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The agency’s work should align with the “national interest and foreign policy” of the US, the secretary of state has said US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on Monday that he…

A crew member aboard the helicopter that collided with a passenger plane over the Potomac River had served as a White House social aide A female pilot of the helicopter that collided…

Treasury Trims Borrowing Estimates After Issuing Much More Debt Than Expected Last Quarter Ahead of Wednesday’s Quarterly Refunding Announcement, at 3pm ET the Treasury published its latest debt sources and uses forecast…

NTSB: Conflicting Altimeter Data Retrieved After Midair Collision Near Washington Authored by Melanie Sun via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Investigators have found conflicting altimeter readings from the control tower data of…

In exchange the US would continue to provide Kiev with support in its conflict with Moscow Kiev will have to supply Washington with rare-earth minerals if it wants to continue receiving American…

President Donald Trump had recently announced sweeping trade levies against America’s southern neighbor US President Donald Trump has announced that he is pausing the planned tariffs on Mexican imports for one month…

The Estonian authorities expect power outages after the country’s disconnection from the Russian electricity grid The Estonian government has recommended that citizens stockpile food, water, medications, alternative lighting sources, and even board…

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is traveling through Panama, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Guatemala and the Dominican Republic as he represents President Trump and the new administration.  He’s doing great. Today, Secretary…

“Great Strategic Importance” – Bitcoin Rallies As Trump Signs ‘Sovereign Wealth Fund” Executive Order With Secretary of State Marco Rubio setting in El Salvador (perhaps the most bitcoin-friendly nation in the world…

“It’s Sh*t Anyways”: Canadians Swear Off U.S. Beer And Liquor Amidst Burgeoning Trade War In response to President Trump’s new tariffs, British Columbia will ban alcohol sales from Republican-led U.S. states, while…

Beijing will be the main beneficiary of a tariff stand-off between Washington and Brussels, the bloc’s foreign policy chief has warned A trade war between the US and EU would be detrimental…

Fedthink! The Fed Is Incompetent By Design And Can’t Be Fixed Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, Is the Fed playing politics? Does the Fed know what it’s doing at all? Fedthink!…

Future historians will judge that the pandemic marked a fork in the road Five years may seem insignificant in historical terms, yet January 2020 already feels like the distant past. The Covid-19…

Knowing the severe ramifications likely and taking a proactive approach toward root-cause analysis, CTH attended the ASEAN summit to gauge how Asia was likely to respond to Trump term-2 and the looming…

The French president has called on the EU to boost collective defense funding amid US pressure to boost NATO contributions French President Emmanuel Macron has announced that France will double its defense…

Billions have vanished into the pockets of “kleptocrats from Washington to Kiev,” the former Russian president has claimed Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky’s recent claim that he is unaware of the whereabouts of…

Trade War Over? Mexican President Says Tariffs Delayed For Month After Deploying 10,000 Troops To Border To Halt Fentanyl Tl;dr: VP JD Vance summed it all up in one simple tweet: “For…

Trump To Suspend Funding To South Africa Over Land Expropriation Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times, President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he would suspend future U.S. funding to…

USAID Workers Told To Stay Home In Early-Morning Email As Musk ‘Spent Weekend Feeding It Into The Wood Chipper’ It’s happening fast after Sunday statements of Elon Musk confirming President Trump “agreed”…

Euro Slides After Report Trump Considering 10% EU Tariff The trade war with Mexico may be over almost as fast as it started but a far bigger battle may be about to…

Canada’s Auto Industry Faces Shutdown Threat Amid Tariff Shock “The auto sector is going to shut down within a week,” said Flavio Volpe, president of Canada’s Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association, who Bloomberg…

An infestation will reportedly hit over 20 regions due to this year’s unusually warm winter A locust invasion spurred by an unusually warm winter is expected to hit 21 regions of Russia,…

The US president has kicked off his new term with another ‘peace initiative’ that is really just a gift for Israel Once again, US President Donald Trump has waded into the Palestinian…

“Volunteering” to fight for Kiev is “not a crime in Finland,” its foreign ministry has said The Finnish foreign ministry has published official guidelines for its citizens who are willing to fight…

State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin is visiting New Delhi to discuss parliamentary cooperation and strategic partnership Russian State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin has arrived in India for an official visit, delivering a…

The Hungarian prime minister has said he trusts Moscow more than Brussels Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has said that he trusts Moscow more than Brussels because Russian President Vladimir Putin has…

Trump Effect: US Manufacturing Surveys Signal ‘Expansion’ For First Time In 16 Months For the first time since June 2024, the S&P Global US Manufacturing PMI broke above 50 (expansion) in final…

Elon Musk earlier revealed that US President Donald Trump “agreed” to shut down the agency, which he called “criminal” and “beyond repair” The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has closed its…

Market Reaction To Tariffs Seems About Right (For Now) Authored by Peter Tchir via Academy Securities, It seems like some of the bigger market moves in the past 6 months have occurred…

Key Events This Week: Jobs, ISMs, Earnings And Fed Speakers Galore We’ll do our preview of the week’s main events shortly but first of all, a PSA from DB’s Jim Reid who…

With the country in ruins, Ukrainian veterans could turn to criminal activities after the conflict ends, according to Andrzej Duda The end of the Ukraine conflict could trigger a surge in international…

The bloc will have no choice but to retaliate if Washington targets its goods, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has warned The EU will be forced to implement “robust response” measures if…

Hedge Fund CIO: “The Most Exciting And High-Stakes Race In All Human History Is Now Underway” By Eric Peters, CIO of One River Asset Management “DeepSeek-R1 is AI’s Sputnik moment,” posted Marc…

“The Market Wasn’t Prepared For It”: Futures Tumble, Dollar Soars As Trade War Starts US equity futures tumbled as the market prepares for Trade War 2.0, with both tech and small-caps underperforming…

It’s A Big Club, And You Ain’t In It Authored by Jim Quinn via The Burning Platform blog, “The politicians are put there to give you the idea that you have freedom…

The Congo Enters Chaos Spiral As Rwanda Backed Insurgents Invade After years of relative quiet, conflict between the Democratic Republic of Congo and its much smaller neighbor Rwanda struck yet again in…

China Reportedly Preparing Trade Talks With Trump After Weekend Tariff Shock Just two weeks into his second term, President Trump announced the first round of tariffs on Saturday, marking the resumption of…

The US-led military bloc sees the Ukrainian leader as an obstacle to peace talks, the SVR has claimed NATO is considering trying to facilitate the removal of Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky from…

Russia has accused the West of encouraging its citizens to fight for Kiev despite warnings that foreign involvement merely prolongs the conflict An 18-year-old British fighter has been killed on his first…

Will The Fed Use The Excuse Of Tariffs For The Inflation They Create? Authored by Daniel Lacalle, Inflation is rising, but it has nothing to do with tariffs. It has everything to do…

Moscow is reportedly in talks with New Delhi to offer expertise to set up modular reactors in coastal areas Russian nuclear energy giant Rosatom has reportedly offered technology transfer to India for…

Kiev previously warned the US not to discuss the conflict with Russia without giving it a seat at the table Former Ukrainian President Pyotr Poroshenko has criticized Vladimir Zelensky’s alleged lack of…

More than 1,250 local organizations could be affected by the US president’s decision prompted by the passage of a land ownership reform law South Africa is currently under threat as plans to…

The attack in Sudzha was a “heinous provocation,” presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said The recent Ukrainian missile attack on a boarding school in the Russian town of Sudzha was a “heinous…

Taipei claims that South Africa’s demand is due to increasing pressure from China Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said the South African government has given Taipei until the end of March…

More than $2.24 billion has been liquidated from markets in the past 24 hours Global cryptocurrency markets suffered a record single-day drop overnight into Monday, according to Coinglass, a service tracking transactions…

Why The World Is Giving Up On Birthright Citizenship Authored by Ryan McMaken via The Mises Institute, Last week, Donald Trump signed a new executive order which attempts to end so-called “birthright…

The US Justice Department has reportedly launched a review of the January 6 investigations amid concerns of a political purge Thousands of FBI personnel have been instructed to provide details about their…

Kiev reportedly hopes to persuade Washington to back the move by suggesting the money be used to pay for US weapons Ukraine has renewed its push to confiscate frozen Russian assets following…

The move follows a series of executive orders by President Donald Trump ‘Transgender’ references have been removed from travel advisories published on the US State Department’s website. The changes occurred shortly after…

Netanyahu To Discuss “Victory Over Hamas” With Trump In US Trip Authored by Jacob Burg via The Epoch Times, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Feb. 2 that he plans to…

Kiev’s denial of reality will render it excluded from decisions about the conflict’s outcome, Aleksey Arestovich has warned Ukraine has lost the armed conflict with Russia, primarily due to the inability of…

President Cyril Ramaphosa says he will contact the US leader to clarify the recently passed Expropriation Act and other bilateral issues US President Donald Trump has announced that he is halting funding…

Washington has meetings scheduled with representatives from Moscow and Kiev, the US president has said The US is set to hold talks with both Russia and Ukraine over the settlement of the…

Syria’s De Facto Authorities Execute ‘Sweeping’ Neoliberal Reforms Via The Cradle The self-appointed transitional government in Syria is undertaking sweeping internal reforms, including privatizing state-run enterprises and laying off a third of…

The Elon Musk-headed Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) reportedly audited the agency’s systems last week US President Donald Trump has attacked the leadership of the US Agency for International Development (USAID), claiming…

A 59-year-old man has been detained at Nigeria’s Lagos Airport after attempting to smuggle 81 cocaine pellets internally A man has been arrested at Nigeria’s Lagos Airport for attempting to smuggle 81…

Giacomo Lopresti, 55, moved to Kiev after losing his seat in last year’s Tory wipeout, the newspaper has reported A 55-year-old former British lawmaker has joined the Ukrainian military following the loss…

“Everyone Is Tired” – Crisis Grows In The Ukrainian Army As Desertions Accelerate Via Remix News, The Ukrainian army is struggling with mass desertions as soldiers grow tired of the war. According…

The decision comes amid demands from Washington to curb Beijing’s alleged influence over the key waterway controlled by the country Panama will not renew its participation in China’s Belt and Road Initiative,…

At least one person is feared dead in a grenade blast in the elite Scarlet Sails residential cluster, media reports claim An explosion has hit an elite apartment complex in northwestern Moscow,…

The US president admits that Americans may face an economic impact from new measures against Canada, Mexico, and China US President Donald Trump has acknowledged that Americans could feel “some pain” from…

A quick review and a little warning of sorts, in a good way. Two weeks into the second term of President Trump and the activity when combined with the future outlook is…

Those who do not pretend already know the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is the cover agency for CIA influence operations worldwide.  However, technically USAID is supposed to be the charitable…

During a Fox News interview, Senator Lindsey Graham says he is a yes on RFK Jr, Kash Patel and now Tulsi Gabbard, specifically because the latter has now assured him, she will…

Saying DNI nominee is disqualified for her prior position on FISA-702 and her previous position on Edward Snowden, SSCI Vice-Chair hopes the republicans on the Senate Intelligence Committee do not allow Tulsi…

President Trump arrives back in Washington DC and holds a presser on the tarmac at Joint Base Andrews.  WATCH: . These remarks will be the headlines tomorrow. Posted in Big Government, Donald…

In December of 2016 when we discussed the possibility of President Trump’s then new and unique tariff approach, we predicted negligible impact – if any at all.  It was a theory at…

President Trump’s Border Czar, Tom Homan, appears on Fox News Sunday to talk about the massive drop (-93%) in attempted border crossers and the success of the current deportation operation.  Homan also…

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…

Meet The Original ‘Conspiracy Theorists’: Reagan & The 99th Congress Called Vaccines “Unavoidably Unsafe” Authored by Ginger Taylor via The Brownstone Institute, Meet the original “Conspiracy Theorists,” Ronald Reagan and the members…

The US president has warned “something very powerful” will happen unless Panama curbs Chinese influence over the canal US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has urged Panama to reduce Chinese influence over…

The Secret Tariff Code Is Buried In ‘Section 2, Item (h)’ Of The Executive Order Authored by ‘sundance’ via TheConservativeTreehouse.com, Remember when President Trump established the “External Revenue Service?” … It’s all…

Kiev received far less than the amount repeatedly cited by President Trump and other US officials, the Ukrainian leader insists Washington has provided Kiev with just over $75 billion in military and…

How Trump’s Dismantling Of USAID Marks A Seismic, Historic Shift In America’s Role In The World The most consequential decision and executive order which came within the opening days of President Donald…

Rounding Up The Usual Suspects: Grassley Releases Familiar Name In The Origins Of The Trump Investigation Authored by Jonathan Turley, For Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA), the weaponization of the…

Illegal Migrant Protests Ramp Up In US Cities In Response To Trump Deportations Civil actions from the political left are notoriously seasonal and the winter cold usually keeps fragile progressives indoors.  However,…

“Legitimately FAKE NEWS”: White House Debunks Dem Freakout Over DOGE Access To “Secure Spaces” As Musk Drops Redpills Over USAID Biolabs The latest Democrat freakout is over the speed and effectiveness of…

Elon Musk has accused the agency’s officials of seeking to “cover up their corruption” Two senior security officials with the US Agency for International Development (USAID) have reportedly been placed on leave…

The billionaire has branded the US Agency for International Development a “criminal organization” Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk has accused the US Agency for International Development (USAID) of financing bioweapon research, including projects…

Rickards: A US Recession Is Coming Authored by James Rickards via DailyReckoning.com, The new Trump administration is off to a fast start. All of the key nominations for the Trump cabinet and…

Tether Is Back On Bitcoin – Lightning Dominance Is Just Starting Authored by Guillaume Girard via BitcoinMagazine.com, Earlier today at the Plan B Conference in El Salvador, Tether made an announcement that…

Zelensky: Trump Talking To Putin About Ukraine Without Us Is ‘Very Dangerous’ Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says that Russia and the United States are already talking about how to wind down the…

The billionaire has called for humans to reach the Red Planet to check an unusual rock formation SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has called for astronauts to be sent to Mars to investigate…

All About The New Trump Tariffs, And Why The Hysteria Is Overblown By Peter Tchir of Academy Securities What a week! DeepSeek, Cheap AI, the Fed, some Mag 7 earnings, and now…

The operation has resulted in a massive forced displacement, according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA The Israel Defense Force (IDF) demolished dozens of buildings in the city of Jenin in the…

Gold Hits New Record High; Dear Jerome Powell, Is Everything Under Control? Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, Gold does not believe the Fed has things under control and neither do I….

Schumer Under Investigation While Trump Reshapes Washington Authored by Roger Kimball via American Greatness, Senator Chuck Schumer is a lawyer, so presumably he is familiar with the provisions of 18 U.S. Code §…

NATO and the EU should deploy additional forces to the Baltic Sea, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda has said NATO should ramp up its presence in the Baltic Sea to discourage Russia or…

The likely next chancellor wants to adopt the right-wing AfD’s migration policies while still sidelining the party itself Germany has the blues. So far, so ordinary. But, with only weeks to go…

The American president cited the trade benefits and military protection that Ottawa would receive amid an escalating tariff dispute between the two countries US President Donald Trump has reiterated his proposal for…

President Trump has triggered punitive tariffs against Canada, Mexico and China for their role in the manufacture and delivery of fentanyl into the United States while disregarding their responsibility to secure the…

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…

Remember when President Trump established the “External Revenue Service?” … It’s all connected and sequential. Almost everyone will miss, in part because outcomes appear in a sequence that few care to follow,…

I love it when a plan comes together. It all just makes buckets of sense when we watch it rolling out. We have talked about these plans, specific plans, and objectives for…

It would be “unfair” to hold people responsible for the sins of their ancestors, the Russian president has said Germany should not bear the blame for its Nazi past forever, Russian President…

Berlin will also withdraw from the World Health Organization and Paris Climate Agreement, Alice Weidel has said The Alternative for Germany (AfD) party intends to close the nation’s borders and halt illegal…

Efforts to address the issue have failed to improve outcomes for victims of abuse, the National Audit Office has reported Attempts by the UK authorities to address the issue of violence against…