After most of his tariffs were outlawed on Friday, Trump announced new global tariffs of 10% - which he says he has now increased to 15%. Continue Reading »

The student protesters honoured thousands of those killed when nationwide mass protests were put down last month. Continue Reading »

Troops should be deployed to peaceful parts of the country in non-fighting roles, he said. 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 »

Trump also warned: "During the next short number of months, the Trump Administration will determine and issue the new and legally permissible Tariffs." Continue Reading »

American, Delta, JetBlue, United and others waived change and cancellation fees ahead of another massive winter storm. Continue Reading »

India hosted one of the world's biggest AI events this week, but it was marred by impossible traffic and a lack of organization. Continue Reading »

The oil market's biggest fear is that a conflict between the U.S. and Iran could lead to a prolonged disruption of oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz. Continue Reading »

The market volatility may be leading retail investors astray. Continue Reading »

Par AFP Par Rémi BOUVERESSE © 2026 AFP À l'issue d'une rencontre brouillonne et illisible, Lens s'est incliné au stade Bollaert (3-2) après avoir pourtant mené 2 à 0, samedi après-midi, et pourrait perdre la première place de Ligue 1 lors de cette 23e journée.Ce revers lensois, inédit en tous points, constituera peut-être un tournant dans cette saison écrite jusqu'à présent tel un conte de fée. Il donne en tout cas la possibilité au Paris Saint-Germain (deuxième, 51 points), qui accueille Metz dans la soirée, de reprendre son trône aux dépens des Sang et Or (52 points).Il aura fallu une succession de choses inhabituelles pour voir Lens chuter. Une défaite à domicile, déjà, qui interrompt sa série de dix succès de suite à Bollaert, alors qu'une seule victoire manquait pour battre le record.Les premiers points perdus après avoir ouvert le score, ensuite, alors que Lens en avait jusqu'à présent amassé 17 dans ce scénario de match.Une prestation brouillonne, enfin, surtout dans la construction du jeu par l'arrière, qui aura fragilisé la défense lensoise et sans cesse fait passer des frissons dans les travées de l'enceinte lensoise, à guichets fermés pour la 80e fois de suite.C'est ainsi que Lens a ... Continue Reading »

Par TV5MONDE Le Conseil de la paix lancé par Donald Trump s'est réuni à Washington le 19 février pour discuter de la reconstruction et la stabilisation de Gaza. L’organisation a mis en avant le Maroc comme l’un des rares pays arabes à s’engager publiquement sur le volet sécuritaire, en plus d’une participation financière. Le Conseil de la paix lancé par Donald Trump s'est réuni à Washington le 19 février pour discuter de la reconstruction et la stabilisation de Gaza. L’organisation a mis en avant le Maroc comme l’un des rares pays arabes à s’engager publiquement sur le volet sécuritaire, en plus d’une participation financière.La réunion inaugurale du Conseil de la paix a présenté la création d’une “Force internationale de stabilisation” à Gaza (ISF/FIS) destinée, entre autres, à sécuriser des couloirs humanitaires et à stabiliser le territoire dans la phase post-conflit.Aux côtés de l’Indonésie, du Kazakhstan, du Kosovo, et de l’Albanie, le Maroc va donc rejoindre cette force internationale. Les cinq engagements ... Continue Reading »

Par TV5MONDE avec AFP En Iran, la crainte d'une intervention américaine est omniprésente, alors que le président américain Donald Trump a déclaré ce jeudi 19 février 2026, se laisse entre dix et quinze jour pour décider si un accord était possible ou non. En Iran, la crainte d'une intervention américaine est omniprésente, alors que le président américain Donald Trump a déclaré ce jeudi 19 février 2026, se laisse entre dix et quinze jour pour décider si un accord était possible ou non."Je dors mal la nuit, même avec des médicaments": à l'image du retraité Hamid, nombre d'habitants de Téhéran peinent à trouver le sommeil, au moment où Donald Trump dit envisager une frappe contre l'Iran, ravivant l'expérience de la guerre de juin dernier.Dans la nuit du 12 au 13 juin 2025, une attaque d'Israël, par la suite appuyée par Washington, avait pris par surprise les Iraniens, au moment où leur pays se préparait à de nouvelles négociations sur le ... Continue Reading »

Par AFP © 2026 AFP En Libye pour ce début de ramadan, l'ambiance n'est pas entièrement à la fête malgré les feux d'artifice: le pays, toujours divisé en deux, est miné par l'instabilité. Et les prix montent en flèche.Le paradoxe n'échappe pas à de nombreux Libyens: alors que le sous-sol du pays regorge d'hydrocarbures, leur quotidien reste marqué par des pénuries, notamment de gaz et de carburant, 15 ans après le soulèvement contre Mouammar Kadhafi. Ces dernières semaines, plusieurs stations-service à Tripoli n'avaient pas d'essence. Rares étaient les distributeurs automatiques alimentés en billets et, dans les supermarchés, certains produits étaient rationnés.Firas Zreeg, 37 ans, déambule dans les allées d'une grande surface, pleine à craquer en cette période de ramadan où les repas de rupture de jeûne sont plus variés et copieux que d'ordinaire.S'il constate "des améliorations mineures sur le plan sécuritaire", il pointe une "situation économique détériorée".En cause, la hausse du taux de change du dollar et "une spéculation généralisée", aux conséquences néfastes "sur le quotidien des citoyens", décrit-il.Depuis des semaines, de nombreux Libyens déplorent une hausse considérable des prix de produits essentiels. Celui de l'huile de cuisson a par exemple doublé, ceux de la viande et de ... Continue Reading »

Par AFP Par Catherine HOURS © 2026 AFP Le son enregistré des cloches d'alpage accueillant le visiteur dès l'entrée pourra-t-il faire oublier l'absence de vaches au Salon de l'agriculture ? Visiteurs et agriculteurs voulaient y croire samedi, même si l'ambiance au Hall 1 avait perdu de sa "chaleur" habituelle."Il reste les autres animaux", soulignait Jérôme Tessiaut, venu de Soissons pour la deuxième année avec son garçon de 7 ans, impatient de "revoir les lapins et les lamas": ce qui compte "c'est la balade".Cette absence, décidée par les organismes de sélection des races en raison de la crise de la dermatose, est devenue la grande préoccupation des organisateurs tant les bovins sont une attraction populaire.Sujets de défilés, de concours d'élevage ou de boucherie, ils sont aussi l'incarnation même du salon, via la "vache égérie" que les politiques aiment tant saluer."Venir, c'est soutenir!" proclamait le slogan 2026 dans les travées parcourues samedi par des milliers de visiteurs, dont beaucoup de familles et de jeunes.A défaut de caresser le poil de Biguine, la vache martiniquaise de race brahman choisie pour mascotte, elle aussi privée de salon, Emmanuel Macron est lui-même longuement resté sur les stands des Outre-Mer, prenant dans ses bras un ... Continue Reading »

Federal immigration agents killed a US citizen during enforcement operations in March 2025, media outlets report, citing ICE documents Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

How a simulated German takeover of Winnipeg shocked citizens into buying war bonds during WWII Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

US President Donald Trump’s envoy Paolo Zampolli has welcomed Russia’s return to the Paralympic Games Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

New Mexico officials are probing after Epstein’s ranch after claims that he allowed two girls to be killed and their bodies concealed Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

Slovakia has threatened to cut Ukraine’s emergency electricity supply if it does not resume deliveries of Russian oil Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

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Министр цифрового развития и связи региона Александр Синелобов сообщил, что стороны проведут несколько мероприятий в этом направлении Continue Reading »

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Заместитель директора инвестиционного департамента КРДВ Мария Бадмацыренова сообщила, что в год 80-летия Победы регионы Дальнего Востока и Арктики готовы также предложить патриотические туры Continue Reading »

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MAGA DOWN: Supreme Court decision traps Republican leaders... (First column, 1st story, link) Related stories:New Trade Agenda on Collision Course With Midterms...DOWD: SCOTUS Schools POTUS...High-stakes State of the Union just got harder... Continue Reading »

Slovakia and Hungary vexed after Russian oil flows via Ukraine halted by alleged Russian drone strike last month. Continue Reading »

Artemis 2 is a precursor to the US space agency's planned astronaut moon landing with Artemis III scheduled for 2028. Continue Reading »

Hundreds of Britain First protesters faced larger antifascist crowds in a tense Manchester city centre standoff. Continue Reading »

Latest Israeli attacks bring total death toll in Gaza since October 'ceasefire' to 614. Continue Reading »

Persistent rain in Colombo forces abandonment of Pakistan's game with New Zealand, which was to open Super Eights stage. Continue Reading »

After most of his tariffs were outlawed on Friday, Trump announced new global tariffs of 10% - which he says he has now increased to 15%. Continue Reading »

The student protesters honoured thousands of those killed when nationwide mass protests were put down last month. Continue Reading »

Troops should be deployed to peaceful parts of the country in non-fighting roles, he said. Continue Reading »

A cross-party committee will also look into the appointment and accountability of UK trade envoys. Continue Reading »

More than 250 people contacted us describing impulsive behaviour side effects from prescription drugs. Continue Reading »

The move signaled that the president would press ahead with steep global import taxes despite the legal setback from the Supreme Court. Continue Reading »

In rejecting President Trump’s tariffs, the court’s six conservative justices displayed subtle differences in their views of executive power. Continue Reading »

The exemption was shut down last year by President Trump based, in part, on the same legal grounds as the tariffs that were invalidated by the Supreme Court. Continue Reading »

In his concurrence to the ruling invalidating President Trump’s tariffs, Justice Neil M. Gorsuch made a forceful case for the sanctity of the legislative process — and an implicit critique of its current dysfunction. Continue Reading »

Some reluctant Republicans say an old-school filibuster showdown with Democrats could paralyze the Senate with no guarantee of success. But President Trump and their own colleagues are spoiling for the fight. 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 »

At least one Republican lawmaker is formally pushing back on President Trump's effort to boost a controversial herbicide, glyphosate, that's reviled by supporters of the "Make America Healthy Again" (MAHA) movement. Trump this week stoked MAHA fury by issuing an executive order that seeks to "ensure an adequate supply" of glyphosate as a national security issue and grant "immunity" to makers of the pesticide under the Defense Production Act. Continue Reading »

President Donald Trump's Wednesday night executive order promoting production of a widely used herbicide is threatening to blow up a coalition that played a key role in his 2024 election victory. Make America Healthy Again activists brought into the Republican fold by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are furious over Trump's move to ensure adequate supplies of the herbicide glyphosate, a prime target of their efforts to crack down on toxic chemicals that they argue are killing Americans. Continue Reading »

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently defended a move by President Donald Trump to protect and boost the production of a precursor chemical for pesticides, which just two years ago RFK Jr. said was a major contributor to "America's chronic disease epidemic," and if elected he would "ban" it. Citing national defense imperatives, Trump passed an executive order earlier this week to protect a precursor element used in the production of an herbicide known as glyphosate. Trump's executive order described glyphosate-based herbicides as "a cornerstone" of the United States' agricultural productivity. Continue Reading »

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The Defense Department is sending a large array of additional weaponry to the Middle East, including more warships, air defenses and submarines, in preparation for a possible military strike on Iran if President Donald Trump makes that decision, according to U.S. officials and information from public tracking. The buildup of military hardware comes as the U.S. and Iran are still pursuing diplomatic talks that could help avert a conflict. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi noted "good progress" after indirect talks with Trump's special envoy, Steve Witkoff, and son-in-law Jared Kushner in Geneva on Tuesday. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Wednesday that "there was some progress made" in the talks but that "there are still a lot of details to discuss." Continue Reading »

The U.S. military has assembled one of its most substantial concentrations of naval and air power in the Middle East in decades, a force built near Iran not for a limited strike, but for sustained combat operations if ordered. While diplomats in Geneva trade proposals, the Pentagon has moved beyond a "show of force" to an operational footing that represents the largest concentration of U.S. air power in the region since the Iraq War. Continue Reading »

The U.S. military has deployed scores of combat aircraft across the Middle East and will soon have a second aircraft carrier within range of Iran if President Trump gives the order to strike. Over the past month, dozens of jet fighters and support aircraft have flown from the U.S. and Europe to bases in Jordan and Saudi Arabia, according to flight-tracking data. For decades, the U.S. military has located warplanes at bases throughout the Middle East that have served as launching points for conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria and Yemen. However, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates won't allow the U.S. aircraft to use their respective airspace to strike Iran. That has prompted the U.S. to base many fighters farther away in Jordan, which means warplanes would need to rely more on aerial refueling to reach their targets and return to the bases. Continue Reading »

President Donald Trump slammed the Supreme Court's 6-3 decision that ruled he does not have the authority to levy sweeping tariffs under a specific emergency powers law, noting he will pursue "alternatives" to tariffs under emergency law. "Other alternatives will now be used to replace the ones that the court incorrectly rejected," Trump said during a White House press briefing Friday afternoon. "We have alternatives. Great alternatives. Could be more money. We'll take in more money, and we'll be a lot stronger for it. We're taking in hundreds of billions of dollars. We'll continue to do so." The president also announced he is imposing a 10% "global tariff" following the court's decision. Continue Reading »

The Supreme Court cast aside the bulk of President Trump's sweeping tariffs Friday, obliterating a canon of his economic strategy in ruling that his use of an emergency statute to remake global trade was unlawful. The decision invalidates what the Trump administration called the president's most significant economic and foreign policy initiative of his second term, a result Trump has warned could foist financial ruin upon the United States. The justices rejected Trump's expanded use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) in imposing tariffs on nearly every country. The 1970s-era law allows the president to "regulate" imports when necessary to respond to national emergencies that pose an "unusual and extraordinary" threat. Continue Reading »

The Supreme Court on Friday ruled that President Donald Trump violated federal law when he unilaterally imposed sweeping tariffs across the globe, a striking loss for the White House on an issue that has been central to the president's foreign policy and economic agenda. The decision is arguably the most important loss the second Trump administration has sustained at the conservative Supreme Court, which last year repeatedly sided with the president in a series of emergency rulings on immigration, the firing of the leaders of independent agencies and deep cuts to government spending. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the majority opinion and the court agreed 6-3 that the tariffs exceeded the law. The court, however, did not say what should happen to the more than $130 billion in tariffs that has already been collected. Continue Reading »

The Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump's far-reaching global tariffs on Friday, handing him a stinging loss on an issue crucial to his economic agenda. Furious about the defeat, Trump said he will impose a global 10% tariff as an alternative while pressing his trade policies by other means. The new tariffs would come under a law that restricts them to 150 days. He made that announcement after lashing out at the Supreme Court for striking down much of his sweeping tariff infrastructure as an illegal use of emergency power. Trump said he was "absolutely ashamed" of justices who voted to strike down his tariffs and called the ruling "deeply disappointing." Continue Reading »

Candidates for Congress are not required to live within the congressional district they seek to represent. The U.S. Constitution only requires candidates for congressional office to live in the state where they run for office, although there is no minimum required length of residency. States cannot enact additional, district-specific residency requirements for congressional candidates, following the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in a landmark 1995 election case.  AllSides highlights content from Gigafact, a network of newsrooms that respond to online claims. View the full fact brief on The Nevada Independent. Continue Reading »

Studies show hardly any non-citizens successfully vote in state and national elections. Byron Donalds, a Republican running for Florida governor, said on a Feb. 9 podcast that requiring proof of citizenship for newly-registered voters would cause problems for blue states, suggesting Democrats rely on illegal voting to win elections. However, studies have proven the number of non-citizens who do cast votes doesn't impact election outcomes –– let alone make a ripple.AllSides highlights content from Gigafact, a network of newsrooms that respond to online claims. View the full fact brief on Suncoast Searchlight. Continue Reading »

Presidential polling from Gallup is coming to an end after nearly nine decades, in a major shift in how one of the country's most well-known survey firms measures public opinion. For years, Gallup has been considered the gold standard for tracking how Americans feel about the president. While the organization says it will pivot toward issue-based polling instead of presidential job approval, other firms are continuing to track the numbers — offering a detailed look at how President Donald Trump is performing across the country. Continue Reading »

A newly created advisory group from President Donald Trump is stepping into discussions about Gaza's future, as international officials warn the cost of rebuilding the war-torn territory could reach tens of billions of dollars, and humanitarian needs remain urgent. The president's "Board of Peace" met in Washington on Thursday to discuss reconstruction efforts in Gaza. President Trump pledged $10 billion from the U.S. and members of the Board of Peace reportedly pledged $7 billion, according to NBC News. Continue Reading »

CLAIM: A YouTube video authentically shows conservative columnist George Will reporting that Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney walked out of the White House after U.S. President Donald Trump triggered a North American economic crisis. RATING: FAKE In February 2026, a rumor circulated online that Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney "walked out" of the White House after U.S. President Donald Trump allegedly triggered a North American economic crisis. The allegation spread largely through a YouTube video (archived) titled "1 Minute Ago: Carney Walks Out Did Trump Just Trigger a North American Economic Crisis | George Will." The clip presented itself as a breaking news report and implied viewers were hearing authentic commentary from conservative columnist George Will. Continue Reading »

A key inflation gauge accelerated in December to the fastest pace in nearly a year, showing how prices are still rising more quickly than most Americans would prefer — and faster than the Federal Reserve's target of 2% a year. Prices rose 0.4% in December from the previous month, up from 0.2% in November, the Commerce Department said Friday in a report that was delayed by the six-week government shutdown last fall. The monthly increase was the highest since last February. Compared with a year ago, inflation rose 2.9% in December, up from 2.8% in November. That is the largest yearly increase since March 2024. Continue Reading »

After the U.S. Department of Justice released millions of documents related to the case of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on Jan. 30, 2026, rumors about the emails included in the so-called "Epstein Library" multiplied. The emails revealed details about Epstein's purported ties to powerful people, including President Donald Trump, Microsoft founder Bill Gates and Harry Potter author JK Rowling. This, in turn, fueled speculation that the disgraced financier was at the heart of a massive conspiracy. As the public, journalists and authorities around the world examined the cache of documents, Snopes shed light on several claims, true and false: Continue Reading »

The U.S. economy slowed at the end of 2025, capping a volatile year in which growth ultimately held firm, as resilient consumers and an A.I. investment boom helped keep growth on track despite tariffs, uncertainty and the longest government shutdown in history. Gross domestic product, adjusted for inflation, grew at a 1.4 percent annual rate in the final three months of the year, the Commerce Department said on Friday. That was down sharply from a 4.4 percent rate in the third quarter, partly because of the prolonged shutdown. For 2025 as a whole, measured from the end of 2024, G.D.P. increased 2.2 percent, compared with 2.3 percent the previous year. The numbers are preliminary and will be revised at least twice in the coming months. Continue Reading »

The U.S. economy grew more slowly the fourth quarter of last year, weighed down by last fall's record-long government shutdown and slower consumer spending. U.S. gross domestic product—the value of all goods and services produced across the economy—rose at a 1.4% seasonally and inflation adjusted annual rate in the final quarter of last year, the Commerce Department said Friday. Economists surveyed by The Wall Street Journal expected a 2.5% reading. The quarterly reading was a sharp slowdown from the summer's blistering 4.4% rate. Federal government spending declined at a 16.6% rate in the fourth quarter. In 2025, the economy grew 2.2%, measured from the fourth quarter of the prior year. That was slower than 2.4% growth in 2024 and the weakest since 2022. Economists surveyed by the Journal last month expected growth of 2.3% for 2025. Continue Reading »

Welcome To The Lowest-Common-Denominator Society Authored by James Hickman via SchiffSovereign.com, For decades, Germany operated its rail system on an honor model. There were no turnstiles, no barriers. Passengers bought tickets, boarded trains, and conductors performed random spot checks to make sure everyone had paid. It was a system built on trust— and for a long time, it worked, because Germany was a fundamentally law-abiding society. That system has been fraying over the last several years as Germany aggressively imported millions of migrants who don’t respect the law. The most egregious example took place earlier this month, when a train conductor asked a passenger— a 26-year old migrant— for his ticket. Not only did the passenger not have a ticket, but he beat the conductor so severely that the man died of his injuries the next morning. The government’s response is extraordinary. Rather than establish law and order and rain holy hell upon the criminals, Deutsche Bahn— which is owned by the German government— has told conductors to NOT approach passengers who present a “high risk of escalation.” In short, the new policy is— if someone looks dangerous, don’t bother checking their ticket. Meanwhile, ordinary passengers— the ones ... Continue Reading »

'Incubator Babies' Are Back, With Iran In Crosshairs Tehran is once again pointing the finger at "terrorists" for last month’s bloodshed, rejecting outside estimates and doubling down after President Trump just issued his own high estimate. Trump told reporters Friday that 32,000 people were killed in the unrest, declaring that "the people of Iran have lived in hell" under the ruling clerical regime of the Ayatollah. Source: qantara.de That figure is one of the highest offered so far, even significantly beyond some Iranian opposition claims. But Tehran has rejected this. It's far beyond even what most Washington-friendly mainstream media said in real time as the bloody protests were unfolding. Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi announced Saturday that the government has published a list of 3,117 individuals he called "victims of recent terrorist operation." The official figure notably includes roughly 200 security personnel - suggesting at least some elements of the protests were armed, dangerous, and attacked police and military. Iranian officials have alleged the protesters had outside covert help from Israel and the United States. Indeed, US mainstream media has lately confirmed the US government covertly shipped in thousands of Starlink terminals to aid the anti-government ... Continue Reading »

Was Climate Change The Greatest Financial Scandal In History? Authored by Stephen Moore via The Epoch Times, Environmental scholar Bjorn Lomborg recently calculated that across the globe, governments have spent at least $16 trillion feeding the climate change industrial complex. And for what? Arguably, not a single life has been or will be saved by this shameful and colossal misallocation of human resources. The war on safe and abundant fossil fuels has cost countless lives in poor countries and made those countries poorer by blocking affordable energy. Since the global warming crusade started some 30 years ago, the temperature of the planet has not been altered by one-tenth of a degree—as even the alarmists will admit. In other words, $16 trillion has been spent—a lot of people got very, very rich off the government largesse—but there is not a penny of measurable payoff. But it’s much worse than that. In economics there is a concept called opportunity cost: What could we have done with $16 trillion to make the world better off? What if the $16 trillion had been spent on clean water for poor countries? Preventing avoidable deaths from diseases like malaria? Building schools in African villages ... Continue Reading »

Cantor Fitzgerald Slammed Over Tariff Trades Which Never Happened In retrospect, if only Cantor Fitzgerald was called PolyCantor, none of this would have happened. Ever since September, the upstart online betting marketplace PolyMarket has been offering traders the opportunity to make money by betting whether the US Supreme Court would rule in favor or against Trump's tariffs, with millions of bets placed for either outcome (of course, we learned the outcome at 10am ET on Friday, when a 6-3 majority - including two Justices selected by Trump - voted against the president's landmark trade policy). Source: PolyMarket If that's not enough, there were also parallel markets like "Will the Court Force Trump to Refund Tariffs?", "Will the Supreme Court rule on Trump's tariffs by..." and many others.  Of course, there's also PolyMarket's carbon copy, Kalshi, which offered the exact same markets to its own group of traders. Source: Kalshi Yet reading the mainstream media or various social network politicized echo chambers, one would have no idea that both PolyMarket and Kalshi, which have revolutionized online betting for ordinary Americans (and as of this week, for institutional clients of both PolyMarket and Kalshi), are letting their ... Continue Reading »

Trump Hikes Global Tariffs To 15%, Blasts "Ridiculous, Anti-American" SCOTUS Ruling Hell hath no fury like a Donald scorned... One day after 'The Supremes' struck down his IEEPA tariffs, President Trump has announced, in a statement issued on Truth Social, that he will raise his new, global tariff to 15% (the maximum allowed under a separate trade law), a day after he took hiked global tariffs to 10% (in response to the SCOTUS ruling). Trump further slammed the SCOTUS decision as "anti-American"... "Based on a thorough, detailed, and complete review of the ridiculous, poorly written, and extraordinarily anti-American decision on Tariffs issued yesterday, after MANY months of contemplation, by the United States Supreme Court, Then dropped the hammer... "...please let this statement serve to represent that I, as President of the United States of America, will be, effective immediately, raising the 10% Worldwide Tariff on Countries, many of which have been “ripping” the U.S. off for decades, without retribution (until I came along!), to the fully allowed, and legally tested, 15% level." With the policy taking effect immediately, Trump further signaled that he would press ahead with his trade war despite the major legal setback. "During the next ... Continue Reading »

What Have You Learned In The Last 6 Hard Years? Authored by Jeffrey Tucker via The Epoch Times, The last six years have been a time of astonishing revelation about many features of public life that had been previously hidden. I’m not just speaking of the Epstein files though they are part of it. We’ve all seen and experienced things over these years that (at least to me) would have been nearly inconceivable before. It’s shaken us and forced people to recalibrate their understanding of the world. If you have changed your mind on some important matters, congratulations? That’s a sign of humility, curiosity, adaptability, and adherence to facts over bias. This is a virtue. People who report no change are either omniscient, which is doubtful, not paying attention, or just too doggedly attached to prior views that nothing can unsettled them. I have a huge archive of my own writings over decades and I look through sometimes just to test how and to what extent my own outlook has shifted. Indeed it has. There is value in my old books and articles but reading them now, I detect a kind of naivete, a ... Continue Reading »

If 'Cash Is King', Berkshire Hathaway Leads The World The cash that companies hold is important for paying employees, funding operations, and as a measure of financial health. This chart, via Visual Capitalist's Boyan Girginov, shows the 50 companies with the largest cash holdings, using data from TradingView to highlight who is sitting on the largest war chests. This metric captures a company’s most liquid assets: cash plus short-term securities like T-bills that typically mature within a year. Which Companies Hold the Most Cash? Berkshire Hathaway leads the rankings with an impressive $382 billion. The data table below shows the top 50 companies worldwide with the largest cash and short-term securities holdings: Source: TradingView | Cash and Short-Term Investments | as of Feb 11, 2026 Following Berkshire are CITIC—a Chinese state-backed financial conglomerate—and Daiwa Securities Group, one of Japan’s biggest financial brokerages. Big Tech rounds out the top five, with Alphabet holding $127 billion and Amazon holding $126 billion. Why Buffett Holds So Much Cash Among the top 50 companies, the Financials sector collectively holds the largest cash reserves at $1.2 trillion—partially driven by strict capital rules requiring banks to maintain large liquid buffers. Berkshire Hathaway is different: its cash position is strategic, not regulatory. After ... Continue Reading »

9 Tips To Cut Your 2025 Tax Bill And File Smoothly Under New Rules Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), With tax season underway and the April 15 filing deadline approaching, taxpayers are being encouraged to review new changes introduced by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act to help minimize their tax bills and avoid filing delays. The IRS in Washington. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times The law, signed in July 2025, made several permanent revisions to the tax code. It also created a series of temporary deductions and expanded limits—many of which expire after 2028 or 2029 and come with strict income phaseouts. The IRS has urged taxpayers to review the new provisions carefully and use online tools at IRS.gov to help ensure smooth processing. Here are nine strategies to consider. 1. Revisit Itemizing Under the Higher SALT Cap The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) temporarily increased the state and local tax (SALT) deduction cap from $10,000 to $40,000 for both single filers and married couples filing jointly. For 2025, the standard deduction is $15,750 for singles, $31,500 for married couples, and $23,625 for heads of household. Taxpayers whose total itemized deductions—including mortgage ... Continue Reading »

Precrime: Months Before Massacre, OpenAI Worried About Canada's Trans Mass Killer Months before a Canadian man in a dress went on a Feb 10 rampage, killing his mother and half-brother at home before slaughtering five students and an education assistant at a secondary school where he was formerly a student, employees at OpenAI were deeply troubled by his interactions with the firm's ChatGPT AI chatbot.    As first reported by the Wall Street Journal, Jesse Van Rootselaar's ChatGPT activity was flagged by the company's automated review system. When employees took a look at what he'd been up to over a several-day period in June 2025, they were alarmed. About a dozen of them debated what they should do. OpenAI employees were sufficiently alarmed by future mass murderer Jesse Van Rootselaar's interactions with ChatGPT that they urged managers to call the police Some were convinced Van Rootselaar's descriptions of gun-violence scenarios signaled a substantial risk of real-world bloodshed, and implored their supervisors to notify police, according to the Journal's unnamed sources. They opted against doing so, and a spokeswoman now says they'd concluded Van Rootselaar's posts didn't cross the threshold of posing a credible and ... Continue Reading »

No Laughing Matter: John Cleese Declares "I'm Afraid They Are Going To Have To Arrest Me" Authored by Jonathan Turley, In the classic movie comedy, A Fish Called Wanda, John Cleese lamented, “do you have any idea what it’s like being English? Being so correct all the time, being so stifled by this dread of, of doing the wrong thing.” Now 86, Cleese has a more pressing concern about being English: whether his exercise of free speech will make him a criminal in his own country. In a recent interview, Cleese observed that the government’s new speech standards would classify many citizens, including himself, as presumptive criminals for criticizing certain policies. He observed that: ”As I am an Islamosceptic, I’m now worried that the Labour government may categorise me as a terrorist…” The government of Prime Minister Keir Starmer has continued its headlong plunge into the criminalization of speech. The guidelines include a section on cultural nationalism, stating that such views are now the subject of government crackdowns. To even argue that Western culture is under threat from mass migration or a lack of integration by certain groups is being treated as a dangerous ideology. Cleese responded by saying, ... Continue Reading »

California Dominates America's AI/Data-Center Jobs The AI boom isn’t just about chatbots and software. It’s also creating thousands of jobs tied to the physical infrastructure that powers large-scale computing. As companies race to build data centers and expand AI capacity, employment tied to AI infrastructure has climbed to 482,716 jobs nationwide, according to 2025 data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). This map, via Visual Capitalist's Jeff Desjardins, ranks all 50 states by AI and data center employment, highlighting where this fast-growing segment of the tech economy has taken root—and which states have built the deepest talent bases. The AI and Data Center Boom: Jobs by State California leads the nation with 81,577 AI and data center jobs, accounting for about 17% of the U.S. total. While California dominates in total jobs, Washington ranks first on a per capita basis, with 289.8 roles per 100,000 residents. This is partially thanks to being home base to companies like Microsoft and Amazon. More populous states like Texas (48,029), Florida (28,682), and New York (27,849) are all at the top of the leaderboard in absolute terms. That said, the latter two (Florida and New York) are actually below average in ... Continue Reading »

Deporting Censorship: US Targets UK Government Ally Over Free Speech Authored by Paul D. Thacker via RealClearInvestigations, As ICE sweeps in Minneapolis have drawn wide attention, a little-noticed immigration case playing out in a New York federal court has significant implications for America’s relationship with Britain and the ongoing debate over global censorship.   In late December, the State Department announced its intention to revoke the visas of five foreign individuals who have allegedly censored Americans. The most consequential member of this group is Imran Ahmed, a British Labour Party political operative now living in the U.S., who is the CEO of an influential nonprofit, the Center for Countering Digital Hate. In documents released Feb. 6 in federal court, the State Department claims Ahmed and the Center have been key players in efforts to censor Americans. A memo written by State Department Undersecretary Sarah Rogers asserts that “Ahmed was a key collaborator with the Biden administration on weaponizing the national security bureaucracy to censor U.S. citizens and pressure U.S. companies into censoring, and his group advocates for foreign regulatory action that extraterritorially impacts American citizens and companies.”  In a follow-up memo, Secretary Marco Rubio wrote that Ahmed had led efforts to ... Continue Reading »

Here's What People Value Most In The US, UK, & Germany If you had to choose just three things that matter most in life, what would they be? Across the U.S., UK, and Germany, family and health dominate. But after that, national differences emerge. Germans lean toward security and stability. Americans stand out for money, growth, and faith. In the UK, work-life balance comes into the fold as a top priority. The data for this visualization comes from Statista Consumer Insights. Over 1,000 adults per country were surveyed in January 2026 and asked to select up to three personal values that matter most in their lives. Family Comes First Family life ranks as the most important value in all three countries. In the UK, 51% of respondents selected family as a top priority, the highest share among the three nations. Germany follows at 43%, while 42% of Americans say family matters most. Because respondents could choose multiple answers, percentages do not sum to 100%. Health and Security Stand Out in Germany Germans place a particularly strong emphasis on health, with 49% identifying it as a top value. Safety and security (30%) and freedom/independence (27%) also rank highly in Germany. ... Continue Reading »

Macron's India Trip Exposes EU Tech Overreach And Policy Failures Submitted by Thomas Kolbe At times, it seems almost absurdly comical when senior European Union officials make conspicuous efforts to court local business on foreign trips. Didactic in tone, nearly arrogant in their demands toward potential trade partners, and buoyed by a taste for moral superiority, the EU takes the global stage. It still attempts to force large parts of the world into Brussels’ doctrinal playbook—as if economic cooperation could be achieved through normative decrees. Meanwhile, its own economic weakness is either overlooked or deliberately ignored. Economic strength would at least provide some justification for such demands. Yet the ongoing relocation of European industry to Asia and the United States undermines any carefully staged display of supposed superiority. From February 17 to 19, France’s President Emmanuel Macron visited India—the newly discovered object of European diplomatic desire. In Brussels, high hopes are pinned on Prime Minister Narendra Modi: unspoken is the goal of trade-policy support in the battle against Donald Trump’s America. For Macron, this India trip could have been an easy diplomatic exercise—without missteps, without verbal blunders, simply by observing routine protocol. He could have used the ... Continue Reading »

Is It Time To Reopen The Franklin Child Prostitution Case After Epstein Revelations? Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.us The seriousness of a conspiracy can often be quantified by the amount of energy the establishment expends trying to bury it. Consider for a moment the fact that Jeffery Epstein’s monstrous club of elites faced near zero mainstream exposure for over 20 years, despite his arrest for human trafficking in 2006. Think about the level of political and media interference, the highly organized propaganda, the targeted attacks against conspiracy researchers – Think about the amount of money and time that was expended just to shut us up and convince the public the Epstein situation was “overblown”. The revelations of the “Lolita Express” and the flights to Little Saint James Island are nothing compared to what we now find in the millions of documents released in the past month. Hints of rape, torture, possible murder, and even cannibalism are present in the coded (and not so coded) language of Epstein’s emails. And, if the revelations of “Pizzagate” and the John Podesta emails are correct, then many of the horrors committed on Epstein’s Island involved ... Continue Reading »

AI Content 'Incidents' Skyrocket: A Growing Threat In The Digital Age The latest data from the OECD’s AI Incidents and Hazard Monitor reveals a staggering boom in monthly media-reported AI-related content incidents: from just about 50 in early 2020, to over 200 in early 2024 and nearly 500 by January 2026, representing a tenfold increase over the period. As Statista's Tristan Gaudiaut details in the infographic below, the rise has been particularly strong since last year (doubling in the last twelve months). You will find more infographics at Statista This exponential rise underscores the rapid proliferation of AI-generated content worldwide, from synthetic media to deepfakes, flooding platforms like TikTok, X, Instagram or YouTube. Teens are on the frontline: A 2025 Pew Research Center survey found that two-thirds of U.S. teens now use AI chatbots, with nearly 30 percent engaging with them daily. More concerning, a 2026 Education Week report revealed that 1 in 17 teens (aged 13 to 17) have already been targeted by deepfake content, such as non-consensual synthetic imagery, with over 80 percent of surveyed teens acknowledging the harm caused by such manipulations. Meanwhile, adults struggle to keep up. Research shows that while humans can sometimes detect AI-generated voices or ... Continue Reading »

Riyadh Seeks To Replace Israel With Syria For EU Fiber-Optic Cable Route Via Middle East Eye Saudi Arabia wants to replace Israel with Syria as the transit country for a fiber-optic cable designed to connect the kingdom to Greece through the Mediterranean Sea, two regional officials familiar with the project told Middle East Eye. Saudi Arabia's insistence that it be connected to Greece through Syria, and not Israel, as previously discussed, underscores how regional alignments are shifting as Riyadh looks to bolster Damascus’s standing in the region and potentially isolate Israel. via AFP Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has publicly accused Israel of committing genocide in Gaza, where over 72,000 Palestinians have been killed. Riyadh is also at odds with the UAE, Israel’s closest Arab partner, in Yemen, Sudan, and the Red Sea. Athens is trying to position itself as a hub between Europe and the Middle East for energy, real estate and Artificial Intelligence (AI). Greece has courted Qatar, the UAE and Saudi Arabia for investment, but it is particularly close to Israel, which policymakers in Athens view as an ally against Turkey, and an insurance policy to keep the US engaged in the Eastern Mediterranean. Saudi Arabia's shift on the project could throw ... Continue Reading »

Iranian Starlink Black Market Prices Soar As War Risks Rise Iran's black market for Starlink terminals has rapidly repriced, with reported street quotes of $4,000 per terminal, up from $700 to $1,000 last summer, as war risks surge and renewed fears grow over stricter internet censorship and another blackout. Bloomberg spoke with Starlink terminal sellers and human rights groups that said satellite internet via Starlink terminals is one of the only ways to stay connected to the rest of the world, as the Iranian government has cut access or forced traffic onto a highly monitored national intranet amid social uprisings. Now the terminals cost upwards of $4,000 per unit as war risks rise, and President Donald Trump has set a deadline for Iran to reach a "meaningful deal" on its nuclear program or face conflict with the US. Last month, the Iranian government implemented a two-week full-scale internet blackout to quell unrest, and connectivity to the outside world remains heavily throttled. There are about 50,000 terminals in the country, according to digital rights group Holistic Resilience. A Starlink seller on Telegram told the media outlet that units were extremely expensive in Iran, ... Continue Reading »

A Year Into Trump's 2nd Term: When Does Accountability For The Deep State Begin? Authored by Jeff Dornik via American Greatness, We were told this time would be different. We were told that a second Trump administration would not repeat the mistakes of the first, that hard lessons had been learned, and that the Deep State would finally be confronted rather than tolerated. One year into President Trump’s second term, it is both fair and necessary to ask whether those assurances are being honored—not from hostility but from a sincere desire to see the America First agenda succeed, endure, and become irreversible. During President Trump’s first term, Congress squandered its moment. The first two years were consumed by infighting, hesitation, and internal paralysis, even with Republican control. Then came the midterms, control was lost, and meaningful legislative progress effectively ended. What followed were impeachment spectacles and relentless political warfare, while entrenched corruption inside the federal government remained untouched. Now, just past the first year of President Trump’s second term, the pattern feels disturbingly familiar. The urgency voters demanded is not being matched by the actions of those entrusted to deliver it. The ... Continue Reading »

Washington Post Editorial Board Brutally Mocks Mamdani Margaret Thatcher once said, “The trouble with Socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money,” and New York City's new socialist mayor, Zohran Mamdani, is learning just how right she was, and New Yorkers are going to pay a hefty price for it. On Tuesday, a mere two months after declaring he would “replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism,” Mamdani announced a $127 billion preliminary budget for fiscal year 2027, a $5 billion increase from the prior year, while simultaneously warning residents of "painful" tax hikes if state officials refused to bail him out to cover his socialist policies.  “That’s a city budget bigger than the state budgets of 47 states. Even the state government of Florida (population 23 million) spends less than New York City’s,” explains The Washington Post editorial board. “And the state still managed to attract hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers in recent years.” “The reality is that The reality is that Americans may like the idea of ‘free’ stuff — it’s how socialists win elections — but they are less excited about having ... Continue Reading »