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MPs have accused Samvel Karapetyan of having links to Russian security services and “robbing” the nation Jailed Russian-Armenian businessman Samvel Karapetyan has filed lawsuits against two Armenian lawmakers, accusing them of besmirching…

The US president has said the championship bout will be part of America250 celebrations next year US President Donald Trump has announced plans to host a UFC title fight at the White…

The measure is aimed at exterminating a flesh-eating bug that could devastate the country’s beef industry US authorities are preparing to release billions of flies from airplanes over Mexico and southern Texas…

Strong monsoon downpours have resulted in floods and landslides, and swept away villages in a Himalayan state Heavy monsoon rains over a course of two weeks have claimed the lives of at…

Ukrainian forces are unlikely to repel Russia but peace talks could bring about change, Kirill Budanov has said Kiev lacks the ability to push Russian forces back, Kirill Budanov, head of Ukraine’s…

Kiev is trying to install a pro-Ukrainian government in Budapest to lift Hungary’s veto on its EU bid, the prime minister has claimed Ukraine has launched secret intelligence operations in Hungary to…

The exchange was part of the deal reached by Moscow and Kiev in Istanbul in June Russia has returned more of its service members from Ukrainian captivity, while releasing a group of…

Economic prosperity and the government’s push to arm to confront Russia are reportedly seen as “conflicting goals” Struggling German businesses are voicing concern that the potential return of mandatory military conscription would…

Professor Warns UK Gov’t Is Preparing For Civil War, Using Russian Invasion Threat As Cover Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, A prominent academic in London has warned that the UK government is…

Azerbaijan’s worries reflect Russia’s natural role in the region Azerbaijan has switched to “restless neighbour” mode once again, reminding us of an enduring reality: countries living within Russia’s sphere of influence will…

Despite protests from Egypt and Sudan, Addis Ababa has called the project a “shared opportunity” Ethiopia has announced the completion of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), a multibillion-dollar hydropower project on…

Why’d Erdogan Decide To Expand Turkiye’s Sphere Of Influence Eastwards? Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, Assad’s downfall set into motion a fast-moving sequence of events that now threatens Russian influence in…

Swiss To Vote On 50% Inheritance Tax That Risks Exodus Of The Super-Rich In a national referendum set for November, the people of Switzerland will vote on whether the country should impose…

The freeze in deliveries of some American weapons to Kiev is “causing alarm” in Berlin, the paper has reported Germany wants to agree a “secret deal” with the US to buy two…

The two elderly women were on a safari in a national park in Zambia A British national and a New Zealander have died after an elephant attacked them during a walking safari…

This comes after UK punk-rap duo Bob Vylan chanted “Death to the IDF” at the Glastonbury Festival The BBC has announced that it will no longer broadcast or livestream performances deemed ‘high…

The latest wave of high-precision strikes targeted drone assembly facilities and other military-linked sites, the Defense Ministry in Moscow has said The Russian military has carried out a series of strikes on…

White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett gives an impromptu press conference today giving a big picture overview of how the BBB passing will lift the economy.  WATCH: . Posted in…

You guys know the background.  You know the context. You know the history.  You know all the nuances and Machiavellian manipulations that have brought us to this very specific moment. Now, you…

President Trump speaks to reporters before departing Joint Base Andrews en route to Des Moines, Iowa, following the House of Representatives vote to send the Big Beautiful Bill to his Desk. President…

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…

Lithuania, along with other Baltic countries, has for years tried to suppress Russian-speaking minorities Lithuania’s defense minister has lashed out at Russian-speaking migrants, calling them a security threat while comparing them to…

It was reported last night that President Trump held a quiet meeting with Saudi Arabia Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman in the White House Thursday. This meeting is reported to cover…

Moscow hopes to improve bilateral relations based on mutual respect, the Russian foreign minister has said Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has sent his best wishes to US Secretary of State Marco…

The country’s holdings have risen by nearly $10 billion over the past month, official data shows Russia’s international reserves reached a record high of $687.7 billion at the end of June, the…

The 1775 Two Step That Led To American Independence Authored by Jim Bovard As Americans prepare to celebrate the 249th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, we should also toast the 250th anniversary of…

Those working overseas sent $135.46 billion to the country in the last fiscal year The Indian diaspora sent a record $135.46 billion in remittances to the country in the 2024-25 fiscal year,…

“We’ve Become Serfs On Our Own Land”: The USDA Trap, Foreign Land Sales, And The Collapse Of American Farming Source: Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry, March: the Château de…

Why US Banned Transfer Of Genetic Samples To China Authored by Leo Timm via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Food and Drug Administration has halted a program that allowed the transfer…

CCP Leaders Propose Regulations To Rein In Xi’s Superagencies Authored by Dorothy Li via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), China’s top leaders are proposing new rules to regulate a set of powerful…

Several Russian regions came under attacks overnight, according to officials At least one civilian was killed and several others injured as Ukrainian drones targeted multiple regions of Russia overnight, damaging residential buildings…

Bi-Partisan Seattle Citizens Group Launches Campaign To Ban Homeless Encampments A new bipartisan group, the Quality of Life Coalition, is pushing a ballot initiative to address King County’s growing homeless encampment crisis…

Ukrainian officials claimed at least 13 impacts, with blurred-out footage showing large fires lighting up the skyline Ukrainian officials have claimed that the Russian military launched a wave of missile and drone…

Choice Tax Breaks: The GOP’s Federal Plan To Transform Education Authored by Vince Bielski via RealClearEducation, Buried in the 940-page “big, beautiful” budget blueprint is an unprecedented tax credit that, if approved,…

North Korea Sending Up To 30,000 Troops To Bolster Russia’s Forces: Reports North Korea is reportedly preparing to triple the number of its troops fighting for Russia along the front lines with Ukraine, sending an…

Federal Officials Warn Of ‘Lone Wolf’ Terror Threats On July 4, NY Governor Says Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has confirmed that federal officials…

DOJ Arrests Two Chinese Nationals For Spying, Trying To Recruit U.S. Military Members To Work For PRC Two Chinese nationals, Yuance Chen of Happy Valley, Oregon, and Liren Lai, who entered the…

Social Media Especially Harms Girls’ Sleep & Mental Health June 30 was World Social Media Day. In a survey conducted between September and October 2025, 50 percent of 13- to 17-year-old girls…

Huawei To Stand Trial In US On Charges Of Bank Fraud, Sanctions Violations, Theft Authored by Austin Alonzo via The Epoch Times, Chinese company Huawei Technologies will stand trial on multiple charges…

China’s ‘Fentanyl King’ Plunges Into “Corruption Fueled Bankruptcy” Ai Luming was once a symbol of China’s entrepreneurial rise — its ‘fentanyl king’ and a philosophy graduate who turned a urine-based drug startup…

Washington is “trying to help” Ukraine but prioritizing American interests, the US leader has said President Donald Trump has denied media speculation that the United States has suspended all military equipment and…

The Kremlin described the nearly hour-long discussion as “candid and business-minded” US President Donald Trump has said that his “pretty long” phone conversation with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Thursday touched…

Trump Says June 2025 Border Statistics Are Lowest In US History Authored by Jacob Burg via The Epoch Times, President Donald Trump said on July 2 that the previous month’s border statistics…

Planetary Defenders Track Fast-Moving “Interstellar Object” Through Solar System On Wednesday, the European Space Agency revealed that its Planetary Defenders are tracking a fast-moving “interstellar object” zipping through the solar system. While some…

The two leaders held a candid, nearly hour-long discussion, Yury Ushakov has said Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart, Donald Trump, have held a lengthy telephone conversation on Thursday, Kremlin…

The Settlement Administration in the area is ready to follow such an order “immediately,” Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has said A group of Israeli ministers from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party…

Republicans have secured passage of the president’s sweeping tax cuts and spending reforms after intense last-minute negotiations The US House of Representatives has passed a sweeping multitrillion-dollar tax and spending package on…

The British spy agency is notorious for acting with little to no oversight to escalate global conflicts, Kit Klarenberg has told RT The UK Secret Intelligence Service, commonly known as MI6, has…

Moscow seeks “to build a full-fledged partnership,” according to its ambassador in Kabul Moscow has officially recognized the Taliban in Afghanistan, becoming the first major power to establish formal diplomatic ties with…

Fracking Is America’s (Not So) Secret Weapon Authored by Jim Welty, Rob Burndrett & Charlie Burd via RealClearEnergy, America’s shale revolution and ascension to the world’s largest oil and natural gas producer…

Huge win.  President Donald J Trump is officially unleashed.  Good stuff. The final vote to pass the Big Beautiful Bill was 218 to 214.  The vote was almost entirely along party lines….

Leftist Activist Calls For Sanctions On America, Has Deep Ties To Democrat NGO Network Far-left and unhinged social justice warrior Elie Mystal has sparked controversy with remarks suggesting that America “needs to be…

Washington could be gradually wrapping up its support for Kiev, the British outlet has claimed The US has suspended all military equipment and ammunition deliveries to Ukraine, including all types of shells…

Antifa Rioters Charged With Arson And Assault In Portland Authored by Luis Cornelio via Headline USA, The Trump-led DOJ has charged four individuals in connection with the violent anti-ICE riots that broke out in June in Oregon. …

American inconsistency and Israeli aggression have sealed Tehran’s strategic pivot. No more trust. No more talk. The “twelve-day war” between Iran and Israel marked a turning point – not just for Iran,…

America 250 is proud to join a monumental July 4th celebration, kicking off a new era of American greatness, featuring special remarks by President Donald J. Trump.  This 250th anniversary kick-off event…

The Labour Party is demoralized and in “despair” just a year after taking power, the outlet has reported UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer could be ousted by next May if his Labour…

Deputy Head Of Russian Navy Killed In Ukraine Missile Strike In a rare battlefield development, a very high-ranking general officer for Russia’s military has been killed by Ukrainian forces, and it actually…

Four Reasons Why This 4th Of July Is Better Authored by Larry Behrens via RealClearEnergy, As Americans fire up their grills and head out on road trips, there’s something to celebrate this…

Fewer American missiles being sent to Kiev could speed up the end of the conflict, spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said The freeze in US aid to Ukraine, apparently caused by production issues,…

The research has found widespread contamination from man-made products Every person in the Netherlands has so-called “forever chemicals” in their blood, often at levels above health safety limits, according to the findings…

Kiev’s accession to the bloc would drag both Brussels and Budapest into conflict with Moscow, the Hungarian prime minister has said Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has warned that Ukrainian membership of…

The president has called for the promotion of large traditional families President Vladimir Putin urged Russians on Thursday to promote large traditional families as a popular social trend, calling it essential for…

Democrat Civil War Intensifies As Obamaworld Opposes Mamdani The Democrat Party is grappling with internal divisions following Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani’s upset victory in New York City’s Democrat mayoral primary election this…

Three other city residents were wounded, local authorities have said Former Lugansk Mayor Manolis Pilavov has been killed in a blast which wounded three other residents of the Russian city, local media…

“Your ‘Equity’ Is Fake” – Robinhood Faces Backlash After OpenAI Denounces Tokenized Shares Authored by Kathleen Kinder via CoinLaw.io, OpenAI has publicly rejected Robinhood’s new “OpenAI tokens,” clarifying they do not represent actual…

Trump Sparks Domestic Labor Renaissance: Native-Born Workers Surge To Record High As Foreign-Born Plunge There were plenty of good details to report in today’s jobs report: the unexpected surge in monthly jobs…

The sixth conversation between the leaders went on for almost an hour Russian President Vladimir Putin has discussed the Ukraine conflict and its potential resolution in a sixth phone conversation with his…

CIA Memo: Obama Team ‘Excessively Involved’ In Fueling Trump-Russia Narrative Authored by Luis Cornelio via Headline USA, A newly declassified CIA memo revealed that top officials within the Obama administration deliberately manipulated intelligence to exaggerate Russia’s purported…

Goldman Finds ‘Net Purchase Intent’ For Tesla Begins Recovery  Wednesday marked delivery report day for Tesla and Rivian, as both electric vehicle makers posted figures reflecting ongoing pressure from waning demand and intensifying…

California Officials Tout New Crime Stats But Report Lacks Full Picture Authored by Jill McLaughlin via The Epoch Times, A July 1 report from the California attorney general’s office showed crime headed…

Supreme Court To Hear Challenges To State Laws Keeping Males Out Of Female Sports Authored by Matthew Vadum via The Epoch Times, The Supreme Court agreed on July 3 to consider whether…

Advancing LGBT rights is a prerequisite for Ukraine to join the European Union A Ukrainian municipal court has effectively acknowledged a same-sex relationship between two men as a legal union, despite national…

My Wray Or The Highway: New Report Raises Troubling Questions Over The FBI Spiking Report Contradicting Director Authored by Jonathan Turley, Newly declassified FBI documents obtained by Fox raise troubling questions over…

“June Looks Strong”: Boeing Monthly Aircraft Delivery Tracker Signals Recovery Goldman analysts led by Noah Poponak maintain a “Buy” rating on Boeing, citing new Planespotters data that suggests the embattled planemaker may…

Services Surveys Signal ‘Expansion’ In June, Inflation Fears Remain High On the heels of strong Manufacturing survey data this week, US Services data expectations were more mixed for June (PMI exp down,…

US House Republicans have narrowly overcome internal division to move the president’s flagship legislation forward US President Donald Trump has overcome internal Republican opposition to his sweeping spending bill, through all-caps public…

On The Cusp: House Democrats Stall ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ For Hours After GOP Votes To Advance Overnight, most of the Republican holdouts on the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ relented, flipping their support to advance the…

Donald Trump has lifted restrictions on former FIDE head Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, who called it proof of Washington’s desire for new relations Former World Chess Federation (FIDE) president Kirsan Ilyumzhinov has been removed…

Sales of new vehicles in the first half of the year fell by nearly a third, according to the Trade Ministry New car sales in Russia totaled 607,500 units in the first…

The indigenous population of the state of Victoria suffered “near-complete physical destruction” at the hands of colonists, a report has said British colonisers committed “genocide” against the Aboriginal people in the Australian…

The Russian and US presidents have held several conversations in recent months, mainly discussing the Ukraine conflict Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced that he will hold a phone call with his…

New Delhi is concerned about a bill to impose 500% tariffs on countries that buy Russian oil New Delhi has expressed its concerns with Washington over a bill that proposes to impose…

The National Assembly has passed a bill targeting the utility that belongs to Samvel Karapetyan The Armenian National Assembly has adopted a draft law allowing for the nationalization of a major electricity…

US multinationals ExxonMobil and Chevron, along with France’s TotalEnergies, are among dozens of firms taking part in the licensing round Libya has launched its first energy exploration tender since the NATO-backed 2011…

The Last Time Gold Moved Like This Was 1929 Authored by Peter Reagan via BirchGold.com, Speaking on the Money Sense podcast, Alasdair Macleod chimed in on why he believes we are in an environment…

Futures Coiled At Record High Ahead Of Closely Watched Jobs Report US equity futures are slightly higher with small caps outperforming into the payrolls report. As of 8:10am ET, S&P 500 futures…

The country could lose tens of millions of residents within a century due to falling birth rates, new projections warn South Korea’s population could decrease 85% over the next century if current…

Foxconn has reportedly sent over 300 engineers and technicians back to China iPhone manufacturer Foxconn has sent more than 300 Chinese engineers and technicians back home from its factories in India, a…

Blowout June Payrolls: 147K Jobs Added, Smashing Expectations; Unemployment Rate Drops To 4.1% After yesterday’s shockingly bad ADP print of negative 33K, the market was braced for the worse, with the whisper…

‘Deep TriState’ Layoffs Leave Continuing Jobless Claims ‘Stuck’ At Highest Since 2021 While payrolls data dominates the news on the labor market, the higher frequency (and perhaps less ‘sanitized’) jobless claims data…

House Speaker Mike Johnson asked about what the White House is doing to support the passage of the Big Beautiful Bill.  Speaker Johnson notes the administration officials are working through the resistance. …

… Put yourself in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s shoes against the backdrop of 35 previously exiled Russian officials from the United States as a result of the 2016 Intelligence Community Assessment and…

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…

Euro Stablecoin By DWS And Deutsche Bank Gets Regulatory Approval Authored by Adrian Zmudzinski via CoinTelegraph.com, AllUnity, a joint stablecoin venture by asset manager DWS and banking giant Deutsche Bank, received a…

Three of the eight personnel on board survived, authorities report A military helicopter deployed under an African Union (AU) peacekeeping mission in Somalia has crashed at the international airport in the capital,…

The House of Representatives has voted to advance President Donald Trump’s $3.3 trillion “big, beautiful bill” to its final phase in Congress.  After a long night of debate and amendment votes, the…

A crew from the UK has reportedly been unable to repair the aircraft for over 19 days A British F-35B Lightning II stealth fighter that has been grounded at Thiruvananthapuram Airport in…