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EV-Critical Battery Metal Cobalt Soars As Congo’s Export Ban Disrupts Supply Chains The Democratic Republic of Congo’s four-month suspension of cobalt exports has driven up prices of the critical metal, which is…

Brussels has deemed it unacceptable that four in five immigrants ordered to leave slip through the cracks The European Commission has formally proposed to harmonize deportation rules across the EU. The current…

New Delhi has repatriated over 500 citizens who were lured to work in scam centers under the pretext of well-paid jobs New Delhi has repatriated 549 Indian citizens who had been rescued…

Orban Govt Blasts Ukraine Over Attack On Russian Pipeline Bringing Oil To Hungary Authored by Kyle Anzalone via The Libertarian Institute Budapest voiced its opposition to Ukrainian attacks on Russian pipelines that bring oil to…

The AI Integration Crisis: A Special Operator’s View From The Tactical Edge Authored by Richard Byno via RealClearDefense, The humid air of the South China Sea clung to my skin as I…

Trump Backpedals On Controversial Plan: ‘No One Is Expelling Anyone From Gaza’ President Trump in a Wednesday press conference while hosting Irish prime minister Micheál Martin at the White House appeared to backpedal on…

Crunch Time In The Bundestag Tomorrow’s debate in the reconvened outgoing Bundestag – unless it is halted by the Constitutional Court – kicks off a constitutional amendment process that could, if successful,…

The US president has said that Kiev has changed its tune since his spat with the Ukrainian leader in the Oval Office President Donald Trump has said that Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky has changed…

Democratic US Senator Won’t Run For Reelection In 2026 Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) confirmed on March 12 that she will not run…

Portland Woman Scammed Out Of More Than $40,000 On Online Dating App “It’s turned my life upside down,” said Katie Powell about being duped for more than $40,000 via an online dating…

The mission was canceled less than an hour before launch due to a reported hydraulics issue with the launchpad SpaceX has aborted the launch of its Crew-10 mission, which was intended to relieve…

West Point Must Come Clean Authored by Tony Lentini via RealClearDefense, On Spring Break in 2022, five West Point cadets overdosed on cocaine laced with fentanyl. This news was widely circulated, bringing…

These Are The States Most And Least Dependent On The Federal Government A new study highlights how much states rely on federal aid compared to what they contribute in taxes. The study evaluates…

Trade War: Tariffs Are Needed To Defeat Globalism But They Come With A Cost Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.us Ever since the days of Herbert Hoover and the official start of…

The daring raid behind enemy lines has allowed the Russian military to isolate Ukrainian forces in Kursk Region Moscow’s swift offensive in the Kursk Region, including the now-famous Potok (“Flow”) operation, has…

Greene Urges DOJ To Investigate Tesla Vandalism As Trump Threatens ‘Domestic Terrorism’ Label Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) is urging the Department of Justice to investigate ‘the recent wave of organized attacks…

2024 Homicide Rankings: Chicago, St. Louis Lead Nation Yet Again By Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner, of Wirepoints Chicago was once again the nation’s homicide capital in 2024 with 573 murders –…

Pakistani Separatists Attack Train With Over 400 People On Board, Conduct Mass Killings One of the most brazen terror attacks and hostage standoffs the world has ever seen played out on Tuesday…

High-Dose Vitamin D May Slow Progression Of MS-Like Neurological Disorder Authored by George Citroner via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A new clinical trial has found that high doses of vitamin D…

China, Russia, Iran To Hold Nuclear Talks In Beijing After Tehran Snubbed Trump Offer At a moment that Iran’s stocks of uranium are coming very close to nuclear weapons-grade, and as the…

US Lands On Soros-Funded ‘Human Rights’ Watchlist… Alongside North Korea & China Authored by Luis Cornelio via Headline USA, The United States—a country historically touted as a beacon of freedom—has been added…

Any combatant committing crimes against civilians on Russian soil will be treated as a terrorist, the president has stated Foreign mercenaries fighting for Kiev should be aware that they do not have…

President Trump hosts Ireland’s Taoiseach Micheál Martin in celebration of St Patrick’s Day and takes questions from the traveling press pool and DC stenographers. WATCH: . Posted in Big Government, Economy, European…

We should keep in mind; a potential ceasefire carries with it a potential benefit for Russia in that a cessation of hostilities provides the opportunity for Ukraine to hold elections.  There is…

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick appears on CBS News to outline how the MAGAnomic tariff program immediately creates positive outcomes when President Trump identifies the specific targets. As Lutnick appropriately notes, the EU…

Washington and Kiev agreed on a 30-day truce in the Ukraine conflict on Tuesday US President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff will be traveling to Moscow later this week to deliver…

The rapid offensive, which sent Kiev’s forces into flight, has been a triumph for the Russian army. But how it concludes depends on peace negotiations Moscow’s decisive offensive in the Kursk region…

Berlin decided against sharing intelligence suggesting the virus came from a lab, fearing political fallout Germany’s foreign intelligence agency (BND) obtained evidence in the early days of the pandemic that convinced it…

Trump’s EU Tariffs Are Only The Opening Gambit Today just after midnight, US tariffs on steel and aluminum have come into force, and in response the European Commission announced its plans to…

Schiff: It’s Time For An Economic Reckoning Via SchiffGold.com, In his recent appearance with Todd on the Sachs Realty Podcast, Peter Schiff paints a sobering picture of America’s current economic landscape, challenging mainstream…

US Deficit Hits Record $1.1 Trillion In First 5 Months Of 2025 As February Taxes Failed To Cover Even Half Of Spending First the good news: Elon Musk’s DOGE is going through…

Lawyers for Rodrigo Duterte have filed a petition accusing the government of “kidnapping” Former Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has been flown to The Hague and placed in the custody of the International…

Alan Jones’ lawyers were back in court on Tuesday (11/3/25) and were hit with another alleged victim and charge giving a total of 11 victims and 35 charges. Jones was excused from…

Blocks Path: Schumer And Schiff Schitt Shower Over Shutdown As Friday Deadline Looms With the latest shutdown ‘looming’ (once again), Senate Democrats are playing chicken over a short-term funding bill which passed…

FBI Hands Over Jan. 6 Pipe Bomb Documents To House Republicans, Letter Says Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The FBI has said it is handing over subpoenaed…

IDF troops are to stay for an “unlimited time” on territories seized in December, Defense Minister Israel Katz has said The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) are preparing for an indefinite stay in…

Eighty-six percent of Kursk Region’s territory previously held by Ukraine has been liberated, Valery Gerasimov has claimed Ukrainian forces in Kursk Region, western Russia, have been encircled and isolated, Chief of the…

The Almost Unbelievable Details Of The Great Gas Pipeline Caper Of 2025 Authored by Terry Cowan via Substack This is the most astounding thing I have heard of in a long, long…

Is A Strategic Reserve Bad For America… And Crypto? Authored by Omid Malekan, America and the crypto industry both seemed to have dodged a bullet last week when President Trump announced a…

President Donald Trump’s trade policies could undermine the country’s economic growth, according to the investment bank US President Donald Trump’s trade policies could dent the country’s economic growth and raise the risk…

AI Data Center Build-Out Raises Concerns About America’s Future Power Needs Authored by Wesley Brown via The Epoch Times, As the United States prepares to invest billions of dollars in artificial intelligence…

Diddy Rape Accuser Alleges Coverup Involving Maui Police Chief Linked To Las Vegas Shooting Maui Police Chief John Pelletier has been accused of posing as a California sheriff’s deputy when an alleged…

Solid 10Y Auction Enjoys First Stop-Through Of 2025 One day after a subpar, tailing 3Y auction, some were concerned that today’s 10Y auction (a reopening of 9-Y, 11-Month cusip MM0) would be…

The Jeddah talks have confirmed the long-obvious fact that Zelensky’s regime has no real options The most telling aspect of Tuesday’s US-Ukraine talks in Jeddah wasn’t the meeting itself but rather the…

All options are on the table, Volkswagen’s Oliver Blume has said, after the EU announced a multi-billion euro militarization plan Struggling German automaker, Volkswagen, is open to producing weapons and military equipment,…

A member of the Duma says “con artists” swindled more than a billion dollars from people last year Russian lawmakers should consider banning “esoteric” and “spiritual” services, along with various outlets that…

The Arab League’s plan to rebuild the enclave is solid, but opposition from Israel and the US, as well as internal divisions, could bury it Participants of the Emergency Arab League Summit…

The Russian president has listened to a report on military operations in the area DETAILS TO FOLLOW

More Than 200,000 Government Credit Cards Deactivated: DOGE Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times, The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) said more than 200,000 government credit cards linked to a…

The secretary of state previously said that Kiev would have to abandon claims to pre-conflict lands as part of a peace deal with Moscow American and Ukrainian delegations discussed the issue of…

WTI Holds Gains After Big Gasoline Inventory Draw, US & OPEC Production Jump Oil prices are rising again this morning, despite a surge in OPEC+ production reported for February and also in…

Lawsuit Alleges Girl Scouts Sold Cookies Containing Heavy Metals, Pesticides Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Girl Scouts allegedly violated laws when selling cookies containing heavy metals…

TSMC Reportedly Pitches JV With Nvidia, AMD, Broadcom To Operate Intel Foundry Intel shares rose 6% in premarket trading after Reuters reported that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, or TSMC, had approached US chip…

Reuters Fake Fact-Check Fails Again Authored by Paul D. Thacker via The DisInformation Chronicle, I had the pleasure of being contacted by Reuters Fact Check last week, with a demand that I…

iRobot Shares Crash As Going Concern Raises “Substantial Doubt” About Ability To Operate iRobot’s shares crashed by as much as 40% in early cash trading in New York after the maker of robotic…

Politicians, journalists, and analysts react to the news of a proposed 30-day ceasefire Following the high-level talks between US and Ukrainian delegations in Saudi Arabia, two major developments have dominated the media…

Removing Zelensky may not help achieve peace, according to Viktor Medvedchuk US President Donald Trump will not be able to reach any kind of agreement with Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky, nor with any…

Silver As A Hedge Against Market Chaos Authored by Adam Sharp via DailyReckoning.co, Headlines blamed yesterday’s crash on Trump. It’s the tariffs! But I have a much simpler explanation: U.S. stocks have never…

Bosnian authorities seek to jail the president, PM and parliament speaker of Republika Srpska Bosnian prosecutors have issued arrest warrants for the president, prime minister, and parliament speaker of Republika Srpska, the…

Moscow has been enforcing stricter laws for foreigners in the country since a major terrorist attack last year The number of foreign nationals expelled from Russia reached 190,000 last year, nearly a…

The Defense Ministry in Moscow has reported liberating more than a dozen settlements in the Russian region over the past two days The Russian Defense Ministry has released a video collage which…

The bloc will impose countermeasures on $28 billion worth of US goods starting next month The European Commission has hit back at the latest US tariffs on EU imports, announcing what it…

Trade issues are expected to be high on the agenda when the US vice president visits the South Asian nation later this month US Vice President J.D. Vance is planning to visit…

EU Retaliates After Trump Tariffs Take Effect, But UK Breaks With Europe And Refuses To Respond The EU has retaliated against Trump’s 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum just hours after  they…

Tokenization: The New Frontier For Capital Markets Authored by Michael Lebowitz via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, There is tremendous value in the world of crypto! Given some of our recent opinions (linked below), you probably…

“We’re Now Facing A New Crisis” – Canada Cuts Rates (As Expected), Announces Retaliatory Tariffs The Bank of Canada cut interest rates by a quarter percentage point – as expected – and…

Moscow ‘Studying’ 30-day Truce Plan, Makes Steady Battlefield Gains In Meantime The Kremlin says it is “studying” statements issued by the US and Ukrainian delegations following yesterday’s talks in Jeddah, and further describes…

The Dutch parliament has voted against the bloc’s €800 billion defense initiative citing financial risks and unclear guidelines The Dutch House of Representatives has voted against the European Union’s multi-hundred-billion euro militarization…

Markets Need A Benign Inflation Print For Relief By Michael Msika and Jan-Patrick Barnert, Bloomberg markets live reporters and strategists Markets are facing an episode of de-risking that started in the US and is now…

Futures, Yields, Dollar All Jump Ahead Of Key CPI Report US equity futures are higher into today’s CPI print with tech outperforming, as the rout that gripped markets in the past two…

The suspect has been charged with treason, the agency has said A Russian man is facing treason charges for transferring cryptocurrency to a terrorist organization in Ukraine to fund the purchase of…

Moscow will honor all its commitments to Beijing, unlike the West in its promises to the USSR, the foreign minister has asserted Russia deeply values its relationship with China and is committed…

Core Consumer Price Inflation Slowest In 4 Years As Energy & Airfare Costs Tumble With four times as many data points skewing towards higher February consumer prices than lower ones, whisper numbers…

The Russian foreign minister has been interviewed by Mario Nawfal, Larry Johnson, and Andrew Napolitano Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has given a lengthy interview with three US bloggers who traveled to…

The historic vote could lead the Arctic island to seek independence from Denmark or closer ties with the US Two opposition parties in Greenland, one favoring economic development and the other advocating…

The federal agency for international cooperation says the move in Ghana marks an expansion of Moscow’s presence on the continent Moscow is preparing to open one of its culture and education centers…

Vassily Nebenzia, Russia’s UN envoy, has criticized Kaja Kallas for overlooking Ukrainian crimes EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Kaja Kallas’ claim that Russian civilians “are not dying” in the Ukraine conflict…

Russia is expecting to receive detailed information about the negotiations in Jeddah soon, presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said Moscow cannot yet comment on any ceasefire proposals agreed upon by the US…

DC Housing Market Sees Continued Surge In Listings As DOGE-Recession Looms The latest housing market snapshot for Northern Virginia, DC, and Maryland shows a continued surge in active listings as the risk…

China Summons Walmart After Asking Suppliers To Absorb Trump’s Tariff Costs China’s Ministry of Commerce and other agencies summoned Walmart officials on Tuesday, days after a Bloomberg report indicated that the US…

BlackRock CEO Says American ‘Practicalism’ Can ‘Make Energy Great’ Authored by John Haughey via The Epoch Times, U.S.-based capital markets will fuel the private investment needed to grow the nation’s energy grid…

A vessel carrying players and fans returning from a match has capsized on the Kwa River in the DR Congo A boat carrying soccer players capsized on the Kwa River in the…

As Germany Debates Conscription, ‘Gender Equality’ Means Women Should Be Drafted To Fight (& Die) For Their Country Via Remix News, Waves of TikTok club-going Ukrainian women mowed down by first-person drones,…

The US president had previously announced plans to hit Canadian steel and aluminum exports with a 50% tax US President Donald Trump has reversed course on plans to double tariffs on steel…

Ukraine has sabotaged itself by breaching Russia’s trust in the past, the foreign minister has said Moscow has ample reasons to distrust Ukraine and its Western backers given their history of broken…

Kiev’s forces hit a feed-processing plant in the area, according to regional head Aleksandr Khinstein Four people have been killed and two others wounded in a Ukrainian military strike that hit a…

Trump Crypto Push Could Hurt Europe’s Financial Stability: Top EU Official Authored by Martin Young via CoinTelegraph.com, Finance officials in the European Union are concerned US President Donald Trump’s embrace of digital…

Al-Shabaab has reportedly claimed responsibility for the assault on the Cairo Hotel, saying it has killed ten people Gunmen from the Al-Shabaab terrorist group have stormed a hotel in the city of…

How Many Dollars Exist Per American? In this chart, Visual Capitalist’s Pallavi Rao explores a what-if scenario. How much money would each American get if divided equally? First, we had to approximate…

The 35-year-old fugitive is wanted in Kazakhstan for selling harvested kidneys Polish authorities have apprehended a 35-year-old Ukrainian woman convicted of organ trafficking in Kazakhstan. Identified as Ksenia P. by Polish officials,…

Many of us well understand the value of “buycotts” where we purchase products and services that support the America-First objective. The professional political left can only destroy things, tear down things, attack…

Secretary of State Marco Rubio and National Security Advisor Mike Waltz brief the media on an agreement with the Ukraine delegation for a ceasefire in the Ukraine-Russia conflict. During their remarks both…

Retired Col Douglas Macgregor sits down with Tucker Carlson for an extended conversation about current geopolitical events including, Ukraine, Russia, Israel, China and Mexican drug cartels. Chapters: 0:00 The Ukrainian Drone Strike…

Goldman: “US Gas Rally Likely Too Much, Too Soon” Henry Hub spot natural gas prices surged to $4.90/mmBtu on Monday morning, reaching fresh two-year highs as traders weighed the impact of tariffs…

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…

If USAID was the charitable wing of the U.S. State Dept., why would the remaining senior leadership be instructing all employees to urgently start destroying all records?   The answer is easy, the…

Sergey Naryshkin and John Ratcliffe have agreed to maintain regular contact to reduce tensions between the US and Russia Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) Director Sergey Naryshkin, spoke on the phone with…

Watch: The ‘Prophetic’ Donald Trump On Syria A Decade Ago Elon Musk in a recent post on X called it “prophetic”. He featured a decade-old clip which said of President Trump’s commentary…

The Right Is Being Shut Out Of Government Across Europe Authored by Will Jones via DailySceptic.org, Right-wing politicians are being shut out of Government across Europe, says Gavin Mortimer in the Spectator, as so-called…