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The German chancellor has slammed the US president for questioning the Ukrainian leader’s legitimacy German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has accused US President Donald Trump of making “wrong and dangerous” remarks after the…

Moscow aims to strengthen ties with the continent, including opening new embassies and supporting anti-colonial initiatives, the foreign minister has stated Russia sees significant opportunities for strengthening cooperation with Africa, Foreign Minister…

Last weekend French President Emmanual Macron organized an emergency meeting in Paris with leaders from the European Union to address the unfolding crisis of President Trump organizing a ceasefire and peace in…

There are some contextual comments from President Trump that are never reported, this is one of those examples.  Within these impromptu press remarks aboard Air Force One, President Trump gives context for…

President Trump delivered the keynote address at the Future Investment Initiative Institute (FII Summit) in Miami, Florida. Remaining in a rapid response forward footing in case events unfold quickly, President Trump’s key…

A notice in the federal register [SEE HERE] scheduled to be published on February 20, 2025, outlines how the U.S. State Department under Marco Rubio intends to designate Tren de Aragua, the…

According to the New York Times, the IRS will begin laying off up to 6,000 staff this week. (New York Times) – The Internal Revenue Service will begin laying off roughly 6,000…

How To Fix Europe’s Securitization Market Submitted by Huw Van Steenis, Europe has a financial plumbing problem.  Nothing illustrates this better than its securitisation markets. This is such a big issue that a…

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…

The Russian diplomat is expected to speak on issues such as Moscow’s opposition to trade wars and unilateral restrictions Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has arrived in South Africa to attend a…

A Kamala Harris administration would have sparked a global conflict within a year, the US president has claimed US President Donald Trump has argued that his electoral victory was critical in preventing…

Poland Revives ‘Fort Trump’ Idea In Effort To Keep US Troop Presence Poland is reviving the idea of creating a large military base called “Fort Trump” as European allies walk a diplomatic…

What the country has is “scorched earth; what it doesn’t have is rare earths,” columnist Javier Blas has said Ukraine has vastly and deliberately overstated its rare-earth mineral reserves in an attempt…

Visualizing Every US State Resized Based On Population The U.S. is the world’s fourth-largest country by total area, third by land area, and is home to around 340 million people. But nearly one-third…

Why Stablecoin Growth Thrives Globally… And Will US Now Follow Under Trump? Authored by David Feliba via CoinTelegraph.com, While the Trump administration lays the preliminary groundwork for crypto industry regulations in the US —…

USAID, Soft Power, And How Solzhenitsyn Predicted This Crisis Via OneLeggedParrot.com, The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) existed to fan America’s post-World War II brand as the guardian of democracy…

Charting America’s Single Mothers By Ethnicity There are 7.3 million single mothers in the U.S., as well as 1.9 million single fathers. Single parents often face the dual challenge of being both the primary breadwinners and…

US-Backed Kurdish SDF Agrees To Integrate Into Jolani’s Syrian Army Authored by Jason Ditz via AntiWar.com, A major agreement has reportedly been reached between the Kurdish SDF and the post-Assad Syrian government,…

Nobody can force Kiev to “give up” the fight against Russia, Foreign Minister Andrey Sibiga has said Ukrainian officials have rushed to defend the country’s de facto leader, Vladimir Zelensky, after US…

Will China Throw BRICS At The Dollar? Authored by Jame Gorries via The Epoch Times, As the Trump administration’s America First policy continues to unfold, the globalist policies of the prior administration…

The Ukrainian leader has “killed” Gonzalo Lira, a key ally of President Trump claimed Billionaire Elon Musk, a major ally of US President Donald Trump, has blamed Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky for…

Trump, Musk To Discuss Sending US Taxpayers $5,000 Checks Using DOGE Savings Billionaire Elon Musk said on Feb. 18 that he will discuss with President Donald Trump a proposal to send U.S….

Conspiracy Theorists Were Right About Everything – Now What? Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.us, For many years alternative economists and “conspiracy theorists” have argued that, according to the evidence, there has…

US Designates Mexican Cartels As “Foreign Terrorists,” Signaling Financial Warfare Looms The US State Department has designated eight Latin American drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations, setting the stage for a series…

The troops are advancing in all sections of the front line, the president has said Russian troops have entered Ukraine’s northeastern Sumy Region for the first time since 2022, President Vladimir Putin…

“We Are The Last Humans In World History Who Remember What Life Was Like Before” AI Oliver Anthony, a former factory worker who emerged from the woods of Virginia, gained national attention…

Paging DOGE: Study Finds 28% Spike In Corruption When Feds Shower Local Governments In Cash Federal grants are a crucial funding source for local governments, growing from $135 billion in 1990 to…

Arizona Governor Vetoes Bill To Expedite Ballot Counting In Swing State Authored by Katabella Roberts via The Epoch Times, Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs on Tuesday vetoed a bill aimed at speeding up…

Trump Could Be About To Ban COVID Vaccines; Report Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Trump health officials could be about to recommend a complete stop to covid vaccines for all age…

Putin: ‘I Will Meet Donald With Pleasure’ “I will meet Donald with pleasure” – that’s what President Putin expressed Wednesday in a brief televised interview with RT. He further outlined some conditions…

“We’re Winning Across The Board”: Raskin Takes Premature Victory Lap Just Before Slew Of Court Losses Authored by Jonathan Turley, On CBS’s Face the Nation, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D., Md.) repeated the…

Trump Praises $4.5 Trillion Tax Cut In House Budget, Wants Senate R’s To Get With The Program President Donald Trump threw his support behind a House budget plan calling for a $4.5…

The Ukrainian leader has claimed that the US president was trafficking in Russian “disinformation” Attacking US President Donald Trump will not do Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky any favors in the White House,…

India’s Tata Consultancy “Gaming The US Visa System” And Falsifying Applications, Former Workers Allege In 2017, as Donald Trump took office with a crackdown on employment visas, former Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)…

American AI Should Be Quintessentially American Authored by Richard Porter via RealClearPolitics, The United States and Europe have long shared a common political culture rooted in the ideals of the Enlightenment. These…

RFK Jr. Lays Out His HHS Agenda: ‘Nothing Is Going To Be Off Limits’ Authored by Debra Heine via American Greatness, In his first address to staffers at the Department of Health…

Schiff: Wall Street Is Clueless About Gold Via SchiffGold.com, Gold Stocks vs. Bullion: Why the Lag? You might think that the price of physical gold and the performance of gold mining stocks…

“Ukraine Has Scorched Earth; What It Doesn’t Have Is Rare Earths” In recent weeks, discussions have emerged around President Donald Trump’s proposal for a deal that would grant the US exclusive access to…

The US and Russia have taken the “first step” towards working together in a variety of areas, the Russian president has said Russian President Vladimir Putin has shared his perspective on Tuesday’s…

Miller Embarrasses CNN Over Absurd Trump-Musk DOGE Question Authored by Luis Cornelio, via Headline USA, White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller on Thursday turned a CNN interview on Tuesday into a civics…

Libra, Solana Drama: Meteora Co-Founder Resigns, Jupiter Begins Probe Authored by Tom Mitchelhill via CoinTelegraph.com, The launch of the highly controversial LIBRA memecoin, which Argentine President Javier Milei briefly promoted, has embroiled the…

The US should prioritize its military focus on China while maintaining diplomatic efforts to avoid war, the president’s son says Donald Trump Jr. has called for the US to strengthen its military…

The president promoted a memecoin that collapsed, inflicting losses on its investors Argentine President Javier Milei has rejected accusations of fraud and calls for his impeachment over his promotion of a cryptocurrency…

It was inevitable. We have been together from the outset of the conversation where we admitted to ourselves that sooner or later the pretending was going to have to stop. Well, here…

FOMC Minutes Confirm Fed ‘Pause’, Potential QT Taper; Officials Blame Trump Policies For Uncertainty Since the last FOMC meeting – on Jan 29th – the market has coped admirably well with the…

Quantum Computing Stocks Soar After MSFT Unveils “Majorana 1” Quantum computing stocks surged in late-morning trading after Microsoft unveiled its first quantum computing chip. The rally is a welcome boost for the…

Soft 20Y Auction Tails As Foreign Buyers Shrink In a day seeing another push higher in yields, moments ago the Treasury concluded the week’s lone coupon auction and it could have been…

EU leaders essentially interfered in the 2024 US elections with their statements, Vladimir Putin has said US President Donald Trump has shown remarkable restraint in dealing with EU leaders who spoke out…

The EU Can Back Ukraine If It Wants To: It Just Has To Overhaul Its Political Economy, Military And Markets By Michael Every of Rabobank The US-Russia Ukraine War ceasefire talks in…

FOMC Minutes Preview: Wither Tariffs By Newsquawk Summary The Minutes to the January FOMC meeting will be read to asses the range of views among the FOMC, particularly in regards to future…

Trump Admin Set To Axe NYC’s New Congestion Toll, DOT Secretary Duffy Confirms It’s the end of an era, albeit an extremely short one. It seems only fitting that an administration focused on…

Trump Views Boeing As “Lost Cause”, Empowers Elon With “Drastic Options” To Ensure Faster Air Force 1 Delivery: Report Is Trump about to cancel Boeing’s iconic Air Force 1 contract? According to…

Moscow’s diplomatic missions in Germany, the Baltic and Nordic nations are the most likely targets, according to the SVR spy agency Ukraine’s leadership could authorize terrorist attacks against Russian diplomatic missions in Europe…

Cleaning House: Trump Orders All Biden-Era US Attorneys Fired “Immediately” President Donald Trump ordered the Department of Justice to fire all US attorneys left over from the Biden administration. According to a…

Trump Trounces “Modestly Successful Comedian… Dictator” Zelenksy After Ukraine Leader Revives Debunked Russiagate Narrative President Trump has absolutely excoriated Zelensky in a growing tit-for-tat which is fast turning into an exchange of…

Nikola’s Wild Ride Ends: Shares Halted Following Bankruptcy Filing Short seller Nathan Anderson, founder of Hindenburg Research, was one of the first to expose electric vehicle and energy company Nikola Corporation’s deceptive 2020 promotional…

Ukraine had enough time to make a deal with Russia, the US president said in response to Kiev’s complaints about being sidelined from Riyadh talks US President Donald Trump criticized Ukrainian leader…

Hungary alone is expected to contribute over $500 million a year if Washington cuts aid for Kiev, the country’s leader has warned Brussels could force EU member states to provide financial assistance…

The Ukrainian leader earlier criticized the US for holding peace talks with Russia and excluding officials from Kiev US President Donald Trump has labeled Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky a “dictator without elections,” accusing…

The EU had ample warning not to blindly throw in its lot with Washington. The warning was ignored, and now a reckoning is due It’s the “end of an era“ and Germany…

The Ukrainian leader asked for the US to provide Kiev 20 more Patriot air defense systems, as well as missiles for them Kiev’s forces are running out of missiles for their US-supplied…

Mexico Threatens To Sue Google Over ‘Gulf Of America’ Naming Dispute Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times, Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum threatened to sue Google over its decision to display…

The general prosecutor has accused Jair Bolsonaro of involvement in a plot to assassinate a rival after the 2022 election Brazil’s prosecutor general has charged former President Jair Bolsonaro with attempting a…

Incoming! DOGE Poised To Strike Defense Department With Mass Layoffs After firing thousands of “probationary employees” at various federal departments, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has arrived at the largest of…

Flashback: Federal Reserve Refuses To Provide Records Of Foreign Gold Holdings Authored by Ken Silva via Headline USA (March 24, 2024), Weeks after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell evaded a sitting congressman’s…

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has promised bloc members that they will be involved in the negotiations, according to Antonio Tajani EU member states will inevitably be involved in the negotiations…

Politicians and journalists in Kiev have vented frustration over Washington’s approach to resolving the conflict Ukrainian politicians and media have reacted with outrage and indignation following the talks between Russia and the…

The talks in Riyadh signal Moscow’s growing influence, according to the bloc’s foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas Moscow emerged as the winner in the recent US-Russia meeting in Saudi Arabia, setting the…

US Housing Starts Plunged In January (Along With Homebuilder Confidence) After December’s unexpected huge upside surprise (+15.8% MoM), analysts expected housing starts to tumble back to earth in January as the lagged…

Naledi Pandor says AfriForum must accept responsibility amid accusations that it spread misinformation, prompting Trump to sanction Pretoria Former minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Dr Naledi Pandor believes a heavy responsibility…

Talks in Saudi Arabia were the first step towards normalizing relations between the two states, Russia’s top diplomat has said Moscow and Washington need to “clean up the legacy” left by the…

The Chinese AI assistant has been removed from local app stores after it was accused of sending data to TikTok owner ByteDance South Korea’s national data protection regulator has accused the creators…

‘TDS Is Real…Like On Meth & Rabies’ – Musk Says “Trump Is A Good Man” In Hannity Interview President Donald Trump and Elon Musk discussed waste, fraud, abuse, and more in a…

The Ukrainian leader insists that his approval rating is significantly higher than the figure cited by the US president Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky has rejected US President Donald Trump’s claim regarding his…

Former leader Sheikh Hasina has accused the country’s interim government of “unleashing terrorists” and fostering lawlessness The interim government of Bangladesh is run by a “mobster” who has unleashed “terrorists” and fostered…

Futures Slide After Trump Threatens 25% Tariffs, FOMC Minutes Loom US equity futures are lower ahead of today’s FOMC minutes, with global markets also sinking and bonds extended their slide after President…

The latest round comes as Moscow and Washington negotiate on resolving the Ukraine conflict The EU has agreed on a 16th package of Russia sanctions over the Ukraine conflict, several media outlets…

The African state has accused Belgium of “unwarranted external interference,” which undermines regional efforts to settle the conflict in DR Congo Rwanda has suspended a five-year cooperation agreement with Belgium, accusing it…

The president has commented on the results of the recent meeting between representatives of Moscow and Washington in Riyadh DETAILS TO FOLLOW

If African states enter into legal agreements to accept toxic waste, it’s prudent that their rates should be equal to those of the Global North countries where the waste is mostly produced…

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart, Donald Trump, could meet by the end of February, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said. He cautioned, however, that the arrangements for a meeting…

These Are The Largest Sovereign Wealth Funds In The World In 1953, the Kuwait Investment Authority became the world’s first sovereign wealth fund, designed to manage the country’s excess oil wealth. Since…

The National Thermal Power Corporation is looking to triple its nuclear power capacity to 30GW in the next two decades India’s top power producer, the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), has set…

How Much Does Each US State Import From The EU As a bloc, the European Union is the largest source of American imports, valued at more than $600 billion in 2024. However, not all…

Trevor Noah Suggests ‘Integration’ Of Black & White People Was A Mistake Authored by Paul Joseph Watson via Modernity.news, During an appearance on a podcast, comedian Trevor Noah suggested that the “integration”…

Riyadh talks show Moscow and Washington can do business On Tuesday, Riyadh hosted the first high-level meeting between Russian and American officials in several years. The meeting was the latest in a…

Back To Par: Musk’s X Eyes Fresh Funding Round At $44 Billion X’s financial outlook appears to be steadily improving as recent high-yield fund managers‘ interest in the company’s debt soared. Adding to the…

The billionaire has said he will discuss the idea of refunding the money saved by the department’s cuts with President Donald Trump The savings generated by federal spending cuts implemented by the…

The Czech Republic will end preferential treatment for asylum seekers once the conflict with Russia is over, Vit Rakusan has announced The Czech Republic will prepare for a possible wave of immigration…

Steep Backwardation in European Diesel Amid Surging Supply Pressures Europe’s diesel markets are flashing signs of tightness, with near-term diesel contracts on Tuesday hitting the steepest backwardation–a situation where futures contracts for…

Michael McFaul has suggested that the US president is ignoring Ukrainian narratives about the conflict between Moscow and Kiev Former US Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul has slammed President Donald Trump for…

Russia-US talks in Saudi Arabia are a “huge step in the right direction,” the Pink Floyd co-founder has told RT Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky should not interfere in the peace efforts launched…

The East African country’s army spokesperson has dismissed the report as “fake” Burundi is evacuating its forces from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo), where they had been fighting alongside Congolese…

The bloc is mulling more military aid to Kiev at a time when the US and Russia are discussing ways to end hostilities, sources have told the outlet The EU is preparing…

Denmark Set To Announce “Massive” Rearmament Plans By TheLocal.dk Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said her government would announce plans on Wednesday for a “massive” rearming of Denmark’s military due to the…

A Federation Council delegation, led by Chairperson Valentina Matviyenko, has held talks with Ethiopia’s prime minister on trade, legislation and partnership A senior delegation from Russia’s Federation Council, led by its chairperson…

Satellite Imagery Reveals 7 New Israeli Army Outposts In Syria Via The Cradle The Israeli army has set up at least seven new military outposts in southern Syria, satellite imagery published by Haaretz newspaper…

Ilya Ponomarev fled Russia amid embezzlement accusations in 2014, and was later accused of treason Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has opened a criminal case against former State Duma MP Ilya Ponomarev,…

Typhoon fighter jets could patrol the skies if “Russia drops objections” to a NATO presence, the newspaper has said The British government is debating the possibility of an air policing mission over…