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Cooperating with Kiev is a chance for the EU to rediscover its identity, Denis Shmigal has claimed Ukraine is the central point around which a new geometry of Europe is being built,…

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Goods from Ivory Coast have been slapped with a 21% duty as part of Trump’s latest trade measures Ivory Coast (Cote d’Ivoire) could take measures to increase the prices of cocoa if…

The Ukrainians allegedly referred to Britain’s military chiefs as the “brains” of the “anti-Putin” coalition, according to the exposé Britain’s military leadership played a far more extensive and covert role in the…

Escobar: Russia–Iran–China – All For One, And One For All? Authored by Pepe Escobar via The Cradle, Russia and Iran are at the forefront of the multi-layered Eurasia integration process – the…

These Are Most Common Types Of Fraud In America Americans are losing more money to scams than ever before. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) estimates that Americans lost $12.5 billion to fraud…

Water Wars, Begun They Have Water conflicts are on the rise around the world, according to data from the Pacific Institute. In the first four years of this decade alone, there have been 785…

Judge Sides With Trump Admin On Identification Rules For Illegal Immigrants Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A federal judge has allowed the Trump administration to enforce identification…

US Consolidates Position Among Highest-Spending Global Cities In 2020, there were five U.S. entries among the cities with the biggest consumer spending in the world. By 2040, this will have risen to six with…

The Sahel: Emerging Center Of Global Islamism Authored by Nils Haug via The Gatestone Institute, The center of world terrorist activity and violent death is no longer the Middle East. The “Sahel…

Venezuela’s PDVSA Pulls Export Papers For Two Tankers Destined For USA  Two large tankers loaded with Venezuelan crude and chartered by Chevron are stranded in Venezuelan waters after state oil firm PDVSA revoked export authorizations…

Trump Admin Reaches Agreements With 5 Law Firms Authored by Jackson Richman via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Trump administration announced on April 11 that it has reached agreements with five…

Democratic State Attorneys General Sue To Restore COVID-Related Programs For K-12 Students Authored by Jacob Burg via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A group of Democratic state attorneys general and a governor…

A New Food Pyramid For A Metabolically Unwell Nation Authored by Sheramy Tsai via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), With chronic illnesses soaring across the United States, a group of doctors and…

Keith Kellogg has accused The Times of misrepresenting his words about the demilitarized zone and areas of “responsibility” US President Donald Trump’s special envoy to Ukraine, General Keith Kellogg, has rejected the…

DOJ Launches ‘Second Amendment Task Force’ To Guard Gun Rights Authored by Wim De Gent via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced the establishment of a…

How Chinese Imports Are Leveraged In Cyberattacks Authored by Andrew Thornebrooke via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), News Analysis For more than a decade, cybersecurity experts across the government and private sectors…

Judge Rules Trump Can Deport Pro-Palestine Columbia Activist, Cites “Potentially Serious Foreign Policy Consequences” A top US immigration judge has ruled that the Trump administration can deport Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud…

New Colorado Law Makes It Far More Difficult To Buy Semiautomatic Firearms Enacting what gun-grabbers see as the next-best thing to an outright “assault weapon” ban, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on Thursday…

The US president’s confidant spent over four hours behind closed doors with the Russian leader in St. Petersburg White House special envoy Steve Witkoff has departed Russia in the same secrecy he…

California’s Disastrously Run College Financial Aid Program Is Filled With Fake ‘ChatGPT’ Students Authored by Victoria Taft via PJMedia.com, First, you must admit you have a problem.  It’s unclear the state of…

Trump Tells Putin To ‘Get Moving’ On Ukraine Peace Negotiations, Clock Ticking  White House special envoy Steve Witkoff was in St. Petersburg Friday where he met with President Putin for the third…

The Wicked Flee… Authored by James Howard Kunstler, “No more government in the shadows.”  – Mike Benz The decade-long treasonous hectoring of Mr. Trump keeps on coming, you understand, for the simple…

Houthis Offer Reciprocal Truce With US: ‘Not At War With The American People’ A top Houthi official has offered Washington a truce in the Red Sea, if the US stops attacking Yemen….

The Russian military has reportedly been advancing toward key strongholds Ukrainian soldiers have been raising fear of possible encirclement as Russian forces continue to advance along the front line, CNN has reported,…

USPS To Hike Stamp Prices By About 7.4% To 78 Cents Effective This Summer The U.S. Postal Service has proposed raising the price of a “forever” stamp from 73 cents to 78…

The Russian president has held a marathon meeting with Steve Witkoff The discussions between Russian President Vladimir Putin and White House special envoy Steve Witkoff on Friday involved “aspects of the settlement…

Did the President of the United States get what he wanted? “Now I’ve seen it all.” I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve said that to myself over the past few…

A State Department spokesperson has confirmed previous media reports that Bridget Brink is leaving after three years in post The US State Department has confirmed that Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink will…

Russia & US Reveal Details Of Latest Talks In Istanbul  American and Russian delegations continued their direct engagement in an effort toward normalization, meeting Thursday in Istanbul for talks which lasted for…

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s meeting with Steve Witkoff lasted four hours Steve Witkoff’s visit to Russia is aimed at facilitating direct US communications with the Kremlin as part of a broader effort…

In Congressional Testimony, Whistleblower Accuses Meta Of Aiding China’s Censorship Authored by Samantha Flom via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A former Facebook executive told Congress on April 9 that she watched…

Sam Altman-Backed Oklo Among 8 Names Selected To Provide Nuclear Microreactors For U.S. Military Bases The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), alongside the Army and Air Force, has launched the Advanced Nuclear Power…

The Asymmetric Gold Trade Authored by Jim Rickards via Investors Daily, Gold has reached a new all-time high, surpassing $3,200 per ounce. I anticipate it could climb even higher in the near…

Calin Georgescu has claimed his opposition to the supposed plans led to his candidacy being invalidated by the “globalist mafia” Calin Georgescu, a former Romanian presidential candidate whose bid was controversially invalidated…

Yura Borisov’s contract with UTA will see him “represented in all areas,” according to Variety magazine Russian Oscar-nominated actor Yura Borisov, known for his role in US director Sean Baker’s film ‘Anora’,…

Trade War Turbulence: Chinese Airline Delays Boeing Jet Delivery In Possible Non-Tariff Countermeasure China announced earlier that it had raised its levies on U.S. goods to 125%, up from the previous 84%, but…

Paying A Heavy Price For Going After A Tax-Cheat Named Hunter Biden Authored by Nancy Rommelmann via RealClearInvestigations, Joe Ziegler is not a beaten man – not for his antagonists’ lack of…

“Groundbreaking” FDA Shift Away From Animal Testing Sends Lab Shares Into Freefall  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a major policy shift late Thursday, signaling the replacement of traditional animal testing—particularly in monoclonal…

Is The Consumer Tapping Out? Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, The recent implementation of tariffs has the media buzzing about increased recession odds as the consumer faces potentially higher costs. While…

Hope Harbor Society has been accused of collecting funds for Ukraine’s military and backing Russian opposition The Office of the Russian Prosecutor General has designated the US non-governmental organization Hope Harbor Society…

“We Are Now A Global Destabilizer”: Larry Fink Stunned By Trump Tariffs Speaking after BlackRock’s Q1 earnings report on a call with Wall Street analysts, CEO Larry Fink said he was troubled…

Tulsi Gabbard Drops Two Huge Bombshells Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard made a startling revelation during an open cabinet meeting Wednesday, announcing that she has evidence that…

Americans’ Expectations Plunge To 45 Year Lows As Democrats Send UMich Inflation Expectations Soaring The cognitive dissonance for Democratic UMich survey respondents is about to go to ’11’ as various ‘hard’ data…

Three Killed In Cessna Crash Near Boca Raton Airport A Cessna 310R crashed near the Boca Raton Airport in South Florida on Friday morning.  Boca News Now reports: We have learned three people were…

Bombshell DoD / DIA Reports Suggest Biden Pentagon Suppressed COVID-19 Origins Investigation Two newly uncovered documents – one from the Defense Department and another from a medical intelligence unit within the Pentagon…

The British royal has toured a rehabilitation center for wounded Ukrainian troops Prince Harry has made a secret trip to the city of Lviv in western Ukraine, which was only announced to…

Trump Urges Mexico To Honor Water Treaty Or Face Possible Sanctions, More Tariffs Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times, President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened Mexico with possible sanctions and…

The White House is reportedly weighing advertising and cash incentives to persuade residents of the Arctic island to join the US US President Donald Trump’s administration is planning a public relations campaign…

Citi’s Former Global Strat Head: Gold More Room To Run “[Gold] is certainly a large position in my portfolio.” That was Matt King, former head of global strategy for Citibank, from last…

Tehran has reportedly deemed it unrealistic to reach a comprehensive accord within the two-month timeframe set by the US Iran could pursue an interim nuclear deal with the US as a stopgap…

Washington’s policy will go down “as a joke in the history of world economics,” according to Beijing China likened the United States’ tariff policy to a ‘numbers game’ with no practical meaning…

Utilizing Ukrainian resources is acceptable but not in the manner Trump proposes, the former secretary of state has claimed Former US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said he sees nothing inherently…

Energy Secretary Hints At Military Action Against Iran’s Global Oil Exports Amid Trump’s anti-Iran ‘maximum pressure’ and the current climate of the White House telling Tehran to negotiate a new nuclear deal or…

Producer Prices Plunged Most Since COVID In March Following the cooler-than-expected consumer price inflation print, producers prices were expected to accelerate modestly in March. The analysts were totally wrong… Headline PPI fell…

There are no winners in a tariff war, the Chinese president has said The United States risks isolating itself by pursuing unilateral trade restrictions, Chinese President Xi Jinping warned on Friday during…

Spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said that talks between the Russian president and Steve Witkoff could stretch to several hours Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to meet with Steve Witkoff, special envoy for…

The former US vice president has kept a lower public profile since her defeat to Donald Trump in the 2024 election Former US Vice President Kamala Harris is considering a run for…

Tesla Quietly Removes Model S/X “Order Now” Button From Chinese Site Tesla has quietly removed the “Order Now” button for its Model S and Model X vehicles on its Chinese website, signaling potential…

Futures Flat, Gold Soars, Dollar Crashes After China Hikes US Tariffs To 125% Things are moving so fast it’s becoming pointless to do static market wraps like this one, but may as…

Bitcoin: Exit-Ramp From Dollar Hegemony Submitted by QTR’s Fringe Finance The recent selloff in U.S. Treasury bonds—once considered the bedrock of global financial stability—could signal something far deeper than just a market…

China Escalates With 125% Tariff On US Imports, Signals Will “Ignore” Future Retaliation Around the close of Hong Kong trading hours, Beijing retaliated against President Trump’s tariffs by hiking levies on U.S. goods…

Bud Light Reclaims Top Spot As America’s Favorite Beer As Americans celebrated National Beer Day on April 7 – the anniversary of the Cullen-Harrison Act, which marked the end of Prohibition in…

JPMorgan Reports Mixed Q1 Results: Record Trading Revenues As FICC Misses; Credit Reserves Soar And they’re off. Moments ago Q1 earnings season kicked off when JPM reported earnings, and while everyone has…

Morgan Stanley Shares Cling To Gains After Equity Trading Unit Beats, Wealth Mgmnt Disappoints Morgan Stanley shares are holding on to gains in the pre-market after the bank reported Q1 equities sales and…

The foreign minister stressed that nobody “would even hypothetically consider handing over those people” to the Ukrainian leader  Vladimir Zelensky’s openly declared hatred for Russians means he must not and will not…

Hollywood’s Box Office Blow: China Plans To “Moderately Reduce” US Film Releases President Donald Trump announced an increase in tariffs on Chinese goods to 125% on Wednesday, shortly after Beijing retaliated by…

France Surpasses Germany As Europe’s Top Asylum Destination So Far This Year Authored by Thomas Brooke via Remix News, Germany is no longer the leading destination for asylum seekers in Europe, according…

The US-mediated moratorium was intended to safeguard crucial infrastructure on both sides of the Ukraine conflict Ukrainian forces have launched five separate attacks against Russian energy infrastructure in 24 hours, the Defense…

Ether ETF Staking Could Come As Soon As May Authored by Alex O’Donnell via CoinTelegraph.com, Ether exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in the United States may be able to start staking a portion of…

No one on board was harmed during the accident, including the bird South African authorities have announced that a helicopter which crashed in the country on January 19, 2025 had been brought…

Men are being caught in the streets “like animals” by Kiev’s enlistment officers, Anatoly Kinakh has said An increasing number of Ukrainian men are dodging the military draft because they do not…

First quarter shipments abroad totaled 11.8 million tons, according to statistics Russia’s wheat exports to African countries surged in the first quarter of 2025 compared to the same period last year, with…

Beijing’s move is a response to the 125% duties announced by the White House earlier this week China will raise tariffs on American goods coming into the country from 84% to 125%,…

Global Executions Hit Highest Level Since 2015 Amnesty International recorded 1,518 executions under the death penalty worldwide in 2024, marking an increase of 32 percent since the year before when 1,153 people were put to death….

Ten Environmentalist Myths Authored by Edward Ring via American Greatness, The first Earth Day was organized in 1970 in response to growing public concern for the environment. Many of these concerns were entirely justified….

Moscow and New Delhi are aiming to strengthen their bilateral investment cooperation The Indian and Russian governments have reached an agreement to collaborate on six new strategic projects, with an aim to…

The absolute #1 tell highlighting this as a nonsense exercise, a delay tactic on behalf of the swamp, is the venue for Tulsi Gabbard’s “new task force” announcement, Sean Hannity. In order…

The rapid change in Ursula von der Leyen now starts to make sense.  According to a press release [SEE HERE] from European Big Pharma, they recently had a meeting with the EU…

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…

President Trump holds a cabinet meeting and invites the press to attend and ask questions. . Posted in President Trump, Press Secretary – Trump, Trade Deal The post President Trump Invites Media…

Washington is interested in looking at the root causes of the fighting between Moscow and Kiev, the Russian foreign minister has said The US genuinely wants a diplomatic solution to the Ukraine…

Steve Witkoff is expected to meet with President Vladimir Putin on Friday US President Donald Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, has traveled to Russia to meet with President Vladimir Putin, Axios has…

Most Americans Now Have Negative View Of Israel – Under-50 GOP Support Craters While the Trump administration earnestly redistributes billions of dollars of American wealth to Israel, that country’s immensely-destructive war in…

US Geopolitical Chess: Strategies Against China, Russia, And Iran Authored by Yang Wei via The Epoch Times, As the United States brokers a cease-fire between Russia and Ukraine, the Trump administration’s unique…

Trump Suggests Israel Would ‘Lead’ Possible Attack On Iran At a moment the whole world is closely following Trump’s tariff back-and-forth and the rapid impact on global markets, President Trump has again…

Why Americans Oppose DEI Authored by Scott Yenor via AmericanMind.org, The following is a lightly edited version of a speech that was delivered to university administrators at the annual meeting of the…

Do You Think You’ll Ever Know, Now That You Have Handed Your Mind To The Machine? Authored by Edward Curtin via Off-Guardian.org, We live in a 24/7 media society of the spectacle…

The US president has praised his government efficiency tsar for doing a “fantastic job” US President Donald Trump has heaped praise on Elon Musk, the head of his government waste-cutting task force,…

America Has Failed To Secure Red Sea Navigation: Houthi Leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, leader of the Yemen’s Houthi group, is once again directly challenging the United States by essentially declaring victory over US…

3 Shocking Truths Most People Don’t Know About Money In Bank Accounts… Authored by Nick Giambruno via InternationalMan.com, Henry Ford once astutely observed that a revolution would occur overnight if people truly understood…

Brussels could target American “digital services” if tariff talks collapse, according to Ursula von der Leyen The European Union is prepared to impose bloc-wide tariffs on major US tech companies, such as…

The Supreme Court Must Clarify Presidential Power Authored by Jeffrey Tucker via The Epoch Times, Signs are appearing all over my neighborhood. They say “Rejecting Kings Since 1776.” It does not take…

Moscow Dragging Beijing Into Ukraine War By ‘Systematic’ Recruitment, Zelensky Says Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky continues trying to put pressure on China and make the case to Western allies that there’s an…

A Decade Of Headwinds Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, These headwinds will persist for the next decade or two. The stock market is rallying hard after a brutal sell-off–not…

The Silence On China’s Chipmaking Emissions It’s hard to understand why Bloomberg would undermine its credibility by citing a report from the radical far-left environmental group Greenpeace —but here we are.  Greenpeace,…

President Donald Trump has suggested there must be “something artificial” during a Cabinet meeting US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has announced a large-scale federal initiative aimed at…

The Atlantic Insists On COVID Denial Authored by Ian Miller via The Brownstone Institute, In a spectacular feat of reality-denying partisanship, the political left has convinced itself that they’ve somehow admitted wrongdoing…

March Deficit Unexpectedly Tumbles To 5 Year Low As DOGE Cracks Down On Democrat Money-Laundering Schemes One month ago, when looking at the latest US Treasury income and spending, or as it…