Author:

The US President has followed through on his threat The US has doubled recent tariffs imposed on all Chinese imports, effective from Tuesday. The levy, which has risen from 10% to 20%,…

The suspect allegedly surveyed military sites near Voronezh for Ukrainian intelligence A Russian man is facing treason charges for allegedly selling sensitive information about the nation’s military to Ukrainian intelligence, according to…

China Dissuades Top AI, Robotics Researchers From US Travel Over Security Concerns Chinese authorities are quietly instructing top artificial intelligence entrepreneurs and researchers to avoid traveling to the United States, signaling Beijing’s…

The Lancet attack purportedly place in Ukraine’s Kharkov Region A video published online on Tuesday reportedly shows a Ukrainian tank burning out from the inside after a Russian kamikaze drone strike. The…

The World Food Program office in Johannesburg has shut down following major reductions in USAID assistance The UN World Food Program (WFP) has closed its Southern Africa bureau in Johannesburg, South Africa,…

The possibility of a US-brokered ceasefire with Russia has fueled demand for housing, a report has said   Ukraine’s real estate market has unexpectedly surged, with prices on residential properties soaring on…

The UK is set to spend 2.5% of its gross national income on defense starting in 2027 Increasing military spending will strengthen the economy and make British citizens wealthier, Prime Minister Keir…

According to an OHCHR spokesperson, the M23 accuses the captives of belonging the national army, with whom they have been involved in clashes At least 130 sick and wounded men have been…

The bloc’s security is “threatened in a very real way,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has claimed European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has announced a €150 billion ($158…

Northwest Europe Power Prices Plunge Below Zero On Strong Solar Output By Charles Kennedy of OilPrice.com The strongest solar power generation in Germany since September sent intraday power prices in Germany, Belgium,…

Russian Iskander Cluster Strike Results In Mass Casualties At Ukrainian Base Over the weekend we featured a headline entitled Ukraine Lost More Villages On The Battlefield During The Zelensky-Trump Showdown In The Oval. Ukraine’s…

Republican Lawmakers Join Musk In Calling For US To Exit NATO A pair of Republican lawmakers have issued public statements of support for the United States exiting the the North Atlantic Treaty…

Inflating the Ukrainian leader’s ego does a disservice to the country’s people, according to the US vice president US Vice President J.D. Vance has accused America’s European allies of inflating Vladimir Zelensky’s…

Escobar: Why Chinese Models Are Stunning Americans On The Tech Catwalk Authored by Pepe Escobar, When President Xi Jinping hosted a recent – rare – meeting with an array of Chinese tech…

The curbs on Russian media levied under former President Joe Biden are unconstitutional, Ben Swann has argued American investigative journalist Ben Swann has called upon US president Donald Trump to lift the…

Expressing frustration over the intransigence of Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy who demands to maintain the killing fields in Europe, President Trump says, “America will not put up with it much longer.” [SOURCE]…

President Donald Trump held a press briefing Monday where he announced a $100 billion investment from Taiwanese Chip company TMSC in the United States. President Trump on the TMSC investment: “We’ll be…

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…

For many of us who walk the deep weeds of honest economic analysis, this is the moment we have been waiting for. Second only to the elimination of the U.S-Marshal Plan, which…

The White House has announced an executive pause of support for Ukraine with a reevaluation of priorities following Zelenskyy’s expressed intransigence against peace. […] “President Trump has been clear that he is…

“Everything Is Going To Come Out”: AG Pam Bondi Says She Received “Truckload” Of Hidden Epstein Documents From SDNY After last week’s botched Epstein files release, many are calling for Attorney General…

The clash between the leaders in the White House had been “manufactured” by the US, Friedrich Merz has claimed The US had orchestrated the heated argument at the end of last week’s…

Trump Orders Plans Drawn Up For Russia Sanctions Relief The Trump administration is drawing up plans to drop some sanctions on Russia and Kremlin officials, Reuters reports Monday, offering some fresh details…

Head Of NY FBI Office Forced To Resign Amid Epstein File Controversy Days after Attorney General Pam Bondi claimed that FBI agents out of the New York Field Office withheld thousands of…

America Using Domestic Food Supplies As Statecraft Tool Faces Pressures Tariff D-Day arrives tomorrow, with President Trump set to impose tariffs on Mexico, Canada, and China. The timing comes as US imports of agricultural…

Trump Loosens Restrictions On Airstrikes, Special Ops Raids Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, President Trump has eased restrictions on US airstrikes and special operations raids in areas outside of countries officially considered combat…

Feces And Refugees Trigger Dysentery Outbreak In Leftist Run Portland Portland, Oregon’s rapid economic decline is a well documented phenomenon related directly to Democrat leadership and progressive policy initiatives.  The city is…

Cancer Cells ‘Cooperate’ To Survive, Study Finds Authored by George Citroner via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Scientists have discovered that cancer cells, long thought to be competitive with each other, actually…

The US president will play a “decisive” role in achieving a ceasefire with Russia, the Verkhovna Rada said Ukraine’s 450-seat parliament – the Verkhovna Rada – released a statement on Monday evening…

First Publicly Released Footage Shows Secretive Bladed Hellfire Missile Eliminating Terrorists US Central Command released the first-ever public footage of a bladed AGM-114R9X Hellfire Missile eliminating a senior leader of the Al-Qaeda-affiliated group…

Global Times Says Beijing Preparing Countermeasures As Tariff Deadline Arrives On Monday morning, the US dollar is underperforming against all G10 currencies as investors brace for President Trump’s tariff deadline on Mexico,…

California Ranchers Urge State To End Water Restrictions As Floodwaters Swamp Northern County Authored by Brad Jones via The Epoch Times, Cattle ranchers in Siskiyou County who are under a drought emergency…

Peter Thiel: DOGE Exposed the Left’s Secret Playbook Billionaire tech investor Peter Thiel argued that the Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) recent exposure of rampant overspending at the United States Agency for…

Attitude Adjustment Authored by James Howard Kunstler, “A secularized, atheist leaning Europe that has forgotten its roots, has demonstrated that it will NOT protect the personal freedoms of its citizenry.”  – Jim…

President Donald Trump has reportedly ordered the suspension of the delivery of weapons to Kiev US President Donald Trump has instructed the Defense Department to pause all military aid to Ukraine following…

Washington AG Celebrates After Biden Judge Extends Block On Trump Ban On “Chemical And Surgical Mutilation” Of Children A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction extending a temporary block on President…

Watch: SpaceX’s Starship Megarocket Prepares For “Starlink Simulator” Mission Just over six weeks after SpaceX’s Starship-Super Heavy Flight Test 7 lifted off from Boca Chica, Texas, ending in a dramatic spectacle—the massive…

DEI Was The Biggest Con Of The Century Authored by Stanley Ridgley via American Greatness, This article is adapted from the author’s new book, “DEI Exposed: How the Biggest Con of the…

“This Is Really Gonna Get Me Assassinated”: Musk Issues Warning Over Exposing DC Corruption During a recent appearance on the Joe Rogan Experience, Elon Musk suggested that he’ll be assassinated if he …

What If I Told You There Was No Epstein List? Authored by Nick Bryant We’ve been bombarded by rumors of the Epstein List, which is thought to be the Holy Grail of the…

Washington will not tolerate the Ukrainian leader’s attitude any longer, the US president said Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky doesn’t want to make peace with Russia and exploits US support for his own…

The Wall Street Journal has cited unnamed sources as saying President Trump is also considering freezing arms shipments from US stockpiles The US has suspended funding for any new arms sales to…

RFK Jr. Says Vaccinations Available As Texas Measles Outbreak Expands Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times, U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said in an opinion article published on…

Visualizing Americans’ Growing Dependence On Government Handouts Over Time Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, US consumers are increasingly dependent on Medicare, Medicaid, SNAP and Social Security. Personal Current Transfer Receipts (PCTR)…

James Spencer-Churchill has condemned the misuse of his great-uncle’s legacy to endorse the Ukraine conflict James Spencer-Churchill, a relative of Winston Churchill, has challenged the comparison of his great-uncle to Ukrainian leader…

Academia Learned Nothing From Trump’s Revolt Against DEI Nonsense Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, Let’s discuss a theory that the Left learned hard lessons from the election. Proposed Theory: Academia Is…

Critical Wildfire Risk For Millions Across US; South Carolina Gov. Declares Emergency Over Blaze Meteorologists mark March 1st as the official start of meteorological spring across the Lower 48, signaling a seasonal…

Lower Government Spending Will Not Weaken The US Economy. It Will Strengthen It… Authored by Daniel Lacalle, The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta’s GDPNow model projection for real GDP growth in the first quarter…

The possible plans are reportedly part of the president’s efforts to improve ties with Moscow and end the Ukraine conflict The White House has directed the State and Treasury departments to draft…

Rickards On Gold’s Historic Rally Authored by James Rickards via DailyReckoning.com, Even casual observers know that gold has been trading near all-time highs lately. The dollar price of gold has been trading…

The ‘Best Picture’ Is Rarely A Box Office Hit “Anora”, a comedy drama telling the story of a stripper who marries the son of a Russian oligarch, was the biggest winner at…

Oil Prices Plunge As OPEC+ Confirms Output Hikes Amid Trump Pressure Update (1345ET): It’s real this time… While we have seen numerous examples of ‘strawman’ headline leaks from OPEC meetings in the…

PM Keir Starmer has announced he is ready to deploy “boots on the ground and planes in the air” for securing peace British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has confirmed the UK is…

An anonymous source has told the outlet it is a precondition for resuming talks on a US-Ukraine minerals deal If Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky wants to resume negotiations with the US on…

19 out of 31 Abrams tanks have been destroyed or damaged in combat, the newspaper has reported The Ukrainian army has lost the majority of the M1 Abrams tanks supplied to it…

From brain death to obedience, the French leader is overseeing a geopolitical retreat When Western European commentators claim that “Europe” needs a leader to stand up to the United States or Russia,…

The two nations will work side by side on missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond, Oleg Artemyev said after meeting India’s PM India and Russia have been cooperating in space for…

Singapore Probes Nvidia AI Chip Shipments By Middlemen To Malaysia Amid DeepSeek Scrutiny One month after US officials launched an investigation into whether Chinese AI startup DeepSeek acquired Nvidia AI chips through shell companies in…

Putin-Trump Summit Being Expedited In Wake Of Zelensky White House Row CNN reports that a summit between Presidents Trump and Putin is now being fast-tracked in the wake of the explosive row…

Atlanta Fed Slashes GDP Forecast (Again) After Small Dip In ISM Manufacturing Survey In the peace of two business days, The Atlanta Fed’s GDPNOW forecast for Q1 2025 has collapsed from +2.33%…

Pentagon Deploys Mechanized Infantry And Air Support To Secure Mexico Border, Including Team Of 4,400 Soldiers The Pentagon is deploying a Stryker Brigade Combat Team and a General Support Aviation Battalion to…

The US president has vowed to impose 25% levies on all imports from the bloc US President Donald Trump’s plan to impose sweeping tariffs on EU imports could deal a significant blow…

The magazine’s source cited the Ukrainian leader’s 2023 demand that Kiev be admitted into NATO Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky has the mind of a child, several anonymous former and current officials from…

Berlin had previously voted to tighten border controls following a spree of violent crimes committed by foreign nationals Germany, which has been the primary destination for asylum seekers in the EU, has…

Zelensky Rejects Calls For Immediate Ceasefire & Won’t Apologize To Trump: ‘Ukraine Not For Sale’ Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has remained defiant in the wake of Friday’s explosive confrontation with President Trump…

“Which Country Is He Loyal To?”: Democrats Go Full McCarthy In Attacks On Musk Authored by Jonathan Turley, This month, 75 years ago, Sen. Joe McCarthy (R-Wisc.) gave his infamous speech denouncing disloyal Americans…

US Manufacturing Survey Signals Continued ‘Expansion’ But Inflation Fears Soar After Friday’s (tariff-front-running-import-surge-driven) tumble in Atlanta Fed’s GDPNOW accelerated growth scare anxiety in bonds (and stocks), this morning we see US Manufacturing…

Key Events This Week: Tariffs, Payrolls, ISMs And Powell Speaks This week’s economic calendar is packed with important events, including potential US tariff actions as the White House weighs tariff actions on…

Peace For Our Dime By Michael Every of Rabobank I’ve said it before recently, but there are decades where nothing happens and weeks where decades happen: this is not one of those…

US Reportedly Halts Offensive Cyber Ops Against Russia As Trump Pulls World Back From Brink In the latest indication that we’re entering a new, less adversarial era of US-Russia relations, Defense Secretary…

Le Pen Blasts Brussels Over Power-Grab, Says Peace Is The Only Option While Downplaying Zelensky-Trump Spat Authored by Liz Heflin via Remix News, After a conference of pro-war leaders in London, Marine…

Elena Blinovskaya was arrested in 2023 while attempting to flee the country Russian lifestyle coach and blogger Elena Blinovskaya has been sentenced to five years behind bars for large-scale tax evasion and…

Intel Jumps After Nvidia, Broadcom Test Chips On Intel 18A Process; Taiwan Semi To Invest $100BN In US Chip Plants Update: (10:30am ET): In related news, the WSJ reports that taiwan chip…

The French president has said relations between the US and Ukrainian leaders can be mended following a disastrous meeting French President Emmanuel Macron has said he has every confidence that relations between…

The Ukrainian leader has insisted that ousting him would be a formidable challenge Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky has reiterated his offer to NATO to resign in exchange for the opportunity to join…

Bosch has reportedly signaled that up to 10,000 positions could be at risk Bosch, the world’s biggest automotive supplier by revenue, is planning additional job cuts at several locations amid stagnating global…

The US president has publicly acknowledged having positive communication and a good relationship with the Russian leader President Donald Trump has stated that the US should prioritize domestic issues, such as migrant…

The patience of the American people is not unlimited, US National Security Advisor Mike Waltz has warned US National Security Advisor Mike Waltz has warned Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky not to test the…

‘Spoiling For A Fight’ – Judge Blocks Trump’s Firing Of Head Of Office Of Special Counsel Authored by Jonathan Turley, Late Saturday, D.C. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson ruled that President Donald…

The country has seen a string of vehicular attacks associated with migrants, including those with confirmed terrorist motives German police have arrested the driver of a vehicle which drove into several pedestrians…

Futures Rebound As Powerful Short Short Squeeze Kicks In Futures are higher with both tech and small caps outperforming as investors look for Canada/Mexico tariffs to be adjusted lower or delayed again…

Bessent “Shocked” By Scale Of Fraud Already Uncovered By DOGE, Mocks MSM’s Biden “Vibecession” Narrative US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent did the mainstream media press tour this weekend, clarifying two critical bullshit…

A 50-hour rescue operation has concluded in India’s northern Uttarakhand state, with 46 workers saved An avalanche in northern India Uttarakhand has resulted in the loss of eight lives, with rescuers recovering…

EU Defense Promises Soar, “Turbocharging” Aerospace & Defense Stocks European markets opened higher on Monday, with the Euro Stoxx 50 gaining nearly 1%, while defense stocks erupted amid expectations of increased military spending….

The order was reportedly given before last week’s Trump-Zelensky disastrous meeting at the White House The Pentagon has ordered a halt to offensive cyber operations against Russia, multiple media outlets reported on…

The move comes amid reports of leaked official documents outlining tough measures by Paris against the former colony The wife of Algeria’s ambassador to Mali has been denied entry to France for…

Trump Moves To Bolster Nation’s Lumber Supplies & Address National Security Risks President Trump, who campaigned on a pledge to end the Biden-Harris regime’s “inflation nightmare,” sparked by out-of-control government spending, has signed…

“Europe Is Falling” – Martin Armstrong Warns “That’s Why They Need War” With Russia Via Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com, Legendary financial and geopolitical cycle analyst Martin Armstrong is back with a new warning about…

Four Indian citizens were attempting to illegally cross into the Jewish state from Jordan, allegedly on false promises of jobs A 47-year-old native Indian citizen has reportedly been shot dead by Jordanian…

Kiev has repatriated 33 individuals from occupied parts of Kursk Region, according to Moscow’s human rights commissioner Kiev has handed over 33 civilians from Ukrainian-controlled parts of Russia’s Kursk Region, Moscow’s human…

The national intelligence chief has suggested that many of Zelensky’s actions in recent years go against the ideas of freedom and democracy Ukraine and many of its European backers may not be…

Citizens of a number of African states can now fly to Moscow visa-free, while Russian tourist figures on the continent are also on the rise Tourism from African countries to Russia has…

Trump’s envoy has reportedly traveled to Switzerland to negotiate the restoration of the pipeline connecting Russia and Germany US President Donald Trump’s special envoy Richard Grenell has made multiple trips to Switzerland…

FedEx Unable To Provide Answers For Woman Who Shipped $20K Worth Of Gold And Silver That’s Gone Missing A North Carolina woman is searching for answers after a $20,000 shipment of gold…

Global Implications Of Chinese Shadow Police Operating In US And Abroad Authored by Charles Davis via The Epoch Times, The exposure of China’s secret police stations abroad highlights a significant threat to…

Here’s why Russia and the US can’t force the Ukrainian leader to resign – at least for now For a long time, discussions about elections in Ukraine were hypothetical, a distant prospect….

European Reality Check: Without The US There Is No NATO And No Ukraine Is the rest of the world entitled to US money and US security?  This is the question that’s never…

Kiev’s stance makes it very difficult to move towards a resolution of the conflict, Dmitry Peskov has said The public dispute between US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky at…

An official at the University of Namibia says the country is a top producer of uranium, but “foreigners” come and “take everything” Namibia considers Russia a reliable partner and is interested in…