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A woman has been awarded $6m in a verdict that could have implications for hundreds of other cases in the US. Continue Reading »

Will the decision of a Los Angeles jury have an impact on the UK government as it considers potential future regulations on social media, writes the BBC's political editor. Continue Reading »

The government-backed bank has been accused of a series of errors, including not paying bereaved families money that was rightfully theirs. 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 »

President Donald Trump has claimed the U.S. and Iran are "in negotiations now." But the Islamic Republic denies any direct talks to end the war. Continue Reading »

The Supreme Court, in a 6-3 ruling, said President Trump did not have authority under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to impose tariffs. Continue Reading »

Oil prices have been rocked by volatility since the U.S.-Iran war began. Continue Reading »

Two mysterious videos posted to the official White House X account on Wednesday night are generating buzz online, with the purpose of the short, vertically shot clips unclear. Continue Reading »

Trump's threats to ramp up military presence may be to pressure Iran to negotiate but the battle may be harder than he calculated, say analysts. Continue Reading »

Par N'daricaling Loppy avec AFP Des dignitaires du régime iranien participent à des discussions avec Washington pour mettre un terme à la guerre selon Donald Trump. Au 27ème jour du conflit, Téhéran poursuit ses attaques de missiles et de drones sur Israël et les Emirats arabes unis. Des dignitaires du régime iranien participent à des discussions avec Washington pour mettre un terme à la guerre selon Donald Trump. Au 27ème jour du conflit, Téhéran poursuit ses attaques de missiles et de drones sur Israël et les Emirats arabes unis.Donald Trump assure que Téhéran, malgré ses dénégations, participe bien à des pourparlers et veut un accord pour mettre fin à la guerre, tandis qu'Israël poursuit ce jeudi 25 mars ses frappes sur l'Iran. "Ils négocient, et ils veulent absolument conclure un accord, mais ils ont peur de le dire" par crainte de "se faire tuer par les leurs", a affirmé le président américain ce 24 mars devant un parterre de ... Continue Reading »

Par AFP Par Lynn MYAT © 2026 AFP Les trous béants laissés sur les routes par le séisme dévastateur de l'an dernier ont été comblés, mais plusieurs travées d'un pont historique pendent encore dans le fleuve à Mandalay, la deuxième ville de Birmanie, qui garde les stigmates de la catastrophe. Plus de 3.800 personnes ont été tuées dans le pays d'Asie du Sud-Est lorsqu'une secousse de magnitude 7,7 est survenue le 28 mars 2025.Les journalistes de l'AFP furent les premiers parmi les médias étrangers à atteindre Mandalay. Un an plus tard, ils ont observé un tableau contrasté des efforts de reconstruction dans les zones touchées.A Naypyidaw, l'auvent en béton du service des urgences de l'hôpital, qui avait écrasé une voiture en s'effondrant, a été remplacé par une nouvelle structure plus légère, avec un toit en plastique.Une rare photo spontanée du chef de la junte Min Aung Hlaing, visiblement désemparé alors qu'il tentait de diriger les secours, fut l'un des nombreux clichés capturant le chaos après le séisme, survenu en pleine guerre civile. Bouddha couché Mandalay, l'ancienne capitale royale bordée par la jungle montagneuse et les méandres du fleuve Irrawaddy, a subi le plus gros des dégâts. ... Continue Reading »

Par Terriennes Par Isabelle Mourgere Shewit Tekie a aujourd'hui 26 ans. C'est toute jeune adolescente, à 13 ans, qu'elle a fui son pays, l'Erythrée. Après avoir traversé bien des épreuves, elle rejoint la Suisse. De nouvelles épreuves l'y attendent. Dix ans de combat, de résilience, de courage et de persévérance que retrace le documentaire d'Anne-Frédérique Widmann, programmé lors du FIFDH à Genève.  Shewit Tekie a aujourd'hui 26 ans. C'est toute jeune adolescente, à 13 ans, qu'elle a fui son pays, l'Erythrée. Après avoir traversé bien des épreuves, elle rejoint la Suisse. De nouvelles épreuves l'y attendent. Dix ans de combat, de résilience, de courage et de persévérance que retrace le documentaire d'Anne-Frédérique Widmann, programmé lors du FIFDH à Genève. Shewit Tekie fuit l’Érythrée alors qu'elle n'a alors que 13 ans. Pour échapper à l’oppression et à un passé qui la hante, Deux ans plus tard, après avoir été faite prisonnière par des trafiquants d’êtres humains en Libye, elle ... Continue Reading »

Par AFP Par Les bureaux de l'AFP à Téhéran, Jérusalem, Dubaï, Bagdad, Beyrouth et Washington © 2026 AFP Donald Trump a assuré que Téhéran, malgré ses dénégations, participe bien à des pourparlers et veut un accord pour mettre fin à la guerre, tandis qu'Israël poursuit jeudi ses frappes sur l'Iran."Ils négocient, et ils veulent absolument conclure un accord, mais ils ont peur de le dire" par crainte de "se faire tuer par les leurs", a affirmé le président américain mercredi soir devant un parterre de parlementaires républicains réunis mercredi soir à Washington."Ils ont aussi peur qu'on les tue", a-t-il lancé, au 27e jour d'un conflit qui embrase le Moyen-Orient et menace l'économie mondiale. Plus tôt dans la journée de mercredi, la Maison Blanche avait prévenu que Donald Trump était "prêt à déchaîner l'enfer" si Téhéran faisait "encore un mauvais calcul".Aucune information n'est disponible sur le ou les dirigeants iraniens en charge des négociations évoquées par Washington.Le chef de la diplomatie iranienne, Abbas Araghchi, a maintenu que l'Iran n'a "pas l'intention de négocier" et compte "continuer à résister".Une proposition américaine pour faire taire les armes, qui, selon des médias américains et israéliens, contient quinze points, a été transmis à l'Iran ... Continue Reading »

Par AFP Par Les bureaux de l'AFP à Téhéran, Jérusalem, Dubaï, Bagdad, Beyrouth et Washington © 2026 AFP Donald Trump a assuré que Téhéran, malgré ses dénégations, participe bien à des pourparlers et veut un accord pour mettre fin à la guerre, tandis qu'Israël poursuit jeudi ses frappes sur l'Iran."Ils négocient, et ils veulent absolument conclure un accord, mais ils ont peur de le dire" par crainte de "se faire tuer par les leurs", a affirmé le président américain mercredi soir devant un parterre de parlementaires républicains réunis mercredi soir à Washington."Ils ont aussi peur qu'on les tue", a-t-il lancé, au 27e jour d'un conflit qui embrase le Moyen-Orient et menace l'économie mondiale. Plus tôt dans la journée de mercredi, la Maison Blanche avait prévenu que Donald Trump était "prêt à déchaîner l'enfer" si Téhéran faisait "encore un mauvais calcul".Aucune information n'est disponible sur le ou les dirigeants iraniens en charge des négociations évoquées par Washington.Le chef de la diplomatie iranienne, Abbas Araghchi, a maintenu que l'Iran n'a "pas l'intention de négocier" et compte "continuer à résister".Une proposition américaine pour faire taire les armes, qui, selon des médias américains et israéliens, contient quinze points, a été transmis à l'Iran ... Continue Reading »

India is not interested in being a ‘broker nation’, S. Jaishankar has reportedly told an all-party meet Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

African Freedom Institute President Franklin Nyamsi has called for action after the UN backed a Ghana-led slavery resolution Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

The Church of England has enthroned Dame Sarah Mullally as the first female Archbishop of Canterbury since its establishment in 1534 Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

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Iran has denied holding talks with the US but confirmed “messaging” is ongoing with friendly countries Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

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THOUSANDS OF TROOPS DEPLOYED... (Top headline, 4th story, link) Related stories:RUSSIA SENDING DRONES TO IRAN...TEHRAN REJECTS PEACE PLAN...'NEGOTIATING WITH YOURSELF?'HOW KHARG ASSAULT COULD UNFOLD...DEFENSE BUILDUP ON ISLAND...PAKISTAN ARMY CHIEF IN THE MIDDLE...'WANNABE STRONGMAN' RISES IN PERSIA... Continue Reading »

HOW KHARG ASSAULT COULD UNFOLD... (Top headline, 5th story, link) Related stories:RUSSIA SENDING DRONES TO IRAN...TEHRAN REJECTS PEACE PLAN...'NEGOTIATING WITH YOURSELF?'THOUSANDS OF TROOPS DEPLOYED...DEFENSE BUILDUP ON ISLAND...PAKISTAN ARMY CHIEF IN THE MIDDLE...'WANNABE STRONGMAN' RISES IN PERSIA... Continue Reading »

The US and Israel’s war on Iran is intensifying, as Trump again claims Iranian leaders want to 'make a deal'. Continue Reading »

London's Met Police had eased arrests following the High Court ruling that the ban on Palestine Action was unlawful. Continue Reading »

Most people killed in Iran's Gulf attacks have been from South Asia. And entire economies back home are on edge. Continue Reading »

Senegal hope to overturn CAF's decision to crown Morocco champions after a walkout by Senegalese players in the final. Continue Reading »

All 30 owners voted to explore the two city bids, according to ESPN, with the 2028-29 season the entry point. Continue Reading »

The White House insists the president is dictating events, but even some Republicans are frustrated by mixed messaging about his war aims. Continue Reading »

A woman has been awarded $6m in a verdict that could have implications for hundreds of other cases in the US. Continue Reading »

Will the decision of a Los Angeles jury have an impact on the UK government as it considers potential future regulations on social media, writes the BBC's political editor. Continue Reading »

The government-backed bank has been accused of a series of errors, including not paying bereaved families money that was rightfully theirs. Continue Reading »

The move will "starve Putin's war machine", Starmer says as he arrives in Finland for a military summit. Continue Reading »

European politicians risk angering their voters if they join America’s war. Yet they could also face domestic upheaval if they take no action to reopen shipping routes that Iran has blocked and ease an energy crisis. Continue Reading »

From India to Southeast Asia to South Korea, currencies are crumbling as governments race to secure fuel that is priced in American money. Continue Reading »

The Trump administration said the Middle East would “recede” in importance as the China challenge took priority. But the president started the war in Iran. Continue Reading »

A jury found the companies harmed a young user with design features that were addictive and led to her mental health distress. Continue Reading »

The jobs cuts and a new stock program for executives come as Meta continues to shift its focus to artificial intelligence. 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 »

Futures for oil and stocks worth billions of dollars changed hands just 15 minutes before a social media post from US President Donald Trump sent crude prices tumbling and equities soaring. Continue Reading »

Prediction market apps that let users wager on outcomes ranging from sports and politics to military action are drawing fresh scrutiny on Capitol Hill, where lawmakers are pushing for new federal rules and restrictions. Continue Reading »

Roughly $580 million worth of oil futures changed hands in a single minute early Monday morning, only about 15 minutes before President Trump posted on Truth Social that the U.S. had been engaged in "productive conversations" with Iran to end the war. Continue Reading »

A Los Angeles jury on Wednesday found Meta and Google liable in a closely watched trial accusing social media platforms of designing their products to get young users addicted, awarding the plaintiff $6 million in damages. Meta was ordered to pay 70% of the awarded compensatory damages, while Google is responsible for the remaining 30%, for a total of $3 million. Hours later, the jury ordered Meta to pay another $2.1 million and Google an additional $900,000 in punitive damages. Unlike compensatory damages, jurors were not asked to award punitive damages as a percentage of a lump sum. The verdict came after nine days, including roughly 43 hours of deliberations. Continue Reading »

A 20-year-old woman prevailed in a landmark social-media trial against Meta Platforms and Google's YouTube in which the companies were accused of designing their apps to be addictive and harmful to adolescents. A jury found Instagram's owner Meta and YouTube negligent for operating a product that harmed kids and teens and failed to warn about those dangers. The decision dealt a blow to the companies that have historically been shielded by Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. The jury ordered the companies to pay $3 million to the plaintiff, named Kaley G.M., who testified that social-media use that started before she was a teenager had dominated her life for years and had contributed to mental health issues including anxiety, depression and body dysmorphia. Continue Reading »

A California jury on Wednesday found that Meta and Google's YouTube were to blame for the depression and anxiety of a woman who compulsively used social media as a small child, awarding her $3 million in a rare verdict holding Silicon Valley accountable for its role in fueling a youth mental health crisis. The jurors concluded that Meta and Google should pay the woman $3 million in compensatory damages, with Meta on the hook for 70% of that amount, or $2.1 million. The jury also decided that the companies' actions should trigger punitive damages, which means there will be a separate phase of the trial where the jury will decide what amount of damages is appropriate to punish the multi-trillion-dollar companies for their conduct. Continue Reading »

The White House issued a stark warning to Iran Tuesday, saying President Donald Trump is prepared to "unleash hell" if Tehran refuses to step back from its nuclear ambitions and its ongoing threats against the United States and its allies. "President Trump does not bluff, and he is prepared to unleash hell," White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said at the beginning of Wednesday's White House press briefing. "Iran should not miscalculate again. Their last miscalculation cost them their senior leadership, their navy, their air force and their air defense system... Continue Reading »

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., this week indicated a preference for resolving the Iran war via diplomacy, marking a contrast with his typically pro-war statements. Graham, widely regarded as one of the strongest advocates for military action in Iran, expressed support for the administration's efforts to negotiate with Iran to end the war. "Not only do I support [Trump] and his team's efforts to negotiate with Iran to find a solution to the threats this regime presents to the region and the world, I encourage it... Continue Reading »

A claim about state legislative election results that circulated widely on social media Tuesday evening said that the GOP has failed to flip a single seat since President Donald Trump's 2024 election victory and return to office in January 2025. The assertion focuses narrowly on state legislative seat flips, not congressional races, governorships, or party switches, and compares outcomes in special and off‑year elections held since Trump's election win... Continue Reading »

U.S. military chaplains will no longer wear their rank insignia, instead displaying insignia that reflects their religious affiliation, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced as part of two major changes to the group. In a memo signed Tuesday and announced in a video message, Hegseth said chaplains will retain their rank as officers, but it will not be shown as "this speaks to the difficult balance of the duality" of the role... Continue Reading »

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Senate Republicans confirmed on Wednesday that they will try to pass another "reconciliation" budget that will include more funding for Trump's crackdown on immigrants as well as his costly war with Iran. "The purpose of the second reconciliation bill is to make sure there is adequate funding to secure our homeland and to support our men and women in the military who are fighting so bravely," Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), the chair of the Senate Budget Committee, said in a statement. "More funding will mean they can complete the task assigned and keep America safe — which is money well spent."... Continue Reading »

Jeffrey Epstein's longtime lawyer Darren Indyke and accountant Richard Kahn told House lawmakers they were never interviewed as part of formal federal investigations into Epstein's sex crimes, according to deposition videos released and reported by Politico. Indyke said in a video, "Not a single woman has ever accused either me or Richard Kahn of witnessing or participating in sexual abuse," insisting he had no knowledge of Epstein's criminal conduct until later allegations emerged. Kahn told investigators in his deposition, "We were in the middle of a financial crisis, and I had a family to support, so I made the wrong decision in staying," acknowledging that he regretted continuing to work for Epstein after the 2008 conviction... Continue Reading »

An accountant and an attorney for Jeffrey Epstein told the House Oversight Committee that government investigators never interviewed them about the late sex offender and the work they did for him, according to videos of their depositions released Tuesday. The panel questioned Richard Kahn, Epstein's accountant, and Darren Indyke, Epstein's lawyer, behind closed doors this month as part of its investigation into Epstein. Both maintained they did not witness any wrongdoing, and authorities have accused neither of misdeeds... Continue Reading »

Jeffrey Epstein's lawyer Darren Indyke and accountant Richard Kahn told House lawmakers they were never interviewed as part of formal federal investigations into their late client's sex crimes, according to videos of their depositions released Tuesday. Their claims underscore the enormous gaps in the Justice Department's efforts to hold Epstein and his inner circle accountable over multiple administrations of both parties. It also could raise the stakes for the ongoing Epstein investigation being led by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, which is already being relied upon to gather new evidence after the Trump Justice Department signaled it would no longer be releasing additional Epstein case files in compliance with the law Congress passed last fall... Continue Reading »

Democrat Emily Gregory won a Florida special election on Tuesday, flipping a state legislative district that is home to Mar-a-Lago, the Palm Beach estate that President Donald Trump counts as his residence. Continue Reading »

Democrats have secured stunning victories in two special elections in Florida on Tuesday night, adding to a series of recent wins and overperformances. Continue Reading »

Florida Democrats on Tuesday flipped control of a long-vacant Republican-held state House seat in a Palm Beach-anchored district that includes Mar-a-Lago, President Donald Trump's home turf. Continue Reading »

Iran and the U.S. have mutually rejected a first exchange of peace proposals this week some regional powers are pushing for further talks. A top U.S. official called Iran's demands "ridiculous and unrealistic," according to the Wall Street Journal. President Donald Trump said Tehran has four more days to come to an agreement before the U.S. begins targeting Iran's energy infrastructure... Continue Reading »

Iran's military has mocked the Trump administration's efforts to strike a deal to end the war, saying the United States is only "negotiating with yourselves." Despite President Donald Trump's optimism that a deal with Tehran is in sight, sources have told CNN that around 1,000 US soldiers with the Army's 82nd Airborne Division are expected to deploy to the Middle East in the coming days, suggesting the president is keeping his options open. Here's what to know on Day 26 of the war... Continue Reading »

Germany's Economy At The Point Of No Return Submitted by Thomas Kolbe If anyone still needed a concrete figure to illustrate the dramatic state of the German economy, the Federal Statistical Office has now delivered it. The country’s investment ratio is negative, as depreciation exceeds nominal investments. Slowly but surely, the lights are going out. Public discourse in Germany often sounds monocaudal and lacks complexity. Regardless of which social conflicts, administrative difficulties, or economic issues are being debated, for the majority of Germans, the state is not the cause of many problems but the ultimate solution. A majority of Germans regularly fall for the statist-arguing snake-oil salesmen of the major party cartel beyond the firewall. The solutions that Chancellor Friedrich Merz and his junta of green, red, and dark-red socialists apply to every problem arising from the long-term recession are simple and resonate with voters – as we have seen recently in Baden-Württemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate. To put it bluntly: more of the same medicine, more state intervention, more regulation, all intended to cover up the loss of control in the fundamental areas of our time – migration, the definition of our social system, ... Continue Reading »

'Guard Your Mind': The Techno-Libertarian Manifesto Via zeptabot substack, Introduction The modern nation-state is not natural nor permanent. It’s a technological product of the industrial era’s logic of mass warfare, bureaucracy, and centralized taxation. That logic is breaking down. In a world of cyberspace, mobile capital, and digital commerce and geography, brute force lose much of their leverage. You cannot conquer the internet with tanks, nor can a government easily tax a truly digital wallet whose private keys are hidden in someone’s mind. The Information Revolution is a shift in the logic of power as fundamental as gunpowder was to medieval knighthood. Every institution built on yesterday’s logic of violence will either adapt or crumble. This was the original thesis of the 1997 book The Sovereign Individual (Davidson & Rees-Mogg, 1997). And in 2026—with the rise of China, the regional military conflicts now underway, and the polarization of politics both within nations and between them—that shift is no longer speculatory. It is existential. What matters now is what kind of order will emerge from it. The battle is no longer between rival “-isms” competing for control of the same nation-state, but between two fundamentally ... Continue Reading »

Saudis Bypass Hormuz As Oil Exports From Yanbu Surge Toward 5 Million Target One week ago, when fears that the Strait of Hormuz blockade would mean a permanent collapse in oil supply (we have since seen that Iran is allowing "friendly" ships to cross the strait, especially if they grease the toll-keeper with $2 million per crossing) hit a fever pitch and pushed the price of Brent to $120, we said that "Saudi Arabia Has Already Revived More Than Half Its Oil Exports Via Hormuz Bypass."   With Iran blocking Saudi ships from cross Hormuz for the time being, the Kingdom had drastically ramped up its oil exports to more than half of normal levels despite the disruptions from the Iran war, a successful sign for the kingdom’s ambitious contingency plan to bypass the Strait of Hormuz. To do this, Saudi Arabia has ramped up crude shipments from Yanbu export terminals on the Red Sea coast as it diverted supplies away from the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz via the East-West pipeline. Saudi Arabia, along with the UAE, is one of only two countries in the region that can divert significant amounts ... Continue Reading »

New Lord Of The Rings Movie To Be Written By...Stephen Colbert? There is perhaps nothing more revealing about the desperate state of Hollywood than its obsession with digging up old franchises in a futile race to capitalize on audeince nostalgia.  In fact, it has been widely understood in the film industry for the past decade that almost no project will be greenlit unless it is a reboot, remake or "re-imagining" of a previously popular story property. The problem, which everyone except Hollywood executives understands, is that you cannot recapture the magic of older hit movies, especially when your stable of writing talent is populated by an army of left-wing, pill popping ideological lunatics with no moral standards to speak of.  These kinds of people are simply incapable of relating to the common moviegoer. This dynamic has led Hollywood down a path of financial destruction, with dozens of big budget films bombing at the box office in the past year alone.  Some projects have lost hundreds of millions of dollars and the smell of napalm is heavy in the air.  One disastrous reboot attempt that set Hollywood on the path of total defeat ... Continue Reading »

Russia Launches Springtime Offensive On Ukraine, As "That Other War" Drags On Just days after we reported that trilateral peace negotiations between Russia, Ukraine, and the Trump administration had been suspended -  likely indefinitely - thanks to Washington's escalating involvement in the Iran war, Reuters is now confirming the inevitable: Moscow is pressing ahead with a fresh springtime offensive while Kiev scrambles to hold the line. As we reported before, from the collapse of talks in Geneva and Miami to Putin's envoy shuttling back for what turned out to be fruitless charades, the Iran war has not only sucked up U.S. attention and air-defense munitions Ukraine desperately needs, but has also juiced Russian oil revenues at the worst possible moment for Kremlin planners.  According to the latest from Kiev, Ukraine's strategy now boils down to "building on recent tactical successes and battlefield innovations like mid-range strikes" to blunt the assault on the so-called Fortress Belt, the heavily fortified cluster of cities in Donetsk including Sloviansk (northern anchor), Pokrovsk, and Kostiantynivka. Russia, fresh off capturing nearly all of the key logistics hub at Pokrovsk this winter, has already launched a battalion-sized push northeast ... Continue Reading »

Chevron Warns California Facing Historic Fuel Crisis As Diesel Hits Record $7 The world's biggest energy execs are currently at the annual CERAWeek conclave in Houston where, understandably, they are dropping bulletin bombs reeking of fire and brimstone, and warning the already critical oil/gas situation will only get worse if the pre-war status quo isn't restored (which incidentally will be great for their bottom lines... until the world is tipped into a recession). Take US oil giant Chevron, which warned that California is careening toward an energy crisis because of the Iran war (which will likely be resolved soon), and that the company may quit refining oil in the state unless officials roll back taxes and regulations (which is unlikely to ever be resolved as long as Dems are in charge of the Golden State). California is highly exposed to the disruption rippling across commodity markets because it imports about 20% of its refined fuels from Asia. But as extensively discussed here, oil product shipments from China, South Korea, Singapore and elsewhere are at risk of slowing significantly as Iran blocks the Strait of Hormuz, leaving Asian nations struggling to meet their own ... Continue Reading »

Musk Seeks To Remove Delaware Judge From His Cases After She "Liked" A Post About His Trial Loss Lawyers for Elon Musk and Tesla are seeking to have a Delaware judge removed from cases involving them, arguing her neutrality could be questioned after her LinkedIn account “liked” a post about Musk losing a recent trial in California, according to Financial Times. Musk’s firm said the interaction with the “inflammatory” post created “a perception of bias against Mr. Musk in these cases, recusal is necessary and warranted”. The post referred to a federal case where a jury concluded Musk had defrauded Twitter investors, a decision that could cost him billions if it stands. A consultant who worked with the plaintiffs even took a jab at Musk and his legal team in that same thread. Judge Kathaleen McCormick responded that she didn’t realize the post had been liked until LinkedIn alerted her. She stated: “I either did not click the ‘support’ icon at all, or I did so accidentally. I do not believe that I did it accidentally,” suggesting uncertainty about how it happened. FT writes that the situation is another chapter in Musk’s strained relationship ... Continue Reading »

The Frozen Market For Homes Authored by Jeffrey Tucker via The Epoch Times, Mortgage rates on a 30-year loan just hit 7 percent, intensifying problems on the demand side. Mortgages plus insurance—which turns a half-million dollar house into a $1.2 million house plus property taxes—became unaffordable for another class of buyers while already out of reach for most people. On the supply side, millions of existing homeowners are locked into COVID-era mortgages of 3 percent or lower, which makes them negative in real terms. That’s a great deal unless you sell and then have to buy again. It would make no sense to sell in any case, but you are still stuck paying ever higher property taxes on ever higher valuations. This has produced a problem that is evident in January’s new home sales numbers, which fell 18 percent, the largest drop in 13 years and a level comparable to the bust following the 2008 financial crisis that began with housing. What’s happening in real time is suggested by the anecdotes. People are neither selling nor buying—unless of course you have a full load of cash on hand. The picture this creates is ... Continue Reading »

Fetterman Blasts Democrats After Illegal Immigrant Murders College Freshman Earlier this week, Jose Medina-Medina, an illegal immigrant whom the Biden administration caught and released at the border, murdered Loyola University freshman Sheridan Gorman. Medina-Medina had previously been arrested at least twice in Chicago, yet was released by local authorities, thanks to their sanctuary policies. According to reports, he approached her, raised a gun, and opened fire as she tried to flee. She was pronounced dead at the scene. The Democratic Party’s response has been nothing short of horrific.  Chicago Alderwoman Maria Hadden, a Democrat, essentially blamed Gorman for her own murder. “From what police know, from — from speaking to the students who were with her, it seems she [Sheridan Gorman] might have …they were just out, you know, people go out to the beach all the time, right?” She said in a now-viral video. “And they go out on the pier, they walk around so that the kids were out doing normal, normal things people do in the neighborhood, and it sounds like this might have been a wrong place, wrong time, running into a person who had a gun. They ... Continue Reading »

San Francisco Judge Voices Concerns Over War Department's Ban Of Anthropic Authored by Matthew Vadum via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A federal judge on March 24 seemed receptive to Anthropic’s request to temporarily block the Department of War from continuing to designate the AI company as a supply-chain risk. The designation, under a federal law designed to protect military systems from foreign sabotage, functions as a blacklist, preventing the company from doing business with the federal government and its contractors. If the block is granted, the company would be able to continue doing business with federal agencies and their contractors while the lawsuit moves forward in court. The AI developer sued the department in the federal court’s Northern California district on March 9, after the federal government issued the designation, citing its national security concerns about the company. Anthropic also filed a separate lawsuit the same day over the designation in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. President Donald Trump and War Secretary Pete Hegseth previously announced a federal boycott of Anthropic, directing federal agencies, contractors, and suppliers to end ties to the company. On social media, Trump said ... Continue Reading »

Vince Vaughn Blasts Late-Night TV: "They All Became The Same Agenda-Based Show" During a recent podcast with Theo Von, Actor Vince Vaughn calls out late-night comedians, says people like Jimmy Kimmel, Stephen Colbert, and others have all become the “SAME SHOW.” Via @VigilantFox: THEO VON: “A lot of the late shows have struggled.” VINCE VAUGHN: “Oh, bro.” THEO: “Because… the only person they could make fun of at a certain point was just like white redneck kind of people. And it f*cking tanked [ratings].” VINCE: “I think that the talk shows, to a large part, became really agenda-based.” “They were gonna evangelize people to what they thought… It felt like they had an agenda.” “It stopped being funny, and it started feeling like I was in a f*cking class I didn’t want to take.” “They all became the same show.” “And they all became so about their politics and who’s good and who’s bad.” “Imagine sitting next to someone like that on a f*cking plane. You’d be like, how do I get out of this f*cking seat?” THEO: “I would FART right next to them.” VINCE: “You’d fart your way out of it?” THEO: “Yeah, I would. I would for sure.” *  *  * Watch the clip here (via @VigilantFox) Actor Vince Vaughn calls ... Continue Reading »

"I'm Done": Robert Malone Exits CDC Vaccine Advisory Role Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times, Dr. Robert Malone said on March 25 that he will no longer advise health officials on vaccines. “I’m done,” Malone told The Epoch Times. Malone was vice chair of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), which advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on immunizations. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. selected Malone and other new ACIP members in 2025, after removing the previous slate. A federal judge recently ruled that Kennedy did not follow proper procedure in appointing the members and stayed the appointments. The judge also blocked changes to the CDC vaccine schedule, some of which were prompted by votes from the remade ACIP. Malone, a former EpochTV host and an adjunct professor at Louisiana State University, has panned the decision, noting that the judge deemed him unfit even though he has decades of experience in the vaccine field. Malone said Wednesday that he had already been trying to figure out how to leave ACIP “in some sort of a graceful, professional way for months now,” in part because of criticism from health care groups ... Continue Reading »

Hot Pot, Hot Mess: Service Robot Goes Berserk In San Jose Dining Room, Must Be Tackled By Staff On Tuesday, diners at a Haidilao hot-pot restaurant in San Jose saw an unexpected disruption when a service robot, apparently part of an in-house performance, malfunctioned and began moving erratically. Instead of entertaining guests, it knocked dishes to the floor and sent chopsticks flying as employees rushed to contain it. Video from the scene shows staff dodging the machine before eventually tackling it; no injuries are apparent, Hoodline wrote. A malfunctioning service robot dances uncontrollably at a Haidilao hotpot restaurant in San Jose, California, knocking over tableware as staff members attempt to restrain it, March 2026. pic.twitter.com/6DFCojpeTS — Future Adam Curtis B-Roll (@adamcurtisbroll) March 17, 2026 A short clip shared online captures the robot, dressed in an orange apron, flailing through the dining area and upsetting tableware. At one point, a worker appears to grab it near the neck while looking at a phone, seemingly trying to access controls as the situation unfolds. The episode comes amid Haidilao’s broader push into automation. The company has spent years integrating technology into its restaurants, including delivery robots ... Continue Reading »

More Than 450 TSA Agents Have Quit During DHS Shutdown Authored by Savannah Hulsey Pointer via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), More than 450 Transportation Security Administration agents have quit since the start of the partial Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown. Travelers wait in long security lines at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Texas, on March 23, 2026. Ronaldo Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images The partial shutdown has been ongoing since March 15, when funding for the agency lapsed without additional funding in place.  Lauren Bis, acting assistant secretary for Public Affairs at DHS, told the Epoch Times in an emailed statement that as of day 38 of the partial shutdown, American travelers are facing hours-long waits at airports across the country. “More than 450 TSA officers quit and thousands have called out sick from work because they are not able to afford gas, childcare, food, or rent,” Bis said.  “President [Donald] Trump is taking action to deploy hundreds of ICE officers, who are currently funded by Congress, to airports being adversely impacted. This will help bolster TSA efforts to keep our skies safe and minimize air travel disruptions.” The department stated that callout rates ... Continue Reading »

Baltimore Democrats Triggered After Grok Generates Bikini Elon Musk, Sue xAI Over Sexual Deepfakes The left-wing one-party rule in Baltimore City can barely govern its own imploding metro area. Parts of downtown are ghost towns; the resident exodus has been severe; taxes are through the roof; industry has left; and decades of progressive policies have helped transform large parts of the metro area into crime-ridden no-go zones. Yet somehow, city officials still found the time to weaponize local agencies and go after Elon Musk.  Baltimore Mayor Brandon M. Scott and the City Council of Baltimore, represented by the Baltimore City Law Department and DiCello Levitt, filed a lawsuit in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City against Elon Musk's xAI, claiming Grok users were able to create non-consensual sexual deepfakes, including images involving minors, and that the defendants violated Baltimore's Consumer Protection Ordinance. The core claim in the lawsuit is that Grok was marketed as a general-purpose AI chatbot with supposed safeguards, but in reality, it allegedly allowed users to "undress," sexualize, and manipulate photos of real people, including children, with minimal prompting and without meaningful guardrails or age verification. "Beginning in late ... Continue Reading »

BLM Activist Ordered To Pay Back $224,000 In COVID Relief Funds, Donations Authored by Jill McLaughlin via The Epoch Times, A Black Lives Matter activist in Boston was ordered on March 23 to pay back more than $224,000 in pandemic relief funds and donations to her nonprofit. Monica Cannon-Grant, 44, pleaded guilty last fall to multiple fraud charges and filing false tax returns. She was sentenced to serve six months of home confinement, 100 hours of community service, and four years of probation. Federal District Court Judge Angel Kelly in Boston set the monetary judgment equal to the amount of money Cannon-Grant admitted taking from nonprofit Violence in Boston, which Cannon-Grant founded and where she formerly served as CEO. In March 2023, a grand jury handed down a 27-count indictment against Cannon-Grant and her husband Clark Grant, charging them with fraud in connection to Violence in Boston, which they founded in 2017. Grant died in a motorcycle crash three weeks after the indictment was served while driving about 30 minutes east of Boston. Federal prosecutors said Cannon-Grant paid herself about $25,100 in 2020 and more than $170,000 in 2021 from the nonprofit’s account, according ... Continue Reading »

Report Alleges Trump's Daily Military Briefing Scrubs Out Iran War Setbacks A fresh NBC report has alleged that President Trump is being presented with a very incomplete picture of how the Iran war is going, with the conflict now approaching its first month, and as Washington struggles to find an offramp amid global oil market disruptions. The report says that his daily military briefing provided by the Pentagon features a roughly 2-minute long video update for President Trump that shows the biggest, most successful strikes on Iranian targets of the prior 48 hours. Negative developments frequently get omitted or glossed over. via Associated Press Anonymous US officials have voiced fears that the video briefings, which the president tends to respond positively to, fail to represent the full scope of what's going on. Also, Trump's aides have reportedly voiced greater approval for the briefings, which feature Iranian military equipment and bases and sites getting blown up. The NBC report, which has been rejected by White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, in essence suggests Trump is not getting properly briefed on major negative developments. Or in other words, the fear is that briefers are simply favoring information that ... Continue Reading »

Pope Leo XIV Suggests Aerial Bombing Campaigns Should Be 'Banned Forever' Authored by Dave DeCamp via Antiwar.com, Pope Leo XIV suggested on Monday that aerial bombing campaigns should have been “banned forever” following the atrocities committed from the sky during the 20th century, as he continues pushing an antiwar message following the start of the US-Israeli war against Iran. “Airplanes should always be carriers of peace, never of war,” Leo said while hosting executives and staff from ITA Airways, Italy’s national airline, and the Lufthansa Group, according to Vatican News. “No one should be afraid that threats of death and destruction might come from the sky.” The Vatican News report said the US-born pope recalled the bombing campaigns of the World Wars and other conflicts. “After the tragic experiences of the twentieth century, aerial bombings should have been banned forever,” he said. “Instead, they still exist, and technological development, positive in itself, is being placed at the service of war. This is not progress; it is regression.” Since World War I, the Vatican has been highly critical of modern war. “The combatants are the greatest and wealthiest nations of the earth; what wonder, then, if, well provided with the most awful weapons modern ... Continue Reading »

Walgreens Gives Bodycams To Employees After Rise In Retail Assaults As most Americans are now well aware, national retail theft has seen a significant spike since 2021, with total shoplifting incidents increasing by roughly 53% between 2021 and 2024 based on industry data.  This has led to sweeping policy changes to retail businesses, specifically in urban locations, and long aisles of locked glass cases are only the beginning.   In the case of Walgreens, the company has closed a significant number of locations in high crime areas since 2024 as part of a broader plan to shutter underperforming stores nationwide. The company announced in October 2024 that it would close approximately 1,200 stores across the U.S. over three years (through 2027), with about 500 targeted for fiscal year 2025.  This decision is not unique. Hundreds of larger retailers are also shutting down stores in risky neighborhoods, and critics argue that these closures are directly targeting areas in predominantly black and minority neighborhoods.  They complain that this trend is leading to "food deserts" where minorities do not have easy access to convenient shopping. The problem, of course, is that these are the areas ... Continue Reading »

Artificial Intelligence, Real Misallocation Authored by Peter C. Earle, Ph.D, Artificial intelligence may well be the most important technological development of the coming decade-and that is exactly why the current capital surge around it warrants skepticism. History is littered with transformative innovations that were nonetheless disastrously overbuilt and mispriced in their early phases. Austrian Business Cycle Theory was never a children’s story in which every boom ends with clowns, ashes, and worthless machinery; its real claim is subtler and nastier. When the price of time is falsified-when interest rates are pushed below their natural rate-often proxied, however imperfectly, by modern estimates of the neutral rate-entrepreneurs are encouraged to undertake projects that are more roundabout, more capital-intensive, and more time-sensitive than underlying saving and final demand can actually support. The neutral rate is a policy construct; the natural rate is an economic reality. Some of those projects may still embody genuine innovation. The problem is not that AI must be fake; it is that a very real technological advance can be financed, priced, and physically built in ways that are wildly uneconomic. That distinction matters because AI is about as roundabout as modern ... Continue Reading »