president’s decision have left “grant eaters” reeling If you’ve spent any time on social media recently, particularly X, you might have noticed a pattern. Media outlets, NGOs,…

In this almost comically odd interview, CNN host Dana Bash tries her hardest to defend criminal aliens from holding facilities at Guantanamo Bay. Bash asks for the details of detainees, their names,…

Trump: DOGE To Analyze Pentagon Spending After 7th Failed Audit President Donald Trump has directed Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to audit the Pentagon, after the Defense Department…

Secession From Illinois? It’s A Long Shot, But 6 Six Counties Voted Yes Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, Long shot is a huge understatement, but the sentiment alone says what you…

Afrikaner groups have vowed to find local solutions to land policies instead of resettling in the US Prominent Afrikaner (white South African) organizations, including AfriForum and the Solidarity Movement, have rejected an…

Moscow seeks to build a system of international diplomacy free from the “destructive” influence of the West, the foreign minister has said Russia is facing “critical challenges” in the international arena as…

This is remarkable. Truly alarming, quite stunning and a clear example of how corrupt the FBI agency is. There was a very disturbing article in the Los Angeles Times, warning criminal aliens…

Several EU leaders have pushed for a common European force free from US control in recent years European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has called for an alternative to NATO, arguing…

The voting narrative is only peddled by the “Russians” that supposedly want to destabilize Ukraine, Vladimir Zelensky has claimed Holding a vote amid the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine would spell…

Back in 2023, when few were paying attention to the Defense Department’s inability to pass an audit, Jon Stewart highlighted exactly what happens when you start asking the right questions. As the…

President Trump will be interviewed by Brett Baier of Fox News shortly before the beginning of the Superbowl.  A short preview is below: . Posted in Big Government, President Trump The post…

In an interview with President Trump, the New York Post reveals President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin have begun discussions. You can read the article here. However, as would be expected,…

This is a good strategic move.  Security Clearances are the credentialed currency of those who work in the DC administrative state.  Specifically, a lawyer inside the DC machine is essentially of no…

Israeli Troops Withdraw From ‘Death Zone’ Corridor Which Cut Gaza In Half As part of the ongoing ceasefire deal Israeli troops have withdrawn from the militarized zone that cut Gaza in half,…

I was interested to see how the leftist media would possibly respond to defending receipts of ridiculous government spending. As expected, NBC’s Kirsten Welker gets eviscerated at every angle in her narrative…

Government Data Is Garbage: Elon Should Focus On Fixing That Next By Peter Tchir of Academy Securities Data, “Rules” & Messiness It is difficult to believe that the inauguration was only 2…

The head of DOGE has said Radio Free Europe and Voice of America are essentially ‘radical left crazy people talking to themselves’ Tech billionaire Elon Musk, head of the new Department of…

The Most Dramatic Narrative Shift In Modern History Authored by Jeffrey Tucker via The Brownstone Institute, The most dramatic narrative shift in this post-lockdown period has been the flip in the perceptions…

The American establishment realizes it can’t be everywhere anymore The eightieth anniversary of the Yalta Conference, which laid the foundations for the international order after the Second World War, falls at a…

Senior US officials are to visit Europe to discuss strategies for ending the Russia-Ukraine conflict, National Security Adviser Mike Waltz has said The US Secretary of State and Secretary of Defense, the…

Musk Says DOGE, Treasury Agree On New Anti-Fraud Measures To Claw Back $50 Billion In Payment Fraud Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times, Elon Musk said Saturday that the Department…

Anyone questioning their duty to the state should be considered a traitor, Dmitry Kuleba has said The Ukrainian authorities should jail anyone who dares to speak ill of the state, including on…

Super Bowl Pales In Comparison To The Biggest Game In Soccer While Americans are getting ready for the 59th Super Bowl, the rest of the world isn’t as fussed about what is…

The Department of Government Efficiency has found that $100 billion is paid annually to people without proper identification Elon Musk, as head of the new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), has said…

Trump Doubles CBS Lawsuit Damages To $20 Billion Over Harris’s 60 Minutes Interview Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), President Donald Trump has expanded his lawsuit against CBS,…

Syria’s New Rulers ‘Open’ To Letting Russian Bases Stay In an unexpected development, Syria’s Islamist Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) government says it is ‘open’ to allowing Russia to keep its permanent air and…

Numerous publications will struggle to stay afloat after Donald Trump suspended most foreign aid Elon Musk has derided pro-Western Russian and Ukrainian media outlets over their degree of perceived “independence,” as the…

Those who dared to speak out uncovered a disturbing pattern of institutional neglect and misplaced priorities that allowed abuse to persist unchecked For decades, the exploitation of thousands of young British girls…

What Business Leaders Need To Know About Trump Tariffs Authored by Joseph Lai via RealClearPolitics.com, President Trump says what he means and means what he says.  Global business leaders would be well…

Baltic Sea Cable Incidents Pile Up In the three months between November and January, three incidents of damage to Baltic Sea underwater cables have taken place, severing at least partly seven different…

DOGE’s Targets… Authored by Jacob Burg via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), As the second Trump administration nears the end of its first three weeks leading the federal government, Elon Musk’s advisory…

One of the suspects in the attack in Dagestan had previously been convicted on terrorism charges, according to media reports Three people have been detained after attacking a police officer and firing…

The Grocery Store Hack That Helps You Avoid Ultra-Processed Foods Authored by Sheramy Tsai via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Walk into any grocery store, and chances are, most of what you…

Designating Cartels As Terrorists Will Have Huge Consequences, Say Analysts Authored by Chris Summers via The Epoch Times, On Jan. 20, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that started a process…

Applicants from the country are reportedly among those most frequently denied, only second to Syrians Nearly one in five applicants rejected asylum status in Germany during the second half of last year…

Liberals hail the explosive growth of gambling in the US. Their deregulation advocacy reveals patterns used to justify other evils, too According to George Bernard Shaw, the most popular method of distributing…

The raid is proof that Kiev’s forces are committing war crimes, Russian Senator Dmitry Rogozin has said A Ukrainian kamikaze drone attempted to dive into a civilian car on a road in…

Unquestioning support by France has led to far-right forces embracing terrorism, the Foreign Ministry’s spokeswoman has said The French authorities have unquestionably supported the rise of neo-Nazism in Ukraine, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman…

‘Red Line’: Trump’s Gaza Takeover Plan Has United The Arab World More Than Ever As predicted, President Trump’s controversial calls for the US to ‘takeover’ the Gaza Strip is for the first…

Russia’s Foreign Spy Agency Claims That NATO Wants To Depose Zelensky Through New Elections Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, Russia’s foreign spy agency (SVR) claimed last week that it’s received information alleging that…

Constant shelling has complicated a probe into alleged atrocities against civilians by Ukrainian forces, a Russian diplomat has said The Ukrainian military is trying to destroy evidence of its war crimes in…

Russia and the US use multiple channels to maintain contact, spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said The Kremlin cannot confirm whether a direct phone call between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US…

The bloc’s top diplomat Kaja Kallas cheers on the Baltic states’ newfound dependence on the US It’s a big day for the EU, says the bloc’s top diplomat, Kaja Kallas. All because…

A court in Germany has reportedly barred a local newspaper from spreading misinformation about Alisher Usmanov Russian metals and telecoms tycoon Alisher Usmanov has won another lawsuit in his sizable legal wrangle…

The president has said that his predecessor allowed the Ukraine crisis to spiral out of control US President Donald Trump has berated his predecessor Joe Biden as “an embarrassment” to the US…

CTH readers are several years ahead of the current news cycle, and I doubt any of the recent revelations about USAID spending and objectives are surprising to most readers here.  What we…

In a stunning and sweeping emergency injunction that has even stunned the people who demanded it, a Manhattan-based District Judge has just removed Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent from his authority over…

Tucker Carlson sits down with Mike Benz, one of the prominent voices who was speaking out about the corruption within the USAID, NED and CIA operation.  WATCH: Chapters: 0:00 The USAID Rabbit…

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…

Before getting to the announcement, let me first answer a repeated question. “Why is it so easy for DOGE to identify wasteful spending?” ..in simple form. When the trillion-dollar American Recovery and…

Washington has reportedly blacklisted Karim Khan in retaliation for a war crimes probe International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Karim Khan will become the first individual sanctioned by the United States under President…

Rostelecom has named “external influence” as the cause of the incident Russia’s leading telecommunications provider, Rostelecom, has confirmed that one of its underwater cables in the Baltic Sea has been damaged due to…

The New York Post hasn’t provided any quotes from the reported phone call in its interview with the US president US President Donald Trump has claimed to have discussed the Ukraine conflict…

What Does National Security Have To Do With Soaring Defense Spending? Authored by Casey Carlisle via AntiWar.com, Paraphrasing Thomas Jefferson, the natural progress of things is for prices to yield and for…

Sam Nujoma led the country’s 24-year-long war for independence from South African rule between 1966 and 1989 Sam Nujoma, a guerrilla leader who became the first president of Namibia after it gained…

CDC Reports ‘Unknown’ Illness Outbreak on Royal Caribbean Cruise Ship Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Nearly 100 people were sickened by an outbreak of an unknown gastrointestinal…

Lebanese PM Forms New Government, Includes Hezbollah, Rejecting Trump Envoy’s ‘Red Lines’ Via The Cradle Prime Minister Nawaf Salam officially announced the formation of a new government for Lebanon on Saturday, naming 24 ministers…

Him & Hers Superbowl Ad Hijacks “MAHA Messaging” The Hims & Hers Super Bowl advertisement is “illegal” due to the lack of a required disclaimer, according to a former consultant for major food…

Bipartisan Bill Would Ban DeepSeek AI On US Government Devices Authored by Andrew Thornebrooke via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A bipartisan pair of congressmen are introducing a bill to prohibit the…

Powerful Earthquake Rattles Caribbean Sea Near Cayman Islands A powerful earthquake has been reported in the Caribbean Sea. According to USGS data, the 7.6-magnitude quake struck about 125 miles southwest of the…

Contrasting DEI With Equality Of Opportunity Authored by Christian Milord via The Epoch Times, Folks with common sense likely were pleased when a recent executive order came down from the Trump administration…

The US president has accused Pretoria of “fueling” violence against “racially disfavored landowners” US President Donald Trump has issued an executive order directing government agencies to prioritize refugee assistance to white South…

Three Gaunt-Looking Israelis Freed By Hamas After “491 Days Of Hell” At this point the Hamas-Israel truce has held since January 19, and several successful rounds of hostage/prisoner exchanges have followed since. The…

The State Department has formally told Congress that it plans to sell more than $7 billion in weapons to Israel US Department of Defense announced on Friday that the State Department has approved…

The Rise And Rise Of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Authored by Jeffrey Tucker via The Epoch Times, There is much to learn about the way the world works today by watching the…

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has slammed DEI initiatives and announced the termination of identity month celebrations US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth spoke out on Friday against diversity initiatives in the armed…