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Governments across the bloc are reportedly considering cutting sentences and relocating inmates abroad Prison overcrowding is reaching crisis levels across the EU as rising inmate populations outstrip available space in many countries,…

Moscow has taken the US president’s threats into account, spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said, adding that Russia remains committed to peace Russia has taken note of US President Donald Trump’s decision to…

Some European nations are stoking a conflict between NATO and Russia, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has warned Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has accused other EU country leaders of being apparently…

Federal employees can also hold prayer groups in offices during off hours, new guidance states  US federal employees have been authorized to display Bibles and discuss their religious beliefs in the workplace,…

DOJ Files Misconduct Complaint Against Judge Handling Key Deportations Case Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times, The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday filed a misconduct complaint against District Court…

Novo Shares Crash Most On Record After Forecast Slashed On Compounded GLP-1 Headwinds Shares of Danish pharma giant Novo Nordisk crashed the most on record after the company slashed its full-year sales and profit guidance,…

Sarepta Shares Soar After FDA Reverses Pause For Controversial Gene Therapy Elevidys  Shares of Sarepta Therapeutics erupted in premarket trading after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) lifted a voluntary pause on its gene therapy…

US Home Prices Plunge For 3rd Straight Month In May (Led By Tampa) Home prices in America’s 20 largest cities fell for the 3rd straight month in May (the latest data available…

US Goods Trade Deficit Shrinks More Than All Expectations In June The US merchandise-trade deficit shrank in June by more than expected, reflecting a broad decline in imports as the pre-tariff rush…

The former Russian president told the US senator that the conflict will be resolved only when Moscow’s goals are achieved It is not up to Washington to dictate when Moscow should negotiate…

Pretoria expected isolation from allies of the Israeli “apartheid state” over its genocide case against West Jerusalem, ANC official Mike Mabuyakhulu has said South Africa is ready for sanctions being considered by…

Direct contacts and banter have helped “build chemistry” and improve diplomatic results, the outlet has claimed US President Donald Trump has been conducting an unconventional form of diplomacy from his personal mobile…

The aircraft that crashed in Minsk was carrying an explosive charge laden with ball bearings, according to the authorities A fixed-wing drone carrying a fragmentation warhead crashed in the Belarusian capital of…

The reported decision by Washington followed objections from Beijing, according to sources cited by the newspaper The administration of US President Donald Trump has refused to allow Taiwan’s Lai Ching-te to stop…

Nayara Energy has taken the US tech giant to court for restricting its access to data and proprietary tools India’s second largest private oil refiner has sued Microsoft over the US tech…

The governor of Zamfara State has vowed to dismantle the terrorist networks responsible for the “barbaric” acts At least 38 people abducted from a village in Nigeria’s northern Zamfara State have been…

Climate Armageddon Canceled Authored by Chris Morrison via DailySceptic.org, Lowest Six-Month Human Death Toll From Bad Weather Since Records Began Something rather odd is happening to the weather. Millions, nay billions, are…

Korea Pitches Multibillion-Dollar “Make American Shipbuilding Great Again” As US Tariff Deadline Looms A Trump-imposed firm August 1st deadline looms for South Korea to reach a finalized trade agreement with the US, or else a…

Manhattan Skyscraper Gunman Kills Four, Misses NFL Target In Botched Attack  The gunman who shot five people, killing four, in a Midtown Manhattan office tower home to Blackstone and the National Football League…

Dmitry Bakanov is expected to discuss the deorbiting of the International Space Station with his NASA counterpart, Sean Duffy Roscosmos chief Dmitry Bakanov has arrived in Houston to meet acting NASA Administrator…

Futures Rise Ahead Of Data Deluge, S&P Set For 7th Straight Record High US equity futures are up again, and set for a 7th consecutive record high into a heavy earnings day…

Of Course A Seattle Cat Lady Wants To Ban The Blue Angels The Blue Angels, America’s elite military aviation stunt team now in its 79th year, may have met its match; a Seattle…

Officials have warned of a ‘Russian threat’ and pushed for militarization, despite Moscow denying it has any plans to attack The EU’s roads and railways are unprepared for war, the bloc’s transport…

The identities of the men, who belonged to the terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba, were confirmed by witnesses on Monday, Amit Shah said The Indian armed forces have killed three terrorists who were involved…

The authorities are offering annual payments of $500 to reverse the declining population China has unveiled its first nationwide childcare subsidy program, offering families an annual payment of 3,600 yuan (approximately $500)…

Brussels will struggle to meet massive energy commitment amid market limits, infrastructure gaps, and legal hurdles, the outlet has claimed The EU’s pledge to buy $750 billion worth of American energy over…

Inside The World Of Billionaire Islands From Coastal Australia to the turquoise waters of Fiji, billionaires have snapped up private islands as the ultimate status symbols. The graphic below, by Made Visual Daily,…

Brussels has reportedly rejected Vladimir Zelensky’s justification for cracking down on anti-corruption investigators Kiev is facing deeper cuts in EU financial support than publicly acknowledged, Ukrainian and German media have reported. Brussels…

Netherlands Labels Israel ‘Threat To National Security’ In Unprecedented Move Via The Cradle The Netherlands has, for the first time, included Israel on a list of states which pose a threat to its national…

The agreement aims to expand electricity access, develop atomic medicine, and train nuclear specialists in Niger Russia and Niger have formalized plans to cooperate on the peaceful use of nuclear energy, including…

The court’s failure to address ongoing atrocities undermines its legitimacy, Kim Heller has said The International Criminal Court (ICC) is losing legitimacy due to its failure to address ongoing global atrocities while…

Russia earlier denounced NATO debates on reinforcing the bloc’s nuclear posture as “escalatory” The US has likely deployed nuclear weapons to Britain for the first time in over 15 years, in a…

The global economic system blocks African nations from refining and benefiting from their own resources, David Hundeyin says Western energy producers treat Africa as a place to offload dirty fuel they cannot…

The embargo has been introduced amid record-high stock prices Russia has imposed a full ban on gasoline exports, extending the measure to all petroleum product manufacturers, the government announced on Tuesday. The…

Amicable personal relations between heads of state should not be used as a pretense to push denuclearization, Kim Yo-jong has said The US must acknowledge that North Korea has permanently become a…

The Cambodian military has rejected Thai claims of violations hours after the truce entered into force A ceasefire agreement between Thailand and Cambodia, brokered on Monday to end a deadly border conflict,…

Britons Flock To VPNs To Dodge New Age Verification Checks Online Authored by Owen Evans via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Downloads of virtual private network (VPN) apps have surged in the…

The US president and Indian prime minister did not speak during the recent South Asian military conflict, S. Jaishankar has said Indian Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar has dismissed claims by US President…

How Trump Just Turned Europe Into A Vassal Market Submitted by Thomas Kolbe On Sunday, the United States and the European Union agreed on a new framework for transatlantic trade. The outcome…

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…

President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Keir Starmer hold a press availability from President Trump’s Turnberry golf course and estate.   Prime Minister Starmer is very focused on support for Palestinians in Gaza…

This is interesting because the possibilities of the “credible foreign source” are quite extensive. According to information just surfacing from leaks inside the IC to Fox News [Article Here], a foreign source…

Information is generally sketchy, however it is being widely reported about a mass shooting in downtown New York that has killed a NYPD police officer working security at a Midtown skyscraper –…

Attacking Critical Nodes? US Fighter Jet Factories At Risk Of Labor Strike By Democrat-Aligned Union A major strike is looming at Boeing’s St. Louis defense hub after unionized factory workers rejected a contract offer…

The Rise Of Zohran Mamdani: Why The Radical Left Is Doubling Down On Extreme Socialism Authored by Brandon Smith via BirchGold.com, Zohran Mamdani, a 33-year-old New York State Assembly member and self-described…

Putin Informs Bibi He’s Ready To Mediate On Iran’s Nuclear Program As Trump Makes More Threats Russia has long offered the West to mediate with Iran over its nuclear program. After earlier…

Doug Casey On Global Disintegration: Currency Collapse, Controlled Chaos, & The Rise Of Technocratic Tyranny Via InternationalMan.com, Matt Smith: All right, good morning, Doug. I think the biggest thing in the news is…

Dozens of UAVs targeted civilian infrastructure in the Donetsk People’s Republic and Rostov Region overnight A large-scale Ukrainian drone attack overnight has left more than 150,000 residents without electricity in Russia’s Donetsk…

Ron Paul Recommends ‘Nobody’ For Fed Chairman Authored by Ron Paul via The Ron Paul Institute, President Trump has recently suggested that, unless Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell cuts interest rates, the…

San Francisco Restricts RV Parking In Effort To Combat Homelessness Authored by Dylan Morgan via The Epoch Times, San Francisco has approved a new two-hour parking limit on all oversized vehicles in…

“This Isn’t Cultural Drift – It’s Social Engineering…” Authored by Josh Stylman via The Brownstone Institute, The other day, I found my high school yearbook. My kids were flipping through it, laughing…

The shooter opened fire inside the Park Avenue tower before reportedly taking his own life A gunman armed with a rifle opened fire inside a high-rise office building in Midtown Manhattan on…

Chinese Intel-Linked Bankers Reportedly Fundraised For L.A. Mayor Karen Bass  A Daily Caller News Foundation (DCNF) investigation has revealed that disgraced Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass appointed two Chinese Communist Party (CCP)-linked bankers, Dominic Ng…

Houthis To Escalate Attacks On Ships Linked To Firms Dealing With Israel ‘Regardless Of Nationality’ Just last week, Prime Minister Netanyahu recalled his Israeli negotiating team from Doha – which is certainly…

CDC Releases Update On ‘Long COVID’ Symptoms Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times, The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued an update on July 24 urging health care…

Electric Utilities Will Invest More Than $1.1 Trillion By 2030 To Meet Demand Growth By Robert Walton of Utility Dive Investor-owned U.S. electric utilities will invest more than $1.1 trillion in the…

Is True Value In Crypto Or Gold? Authored by Christopher Whalen via DailyReckoning.com, With the Trump Administration headed down the road to higher inflation and the political chaos that results, it is…

Rubio Declares That Maduro Is NOT The President Of Venezuela Here we go again? US Secretary of State Marco Rubio declared Sunday that the Venezuelan government is “illegitimate” in a written statement…

Pyongyang is a key ally in Russia’s vision of a multipolar world, the foreign minister has said Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has described North Korea as one of Moscow’s most reliable…

Treasury Boosts Q3 Debt Borrowing Estimate To $1 Trillion From $554 Billion To Replenish Cash Balance Earlier this afternoon, we wrote in our Treasury refunding preview that the Treasury’s latest borrowing estimate…

Euro Plunges On Fears US-EU Deal Will Hammer European Economy The announcement of a US-EU trade deal was supposed to send the euro soaring; instead the common currency suffered its steepest one-day…

“I Gotta Own It”: Bill Maher Admits He Was Dead Wrong About Trump Tariffs, ‘Does Not See A Country In Depression’ Left wing comedian Bill Maher admitted on Monday that he was…

The US president claims he does not want to impose new sanctions on Moscow but still shortened the deadline for a Ukraine peace deal US President Donald Trump has expressed his “love”…

Jailhouse Blues Authored by James Howard Kunstler, “Tulsi Gabbard didn’t assume the role of Director of National Intelligence to play ceremonial dress-up.” – Toresays.com on “X” You must suspect there’s some game…

The two leaders discussed the situation in Syria and the recent escalation between West Jerusalem and Tehran Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday in a…

The EU nation’s automotive industry has already been battered by rising costs and falling demand Germany’s leading carmakers are set to lose over €10 billion ($11.6 billion) in cash flow this year…

Cynical, Aloof And Insatiable: The Rise Of The Postmodern State Aristocracy Submitted By Thomas Kolbe While the political class freely taps into outsized debt programs, it urges citizens to embrace austerity. The increasingly…

The former Russian president warned the US leader against issuing threats and ultimatums when dealing with Moscow Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has told US President Donald Trump that Russia is neither…

PBS And NPR To America: We’re Here For You (Dummies)! Authored by Stephen Soukup via American Greatness, In the waning weeks of their financial relationship with the federal government, the powers that…

The national team has competed under neutral status at the world championships in Georgia Russia’s two-time Olympic fencing champion, Yana Egorian, has won sabre gold at the World Championships in Georgia. She…

A Chinese mega-dam, India’s diversion plans, and Pakistan’s heated rhetoric signal the rise of a new flashpoint in the region Chinese Premier Li Qiang announced last week the launch of a monumental dam…

The European Commission president failed to secure favorable trade terms for the EU, the Hungarian prime minister has said US President Donald Trump dominated European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen during…

The US president has warned Tehran that restarting uranium enrichment could trigger another round of airstrikes US President Donald Trump has warned that Iran’s nuclear sites could be bombed again if it…

Karin Kneissl has suggested that the unrest following Zelensky’s crackdown on anti-corruption agencies may not have been spontaneous Recent protests in Ukraine sparked by Vladimir Zelensky’s crackdown on anti-corruption agencies may have…

The nearly $1 billion price tag has reportedly been drawn from funds earmarked for the nuclear modernization program, the New York Times reports The luxury jet gifted to US President Donald Trump…

Ugly, Tailing 5Y Auction Sees Lowest Foreign Demand In 3 Years 90 minutes after a solid 2Y auction stopped through in the first sale of this week’s abbreviated bond auction schedule, moments…

Medvedev: Trump ‘Steamrolled, Humiliated’ Europe With One-Sided Deal Following high-stakes talks in Scotland between President Donald Trump and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, the two sides reached a landmark deal which…

Who Funds The WHO? Via JonFleetwood.com, A new BMJ Global Health study has confirmed that the World Health Organization’s (WHO) private fundraising arm—the WHO Foundation—has received tens of millions of dollars from pharmaceutical giants,…

NRC Approvals Move Palisades Nuclear Plant Closer To Restart By Robert Walton of Utility Dive The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Thursday granted multiple licensing and regulatory approvals necessary for the 800-MW…

The “Brusselian elite” proposes giving billions to Ukraine while leaving EU citizens with “crumbs,” Hungary’s prime minister has said Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has described Brussels’ recent seven-year fiscal proposal as…

Dallas Fed Manufacturing Survey Soars As Respondents Demand “Lower Interest Rates Now” Texas factory activity picked up notably in July, according to business executives responding to the Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey. The…

Delta Passengers Stunned As Pilot Hauled Off Plane On Child Porn Charges Passengers aboard a Delta Airlines flight had quite a jaw-dropping conclusion to their journey on Saturday night, as federal agents…

The US president’s trade policy is slowing investment and reshaping supply chains, according to the outlet The global fallout from US President Donald Trump’s tariffs is set to wipe out $2 trillion…

Coal- And Gas-Fired Power Plants Have A New Best Friend: Data Centers By Abbe Ramanan of UtilityDive, In 2020, the Virginia Assembly passed the Virginia Clean Economy Act, a law that required…

Investing Like A Psychopath: A Poignant Tribute Submitted by QTR’s Fringe Finance I’ve already talked a lot recently about the two things I think will make the market crash: the passive bid and…

“What The F*ck!”: Jim Cramer Snaps On Live TV As Rate-Cut Frustration Boils Over As most Zero Hedge readers already know, there’s been mounting controversy over the Federal Reserve’s decision to hold…

Russia’s Aeroflot Forced To Cancel Over 50 Flights After Major Pro-Ukraine Cyberattack Russia’s biggest and most well-known airline, Aeroflot, was forced to cancel and delay many dozens of flights on Monday after a…

Key Events This Extremely Busy Week: Avalanche Of Macro, Central Banks, Earnings And Trade News It’s a huge macro week ahead, with an avalanche of earnings, data and central banks. But, as has…

What You Share With ChatGPT Can Be Used Against You Authored by Martin Young via CoinTelegraph.com, OpenAI could be legally required to produce sensitive information and documents shared with its artificial intelligence…

The newly signed agreement represents a “dark day” for Europe, Francois Bayrou has said French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou has condemned the new trade deal between Washington and Brussels, accusing the EU…

Some victims get candles, others silence – it’s a leader’s choice. A deep dive into the staged politics of selective pity in three arenas George Orwell famously remarked, “If liberty means anything…

NATO has threatened New Delhi with sanctions for its Russia ties, while continuing its own trade with the country, Denis Alipov has said Russian Ambassador to India Denis Alipov has accused NATO…

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…

The country has no other choice but to rely on itself, the foreign minister has said Russia is fighting the West alone for the first time in history and must rely solely…

Earlier this morning President Donald Trump welcomed British Prime Minister Keir Starmer to Turnberry, Scotland where the two leaders will hold bilateral discussions on trade and foreign affairs. The video is prompted…

The step comes as Washington tries to avoid undermining the ongoing trade talks with Beijing, the newspaper claims The administration of US President Donald Trump has paused major technology export restrictions to…

The ruling party in Harare says Washington could have resolved its issues with Pretoria without resorting to sanctions but has instead chosen to “misdirect itself” Zimbabwe’s ruling party (ZANU–PF) says South Africa…

The 15% tariff is “the best” the EU could get, the European Commission chief has claimed, amid fierce criticism European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has attempted to shrug off widespread…