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Israel Claims to Strike Iranian Nuclear Weapons Lab Iran’s nuclear complexes are seeing renewed attacks for both new buildings constructed since the 12-Day War, as well as long-existing infrastructure previously left alone….

Senators Ask Treasury To Unilaterally Index Capital Gains, Bypassing Congress Senators Ted Cruz and Tim Scott are asking Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to unilaterally implement a major capital gains tax cut —…

Asian Refiners Mull Slashing Crude Processing As Iran War Threatens Supply By Michael Kern of OilPrice.com Asian refiners, particularly state-held majors heavily dependent on Middle East oil supply, are considering slashing crude…

Operation Epic Fury Sparks Homeland Terror Fears Amid Fallout From Biden’s Illegal Alien Invasion Fears of Iranian-backed terror cells operating inside the U.S. are resurfacing (again) as concerns grow that President Trump’s…

Jeffrey Sachs: ‘Trump Is An Utter Disgrace To Our Nation – He Lied To Us’ Columbia University economics professor Jeffrey D. Sachs appeared on Judge Napolitano’s ‘Judging Freedom’ podcast Monday, where he railed…

The Fix Is In To Defeat Alberta Independence Authored by Bruce Pardy via The Brownstone Institute, Last week, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith announced a referendum for October 19. It will ask Albertans a slate…

The chancellor said all NATO members should devote 5% of their GDP to military affairs German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has backed US President Donald Trump’s criticism of Spain for failing to meet…

The US president has compared the Ukrainian leader to circus pioneer P.T. Barnum US President Donald Trump has likened Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky to 19th-century showman and hoaxer P. T. Barnum. Trump…

By precipitating industrial erosion, the dollar’s supremacy undermines the foundational sources of American might The dollar’s reserve status grants the US the luxury of comparatively cheap borrowing and chronic deficits, even as…

Tankers Burn From Strait Of Hormuz To Mediterranean Sea Amid Spillover War Risks Times of Malta reports that the Russian-flagged LNG tanker Arctic Metagaz, identified as part of Russia’s shadow fleet, suffered…

Los Angeles Superintendent Praised By Gavin Newsom Placed On Leave Following FBI Raid Los Angeles schools were thrown into chaos after the FBI raided the home and office of embattled Superintendent Alberto…

Hormuz Freeze Sends Brent-Dubai Spread to Multi-Year High By Julianne Geiger of OilPrice, Brent’s premium to the Middle East’s Dubai benchmark has blown out to its widest level since 2022, confirmation that…

Hungary has accused Ukraine of stopping the flow of oil via the Soviet-era Druzhba route Ukraine has rejected a proposed EU mission to inspect the Soviet-era pipeline that transports Russian oil through…

Feds Told New Mexico To Back Off Epstein; Then They Did Nothing… Authored by José Niño via Headline USA, In September 2019, federal prosecutors asked New Mexico to shut down its active investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s desert compound. The…

Nancy Mace And Ilhan Omar Go Full Jerry Springer Over Iran Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Rep. Nancy Mace obliterated Ilhan Omar on X after the Somali-born Democrat raged about U.S….

US Arranging Charter, Military Flights For Americans In The Middle East Authored by Savannah Hulsey Pointer via The Epoch Times, The U.S. State Department is looking to help Americans in the Middle…

From Whiskey To Weed: A Second Amendment Fight Authored by John R. Lott Jr. & Laura Lott via RealClearPolitics, Are regular marijuana users the modern equivalent of “habitual drunkards” at the Founding?…

“Account Temporarily Unavailable”: Facebook Outages Reported In U.S. Facebook appears to be suffering widespread outages, as login attempts on the social media site produce the error: “Account Temporarily Unavailable.” The full error…

Bill Pervs Out Over Epstein Memories, Hillary Goes Berserk, And They Both Lied: Top Viral Moments From Clinton Depositions The House Oversight Committee dropped more than nine hours of raw video from…

New Jersey Faces Structural Deficit Crisis And Democrats Blame Trump When all else fails, blame Trump.  It might be the only political strategy the Democrats have left but it doesn’t work for…

Behind America’s New Industrial Revolution Authored by Emel Akan via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The U.S. economy grew faster than many predicted over the past year, outpacing other advanced economies, especially…

Visualizing Data Center Power Surge Before White House Meets With Big Tech Ahead of tomorrow’s White House meeting, where representatives from Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, xAI, Oracle, and OpenAI are expected to…

In Stunning Flip-Flop, DOJ Suddenly Revives Bid To Sanction Law Firms Update (1400ET): In a stunning flip-flop, just 24 hours after The Justice Department said it was dropping its appeal of four trial-court…

US Launched Kamikaze Drones Against Iran, Reflecting Lessons Learned From Ukraine In the first 72 hours of Operation Epic Fury, U.S. forces conducted more than 1,700 strikes across Iran on high-value IRGC…

Secretary of State Marco Rubio updates the media on current activity surrounding Operation Epic Fury. Secretary Rubio begins with an update on what Americans in the region need to know. Rubio asks…

‘Toxic Indoctrination’: Dept Of War Cuts Fellowships At 13 ‘Elite’ Universities Authored by Gabrielle Temaat via The College Fix, The U.S. Department of Defense announced the cancellation of its military education fellowships…

Trump Floats Backing Anti-Tehran Insurgency As Alternative To US Boots On Ground It’s only day four of the US-Israeli ‘Operation Epic Fury’ and there’s already talks of a ground war and insurgency…

Consider the severe economic body blows to China in the past 14 months. ♦ First blow, the Trump tariffs hit Beijing hardest. ♦ Second blow, the Beijing tentacle on the Panama Canal…

This is a remarkable position for President Trump to take.  Optimal Solutions: (President Trump) – “Effective IMMEDIATELY, I have ordered the United States Development Finance Corporation (DFC) to provide, at a very…

‘They’re Not MAGA’: Trump Remarks On Tucker Carlson And Megyn Kelly’s Iran Criticism Authored by Steve Watson via modernity.news, President Donald Trump delivered a clear message to critics within conservative media circles…

Kalshi, Polymarket Face Trading Halt In Nevada After Court Rulings Authored by Zoltan Vardai via CoinTelegraph.com, Two US federal court rulings have increased the risk that Nevada regulators may seek to halt…

Trump Accepts White House Correspondents’ Dinner Invitation For First Time Authored by Kimberley Hayek via The Epoch Times, President Donald Trump announced on Monday that he will attend the White House Correspondents’…

The reported move by New Delhi comes in anticipation of supply constraints after Qatar halted LNG production India has cut natural gas supplies to industries in anticipation of supply constraints, Reuters reported…

Blackstone Launching Public Vehicle for Data Center Acquisitions Amid overwhelming redemptions in other funds, Blackstone is preparing a publicly traded acquisition company dedicated to data centers, opening the door for “mom and…

Leaked documents reportedly shows the administration’s push to remove “anti-American” narratives from parks and museums The administration of US President Donald Trump is seeking to purge “anti-American” narratives from the country’s national…

Friedrich Merz says Iran deserves being the target of war because it hasn’t bent the knee to sanctions Say what you will about Germany’s current ‘elites’, but they are consistent: Once they…

The military facility reportedly did not have any adequate protection from air attacks despite the Pentagon claiming otherwise Six US servicemen were killed in an Iranian strike on a military installation in…

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his government are openly lying and deceiving the public in relation to the Iran war and the Australian government’s support of the war which will Albanese’s John…

A Middle East supply shock could revive the debate on imports from Moscow, the Norwegian energy minister has said The conflict in the Middle East may force the EU to scrap its…

A funeral was held in Minab for the 168 children killed when their elementary school was attacked on the first day of the bombing campaign Thousands of mourners have filled the streets…

The leader of the opposition claimed New Delhi’s unwillingness to take a position diminishes the country’s standing in the world India’s main opposition party has questioned the government’s stance on the killing…

Drone Strikes On Amazon Data Centers In Middle East Reveal Urgent Need To Defend AI For the first time in modern warfare, Iranian kamikaze drones struck commercial data centers in the Middle…

More Bark Than Bite: Kaine’s War Powers Resolution Is An ‘Imminent’ Failure Authored by Jonathan Turley, We now have a glimpse of the War Powers Resolution promised by Sen. Tim Kaine (D.,…

Zelensky Warns Iran War Could Starve Ukraine Of Critical US Arms This isn’t the first time the world’s attention has shifted away from the Ukraine war, but it certainly marks the biggest other conflict…

Oil Tumbles As Trump Considers Insurance Aid For Tankers The price of crude instantly tumbled on Tuesday after the Trump administration is reportedly considering providing, or assisting in obtaining insurance for oil tankers crossing…

“I’d Be Angry, Too”: Jamie Dimon Says Trump Debanking Suit Has No Merit, Then Rails Debanking Practices JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said Monday that Donald Trump’s $5 billion lawsuit over the…

A US military religious freedom advocacy group has received over 200 complaints about Christian fundamentalist speeches by commanding officers Multiple commanders across all branches of the US military have offered a fundamentalist…

The US president has said that doesn’t “want anything to do with” Spain after US forces were banned from joint military bases The US will suspend all trade with Spain over Madrid’s…

As the conflict expands, threatening to engulf the entire Middle East, the region needs someone with working connections to all parties The Middle East has seen many crises that began as ‘limited’…

Voters Head To Polls In First 2026 Primary Election: What To Know Authored by Joseph Lord via The Epoch Times, Today, voters in Texas and North Carolina will cast their ballots in…

President Trump holds a bilateral meeting with German Chancellor Fredrich Merz in the oval office.  After brief remarks of mutual appreciation, President Trump and Chancellor Merz responded to questions from the assembled…

Seeing how MSM and Trump opposition outlets are twisting and contorting the words and explanations from Secretary of State Marco Rubio it is worth posting the full transcript of his remarks from…

There has been an ongoing narrative from the insufferable leftists and professional pundits in opposition, that the United States military will soon run out of missiles, rockets, drones, bombs and lethal munitions. …

An annual assessment has documented widespread hazing and misconduct as the Bundeswehr struggles to meet personnel targets Widespread abuse and hazing among soldiers are undermining Germany’s armed forces as the Bundeswehr struggles…

Iran Expands Strikes On Gulf Energy Infrastructure As More Oil Hubs Hit One day after a reported Iranian drone strike forced Saudi Arabia’s largest oil refinery offline, with high-resolution post-strike satellite imagery…

Susan Kokinda and the Lyndon LaRouche network give their perspective on the British reaction to the U.S. strikes against Iran.  The analysis has value from a review of the historic relationship of…

Supreme Court Sides With Parents Over Kids’ Gender Disclosure In California Golden State groomers were dealt a devastating blow on Monday after the Supreme Court sided with parents challenging school policies in…

Oil Spikes To Session High As Iraq Starts Shutting Output At Massive Oil Field Here are the most critical developments unfolding in the US-Iran conflict:  Iraq’s crude oil output is being significantly…

Washington’s claims that it defends non-proliferation don’t hold water, Russia’s top diplomat has argued The US-Israeli attack on Iran could spur nuclear proliferation, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has warned. Washington and…

Somali security forces have killed a prominent extremist after a long pursuit in the Lower Shabelle region Somali forces have killed a senior leader of the Islamist militant group Al-Shabaab in a…

The Umkhonto weSizwe party has extended a formal invitation to the ANC to join discussions aimed at stabilizing governance in KwaZulu-Natal South Africa’s Umkhonto weSizwe party (MK) has formally invited the African…

US B-2 Bombers Belatedly Authorized To Use British Bases To Hit Deep Inside Iran In the modern era Britain has always been America’s junior partner when it comes to launching Middle East…

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem testifies to the Senate Judiciary Committee today; her testimony began at 9:30am ET. Livestream links below: . Posted in Big Government, DHS, Legislation The post DHS Secretary Kristi…

“From Orderly Selloff, To Panic”: Stocks, Bonds Plunge As Oil, Dollar Soar On Iran War US equity futures are down sharply, along with all global markets, as the Iran war expands and…

China Panics, Urges Ceasefire To Reopen Strait Of Hormuz As Beijing Is Addicted To Cheap Iranian Crude Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said at Tuesday’s regular press briefing in Beijing that…

The status of atomic installations across the country is unclear amid the continuing US-Israeli attacks, Russia’s state nuclear corporation chief says Moscow has lost contact with the leadership of Iran’s nuclear sector…

Graft poses a “strategic threat” to the country’s economy and stability, Investigative Committee head Aleksandr Bastrykin has said Russian Investigative Committee head Aleksandr Bastrykin has suggested a total asset confiscation for officials…

OpenAI Rewrites ‘Sloppy’ Pentagon AI Deal After Backlash Over Surveillance Risks OpenAI – which millions of users trust with everything from legal documents to tax returns – is revising its newly signed…

Oil prices have jumped more than 15%, topping $84, while European gas prices have surged over 30% after Iranian strikes on Qatari LNG facilities Global energy markets have come under pressure as…

Regime Change Will Not Be Easy: Tehran’s Goal Is To Survive By Any Means Necessary By Molly Schwartz, cross-asset macro strategist at Rabobank My Circus! My Monkeys! Europe was hit with the…

The International Paralympic Committee has rejected a design featuring a map, calling it too political Ukraine’s national team has been forced to urgently replace its ceremonial uniforms for the Winter Paralympics in…

When addressing Greenland’s strategic value within U.S. Arctic defense efforts, President Trump argued that although the European Union and NATO insisted there was no need for American control —promising instead to marshal…

The House Oversight Committee has released video of testimony from both former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in regard to their relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. WASHINGTON—Today, the…

Satellite images show no technical grounds for halting Russian oil transit, the Hungarian prime minister has said The Druzhba oil pipeline remains fully capable of transporting Russian crude, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor…

The US and Israel assassinated the Iranian supreme leader on Saturday while he was “having breakfast” Israeli intelligence hacked nearly all of Tehran’s traffic cameras to prepare the assassination of Iranian Supreme…

European Commission Wants Your Free Speech. X Is In The Way Authored by Adina Portau via RealClearPolitics.ocm, Last week, Elon Musk’s X launched a landmark legal challenge against a $140 million fine issued by the…

‘DEPART NOW’: US Tells Citizens To Flee Middle East, But Most Airspace Closed As Iran’s response to Israeli and US warfare causes havoc across the Middle East, the US government is urging…

Seven civilians were injured in Kiev’s latest attack on the southern Russian port city of Novorossiysk, according to local officials A Ukrainian drone raid injured seven people in the Russian city of…

Persian Gulf Goes Dark For Container Shipping And There’s No Detour Left By Stuart Chris of FreightWaves Ocean lines flee Strait of Hormuz as Iran targets Persian Gulf ports While tanker vessels…

The assault has claimed the lives of several local leaders, according to officials At least 169 people have been killed in a pre-dawn assault in South Sudan, local officials reported on Monday….

US President Donald Trump has claimed cutting off Ukraine helped create “unlimited” stockpiles for hostilities with Tehran Ukraine fears that the US war with Iran could trigger crucial ammunition shortages for Kiev,…

RT breaks down public and Capitol Hill reactions to the new Middle East war, launched days before election season US President Donald Trump’s order to attack Iran has drawn mixed reactions among…

The government has vowed to take “all steps” to ensure the affordability of petroleum products New Delhi will ensure the availability and affordability of petroleum products for consumers amid the escalating crisis…

Regional blocs have called for restraint, while flights are suspended African nations and regional blocs have responded to the escalation of the conflict in the Middle East, after US-Israeli strikes killed Iranian…

Vienna Is Nice This Time Of Year… Right? Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Vienna, once hailed as one of Europe’s safest capitals, is grappling with a wave of violent crimes linked…

The Russian president thanked the Hungarian prime minister for Budapest’s “balanced and sovereign” approach to international affairs Russian President Vladimir Putin held a telephone conversation with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on…

Will Soaring War Risk Send Civilian Ammunition Prices Higher? President Trump signaled on Sunday that Operation Epic Fury could extend for four weeks, shifting our focus beyond the likely decline of certain…

The State Department has urged US citizens to leave over a dozen countries immediately amid escalating Iranian retaliatory strikes The US State Department has issued an urgent warning for American citizens to…

Kiev is increasingly using unwitting suicide attackers, according to Russian officials Ukrainian intelligence agents have killed a man they recruited to carry out a bombing in Russia after law enforcement attempted to…

Russian Guidance Chip With Western Parts Found In Iranian Drone That Hit UK Air Base In Cyprus The wreckage of an Iranian drone that targeted the British Royal Air Force base at…

Britain Reconsiders 78% North Sea Oil Tax As Investment Slows Authored by Julianne Geiger via OilPrice.com, The UK may be quietly inching toward an awkward admission: the windfall tax experiment on oil…

The Pentagon has “virtually unlimited” ammo stockpiles, the president has asserted The US is prepared to fight a war “forever” with its “virtually unlimited” ammunition stockpiles, President Donald Trump has claimed. Military…

Trump Says He’s ‘Disappointed’ by Starmer For Blocking Use Of Diego Garcia For Iran Strikes Authored by Evgenia Filimianova via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), U.S. President Donald Trump said he was…

Macron Throws Out French Nuclear Policy Over Russia And China Threats President Emmanuel Macron on Monday broke several decades of French nuclear taboos, promising to increase the country’s arsenal and positioning France…

A swift US victory, a grinding stalemate, or a strategic failure in Tehran – each scenario carries direct military and political consequences for Kiev The strategy of the US-Israeli attack on Iran…

Telegram Has Reportedly Become A Pressing National Security Threat For Russia Authored by Andrew Korybko via substack, Authorities in Russia believe that Ukraine has quick access to Russian servicemen’s messages and exploits…

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…

Box-Cutter Thug Gets 16.5 Years In Prison After Framing Immigrant With Fake Trump Death Threats A Milwaukee man who slashed a bicyclist with a box cutter and then tried to frame his…