Four families who say their children died after taking part in a viral trend in 2022 speak to the BBC about their legal fight against TikTok. Continue Reading »

The parents of murdered Bebe King and Elsie Dot Stancombe speak publicly for the first time. Continue Reading »

Gwynne apologises for the "badly misjudged" messages and is suspended as a Labour party member. Continue Reading »

Concerns have been raised about the appearance of the Israelis, while representatives for the released Palestinians say they all needed "medical attention". 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 »

Meta, Amazon, Alphabet and Microsoft intend to invest as much as $320 billion this year into AI advancement technologies. Continue Reading »

Philadelphia Super Bowl and World Series wins have historically coincided with stock market calamity. But these types of "fun" indicators aren't reliable. Continue Reading »

Two exchange-traded fund experts deliver plays that should deliver multi-year gains. Continue Reading »

The oft-maligned skinny jean has crept back onto the runway and is headed for a comeback as soon as this fall. Continue Reading »

The sale included a mansion swap, bespoke furniture, elaborate chandeliers, art, alcohol and even a miniature Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa sports car. Continue Reading »

Les Bleus ont dit adieu au Grand Chelem dès la deuxième journée du Tournoi des six nations samedi, souvent dominateurs à Twickenham mais battus dans… Continue Reading »

La création culturelle est-elle menacée par le développement de l'intelligence artificielle ? La question a fait débat samedi à Paris, en amont du… Continue Reading »

Le parti Bharatiya Janata (BJP), formation nationaliste hindoue du Premier ministre Narendra Modi, a remporté samedi une large et symbolique victoire… Continue Reading »

La collégienne de 11 ans retrouvée morte dans un bois à Longjumeau (Essonne) dans la nuit de vendredi à samedi a été agressée "avec un objet… Continue Reading »

La stupeur parcourt la foule réunie sur la "place des otages" à Tel-Aviv, quand les visages amaigris des trois otages israéliens apparaissent en… Continue Reading »

US President Donald Trump has accused South Africa of racial discrimination over a land ownership law Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

The State Department has formally told Congress that it plans to sell more than $7 billion in weapons to Israel Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has called “diversity is our strength” the “dumbest phrase” in military history Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

It’s fun to watch “independent” media and NGOs get outed, but Washington will always find ways to manipulate others Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

Moscow has called on the British embassy to cooperate with police in an assault case involving a UK diplomat Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

Предупреждение об угрозе с воздуха начало действовать в Волынской, Одесской, Ровненской и Тернопольской областях Continue Reading »

Лидер КНДР отметил, что Соединенные Штаты "предаются иллюзорной амбиции" Continue Reading »

Главы МИД этих республик Насер Бурита и Фуад Хусейн выразили желание видеть ее "мирной, стабильной и процветающей в рамках национального единства, объединяющего всех сирийцев без исключения" Continue Reading »

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JUDGE BLOCKS DOGE FROM TREASURY SYSTEM... (Top headline, 1st story, link) Related stories:SWEEPING RESTRICTIONS...But Musk allies have hands in 14 agencies...DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATING TESLA KILLED...'End goal is replacing workforce with machines'...DOWD: Elon's Lost Boys and Trump's Mean Girls... Continue Reading »

SWEEPING RESTRICTIONS... (Top headline, 2nd story, link) Related stories:JUDGE BLOCKS DOGE FROM TREASURY SYSTEM...But Musk allies have hands in 14 agencies...DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATING TESLA KILLED...'End goal is replacing workforce with machines'...DOWD: Elon's Lost Boys and Trump's Mean Girls... Continue Reading »

But Musk allies have hands in 14 agencies... (Top headline, 3rd story, link) Related stories:JUDGE BLOCKS DOGE FROM TREASURY SYSTEM...SWEEPING RESTRICTIONS...DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATING TESLA KILLED...'End goal is replacing workforce with machines'...DOWD: Elon's Lost Boys and Trump's Mean Girls... Continue Reading »

DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATING TESLA KILLED... (Top headline, 4th story, link) Related stories:JUDGE BLOCKS DOGE FROM TREASURY SYSTEM...SWEEPING RESTRICTIONS...But Musk allies have hands in 14 agencies...'End goal is replacing workforce with machines'...DOWD: Elon's Lost Boys and Trump's Mean Girls... Continue Reading »

'End goal is replacing workforce with machines'... (Top headline, 5th story, link) Related stories:JUDGE BLOCKS DOGE FROM TREASURY SYSTEM...SWEEPING RESTRICTIONS...But Musk allies have hands in 14 agencies...DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATING TESLA KILLED...DOWD: Elon's Lost Boys and Trump's Mean Girls... Continue Reading »

Real striker Kylian Mbappe's second-half equaliser cancels out Julian Alvarez's penalty for Atletico in Madrid derby. Continue Reading »

Israeli drone attack targets the Shaara area in eastern Bekaa region. Continue Reading »

'Maximum pressure' policy pushed by US 'would not be a negotiation but a form of surrender', Iranian FM says. Continue Reading »

The International Criminal Court receives a wave of support after it's hit with US sanctions. Continue Reading »

The Rwanda-backed M23 is closing on the town of Kavumu in South Kivu in an offensive that has left thousands dead. Continue Reading »

Four families who say their children died after taking part in a viral trend in 2022 speak to the BBC about their legal fight against TikTok. Continue Reading »

The parents of murdered Bebe King and Elsie Dot Stancombe speak publicly for the first time. Continue Reading »

Gwynne apologises for the "badly misjudged" messages and is suspended as a Labour party member. Continue Reading »

Concerns have been raised about the appearance of the Israelis, while representatives for the released Palestinians say they all needed "medical attention". Continue Reading »

Warnings have been issued for a number of countries including Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Cayman Islands. Continue Reading »

It was the fourth agency this week that federal employees blocked congressional Democrats from entering amid a push to shutter government agencies and dramatically cut the federal work force. Continue Reading »

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Grants from the National Institutes of Health come with additional money for overhead. A planned $4 billion cut would leave colleges with large budget gaps. Continue Reading »

Shock and grief rippled through the health community as lifelines for care were abruptly severed. Continue Reading »

A judge halted parts of the Trump administration’s plan to shut down the agency. A verdict might not come for weeks or even longer as thousands are left in limbo. 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 »

President Donald Trump said on Friday he is “immediately revoking” Joe Biden’s security clearance and pulling his access to daily intelligence briefings, exacting payback four years after the former president had done the same to him. “There is no need for Joe Biden to continue receiving access to classified information,” Trump posted on Truth Social. Biden revoked Trump’s security clearance weeks after taking office in 2021, arguing the Republican exhibited “erratic... Continue Reading »

One of billionaire Elon Musk's allies has been installed as the head of the Treasury Department bureau that manages the nation's most powerful payment system after the tech mogul pushed out a career civil servant who previously held the role, according to sources. Silicon Valley executive Tom Krause will become the financial assistant secretary of the Treasury Department, two sources with knowledge of the matter told the Washington Post, and replace 35-year veteran David Lebryk,... Continue Reading »

A judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump from placing 2,200 workers at the US Agency for International Development (USAID) on paid leave, hours before it was due to happen. Judge Carl Nichols issued a "limited" temporary restraining order, in response to a last-minute lawsuit filed by two unions trying to save the agency. Continue Reading »

A federal judge on Friday dealt President Donald Trump and billionaire ally Elon Musk their first big setback in their dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development, ordering a temporary halt to plans to pull thousands of agency staffers off the job. U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols, a Trump appointee, also agreed to block an order that would have given the thousands of overseas USAID workers the administration wanted to place on abrupt administrative leave just 30... Continue Reading »

A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from placing 2,200 employees of the U.S. Agency for International Development on paid leave. U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols, a Trump appointee, sided with two federal employee associations in agreeing to a pause in plans to put the employees on paid leave as of midnight Friday. Continue Reading »

Elon Musk announced that a staffer with the Department of Government Efficiency who had been fired over past social media posts would be reinstated following support from President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance. Marko Elez, a 25-year-old engineer, was doxxed as a member of DOGE in a Wired article earlier this week. A subsequent investigation by a reporter from the Wall Street Journal linked Elez to a burner account on X with a... Continue Reading »

Vice President Vance on Friday argued that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffer who resigned after social media posts of his came to light that espoused racist beliefs should be hired back. Vance, in speaking out about the issue, said that social media posts shouldn’t be the reason he is fired, calling the 25-year-old aide to DOGE head Elon Musk a “kid.” “Here’s my view: I obviously disagree with some of Elez’s posts, but I don’t think stupid social... Continue Reading »

Elon Musk said Friday that a Department of Government Efficiency staffer who resigned this week after social media posts surfaced of him advocating for racism and eugenics was reinstated. The move came after Vice President JD Vance led an outcry for his return. "He will be brought back. To err is human, to forgive divine," Musk wrote on X in response to a post by Vance calling for Marko Elez, a 25-year-old software engineer, to rejoin DOGE. Elez resigned from... Continue Reading »

President Donald Trump's executive order sanctioning the Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC) will prevent a slippery slope of U.S. military and government officials facing prosecution from a nebulous judicial bureaucracy in the Netherlands, argue critics of the global criminal body. Richard Goldberg, a former Trump official who served on his first National Security Council, told Fox News Digital, "This is a critical first step in defending American soldiers and officials from... Continue Reading »

Dozens of countries have expressed "unwavering support" for the International Criminal Court (ICC) after US President Donald Trump imposed sanctions on its staff. A majority of member states, including the UK, Germany and France, said that the ICC was "a vital pillar of the international justice system". Trump announced the sanctions after hosting Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu - the first foreign leader to visit him since returning to power. Last year, the ICC issued an... Continue Reading »

President Donald Trump signed an executive order imposing sanctions on the International Criminal Court over investigations of Israel, a close U.S. ally. Neither the U.S. nor Israel is a member of or recognizes the court, which has issued an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for alleged war crimes over his military response in Gaza after the Hamas attack against Israel in October 2023. Tens of thousands of Palestinians, including children,... Continue Reading »

On February 3, President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the Treasury and Commerce secretaries to develop a plan for a U.S. sovereign wealth fund. Many Americans may be familiar with the concept of sovereign wealth funds due to Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, which is nearing a deal to invest more than $1 billion in the PGA Tour. Trump’s order has sparked debate about how such a U.S. sovereign wealth fund would be capitalized and the viability and... Continue Reading »

claim that circulated on social media this week about former first daughter Chelsea Clinton taking home $84 million from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) proved false. Chelsea Clinton, the daughter of former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, serves as the vice chair of the Clinton Foundation, a nonprofit that was created by Bill Clinton in 2001. Newsweek reached out to the Clinton Foundation via email... Continue Reading »

As the Trump administration this week dismantled the U.S. Agency for International Development, the primary vehicle for U.S. foreign aid, the White House issued a statement justifying its actions. Titled “At USAID, Waste and Abuse Runs Deep,” the news release claimed USAID “has been unaccountable to taxpayers as it funnels massive sums of money to the ridiculous — and, in many cases, malicious — pet projects of entrenched bureaucrats, with next-to-no oversight.” The news release... Continue Reading »

As Wisconsin’s attorney general, Brad Schimel helped lead a 20-state lawsuit that sought to overturn the Affordable Care Act. AllSides highlights content from Gigafact, a network of newsrooms that respond to online claims. View the full fact brief on Wisconsin Watch. Continue Reading »

Officials in Panama are examining the possibility of canceling a deal with the Hong Kong-based company that operates ports along the Panama Canal as a way to ease the ongoing threats from President Donald Trump to seize the critical waterway, according to a new report in Bloomberg. Continue Reading »

Teddy Roosevelt would presumably be pleased.  President Trump spoke loudly and swung a big stick in Panama’s direction, and it produced instantaneous results on Sunday when Secretary of State Marco Rubio visited the small Central American nation.  Continue Reading »

Donald Trump has a special affinity for William McKinley, the former American president who was struck down by an assassin’s bullet in 1901, ending his second term before it really began. Trump has called his distant predecessor a “great but highly underrated” chief executive who made the United States wealthy by slapping tariffs on foreign goods. Whether or not this description is accurate, Trump genuinely believes it. Indeed, Trump feels so strongly about the man that he restored ... Continue Reading »

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This page will update with the latest actions by the Trump administration to scale back federal government spending and programs. Latest Developments: - Trump moved to fire the chairwoman of the Federal Elections Commission - The CIA offered to buy out its entire workforce. - The Defense Department began steps to withdraw from Syria. (Department of State) FEC Chair Pushed Out Other Why? Trump is moving to oust his critics within the federal government... Continue Reading »

Ayatollah Shuts Door On Negotiations With US After Trump Restores 'Maximum Pressure' Iran's top cleric who oversees the state, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei appears to have shut the door on opening new negotiations with Washington in the wake of fresh Trump-ordered sanctions intended to disrupt Iran's oil network and to take exports "down to zero". "First, negotiations with the US have no effect on solving [Iran’s] problems. The reason? Experience!" Khamenei said on Friday. He explained that during the Obama presidency, "we sat down and negotiated with the US for about two years, and an agreement was formed. In this agreement, the Iranian side was very generous and gave many concessions to the other side." During Trump's first term, he unilaterally pulled the US from the 'bad' JCPOA nuclear deal, which happened in April 2018 - after which a "maximum pressure" campaign was imposed on Tehran. Trump this week revived this pressure campaign via ramped-up sanctions. Khamenei continued, "But the US did not carry out that agreement. The same person who is now in office tore up that agreement. We must learn from this experience." He then emphasized, "One must not negotiate with a ... Continue Reading »

Powerful Earthquake Rattles Caribbean Sea Near Cayman Islands A powerful earthquake has been reported in the Caribbean Sea. According to USGS data, the 7.6-magnitude quake struck about 125 miles southwest of the Cayman Islands. Tsunami alerts have been issued for multiple coastlines along the Caribbean Sea. NOAA posted the latest tsunami map.  "This was a lateral "strike-slip" quake; minimal up/down motion, so very low tsunami threat," meteorologist Matthew Cappucci wrote on X. NEW: A very strong magnitude 7.6 #earthquake just occurred in the northwest Caribbean about 125 miles south-southwest of Grand Cayman. It was shallow, with a depth of barely 7 miles. This was a lateral “strike slip” quake; minimal up/down motion, so very low tsunami threat. pic.twitter.com/D9nwRHMqQj — Matthew Cappucci (@MatthewCappucci) February 8, 2025 *Developing...  Tyler Durden Sat, 02/08/2025 - 19:05 Continue Reading »

Contrasting DEI With Equality Of Opportunity Authored by Christian Milord via The Epoch Times, Folks with common sense likely were pleased when a recent executive order came down from the Trump administration to ban DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) programs from all federal agencies. One wonders why it has taken so long to discard such an un-American system from the government. What is DEI? It is a Marxist secular construct that claims to embrace diversity and justice in our society. Critical Race Theory (CRT) makes up a part of the DEI vision. Purveyors of CRT and DEI believe that ethnic minorities in America are victims of discrimination at the hands of the majority population and deserve to receive special favors to make up for this alleged oppression. The DEI apparatus doesn’t take into account that minorities in a free society have the same rights under the law as everyone else, and they don’t require extra rights. The DEI apparatus also attempts to implement quota systems for minorities regarding higher education enrollment slots as well as in occupational positions whether individuals are qualified or not. In other words, it discriminates based on color, ... Continue Reading »

Democrat Rep. Sterilizes Herself To Protest Trump Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, A Democratic state Rep. from Michigan says she has sterilised herself as a form of protest against President Trump. Rep. Laurie Pohutsky (D-Livonia) stated “Just under two weeks ago, I underwent surgery to ensure that I would never have to navigate a pregnancy in Donald Trump’s America.” “I refuse to let my body be treated as currency by an administration that only sees value in my ability to procreate,” she added while speaking to hundreds of extreme left-wing protesters on the lawn of the Michigan Capitol. “If you know people who are questioning how serious this is, I’m going to repeat myself: A sitting government official opted for voluntary sterilization because she was uncertain she would be able to access contraception in the future,” she further claimed. A Michigan State Rep announces she sterilized herself to avoid getting pregnant in Trump’s America… Sometimes there really are no words. pic.twitter.com/dHGVkgmcPU — Ryan James Girdusky (@RyanGirdusky) February 6, 2025 🗣️ Laurie Pohutsky (@lpohutsky19) opens up on decision to voluntarily forego having children rather than raising them under new Republican government Read the article ⬇️https://t.co/ffAUiPg89p pic.twitter.com/AguPFE75nk — The Telegraph (@Telegraph) February ... Continue Reading »

"We Need To Go Gangster Here": NY Mag Editor And Scott Galloway Demand Doxxing And Prison For "Little Pricks" From DOGE The leftist freakout over government accountability has escalated to open calls for the doxxing and imprisonment of the "arrogant little pricks" working for Elon Musk's DOGE, who over the past two weeks have descended upon the US Treasury, USAID, and most recently the US Department of Education in order to uncover waste, fraud and abuse. And boy have they found that in spades. In a Friday episode of NY Magazine Editor-at-Large Kara Swisher's "Pivot" podcast with guest Scott Galloway, the two leftists outlined their ideal response to the Trump administration's recent moves. Galloway called DOGE's actions "illegal" and a "coup," and called for Democratic governors to throw Musk's team in prison. "I want to know who their names are, and I want to see Democratic governors saying 'I'm gonna do everything I can in my power to use the full faith, to the letter of the law, to put you folks in prison," said Galloway, adding "I think what you're doping is trespassing. I think this is a coup. And ... Continue Reading »

The Rise And Rise Of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Authored by Jeffrey Tucker via The Epoch Times, There is much to learn about the way the world works today by watching the confirmation vote on Trump’s pick of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to head the Department of Health and Human Services. In so many ways, this is a remarkable development with a dramatic story arc, one that speaks presciently to events over the past five years and where they stand in public consciousness. In November 2021, a major book blasted onto the scene that hardly anyone had expected. It was “The Real Anthony Fauci” by Kennedy. The author had already emerged as the world’s leading critic of the policy response to COVID-19, which included locking down societies across the globe to prepare the population for a vaccine that was already on record as failing to protect against both infection and transmission. This book was not just a criticism of the way that the “nation’s leading infectious disease doctor” had been the dominant voice for shutdowns, closures, distancing, and masking. It dug through the deep history of the U.S. bioweapons program to highlight ... Continue Reading »

Three Gaunt-Looking Israelis Freed By Hamas After "491 Days Of Hell" At this point the Hamas-Israel truce has held since January 19, and several successful rounds of hostage/prisoner exchanges have followed since. The latest happened Saturday, with Hamas releasing three more Israeli hostages captured on Oct.7, 2023 - in exchange for another 183 imprisoned Palestinians released by Israel. This brings the total freed since the ceasefire took effect last month to 21 people freed by Hamas and Islamic Jihad - 16 of them Israelis and five Thai citizens who had been workers in the Kibbutz which were attacked. This is still part of the first, 42-day phase of the agreement. Via Associated Press The three Israelis released Saturday have been identified as Eli Sharabi, 52, Ohad Ben Ami, 56, and Or Levy, 34. They were paraded on a stage in the town of Deir al-Balah in central Gaza to sign handover documents. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office described the scene of the emaciated hostages "shocking" and vowed that the government would take action against Hamas. "The shocking images we saw today will not pass without response," the statement reads. "The government, together with security officials, will ... Continue Reading »

USAID Funded Massive 'News' Platform, Extending 'Censorship Industrial Complex' To Billions Worldwide Tl;dr: Elon Musk summed up the whole f**king farce succinctly: We wonder how the American taxpayer feels about their hard-earned cash being taken away from them and used for this purpose... *  *  * In addition to propping up far-left corporate media outlets like Politico and the BBC with taxpayer funds, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has funneled half a billion dollars to a secretive non-governmental organization operating a global news propaganda matrix.  WikiLeaks published the bombshell report in the overnight hours that shows the massive taxpayer-funded state propaganda network - operating as a shady NGO - called "Internews Network":  USAID has pushed nearly half a billion dollars ($472.6m) through a secretive US government financed NGO, "Internews Network" (IN), which has "worked with" 4,291 media outlets, producing in one year 4,799 hours of broadcasts reaching up to 778 million people and "training" over 9000 journalists (2023 figures). IN has also supported social media censorship initiatives. The operation claims "offices" in over 30 countries, including main offices in US, London, Paris and regional HQs in Kiev, Bangkok and Nairobi. It is headed up by Jeanne Bourgault, who pays herself ... Continue Reading »

Obama-Appointed Judge Blocks Trump Admin Officials' Access To 'Sensitive' Treasury Records, Cites "Cybersecurity Risk" Authored by Bill Pan via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A federal judge has temporarily barred the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), run by Elon Musk, from accessing the personal financial data of millions of Americans kept at the Treasury Department. Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk gestures as he speaks during the inaugural parade inside Capital One Arena, in Washington on Jan. 20, 2025. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images The late-night order, issued Saturday by U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer in Manhattan, blocks most Trump administration officials—including Musk and members of his cost-cutting initiative—from accessing sensitive Treasury records for at least a week while the case proceeds in the New York court. The injunction specifically prohibits President Donald Trump and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent from granting access to records containing personally identifiable or confidential financial information to political appointees, special government employees, or any other employees from outside of the department. The White House has designated Musk a special government employee. Under the order, only those working at the Bureau of Fiscal Services and have passed background checks may ... Continue Reading »

Newsom Approves $50 Million To Help Migrants, Boost California's Legal Defense Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed two bills on Friday that would set aside a combined $50 million to protect immigrants and defend the state from potential legal actions by the Trump administration. One of the bills allocates $25 million to nonprofit organizations that offer legal immigration services to people “at risk of detention, deportation, eviction, wage theft, intimate partner violence, and other actions that put their safety at risk” due to federal actions. In his signing statement, Newsom said the bill will help to protect the civil rights of California’s “most vulnerable residents,” including people with disabilities, homeless people, victims of human trafficking and wage theft, as well as immigrants. The governor made clear that the allocated funding would not be used to protect immigrants convicted of serious or violent felonies. Newsom also called on state lawmakers to pass subsequent legislation if further clarification on this is necessary. The second bill sets aside $25 million for the state Department of Justice to push back against federal policy “that adversely impact the state, its taxpayers, and ... Continue Reading »

When The FAA And DEI Don't Mix Authored by Victor Davis Hanson via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), I’d like to talk about diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). [President] Donald Trump caused a firestorm in the aftermath of this horrific and tragic crash at [Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport]. He mentioned that he was going to examine the role of diversity, equity, [and] inclusion. The Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration building in Washington on July 21, 2007. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images What he meant was criteria other than merit that go into hiring these critical positions in the air traffic controller tower, but also as pilots and general in the military. And people got very angry, and they said this was inappropriate. But like all things Donald Trump does, he tries to open a very sensitive issue in a very loud fashion, and that brings attention to it, and then, people do some investigation. Greenland is a good example. “How dare he say he wants to buy Greenland?” Then we discover that Denmark is investing almost no money in Greenland. We discovered that Greenland is in North America. Did you know that? It’s closer to New York ... Continue Reading »

2 Decades Ago, A Senator's Probe Of USAID Funding Led To Government Transparency Reform Revelations that USAID officials are spending hundreds of millions of U.S. tax dollars overseas for controversial projects such as advancing atheism in Nepal and funding “transgender opera” in Columbia are nothing new. As Mark Tapscott details below for The Epoch Times, nearly 20 years ago, in October 2005, the refusal of USAID officials to admit they were funding a prostitution ring in India so angered Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) that he vowed to introduce a new law enabling every U.S. citizen with the internet to quickly and easily find out how federal officials are spending his or her tax dollars. A year later, President George W. Bush’s signing of Coburn’s proposal into law—thus mandating the creation of today’s USASpending.gov—marked a huge step forward in making government spending easily accessible for every citizen with internet access. Coburn described the USAID coverup in detail in his Senate floor speech in April 2006 as he introduced the promised proposal, which was known as the Federal Financial Accountability and Transparency Act (FFATA). The FFATA proposal was a bipartisan one from the beginning, with ... Continue Reading »

"You're Fired": Trump Revokes Biden's Security Clearances, Intel Briefings Citing "Poor Memory" President Trump revoked former President Biden's security clearance and terminated his daily intelligence briefings, stating that, given his "poor memory," there was no reason for Biden to continue receiving classified government information.  "There is no need for Joe Biden to continue receiving access to classified information. Therefore, we are immediately revoking Joe Biden's Security Clearances, and stopping his daily Intelligence Briefings," Trump wrote on Truth Social late Friday evening.  Trump said the decision was based on the precedent of Biden's 2021 decision to end his access to the secret information. He also pointed to the special counsel report last year: "The Hur Report revealed that Biden suffers from 'poor memory' and, even in his 'prime,' could not be trusted with sensitive information." Biden in 2021...  JUST IN: President Trump revokes Joe Biden's security clearances, tells Biden, "YOU'RE FIRED!" Biden revoked Trump's intelligence briefings in 2021, something that was historically provided to former presidents. During an interview with CBS in 2021, Biden said that Trump… pic.twitter.com/iEzeFj3DYb — Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) February 7, 2025 Trump concluded the post with: "I will always protect our National Security — JOE, ... Continue Reading »

Strike Looming, Chicago Can't Afford To Dance To All That Lefty Teacher Union Jazz Authored by Vince Bielski via RealClearInvestigations, After nasty clashes involving character assassinations and a mass resignation, a showdown is drawing closer in Chicago between the most powerful local teachers’ union in the country and the most financially distressed school district.  The growing possibility of a teachers’ strike in a city with a long history of labor upheavals highlights the troubles rocking public schools nationwide. First came drops in academic performance and enrollment from lower birth rates and the pull of charter and home schools promising a better education and sometimes delivering it. Enrollment has plunged 20% in Chicago since 2012, a bigger decline than in many large cities. After the pandemic hit, a windfall of $190 billion in federal emergency funding helped districts like Chicago paper over years of deficit spending and significantly expand the ranks of teachers, social workers, and counselors. Now that the federal aid has ended, students have only partly recovered from their devastating learning loss while budget deficits have ballooned, prompting widespread education cuts in Houston and upcoming reductions in San Francisco, to name ... Continue Reading »

These Are Google's 'Thirstiest' Data Centers This map, via Visual Capitalist's Pallavi Rao, locates Google’s data centers that consume the most water in America. Why do data centers need water? It’s because computer servers generate significant heat that must be dissipated to maintain performance. As a result, water is used in chiller plants, evaporative cooling systems, and humidification to manage temperature levels. Data is sourced from Google’s 2024 Environment Report. Ranked: Google’s Thirstiest Data Centers Google’s data center in Council Bluffs, Iowa consumed nearly 1 billion gallons of water in 2023, by far the most by any single complex listed in their report. All of that water was potable, i.e., safe for drinking. The data center complexes in Mayes County, Oklahoma and Berkeley County, South Carolina are the next “thirstiest,” using 750–800 million gallons of water a year. These top three locations are well-above their counterparts across the U.S., and the rest of the world in water usage. ℹ️ Fun fact: the U.S. has nearly half of the world’s 12,000 data centers. Germany and the UK are distant runners-up. Together all of Google’s data centers used nearly more than 6 billion gallons of water in 2023, the equivalent of 41 golf courses. Do Google’s Data Centers Drink Water? Technically, data centers don’t actually ... Continue Reading »

The Economics Of Super Bowl LIX: Philadelphia Looks To Dethrone Kansas City Authored by Charlie Doughtry, Jackie Benson, and Ali Hajibeigi via Wells Fargo, Summary  Eagles vs. Chiefs in SBLVII Redux  The Philadelphia Eagles will take on the Kansas City Chiefs in the Super Bowl this Sunday. You aren't experiencing déjà vu; the two teams last met in the league championship game two years ago in 2023. The Eagles will seek to avenge the loss with a new offensive weapon and a revamped defense loaded with young talent. The Philadelphia economy has also been flying high as of late, with the metro economy boasting low unemployment and solid job growth. Meanwhile, the Chiefs are aiming for their third straight championship, which would make them the first NFL team to achieve such a feat. The Chiefs franchise turnaround over the past decade echoes an economic renaissance in the Kansas City economy, which is now outperforming many of its Midwestern peers. Eagles and Chiefs Down in New Orleans  Super Bowl LIX kicks off on Sunday at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans in a matchup that will feature the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs. The final ... Continue Reading »

USAF Spy Jet Flies Second SIGINT Operation On US Border With Focus On Narco Hub Flight tracking data from Flightradar24 shows a US Air Force RC-135V/W Rivet Joint reconnaissance aircraft conducted its second signals intelligence (SIGINT) operation near cartel-controlled territories within Mexico this past week. The SIGINT mission coincides with remarks from US Border Czar Tom Homan, who warned on Thursday that he "expects" a hot confrontation between the US military and drug cartels.  Flightradar24 data shows the USAF RC-135V/W Rivet Joint taking off from Offutt Air Force Base in Omaha on Friday evening. The Spy plane arrived at the heavily fortified southern border hours later and flew a SIGINT mission in US airspace from El Paso, Texas, to the Big Bend Ranch State Park, located in west Texas.  The spy plane flew the west Texas route twice, following a figure-8 pattern around the Big Bend Ranch State Park, before returning to Omaha. The SIGINT mission appeared focused on gathering intelligence on drug cartels in the Mexican state of Chihuahua, which borders Texas.  Chihuahua is a major hub for narco activity, primarily because of its strategic location along the U.S.-Mexico border. The state has been a battleground between the Sinaloa Cartel and the Juárez ... Continue Reading »

Welcome To The Executive Presidency Authored by John Waters & Adam Ellwanger via RealClearPolitics, “I would support you to be spokesperson for the Pentagon,” Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal acidly told Pete Hegseth during his hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee. The insult was a poke in Pete’s eye for his career at Fox News. Blumenthal, who once fibbed that he had served in Vietnam as a Marine (he never left the States), thought Hegseth lacked the record of “leadership” to head an organization as large and complex as the Department of Defense. Evidently, it never crossed Blumenthal’s mind that this appointment was a first step toward making the department less large and complex. On paper, former Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin had such “leadership” experience, as did Jim Mattis, Bob Gates, Leon Panetta, Donald Rumsfeld, and most other department secretaries over the last 25 years. Pete, on the other hand, led a platoon in Iraq before smiling his way through Saturday morning news shows. Once, during a bit on “Fox and Friends,” Hegseth tossed an ax that sailed over its target and struck a man standing nearby. Pete grimaced, the man was unhurt, ... Continue Reading »

"Believe In AI, Believe In Copper, Believe In Glencore" Goldman Sachs analyst James McGeoch published a note on Friday, informing clients that commodity mining and trading giant Glencore could be one of the most straightforward plays on rising copper prices, driven by AI-related demand and tightening commodity markets. He noted that Glencore's upside potential extends beyond being undervalued, with a potential catalyst for a stock buyback program announcement. "Why I like Glencore and think the bottom could be in - Mkt has hammered Glencore for poor prodn profile, margin compression, pessimistic commodity outlook, high beta, tariffs proxy and has become a value trap," McGeoch said.  He continued, "To change the direction of travel they need to: Start buying back own stock. Take prodn offline to show "value" over "volume". Improve the margin per unit by tightening the mkt (balances are tight enough for small changes to allow it). Reduce capex, spin that into higher long term capital returns." Glencore shares in London  McGeoch provided more color on what Glencore management could do to reverse the multi-year sinking ship.   Announce a buyback. I am more bullish than most, basis the fact you gotta draw a line in the sand ... Continue Reading »

Apple Ordered To Provide UK Gov't Access To All User Data On The Cloud Authored by Ken Silva via Headline USA, The Washington Post reported Friday that the United Kingdom’s deep state has demanded that Apple create a back door for them to retrieve all the content any Apple user worldwide has uploaded to the cloud—what would be an unprecedented erosion of online privacy and civil liberties. The Apple logo / PHOTO: AP Citing anonymous sources, the Post reported that the British government’s undisclosed order was issued last month. It reportedly requires Apple to give officials blanket capability to view fully encrypted material. Typically, Apple has assisted authorities on a case-by-case basis—such as helping the FBI access a terrorist’s phone, for example. The Post noted that the access sought by the UK “has no known precedent in major democracies.” 🚨WaPo published an EXTREMELY important story today about a secret UK order for Apple to provide it w/ total access to all user data on the cloud -- an order that would implicate Americans and the entire world. The Post rightly notes that the UK's order "has no known precedent in… pic.twitter.com/pA3uvpnekc — Ken Silva (@JD_Cashless) February ... Continue Reading »