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Trump Calls India & Russia “Dead Economies” After Tariff Standoff   President Trump first announced his tariff “Liberation Day” in April, and the measures are now set to take effect tomorrow. While countries like…

Damascus is eager to restore “proper” ties with Moscow, jeopardized following last year’s ouster of former President Bashar Assad Syria is seeking Russia’s support in its efforts to restore unity in the…

Denis Shmigal has claimed that 90% of conscription cases go smoothly, calling the media focus on forced recruitment misleading Ukrainian Defense Minister Denis Shmigal has claimed that the country’s mobilization process is…

Fed’s Favorite Inflation Indicator Ticks Higher In June The Fed’s favorite inflation indicator – Core PCE – rose 0.3% MoM (as expected) which pulled it up 2.8% YoY (hotter than the +2.7%…

Futures Storm To Another Record High After Blowout Tech Earnings “Powell hawkish, QRA a damp squib. Just when it felt darkest, MSFT and META came to the rescue.” That’s how Goldman Delta-1…

The Chukchi fought Russian armies for generations, but their story didn’t end in defeat – it became one of survival and coexistence In the late 17th and early 18th centuries, on the…

Unadjusted Jobless Claims Prints At 10-Month Low, But… The number of Americans that filed for jobless benefits for the first time last week was flat at 218k (on a seasonally adjusted basis…

The $2.6 billion hydroelectric project comes in the wake of New Delhi suspending a water treaty with Islamabad India plans to build what will be the largest hydroelectric power plant in the…

The Zelensky government was pressured by Western donors to reverse a new amendment stripping the country’s anti-corruption bodies of independence Ukraine’s parliament has voted to restore the independence of the country’s key…

Reclaiming ‘Environmentalism’ From The Climate Extremists Authored by Gary Abernathy via RealClearEnergy, Americans are reclaiming ‘environmentalism’ from the radical left.  Certain words and phrases take on new meaning as time goes by,…

Putin Spox Boasts ‘We Have Developed Immunity’ To Sanctions  The big geopolitical headline this week was President Trump on Monday and Tuesday making clear that if Russia can’t reach a ceasefire agreement with…

Hollywood Never Learns: New Spartacus TV Series Stars Diverse Girl Boss Gladiator The woke “girl boss” trope is back and despite failing over and over again at the box office and in…

Some School Districts Increase Funding For Migrant Instruction Despite Local Budget Gaps Authored by Aaron Gifford via The Epoch Times, Despite federal effectiveness at curbing illegal immigration, most states still allocate extra…

Washington and Islamabad plan to develop the South Asian nation’s “massive oil reserves,” the US president has said The US and Pakistan have concluded a deal in which Washington will help Islamabad…

The reported trip comes as Washington and Beijing work to defuse escalating tensions A leading US Republican senator is set to head a congressional delegation to Taiwan in August, the Financial Times…

A military depot and an airfield were also hit, according to defense officials Russian forces carried out a strike on Ukrainian defense industry facilities and other military targets overnight, the Defense Ministry…

Bill Gates’ $645M Secret Hydrogen Superyacht To Make Splash At Monaco Yacht Show A luxury news website reports that a 390-foot superyacht, designed to run entirely on liquid hydrogen, is set to make waves…

Blackout-Prone Syria To Begin Receiving NatGas From Azerbaijan Via Turkey Via The Cradle Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar announced on Wednesday hat Turkey will begin supplying natural gas from Azerbaijan to Syria…

1 In 4 Non-Antibiotic Drugs Linked To Disrupted Gut Health Authored by George Citroner via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), While patients have long known that antibiotics can disrupt gut health, researchers…

Russia is on the right course, judging by emotional criticism from the US leader, the former president has argued US President Donald Trump’s angry comments toward Russian officials were a “nervous reaction”…

The overnight attack involved over 300 drones and eight missiles, local officials have claimed Russia launched a new wave of drone and missile strikes on Kiev overnight, local officials have claimed, with…

Tanzania says it will become the third-largest uranium producer on the continent once Rosatom’s operations begin A subsidiary of Russian nuclear energy giant Rosatom has commissioned a pilot uranium processing plant in…

The true aim of the measures is to cripple Iran’s economic development, Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei has said Tehran has condemned the latest US sanctions on its oil shipping network. Foreign…

The measures target an international oil shipping network with ties to a top Tehran official The US has imposed sweeping new sanctions on Iran’s international shipping network, accusing it of illegally funneling…

The West is trying to vilify Moscow and deflect attention away from real issues, Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla has said Pan-African Parliament representative Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla has dismissed Western criticism of Russia as deliberate propaganda….

The US president has said he doesn’t care what New Delhi does with Moscow US President Donald Trump has said Moscow and New Delhi “can take their dead economies down together.” Trump…

The former Russian president previously said the US leader cannot dictate to Moscow US President Donald Trump has issued a warning to former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, calling him a “failed” leader…

Why The UK’s Age-Verification System (Probably) Won’t Work Authored by Kit Knightly via Off-Guardian.org, On Friday, the “Age Verification” clause of the UK’s Online Safety Act officially came into force. The result…

Global Food Prices Are Creeping Up Again Following a period of recovery from the dual shocks of the Covid-19 pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, global food commodity prices have started to…

Chasov Yar is a critical high-ground and logistics hub in the area Russian forces have liberated Chasov Yar, a pivotal Ukrainian stronghold in Russia’s Donetsk Region, after months of fighting, the Defense…

Myanmar’s Kachin State Is At The Center Of The Sino-US Scramble For Rare Earths Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, The US seeks influence over this region that supplies much of neighboring…

Marine Corps Force Design: A Failed Operational Concept Authored by Gary Anderson via RealClearDefense, When the Marine Corps adopted a concept called Force Design as its new warfighting concept in 2019, so…

Maryland Democrats Scramble As Green Energy Agenda Sparks Power Bill Hyperinflation  Democratic leaders across the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast have really done it this time. Their reckless decarbonization agenda is backfiring spectacularly, driving power prices to…

Chikungunya Fever Spreading Rapidly In South China; CCP Downplays Outbreak Authored by Alex Wu via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Chikungunya fever has spread rapidly in many places in Guangdong Province and…

Cadence To Pay $140 Million For Selling Chip Design Tech To Blacklisted Chinese University Authored by Bill Pan via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Cadence Design Systems, a leading developer of electronic…

The work of anti-graft agencies has “effectively” been suppressed, a top prosecutor has said Ukraine’s top anti-corruption prosecutor has accused Vladimir Zelensky of severely undermining the country’s independent anti-graft institutions, warning that…

President Trump recaps the latest strong economic numbers and launches the CMS Digital Health Tech Ecosystem during an event at the White House today.  WATCH: . Posted in President Trump, Press Secretary…

Too funny.  The economic pretending is so strong almost every outlet leads the Gross Domestic Product news release by saying “better than expected.”  Duh!   The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) releases the…

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…