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US officials say it is a "precautionary measure" and comes as Donald Trump weighs up whether to take action against Iran. Continue Reading »

BBC Persian has received dozens of accounts from inside Iran. Defiant despite potential repercussions, the witnesses said they wanted to ensure the rest of the world knew of the violence against the protesters. Continue Reading »

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• Fox-Dominion trial delay 'is not unusual,' judge says • Fox News' defamation battle isn't stopping Trump's election lies Continue Reading »

The judge just announced in court that a settlement has been reached in the historic defamation case between Fox News and Dominion Voting Systems. Continue Reading »

A settlement has been reached in Dominion Voting Systems' defamation case against Fox News, the judge for the case announced. The network will pay more than $787 million to Dominion, a lawyer for the company said. Continue Reading »

The market rebounded back to all-time highs Monday despite the probe. Continue Reading »

Trump told reporters in the Oval Office that "we've been told that the killing in Iran is stopping. It's stopped. It's stopping, and there's no plan for executions." Continue Reading »

The H200's performance has been exceeded by two generations of Nvidia chips currently in production, the Blackwell and Rubin. Continue Reading »

Republicans on Capitol Hill have lightly thrown cold water on capping credit card interest at 10%. Continue Reading »

Officials from Denmark and Greenland held a news conference after meeting with Trump administration officials. Continue Reading »

Par AFP © 2026 AFP Les Golden Globes ont enregistré une baisse de leur audience cette année, avec seulement 8,7 millions de téléspectateurs devant cette cérémonie qui a sacré le film "Une bataille après l'autre", ont annoncé mercredi les organisateurs.Plombées par la pandémie, puis par un scandale en 2021 révélant le racisme et la corruption de leurs membres, ces récompenses ont été rachetées par un milliardaire et se sont largement réformées. Mais elles n'arrivent pas à retrouver leur aura d'avant le Covid-19, lorsqu'elles rassemblaient encore 18 millions de personnes devant la télévision en 2020. La baisse de cette année représente une érosion de 7% de l'audience, par rapport aux 9,3 millions de téléspectateurs ayant regardé l'édition 2025, selon les chiffres de l'institut Nielsen. Longtemps perçus comme un tremplin essentiel vers les Oscars et la soirée favorite d'Hollywood, les Golden Globes ont été boycottés et privés de diffusion télévisée en 2022, à cause du scandale qui a failli les faire disparaître.Lâchés par la chaîne NBC et relancés sur la chaîne CBS en 2024, les Golden Globes nouvelle mouture sont toujours en convalescence. Mais la cérémonie a été largement pardonnée par le milieu hollywoodien. Parmi les grandes stars nommées dimanche ... Continue Reading »

Par AFP © 2026 AFP Les super favoris du Maroc ont battu les Super Eagles du Nigeria (0-0, 4 t.a.b. à 2) en demi-finale et ne sont plus qu'à un match de remporter enfin leur deuxième Coupe d'Afrique, mercredi devant leur public de Rabat en folie.Les Lions de l'Atlas se mesureront à ceux du Sénégal, vainqueurs de l'Egypte (1-0), dimanche dans le même stade Prince Moulay Adbellah pour coiffer à nouveau la couronne après laquelle ils courent depuis 1976.Il a fallu les tirs au but et les arrêts de Yassine Bounou sur les frappes de Samuel Chukwueze et Bruno Onyemaechi pour décrocher une deuxième finale après celle perdue en 2004 contre la Tunisie (2-1). En 1976, le Maroc avait remporté sa seule CAN en terminant premier d'une poule finale à quatre.Contrairement à 1988, où ils avaient perdu leur demi-finale à domicile contre le Cameroun (1-0), futur vainqueur, les Lions de l'Atlas n'ont pas laissé passer leur chance cette fois-ci.Les hommes de Walid Regragui ont dépensé beaucoup d'énergie dans leur pressing et contre pressing pour venir à bout des Nigérians. Cette dépense, plus la demi-heure supplémentaire, pourrait peser dans leurs jambes contre le Sénégal, qui lui a remporté sa ... Continue Reading »

Par AFP Par Benjamin LEGENDRE © 2026 AFP L'UE et le Royaume-Uni ont salué mercredi avec prudence des mesures supplémentaires, non précisées, qu'auraient prises le réseau social X pour bannir les images sexualisées de femmes et d'enfants créées avec son assistant IA Grok, désormais dans le viseur du procureur général de Californie."Nous prenons acte des mesures supplémentaires adoptées par X pour interdire à Grok de générer des images sexualisées de femmes et d'enfants", a déclaré mercredi Thomas Regnier, un porte-parole de la Commission européenne, sans préciser de quelles mesures il s'agissait."Nous évaluerons attentivement ces changements afin de nous assurer qu'ils protègent efficacement les citoyens de l'Union européenne", a-t-il ajouté.Selon le porte-parole, "si ces changements n'étaient pas effectifs, la Commission n'hésiterait pas à utiliser tout" son arsenal législatif. Celui-ci lui permet d'infliger, entre autres, des astreintes financières, voire de suspendre le réseau social sur le sol européen."J'ai été informé ce matin que X agit pour assurer une totale conformité avec la législation britannique", a déclaré mercredi le Premier ministre Keir Starmer devant le Parlement."Si c'est le cas, c'est une bonne chose, mais nous ne reculerons pas et ils doivent agir", a-t-il mis en garde, rappelant que l'enquête indépendante ouverte lundi ... Continue Reading »

Par AFP Par Emmanuelle MONIER, Lucas CROSET © 2026 AFP La quatrième saison de la série romantique d'époque "La Chronique des Bridgerton" a été lancée mercredi soir en grande pompe à Paris avant sa diffusion le 29 janvier sur Netflix avec la même recette à succès: amours contrariées, commérages, bals et toujours plus de diversité.Plusieurs centaines de fans se sont massés devant le palais Brongniart dans le centre de Paris, dont les marches et les colonnes étaient redécorés aux couleurs de la série, avec jardin à l'anglaise, pour une avant-première mondiale en présence de stars de la série.Lancée en 2020, l'adaptation des romans de l'Américaine Julia Quinn, dont les saisons 5 et 6 sont déjà confirmées, se situe en Angleterre au début du 19e siècle et met en scène les intrigues de la haute société londonienne, avec une touche très moderne et inclusive. La série tourne autour des huit frères et sœurs de la puissante famille Bridgerton.Sa quatrième saison se concentre sur le deuxième fils de la famille, le débauché Benedict (Luke Thompson). Lors d'un bal masqué, il tombe sous le charme de la mystérieuse Sophie Baek, ignorant que, à l'instar de Cendrillon, celle-ci est en réalité une servante.Leur ... Continue Reading »

Par AFP © 2026 AFP La Bourse de New York a terminé en baisse mercredi, plombée par le repli des capitalisations boursières géantes du secteur technologique, sur fond de résultats trimestriels mitigés pour les grandes banques américaines.L'indice Nasdaq - à forte coloration technologique - a perdu 1,00%, l'indice élargi S&P 500 a reculé de 0,53% et le Dow Jones de 0,09%."L'humeur des investisseurs est en train de changer" et "une certaine négativité s'installe" sur la place américaine, commente auprès de l'AFP Jack Ablin, de Cresset."La pression à la vente des titres à très forte capitalisation a été suffisamment forte pour peser sur les principaux indices, malgré la résilience relative des petites capitalisations", remarquent de leur côté les analystes de Briefing.com.Les "Sept Magnifiques", surnom donné aux grands noms du secteur technologique, ont tous terminé dans le rouge, à l'image de Nvidia (-1,44%), Amazon (-2,43%), Apple (-0,40%) ou Microsoft (-2,40%).Dans le même temps, "le secteur financier continue d'être sous pression" et "le facteur principal qui stimule les ventes aujourd'hui est la publication de résultats mitigés par les grandes banques", expliquent les experts de Briefing.com.Bank of America a chuté (-3,70%) malgré des performances meilleures qu'escompté lors des trois derniers mois de ... Continue Reading »

US President Donald Trump and Venezuela’s interim President Delcy Rodriguez held a lengthy and “productive” phone conversation on Wednesday Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

Western Europe has long abandoned its independence for American vassalage, and is now reaping the result Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

High-level talks in Washington have concluded without bridging the divide between the United States and Denmark over the future of Greenland Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

The EU is seeking to extend the restrictions it had imposed on RT in the wake of the Ukraine conflict  Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

A US military attack on Iran is “imminent,” Reuters sources have claimed amid President Donald Trump’s threats against the Islamic Republic Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

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Несовершеннолетним обещают вознаграждение, которое многие не получают, отметил председатель Следственного комитета Continue Reading »

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VERIZON MYSTERIOUSLY GOES DOWN... DEVELOPING... (Top headline, 1st story, link) Related stories:Emergency Alerts in Washington, NYC... Drudge Report Feed needs your support!   Become a Patron Continue Reading »

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Tehran issues Trump assassination threat: 'This time, the bullet won't miss'... (First column, 1st story, link) Related stories:Warns neighbors it could retaliate on USA...THREE MISSILE ARMED DESTROYERS SENT TO MIDDLE EAST...American forces in Qatar evacuate...Netanyahu's plane leaves Israeli airspace 'mysteriously'...'Rivers of blood' in Iran...World waits to hear if 26-year-old shopkeeper executed... Continue Reading »

Warns neighbors it could retaliate on USA... (First column, 2nd story, link) Related stories:Tehran issues Trump assassination threat: 'This time, the bullet won't miss'...THREE MISSILE ARMED DESTROYERS SENT TO MIDDLE EAST...American forces in Qatar evacuate...Netanyahu's plane leaves Israeli airspace 'mysteriously'...'Rivers of blood' in Iran...World waits to hear if 26-year-old shopkeeper executed... Continue Reading »

Morocco overcome Nigeria on penalties, after the match finished 0-0 after extra time, to reach AFCON final. Continue Reading »

Real Madrid's first match after sacking Xabi Alonso results in a shock 3-2 Copa del Rey defeat at lower league Albacete. Continue Reading »

Danish Foreign Minister Rasmussen says meeting with Trump administration 'didn't manage to change' US position. Continue Reading »

Trump has threatened to attack Iran, prompting Tehran to warn of retaliation amid growing fears of conflict. Continue Reading »

The no-confidence motions aimed to protest the European Union's trade agreement with the MERCOSUR bloc. Continue Reading »

There was no major breakthrough during the meeting, and President Trump reiterated his interest in acquiring the island shortly afterwards. Continue Reading »

US officials say it is a "precautionary measure" and comes as Donald Trump weighs up whether to take action against Iran. Continue Reading »

BBC Persian has received dozens of accounts from inside Iran. Defiant despite potential repercussions, the witnesses said they wanted to ensure the rest of the world knew of the violence against the protesters. Continue Reading »

Grok will no longer allow users to remove clothing from images of real people, a statement posted on X reads. Continue Reading »

West Midlands Police apologises for errors, but makes no comment on its chief constable's future. Continue Reading »

U.S. officials brokered the sale of hundreds of millions of dollars worth of Venezuelan oil to stabilize the country’s economy after capturing its president. Continue Reading »

Nonessential personnel were moved from Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, an American site that could be a target of Iran if President Trump ordered an attack on the country. Continue Reading »

President Trump has said that “help is on the way” for Iranian protesters. Amid reports that thousands of the protesters have been killed, our national security correspondent David E. Sanger describes what some of Mr. Trump’s options might be. Continue Reading »

While several of the Gulf Arab countries harbor little love for Iran, they worry that the consequences of rising tensions could blow back on them. Continue Reading »

Iran had planned to put a 26-year-old protester to death amid the wave of unrest in the country, but apparently stood down for now. Continue Reading »

The Chinese upstart says it has trained high-performing AI models cheaply, without using the most advanced chips. Continue Reading »

DeepSeek, SoFi and more in the latest Market Talks covering Technology, Media and Telecom. Continue Reading »

DeepSeek is called “amazing and impressive” despite working with less-advanced chips. Continue Reading »

The LinkedIn co-founder is starting Manas AI with “The Emperor of All Maladies” author Siddhartha Mukherjee. Continue Reading »

Apps can add flexibility and freshness to your routine. Just try not to get injured. Continue Reading »

Israel allowed displaced Gazans to begin crossing a military zone that bisects the enclave after a deadlock over hostage releases was broken. Continue Reading »

Troubles at Vanke raise questions about the continued spread of the property crisis and whether the Chinese state will step in. Continue Reading »

Some of the women were held alone for extended periods and spent eight months in tunnels, an Israeli medical official said. Continue Reading »

The alliance mounted its first coordinated response to a suspected sabotage campaign against critical infrastructure after another cable was severed in the Baltic Sea. Continue Reading »

Residents of Goma reported gunfire and shelling after rebels overran Congolese troops. U.N. officials estimated that more than one million displaced people were now inside the city. Continue Reading »

Scott Adams has died at the age of 68. Adams first published Dilbert, a comic strip that satirized life in white-collar offices, in 1989. The comic strip became ubiquitous in the 1990s. Continue Reading »

No one thinks about this timeline anymore, but it took more than two months after George Floyd died in Minneapolis for a foreign media organization — The Daily Mail — to publish the body camera footage of his arrest and subsequent overdose. Minnesota Democrats had refused to release the video, without explaining why. But it was obvious, in retrospect, why they didn't release it: The leaked body camera footage was fatal to the official narrative concerning Floyd's death. It demonstrated that Floyd, because he was in the process of overdosing on a lethal level of fentanyl, was struggling to breathe long before he was on the ground. But by the time the footage was released to the public, in August, it was far too late. Too many people had already been convinced that Floyd had somehow been murdered by a police officer who didn't cause any physical injury whatsoever to Floyd's neck or upper body, who was following established procedure, and who knew he was being recorded by an increasingly … Continue Reading »

Though it took nearly two centuries, citizenship in the United States has been a settled question. President Donald Trump's second administration is actively unsettling it. On Inauguration Day last year, Trump issued an executive order to end birthright citizenship, directly challenging established guarantees. The Supreme Court, with its growing appetite for revisiting precedent, said it will consider the issue and decide this summer whether presidents have the final say on who can be American. But this is not just another episode of constitutional brinkmanship. These developments reveal a deeper shift: Citizenship is increasingly treated as conditional rather than absolute, a credential more than an obligation. In practice, its legal meaning and the rights it confers have been eclipsed by partisan judgments about who belongs. Continue Reading »

Over its entire four years, the Biden regime imported millions of illegal aliens and gave them generous government benefits with the unstated but obvious purpose of building a bought-and-paid-for political super majority that would guarantee a permanent Democrat-controlled electoral dominance. It was intended to be the capstone of Barack Obama's pledge to fundamentally transform America. But now President Trump has called a halt to this transformation and is in the process of deconstructing this illegally imported voter base through ICE raids, arrests, and deportations. Continue Reading »

The FBI executed a search warrant on Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson's home on Wednesday as part of a probe into "a government contractor accused of illegally retaining classified government materials," the paper announced. Natanson was at her Virginia home at the time of the search and a warrant stated "law enforcement was investigating Aurelio Perez-Lugones, a system administrator in Maryland who has a top secret security clearance and has been accused of accessing and taking home classified intelligence reports that were found in his lunchbox and his basement," the Post reported, citing an FBI affidavit... Continue Reading »

The FBI executed a search warrant Wednesday morning at a Washington Post reporter's home as part of an investigation into a government contractor accused of illegally retaining classified government materials. The reporter, Hannah Natanson, was at her home in Virginia at the time of the search. Federal agents searched her home and her devices, seizing her phone, two laptops and a Garmin watch. One of the laptops was her personal computer, the other a Washington Post-issued laptop... Continue Reading »

The FBI raided the home of a Washington Post reporter early on Wednesday in what the newspaper called a "highly unusual and aggressive" move by law enforcement, and press freedom groups condemned as a "tremendous intrusion" by the Trump administration. Agents descended on the Virginia home of Hannah Natanson as part of an investigation into a government contractor accused of illegally retaining classified government materials... Continue Reading »

Americans who remember how an incident in Minneapolis six years ago plunged the whole country into a summer of rioting — then years of elevated criminal violence — should think carefully about where the protests over the death of Renee Good are leading. Like the killing of George Floyd, Good's tragedy is being exploited for political purposes, with the radical activists who then called for defunding the police now demanding an end to Immigration and Customs Enforcement — not only the agency, ICE, but the enforcement of the nation's democratically enacted immigration laws. It's the protesters' veto, an assertion by activists of a right to cancel laws they don't like. Continue Reading »

What has been long and clear is the reach of American power and the firmness of its grip upon the globe. Continue Reading »

YES. In December 2025, the Trump administration largely banned the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs from providing abortion services, reversing a Biden-era policy that had allowed VA providers to offer abortion care and counseling in limited circumstances.AllSides highlights content from Gigafact, a network of newsrooms that respond to online claims. View the full fact brief on Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting. Continue Reading »

President Donald Trump on Tuesday "delivered a bunch of falsehoods" about U.S. inflation, tariffs, consumer prices and the cost of prescription drugs during his speech at the Detroit Economic Club, says CNN fact-checker Daniel Dale — who naturally brought some receipts. "Inflation hasn't 'stopped,'" Dale wrote Tuesday on CNN. "Consumer Prices are up during this presidential term, not 'down.' Grocery prices are rising, not starting to fall 'rapidly.' US businesses and consumers, not China, pay US tariffs on Chinese imports." Continue Reading »

President Donald Trump encouraged Iranians to continue their protests in a post on Truth Social, assuring them that "help is on the way." The demonstrations, which began in response to Iran's economic struggles, have evolved into widespread anti-government protests targeting the Islamic Republic's leadership, including Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. According to multiple reports, these protests are among the largest and most widespread in years, affecting all 31 provinces of Iran. Continue Reading »

A solid majority of Americans support military intervention in Venezuela — including an eye-popping 66% of Hispanics — when informed that it's a hub of narcoterrorism with ties to Iran and Hezbollah, a new poll claimed. The Morning Consult survey conducted for the pro-US energy Council for Secure America asked 2,202 Americans on Jan. 10-11: "As you may know, Venezuela is a known hub for Iranian and Hezbollah terror, including military drone production and narcoterrorism. Does this make you more or less likely to support American intervention in Venezuela?" Sixty percent of respondents said they were more likely to support intervention, while 40% said they were less likely, found the survey, obtained by The Post on Tuesday... Continue Reading »

More than half of U.S. adults believe President Donald Trump has "gone too far" in using the U.S. military to intervene in other countries, according to a new AP-NORC poll. The poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research was conducted Jan. 8-11, after Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's capture. It found that 56% of U.S. adults think Trump has overstepped on military interventions abroad, while majorities disapprove of how the Republican president is handling foreign policy in general and Venezuela in particular... Continue Reading »

2025 was also the deadliest year for immigrants in custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) since 2004, as ICE reported 32 migrants died in its custody during the calendar year. Continue Reading »

After President Trump's pledge on Tuesday to send help to Iran, the world is watching to see how the White House will respond to the Iranian plea. Some now believe the death toll may be in the tens of thousands. The president delivered an encouraging message to the demonstrators, saying, "Keep protesting. Take over your institutions if possible. And save the names of the killers and abusers that are abusing you. You're being badly abused. And I've cancelled all meetings with Iranian officials until the senseless killing of protesters stops. And all I'm saying is help is on the way."... Continue Reading »

Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers reportedly arrested actor Kiefer Sutherland on suspicion of felony criminal threats early Jan. 12 in relation to an altercation with a ride-share driver. Authorities arrested the actor just following midnight after receiving a report of an assault connected to a ride-share driver in the Hollywood region, NBC4 Los Angeles reported. The suspect — later identified as Sutherland — allegedly attacked the driver inside the vehicle... Continue Reading »

Federal agents investigating a Somali immigrant operation that moved massive amounts of cash in suitcases from the Minneapolis airport to overseas have uncovered a new leg of the courier journey: the Columbus, Ohio airport. Homeland Security Department officials told Just the News that Transportation Security Administration officers tracked and flagged about $136 million in bulk cash in outbound luggage at the passenger checkpoints at John Glenn Columbus International Airport since November 2023... Continue Reading »

The Chief Justice of Iran indicated that the government would move quickly to hold trials and executions for demonstrators detained in the deadly anti-regime protests gripping the country — despite a warning from President Trump that such a move would result in a US military response. "If we want to do a job, we should do it now. If we want to do something, we have to do it quickly," Gholamhossein Mohseni-Ejei chillingly warned in a video shared by Iranian state television online. "If it becomes late, two months, three months later, it doesn't have the same effect. If we want to do something, we have to do that fast."... Continue Reading »

The biggest harbinger that things were about to fall apart in Iran didn't come from the thwarted anger of the country's opposition or the frustrated hopes of young people hungry for more personal freedom. It came from the collapse of a bank. Late last year, Ayandeh Bank, run by regime cronies and saddled with nearly $5 billion in losses on a pile of bad loans, went bust. The government folded the carcass into a state bank and printed a massive amount of money to try to paper over all the red ink. That buried the problem but didn't solve it... Continue Reading »

Obamacare Enrollment Trails 2025 By Less Than Expected Authored by Lawrence Wilson via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Plan selections in the Affordable Care Act Marketplace were 3.5 percent behind 2025’s number with two weeks left in open enrollment, but the drop-off has not been as severe as some analysts predicted. An Affordable Care Act sign sits in front of an insurance agency in Miami on Nov. 12, 2025. Joe Raedle/Getty Images Some 22.8 million people had selected a plan by Jan. 3, about 830,000 fewer than at the same point in 2025. The program, popularly known as Obamacare, appears on track for its second-highest enrollment ever. The open enrollment period began on Nov. 1, 2025, and ends on Jan. 15 in most states. During open enrollment, anyone can sign up for Obamacare. Outside that period, only those who report a qualifying life event such as a birth, divorce, or job change can enroll. The decline for 2026, if it continues through the final weeks of open enrollment, will mark the first drop in participation since 2020. Subsidies Boosted Enrollment Since its inception, Obamacare enrollments started slower than predicted, taking three years to reach 12.7 million ... Continue Reading »

Is It Time To Realign State Borders? Authored by John Kudla via American Thinker, Let’s pretend you are a liberal living in a red state.  If you feel aggrieved about the condition of the world and believe that conservatives are to blame, you can find a few like-minded souls, print up some signs covered in half-clever phrases, and go protest.  In most cases, unless you chain yourself to a railing on the courthouse steps or attack the police, you will usually be ignored. Image: Don Hankins via Flickr, CC BY 2.0  On the flip side, let’s pretend you are a conservative living in a deep blue state.  If you don’t like the school policy, E.V. mandates, high electricity prices, or restrictive gun laws, and you dare to complain, not only will you not be ignored, but you might be harassed, shunned, or canceled.  Your solution to the hard blue insanity is a four-letter word: move. Now let’s pretend you live in a state with a blue megalopolis somewhere over the horizon, but you don’t want to move.  Let’s also pretend you have lived in your community all of your life and have roots there — a job or ... Continue Reading »

Need To Escape Socialism? Come To Florida! Authored by Jeffrey Folks via American Thinker, The difference between red and blue states is not just a matter of degree; it is a qualitative difference based on the loss of freedom in blue states and an entirely different attitude in the red states.  The best example is the contrast between what now exists in New York and Florida.  Whereas New York, especially New York City, is slipping into a socialist nightmare, Floridians are living the dream.  In New York, freedom is constrained by high taxes and regulations, and things are only getting worse.  In Florida, taxes are low and getting lower, and the sun almost always shines. Image: Donkey Hotey via Flickr, CC BY 2.0. Florida voters understand the importance of limited government, and they have created a well governed, fiscally sound state.  Eliminating the state income tax in its entirety was only the beginning: Now there is movement toward lowering property taxes or eliminating them altogether, which would benefit nearly everyone in the state. Gov. Ron DeSantis is perhaps the biggest supporter of property tax reform.  The governor proposed eliminating property taxes for all Floridians in his 2025 State of ... Continue Reading »

Trump Appears To De-Escalate Iran Rhetoric, 'Killing Has Stopped' - Oil Tumbles There are reports that President Trump is listening to the non-interventionists in his cabinet, as he says Wednesday afternoon he's been told that the killing in Iran is stopping, and with no plan for executions. WTI futures immediately dropped on the newswires:  WTI fell from USD 62.30 to lows of 59.80/bbl over 7 minutes. Brent fell from 66.80 to 64.20 over the same time frame. With Trump noting Iran has no plans for executions, it drastically reduces the chances of the US attacking Iran, particularly a kinetic attack. Expectations of an attack had been building today with reports suggesting it could happen within 24 hours, which saw crude gain throughout the session; several nations urged citizens to leave Iran. S&P 500 ENERGY INDEX PARES GAINS AFTER TRUMP IRAN COMMENTS Iran FM: There is calm, we are in full control, Fox News reports Via Bloomberg... Trump has an "out" and Iran strikes appear to be off: President Donald Trump said he had been assured that Iran would stop killing protesters, in a signal he could hold off on a threatened military response to the repression of widespread demonstrations in ... Continue Reading »

"Everything's On The Table": JPM CFO Signals Possible Fight With Trump Over Credit Card Rate Cap Wall Street has benefited greatly from the Trump administration's economic policies and "Make America Great Again" agenda and has largely been supportive of the president. That relationship abruptly fractured last Friday when the president called for a one-year cap on credit card interest rates at 10%. All it took was President Trump's Truth Social post prioritizing working-class Americans over Wall Street, in which the president said, "AFFORDABILITY! Effective January 20, 2026, I, as President of the United States, am calling for a one-year cap on credit card interest rates of 10%," to put big bank CEOs on notice, with some now preparing to mount a fight against the White House. Two months later... https://t.co/POf3Y4jlrq pic.twitter.com/D4BlY4PD1i — zerohedge (@zerohedge) January 10, 2026 Leading that charge appears to be JPMorgan Chase CFO Jeremy Barnum, who signaled during an earnings call on Tuesday that banks could challenge Trump's move to cap credit card interest rates for a year. "If you wind up with weakly supported directives to radically change our business that aren't justified, you have to assume that everything's on ... Continue Reading »

Minnesota Stealing: Reason To Rethink Government Welfare Authored by Larry Elder via The Epoch Times, As for the estimated $8 billion in government (taxpayer) money stolen by crooks in Minnesota, people demand answers to many questions. But the 800-pound elephant/question goes unasked: Why is government in the business of welfare in the first place? Where in the Constitution does it permit the federal government to extract money from taxpayers for charity? Years ago, I worked full time one summer as a “loaned executive” for the United Way of Cleveland. My job was to meet with CEOs of companies, tell them the story of the United Way and hopefully arrange for me to make a presentation to the company’s employees, take questions and then ask for donations. Through this process, the United Way raised and donated money to other nonprofits involved in community activities such as preschooling, counseling “at-risk” youths, after-school academic programs, care for the sick and elderly and youth sports programs, among other local initiatives. There was a rigorous application process before the nonprofit could receive any money. There was regular and rigorous follow-up to make sure the money was spent properly and ... Continue Reading »

Denmark Says It's Clear Trump "Has A Desire To Conquer Greenland" After WH Meeting Latest: DENMARK SAYS AGREED WITH US TO FORM WORKING GROUP ON GREENLAND RASMUSSEN: WE DIDN’T MANAGE TO CHANGE THE US POSITION RASMUSSEN: MEETING TOOK PLACE IN CONSTRUCTIVE ATMOSPHERE RASMUSSEN: IN US-GREENLANDIC TALKS `WE AGREE TO DISAGREE' RASMUSSEN: EXPERT GROUP WILL MEET IN MATTER OF WEEKS Greenland's Foreign Ministry says they will strengthen cooperation with the US but that doesn't mean we want to be owned by the US. Denmark/Greenland: Hard to find a way forward when we're "waking up to threats every morning" and that "It is clear" that Donald Trump "has a desire to conquer Greenland". Update(1145ET): The Greenland and Denmark delegations are at the White House where they are meeting with Vice President J.D. Vance. Denmark's defense minister is seeking to convince the Trump administration that a more robust joint NATO presence on the resource-rich, large island of Greenland is all that's needed - and not a full US takeover. By day's end we'll see whether Trump finds this very convincing. POULSEN: 2026 GREENLAND MILITARY DRILL TO HAVE PERMANENT NATURE DENMARK DEFENCE MINISTER SAYS WE WILL HAVE A MORE PERMANENT PRESENCE ON GREENLAND GOING ... Continue Reading »

Ukrainians Fight Back: Family, Friends, & Neighbors Start Standing Up For Men Being Dragged Off To War Via Remix News, In Ukraine, ongoing forced conscription and violent practices by the military are provoking civilians to finally resist in unprecedented fashion: passersby, neighbors, and family members are blocking the recruiters’ path as they try to drag civilians off the streets. Forced conscription is causing increasing fear and distrust among civilians, reports Magyar Nemzet, but many are also no longer standing idly by: More and more footage shows passersby, neighbors, and family members stepping in when the TCK recruitment authorities show up. People are now openly confronting the authorities, with a few lucky ones escaping conscription. Sadly, other videos show men being forced into vehicles by recruiters or beaten to death. This past summer, József Sebestyén, a Hungarian from Transcarpathia, died during his forced conscription. The Ukrainian authorities tried by all means to cover up his case. In the video, recorded in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine, a crowd of civilians surrounds a police car in which a man has been placed. In the recording, people can be heard protesting, standing in front of the car, and preventing the vehicle from leaving the ... Continue Reading »

Nuclear Reactors On The Moon By 2030 First it was data centers in space. Now it's nuclear reactors on the moon. The global space race is heating up again, but it’s more than about just reaching the moon. International partners are teaming up to develop and establish remote posts on the moon utilizing nuclear reactors as the primary energy supply. The Russians are teaming up with the Chinese, the French are teaming up with the Italians, and the Americans are teaming up with… well, more Americans. We have news! We're partnering with @ENERGY to get a lunar nuclear reactor ready by 2030. Continuous, reliable power means we stay, build infrastructure, and push to Mars. We are following through on the President's directive in the national space policy through American… pic.twitter.com/lSVdZLmVIG — NASA (@NASA) January 13, 2026 The US announced an intention to develop lunar nuclear reactors last summer along with a similar announcement from China and Russia. This was eventually followed up with an executive order titled Ensuring American Space Superiority which explicitly directed the initial establishment of a permanent lunar outpost, including the launch of a lunar reactor, by 2030. The latest development involves ... Continue Reading »

In Some Minnesota Schools, The Focus Is Reading, Writing, And Resistance Authored by Aaron Gifford via The Epoch Times, In the Twin Cities, schools play a key role in fostering a culture where resistance and anti-authoritarianism thrive. A Minneapolis charter school located near where 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good was shot and killed last week by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent is centered on social justice and has a long history of left-wing political activism, according to its website. “We integrate social justice into every grade level, telling the stories of the people, not the people in power, and helping students understand history and their role in making the world a better place,” says the website for Southside Family Charter School. The ongoing ICE protests coincide with a new statewide mandate requiring ethnic studies, which the state Department of Education defines as analyzing ways in which “race and racism have been and continue to be social, cultural, and political forces, and the connection of race to the stratification of other groups.” Around the time of the Black Lives Matter protests in 2020, several schools in Minneapolis and St. Paul took it upon themselves ... Continue Reading »

Trump Freezes All Visa Processing For 75 Countries: The Full List The US government announced Wednesday it will pause or suspend immigrant visa issuance for 75 countries, with Iran among the countries listed, at a moment President Trump is said to be mulling some kind of US military intervention after two weeks of protests - but which largely seemed to have died down at this point. The new visa pause order will take effect January 21, and will also impact Iraq, Russia, Afghanistan, Brazil, Egypt and Nigeria, and dozens of others. "The State Department will use its long-standing authority to deem ineligible potential immigrants who would become a public charge on the United States and exploit the generosity of the American people," State Department spokesperson Tommy Piggott said in a statement.  "Immigration from these 75 countries will be paused while the State Department reassess immigration processing procedures to prevent the entry of foreign nationals who would take welfare and public benefits." Somalia and Minnesota should of course come to mind in this context. A State Dept memo "directs consular officers to refuse visas under existing law while the department reassesses screening and vetting procedures." According ... Continue Reading »

US Designates Chapters Of Muslim Brotherhood As Foreign Terrorist Organizations Authored by Jill McLaughlin via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Trump administration has followed through on its stated goal of designating three branches of the Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist organizations, sanctioning the groups and their members in accordance with President Donald Trump’s plan to strengthen national security. Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during a press conference as President Donald Trump and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth listen at Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Fla., on Jan. 3, 2026. Joe Raedle/Getty Images The Lebanese, Jordanian, and Egyptian chapters of the Muslim Brotherhood were designated by the U.S. State Department as foreign terrorist organizations on Jan. 13. The designations are a first step in support of Trump’s November order that aims to eliminate chapters of the organization that pose security threats to the United States and its allies. The group’s leader, Muhammad Fawzi Taqqosh, has also been named as a specially designated global terrorist. The Department of the Treasury also named the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood and Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood as specially designated global terrorists for providing material support to the Hamas terrorist group. “These designations reflect ... Continue Reading »

Disruptions Reported At Major US Cellular Carriers, Downdetector Shows Downdetector, the website that tracks real-time outages and service disruptions across the internet, reported moments ago that users of Verizon, T-Mobile, AT&T, Verizon Fios, and U.S. Cellular are experiencing disruptions and outages that began within the last hour. At a more granular level of the Verizon outage, reports indicate that outages and disruptions are being logged across the Washington-Baltimore region, New York, Chicago, Atlanta, Houston, and areas near Seattle. Reports of AT&T outages and disruptions appear more widespread in the central US. Reports of T-Mobile outages appear widespread as well. This report is based solely on Downdetector data and has not yet been confirmed by the carriers. *Story is developing... Tyler Durden Wed, 01/14/2026 - 13:06 Continue Reading »

Newsom Scrambles To Keep Billionaires In California, Vows To Kill Wealth Tax After a swath of billionaires publicly announced they are leaving the state of California over a proposed wealth tax, Governor Gavin Newsom went into a full blown panic - vowing to stop the proposed tax and "do what I have to do to protect the state."  In an interview with the NY Times, Newsom said that he has been working 'relentlessly' behind the scenes to kill the proposal. "This will be defeated — there’s no question in my mind," he said of the measure he has long opposed over concerns that it would stifle innovation in the state - as a growing list of tech CEOs have thrown their hands in the air and rage-quit the state over mounting plans to separate them from their wealth.  The plan in question - being driven by the SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West union - would require Californians with a net worth north of $1 billion to pay a one-time tax equal to 5% of their assets, and would apply retroactively to anyone who was living in the state as of Jan 1. Affected taxpayers could spread their payments across five years ... Continue Reading »

Rivian Shares Slide After Second Sell Downgrade In Week As UBS Flags "Limited Catalysts"  Shares of Rivian Automotive moved lower on Wednesday morning after UBS analyst Joseph Spak downgraded the struggling EV maker from "Neutral" to "Sell," marking the second analyst this week to slash their rating on the stock. Spak told clients that his downgrade of Rivian from Neutral to Sell, along with shifting his price target from $15 to $13, implies about 20% downside from current levels, and that it was driven by stretched expectations rather than deteriorating fundamentals. Here's the analyst's reasoning: We are downgrading RIVN to Sell from Neutral, $15 PT We downgrade RIVN to Sell, $15 PT seeing a less favorable risk/reward. RIVN stock has been prone to sentiment swings (often driving stock more than fundamentals) and the stock is +15% since Autonomy and AI Day on Dec. 11 (vs. S&P500 +1%) as the market assigned more enthusiasm to their AI potential. However, in our view, most of the AI related news is "out". The other point of enthusiasm is the launch of the R2 and while we like the vehicle, expectations may be too high; our 2026/27 ... Continue Reading »

Immigrant Secret Service Agent Leaks JD Vance's Travel Details Authored by Ken Silva via Headline USA, Journalist James O’Keefe published a shocking report Tuesday about how a Secret Service agent assigned to Vice President JD Vance’s security detail leaked details about his travels to one of O’Keefe’s undercover reporters. Furthermore, the agent, Tomas Escotto, only became a citizen in 2018, he voted for Joe Biden for president in 2020, and he “hates ICE,” according to O’Keefe’s report, which comes on the heels of a man attacking Vance’s Cincinnati home with a hammer earlier this month. Escotto, who may have broken the law with his leaks, has reportedly been placed on administrative leave and has had his security clearance revoked. As is typical with O’Keefe’s journalism, Escotto was apparently catfished by the undercover female reporter—meeting her on the dating app Tinder. Footage shows Escotto spilling the beans about his job to the reporter during a dinner date. He later texted her photos of sensitive locations, as well as details of Vance’s travel plans—telling the reporter in on Dec. 26 that the vice president would be in Ohio for four to five days before traveling to Florida for the weekend. Escotto ... Continue Reading »

France Records First Peacetime Natural Population Decline As Deaths Exceed Births Authored by Thomas Brooke via Remix News, France recorded a negative natural population balance in 2025 for the first time since the end of the Second World War, according to the national statistics institute INSEE, as the number of deaths exceeded the number of births over the year. INSEE estimates that 645,000 babies were born in France in 2025, a decline of 2.1 percent compared with 2024 and 24 percent fewer than in 2010, the last peak year for births. Over the same period, 651,000 people died, an increase of 1.5 percent year on year. The result was a negative natural balance of -6,000. The statistics institute said the increase in deaths was due in particular to a severe winter flu epidemic at the start of the year, as well as, in some areas, episodes of intense summer heat. Despite this, life expectancy at birth continued to rise, reaching 85.9 years for women and 80.3 years for men in 2025, both up by 0.1 years and at historically high levels. The decline in births was compounded by a further fall in fertility. The ... Continue Reading »

Ford Worker Suspended For Heckling Trump Raises Over $300K On GoFundMe Update (1145ET): The suspended employee, TJ Sabula, has raised over $300,000 via GoFundMe since the incident. The Ford Factory Worker who was let go after humiliated Trump_ is a Hero. My Donation to him $500.00#FuckTrump pic.twitter.com/1DpSRpNzH1 — Rydercc64 #Don'tFollowLead 🪶🪖💪🏽👊🏼🍀 (@rydercc64) January 14, 2026 *  *  * After being called a "pedophile protector" while touring a Ford plant in Michigan on Tuesday, President Trump lashed back, twice mouthing "f--k you" and then giving the middle finger to the auto worker who made the accusation. That worker has now been suspended, but says he has "no regrets whatsoever" about accusing Trump of helping to conceal information about convicted sex-offender Jeffrey Epstein. Trump gives the finger to a man who, angry over Trump's resistance to declassifying Epstein files, accused him of being a "pedophile protector"  “I don’t feel as though fate looks upon you often, and when it does, you better be ready to seize the opportunity,” 40-year-old TJ Sabula told the Washington Post. “And today I think I did that.” Suspended and with his job in peril, Sabula - said he's being "targeted for political retribution" for "embarrassing ... Continue Reading »

How Greenland Became The Most Dangerous Real Estate on Earth By Michael Kern of OilPrice.com The United States will officially begin negotiations to dismantle the Western world's operating system in just about 30 minutes or so...and oil prices are up just over 1% in anticipation.  The meeting, which will take place at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, will include Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and the foreign ministers of Denmark and Greenland.  The official agenda serves up standard diplomatic fare: "Arctic security," "strategic partnership," and "resource development." But the reality in the room is far more brittle... President Trump has made his position clear, stating on Air Force One that anything shy of U.S. control of Greenland is "unacceptable."  He has suggested that NATO "should be leading the way for us to get it," framing the acquisition not as a request, but as an obligation of the alliance. Whatever the diplomats call it, the pricing model of the partnership has fundamentally changed. For decades, the Atlantic alliance operated on a fixed-cost basis. Member states provided political alignment and base access in exchange for a predictable security guarantee. That fixed rate has now effectively floated. The new ... Continue Reading »

Justices Ask For Definition Of Sex During Supreme Court Arguments On Transgender Students In Girls Sports Authored by Arjun Singh via The Epoch Times, Three justices of the Supreme Court of the United States on Jan. 13 pressed advocates in two cases regarding transgender student participation in sports to define “sex” for the purposes of constitutional law. “What is that definition, for equal protection purposes? What does it mean to be a boy or a girl, or a man or a woman?” asked Associate Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. during the first round of oral arguments in the case of Little v. Hecox. In that case, Idaho’s law H.B. 500—which bans transgender individuals from participating in women’s sporting events—is being challenged by Lindsay Hecox, a transgender student at Boise State University who attempted to join the women’s track and cross-country teams. “We do not have a definition for the court,” replied Hecox’s advocate, Kathleen R. Hartnett of Cooley LLP. Hartnett, however, argued that her side was not challenging the definition of “woman” in H.B. 500, but merely the way Idaho has applied it to his case. “The way it applies, in practice, is ... Continue Reading »