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AI Sucks Up A Growing Chunk Of VC Funding In The US Thanks to a record-breaking $40-billion funding round announced by OpenAI on March 31, VC-backed companies based in the U.S. raised $80 billion…

The Wearables Trap: How The Government Plans To Monitor, Score, & Control You Authored by John & Nisha Whitehead, “When the states legalize the deliberate ending of certain lives… it will eventually…

David Sacks: This Is How We’ll Know If U.S. Has Lost AI Race To China AI and Crypto Czar David Sacks warned Tuesday that preventing U.S. semiconductor companies from exporting high-powered chips…

DHS Secretary Suggests Liquid Carry-On Limits On Flights Might Be Eased Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), More changes could be coming to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA),…

US Has Launched Over 50 Airstrikes In Somalia In 2025 But Virtually No MSM Coverage Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, US Africa Command has announced that it launched two separate airstrikes in Somalia…

Huckabee Condemns West Bank Settlers’ ‘Terrorist’ Murder Of Tampa Man In a departure from his usual role as a de facto PR agent for the State of Israel, US Ambassador to Israel…

The monument to soldiers who liberated Lviv from the Nazis “no longer exists,” Andrey Sadoviy has bragged Ukraine is ready to exchange the remains of hundreds of Soviet army soldiers, unearthed during…

RFK Jr. And Other Trump Officials Embrace Psychedelics After FDA Setback Via Headline USA, For decades, proponents of psychedelic drugs have come to Washington with a provocative message: Illegal, mind-altering substances like LSD and ecstasy should be…

A residential building in Voronezh was damaged in the second such attack this week At least three children were injured after a Ukrainian drone crashed into a residential building in the southern…

Trump Believes Russia Will Win In Ukraine, It’s Just A Matter Of How Long “The president’s view is Russia is going to win, it’s a matter of how long it takes,” said…

Caffeine May Slow Cellular Aging By Activating A Protective Stress Response Authored by Rachel Ann T. Melegrito via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), That jolt you feel from your morning coffee isn’t…

Syrian HTS Troops Mass Murder Civilians At Hospital In South, Days After US Drops Terror Designation There is gruesome evidence emerging of mass atrocities in the southern Syrian province of Suwayda, where government…

International Buyers Purchased $56 Billion Worth Of US Homes In 1 Year Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Foreign buyers purchased $56 billion worth of existing homes in…

Batman Vs The Joker: Democrats Will Double Down On Chaos To Save Their Party Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.us, Whenever I think of the behavior of the Democratic Party and the…

Israel Conducts Massive Strikes On Damascus After Sharaa Regime’s Sectarian Attacks “The heavy blows have started” Israel’s defense minister Israel Katz has posted to X above a video (below) showing a Syrian news presenter…

Pushing Back Against The Big Medicaid Lie Authored by Frank Miele via RealClearPolitics (emphasis ours), Democrats were virtually salivating as they unanimously voted against Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill two weeks ago,…

Iran Seizes Foreign Oil Tanker In Sea Of Oman It remains important for energy traders to closely monitor the Strait of Hormuz and other key critical maritime chokepoints in the region (recall Red Sea…

China Finalizes New Export Control On Crucial Mine Processing Technologies Authored by Bill Pan via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), China has finalized new export controls on technologies crucial to making batteries…

The Department of Homeland Security has blamed “mainstream media lies” for the wave of violence US federal immigration officials have faced a “massive surge in attacks” since President Donald Trump’s inauguration, the…

A government source has told RT that only punishing the “Israeli regime” and US for their nuclear site attacks can prevent a new war A senior security official in Tehran has told…

The US president has slammed his supporters who have been left unconvinced by the DOJ’s recent report that says no list of clients was found camp within the Republican Party who have…

‘Genderfluid’ 19-Year-Old Attempts To Firebomb GOP Office In Michigan Authored by Debra Heine via American Greatness, A 19-year-old man was arrested over the weekend after throwing a Molotov cocktail at the Dickinson County Republican…

Emails Reveal FBI Invented Trump Case Out Of Nothing Authored by Luis Cornelio via Headline USA, Newly released emails further expose the behind-the-scenes push within the Biden DOJ’s push to manufacture a criminal case against President…

Beige Book Spells Trouble For Powell: Mentions Of “Inflation” Tumble To 4 Year Low, As Growth Concerns Mount Many were shocked (again) after the latest CPI and PPI data confirmed that the…

Mike Johnson has claimed the tech mogul ‘ghosted’ him as he tried to explain the benefit of the ‘One Big, Beautiful Bill’ Musk opposed US-based billionaire Elon Musk has changed his mobile…

Enlistment officials have been seen beating draftees and violently packing them into buses, new videos circulating online suggest Multiple new disturbing videos purporting to show extremely violent actions by Ukrainian draft officers…

US Vows To Quit IEA If The Agency Keeps Pushing Green Transition Authored by Charles Kennedy via OilPrice.com, The U.S. is pressuring the IEA to shift focus from climate advocacy back to…

US President tries a new tack on Russia: pressure without provocation US President Donald Trump has finally issued his much-anticipated “important statement” on Russia. For days, speculation swirled, particularly among pro-Ukrainian circles,…

Australia could end up with more victims of the legal warfare being conducted by supporters of Israel then there are victims of antisemitism, and that needs to be looked at and addressed…

Bitcoin, Ether Bounce Back As House Passes Procedural Vote On ‘Crypto Week’ Bills After yesterday’s disappointment – and a meeting with President Trump – conservative Republicans flip-flopped and voted to push forward…

Ghislaine ‘Ready’ To Testify As Trump Triples Down, Slams ‘Weakling PAST Supporters Who Believe Epstein Hoax’ While President Trump continues to insist that the “Epstein List” of elites who partook in Jeffrey…

Status Of Tariffs With 15 Top US Trading Partners – What To Know So Far Authored by Andrew Moran via The Epoch Times, President Donald Trump’s administration is working to address trade…

The head of the broadcaster’s Lebanon office, Steve Sweeney, was asked about his work for the Russian outlet, Margarita Simonyan has said The head of RT’s Lebanon office, Steve Sweeney, has been…

The British Foreign Office is at it again: ‘strengthening democracy’ and ‘fighting misinformation’ by paying YouTube personalities There is something profoundly grotesque about a government that funds “freedom campaigns” through secret payments…

Pentagon Awards Contracts To 4 Artificial Intelligence Developers Authored by Ryan Morgan via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The U.S. Department of Defense announced on July 14 that it has awarded contracts…

The European Council has imposed sanctions on Moldovan individuals and entities close to exiled businessman Ilan Shor The European Council has imposed sanctions on seven individuals and three entities in Moldova linked…

“Maximum Generation Alert” Declared On America’s Largest Power Grid America’s largest power grid has issued another “Maximum Generation Alert” and “Load Management Alert” as temperatures soar across the eastern half of the U.S….

The country is poised to lose 7 million people by 2046, federal statistics agency Rosstat warns A senior Russian demographer has proposed cutting the number of years children must attend school in…

Yerevan froze its participation is the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) a year ago Armenia will likely quit the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has said. Yerevan suspended…

Former Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu sentenced to 20 months in prison, reportedly for insulting a public prosecutor Ekrem Imamoglu, the former mayor of Istanbul and a key rival to Turkish President Recep…

Seventeen missile systems, German money, and new strike zones deep inside Russia – what it all means for the war? On Monday, July 14, US President Donald Trump announced that he had decided…

WTI Holds Losses After Surprise Crude Draw As Rig Count Decline Rejects ‘Drill, Baby, Drill’ Crude futures are lower for a third session in a row with the market refocusing on supply…

(Progressive) Bonfire Of The Vanities, ‘Mad-Mani’ Style Authored by David DesRosiers, President of the RealClearFoundation, New York City has met many challenges in its history as the capital of capital. The constant…

Bats And Newts By Jane Foley, senior FX strategist at Rabobank It has been a while since the details of the US CPI inflation report was poured over so much. On initial…

Trump Sparks Market Chaos: Denies CBS Reports Of Imminent Firing Of ‘Knucklehead’ Powell Update (1200ET): Well that didn’t take long. President Trumnpo was asked in the Oval Office whether he was looking…

The British government funded covert campaigns across Europe via Zinc Network to shape public opinion and affect elections, Declassified UK has found The UK Foreign Office gave millions of pounds to a…

The US should supply Kiev with the systems free of charge rather than force EU nations to pay for them, Ulrich Thoden says During a meeting with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte on…

Trump Clarifies No Long-Range Missiles To Ukraine, Declares “I’m On Nobody’s Side” Only this week are further contents of a July 4 phone call between Presidents Trump and Zelensky being revealed, but…

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…

New Delhi has directed airlines to check the fuel switches of some aircraft made by the American manufacturer India’s civil aviation regulator has ordered the country’s carriers to inspect fuel switches on…

Officers in Rostov Region are now receiving the same sum they turned down Police officers in southern Russia’s southern Rostov Region are being rewarded for refusing bribes by receiving the same amount…

The various regional conflicts are increasingly becoming a standoff between the West and the Global South Global events increasingly reflect the growing confrontation between the Western bloc, led by the United States…

The IDF has struck the Defense Ministry as violence escalates across Druze-populated areas of Syria Israel attacked the headquarters of the Syrian military and locations near the presidential palace in Damascus on…

Illegal Border Crossings Hit Record Monthly Low, CBP Says Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times, Illegal border crossings fell to their lowest level in June, with no parole releases of…

Bank of America Misses On Revenue Despite Stellar Sales And Trading Results, Projects Two Rates Cuts In NII Forecast The strong bank earnings continued for a second day, when after solid results…

US Industrial Production Surges In June US Industrial production rose significantly more than expected in June (+0.3% MoM vs +0.1% MoM exp) with May’s 0.2% MoM decline revised up to unchanged. This…

Watch: Rent-A-Protester CEO Rejects $20 Million Contract To Stage Anti-Trump Protests  Free speech in the U.S. was never intended to serve as a perpetual vehicle for permanent protest. However, over the past…

ASML Shares Plunge As Uncertainty Casts Shadow Over 2026 Outlook Shares of ASML Holding NV plunged in Europe on Wednesday after CEO Christophe Fouquet warned he could no longer guarantee the company’s…

Kiev’s original request to host nuclear-capable, long-range Tomahawks was rejected under the Biden administration Vladimir Zelensky has called on US President Donald Trump to reconsider Ukraine’s proposal to host long-range American missiles….

Several bloc members reportedly only learned they were supposed to fund American weapons for Kiev when it was announced by the US president Several NATO member states were not notified in advance…

The ruling concerns the late opposition leader Jean-Marie Le Pen, who was accused of misuse of funds The EU General Court in Luxembourg has ordered Marine Le Pen and her two sisters…

The funds that Rome could allocate are “practically non-existent,” according to La Stampa’s sources Italy’s budget doesn’t allow it to participate in US President Donald Trump’s plan to supply American arms to…

RT Africa’s new film will reveal personal memories of South Africa’s first president through the eyes of those who knew him Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s first president and a global icon for…

The scheme would violate international law and trigger legal and market risks, the depository’s CEO has said European Union plans to move frozen Russian sovereign assets into riskier investments would amount to…

The removals to Eswatini are to ensure that the deportees never harm another American, Homeland Security has said A US deportation flight carrying a group of immigrants from various countries has landed…

Futures Drop As Tariffs, Earnings And Rising Yields Dent Sentiment US equity futures and global stocks dropped, but were well off session lows, as a stream of negative tariff headlines and dialed-back…

Renault Shock Profit Warning Sends Shares Crashing Shares of French carmaker Renault, trading in Paris, crashed the most since the early days of the Covid pandemic after the company issued an unscheduled…

Trump Accuses ‘Shifty Adam Schiff’ Of Mortgage Fraud, Says He ‘Needs To Be Brought To Justice’ Authored by Debra Heine via American Greatness, President Donald Trump on Tuesday accused Sen. Adam Schiff…

Federal Judge Takes Control Of US Government Authored by Kenin Spivak via RealClearPolitics, Just days after the Supreme Court again made it clear that the separation of powers is sacrosanct, Indira Talwani,…

US Producer Prices Blow Up Tariff-Flation Narrative Following yesterday’s ‘mixed’ CPI, all eyes are on the Producer Prices prints this morning for signs that the inflation pipeline is hotting up (or not)……

Lindsey Graham says “the Ayatollah” can tell Moscow what would happen if President Donald Trump’s ultimatum is ignored US Senator Lindsey Graham has cited the recent bombing of Iran when issuing a…

Moscow and Abuja have discussed full-cycle cooperation in oil and gas, emphasizing their joint role in OPEC+ decision-making The partnership of Russia and Nigeria under the OPEC+ framework plays a decisive role…

India’s foreign minister has called on the group to stay true to its founding objectives India’s foreign minister S. Jaishankar has called on the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) to take an “uncompromising…

Welcome To The Land Of The Free… Until You Express An Opinion Via DailySceptic.org, The following is the introduction to Cancel THIS, a new book by Mike Fairclough. Britain’s cancel culture is a…

China’s Rare Earths Exports High Highest Level Since 2009 China exported 7,742 metric tonnes of rare earths last month, marking the highest peak since 2009. This is according to newly released customs data. Additionally, as…

The US president has said Kiev will receive “17 Patriots,” but did not specify if they would be batteries or separate launcher Ukraine is unsure what US President Donald Trump meant when…

Imposing such levies would risk a confrontation with China, the outlet has said US President Donald Trump is unlikely to move forward with a proposed 100% tariff on imports from Russia and…

The US president has threatened to impose sanctions on Russia and its trade partners unless the Ukraine conflict is ended by autumn The Kremlin urges all nations to push Kiev to reach…

The Ukrainian leader and his chief of staff Andrey Yermak are untrustworthy figures, Steve Cortes has said Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky and his chief of staff Andrey Yermak are not “dependable” partners…

The Czech Republic is “focusing on other projects” to support Kiev, the prime minister has said The Czech Republic will not participate in a new initiative proposed this week by US President…

What Are Inheritance And Gift Taxes Like In Europe? An estimated $2 to $3 trillion were inherited globally in 2024, according to consulting firm EY. As EY analysts highlight, the impending inheritance to…

Global Oil Consumption Reaches All-Time High Authored by Robert Rapier via OilPrice.com, Global oil consumption reached an all-time high in 2024, driven primarily by non-OECD countries, with the U.S. remaining the largest…

Mali says the decision by the Czech Republic prevented its under-19 women’s team from representing the continent at a major tournament Mali has accused the Czech Republic of refusing entry visas to…

Mark Rutte has warned the BRICS nations of “massive” economic repercussions if they continue to do business with Moscow NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has warned India, China and Brazil of “consequences”…

Brussels’ top diplomat has expressed frustration over US payment demands for weapons it intends to send to Kiev The European Union is funding the “death” of Ukraine by paying for weapons sent…

Military Watch Magazine had reported earlier that the US president is considering sending JASSM cruise missiles to Kiev US President Donald Trump has denied media reports that Washington has been planning to…

Euro Adoption Unlikely In Czechia As Elections Favorites & Public Opinion Align Against Common Currency Authored by Thomas Brooke via Remix News, Andrej Babiš’s ANO, SPD, STAČILO! and others vow to protect…

The Hidden Cost Of Europe’s Free Education Authored by Lika Kobeshavidza via the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE), Europe’s free university model is often seen as a triumph of modern society. With no…

The move is part of the country’s plan to slash mounting debt French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou has announced plans for a new tax on the country’s wealthiest citizens as part of…

Escobar: Trump Terrified By BRICS Strategic Threat Authored by Pepe Escobar, This is it. The ruling classes of the Empire of Chaos, plus the current, clownish Circus Ringmaster have finally realized that…

$4 Trillion: Nvidia’s Record Valuation In Context Last week saw Nvidia officially became the first company to close at a valuation of $4 trillion on Thursday (and extending its gains this week),…

A massive data leak by the British military forced the government to secretly relocate thousands of ineligible asylum seekers The British government has reportedly spent at least £850 million (around $1.1 billion)…

Shubhanshu Shukla was the pilot of a four-member Axiom Mission 4 crew that went on an 18-day research mission Shubhanshu Shukla, the first Indian astronaut to visit the International Space Station (ISS),…

Sean Hannity and John Solomon have apparently ejected Sara Carter for “Tick Tock Term-2”, seemingly replacing her with James (‘sounds like Gopher from Winnie the Pooh‘) Comer. In the latest iteration of…

Lyme Disease Is Most Prevalent In The Northeast This year is a bad year for ticks… Statista’s Anna Fleck reports that new research has found that ticks are becoming more widespread due to changes…

President Trump departs the White House for a Pennsylvania energy innovation summit.  Shortly before departing the White House, President Trump took questions from the media.  WATCH: . Posted in President Trump, Press…

President Donald Trump heads to Pennsylvania for an energy innovation and AI summit in Pittsburgh.  At the event, President Trump is scheduled to host a roundtable event which will be covered live….

The bloc’s foreign affairs chief wants Washington to “share the burden” EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has welcomed President Donald Trump’s promise to send more weapons to Kiev, but argued he…

A Washington–New Delhi Alliance Is a Perfect Storm Against China, For India Authored by James Gorrie via The Epoch Times, Beijing’s Jitters: A Shifting Trade Landscape As China’s trade with the United…