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State Farm Asks California Insurance Department For Emergency 22 Percent Rate Increase Authored by Jill McLaughlin via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), California’s largest home insurer asked the state’s insurance department for…

The US president announced a plan to “level” the Palestinian enclave turn it into the “Riviera of the Middle East” US President Donald Trump has announced that the United States will assume…

Time To Build Backyard Chicken Coop As Wholesale Egg Prices Hit New Record Highs The latest wholesale data from Urner Barry shows egg prices continuing to soar to new record highs amid…

The US president has doubled down on his Gaza resettlement idea during a meeting with the Israeli PM President Donald Trump, during a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the…

7 Charged In America’s Biggest COVID Tax Credit Fraud Scheme Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, A group of seven who allegedly sought to steal hundreds of millions of dollars…

Elon Musk Is “Special Government Employee”, White House Confirms Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times, The White House on Monday confirmed that Space X and Tesla founder and CEO Elon…

USAID Panic Mode: Bill Gates Goes On MSM, Bashes Musk’s DOGE, Fear-Mongers About Next Pandemic Globalist billionaire Bill Gates made the rounds on far-left corporate media outlets on Tuesday morning, criticizing Elon Musk’s DOGE to fold…

What’s Happening Is Breathtaking… Authored by Chris Martenson via PeakProsperity.com, These are extraordinary times, and I mean that in every literal and historical sense I can muster. Trump has started a revolution,…

Alphabet Tumbles On Cloud, Revenue Miss; Expects Surge In 2025 CapEx Silicon Valley is still reeling from the sudden rise of China’s “budget” AI startup DeepSeek, which rocked the industry when it…

The nomination now proceeds to a full Senate vote, where Republicans hold a majority Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has moved closer to becoming the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services…

Numerous “foreign objects” have been recovered from the wreckage of the Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed in December under unclear circumstances Kazakhstan’s Transport Ministry released on Tuesday a preliminary report on the…

The billionaire accused the former US president of using taxpayer money to support unlawful border crossings Elon Musk has accused the administration of former US President Joe Biden of redirecting billions of…

The Ukrainian leader has stated he considers the Russian president “an enemy” and believes the feeling is mutual Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky has expressed readiness to negotiate with Russian President Vladimir Putin…

The former Democratic congresswoman has secured a key Senate committee approval Former Democratic congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard has secured a crucial endorsement from the Senate Intelligence Committee to become the next US director…

Ahmed al-Sharaa has said the country needs time to establish a political system and rebuild its infrastructure Syria’s transitional president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, has announced that elections will not be held for up…

Poland has reiterated its opposition to the new bloc-wide policy regarding asylum seekers The Polish government is firmly opposed to accepting any relocated asylum seekers under the EU’s migration pact, which threatens…

Panama Mulls Port Deal Cancellation With China After Rubio’s Sunday Rumble At Canal Days after US Secretary of State Marco Rubio blasted the Panamanian government for allowing Chinese “influence and control” over the Panama…

NJ Governor Taunts Tom Homan With Claim He’s Housing An Illegal; Homan Calls His Bluff; Murphy Admits It Was All A Lie Authored by Olivia Murray via AmericanThinker.com, Everyone already knows how…

Nuclear weapons and missile systems would be the only adequate substitutes to NATO membership, the Ukrainian leader has claimed Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky has proposed that the West should give Kiev nuclear…

Still No Progress Made On Arranging Trump-Putin Summit, Kremlin Says The Kremlin on Tuesday responded to various international reports saying that progress is being made on preparations for a meeting between US…

US Senator Hints Trump’s Latest EO Could Mean The US Buying Bitcoin Authored by Turner Wright via CoinTelegraph.com, US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order directing the government to create…

Ukraine Open To Trump Demand To Exchange Rare Earth Elements For Arms Apparently President Donald Trump’s ‘Victory Plan’ for Ukraine will involve the war-ravaged country agreeing to grant the US unprecedented access…

Multiple “foreign objects” were found inside the Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed late last year, yet Russia has still received none of them Moscow has not received any of the “foreign objects”…

The Russian foreign minister has reaffirmed Moscow’s commitment to strengthening partnerships with Africa African countries are playing an increasingly important role in global politics and economics and are actively participating in addressing…

Trump’s Attack On The Deep State Is Spectacular And Almost Certainly Legal Authored by Andrea Widburg via AmericanThinker.com, In the last few days, Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (“DOGE”) has effectively…

20,000 Government Workers Take Trump Buyout Offer As Mass Layoffs Loom Approximately 20,000 federal workers, or around 1% of the federal workforce, have accepted the Trump administration’s “buyout” offer before Thursday’s deadline,…

About ten people have reportedly been killed in the town of Orebro About ten people have been killed in a mass shooting at an adult education center in western Sweden in what…

The president has required all FBI agents to fill out a questionnaire disclosing what role they played in the January 6 probes FBI agents investigating UFOs are concerned about losing their jobs…

House Panel Asks PBS, NPR Chiefs To Testify On Alleged “Biased Content” Authored by Mark Tapscott via The Epoch Times, The heads of the taxpayer-funded Public Broadcasting System (PBS) and National Public…

NY AG Letitia James Defies Trump’s EO, Orders Hospitals To Comply With State Laws Allowing Transgender Procedures On Kids Authored by Debra Heine via American Greatness, In open defiance of President Trump’s…

‘The Disaster After The Disaster’: Toxic Hazards Threaten Los Angeles Residents Authored by Beige Luciano-Adams via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Anita Ghazarian and Simon Penny live in a house on the…

Moderna Stock Dumps After RFK Advances To Full Senate Vote Shares of vaccine maker Moderna sold off to the tune of 5.5% on Tuesday after Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump’s…

Looking For Changes At The Fed Authored by Robert Aro via The Mises Institute, Last week, Fed Chair Jerome Powell held his first press conference under President Trump’s second term. Powell swiftly…

El Salvador Offers To Imprison America’s Dangerous Criminals “For A Fee” El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele has offered to “house in his jails dangerous American criminals” and accept deportees of any nationality,…

The deportation comes amid President Donald Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration A US military plane has taken 205 illegal migrants back to India, an American official told Reuters on Monday. This reportedly…

A foreign policy based on exceptionalism risks undermining the global order, the Russian foreign minister has said The United States’ ‘America First’ policy has disturbing similarities to the slogan ‘Germany above all’…

The Hungarian prime minister has said his nation is ready for Donald Trump’s presidency despite the EU’s fears of a trade war Hungary does not share the EU’s concerns about a possible…

Russia will host the Intervision Song Contest later this year, according to an order signed by the president Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed an order to hold the Intervision Song Contest…

For a fee, El Salvador is ready to accommodate any convicted criminals, be they illegal aliens or American citizens The President of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, has proposed that the US “outsources…

Sam Altman has called the Chinese AI model “impressive” and welcomed competition, despite concerns over reverse-engineering GPT OpenAI has “no plans” to pursue legal action against DeepSeek, a Chinese artificial intelligence startup…

London is reportedly considering ramping up US arms and energy imports The UK government is considering purchasing more liquefied natural gas (LNG) as well as F-35 fighter jets from the US in…

Atrocities that happen on the inconvenient side of the barricades must not be swept under the rug Russia’s Investigative Committee has announced the initiation of a criminal investigation into the killing of civilians…

It Looks Like A Looming Monroe Doctrine Pan-North American Trade Stance Is Being Prepared By Michael Every of Rabobank 20,000 Ledes Under the “See!” The North American trade war is over before…

The industry is a major contributor to the country’s economy and job creation, says sector minister Patricia de Lille South Africa’s tourism industry recorded a 5.1% increase in international arrivals in 2024,…

The ‘Anne of Kiev’ brigade has formed a special branch to search for hundreds of soldiers who are believed to have gone AWOL An infamous French-trained Ukrainian brigade has initiated an investigation…

US Factory Orders Declined Overall In 2025 Despite a surge in the Manufacturing (soft) survey data in December and January, ‘hard’ data continues to disappoint… Source: Bloomberg …as US Factory Orders fell…

The US president has expressed willingness for dialogue with Moscow and a desire to end the Ukraine conflict Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have been identified as potential venues for…

Job Openings Unexpectedly Crater By More Than 500K As Wheels Start To Fall Off The Job Market One month after we reported that job openings “unexpectedly” soared on “a record 2 month…

Trump To Restore ‘Max Pressure’ On Iran With EO Aimed At Driving Its ‘Oil Exports To Zero’ It’s long been anticipated and expected, but now it’s happening within just the first couple…

The reform has reportedly been adopted to comply with conditions set by the IMF for a $1.4 billion loan El Salvador’s Congress has approved a reform revoking Bitcoin’s status as legal tender,…

Trump Suspends Dozens In Education Department As DOGE Devises Plan To Dismantle Agency Dozens of employees at the US Department of Education were placed on paid leave after refusing to adhere to…

DOJ Seeks Information On FBI Employees Who Investigated Jan. 6 Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times, The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has asked for the names of thousands of…

Eighty years after Yalta, here’s why it can’t be repeated Eighty years ago, on February 4, 1945, the Yalta Conference brought together the leaders of the anti-Hitler coalition to lay the groundwork…

The first phase of the clinical program in Uganda involves contacts of a nurse who died in the latest outbreak, according to the WHO Uganda has begun testing a vaccine against the…

Palantir Erupts On Big Earnings Beat; Next Phase Of AI Is Application Layer First came advanced Nividia chips, followed by the “Powering Up America” theme and a surge in data center investments. So…

Tit-For-Tat: China Strikes Back With Tariffs On US Goods, Google Probe Traders breathed a major sigh of relief on Monday afternoon as President Donald Trump secured last-minute agreements with Canada and Mexico, postponing…

Kiev reportedly wants to transfer 50,000 personnel to the Ground Forces from other military branches Ukraine’s generals are reportedly seeking to transfer some 50,000 support personnel to the Ground Forces in a…

Chinese fashion giant Shein will return to India via a partnership with the conglomerate Reliance as the two nations unfreeze ties The Chinese fast fashion brand Shein has re-entered the Indian market…

Futures Rise On Muted Chinese Response To Trade War US equity futures are flat, recovering from earlier losses after China’s restrained response to US tariffs, and a last-minute reprieve for Canada and…

Data shows that almost a fifth of 11- to 18-year-olds in Britain have vaped, amid concerns about the long-term health impact The British National Health Service (NHS) has opened a clinic to…

Two-Tiered Justice: Disparities In Biden And Trump Pardons Authored by John R. Lott Jr. via RealClearPolitics, President Biden’s and President Trump’s pardons have generated a lot of controversy. But there are considerable…

Another Polar Vortex May “Penetrate Deep” Into Lower 48 By Mid-Month Punxsutawney Phil, the world’s most famous groundhog, saw his shadow early Sunday morning, signaling six more weeks of winter. But beyond Phil, private weather…

Record Number Of American CEOs Quit: Report Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), More U.S. CEOs exited their companies in 2024 than in any year in more than…

Trump’s Withdrawal From The Paris Agreement Won’t Hurt The Climate Authored by Chris Johnson via RealClearEnergy, President Donald Trump withdrew from the Paris Agreement. Cue the leftwing meltdown. Though everyone knew the…

Kremlin Mulls Saudi Arabia, UAE As Possible Venues For Putin-Trump Summit Russian officials have cited Saudi Arabia and the UAE as possible venues for a summit between US President Donald Trump and…

Russia Is Militarily Dominating The Arctic, Working With China, As US Slips Behind: Study Russia is winning the race to dominate the Arctic region, growing its footprint at the top of the…

The US president’s request for rare-earth minerals in exchange for aid is “very selfish,” the chancellor has said German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has lashed out at US President Donald Trump’s demand that…

Tehran has repeatedly denied having any ambitions to develop atomic weapons Iranian scientists are working on a faster method to develop nuclear weapons, the New York Times reported on Monday, citing US…

Both Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum have agreed to terms established by President Trump to combat drug trafficking and secure their perspective borders. Mexico agrees to put…

On January 20, 2025, President Donald J. Trump issued an Executive Order addressing what it means to be “subject to the jurisdiction” of the United States. See Exec. Order No. 14160, Protecting…

Making good pancakes is one of the easiest processes; however, you need just the right ingredients.  Consider this recipe next time: 2 large eggs 1 1/4 cups whole milk 4 tablespoons melted…

Oh, this is a little funny.  The vertically challenged Ukrainian president who dresses like a UPS driver, is now likely to make a deal with President Trump where Ukraine puts up their…

Earlier today, President Trump signed several executive orders recognizing and structuring ongoing efforts including the creation of a USA “Sovereign Wealth Fund.”   Full Video below: . WASHINGTON DC – […] The new…

The UN says at least 900 bodies were recovered on the streets last week after fighting in the country’s eastern city of Goma An alliance of rebel groups in the eastern Democratic…

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…

Natacha Rey has been prosecuted in France for alleging that Brigitte Macron underwent a sex change French independent journalist Natacha Rey, who claimed that the wife of French President Emmanuel Macron was…

The announcement comes as trade tensions are rising in light of US President Donald Trump’s recent decision to impose tariffs on Chinese goods. China’s antitrust regulator has launched an investigation into suspected…

The chaos reached such proportions that the Pentagon struggled to define what “delivered” meant, the news agency has reported US weapons deliveries for Ukraine worth tens of billions of dollars were plagued…

“Merkel To Blame For The Rise Of AfD” Says Former Austrian Chancellor Kurz Via Remix News, Former Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has openly blamed his former German counterpart Angela Merkel for the…

Sweden Says No Sabotage In Baltic Sea Cable Damage, Releases Seized Ship (But Russia!) The mainstream media narrative of Russian ‘shadow fleet’ vessels traversing the Baltic Sea in a clandestine anti-NATO operation…

Territorial Concessions Might Precede A Ceasefire That Leads To New Ukrainian Elections Authored by Andrew Korybko via substack, Trump’s Special Envoy for Ukraine and Russia Keith Kellogg told Reuters that he’d like to see…

There has been a significant increase in container movement via the International North-South Transport Corridor, an Indian government report shows Vessel traffic via the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC), a multimodal transport…

Gwede Mantashe has said the continent should not fear Washington’s threats South Africa’s minister of mineral and petroleum resources, Gwede Mantashe, has called on African countries to withhold mineral exports to the…

Beijing has announced its own duties and has imposed export restrictions on key minerals China has announced new tariffs and trade restrictions, following a similar move by the administration of US President…

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has openly criticized the UN-based order as “obsolete” and “undesirable” to Washington’s interests The administration of US President Donald Trump sees both the UN-based international system…

A proposed bill would prohibit donations from abroad, tightening the rules ahead of a general election in April The Greenlandic government is pushing to ban political donations from abroad, amid concerns over…

A senior official previously suggested disposing of radioactive materials on the Kuril Islands, leading to public outcry Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has apologized after government officials suggested disposing of nuclear waste…

2025: The CCP’s ‘Year Of Living Dangerously’ Authored by James Gorrie via The Epoch Times, The 1983 film “The Year of Living Dangerously” tells the story of a journalist who faced intrigue…

The Canadian PM has confirmed the suspension of duties for at least 30 days following a similar agreement between Mexico and the US Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced that the…

Clearest Image Of US Navy’s Directed-Energy Weapon Firing Laser Rounds Lockheed Martin’s HELIOS (High Energy Laser with Integrated Optical-Dazzler and Surveillance) weapon has been successfully deployed aboard a US Navy warship. Designed to…

Digital Hegemony: Sophisticating Monitoring And Propaganda – Love Your Servitude! Authored by Colin Todhunter via GlodalResearch.ca, Today, we are witnessing a profound transformation. We are increasingly impacted by algorithmic decision-making, artificial intelligence,…

Visualizing Drug-Use Trends In Young American Adults Today, the three most common substances used among Americans aged 19 to 30 are alcohol, cannabis, and nicotine vapes. In particular, cannabis use is approaching…

Dem Lawmakers Urge RFK Jr. To Recuse From All Vaccine-Related Decisions Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times, Several Democrat lawmakers said on Feb. 2 that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. should…

Lawsuit Puts Oregon City Back In Spotlight Over Homeless Camping Authored by Matthew Vadum via The Epoch Times, An activist group is suing an Oregon city over its public camping policies after…

US Readies New $1BN Arms Sale To Israel As Netanyahu Arrives In Washington While the name of the game for Trump has been cut, cut, cut and put a halt to all…

Secret Service Agent: DEI Contributed To Near-Killing Of Trump Authored by Susan Crabtree via RealClearPolitics, A Secret Service agent is for the first time publicly speaking out against the agency’s diversity, equity,…

They Really Do Want Us To Be Weak Physically, Mentally, Emotionally, Financially, & Spiritually So That We Will Become Dependent On Them Authored by Michael Snyder via TheMostImportantNews.com, It takes strength to…

Watch: Hornet’s Nest Kicked As Raskin, Omar Throw Public Tantrum Over USAID Hostile Takeover Apparently the Trump administration is directly over the target, as Democrats are absolutely freaking out over DOGE’s ‘hostile…

Trump Should End The Ukraine War Now: ‘Get On The Phone & Tell Zelensky It’s Over’ Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, President Trump had a simple but profound message about the…