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Now you will see why I said to watch this interview without distractions. FED Chairman Jerome Powell announced today the FED Board of Governors is keeping the interest rate at 4.25 to…

‘Creeping Authoritarianism’: Motion Against Search Engine Age Checks Passes Australian Senate Authored by Crystal-Rose Jones via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), An urgent motion to prevent search engine users from being subject…

ICE Looking To Hire Personnel, Offers $50,000 Signing Bonus The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has launched a recruitment drive to hire “brave and heroic Americans” for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)…

Iran Plans To Abandon GPS & Replace With China’s BeiDou System Recent reports in Mideast regional media say that Iran is actively exploring abandoning GPS technology and instead adopting China’s main navigation satellite…

New Guidelines Will Allow Federal Workers To Express Religious Beliefs At Workplace Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) issued a memo on…

The trove of sensitive documents is allegedly related to what US intelligence officials described as a “treasonous” conspiracy FBI Director Kash Patel has uncovered multiple bags containing thousands of sensitive documents related to…

Washington’s similar agreement with Brussels was widely criticised as a one‑sided “submission” President Donald Trump has announced that the United States has finalized a trade deal with South Korea, featuring a 15 percent…

Trump Envoy Says This Time Oil Sanctions On Russia Will ‘Bite’ Keith Kellogg, Trump’s special envoy to Russia and Ukraine, has freshly warned in newly published comments that oil sanctions will have a…

Western Pressure On India Over Russia Already Backfired Even If It Partially Complies Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, It’s reshaping Indian policymakers’ views of the West and breeding resentment of their…

Iran Deporting Millions Of Afghan Migrants After Capturing Alleged Israeli Spies It would seem that mass deportations in the name of national security is not an issue limited to western countries.  Over…

What To Know About Trump’s Executive Order On Homelessness Authored by Savannah Hulsey Pointer via The Epoch Times, The Trump administration has made a move to address homelessness with an executive order…

Brussels hopes to reduce the bloc’s reliance on US arms, while President Trump expects otherwise European NATO members’ armed forces are operating at just half the strength required by the bloc, the…

The measure is aimed at addressing the alleged “threat” Brazil poses to the US, according to the American leader US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order imposing a crippling 50%…

Microsoft Shares Soar Higher On Strong Cloud/AI Earnings With positioning at extremes (9/10 long according to Goldman’s trading desk), MSFT’s results tonight are market-makers (or breakers) and the bar was set high…

US Copper Prices Crash Most On Record After Trump Confirms 50% Tariff Excludes Refined Products U.S. copper futures crashed over 19% within minutes around 2:00 p.m. ET, marking the largest intraday drop on record, after the…

Trump Closes Duty-Free De Minimis Loophole With Executive Order  President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday to shut down the de minimis loophole, a move aimed at protecting Americans from a…

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has accused the British government of interfering in the 2023 parliamentary elections Slovakia’s government has summoned the British ambassador as diplomatic tensions escalate after Prime Minister Robert…

META Soars 10% To New All Time High After Smashing Estimates, Guiding Revenue, Capex Higher After Google’s strong report last week, there is some optimism that Meta will overachieve as well although…

The ‘War Phase’ Of This Fourth Turning Has Arrived Authored by Jim Quinn via The Burning Platform blog, “The risk of catastrophe will be very high. The nation could erupt into insurrection…

The US president says he’ll “most likely” travel to China before year’s end US President Donald Trump has hinted at an upcoming trip to China and a possible return visit by Chinese…

10 Examples That Show That Our Society Is Going Completely Insane Authored by Michael Snyder via TheMostImportantNews.com, It has been said that there is no cure for crazy.  If that is actually…

Anthony Albanese’s social media ban for children under 16 will step up a gear if Google follows through with their threat to take legal action against the federal government for adding YouTube,…

Space cooperation remains crucial despite the broader tensions, spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said Continued space cooperation between Russia and the United States remains a vital channel of dialogue despite the broader strain…

New Delhi vowed to secure the interests of farmers and businesses while continuing to engage in trade talks with Washington Hours after US President Donald Trump announced a 25% tariff on Indian…

‘Most Divided’ Fed In 32 Years Refuses To Cut Rates (Again) Since the last FOMC meeting (on June 18th), stocks have soared and gold (and crude oil) have been sold while bonds…

The American internet speed-testing service is a threat to national digital security, Roskomnadzor has said Russia’s media and communications regulator, Roskomnadzor, has blocked the internet performance measurement tool Speedtest, run by US-based…

Watch Live: ‘Too Late’ Powell Explains Why Rate-Cuts Remain Off The Table Despite Dissents & Growth Doubts No rate cuts… as expected. Two dissents… the most in 32 years! And all of…

The push echoes calls from nations that already endorse statehood, such as Russia, and say a two-state solution is the only way to end the Gaza war Fifteen countries have joined the…

Starbucks CEO Says Price Increases Will Be Last Resort Amid Plan To Revitalize Chain Authored by Katabella Roberts via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), After six consecutive quarters of declining sales, Starbucks…

The declaration comes amid efforts to force Moscow to reach a peace deal with Kiev Ukrainian refugees will be allowed to remain in the US until the conflict between Moscow and Kiev…

Top FDA Vaccine Official Departs Agency Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times, The top vaccine official at the Food and Drug Administration has resigned. Dr. Vinay Prasad, just months into…

A powerful offshore quake reverberated across the Kamchatka region and triggered tsunami alerts Surgeons in Russia’s Far East continued a high-risk operation undeterred as an 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of…

The Permian’s Dirty “Wastewater” Secret Is Bubbling Over By Irina Slav of OilPrice.com The Permian Basin produces over 5 million barrels of oil daily. With that, the Permian also produces a lot…

CEO Of Largest U.S. Foodservice Distributor Warns Consumer Sentiment, Confidence “Not High Right Now” The CEO of Sysco, the largest foodservice distributor in the U.S., serving nearly 20% of the nation’s restaurants and…

The West ignored the violence of Ukrainian military draft officials for three years and these are the consequences In early July, Jozsef Sebestyen was beaten to death with metal rods by Ukrainian…

Ukraine’s mobilization drive has turned into a “shameful hunt” for the country’s own citizens, Georgy Mazurashy says Kiev’s violent mobilization drive has proven to be extremely damaging to the country’s military capabilities…

Males between the age of 18 and 60 have been barred from leaving without permission under mobilization laws A Ukrainian man disguised as a woman has been caught in an attempt to…

Mercedes, Porsche Slash Forecasts As Tariffs Hit Sales  Mercedes-Benz Group and Porsche have both reported earnings, and the outlook is grim. Both German luxury automakers slashed full-year profit guidance, citing a double hit…

US Pending Home Sales Hover Near Record Lows After June Gloom The choppy performance of the US housing market continued in June with pending home sales falling 0.8% MoM (considerably worse than…

Sen. Kennedy Says ‘We Need More Idiot Control’ After NYC Shooting Authored by Matt Margolis via PJMedia.com, Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) once again demonstrated why he’s among the most blunt voices on…

Another Canary: The Las Vegas Economy Is Tanking Just Like It Did In 2008 And 2009 Authored by Michael Snyder via TheMostImportantNews.com, If you want to get a really good indication of…

The economy has withstood years of pressure over the Ukraine crisis, spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said Russia has long been accustomed to Western pressure and sanctions, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said,…

Local and Russian officials have held talks on maritime cooperation at the port of Pointe-Noire, Congo A Russian naval training ship has arrived in the Republic of the Congo as part of…

US, UK In Secret Talks With Ukrainian Officials To ‘Replace Zelensky’: Russian Intelligence Claims Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) has claimed in a new statement published by TASS state news agency that…

WTI Dips After Biggest Crude Build In 6 Months Oi prices were steady early on Wednesday, rising for a third session even as API reported an unexpected rise in US crude inventories….

The loss of many elite athletes has undermined the International Skating Union’s commercial revenue, the organization has said The suspension of Russian athletes from competitions globally is taking a toll on the…

Bessent Unleashes Treasury Buyback Overhaul In Major Step To Yield Curve Control, Doubles Down On Bill Dominance In today’s closely watched Quarterly Refunding Announcement on debt issuance – which to many was…

The US president has recently threatened Russia with sanctions over the Ukraine conflict US First Lady Melania Trump “likes” Russian President Vladimir Putin, but is disappointed over the continuation of the Ukraine…

Countries criticizing Russia are often “very quiet” about Israel’s military campaign in the Palestinian enclave, Norwegian FM Espen Barth Eide has said Western nations that condemn Russia’s military operation against Ukraine often…

Moldova’s president has accused Moscow of secretly financing the political opposition in the country The Kremlin on Wednesday rejected accusations by Moldovan President Maia Sandu that Russia is attempting to interfere in…

The body joined the Arab League and others in warning that what the paramilitary-led coalition has done will divide the country The African Union, Arab League, and Saudi Arabia have condemned Sudan’s…

The US president says he has encountered a “lot of problems” with Pretoria, accusing it of pursuing “some very bad policies” US President Donald Trump has said he will probably not attend…

Critics argue the Online Safety Act creates a censorship regime and turns the country into a “borderline dystopian state” A petition to repeal the UK’s stringent new internet safety rules has surpassed…

The US tech giant made the decision after being taken to court by Nayara Energy Microsoft has resumed providing critical digital services to Indian refiner Nayara Energy after the latter sued the…

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…

Futures Rise Ahead Of Huge Day: Fed, Mag7 Earnings, Refunding, GDP And More US equity futures were modestly higher in the hours before Wednesday’s Fed rate decision (where Powell is expected to…

There’ll Always Be An England… But Will It Be Free? Authored by Roger Kimball via American Greatness, Sitting here in London, I wonder what Ross Parker and Hughie Charles would think if…

Rupee Slides After Trump Threatens India Over Russia Trade With the August 1st tariff pause deadline looming, President Trump has taken to his Truth Social account to lambast India for continuing to…

“Employers More Optimistic Than Consumers” As ADP Reports Big Rebound In Jobs In July The American economy added a larger than expected 104k jobs in July according to ADP Employment data released…

The US-Brussels tariff agreement is unconditional surrender without a war In history, some things become clear only in hindsight. For instance, German unification all over again – good thing or bad thing?…

The US president has announced a 25% levy and additional penalties on New Delhi for its continued partnership with Moscow US President Donald Trump has announced that India will face 25% tariffs…

The High Beta Melt Up: Echoes Of 1999 Authored by Michael Lebowitz via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, In our recent article, “The Magnificent Seven Are Mediocre,” we pondered whether the stock market is entering a…

US GDP Jumps To 3.0% In Second Quarter, Trouncing Estimates And Reversing Q1 Contraction So much for that imports-driven mini recession in Q1. One quarter after liberal economists cried with delight when…

Beijing sees energy policy as a sovereign matter, Scott Bessent has said China remains committed to buying Russian oil despite the threat of US tariffs, Washington’s Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has said….

Trump Could Pull Up To 30% Of US Troops Currently In Europe Via Remix News, In line with its review of all troops stationed around the world, the U.S. could cut 30…

Fyodor Lukyanov has stated that the rise of the Global South is altering the world’s power dynamics BRICS is emerging as a strategic alternative to the unraveling Western-led global order, experts said…

President Donald Trump has threatened to slap tariffs on buyers of Russian products over the Ukraine conflict The US State Department said on Tuesday it ‘presumes’ that the White House is factoring…

A new report projects that nearly 60% of those chronically undernourished by 2030 will be on the continent The UN has warned of a worsening hunger crisis in Africa, with its latest…

The Russian outlet has been facing censorship and legal hurdles in the country since 2017 RT has a larger American audience than CNN, former US Director of National Intelligence James Clapper has…

EU Courts Turkey As It Overlooks Istanbul Mayor Arrest, Opposition Crackdown Via Middle East Eye When Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu was detained in February on charges of corruption, European officials were stunned. Imamoglu, widely…

“Beyond Realistic”: Why Europe’s Pledge To Buy $750BN In US Energy Is Mathematically Impossible As part of the U.S.-EU trade deal agreed over the weekend, the EU committed to purchasing a mindblowing…

London has said it will recognize the state of Palestine unless Gaza receives aid and there is a truce by September Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accused the UK of “appeasement…

New Delhi faces the measure if a trade deal is not reached, the US president has said US President Donald Trump has warned of tariffs of up to 25% on imports from…

Submissions for the Khaled Alkhateb prize, named for a journalist killed in Syria, must include news video content from conflict zones RT has opened submissions for the 2025 Khaled Alkhateb International Memorial…

Top officials in Kiev have backed plans to replace the Ukrainian leader with former military chief Valery Zaluzhny, the SVR has said US and UK officials have secretly met with key Ukrainian…

Polish Socialist Calls For Ban On Right Wing Party ‘Before It Grows To Size We Cannot Handle’ Via Remix News, Andrzej Rozenek, former MP for the Socialist party in Poland and deputy…

Autocar Magazine Unveils “90s Gems To Buy Now”  British motoring magazine Autocar has compiled a list of 1990s cars to buy and hold. The list is not full of Lamborghinis, Ferraris, or other…

Colorectal Cancer Rising Among People Under 50: American Medical Association Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Younger people are increasingly being diagnosed with colorectal cancer, a disease typically…

Is AI A Tool Or A Trojan Horse? Why I’m Deeply Concerned For The Minds Of Our Children Authored by Daniel Amen via The Epoch Times, Have you seen Grok’s Ani? She’s…

A powerful earthquake off the Kamchatka Peninsula has triggered tsunamis in Russia and Japan, with hazardous waves possible in Hawaii, Alaska, and other parts of the Pacific An 8.8-magnitude earthquake, followed by…

The 9 Supreme Court Cases To Watch Next Term Authored by Matthew Vadum, Sam Dorman, Stacy Robinson via The Epoch Times, The Supreme Court will hear cases in the fall and winter…

“I Am Not A Trump Fan”: Disturbing Public Statements Surface From Brennan’s Hand-Picked Head Of Controversial Assessment Authored by Jonathan Turley, We have been discussing the recently declassified material related to the Russian investigation,…

Auto Accidents Fall 10% In Major Cities Amid Reports Of Lighter Traffic A few weeks ago, reports began circulating that thanks to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) roundups in major cities, the notorious…

A powerful earthquake off the Kamchatka Peninsula triggered a tsunami in Russia’s Far East A tsunami wave struck the northern Kuril Islands early Wednesday following a powerful earthquake in the Pacific Ocean,…

Addiction Fiction: Dopamine Is Not Why Kids Love TikTok Authored by Christopher J. Ferguson via RealClearInvestigations, Nowadays, it seems we can be addicted to anything – not just alcohol and drugs, but…

Hazardous waves are possible on the coasts of Russia, Alaska and Japan, USGS says A tsunami warning has been issued for coastal areas of Russia’s Far East, with hazardous waves also possible in…

“The US Is Catching Up”: Competition With China Over DR Congo Minerals Intensifies After years of near-exclusive control over the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) rich mineral reserves, China now faces growing…

Judge Rejects Bid To Open Fed’s Closed-Door Meetings On Interest Rates Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times, A federal judge in Washington has rejected an investment firm’s request to force…

This is one of those interviews that simply must be watched in its entirety. It’s long, almost 3 hours, but take the quiet time to watch and absorb the information provided by…

Delusional Seattle Democrats Blame Trump While Ignoring Their Role In Homelessness Crisis In a recent op-ed, radio host Jason Rantz argues that Seattle Democrats outraged by President Donald Trump’s new homelessness executive…

The new trade deal shows the success of the ‘America First’ strategy, according to Sebastian Gorka The European Union has effectively “bent at the knee” before US President Donald Trump, White House…

Goldman Reaffirms “Cautious View” On Gov’t IT & Services Coverage Amid Ongoing DOGE Cuts Six months ago, Goldman Sachs analysts sounded the alarm with a “cautious view” on Government IT & Services, as…

The MAHA Priority Pursued By Lawmakers On Both Sides Of The Aisle Authored by Nathan Worcester via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), WASHINGTON—The Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) agenda has helped shape…

The US national security advisor finally finds herself in a position where the truths she speaks cannot be ignored In light of accusations that former US President Barack Obama had committed treason by…

Dear New Yorkers: Consider Moving To Dallas, TX Authored by Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson via RealClearPolitics, The rise of socialist New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani has highlighted a fundamental truth that…

Those who played a “starring role” in amplifying the Russiagate plot against President Donald Trump must face consequences, Greg Gutfeld has said The US media need to make “serious” amends to many…

Federal Judge Blocks Big Beautiful Bill’s Medicaid Cuts To Planned Parenthood Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A federal judge on Monday blocked a provision in the One…

Few of the restrictions have had a significant effect and some are outright ignored, according to ex-presidential aide Dmitry Nekrasov The overwhelming majority of Western sanctions imposed on Moscow have not worked…

Top Monk At Shaolin Temple Ousted After Sexual Misconduct, Financial Crime Scandal China has appointed Shi Yinle, former abbot of White Horse Temple, as the new head of the Shaolin Temple—just two…