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Tariff Windfall Drives Surprise $27 Billion US Budget Surplus In June Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times, New data from the Treasury Department show that surging tariff revenues in June…

Can Jay Powell Make It Through The Weekend? Authored by Larry Kudlow via RealClearPolitics.com, Is the Fed chairman, Jay Powell, going to make it through the weekend? There is talk that he…

Several MPs had moved in April to ban the commercial promotion of alchemists, astrologers, and other occult services A Russian parliamentary committee has rejected proposed legislation aiming to ban all advertising of…

The US president has survived at least one assassination attempt and one plot to kill him A Texas man was arrested in the US on Thursday for allegedly threatening to kill President…

Iran Could Recover Some Enriched Uranium Buried Deep At Isfahan, Israel Says A senior Israeli official cited in the BBC and NY Times has said that intelligence indicates much of Iran’s enriched uranium…

Dubai’s Emirates Airline To Enable Crypto Payments By Amin Haqshanas of Cointelegraph Dubai’s international airline Emirates signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Crypto.com to integrate Crypto.com Pay into the airline’s payment…

The remains of over 100,000 Poles are lying in unmarked mass graves scattered across Ukraine, according to a historian’s estimates Kiev should allow the “full-scale” exhumation of the victims of mass ethnic…

Q2-2025 Earnings Season Preview Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, Next week, the Q2-2025 earnings season will begin in earnest as a barrage of S&P 500 companies report, starting with the Wall…

Trump To Impose 30% Tariffs On Mexico, European Union President Trump on Saturday morning fired off two trade warning letters via Truth Social, threatening to impose 30% tariffs on all Mexican and…

“You can only really pledge your loyalty to one person or one country,” the conservative host has argued Americans who fight for other countries, including Ukraine and Israel, should be stripped of…

The gains are largely driven by President Donald Trump’s tariff hikes, which pushed customs duty collections to record highs The US government posted a surprise budget surplus in June, driven by a…

A monument to the troops who assisted Russia in repelling the Ukrainian incursion will be erected, the minister has said Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has thanked the North Korean troops who…

Apparently, cranking up the A/C in near-40-degree heat is now “cheating” and killing the environment Paris was melting last week, flirting with 40°C and zero chill. Apparently, the moment was ripe for…

Slovakia has made finding a solution for its energy security a condition for approving the bloc’s latest sanctions package Slovakia hopes to secure guarantees by early next week to protect it from…

Ford Recalling 850,000 Vehicles For Fuel Pump Failure Ford is recalling over 850,000 vehicles in the U.S. due to a faulty low-pressure fuel pump that could fail and cause engine stalls, increasing…

The probe has found that both engines of the plane shut down mid-air after the fuel supply was cut by valves that were switched off Last month’s Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner…

Turkey’s Outlawed PKK Begins ‘Symbolic’ Disarmament By Burning Weapons Via The Cradle A group of fighters from the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) laid down their arms on Friday during a disarmament ceremony…

Syrians Fear Israel Normalization Could Trigger Another Countrywide War Many Syrians fear another country-wide war could erupt if the country’s new post-Assad rulers make peace with Israel through a normalization deal based…

The International Criminal Court is in a deadlock over expanding its powers after three days of talks The International Criminal Court (ICC) has not been able to pass an amendment that would…

The US president still regards Russia’s Vladimir Putin as the “main negotiating partner,” the report claims US President Donald Trump continues to regard Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky as the main hurdle to…

The plan is being justified by new spending demands, including for military buildup, the newspaper notes The European Commission is planning to propose a new tax on corporate giants operating in the…

A Senate defense committee has approved a draft bill that bars the Pentagon from halting arms shipments and intel sharing with Kiev A bill authorizing more Ukraine aid and barring the Pentagon…

Berlin’s support for Kiev’s military industry is stoking the conflict with Moscow and hinders peace efforts, Russia has said Ukraine will receive its first batch of long-range missiles financed by Germany by…

Pretoria has developed contingency plans to sustain vital services, its health minister has said South African Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi says the country’s world-leading HIV/Aids program “will not collapse” following the withdrawal…

Foreign Minister Yusuf Tuggar says his country has “enough problems” and can’t take in foreigners straight out of American prisons Nigeria will not yield to pressure from the administration of US President…

Anatoly Legkodymov is facing extradition to France and 20 years in prison despite already serving one sentence in America A Russian crypto entrepreneur incarcerated in the US has appealed to President Donald…

Julie Kelly is personally very close to Dan Bongino and a significant advocate for him.  According to Julie Kelly and various other media sources, Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino is threatening to…

Traveling with President Trump to visit the families and those devastated by the recent floods in Texas, Melania Trump delivered a message to those in the region. WATCH: Full video of the…

President Donald Trump has announced a 35% baseline tariff rate for Canada on all imported goods not currently covered under the soon-to-expire USMCA trade agreement. “Instead of working with the United States,…

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…

Politicians claim the platform’s algorithms boost hate speech and threaten democracy France has opened a criminal investigation into whether algorithms on Elon Musk’s X platform were used to interfere in domestic politics….

“Now That Is A Coronal Hole. Whoa Momma.”  Ben Davidson of Space Weather News issued a warning on X overnight about an Earth-facing coronal hole that could eject fast-moving solar wind toward…

China Reports Worst Producer Deflation In 2 Years Amid Ongoing Trade Uncertainty Authored by Lily Zhou via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), China’s factory-gate prices in June saw the biggest fall in…

Conservative Creators: Don’t Let The Liberal Entertainment Crisis Go To Waste Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.us We’ve all heard the argument before – “Liberals are the ‘creatives’ in western culture and…

Pyongyang sent troops to help repel Ukrainian invasion in western Russia Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov began his three-day visit to North Korea on Saturday, highlighting growing cooperation between the two countries during…

These Are 2025’s ‘Most Livable’ Cities Every year, The Economist ranks cities around the world on livability, based on factors including crime and conflict to public transportation and education. This map, via…

Cambridge Researchers Find Gut Bacteria Could Help Remove ‘Forever Chemicals’ From Body Authored by George Citroner via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Researchers have found that nine species of gut bacteria can…

‘Global War on Terror’ Is Over. Terror Won. Authored by Daniel McAdams via RPI, On Sept. 16, 2001, five days after the attacks on New York and Washington, DC, President George W….

FBI’s ‘Raw’ Epstein Prison Video Was Likely Doctored: Wired In an effort to quell longstanding theories surrounding the death of Jeffrey Epstein, the U.S. Department of Justice this week released nearly 11…

The Pentagon abruptly suspended the shipments in early July, citing a need to audit remaining stockpiles Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky has confirmed that deliveries of weapons from the US have resumed following…

Goldman Sees Housing Affordability Relief Ahead – Here’s The Timeline Housing affordability is at its worst in decades, but a new Goldman report suggests some of the most severe pressures may begin…

US Charges Chinese Man Accused Of Hacking Into Universities to Steal COVID-19 Research Authored by Frank Fang via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced charges on July…

Secretary of State Marco Rubio linked the new restrictions to the 2021 unrest in Havana The US has placed visa restrictions on Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel, accusing Havana of human rights violations….

RFK Jr. Bans Illegal Immigrants From Government-Funded Programs Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is rescinding a 1998 interpretation of a law…

Nearly 5,000 Haitians Killed In 9 Months As Gang Violence Spreads Beyond Capital The United Nations in a fresh report issued Friday is urging international support for Haiti, amid crippling gang violence…

Even 190% Tariffs Can’t Break Our Addiction To China’s Cheap Labor Despite falling headline numbers—China’s share of U.S. imports dropped to 13% in 2024 from nearly 22% in 2017—America’s reliance on Chinese…

Massive Rare Earths Elements Deposit Confirmed In Wyoming By John Paul Hamsptead of FreightWaves In a groundbreaking moment for the American mining industry, the Fluor Corporation has confirmed the feasibility of large…

Forced Labor, Human Trafficking? Illegal Alien Kids Rescued After ICE Raids Industrial Pot Farm In Newsom’s California California Gov. Gavin Newsom wrote on X, “Kids running from tear gas, crying on the phone…

Brokering a truce will be difficult but realistic, Kirill Budanov said A ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine must be reached by the end of the year, the head of Ukraine’s military intelligence,…

No One Believes… Authored by James Howard Kunstler, Flux Rules “We’re trapped in a structure. We named the Structure ‘Jeffrey Epstein’.” – Eric Weinstein No one in America – not even the…

A return to diplomacy requires US guarantees after strikes on the country’s nuclear sites, the Islamic Republic’s FM has said Iran has signaled it is open to resuming dialogue with the US,…

El Salvador Recalls Ambassador To Mexico Over Drug Plane Allegations Authored by Melanie Sun via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele said on July 9 that he was recalling…

Russia will oppose any attempt to target its national tongue abroad, the document says Russian President Vladimir Putin has approved a new language policy doctrine aimed at supporting the use of the…

California To Lose 17% Of Oil Refining Capacity: EIA Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, California could lose 17 percent of its oil refinery capacity over the next 12 months…

Senate Committee Votes To Block FBI Headquarters Relocation Authored by Savannah Hulsey Pointer via The Epoch Times, The Senate Appropriations Committee voted to ban the Federal Bureau of Investigation from a planned…

JPM CEO Jamie Dimon Unloads On Democrats: “Idiots” Obsessed With Failed Wokeism   The inconvenient truth for Democrats is that there is still no bottom in sight, as the party of leftist radicals…

California, Los Angeles Join Activist Lawsuit Against Federal Authorities Over ICE Operations Authored by Kimberley Hayek via The Epoch Times, California Attorney General Rob Bonta, along with the attorneys general from several…

MTG Moves To Strike Half-Billion Of Military Aid To ‘Nuclear-Armed Israel’ Vying for the title of Most Brazen Bull in the china shop that is America’s relationship with the State of Israel,…

Ukraine’s Security Service has confirmed that Colonel Ivan Voronich was recently gunned down in Kiev A senior Ukrainian intelligence officer was shot dead in Kiev on Thursday. According to the New York…

Washington and Brussels have been fighting over a tariff increase since February Relations with the US may never return to what they used to be, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen…

How the West’s recklessness is testing Moscow’s nuclear patience A multipolar world is, by its nature, a nuclear one. Its conflicts are increasingly shaped by the presence of nuclear weapons. Some of…

Trump Teases ‘Major Statement’ On Russia Coming In Days President Donald Trump has stated that America’s NATO allies will be required to pay the full cost for US-made weapons while hinting that…

Trump Threatens To Pull Endorsements From GOP Senators Opposing DOGE Cuts President Trump on Thursday night threatened to withhold endorsements from any Republican senators who oppose his $9.4 billion “DOGE” rescissions package targeting…

Is Immigration Not Tariffs Becoming Powell’s New Excuse Via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, Jerome Powell has made it clear that tariffs could induce higher inflation. Accordingly, the Fed has resisted cutting interest rates. Despite his…

It’s A Smart Move For Russia To Strike Ukrainian Draft Centers Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, The Financial Times (FT) reported that “Russia attacks Ukraine’s draft offices in effort to undermine…

With approximately 120 killed in the devastating floods, President Trump and First Lady Melania travel to Texas today to visit with those impacted.  The President and First Lady departed Joint Base Andrews…

Everyone can see the play by President Trump. Essentially, the “coalition of the willing” (U.K, Germany, France) are not willing to go to war against Russia without the United States in front…

Chopper pressers are the best pressers.  President Trump gives remarks to the assembled media as he departs the White House.   Interestingly, if you watch the video all the way through you will…

Russian UAVs have proven to be a “serious threat” to Ukraine’s forces, the ministry said Footage released by the Defense Ministry on Friday shows Russian forces destroying multiple Ukrainian targets. The compilation…

Many people surmise the Trump administration is unaware of the ongoing MAGA backlash to the DOJ and FBI position on matter of Jeffrey Epstein. For a significant -albeit unknown- portion of President…

Nearly 2,000 jobs in the executive branch dealing with foreign policy are reportedly on the chopping block The US State Department will start mass layoffs in the coming days, as the administration…

Politicians in the EU and UK have “forgotten” the lessons of history, Russia’s top diplomat stressed Western European leaders have forgotten the lessons of history and are once again steering the continent…

Facebook’s parent firm has reportedly refused to make further changes to its controversial pay-or-consent model Facebook’s parent company, Meta, is facing fresh EU antitrust charges and multi-million daily fines after reportedly refusing…

Education Department To Resume Interest Accrual On 7.7 Million Student Loan Borrowers Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, The U.S. Department of Education announced it will restart interest accrual for…

T-Mobile Scraps DEI Programs To Better Align With Trump Admin Policies Authored by Katabella Roberts via The Epoch Times, T-Mobile officially scrapped its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs to better align…

The ‘Count Dooku’ Of Austrian Economics Faces ‘Anakin’ Murphy Mises Institute Jedi Bob “Anakin” Murphy finally faced his nemesis: George Mason University’s David Beckworth, deemed the “Count Dooku” of Austrian Economics by…

The “wound” in relations between Warsaw and Kiev will not heal until “cleansed,” Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz has said Kiev must officially recognize the crimes committed by Ukrainian ultra-nationalists and Nazi collaborators…

Trump To Send $300M In Weapons To Ukraine Drawn From Pentagon Reserves For the first time, President Donald Trump is set to use his authority to send weapons directly to Ukraine from…

Facing the risk of trade weaponization, New Delhi must defend its economic choices through diplomacy, diversification, and strategic resilience India stands at a challenging crossroads. A proposed US Senate bill threatening a…

A five-story residential building has been hit by Ukrainian forces, Kherson Region’s head, Vladimir Saldo, said A five-story residential building collapsed after being hit in a Ukrainian air strike, the governor of…

Nvidia CEO Makes Pit Stop At White House Before China Trip Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang met with President Trump at the White House on Thursday, just days before a trip to China….

Hemispheric Defense Theme Accelerates As Hegseth Calls For Drone Dominance An investment thesis gaining traction across our desk is the “Hemispheric Defense” theme, driven by the urgent need for the Western world—led…

Russia could assist in restoring civilian infrastructure hit during the June attacks, the Iranian ambassador has said Iranian authorities believe Russia could help rebuild infrastructure damaged by recent Israeli and US airstrikes,…

Did TACO Trades Just Get Burrito’d? Via Rabobank, A combo of confidence, arrogance, and ignorance has seen continued TACO trades on tariffs: Trump always chickens out, say those who just watched him…

The region’s economic competitiveness is dwindling, Jamie Dimon has warned Western Europe is “losing” the economic competition with its main rivals, China and the US, and is struggling with a shortage of…

Can The US Avoid Recession? A Lot Depends On The Dollar Authored by Simon White, Bloomberg macro strategist, Near-term US recession risk is low, but there are pockets of weakness that could…

The move will allow Finland to reintroduce anti-personnel mines into its weaponry stockpile as soon as January Finland has formally withdrawn from an international treaty that bans the use of anti-personnel landmines…

BMI Dismisses Trump’s Copper Tariff As Likely Just A “Negotiating Tool, Not Serious Proposal”  The global copper industry had been on edge since the start of President Trump’s second term amid rising…

Moscow is closing the Polish consulate in Kaliningrad after Warsaw forced out the Russian mission in Krakow Russia has ordered the closure of Poland’s consulate in the exclave of Kaliningrad, citing “hostile…

Plans by some nations to put troops in Ukraine are evidence of a confrontational approach, spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said Western Europe has refused to consider dialogue with Russia and is instead…

Trump Admin Teases Resumption Of Anti-Houthi Airstrikes After Ship Attacks The Trump administration this week teased the possibility that it could order resumed airstrikes in Yemen following the two latest attacks by the…

Texas Greenlights Gold And Silver As Legal Tender Via SchiffGold.com, Austin, TX keeps rewriting the monetary rulebook.  House Bill 1056, cleared by both chambers in late May, designates properly marked gold and silver…

EPA Promises ‘Total Transparency On The Issues Of Geoengineering And Contrails’ Authored by Jon Fleetwood, Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released new online resources to address public questions and concerns about…

Bitcoin, Ether Soar As ETFs Clock Second-Biggest Day Of Inflows Ever Bitcoin and Ether investors piled into their respective crypto-themed funds on Thursday, marking their second-largest daily inflows since their inception. US…

The German chancellor earlier demanded that Russia pay €500 billion for Ukraine’s reconstruction Moscow has pushed back against German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s demand that Russia fund Ukraine’s reconstruction, indicating that Berlin could…

A nation enduring informational attacks needs to fight back, spokesman Dmitry Peskov has argued Some press restrictions are appropriate during wartime, but recent changes in the Russian media environment cannot be reduced…

West Jerusalem has proposed a sealed “humanitarian city” in Rafah to house Palestinians under military control Israel’s plan to concentrate Gaza’s entire population into a sealed, military-controlled “humanitarian city” is “inhumane,” the…

Reaching the nuclear fuel at the Isfahan facility would not be easy for Tehran, however, an unnamed official has told the agency Israel believes that US strikes on Iranian nuclear sites last…

New Delhi is introducing a $156 million-subsidy to assist domestic producers of the crucial component for the high-technology industry India is looking to manufacture rare earth magnets. A $156 million subsidy scheme…