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For The First Time Since COVID Crash, Credit-Card Debt Shrinks For Second Month On the surface, there were no major surprises in today’s consumer credit report: after last month’s $5.1 billion increase,…

The Israeli PM has insisted that his country will not govern the Palestinian enclave after routing Hamas, leaving the task to Arab nations Israel does not intend to establish its own governing…

Trump Tells Mideast Nations To Join Abraham Accords Now That Iran’s ‘Nuclear Arsenal Totally Obliterated’ President Donald Trump on Thursday once again issued a call for Middle East countries to join his…

Trump Appoints Stephen Miran As Fed Governor, Replacing Kugler: Dollar Dumps, Gold And Crypto Surge Update: Trump just confirmed that Miran will serve on the Board until Jan 31, 2026, as replacement…

VDH: The Cincinnati Cop-Outs Authored by Victor Davis Hanson via American Greatness, Recently, a large group of black youths began pummeling several white adults in downtown Cincinnati. The original altercation apparently broke…

The leaders of Brazil and India have agreed to strengthen bilateral ties and expand cooperation The leaders of Brazil and India have reaffirmed their support for multilateralism and fair trade in response…

Moscow has called a UN Security Council meeting to address the persecution of Evgenia Gutsul Moldova must respect Evgenia Gutsul’s right to appeal and ensure her “a fair trial and due process,”…

I have been asked to recap some of my research into cited formats of what I believe to be criminal conduct, with specific statutes against them. This is the first of my…

The Kremlin is announcing that President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin have agreed to meet in person and have agreed to the venue.  The meeting will take place “in coming days,”…

The lack of firings amid the top-tier of FBI leadership has been a nagging concern. Today, Fox News is reporting on the firing of three very consequential and corrupt FBI officials, former…

Trump Admin Throws Maryland Democrats A Lifeline To Halt Power Blackout Threat After Green Policies Backfire Maryland Governor Wes Moore and the Democratic Party in Annapolis have managed to spark a ‘manufactured power…

Israel To Take Control Of All Of Gaza, But Netanyahu Claims Not Forever There have been reports all week which have said that Israel is now intent on conquering and occupying the…

The financial pundits are putting their customary spin on it, but overall as the reciprocal tariffs begin, things are going well. China’s trade surplus with the US declined to USD 23.74 billion…

Empires have not changed, they have simply cloaked themselves in platitudes such as “resilience,” “visibility,” and “empowerment” A ballot floats through the air like a mechanical butterfly, delicate in descent, but once…

Trump Orders New Census To Fix 2020’s Rigged-Count Favoring Democrats Authored by Matt Margolis via PJ Media, President Trump is putting America first again. This time, he’s going after the rigged system…

Chinese Exports Hotter Than Expected On Surge In Transshipments To Evade Trump Tariffs China’s exports rose faster than expected last month the latest customs “data” showed, ahead of next week’s expiration of…

How Ethereum Treasury Companies Could Spark ‘DeFi Summer 2.0’ Authored by Andrew Fenton via CoinTelegraph.com, Since they emerged from stealth mode two months ago, a dozen Ethereum treasury companies have bought 2…

Yields Spike After Very Ugly, Tailing 30Y Auction Sparks Steepening Fears After two decidedly ugly auctions, including a poor 3Y on Tuesday and a very poor 10Y yesterday, moments ago the Treasury…

What Triggered The Upcoming Putin-Trump Summit? Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, One of them must have offered more concessions to the other… Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov confirmed on Thursday that Putin and Trump…

“Every F**kin’ Day Bro” – A Glimpse Into The Life Of A Hedge Fund Manager Under Trump 2.0 To paraphrase Kermit The Frog, ‘It’s not easy making green” and under Trump 2.0,…

Public support for continuing the fight has collapsed since the conflict with Russia escalated in 2022, according to Gallup A majority of Ukrainians now support ending the conflict with Russia through peace…

The Home Office earlier designated Western Ukraine as safe, with a temporary protection scheme nearing expiration British authorities have increasingly been denying Ukrainian migrants the right to extend their stay in the…

Indian National Security Adviser Ajit Doval met with Russia’s president at the Kremlin Russian President Vladimir Putin received Ajit Doval, India’s National Security Advisor and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s top security official,…

New data shows that only one in ten people in Germany are aged between 15 and 24 People aged between 15 and 24 accounted for only 10% of Germany’s population at the…

Top automakers could see net profits drop by 25% Fourteen global automakers have suffered nearly $12 billion in losses since the roll-out of US President Donald Trump’s trade tariffs, and are expected…

Trentadue, Schweitzer, Roberts: OKC Bombing And The Federal Government’s Role On the anniversary of the Oklahoma City Bombing earlier this year, we covered swampy John Ashcroft’s involvement in the coverup and shocking…

Despite Bostic Fearmongering, Fed’s Own Inflation Survey Shows No Signs Of Tariff Tantrum Well, this is going to become a little awkward… While some on The Fed believe that tariffs will unleash…

Zelensky Says ‘It’s Time To End The War’ – But Won’t Identify Any Concessions Given the rapid movement on a Trump-Putin face to face meeting, to be held within the ‘coming days’…

New Study Raises Concerns Over Universal Basic Income Plans Authored by Jonathan Turley, In my forthcoming book, Rage and the Republic: The Unfinished Story of the American Revolution, I explore how the American…

The call comes amid reports and allegations of Lip-Bu Tan’s ties to China US President Donald Trump has demanded the resignation of Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan following reports of his ties to…

Waller Said To Emerges As Trump’s Fed Chair Favorite As Polymarket Odds Soar For the past 6 months we have repeatedly told our readers that, contrary to media reports that it will…

Certain conditions should first be put in place, the Russian president has said Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he could potentially hold face-to-face talks with Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky, but only if…

The country’s labor ministry has proposed a 20% drop by replacing “citizen’s allowance” with asylum support Germany’s Labor Ministry has proposed cutting benefits for Ukrainian migrants, citing growing financial strain from the…

An African National Congress official says the party will not abandon its transformation agenda despite pressure from the US African National Congress (ANC) Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula has accused the Democratic Alliance (DA)…

No empire, no charity: Moscow redefines its role in Eurasia As global instability deepens, Russia’s role in Eurasia – and the nature of its ties with neighboring states – is once again…

DOGE Impact Accelerates As ‘Deep TriState’ Jobless Claims Hit 4 Year High The number of Americans filing for jobless benefits for the first time rose very modestly last week (from 219k to…

Trump To Allow Crypto In 401k Retirement Plans For US Workers; White House US President Donald Trump will sign an executive order that could open the door for cryptocurrencies to be included…

The State Department has reportedly ordered diplomats to campaign against the legislation over free speech concerns Secretary of State Marco Rubio has reportedly ordered US diplomats to launch a lobbying campaign against…

The authorities in the EU candidate state have announced raids over alleged election violations Moldova’s police action targeting alleged electoral corruption amounts to political persecution of the opponents of the government, according…

The first competition of its kind in the country, slated for later this month, has been organized on the orders of President Vladimir Putin Contenders from nearly a dozen nations will compete…

The Bubble Is Bursting: Delinquency Rates Have Doubled And Credit Card Defaults Are Soaring Authored by Michael Snyder via The Economic Collapse blog, Did you know that U.S. households are carrying $1.18…

Lilly Shares Tumble As Weak Weight-Loss Pill Data Overshadows Strong Earnings Eli Lilly shares plunged in premarket trading after disappointing results from its new weight-loss drug (a pill, rather than an injection)…

Bank of England Cuts Rates To 4% After Historic Re-Vote The Bank of England cut interest rates by a quarter of a point to 4% in a hawkish decision that for the…

Yury Ushakov has praised talks between President Vladimir Putin and US special envoy Steve Witkoff as “constructive” Russia has received an “acceptable” offer from the US on settling the Ukraine conflict, Kremlin…

Trump Demands Intel CEO “Must Resign” Over Alleged China Ties Cited In Senator Cotton’s Letter President Trump must have read U.S. Republican Senator Tom Cotton’s letter, sent to Intel’s Board on Wednesday,…

“Chat Control” – EU Proposal To Scan All Private Messages Gains Momentum Authored by Amin Haqshanas via CoinTelegraph.com, A controversial European Union proposal dubbed “Chat Control” is regaining momentum, with 19 out…

Kremlin Confirms Trump-Putin Meeting ‘In Coming Days’ The Kremlin has on Thursday belatedly confirmed that a meeting between presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin has been agreed to and will take place in the “coming days”….

US Futures, Global Markets Jump On Tariff Exemptions, Renewed Hopes For Ukraine Ceasefire US equity futures are – what else – higher, and rapidly approaching a new all time high, boosted by exemptions in…

The move came after reports that Sudan’s air force downed an Emirati aircraft allegedly carrying Colombian mercenaries, leaving dozens dead The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has barred Sudanese planes from landing at…

RFK Jr.’s Food Revolution Begins Next Month  On Monday, USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins joined Gov. Kim Reynolds (R-IA), HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., FDA Administrator Martin Makary, and Gov. Patrick Morrisey…

The Ministry Of Truth? The Government, Police, & Media-Monitoring Authored by Dominic Adler via Substack, The Telegraph published this headline yesterday: ‘Exposed: Labour’s plot to silence migrant hotel critics.’ The report concerns a team…

The comments came shortly after Moscow said Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump could meet as early as next week Ukraine is open to talks with Russia on settling the conflict, including in…

Using trade to suppress other countries violates the UN Charter, Foreign Minister Wang Yi has said China has blasted the US over its decision to impose “unsustainable” tariffs on Brazil, introduced by…

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Armed men attacked five villages overnight in the northwestern Zamfara State At least 45 women and children were abducted during coordinated overnight attacks on five villages in Nigeria’s northwestern Zamfara State, local…

Russian Security Council Secretary Sergey Shoigu has held talks with Indian National Security Adviser Ajit Doval A top security official in Moscow has called for the strategic partnership between Russia and India…

The duties are as high as 41% and target nearly seventy US trading partners President Donald Trump’s new country-specific tariffs came into effect at midnight on Thursday, targeting nearly seventy US trade…

The chatbot gives harmful advice on suicide, drugs, and eating disorders to vulnerable adolescents, according to researchers ChatGPT can give vulnerable teenagers detailed guidance on drug use, self-harm, and extreme dieting, a…

Four NATO States Agree To Buy $1 Billion In US Weapons For Ukraine Via The Libertarian Institute Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and the Netherlands announced they would buy $1 billion in weapons for…

Germany’s Debt Minister Meets Wall Street’s Hawk: Ideologies Collide in DC By Thomas Kolbe German Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil wrapped up his visit to Washington last week. His meeting with U.S. Treasury…

IDF Chief Clashes With Netanyahu Over Full Permanent Takeover Of Gaza Strip The Israeli military’s (IDF) chief of staff, Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir, reportedly sharply disagreed with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a three…

The CEO of mining company Sibanye Stillwater claims plan is aimed at improving Pretoria-Washington relations South African Mining Minister Gwede Mantashe has rejected a proposal by top business leaders to offer the…

New Delhi and Moscow have agreed to strengthen the special privileged strategic partnership India and Russia have discussed ways of strengthening their economic partnership, focusing on cooperation in rare earths, aircraft parts…

A venue has been decided upon for talks between the two leaders, Russian presidential aide Yury Ushakov has said Russian President Vladimir Putin could meet his US counterpart, Donald Trump, as soon…

The US president earlier imposed a 50% tariff on some Indian goods, citing New Delhi’s imports of Russian oil Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to travel to China in late…

UN Refugee Chief Warns EU: Budget Cuts Driving Migration Surge The UN’s top refugee official, Filippo Grandi, warned that “catastrophic” donor-driven budget cuts to his agency are already fueling increased migration to…

The suspects were recruited online and given a toxic substance which they planted on their target’s car, the agency has said Two teenagers have been detained in Novosibirsk, central Russia for attempting…

Taylor Adam Lee sought to share the vulnerabilities of Abrams hardware with a “foreign adversary,” the Department of Justice has claimed A US Army soldier has been arrested for allegedly trying to…

Secretary of State Marco Rubio appears for an interview with Larry Kudlow to discuss the recent reporting around a potential meeting between President Trump and President Putin. As Rubio notes, following the…

Apple CEO Tim Cook joined President Donald Trump at the White House to announce a commitment by the tech company to increase its investment in U.S. manufacturing by an additional $100 billion…

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…

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…

The US president has praised the “progress” made during special envoy Steve Witkoff’s visit to the Kremlin US President Donald Trump has told his team to “move fast” to arrange a meeting…

The US president has promised “a lot more” secondary sanctions on Russian trade partners US President Donald Trump has said he could impose new sanctions on China as part of a broader…

The cause of the incident, which killed eight and is among the country’s worst in a decade, is not immediately known A military helicopter went down in Ghana on Wednesday, killing all…

Inside NATO’s Efforts To Arm Ukraine Authored by RFE/RL via OilPrice.com, European NATO countries have pledged to buy American weapons, including Patriots, for Ukraine as U.S. support under Trump wanes. The EU…

Registered Sex Offender Arrested For “Humping” Refrigerator At Trader Joes This’ll make us think differently the next time we hear “clean-up on aisle five…” Seattle police were faced with a truly bizarre…

The Modern Slave Authored by Josh Stylman via The Brownstone Institute, “The best way to keep a prisoner from escaping is to make sure he never knows he’s in prison.”  – Fyodor…

Trump To Impose 100% Chip Tariffs, But Will Exempt US Investors Like Apple With CEO Tim Cook standing next to him in the Oval Office as the president announced a fresh (and…

The American Academy Of Pediatrics: Mining Children For Profit Authored by David Bell via The Brownstone Institute, American healthcare is currently providing us with an excellent lesson in what capitalism looks like…

US Government Announces ChatGPT Integration Across Agencies Authored by Vince Quill via CoinTelegraph.com, US President Donald Trump’s administration has signed a deal with OpenAI to provide the enterprise-level version of the ChatGPT…

The Green Hydrogen Hype Is Fading Authored by Tsvetana Paraskova via OilPrice.com, The green hydrogen market is facing significant challenges, including high production costs and insufficient market demand, leading to the cancellation…

Meta Found Guilty Of Eavesdropping On Period-Tracker App Users: Jury A San Francisco Jury found on Friday that Meta had eavesdropped on the users of a popular period-tracking app, Flo.  The lawsuit, was…

Devastating US Report Lays Bare The Abuses Of ‘Settled’ Climate Science And Its Role In Net Zero Authored by Chris Morrison via DailyScheptic.org, Net Zero is dead in the United States and…

A small country alone has no bargaining power against the US, the Brazilian president said Brazil will discuss a response to US President Donald Trump’s tariffs with other BRICS nations, Brazilian President…

As America Soul-Searches, The Rest Of The West Is Falling Apart Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.us In terms of geopolitics one could argue that allies don’t have to like each other,…

Ghislaine Maxwell Reportedly Cleared Trump’s Name In DOJ Interview Authored by Ken Silva via Headline USA, Convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell reportedly told the Justice Department in a recent interview that she never observed President Donald Trump…

Texas Deputy Threatens To Ticket “Everyone” Because She Didn’t Get Laid The Night Prior A Texas deputy is learning the hard way that TikTok clout doesn’t mix well with police work—especially when…

Howard Stern’s SiriusXM Show In Dire Straits As $500M Contract Nears End  Howard Stern was the undisputed king of U.S. media throughout the 1990s and early 2000s. But somewhere along the way,…

The Dark Side Of Big Solar Exposed As The Fight To Save Farmland Heats Up  This is precious farmland.  Now this is precious farmland bulldozed in the name of the so-called “green” energy movement…

Trump Admin Unveils Rule ‘To Unleash American Drone Dominance’ Authored by Jackson Richman via The Epoch Times, The Trump administration has announced a proposed rule on drones aimed at stimulating the U.S….

The US president has told reporters that the talks in Moscow could lead to progress towards peace in the Ukraine conflict A potential meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukraine’s Vladimir…

Florida Man Turns In 50 Pounds Of Cocaine He Discovered Floating In The Ocean A Florida boater stumbled upon the plot of a Netflix cartel drama—23 tightly wrapped bricks of suspected cocaine…

The Linguistic Kill-Switch: Inside The Modern Propaganda Playbook Authored by Nick Giambruno via The Epoch Times, The next time someone sneers “conspiracy theorist,” “anti-vaxxer,” “climate denier,” “far right,” “hate speech,” “terrorist,” or…

President Donald Trump has described the recent visit of his special envoy to Moscow as ‘highly productive’ US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said progress toward ending the Ukraine conflict has…

Defamation cases before the courts have dropped rapidly over the last few years and it is worth looking at some of the reasons why as social media users still get threatened with…

Vladimir Medinsky has accused Ukraine of derailing prisoner swap efforts Ukraine is refusing to take back a thousand of its soldiers presently held by Russia, Moscow’s chief negotiator Vladimir Medinsky has confirmed….

Sen. Cornyn Urges FBI Director To Help Bring Back Texas Democrats Who Left State Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times, U.S. Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) asked the FBI to intervene…

Very Ugly, Tailing 10Y Auction Sees Slide In Foreign Demand, Plunge In Bid To Cover After yesterday’s dismal 3Y auction, markets were on edge ahead of today’s $42 billion reopening of the…

Files Of A Would-Be Assassin – Thomas Crooks’ Internet Search History Revealed Authored by Ken Silva via Headline USA, Headline USA has obtained a partial internet search history of alleged would-be Trump…