Lissie Harper says the possible early release of prisoners is "deplorable", after reports that two of PC Harper's killers could be freed early. Continue Reading »

The government says the policy will "help with the cost of living and give people the breathing space they need" Continue Reading »

Logistics hubs belonging to Wildberries in the Krasnodar and Stavropol regions were struck overnight. Continue Reading »

Matthew Wright is accused alongside three others of trying to save the firm millions in penalties. Continue Reading »

It is one of the first publicly disclosed cyber-attacks carried out by AI without direct human involvement. Continue Reading »

Attacks on ships transiting the Bab el-Mandeb threaten to cut off millions of barrels per day of Saudi crude oil exports. Continue Reading »

The incident is unique because it was "driven, end to end, by an autonomous AI agent system," according to Hugging Face. Continue Reading »

A new version of the Clarity Act would impose the first limits on federal officials sponsoring or issuing cryptocurrency. Continue Reading »

The Secret Service has seen a 40% increase this year in cases involving threats to protectees, include President Donald Trump. Continue Reading »

European regulators signed off on Paramount's proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. Continue Reading »

Par TV5MONDE GREGORY FONTANA TV5 JWPlayer Field Pour calmer la colère de la rue, suite à l'éviction du ministre de la Défense Mykhaïlo Fedorov, le président ukrainien Volodymyr Zelensky a décidé de limoger le commandant en chef des armées Oleksandre Syrsky. Les manifestants, mobilisés depuis plusieurs jours, réclamaient son départ. Son successeur, lui, a déjà pris ses fonctions. TV5 JWPlayer Field Pour calmer la colère de la rue, suite à l'éviction du ministre de la Défense Mykhaïlo Fedorov, le président ukrainien Volodymyr Zelensky a décidé de limoger le commandant en chef des armées Oleksandre Syrsky. Les manifestants, mobilisés depuis plusieurs jours, réclamaient son départ. Son successeur, lui, a déjà pris ses fonctions. Continue Reading »

Par TV5MONDE PASCALE VEYSSET TV5 JWPlayer Field C'est une première en Europe : le Parlement français a définitivement adopté la loi interdisant les réseaux sociaux aux moins de 15 ans. Décryptage de Pascale Veysset. TV5 JWPlayer Field C'est une première en Europe : le Parlement français a définitivement adopté la loi interdisant les réseaux sociaux aux moins de 15 ans. Décryptage de Pascale Veysset. Continue Reading »

Par TV5MONDE TV5 JWPlayer Field Depuis plusieurs mois, les enlèvements extrajudiciaires se multiplient dans le pays. Des jeunes manifestants ou des défenseurs des droits humains sont arrêtés en pleine rue par des hommes en civil. Certains réapparaissent après plusieurs jours ou semaines. Mais d'autres restent introuvables. Leurs familles soupçonnent la police et dénoncent l'absence d'une enquête. TV5 JWPlayer Field Depuis plusieurs mois, les enlèvements extrajudiciaires se multiplient dans le pays. Des jeunes manifestants ou des défenseurs des droits humains sont arrêtés en pleine rue par des hommes en civil. Certains réapparaissent après plusieurs jours ou semaines. Mais d'autres restent introuvables. Leurs familles soupçonnent la police et dénoncent l'absence d'une enquête. Continue Reading »

Par TV5MONDE NICOLAS GEORGE TV5 JWPlayer Field Faut-il interdire l'importation produits issus des colonies israéliennes en Cisjordanie ? Plusieurs pays de l'Union Européenne se disent pour. Mais cette position est loin de faire l'unanimité au sein des 27. Pourquoi ? Quels sont les freins à une interdiction ? On en débat avec nos invités. TV5 JWPlayer Field Faut-il interdire l'importation produits issus des colonies israéliennes en Cisjordanie ? Plusieurs pays de l'Union Européenne se disent pour. Mais cette position est loin de faire l'unanimité au sein des 27. Pourquoi ? Quels sont les freins à une interdiction ? On en débat avec nos invités. Continue Reading »

Par TV5MONDE GOLNOUCHE BARZEGAR TV5 JWPlayer Field L'Organisation internationale pour les migrations alerte après le naufrage meurtrier, survenu au large de la Mauritanie, la semaine dernière. 144 personnes sont mortes ou sont portées disparues en mer. Elles avaient quitté la Gambie dans l'espoir de rejoindre l'Espagne. TV5 JWPlayer Field L'Organisation internationale pour les migrations alerte après le naufrage meurtrier, survenu au large de la Mauritanie, la semaine dernière. 144 personnes sont mortes ou sont portées disparues en mer. Elles avaient quitté la Gambie dans l'espoir de rejoindre l'Espagne. Continue Reading »

Syrsky is gone, but his replacement is a sign that Zelensky as committed as ever to prolonging a losing war at terrible human cost Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

Sergey Lavrov discussed Ukraine peace efforts, Europe’s militarization, the Iran war, nuclear proliferation and Russia’s ties with ASEAN Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

India’s youth protests mount pressure on Modi’s government as opposition takes up the cause Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

Iran claims its latest strikes disabled multiple US radar and air-defense systems in Kuwait and Jordan Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

Daniel Siad, a modeling scout linked to the late convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, has been found dead in France Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

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Губернатор Югры Руслан Кухарук выразил уверенность, что участники познакомятся с лучшим опытом не только Ханты-Мансийского автономного округа, но и других регионов страны Continue Reading »

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Программа позволит построить новые трубопроводы, в том числе на востоке и юго-востоке альянса, говорится в заявлении организации Continue Reading »

SHOCK POLL: TRUMP APPROVAL 30%... (Top headline, 1st story, link) Related stories:Accused of Minimizing Iran War Deaths...'Really sick'...O'Reilly Urges Him to Take August Off... Drudge Report Feed needs your support!   Become a Patron Continue Reading »

Accused of Minimizing Iran War Deaths... (Top headline, 2nd story, link) Related stories:SHOCK POLL: TRUMP APPROVAL 30%...'Really sick'...O'Reilly Urges Him to Take August Off... Continue Reading »

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The newly appointed leader says Hamas would work to help the people of Gaza and achieve a united Palestinian state. Continue Reading »

Rescuers say flooding and toxic gas in the collapsed tunnel make it unlikely any remaining trapped workers survived. Continue Reading »

A newly proposed change would eliminate annual workplace demographic reporting used to monitor discrimination trends. Continue Reading »

Former President Maduro pleads not guilty to drug charges; lawyer plans to challenge legality of US military operation. Continue Reading »

Anonymous donors are using food delivery apps to send food to student protesters in New Delhi Continue Reading »

The IDF and ISA said Adham Ibrahim Sha’aban Nasman directed Hamas’ October 7 infiltration from Gaza City and later took part in holding Romi Gonen, Emily Damari, Ziv and Gali Berman, Eitan Mor, Matan Angrest and Omri Miran captive Continue Reading »

After October 7, the chairman of Effi Capital redirected much of his energy from building neighborhoods to building trust between the ultra-Orthodox community and the Israeli military Continue Reading »

More than 23 kilometers of the earthworks have been completed along Gaza’s Yellow Line, separating IDF-controlled territory from populated areas, as construction expands toward Rafah and raises fears the line could become permanent Continue Reading »

Police pinned 42-year-old Abderrahim Fakir to the pavement after reports that he was acting violently; video shows him struggling, saying he could not breathe and calling for help before losing consciousness, as Italy opens an investigation and protests spread Continue Reading »

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Investment in artificial intelligence and related companies is lifting the stock market and spending across the economy. Continue Reading »

The economy of Laredo, Texas, has boomed under the president’s global tariffs. Now, his demands may threaten its success. Continue Reading »

The president said punishing 50 percent tariffs would begin by Aug. 19, a significant escalation of the trade war between Canada and the U.S. that he started over a year ago. Continue Reading »

Saudi Arabia has diverted huge amounts of oil to the Red Sea since the Iran war began, but now the Iranian-backed Houthi militants say that they intend to block that route. Continue Reading »

Business owners in Pakistan are getting impatient for a chance to finally trade goods and oil along their long shared border with Iran. 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 »

The three top Republican candidates in the Grand Canyon State all played a key role in casting doubt on Joe Biden’s win over Donald Trump six years ago. Continue Reading »

The former football player faces a steep challenge in November, with Democrats bullish about flipping the open seat. Continue Reading »

He warded off Republican primary rival Daniel Keenan, who spent big to make Lamb’s alleged sexual misconduct central to the 5th District’s race. Continue Reading »

Biggs easily defeated fellow GOP Rep. David Schweikert in the Republican primary on Tuesday. Continue Reading »

Gowdy has said he's not interested. But the poll suggests he would lead a crowded field, which includes the Trump-endorsed Darline Graham, for late Sen. Lindsey Graham's seat. Continue Reading »

The pro-Israel movement trusts Graham to carry on her brother’s legacy on the Middle East. Continue Reading »

Senate GOP leaders are eyeing a floor vote as soon as next week. Continue Reading »

The Senate Budget Committee met for the first time since the death of the panel’s chair. Continue Reading »

Jackson has to catch up fast to GOP Sen. Susan Collins, who’s sitting on an $11 million warchest. Continue Reading »

The bill's introduction comes as fiscal hawks are livid over a lack of pay-fors in a major new spending bill. Continue Reading »

The share of MAGA voters who think the war is worth the economic cost has fallen to roughly over a third, down from 50 percent in May, the POLITICO Poll found. Continue Reading »

Republicans are increasingly anxious over the potential ramifications of the war amid rising gas prices and the death of three soldiers since fighting resumed. Continue Reading »

Republicans are increasingly anxious over the potential ramifications the war could have amid rising gas prices and the death of three troops since fighting resumed. Continue Reading »

The president’s super PAC raised more than $18 million last month. Continue Reading »

The weekend deaths of three U.S. service members have left White House allies afraid the president is rapidly running out of ways to extricate the country from an unpopular, expensive conflict. Continue Reading »

The expected announcement of a U.S. agreement with Saudi Arabia to develop a civilian nuclear program has raised Israeli concerns that it could lead to a regional arms race, and underscored how the U.S. is charting its own path in the region, independent of Israel. Continue Reading »

The Trump administration backs a nuclear energy pact with Riyadh allowing Saudi Arabia to enrich uranium and process spent atomic fuel, two sources have said, a move that may worry regional states concerned about weapons proliferation. Continue Reading »

President Trump has formally approved a landmark 30-year civil nuclear cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia that could be worth tens of billions of dollars and put American companies at the center of the kingdom's nuclear buildout, according to the Wall Street Journal. Continue Reading »

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is holding back roughly $867.5 million from California and $199 million from Minnesota, HHS said in a news release. The department stressed the money is being deferred, not cut, and that both states can recover it by documenting that the claims meet federal Medicaid requirements. "States that receive federal Medicaid funding must demonstrate that every dollar meets federal requirements," Kennedy said. "When they cannot, we will not release federal funds until they do."... Continue Reading »

The Trump administration is pausing more than $1 billion in Medicaid payments to California and Minnesota over alleged fraud concerns, officials announced Tuesday. Tuesday marked the second time Trump targeted the two states' Democratic governors — California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz — for alleged Medicaid fraud in their states, and continues a trend of freezing funding to blue states to crack down on alleged fraud... Continue Reading »

The Trump administration on Tuesday said it was deferring more than $1 billion in Medicaid payments to Minnesota and California because of "suspected fraud and noncompliance," the latest in a series of punitive steps it has linked to allegations of fraud in mostly Democratic-led states. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the new actions — which come after previously announced Medicaid funding deferrals in those states — are part of the administration's strategy to "stop the fraud before it happens" rather than claw back problematic spending after bad actors are prosecuted, as previous administrations had done... Continue Reading »

Federal agencies that terminated more than a thousand research grants at the University of California last year admitted that they used keywords related to diversity, gender, vaccine hesitancy and COVID-19 to screen for projects that ran afoul of the Trump administration's priorities. It's an admission that lawyers for the research professors say is proof that the agencies illegally cancelled nearly $2 billion in grants. And that's a major development in a lawsuit filed by UC researchers against the Trump administration to permanently get their grants back. The researchers' legal team is now asking the judge in the case to skip a trial and formally declare that the White House repeatedly violated the constitution, including the First Amendment. A court hearing on whether that'll happen is scheduled for Oct. 20. Continue Reading »

Bernie Sanders wants to nationalize AI. In "The Case for Nationalizing Artificial Intelligence," Dustin Guastella makes the case for Sanders's proposal: the big AI labs should be half-nationalized, transferring 50 percent of their stock into a public fund. In a picture illustrating the article, Bernie Sanders can be seen behind a sign that says "AI must benefit workers." That slogan, for all its vagueness, belies a dangerous misunderstanding of the political economy of AI. We'll make the case against Sanders's proposal — and for building a socialist movement against AI. Continue Reading »

I am possessed by a fundamental conviction that geopolitical supremacy is built on cutting-edge industry. And I've been waiting for this moment, the moment when tech companies would cease being "agile" and built to pivot and start digging in the ground with major capital-intensive investments in hardware. Data centers aren't the main thing in geopolitics, but just as Ford's factory lines were put to use in World War II, so it may be that these data centers will be powering drone swarms and cyber warfare in the future. And yet, despite spending like crazy in a way that is keeping the American economy humming and employing lots of blue-collar workers, an NBC News poll earlier this year found a net-favorability rating of "minus 20" for AI. Fox News polls have found a consistently growing "concern" about AI over the past year, with the sharpest increases among women. A Harvard Caps/Harris poll in July found that two-thirds of voters want to slow down AI development. Continue Reading »

Newly declassified documents illustrate attempts by foreign actors to influence U.S. elections and by some American intelligence agencies to downplay election-related connections. "I'm basically running a shadow government across the FBI at this point," FBI agent Nikki Floris wrote in 2020 to a colleague whose name was redacted from the files, amid disagreements between various analysts and agencies about how best to frame intelligence reports related to the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP's) role. Continue Reading »

Nicolás Maduro has a status conference set in New York City federal court on Wednesday, marking the latest chapter in an unprecedented legal and political saga that has reshaped Venezuela's leadership. The ousted Venezuelan president faces U.S. charges related to narco-terrorism, cocaine trafficking and weapons offenses after he and his wife, Cilia Flores, were brought to the United States following a dramatic capture by U.S. forces that removed him from power earlier this year. Maduro has pleaded not guilty and maintains that he won Venezuela's presidency. Continue Reading »

The second part of a hearing will be held Wednesday in the latest step in the Trump administration's push to change how the Smithsonian presents U.S. history. The hearing, "Oversight of the Smithsonian: Radical Revisionism at the National Museum of American History," follows testimony given Tuesday from museum director Anthea Hartig, who pushed back against a White House report that branded the institution's leaders as radical activists who "cannot be trusted to tell America's story honestly and in a way that is inspiring, unifying, and worthy of our great republic." "As we continue to fact-check the report, we unwaveringly attest that it does not fairly or accurately characterize the full body of work at the museum," Hartig told a House Oversight subcommittee Tuesday. Continue Reading »

Trump-backed candidates proved to be successful in Arizona's primary election Tuesday night. Most notably, Trump-favorite Republican Rep. Andy Biggs won the GOP primary spot in Arizona's gubernatorial election. A White House ally and Arizona lawmaker, Biggs is now set to compete against incumbent Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs for the high office of governor in the battleground state... Continue Reading »

The Supreme Court has been asked to decide whether a federal law barring the home distilling of alcohol is unconstitutional, after a pair of federal appeals courts issued conflicting rulings on the legality of the longstanding statute. The Buckeye Institute, a conservative think tank, is backing an appeal to the high court asking the justices to look at whether the "federal prohibition on home distilling exceeds Congress's enumerated powers" and if the Supreme Court should clarify the scope of Congress's powers to regulate under the commerce clause... Continue Reading »

Chick-fil-A was hit by a data breach last month with customers' email addresses, mobile pay numbers and partial credit card details among the information potentially exposed, according to a report and details on state government websites. The fast food chain reported the data breach in letters sent to affected customers and multiple state Attorney General offices notifying them of suspicious activity, according to technology publication Bleeping Computer, which first reported the news... Continue Reading »

The results of the private autopsy of 18-year-old Nolan Wells have come back inconclusive. Preliminary results show the Mississippi teen's cause and manner of death are undetermined. Wells' independent autopsy was conducted by Roger Mitchell, the President of the National Medical Association. Wells' organs were removed in the state's first autopsy, before the second, private autopsy took place. Wells' neck, which was separated during the first autopsy, was also not provided to Mitchell. A report from Mitchell says the manner of death is undetermined and requires further investigation... Continue Reading »

A third American service member believed to have been killed by an Iranian attack on an air base in Jordan has been identified by the United States military as Sgt. Angel S. Rampersad of New York. The 28-year-old "is believed to have been killed in action on July 17, 2026, during an enemy attack at Muwaffaq Salti Air Base, Jordan," the Pentagon said in a statement. "The incident is under investigation." After the attack, U.S. Central Command said that two service members were killed and another was missing... Continue Reading »

A modelling scout who recruited women for Jeffrey Epstein has been found dead at his home near Paris, French officials have said. Daniel Siad, 69, was under investigation by the prosecutors specialising in human trafficking in France, accused of rape and other charges. His name appeared in more than 1,000 documents in the US Department of Justice Epstein files that were declassified earlier this year. Siad was one of several French men accused of aiding Epstein to traffic and abuse women. He had not yet been questioned by investigators, but had denied the allegations, saying he wanted to give his version of events... Continue Reading »

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Video Game Market Tanks As Studio, Console Stocks Sink ; Can GTA VI Revive Industry? Video game stocks have been battered so far this year, with Electronic Arts the only major name in positive territory and even then only marginally higher. The Roundhill Video Games ETF is down about 14.8% YTD, highlighting industry-wide weakness as investors await a potential revival sparked by Take-Two's release of Grand Theft Auto VI this upcoming fall. The latest report from Bloomberg, citing new data from market research company Circana, shows the video game market in the US contracted by 21% in June, its steepest monthly decline since 2022. The decline was driven by higher hardware prices, which softened demand, and by a difficult comparison with Nintendo’s Switch 2 launch one year ago. Console spending plunged 62%, while content purchases fell to $3.9 billion, below levels recorded before the Switch 2 debut. Subscriptions were the only content category to grow. Total industry spending was down 1% for the year. Nintendo continued expanding the Switch 2 catalog, but rising memory and component costs are compressing margins. Its shares have fallen more than 50% from last summer’s record, and ... Continue Reading »

A Fed Rate-Hike Would Be A Serious Mistake Authored by Daniel Lacalle, The latest U.S. inflation report and jobs data do not justify another interest rate increase. Additionally, June data show that inflation is slowing down, especially in the core CPI measure that is most closely watched by monetary authorities, while ongoing tightening is stopping the labor market from reaching its full potential. Hiking rates while maintaining elevated liquidity harms families and small businesses and perpetuates the very factors that drive inflation, including rising money supply and government spending. Keeping rates above the neutral level has cost the U.S. economy nearly one million jobs, as small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) find it increasingly difficult to access credit and face prohibitively high borrowing costs. For investors, a 25-basis-point increase may seem insignificant, but for small businesses, it often means either no access to credit or excessively expensive borrowing rates. In the U.S., the average cost of debt for SMEs typically ranges from 6% to 12% APR, making it extremely difficult to hire new employees. A further rate hike under these conditions would suggest that the central bank is reacting to past fears rather than future ... Continue Reading »

The Great Six Month Financial Blindfold Submitted by QTR's Fringe Finance As many including myself recently have noted, we are already living through an extraordinary age of financial grift, accounting games, promotional fraud, speculative mania and almost total contempt for basic investor skepticism. The SEC’s apparent response is to consider giving public companies less frequently required financial disclosure in the face of demonstrable public disapproval of the idea. You genuinely can not make this shit up. At a moment when public markets increasingly resemble a casino operated by executives, influencers, investment bankers, meme-stock promoters, crypto carnival barkers and apparently untouchable fraudsters, the agency responsible for protecting investors is moving toward allowing companies to disappear behind the curtain for six months at a time. That’s plenty of time to “hide a body” in the accounting world. According to The Wall Street Journal, the SEC is expected to proceed with a version of its proposal allowing public companies to report comprehensive financial results twice a year rather than quarterly, even after receiving more than 200,000 public comments, most of them opposing the change. Many commenters warned that the proposal would deprive investors of information, let companies operate behind ... Continue Reading »

Google's Flagship Still Can't Ship - So It Launched Token Austerity And A Hacking Model Only Governments Can Use Alphabet reports second-quarter earnings after today's close - the first hyperscaler print since cheap Chinese tokens knocked the semiconductor index into a bear market. So naturally, Google chose the eve of that report to ship three new AI models, none of which is the one it promised. Getty Images The Tuesday launch consisted of Gemini 3.6 Flash, a cheaper workhorse whose headline feature is that it consumes fewer tokens; Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite, a high-throughput model built for volume; and Gemini 3.5 Flash Cyber, a vulnerability-hunting model that ordinary users are not permitted to touch. Conspicuously absent: Gemini 3.5 Pro, the flagship Google unveiled at I/O in May with a promised June launch, which has now missed multiple targets. Then there is Gemini 3.5 Flash Cyber, which Google says achieves top-tier performance at finding, verifying, and patching software vulnerabilities inside its CodeMender agent - and which will be available exclusively to governments and vetted partners through a limited-access pilot, on account of what the company calls the technology's dual-use nature. Which is of ... Continue Reading »

Abandoned Navy Base Costs Taxpayers $340,000 A Year For Internet Nobody Uses Authored by Matt White via TaskandPurpose.com, The mostly abandoned neighborhoods on Adak Island, Alaska, were once home to 5,000 Navy sailors and their families. But after 40 years as a supply depot, Naval Air Facility Adak closed in 1997, leaving scores of homes and buildings behind. Today, a small community of government workers and Alaska Native families have turned the streets and buildings of the former base into the town of Adak. The island, far out on the Aleutian Island chain, is so isolated and decayed that Marines occasionally return to simulate hard-to-resupply expeditionary operations or urban chemical warfare among its abandoned buildings. The civilian population, now well below 100, can only reach the island on occasional civilian flights that land on the Navy’s forgotten runway. But while nearly all of the 300-odd former Navy buildings in Adak are empty and many are collapsing, the U.S. government pays an Anchorage firm $340,000 per year to maintain internet access to them. An investigation by the Anchorage Daily News and ProPublica published Monday found that an internet provider collects $340,000 every year to keep fairly slow “broadband” internet service active for the town ... Continue Reading »

Can SpaceX Fire On All Cylinders? Authored by Michael Lebowitz via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, SpaceX’s June IPO raised $75 billion, resulting in an initial valuation of $1.77 trillion, making it the largest IPO in history. SpaceX, encompassing its launch business, Starlink, and the recently merged xAI, peaked at a $2.5 trillion market cap in its first week of trading, briefly tying it with Amazon as the fifth-largest publicly traded company. After only a month, the enthusiasm is rapidly fading. Perhaps most amazing of all, the fanfare is occurring despite SpaceX producing a net loss of nearly $5 billion in 2025. Based on its $1.84 trillion market cap, investors are clearly not worried about the present. They are excitedly pricing in astronomical growth for SpaceX. To evaluate SpaceX from a fundamental perspective, investors need to quantify the implied growth in its valuation and compare it with their own and market forecasts. In this article, we attempt to help them by providing context for their growth expectations, using Amazon’s history as a proxy. Amazon, like SpaceX, was priced at expensive valuations and ultimately delivered on those expectations. Initial Amazon investors who held through the dot-com crash and ... Continue Reading »

Top Israeli Minister: 'Best For Us' If US Fights Iran While Israel Sits Out New Round of War As four more American families grieve the deaths of soldiers killed in the war on Iran, one of the top-ranking ministers in Israel's cabinet told an Israeli audience that having America do all the fighting and dying is "the best for us." Israel had intensely lobbied President Trump to launch a joint war on Iran on Feb 22, and traded blows with Iran up until early June. Since Trump restarted intense, daily bombardment of Iran 11 days ago, however, Israel has sat out the action, sparing Israelis from lethal Iranian retaliation.  “The State of Israel has no interest in joining the contained confrontation between Iran and the United States," far-right finance minister Bezalel Smotrich said in a session at the Katif Conference for National Responsibility, which endorses Jewish settlement in Palestinian territories. "The current situation is the best one for us.” Bezalel Smotrich leads the Religious Zionism party and wants Israel to annex the West Bank and Gaza (MENAHEM KAHANA / AFP) Smotrich is generally regarded as the second-most powerful cabinet member in Israel, and is a ... Continue Reading »

ADNOC Approves $6.2 Billion Gas Project In Abu Dhabi Authored by Tsvetana Paraskova via OilPrice.com, Abu Dhabi’s national oil company ADNOC just announced a $6.2 billion final investment decision to develop the Umm Shaif Gas Cap project in Abu Dhabi as part of its strategy to grow its global gas portfolio. ADNOC will develop the project alongside its international partners - France’s TotalEnergies, Italy’s Eni, and China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC). The final investment decision (FID) includes three engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) packages totaling $5.1 billion for large-scale offshore infrastructure awarded by ADNOC to consortiums including major UAE and international contractors. The development also includes a $365 million 14-well drilling and integrated drilling services program to be delivered by ADNOC Drilling over 18 months using three existing rigs. The green light for the development of Umm Shaif Gas Cap follows last month’s agreement in which ADNOC let BP and TotalEnergies take 10% each in the consortium developing one of Abu Dhabi’s largest gas fields—the Bab Gas Cap project in Abu Dhabi. The Bab Cap Gas concession is expected to support UAE’s plan to become gas self-sufficient and domestic feedstock production, as well as ADNOC’s liquefied natural gas ... Continue Reading »

Socialist Mamdani Concedes NYC Can't Arrest Netanyahu, Breaking Another Campaign Promise With New York City rents at record highs, bus fares still in place, and the rise of the far left spooking taxpayers and businesses, Mayor Zohran Mamdani appears increasingly focused on playing world policeman instead of properly addressing the city's affordability crisis. On Tuesday night, the socialist mayor was forced to concede that he cannot execute the International Criminal Court's arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, exposing yet another campaign promise he cannot fulfill. "It is clear that we do not have the independent legal authority to enforce this warrant," Mamdani said in a video posted on X. "The federal government, however, does, and I call on them to join the ICC and execute this warrant," he added. Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal. pic.twitter.com/YRezmW6YVx — Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani (@NYCMayor) July 22, 2026 Mamdani said his administration reviewed every available legal option but maintained that Netanyahu is "not welcome" in NYC. President Trump said Monday that Netanyahu would not be arrested anywhere in the U.S., while Israel's U.N. ambassador accused the socialist, pro-Islamist Mamdani of promoting Hamas propaganda. During last ... Continue Reading »

Fifth Circuit To Rehear Drug Trafficker's Second Amendment Challenge Authored by Matthew Vadum via The Epoch Times, A federal appeals court voted to rehear a constitutional challenge to a federal law that prevents felons from possessing guns, weeks after Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas said he hoped a lower court would consider the law's constitutionality. Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas poses for an official portrait at the East Conference Room of the Supreme Court building in Washington on Oct. 7, 2022. Alex Wong/Getty Images The July 20 decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit came after a three-judge panel of the same circuit on June 2 denied convicted drug trafficker Curtis Squire's challenge to Section 922(g)(1) of Title 18 of the U.S. Code. The felon-in-possession provision is part of the federal Gun Control Act of 1968. Federal gun laws have largely been justified under the Constitution's commerce clause. The legal theory is that guns move in interstate commerce, meaning they are manufactured, sold, and transported across state lines. This means Congress can regulate gun possession, even inside the home, because it supposedly has an impact on the national ... Continue Reading »

Oil Soars To Six-Week Highs Amid Trump Threats, US Production Dip, & 'Tank Bottoms' At Cushing Oil prices extended their rise this morning to six week highs as fighting between the US and Iran continued around the Persian Gulf (11th straight night of attacks) and threats of a blockade in the Red Sea added to growing uncertainty about the flow of energy from the region. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Wednesday that U.S. forces would continue to attack Iran as long as it tried to exercise control over shipping traffic, which has dwindled in recent weeks. Yesterday, President Trump and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth threatened to deepen the war effort, including by potentially targeting the Houthis. Trump further threatened the Iranians this morning, saying on his social media network that if the country attacks any ship in the Strait of Hormuz, “the United States will bomb and destroy ONE BRIDGE OR POWER PLANT, including those located next to, or in, the Capital City of Tehran.” WTI is back at six-week highs, dragging bond yields higher and seemingly wearing on stocks too. Overnight saw API report an unexpected build in crude ... Continue Reading »

The Money Printers Fueling Socialism's Rise Authored by David Stockman via the Brownstone Institute, Here's a graph the Keynesians, statists, and Wall Street gamblers - yes, we repeat ourselves - would prefer not to explain. At the same time, it also explains why socialism at this late date in history - and after all its abysmal failures the world over - is having some kind of dubious second coming in America. During the last three decades the national savings rate (red line) has essentially collapsed, having fallen from 6.3% of GDP in 1997 to 0.5% of GDP in 2025. Between the same two dates, however, the net worth of US households (blue line) has soared from 4.6X personal income to 6.5X personal income. In economist jargon, the question would recur as follows: How in the world over a three-decade period did the stock of wealth soar when the flows of savings virtually evaporated? Or in plain English, how did so many Americans get so damn rich while living high on the hog? And we do mean wealthy: According to the Fed's Flow of Funds data, household net worth erupted from $32 trillion in ... Continue Reading »

UBS Warns Trump's 100% Generic Drug Tariff Puts Indian Pharma "On Notice"; Goldman Flags Reshoring Winners President Trump will impose a 100% tariff on imported generic drugs starting in August 2028, rising to 200% a year later, unless manufacturers shift production to the US. "This is done in order to RESHORE Generic Pharmaceutical Production into America, with a penalty to those Companies that decide not to build Plant and Equipment within the stated period of time given to them," Trump wrote on Truth Social late Tuesday. He continued, "The objective of this Policy is to protect the people of the United States. The Policy on Patented, Branded, or Innovative Drugs, which has been so successful, will remain as is," adding, "Pharmaceutical Facilities are being built, at a level never seen before, all over the United States of America." Trump's announcement is the latest effort to reshore critical supply chains, and in this case, boost domestic production of generic drugs. Trump has been pressuring drugmakers through his most-favored-nation drug pricing policy to lower prices to what people pay in ‌other high-income countries. At least 90% of medicines sold in the U.S. are generics. UBS ... Continue Reading »

Trump Vows US Will Destroy A Bridge Or Power Plant For Each Iranian Attack On Shipping Update(0940ET): More telegraphing of intent from President Trump in the below Truth Social Post... he said the US military will "bomb and destroy" one bridge or power plant - including in Tehran - each time the Iranian military shoots at a ship in the Strait of Hormuz. This comes a day after he unveiled the US military plans to conduct a large bombing of Iran's Pickaxe Mountain nuclear complex, which is heavily fortified. But the Iranians have already long demonstrated they won't alter course in the face of such threats, especially bluster from Trump over social media, and so this unlikely to be any kind of fix for Washington, as Tehran has vowed to keep control of Hormuz at all costs. The Pentagon has argued that things like bridges are 'dual use' as the Iranian military uses them to get supplies from one region to another, while international monitors have highlighted the potential for war crimes. The Iranians have in turn widened attacks on Gulf states to include key civic infrastructure, like water desalination plants ... Continue Reading »

Today: Congress Votes To Integrate US Military Tech & Supply Chains With Israel The House of Representatives will vote today on final passage of the $1.15 trillion National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 (H.R. 8800) - and with it, Section 219, the United States-Israel Defense Technology Cooperation Initiative, a provision directing the Pentagon to expand and accelerate the integration of US and Israeli military technology, supply chains, and defense industrial capacity. On paper, it is one section among hundreds in a sprawling must-pass bill. In practice, it has become the single most watched line item in the entire package - partly because of what it does, and partly because House leadership just made sure nobody gets to vote on it by itself. What Section 219 Actually Does Section 219 - numbered Section 224 in earlier drafts - directs the Secretary of Defense to designate an "executive agent" inside the Department of Defense whose mandate is to expand and accelerate joint research, development, co-production, and industrial integration with Israel across next-gen warfare domains: missile and air defense, counter-drone systems, cyber and electronic warfare, artificial intelligence and autonomous systems, quantum technologies, directed ... Continue Reading »

Chilling New Clues Challenge Suicide Claim In Los Alamos Lab Worker's Death Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity News, Fresh evidence recovered from the remote New Mexico forest where Los Alamos National Laboratory administrative assistant Melissa Casias was found has blown major holes in the suicide narrative. An independent team hired by her own family discovered bones, torn and bloody clothing, orange peels, strands of what appears to be horse hair, shredded paper that may contain her handwriting, and a tobacco pouch - none of which New Mexico State Police recovered after clearing the scene. Casias, 53, vanished from her Ranchos de Taos home on June 26, 2025. She left without her purse, keys or wallet. Surveillance captured her walking alone eastward on State Road 518 around 2:20 p.m. Both her work and personal phones were found at the house, factory-reset and wiped of all data. A blood drop was also discovered inside the residence. Nearly eleven months later, on May 28, 2026, a hiker located her skeletal remains in the McGaffey Ridge area of Carson National Forest next to a handgun her family says did not belong to her. Initial CT scans showed ... Continue Reading »

OpenAI Admits Model Escaped Containment And Hacked Hugging Face To Cheat On A Test Authored by Felix Ng via CoinTelegraph.com, OpenAI disclosed Tuesday that a combination of its AI models, including GPT-5.6 Sol and a more capable unreleased model, escaped its testing environment and hacked AI startup Hugging Face last week to cheat on a test meant to measure their capabilities. In a blog post, OpenAI said the evaluation was designed to operate in a highly isolated environment with restricted network access. The models, however, found a way to gain internet access through a zero-day vulnerability in an internally-hosted third party software, OpenAI said. Earlier this week, we detected and responded to an intrusion into part of our production infrastructure. This one was different from anything we had handled before in one important way: it was driven, end to end, by an autonomous AI agent system – and we detected and dissected it largely with AI of our own. Hugging Face tried to respond but they were initially held back by the fact that the most advanced models at their disposal treated defense as attack and refused to work with Hugging Face. HF thus had ... Continue Reading »

Futures Slide Ahead Of Google Earnings As Brent Surges Above $95 US futures are lower following a chipmaker-powered jump in Tuesday’s session, with Nasdaq 100 futures falling by 0.8%, which appears to be more of a retracement to yesterday’s strength than a move tied to oil or de-risking into today’s Tech earnings. Alphabet earnings are coming after the close. As of 7:00am ET, S&P futures are down 0.3% and Nasdaq futures slide 0.6%. In premarket trading,  Mag 7 stocks are mixed ahead of key earnings from Alphabet, Tesla and IBM due later in the afternoon. Nvidia is underperforming the group as chipmakers declin; GOOG leads. Defensives and Energy are leading; within Cyclicals Financials are outperforming.  Today’s macro focus is wholly on GOOG and the AI trade. Crude is leading the commodity complex with WTI at $88/bbl and Brent above $95/bbl for the fist time in 6 weeks, so far Equities have not been derailed as investors continue to think that Trump pivots back to a deal. In metals, Precious is leading Base; Ags are mixed but net higher. Dollar is indicated a touch lower as bond yields are flat. Looking at the day ... Continue Reading »

Shipping Firms Offering Sailors Massive Bonuses To Risk Crossing Hormuz Via The Cradle International shipping firms are offering crews large bonuses to transit the Strait of Hormuz despite the risks involved, Bloomberg reported Monday. Sinokor Group, the world's largest owner of supertankers, offered its crews six months of extra salary to make a return voyage collecting oil from Saudi Arabia or Iraq and unloading it in the Gulf of Oman, a trip the company said would take around a month, according to a document seen by Bloomberg.  Iranian military speedboats, illustrative file image Captain Pradeep Chawla, chairman of GlobalMET, a seafarer training organization that partners with the International Maritime Organization (IMO), said crews are "being offered huge bonuses by some companies," without referring to the Sinokor offer directly. He added that "We have heard stories of a large number of crew members getting off, but they are able to find people who are willing to go." Since the start of the US war on Iran, at least 59 commercial ships have come under attack in and around the Persian Gulf, with 17 seafarers killed, according to the UN's shipping agency.  The cost of shipping has surged since attacks on ... Continue Reading »

Trump Greenlights Saudi Nuclear Deal, Uranium Enrichment In The Kingdom Possible President Trump has formally approved a landmark 30-year civil nuclear cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia that could be worth tens of billions of dollars and put American companies at the center of the kingdom's nuclear buildout, according to the Wall Street Journal. The accord is expected to be signed Wednesday by US Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman, then head to Congress for a 90-day review. Lawmakers could block it through a joint resolution, but overriding a Trump veto would require two-thirds majorities in both chambers. There is plenty to like here. A Section 123 agreement creates a legal framework for peaceful use, safeguards, and nonproliferation. American involvement also gives Washington more influence over Riyadh's program than it would have if Saudi Arabia turned to China or Russia. The agreement is the latest step in a rapidly deepening relationship. The administration previously delinked Saudi nuclear talks from normalization with Israel, while Trump later designated the kingdom a major non-NATO ally after Mohammed bin Salman's return to the White House. Yet one provision is difficult to support: ... Continue Reading »