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The Cold War never ended – it just moved to the Arctic and got nuclear In late March, at the VI Arctic Forum held in Murmansk, Russian President Vladimir Putin declared Moscow’s…

The ruling comes amid the president’s push to dismantle diversity, equity, and inclusion programs across federal agencies A federal judge has halted an attempt by the administration of US President Donald Trump…

Tesla Shares Rise Over Report That Musk To ‘Step Back’ From DOGE Shares of Tesla rose on Wednesday following an anonymously sourced Politico report (keeping in mind Musk just yanked millions in…

Putin Envoy Visits Washington For Talks In First Since 2022 Ukraine Invasion Earlier this week the Kremlin said it has given the Trump White House formal notification and evidence showing that Ukraine…

New Jersey Democrat Cory Booker has given a marathon speech against the president’s policies on Capitol Hill US Democratic Senator Cory Booker has broken the record for the longest speech in US…

Will Today’s Trump Moves Force The Fed To Act? Authored by Peter Tchir via Academy Securities, Apparently today at 4:00 pm we will learn the details of this wave of tariffs. Treasury…

WTI ‘Steady’ Near 5-Week Highs As ‘Drill Baby Drill’ Lifts US Crude Production Crude prices continue to tread water above $70 (WTI) this morning (holding Monday’s gains on potential sanctions on Russian…

Why The Global Recession Will Be Deeper And Longer Than Pundits Anticipate Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, The global recession will be deeper and longer than those relying on…

US Factory Orders Surge Near Record Highs In Feb (Ignoring ‘Soft’ Data Slump) Despite all the ‘soft’ data slumping and legacy media narrative creation that a recession is imminent, US Factory Orders…

Meta To Expand Ray-Ban Smart Glasses Lineup With Display-Enabled Model Since late summer or fall of 2024, Ray-Ban Meta Glasses have surged in popularity with US consumers, a trend we previously highlighted citing…

How Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ Tariffs Are Set To Reshape Global Trade Authored by Emel Akan and Andrew Moran via The Epoch Times, President Donald Trump is set to announce reciprocal tariffs for…

Washington’s rapprochement with Moscow could threaten the military bloc’s future, according to Western diplomats European NATO members have raised concerns that Washington’s rapprochement with Moscow and the sidelining of the EU during…

Kiev has targeted energy facilities in Russia in violation of the US-brokered partial ceasefire, the military says The Ukrainian military has launched new attacks on Russia’s energy facilities, despite claiming it complies…

China Restricts Local Firms From Investing In US As Trump’s Reciprocal Tariffs D-Day Arrives Hours before President Trump is set to announce reciprocal tariffs—threatening to unleash a global trade war on what…

The US president has warned of restrictions if Moscow “is to blame” for a failed Ukraine ceasefire Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has stressed that Russia continues to comply with a ceasefire agreed…

The two-day exercise is aimed at deterring the self-governing island from pursuing separatism, according to Beijing. The Chinese military has published several videos showcasing a two-day exercise carried out near the self-administered…

Several Finnish citizens submitted a complaint to the court alleging that Helsinki is violating their fundamental rights The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has asked Finland to respond to claims that…

The Indian army has claimed that its neighbours troops have opened fire “unprovoked” along the countries disputed border The Indian Army on Wednesday said it had “responded effectively” after Pakistani troops crossed…

Bipartisan Senators Prepare 500% Uranium, Oil Tariffs If Russia Doesn’t Negotiate  A bipartisan group of US senators have prepared an anti-Russia sanctions nuclear option in the case that Moscow refuses to sign…

Is Trump’s Plan Working? ADP Shows Biggest Jump In US Manufacturing Jobs Since Oct 2022 Despite the ongoing strength in jobless claims data, fears are growing in the soft data that Friday’s…

Futures Slide As Markets Await “Liberation Day” Details Stocks resumed their slide and Treasury yields held near one-month lows with just hours to go before President Trump’s tariffs tariff announcement, amid swirling…

It was earlier reported in the Western media that Kirill Dmitriev will meet Donald Trump’s Ukraine negotiator Steve Witkoff later this week Russian President Vladimir Putin’s economic envoy, Kirill Dmitriev, could visit…

Kitchen Sink? Tesla Delivers 336,681 Vehicles In Q1, Missing Wall Street’s Lowest Expectations This morning Tesla announced Q1 deliveries of 336,681 vehicles, falling below even the lowest expectations that Wall Street had…

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yury Trutnev has met with the Namibian minister of international relations and trade in Windhoek Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yury Trutnev has held talks with the Namibian minister…

Margarita Simonyan says legal aid should be offered to those arrested for supporting Russia RT Editor-in-Chief Margarita Simonyan has proposed an initiative to provide legal aid to people arrested abroad for supporting…

The country has been destabilized by foreigners who make up laws, and it now needs Russia’s help, Milorad Dodik has told RT Western interference has turned Bosnia and Herzegovina into a “failed…

T-Day By Michael Every of Rabobank “I have also to announce to Congress that during the night and the early hours of this morning the first of the series of tariffs in…

At least two top officials have maintained contact with the Russian leader, the Serbian president has claimed Several global leaders have secretly maintained contact with Russian President Vladimir Putin despite the Western…

Kiev has effectively ignored the Trump-mediated moratorium, spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said Washington is ignoring Kiev’s violations of a US-mediated moratorium on attacks against energy infrastructure in the conflict with Russia, Kremlin…

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…

Republican Randy Fine, a state senator, defeated Democrat and teacher Josh Weil in a special election that attracted national attention and millions of dollars. Leftist candidate Josh Weil raised almost 10 times…

Kid Rock appears on Stuart Varney show to discuss a dinner he helped organize between President Trump, Bill Maher, Dana White and himself. According to Kid Rock the dinner went great, and…

Hungary has deviated from most of the bloc by criticizing the West’s antagonistic stance toward Russia Hungarian Defense Minister Kristof Szalay-Bobrovniczky visited Belgrade on Tuesday to sign a roadmap outlining 79 joint…

White House Prepares TikTok Proposal Meeting Wednesday Ahead Of Deadline Ahead of President Trump’s reciprocal tariff announcement across all US trading partners later today, the president will meet with senior administration officials to review a final…

The service will also oversee citizenship issues, according to the Kremlin Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree creating a new state agency tasked with enhancing immigration governance. The Citizenship and…

DNC, Schumer Sue Trump Over Order Targeting Illegal Immigrant Voting Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Democratic National Committee (DNC) and two top U.S. lawmakers on March…

A 5,000-strong armored brigade in Lithuania is set to be combat-ready by 2027, according to army plans The German military has begun its first permanent deployment of troops on foreign soil since…

German Politicians Worry About Their Gold In US Vaults For decades, the idea that Germany’s gold reserves – some of the largest in the world – might not be safe in the…

Russia Halts Large Chunk Of Kazakhstan’s Oil Export Capacity By Tsvetana Paraskova of OilPrice.com Russia has ordered shut two of the three moorings of the main oil export terminal on the Black…

Aleksey Andreev has highlighted Moscow’s flexible approach to helping other countries develop technologies that promote self-sufficiency Russia is ready to support African countries in developing technologies that promote self-sufficiency and sovereignty, Aleksey…

The revision of deals with foreign partners such as the EU and France is part of Senegal’s push for sovereignty, Aminata Toure has told RT Senegal remains committed to the process of…

Two people were injured and dozens evacuated after a UAV strike damaged two buildings in the city of Taganrog A Ukrainian drone raid damaged residential buildings in the southern Russian city of…

Docville has dropped the documentary showing Russian soldiers’ perspectives after objections from the Ukrainian Embassy The Docville documentary film festival in Belgium has canceled its screening of ‘Russians at War’ after a…

New Delhi will continue its long-standing friendship with Russia despite Western pressure, Jaiveer Shergill has said India will not “bow down” to the West on a range of issues from security to…

Which AI Chatbots Collect The Most Data About You? The harbinger of the AI revolution, ChatGPT, remains the most popular AI tool on the market, with more than 200 million weekly active users….

The investigation concerns threats received by the judge who sentenced the presidential hopeful French prosecutors have launched an investigation into threats against the judge who presided over a case in which right-wing…

Chinese President Xi Jinping will travel to Russia in May for a full state visit Chinese President Xi Jinping will be Russia’s main guest at the 80th anniversary of Victory Day celebrations…

Turkey Moves To Take Control Of Strategic Airbase In Central Syria Via Middle East Eye Turkey has begun efforts to take control of Syria’s Tiyas air base, also known as T4, and is preparing to…

US Treasury Targets Hezbollah’s Iran-Backed Aid Network Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Individuals and entities helping to finance the Hezbollah terrorist group were sanctioned by the Department…

Top German Politicians Are Calling For Resumption Of Russian Gas In Europe, the lure of a return to cheap energy is ever-present, and that conversation is becoming easier as the Trump administration…

The American military is unprepared to deter its adversaries, John Caine has said The US military would be unprepared for a protracted war with China due to shortcomings in the defense industrial…

USAID And The Architecture Of Perception Authored by Josh Stylman via The Brownstone Institute, The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has long portrayed itself as America’s humanitarian aid organization, delivering…

16 years after the monarchy was abolished, a violent push to restore it reveals a deep hunger for competent leadership Violent protests took place in Nepal last week as pro-monarchy groups demanded…

Kirill Dmitriev will reportedly meet with Trump’s Ukraine negotiator, Steve Witkoff Russian President Vladimir Putin’s envoy, Kirill Dmitriev, will visit Washington this week, CNN and Axios reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar…

Iran ‘Incredibly Weakened’ By Over 200 US Strikes On Houthis: White House The White House on Tuesday declared that Iran has been “incredibly” weakened as a result of the Pentagon operation against…

Russian Arctic LNG 2 Project Resumes Gas Processing By Charles Kennedy of Oilprice.com Arctic LNG 2, the processing and export facility that was billed as Russia’s flagship LNG project, has gradually resumed…

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) says that it has run out of funds because of Donald Trump’s executive order The US state-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) began furloughing staff at its…

FBI Weaponizes Background Checks To Enforce California Gun Ban Submitted by Gun Owners of America, When you go to a gun store to buy a new gun, you can expect a few…

Top presidential adviser Mike Waltz reportedly kept “potentially exploitable” information on his private email Members of the US National Security Council (NSC), including national security adviser Mike Waltz, have used personal Gmail…

China’s Role In US Fentanyl Crisis Directed By Regime Leadership, Expert Says Authored by Terri Wu & Olivia Li via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Tensions have been simmering between the United…

Indian Refiners Seek Alternatives To Russian Oil After Trump Tariff Threat Indian oil refiners have started looking for alternative supplies of crude after President Trump threatened secondary sanctions on Russian energy exports…

“There Will Be No Negotiating”: Tesla Firebombing Suspect Hit With Federal Charges, Faces 20 Years In Prison Authored by Rudy Blalock via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The U.S. Department of Justice…

Houthis Say They’ve Downed 16th Reaper Drone After Trump Warned ‘Real Pain Yet To Come’ On Tuesday the Houthis, officially known as Ansar Allah, claimed that they shot down another American MQ-9 Reaper…

The cooperation between the two countries has been “a great success,” the Russian leader has said Russia and China have a great track record of working together on the world stage, Russian…

Large Overnight Israeli Airstrike On Beirut Kills Hezbollah Official & Bystanders  Just before 4am local time, while much of the city was sleeping, Beirut was pounded by another large-scale Israeli airstrike, reportedly…

Wall Street, the Bankers, the Hedge Funds, the multinational corporations, K-Street Lobbying firms, Democrats, Republicans, leftists, globalists, and every other segment of the financial media who define themselves through the prism of…

Hollywood Claims Rachel Zegler Is “An Icon” Despite Epic Snow White Bomb Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past few years you’re probably familiar with the controversy surrounding the…

Jim Quinn: Prophets, Nomads, & A Fourth Turning Accelerating Towards A Bloody Climax Authored by Jim Quinn via The Burning Platform blog, “In retrospect, the spark might seem as ominous as a…

At today’s House Judiciary Committee hearing, former Speaker Newt Gingrich spoke about judicial overreach in lower federal courts blocking President Trump’s actions.  WATCH: . Now, to the stuff that really matters.  Congress…

212,268 Pounds Of Egg Products Potentially Containing Bleach Recalled Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Hundreds of thousands of pounds of egg items are being pulled off the…

Fifty Achievements In Fifty Days Authored by Jeffrey Tucker via The Epoch Times, Many friends of mine are frustrated at what they consider slow progress from the Trump administration. Whatever the pet…

Luigi Mangione has been charged with gunning down a health insurance boss in New York US prosecutors have asked for the death penalty for Luigi Mangione, a man charged with killing UnitedHealthcare…

Some 17 vehicles got torched at a dealership outside Rome in the latest global string of attacks on the company A Tesla dealership outside Rome was hit by a major fire early…

Britons with jobs linked to the Russian state must register or face criminal prosecution The UK government has announced that anyone working for the Russian state in Britain must register under a…

The Best And Worst Performing Assets Of The “March Meltdown” And “Queezy Q1” The first quarter was an incredibly tumultuous period for markets, with the S&P 500 posting its biggest quarterly decline…

The sides are focused on improving diplomatic ties, according to the Russian foreign minister Moscow and Washington are making progress in removing obstacles in diplomatic relations and plan to meet for the…

Repeating 2022? Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, In last week’s post, “Is the correction over?” we wrote about the potential for a rally back to the 200-DMA. However, the failure of that test…

Mercedes May Abandon U.S. Entry-Level Market In Trump Era As President Trump’s long-anticipated reciprocal tariff deadline approaches tomorrow, early signals suggest that the global trading system may soon undergo disruptions and structural shifts….

The Wisconsin Supreme Court Race Should Turn On Principle Not Politics Authored by Jonathan Turley, Today, the voters of Wisconsin go to the polls in what may be the single most expensive…

President Xi Jinping has called for Beijing and New Delhi to work more closely following a period of strained relations Chinese President Xi Jinping, on Tuesday, called for China and India to…

“Evil People”: Organized ‘Bankrupt Tesla’ Group Tied To Formerly USAID-Funded Disinfo Queen On Tuesday morning, former Biden administration “disinformation czar” Nina Jankowicz repeatedly refused to disclose who’s funding her new gig –…

“Maryland Father” Or MS-13 Migrant Gangster. Which Is It, MSM? Left-leaning corporate media unleashed another info war against the Trump administration after The Atlantic published an overnight story titled “An ‘Administrative Error’…

Trump Says Nothing ‘Off The Table’ In Obtaining Greenland Authored by Jacob Burg via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), President Donald Trump said over the weekend that he has “absolutely” had real…

Kiev has repeatedly attacked Russia’s energy infrastructure despite the truce being in effect, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said Ukraine has repeatedly breached the US-brokered partial ceasefire and continued to attack Russian…

AI Program Refuses To Generate Image Of Muhammad Due To ‘Credible Threat Of Violent Backlash’ Authored by Paul Joseph Watson via Modernity.news, AI program ChatGPT refused when asked to generate an image…

The conviction of the French opposition leader has effectively silenced the electoral voice of millions, Italian PM Giorgia Meloni has said Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has condemned the conviction of French…

The EU should also apply more sanctions on Russia, the bloc’s top diplomat has said Russian assets frozen over the Ukraine conflict should remain immobilized until the hostilities are over, a group…

The case of the National Rally leader and presidential favorite, conveniently taken off future ballots, is part of a long pattern Earlier this week, the anti-establishment French political leader whom all polls…

Authorities Probing Fire That Damaged Headquarters Of New Mexico Republican Party Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Federal and local authorities are investigating a fire that damaged the…

USDA Paid To Study Queer Farmers, Latinx Masculinity, More On Taxpayer Dime Authored by Casey Harper via The Center Square, U.S. taxpayers have shelled out tens of thousands of dollars in recent…

The two countries have simply been pursuing their own “long-term interests,” the Chinese foreign minister has said The close partnership between Russia and China poses no threat to other nations and cannot…

Bitcoin Could Reduce Dominance Of US Dollar, BlackRock’s Larry Fink Warns Authored by Christopher Tepedino via CoinTelegraph.com, The US dollar could lose its status as the world’s reserve currency to Bitcoin or…

“Someone Will Be Arrested”: Elon Musk’s DOGE Finds Massive Social Security Fraud Scheme  One day after Elon Musk and Antonio Gracias—founder and CEO of the Chicago-based investment firm Valor Equity Partners, and now…

JOLTs Job Openings Drop Despite Odd Jump In Federal Openings; Hires Hit 5 Month High One month after we got a “goldilocks” JOLTS report which showed an unexpected increase in job openings,…

The number of individuals on the list continues to grow despite Western sanctions The number of Russian billionaires has grown over the past year despite Western sanctions aimed at destabilizing the country’s…

Trump Dials Back Putin Criticism, Renews Attacks On Zelensky For Stalling Minerals Deal It was only on Sunday that President Trump declared he’s “very angry” at Russian President Putin, statements which featured…

April Fools By Michael Every of Rabobank April Fools Spot the April Fools’ Day jokes among the following recent headlines: The Daily Mail says Trump could technically be President for a further…

Xiaomi Shares Slide After SU7 Sedan With Intelligent Assisted Driving Crashes, Three Dead Shares of Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer Xiaomi tumbled in Hong Kong trading on Tuesday following a deadly crash involving one of its…

China Holds Huge Military Drills From ‘Multiple Directions’ Around Taiwan China on Tuesday launched major combined forces exercises around Taiwan as a “stern warning” in the wake of US Defense Secretary Pete…