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Global Silence As HTS & Allies Take Alawite Women As Sex Slaves In Syria Via The Cradle Since December, when the former Al-Qaeda affiliate, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), toppled the government of…

The US president’s new campaign merch reignites third-term rumors US President Donald Trump has launched a new line of campaign merchandise, unveiling baseball caps featuring “TRUMP 2028” – a bold signal that…

Trump Says Baby Bonus For Moms “Sounds Like A Good Idea” Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times, President Donald Trump has signaled a willingness to issue a financial bonus to…

Liberal Media Ditching “Food Deserts” Term For Far More Inflammatory-Sounding “Food Apartheid” Having worn out the use of ‘Hitler’ over the last decade, the liberal media is searching for its next sensationalist…

Zeldin Demands Mexico Act On Cross-Border Sewage Authored by Susan Crabtree via RealClearPolitics, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin’s trip Tuesday to this scenic family-friendly coastal tourist destination was all business and…

Wash. State Instructor And PhD Student Arrested After Assaulting Student Wearing MAGA Hat A Washington State University instructor and PhD student, Patrick Mahoney, was arrested after allegedly assaulting a student wearing a…

Israel argues that The Hague has no jurisdiction over its citizens The International Criminal Court (ICC) Appeals Chamber has instructed a lower panel to reconsider Israel’s objections to the court’s jurisdiction over…

Officials in Ukraine fear the “worst-case scenario,” according to the German tabloid The leadership in Kiev is bracing for a “worst-case scenario” in which US President Donald Trump cuts off all American…

‘Cuomo Lied, New Yorkers Died!’ – Protesters Storm Stage At Mayor Candidate Forum As he continues his bid for the New York City mayor’s office, scandal-plagued former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo was…

Trump’s Illegal Migrant Hunt Digs Into The IRS and Social Security Authored by Benjamin Weingarten via RealClearInvestigations, Against fierce resistance, the Trump administration is enlisting the Internal Revenue Service and Social Security…

19-Year-Old Arrested For Sparking Massive New Jersey Wildfire A 19-year-old from Ocean Township, New Jersey, has been arrested and charged with sparking what could be the Garden State’s largest wildfire in decades.  On…

Alphabet Surges After Easily Beating Estimates, New $70 Billion Stock Buyback In our preview of Alphabet’s Q1 earnings, we said the company was “Cheap, Room For Error, And Optimism Worst Is Over“,…

NATO critic Calin Georgescu’s victory in last year’s first round vote was annulled by the Constitutional Court An appeals court in Romania has suspended the Constitutional Court’s (CRR) decision to annul the…

What Is Democratic ‘Legality’? Authored by Victor Davis Hanson via American Greatness, Since 2021, the left has waged a veritable war against the American legal system in a variety of ways. One…

Who Are Possible Contenders To Succeed Pope Francis? Authored by Stacy Robinson & Joseph Lord via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The world awoke on April 21 to news that Pope Francis,…

Gabbard Asks DOJ To Prosecute 2 Alleged Leakers Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times, Two alleged intelligence community leakers have been referred to the Department of Justice (DOJ) for prosecution,…

12 Signs That U.S. Consumers Are Experiencing Far More Financial Stress Than Most People Realize Authored by Michael Snyder via The Economic Collapse blog, Consumer sentiment is plummeting, delinquency rates are rising,…

Estonia’s parliament had earlier passed legislation that could force the country’s Orthodox Church to sever its historic ties with Russia Estonian President Alar Karis has refused to sign a controversial law targeting…

North Korean Missile Used In Deadly Russian Attack On Kiev, Ukraine Claims A Ukrainian official speaking to Reuters Thursday has claimed that the missile that killed at least nine people in a major…

The US secretary of state has urged member countries to increase defense spending US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has renewed pressure on NATO members to increase their defense contributions, describing the…

Judge Halts Order Demanding Details On Efforts To Return Abrego Garcia To US Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times, The federal judge overseeing the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an…

Stocks Extend Gains After Trump Says “They” Are Having Meetings With China US equities extended their gains after President Trump told reporters that US was having daily ongoing talks with China. “Well,…

Trump To Go After Democrat Fundraising Juggernaut ActBlue In Presidential Memorandum: Report President Trump is expected to sign a presidential memorandum on Thursday targeting major Democrat online donation platform, ActBlue – specifically…

Trump Admin Asks Supreme Court To Allow Prohibition Of Troops With Gender Dysphoria Authored by San Dorman via The Epoch Times, The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to halt a…

Ugly, Tailing 7Y Auction Sees Lowest Foreign Demand In Over 3 Years The week’s last coupon auction is in the books, and perhaps because people are just tired of dealing with the…

Institutions Break Up With Ethereum But Keep ETH On The Hook Authored by Yohan Yun via CoinTelegraph.com, Ethereum is entering one of its most precarious periods since its inception. Usage on the…

“Our Export Orders Disappeared”: Chinese Factories Shutting Down, Laying Off Workers, FT Finds By now it has become abundantly clear (and if it isn’t, the openly biased media has certainly made it…

Participants of an international conference have noted the crisis of Western dominance and stressed the need for a UN-led new world order Foreign policy experts have highlighted the emergence of a multipolar…

President Donald Trump will be holding a celebration of his 100 days in office during a stop in Michigan.  It makes sense to pick Michigan as the auto industry is representative of…

UK and French intelligence have been fabricating smears about the US president’s alleged ties to Moscow, the SVR has claimed Europe is seeking to undermine US President Donald Trump’s efforts to broker…

Peace Will Be Achieved When Ukraine Withdraws From 4 Annexed Territories: Peskov Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has filled in a little bit more of the details in the wake of a Financial…

Andrzej Duda has called on Kiev to make concessions to end the conflict with Russia Ukraine will have to compromise to achieve a peace settlement with Russia, Polish President Andrzej Duda has…

Trump Says Could Meet Putin ‘Shortly After’ Upcoming Middle East Trip President Donald Trump has said he could meet with Russia’s Vladimir Putin shortly after his upcoming trip to the Middle East…

Fake It Till Trump Makes It By Michael Every of Rabobank Fake it till Trump makes it Markets were thrilled this week as Bloomberg reported US Treasury Secretary Bessent saying 145% US…

France and the UK reportedly showed a weakening desire to deploy troops to Ukraine at recent talks France and the UK displayed a weakening resolve to put boots on the ground in…

Kiev could default if it doesn’t make a $600 million payment due next month Ukraine’s government announced on Thursday that it has failed to reach an agreement to restructure some $2.6 billion…

PepsiCo Prints “Rare” Earnings Miss As Volatility & Uncertainty Mount It’s rare for PepsiCo to miss Bloomberg Consensus earnings estimates. Still, the soda and snack giant has stumbled amid growing uncertainty surrounding…

US Existing Home Sales Weakest March Since Great Financial Crisis Following an unexpectedly large jump in February (biggest in a year), existing home sales were expected to drop significantly in March, and…

Anduril Co-Founder Warns: U.S. Munitions Stockpile Would Last One Week In Hot Conflict The United States would deplete its munitions stockpile if it entered into genetic warfare against a global superpower, Anduril…

New Poll Data Confirms The Democrats’ Worst Fears Authored by Matt Margolis via PJMedia.com, Can you believe it? The Democrats, once the supposed champions of the working class, have exposed themselves as…

Sergey Naryshkin has said he held a phone call with John Ratcliffe and announced the possibility of a future face-to-face Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) chief Sergey Naryshkin has said he may…

The Ukrainian leader’s visit to South Africa is not a bilateral courtesy, but part of a grander Euro-American project to fracture the Global South When Ukraine’s leader Vladimir Zelensky lands on African…

Moscow is closely monitoring the EU’s militarization, Sergey Shoigu has warned Moscow reserves the right to launch a nuclear strike in response to Western military aggression, Sergey Shoigu, secretary of Russia’s National…

China Dismisses Reports Of US Trade Progress As “Fake News,” Demands Removal Of Unilateral Tariffs Before Negotiating Table  Wednesday’s equity market rollercoaster—sharp pops and drops—was driven by conflicting reports on headlines surrounding…

WTF Are CEOs Waiting For? Jobless Claims Refuse To Buckle To ‘Recession’ Narrative The number of Americans filing for jobless benefits for the first time rose very modestly to 222k last week….

“Vladimir, STOP!” Trump Responds To ‘Massive’ Russian Missile Strike On Kiev, Leaving 9 Dead Amid stalled US-led peace talks, Russia launched a massive overnight attack on Ukraine, including raining down ballistic missiles…

Futures Drop On Tariff Concerns As Dollar Slides It’s risk-off price action this morning, with US equity futures lower, rates rallying across the curve, macro credit opening softer, while the USD trades…

American Air Yanks Full Year Guidance As Trade Wars Hinder Travel Demand Prediction  American Airlines posted a mixed first-quarter report, highlighted by an earnings beat, continued debt reduction, and firm performance in its loyalty…

The US president earlier signaled a potential easing of the proposed tariffs and said he has discussed the situation with Beijing Beijing has pushed back on US President Donald Trump’s claims that…

Massive Buying Of Boeing Aircraft Sends US Durable Goods Orders Soaring In March US Durable Goods Orders printed a massive 9.2% MoM surge in preliminary March data, massively beating the +2.0% MoM…

Relations between the neighbors have cratered following a deadly attack in Kashmir that killed 26 people Tensions between India and Pakistan have sharply escalated following a deadly attack in the Indian-administered Kashmir…

Nintendo Switch 2 Frenzy: “Selling Out” Across US Retailers As Tariffs Won’t Impact Pricing  U.S. families with young gamers can breathe a sigh of relief this week as Goldman analysts told clients that the…

NPR: Abrego Garcia Was “Living Quietly” In Maryland Before He Was Deported Authored by Jonathan Turley, Yesterday, I tweeted out after hearing a segment on National Public Radio on the case of…

The decision follows extensive consultations with political parties, according to the National Treasury Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has scrapped the 0.5% Value Added Tax (VAT) hike that was set to kick in on May…

The first nation to master the technology will dominate on the battlefield, the president has predicted Russia must lead the way in implementing artificial intelligence within its military to harness its potential,…

The US president is not only “a powerful political leader” but also a “strong man,” spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said Russian President Vladimir Putin respects his US counterpart Donald Trump because he…

The US president stated earlier that Ukraine lost the peninsula “years ago” US President Donald Trump’s statement that Ukraine lost Crimea many years ago aligns entirely with Moscow’s position, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry…

The country’s Court of Appeal reportedly never processed the document, making it unenforceable Russian President Vladimir Putin would not be at risk of being arrested in Italy under an International Criminal Court…

Western powers want to present the fall of the Syrian regime as a strategic defeat for Moscow, but its goals have changed in the past decade The ousting of longtime Syrian President…

Western interference in Ukraine forced Russia to act, Dmitry Peskov has stated European leaders who chose to ignore Russia’s security concerns must share the blame for the deterioration of relations with Moscow,…

Okinawa Island has seen a spate of sexual assaults reportedly committed by American military personnel over the past year Two US Marines stationed on Japan’s Okinawa Island are under investigation for allegedly…

France and the UK are calling for the deployment of Western “reassurance” forces A majority of Poles opposed the idea of sending national troops to Ukraine, should Kiev and Moscow agree to…

The Path Ahead: Soar, Stall, Or Plummet Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, We have good and bad news for investors who want to know whether the stock market will soar, stall,…

The Big Short & The Bigger Long Authored by Egon von Greyerz via VonGreyerz.gold, For at least 35 years, the monetary system has been telling us that the current era is coming…

These Are The States Where Americans Have The Most Cash In The Bank In times of economic uncertainty, cash is king. But where do Americans have the most cash in the bank?…

“King Of Kings” Christian Film Outperforms Many Woke Studios At Box Office The animated biblical film “The King of Kings”, featuring Pierce Brosnan and produced by Angel Studios—the once small-time production company behind the…

New Delhi has stepped up retaliatory measures after a major terrorist attack in Kashmir left 26 people dead India has revoked the visas of all Pakistanis in the country and has ordered…

Trump recently slammed Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky for refusing to even consider relinquishing claims over the peninsula European leaders have rejected a US proposal to recognize Russia’s sovereignty over Crimea as part of…

The move comes after New Delhi halted a water-sharing treaty following a deadly terrorist attack  Pakistan has announced the closure of its airspace to all Indian airlines and the suspension of trade…

Moscow’s concern goes beyond worries about Russophobia, the region’s decline has consequences for the world Western Europe is once again returning to a familiar role: a primary source of global instability. For…

The attack targeted military-related industries, as well as facilities producing rocket fuel and gunpowder, the Defense Ministry has said The Russian military carried out a “massive” overnight strike on targets across Ukraine…

The Indian prime minister has promised justice for the victims of the Kashmir massacre Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi issued a strong warning on Thursday to those responsible for the recent terrorist…

Both US officials have commented on a piece claiming Washington plans to lift Russia sanctions as part of a potential Ukraine peace deal US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and President Donald…

The presence of foreign “peacekeepers” could lead to a direct confrontation with Russia, Sergey Shoigu has warned The deployment of foreign troops to Ukraine could lead to a clash between Russia and…

Moscow has trained more than 150 specialists in combating outbreaks on the continent since 2023, President Vladimir Putin has said Russia’s health watchdog, Rospotrebnadzor, has collaborated with Ethiopia’s Health Ministry to conduct…

A total of 87 UAVs were downed over Russia, with 45 over the peninsula, the Defense Ministry has said The Russian military has downed almost a hundred Ukrainian drones overnight across several…

Two suspects allegedly planned a drone attack at a petrochemical plant in Nizhny Novgorod Region Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has announced that it has thwarted a planned drone attack on a…

Other NATO members must contribute more to deal with the threats they supposedly face, the Pentagon chief has said European NATO members must overcome their dependence on the US for security and…

UK To Greenlight Experiments To “Dim The Sun” In Bid To Stop Global Warming It’s a project reminiscent of the movie Snowpiercer, in which governments institute a global experiment to spray chemicals…

Back With A Vengeance: Nina Jankowicz Calls On Europeans To Oppose The US Authored by Jonathan Turley, Nina Jankowicz, the former head of Biden’s infamous Disinformation Governance Board, was “back with a…

Auto Tariffs Increasingly Looking Like A “Permanent Fixture”, Deutsche Bank Says According to Deutsche Bank, with U.S. auto tariffs increasingly looking like a permanent fixture, they’re closely monitoring how automakers are responding…

Nikita Goldin has succumbed to his injuries a month after a rocket strike that killed three other journalists A Russian military correspondent who sustained serious injuries in a Ukrainian attack a month…

Kiev has faced the brunt of the attack, with numerous casualties, fires, and damage to non-residential buildings, officials have said The Russian military has launched a wave of missile and drone strikes…

Trump Trade War Results In Record $12 Billion Surge In Customs Revenues Sometimes, especially when stocks are tumbling, bond yields are soaring and the dollar looks like it is about to lose…

Earth Day 2025: Our Power, Our Planet, Our Propaganda Authored by Benjamin Zycher via RealClearEnergy, It is Earth Day 2025, the central religious holiday of the environmental left, and the theme this year is…

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…

Quod licet Iovi, non licet bovi The world keeps changing, and not always for the better. We have witnessed the rapid degradation of many supranational legal structures, which have fallen victim to…

The two clashed over who should control the Internal Revenue Service Tech billionaire Elon Musk and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent were involved in a heated shouting match inside the White House last…

Boeing CEO Confirms China Halted Orders; Goldman Notes “Improved Earnings Results” For Planemaker  Boeing reported first-quarter results that Goldman analysts described as “improved,” but the real headline this morning isn’t the earnings—it’s…

Stop All Federal Funding Of Universities Authored by Connor O’Keeffe via The Mises Institute, The Trump administration has found itself in a dispute with Harvard University. It began when the President’s team sent several…

Iraqis Outraged By Visit Of Syrian Leader Jolani Over al-Qaeda Past Via Middle East Eye Safaa Rashid was barely an adult in 2005 when an explosion ripped through the Iraqi capital Baghdad, killing his…

Behind Yesterday’s Gold Selloff: Near-Record ETF Liquidation Amid yesterday’s equity meltup, ETFs accounted for 34% of the overall tape (vs an YTD avg 28%) as the desk skewed better to buy driven…

Russia will not ignore the expansion of potentially hostile military infrastructure along its borders, says Dmitry Peskov Moscow never had any “problems” with the US-led military bloc’s newest members, Finland and Sweden,…

Waste Of The Day: NY Staircase Costs Almost $1 Million Per Step Authored by Jerremy Portnoy via RealClearInvestigations, Topline: Every journey starts with a single step, but the cost of each step…

Palestinian Authority’s Abbas Calls Hamas ‘Sons Of Dogs’ & Demands Release Of Hostages In Fiery Speech Political fractures on the Palestinian side have become more and more public as the Gaza war…

It Appears That Mass Deportations Of The Elderly Are Not Being Considered Authored by Jonathan Turley, With all of the coverage yesterday of the heated arguments in Mahmoud v. Taylor, one order of…

Xiaomi To Delay First SUV Release After Fatal Accident Xiaomi has postponed the launch of its first electric SUV, the YU7, following a fatal accident involving its flagship EV—a setback in its…

The US president has previously accused Vladimir Zelensky of undermining his peace efforts US President Donald Trump has said he expected Vladimir Zelensky to be much “easier to deal with” than Russian President…

End The “Green New Scam” Loan Machine Authored by André Béliveau via RealClearEnergy, The U.S. Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office (LPO) was created to help advance clean-energy infrastructure and technologies that…