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Everyone can see the play by President Trump. Essentially, the “coalition of the willing” (U.K, Germany, France) are not willing to go to war against Russia without the United States in front…

Russian UAVs have proven to be a “serious threat” to Ukraine’s forces, the ministry said Footage released by the Defense Ministry on Friday shows Russian forces destroying multiple Ukrainian targets. The compilation…

Many people surmise the Trump administration is unaware of the ongoing MAGA backlash to the DOJ and FBI position on matter of Jeffrey Epstein. For a significant -albeit unknown- portion of President…

Chopper pressers are the best pressers.  President Trump gives remarks to the assembled media as he departs the White House.   Interestingly, if you watch the video all the way through you will…

Politicians in the EU and UK have “forgotten” the lessons of history, Russia’s top diplomat stressed Western European leaders have forgotten the lessons of history and are once again steering the continent…

Nearly 2,000 jobs in the executive branch dealing with foreign policy are reportedly on the chopping block The US State Department will start mass layoffs in the coming days, as the administration…

Facebook’s parent firm has reportedly refused to make further changes to its controversial pay-or-consent model Facebook’s parent company, Meta, is facing fresh EU antitrust charges and multi-million daily fines after reportedly refusing…

Education Department To Resume Interest Accrual On 7.7 Million Student Loan Borrowers Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, The U.S. Department of Education announced it will restart interest accrual for…

T-Mobile Scraps DEI Programs To Better Align With Trump Admin Policies Authored by Katabella Roberts via The Epoch Times, T-Mobile officially scrapped its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs to better align…

The ‘Count Dooku’ Of Austrian Economics Faces ‘Anakin’ Murphy Mises Institute Jedi Bob “Anakin” Murphy finally faced his nemesis: George Mason University’s David Beckworth, deemed the “Count Dooku” of Austrian Economics by…

Trump To Send $300M In Weapons To Ukraine Drawn From Pentagon Reserves For the first time, President Donald Trump is set to use his authority to send weapons directly to Ukraine from…

The “wound” in relations between Warsaw and Kiev will not heal until “cleansed,” Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz has said Kiev must officially recognize the crimes committed by Ukrainian ultra-nationalists and Nazi collaborators…

Facing the risk of trade weaponization, New Delhi must defend its economic choices through diplomacy, diversification, and strategic resilience India stands at a challenging crossroads. A proposed US Senate bill threatening a…

A five-story residential building has been hit by Ukrainian forces, Kherson Region’s head, Vladimir Saldo, said A five-story residential building collapsed after being hit in a Ukrainian air strike, the governor of…

Nvidia CEO Makes Pit Stop At White House Before China Trip Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang met with President Trump at the White House on Thursday, just days before a trip to China….

Hemispheric Defense Theme Accelerates As Hegseth Calls For Drone Dominance An investment thesis gaining traction across our desk is the “Hemispheric Defense” theme, driven by the urgent need for the Western world—led…

Russia could assist in restoring civilian infrastructure hit during the June attacks, the Iranian ambassador has said Iranian authorities believe Russia could help rebuild infrastructure damaged by recent Israeli and US airstrikes,…

Did TACO Trades Just Get Burrito’d? Via Rabobank, A combo of confidence, arrogance, and ignorance has seen continued TACO trades on tariffs: Trump always chickens out, say those who just watched him…

The move will allow Finland to reintroduce anti-personnel mines into its weaponry stockpile as soon as January Finland has formally withdrawn from an international treaty that bans the use of anti-personnel landmines…

The region’s economic competitiveness is dwindling, Jamie Dimon has warned Western Europe is “losing” the economic competition with its main rivals, China and the US, and is struggling with a shortage of…

Can The US Avoid Recession? A Lot Depends On The Dollar Authored by Simon White, Bloomberg macro strategist, Near-term US recession risk is low, but there are pockets of weakness that could…

Moscow is closing the Polish consulate in Kaliningrad after Warsaw forced out the Russian mission in Krakow Russia has ordered the closure of Poland’s consulate in the exclave of Kaliningrad, citing “hostile…

BMI Dismisses Trump’s Copper Tariff As Likely Just A “Negotiating Tool, Not Serious Proposal”  The global copper industry had been on edge since the start of President Trump’s second term amid rising…

Plans by some nations to put troops in Ukraine are evidence of a confrontational approach, spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said Western Europe has refused to consider dialogue with Russia and is instead…

Trump Admin Teases Resumption Of Anti-Houthi Airstrikes After Ship Attacks The Trump administration this week teased the possibility that it could order resumed airstrikes in Yemen following the two latest attacks by the…

Bitcoin, Ether Soar As ETFs Clock Second-Biggest Day Of Inflows Ever Bitcoin and Ether investors piled into their respective crypto-themed funds on Thursday, marking their second-largest daily inflows since their inception. US…

EPA Promises ‘Total Transparency On The Issues Of Geoengineering And Contrails’ Authored by Jon Fleetwood, Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released new online resources to address public questions and concerns about…

Texas Greenlights Gold And Silver As Legal Tender Via SchiffGold.com, Austin, TX keeps rewriting the monetary rulebook.  House Bill 1056, cleared by both chambers in late May, designates properly marked gold and silver…

A nation enduring informational attacks needs to fight back, spokesman Dmitry Peskov has argued Some press restrictions are appropriate during wartime, but recent changes in the Russian media environment cannot be reduced…

The German chancellor earlier demanded that Russia pay €500 billion for Ukraine’s reconstruction Moscow has pushed back against German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s demand that Russia fund Ukraine’s reconstruction, indicating that Berlin could…

West Jerusalem has proposed a sealed “humanitarian city” in Rafah to house Palestinians under military control Israel’s plan to concentrate Gaza’s entire population into a sealed, military-controlled “humanitarian city” is “inhumane,” the…

Reaching the nuclear fuel at the Isfahan facility would not be easy for Tehran, however, an unnamed official has told the agency Israel believes that US strikes on Iranian nuclear sites last…

New Delhi is introducing a $156 million-subsidy to assist domestic producers of the crucial component for the high-technology industry India is looking to manufacture rare earth magnets. A $156 million subsidy scheme…

Rio showed that the bloc isn’t in crisis – it’s in transition The idea of a multipolar world has long been used in two distinct contexts. One is when global hegemony is…

For Africa, the retreat of a long-standing security partner opens a strategic vacuum to be filled by other global actors A shift appears to be underway in US-Africa relations, judging by the…

Houthis Again Target Tel Aviv, As Israelis Plead For More US Raids On Yemen The Houthis have clearly been ramping up their attacks on Israeli interests and assets out of Yemen, and…

Sweden Cracks Down On OnlyFans – Will U.S. Follow Suit? Authored by Addison Graham via RealClearPolitics, The X-rated social media platform OnlyFans is experiencing real growth, with revenue, content, and user numbers…

Where Trump Wants To Send Deportees Under The Third-Country Deal Eight men deported from the U.S. arrived in South Sudan last week after being held for weeks in Djibouti while their legal…

Some of the arms could later be handed over to Ukraine, the US president has indicated America’s NATO partners will pay full price for US-made arms, US President Donald Trump has said,…

Germany is ready to buy US-made air defense systems for Ukraine, its chancellor has claimed German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has urged US President Donald Trump to join the EU in its drive…

Emmanuel Gonquoi has accused the US of repackaging colonial-era policies under the guise of economic partnership US President Donald Trump is more interested in exploiting Africa’s resources than building genuine partnerships with…

Agents of a “terrorist organization” working for Kiev were arrested in the border Bryansk Region, the security agency has reported Two Russian residents have been arrested for allegedly conducting covert missions on…

The president claimed recent strikes in Iran were evidence of the reliability of American-made weapons US President Donald Trump has urged African leaders to increase defense spending and buy more American weapons,…

The US president has reiterated that he is “disappointed” with Moscow US President Donald Trump has said he is planning to make a “major statement” regarding Russia and the settlement of the…

Brussels is reportedly considering sending an additional €100 billion to Ukraine The EU is placing Ukraine’s military needs above the priorities of the bloc’s member states, Hungarian government adviser Balazs Orban has…

White House Acts Surprised At Ukraine Weapons Pause Two US officials who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity have confirmed the resumption of arms and ammo deliveries to Ukraine’s…

American ‘safeguard measures’ would affect $7.6 billion worth of Indian exports, New Delhi has said India has proposed higher and revised retaliatory tariffs against the US under World Trade Organization (WTO) regulations,…

EU Justice Commissioner Signals Brussels Will Continue To Blackmail Hungary In Run Up To National Elections Via Remix news, Using the “Poland method,” the European Union elite played a pivotal role in…

Moscow has denounced the deepened military cooperation as yet another sign of NATO’s anti-Russia policy Britain and France have unveiled a new agreement to coordinate their nuclear arsenals more closely, citing what…

Erdogan Crackdown Continues With 500 Opposition Figures Arrested In ‘Octopus’ Probe Via The Cradle Turkish authorities have detained more than 500 members and officials of the opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) since…

German Immigration Officer Jailed For Accepting Cash Bribes From Migrants In Exchange For Citizenship Documents By Thomas Brooke of Remix News A German court has sentenced an immigration officer to prison for…

Russia Unveils New Tactic In Latest Drone Swarms On Ukraine It has now become the norm for hundreds of drones to be exchanged each night across borders between Russia and Ukraine. In…

US Orders “Immediate Shutdown” Of Mexican Cattle Trade After Cross-Border Parasitic Fly Threat U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins has ordered the immediate suspension of all live cattle, bison, and horse imports from Mexico…

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…

6 Factors That Describe China’s Current State Authored by Alexander Liao via The Epoch Times, As we reach the midpoint of 2025, it is evident that this year has been characterized by…

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…

China’s Big Housing Stimulus Rescue Is Wishful Thinking By George Lei, Bloomberg Markets Live reporter and strategist Expectations of policy actions to bolster the housing sector have helped real estate stocks close the gap…

Measles Cases In US Climb To Highest Number In 33 Years: CDC Confirmed measles cases in the United States have hit the highest number since 1992, according to new data from the…

OPEC Says Global Oil Consumption Will Hit 123 Million BPD By 2050 Authored by Tsvetana Paraskova via OilPrice.com, OPEC projects oil demand rising 19% to 123 million bpd by 2050, led by…

Trump To Impose 35% Canadian Tariff, But USMCA Goods To Stay Exempt Trump issued another letter late on Thursday, saying he will levy a 35% tariff on some goods coming into the…

Dramatic Video: Anti-ICE Protester Fires Weapon At Federal Agents During Immigration Raid  Dramatic video footage from Ventura County, California, shows an anti-ICE protester discharging what appears to be a weapon at federal agents…

Doug Casey On Why The Military-Industrial Complex Always Wins Via InternationalMan.com, International Man: During the recent Iran–Israel war, the US used up to 20% of its global stockpile of Terminal High Altitude Area…

Kiev has a vast program to produce banned substances, Moscow claims Russia has asked the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) to investigate its claim that Ukrainian troops are using…

Iron Ore Soars As China Pledges Crackdown On Industrial Overcapacity Iron ore futures in Singapore surged toward $100 a ton — the highest since May — fueled by renewed pledges from the…

California Might Stop Making Necessary Debt Payments For 2 Years Authored by John Moorlach via The Epoch Times, It’s July. The California State Legislature has successfully met the budget submission deadline of…

Three Choices, None Good Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, The moral rot of unlimited debt looks “free” but it’s unaffordable in the end. We like to think we’re special and this…

Budapest has accused Kiev of the “senseless killing” of an ethnic Hungarian man Hungary summoned Ukrainian Ambassador Fyodor Shandor on Thursday following reports that Ukrainian recruitment officers beat a Hungarian man to…

17 Out-Of-Place Artifacts That Suggest High-Tech Civilizations Existed Thousands (Or Millions) Of Years Ago Authored by Tara MacIsaac via The Epoch Times, According to our conventional view of history, humans have only…

Death Toll In Texas Floods Reaches 119 As Search Crews Race Against Time The death toll from the devastating flash floods that swept across Central Texas over the Fourth of July weekend…

The Roots Of Leftist Rage Authored by Victor Davis Hanson via AmericanGreatness.com, Across the political left, from orthodox Democrats to Antifa in the streets, the opposition to Trump has lost its collective…

FDA Approves Moderna’s COVID-19 Vaccine For Some Children Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times, Federal regulators have approved a COVID-19 vaccine made by Moderna for some children aged 6 months…

Previously, President Trump lashed out against the government of Brasil led by Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, saying, “Brazil is doing a terrible thing on their treatment of former President…

Communist Billionaire Accused Of Funding Anti-ICE Riots Mysteriously Vanishes Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) posted on X Wednesday, exposing how Communist billionaire Neville Roy Singham—who operates a dark-money NGO network allegedly tied to funding…

The 17th BRICS summit was more than a photo op. It was a coordinated rejection of Western power – and a declaration of intent A few days ago, the city of Rio…

It’s the reverse rustbelt issue.  In order to retain their market share, Japanese automakers are slashing the prices of their export vehicles to the USA.  However, simultaneous with the anticipated drop in…

The package could reportedly include Patriot air defense missiles US President Donald Trump will for the first time use his authority to directly send weapons to Ukraine drawn from Pentagon stockpiles, Reuters…

The Russian currency has also surged against the euro, boosted by government policy support The Russian ruble surged to a two-year high against the US dollar on Thursday, buoyed by strong trade…

The Lawyers for Israel contempt application against Nine Entertainment’s The Age, Fairfax Media Publications, 2 journalists, 2 editors and 2 lawyers is back in court on Monday (14/7/25) at 9.15am. In this…

Russia knows how to work under sanctions, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov has said Moscow will adapt if the US imposes 500% secondary tariffs on Russian trade partners, and such restrictive…

Ukrainians are kept in the dark about atrocities like the Volyn massacre, President Andrzej Duda has said Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky claimed he had no idea about the atrocities committed by the Ukrainian…

6 Secret Service Agents Suspended Over Trump Assassination Attempt: Deputy Director Authored by Bill Pan via The Epoch Times, The U.S. Secret Service suspended six agents over the “operational failure” that led…

Vertiv Drops After Amazon Unveils In-House Liquid Cooling System, Marking Pivot To Liquid Shares of U.S.-based data center infrastructure firm Vertiv Holdings tumbled in New York on Thursday after Amazon Web Services unveiled…

Delta Air Lines Restores Financial Guidance, Ignites Rally Across Airline Sector Delta Air Lines soared in premarket trading in New York after reinstating its full-year earnings guidance—a clear signal the carrier expects…

“Shameful”: Federal Judge Rules In Favor Of Trump Administration But Adds His Own Personal Condemnation Authored by Jonathan Turley, The Trump administration notched another victory this week when U.S. District Judge Amit…

Jeffrey Epstein’s Brother Breaks Silence On Bombshell FBI Memo Mark Epstein, brother of the late Jeffrey Epstein, dismissed a bombshell memo from the Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation that…

Trump Threatens Brazil With 50 Percent Tariff Citing Trial Of Former President Authored by Jacob Burg via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Among a batch of letters that President Donald Trump sent…

30Y Auction Stops Through Thanks To Near-Record Direct Bid After a soft 3Y and a stellar 10Y auction, moments ago the Treasury concluded its weekly issuance of coupon paper with a 30Y…

It’s Time To End The ‘Deep State’ Fed Authored by Larry Kudlow via RealClearPolitics.com, Both Kevins Will End the Fed’s Deep State There’s a great story on the front page of the…

xAI Launches ‘Remarkable, Terrifying’ Grok 4 Model; Musk Says AI Could Discover New Physics The xAI team revealed its latest development plans following the launch of Grok 4, as founder Elon Musk…

Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on the sidelines of a meeting of foreign ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Kuala Lumpur…

Thousands of Malaysian students who graduated in Russia will bring good will and skills back home, Teoh Seng Lee has said Education is the “soft diplomacy” by which Russia and Malaysia can…

President Lula da Silva has pushed back, vowing reciprocal action and defending the country’s court system US President Donald Trump has threatened Brazil with a crippling 50% tariff, citing the treatment of…

FICO Stock Down More Than 10% This Week After FHFA Opens Door To VantageScore For Mortgages Shares of Fair Isaac Corp. (FICO), the company behind the widely used FICO credit score, dropped…

Federal Judge Issues New Nationwide Block Targeting Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times, A federal judge on Thursday has barred the Trump administration from enforcing the…

US Sanctions UN Expert For Pushing ICC Case Against Israel Authored by Jacob Burg via The Epoch Times, Secretary of State Marco Rubio has announced the United States will be imposing sanctions…

Kiev should investigate these incidents and prevent further violations, the human rights commissioner said In his latest update on the situation in Ukraine published this week, the Council of Europe’s commissioner for…

The Secretary of State said shipments were only paused for review after US strikes in the Middle East The US has never stopped supplying military aid to Ukraine, despite reports of a…

Rare Earth Producer MP Materials Soars 50% After US Government Becomes Largest Shareholder Late yesterday, we published an in depth note to our premium subs titled “The Coming Rare Earth Revolution And…

Abolish The Fed? Mises Institute And George Mason University Face Off We will abide by all norms of the Geneva convention. — Robert P. Murphy (@BobMurphyEcon) July 9, 2025 Recent tensions between…

Minting Control: The Stablecoin Gambit & The New Dollar Diplomacy Authored by Bepi Pezzulli via AmericanThinker.com, In the end, it wasn’t the metaverse, the NFT craze, or libertarian utopians in hoodies that brought…