Five men have been arrested as counter-terror police lead an investigation into a major incident near the airbase. Continue Reading »

The prime minister told the BBC that social care in England is "as unfair as American healthcare". Continue Reading »

The dispute over the controversial parade is a reminder that the peace process is not over. Continue Reading »

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust says it has launched an "urgent" investigation. Continue Reading »

The Republic of Ireland and Israel players do not shake hands with each other before Sunday's controversial Uefa Nations League game in Hungary. Continue Reading »

The NFL told CNBC it recorded 10,852 drone violations over stadiums between 2021 and 2025. The Jaguars became the first team to sign a drone defense firm. Continue Reading »

The AI infrastructure buildout shows no sign of slowing, but the surge in Treasury yields means it's at least going to cost more. Continue Reading »

One firm sees a "reasonably constructive signal for risk appetite" among institutional investors. Continue Reading »

As top tech CEOs rubbed elbows at President Trump's glitzy dinner for Chinese President Xi on Thursday, Anthropic's CEO was noticeably absent. Continue Reading »

Meta's Muse AI personal agent will work over your credit card spending if you don't mind the invasion. How big a threat is it to the subscription economy? Continue Reading »

Par TV5MONDE PASCALE ACHARD TV5 JWPlayer Field Serge Najjar s'est fait connaître sur les réseaux sociaux avant d'être repéré par les galeries d'art. Il fait son entrée au musée à l'Institut du Monde Arabe de Tourcoing en France. Continue Reading »

Par TV5MONDE Michel Cerutti TV5 JWPlayer Field La Suisse est-elle toujours aussi neutre ou doit-elle sauvegarder cette neutralité. Une votation sur cette question se tenait aujourd'hui. La réponse des électeurs a été très nette ! Nous sommes en direct avec Michel Cerutti. Continue Reading »

Par TV5MONDE ESTELLE MARTIN TV5 JWPlayer Field Le pape a dénoncé le douloureux fléau de la pédocriminalité dans l'Église. Notre invité le journaliste Nicolas Seneze a été l'envoyé spécial permanent du journal à Rome jusqu'en 2020. Continue Reading »

Par TV5MONDE GABRIEL PORROMETO TV5 JWPlayer Field Trois fusillades ont fait au moins 31 morts au Cap et à Johannesburg. Les assaillants sont en fuite, leurs motifs restent inconnus. La police dit avoir lancé une chasse à l'homme. Continue Reading »

Par TV5MONDE PASCALE ACHARD TV5 JWPlayer Field La police antiterroriste enquête sur un incident majeur survenu près de la base aérienne de Fairford. Continue Reading »

Would the US go to war for a NATO ally? The treaty’s wording exposes a gap between expectations and the limits of American protection. Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

US President Donald Trump abandoned Saudi Arabia amid the war with the Houthis, University of Chicago Professor John Mearsheimer told RT Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic resigned from his post ahead of the snap parliamentary elections Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

Experts from the US, Malaysia and Chile joined 700 guests in Moscow to discuss thought, digital anxiety and neurotechnology Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

The Russian Defense Ministry has provided an update on the latest long-range strikes against Ukrainian logistics and military stockpiles Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

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Падение объема стока воды составило до 15% от нормы Continue Reading »

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NOR'EASTER SLAMS EAST COAST (Main headline, 1st story, link) Related stories:SAN CLEMENTE SLIDINGHAWAII PRAYS ANOTHER HURRICANE AWAY Drudge Report Feed needs your support!   Become a Patron Continue Reading »

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THIEL: TRUMP SURROUNDED BY DUMMIES... (First column, 2nd story, link) Related stories:Feds Air Another Taxpayer-Funded Political Ad on FOX...Melania's low profile masks lucrative White House side hustle...The family that grifts together... Continue Reading »

Ireland has been thrust into the global spotlight over two controversial Nations League football games against Israel. Continue Reading »

The billionaire cofounder of Microsoft says, without restrictions, AI could 'cause a billion deaths'. Continue Reading »

Israeli road closures have become a part of daily life for Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. Continue Reading »

Police have arrested protesters at a Palestine Action demonstration in Liverpool, ahead of the Labour Party conference. Continue Reading »

This incident comes only two days after at least 41 people died in another boat capsizing in DRC. Continue Reading »

PMO says leaders from Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, Panama, Ethiopia, Colombia, Greece, Slovenia and Papua New Guinea are on Netanyahu’s schedule; Trump is not, with the office citing a packed timetable and Sukkot Continue Reading »

Record cocaine production is feeding a route from South America through West Africa to Spain, where high-speed ‘narco boats,’ drones and radar help smugglers move loads worth hundreds of millions of dollars into Europe Continue Reading »

Neriya Leiter remains in life-threatening condition after complex brain surgery; his mother says the family is ‘still in shock’ nearly three years after his brother Moshe was killed in Gaza Continue Reading »

Muhammad Abu Alwan was targeted in a vehicle in Khan Younis; military says he funded Hamas operations for a decade and recently worked to rebuild the terror group’s capabilities in violation of the ceasefire  Continue Reading »

Ten-month inquiry finds Golani troops lacked training, equipment and prepared defenses for a large-scale assault; commanders were killed early and air support was often ineffective, while soldiers fought for hours until rescue forces arrived Continue Reading »

As their midterm picture darkens, and gas and diesel prices soar, some Republicans who backed the war for months are now changing their tune. Continue Reading »

The ad, which ethics experts said could violate federal law, shows Mr. Trump vowing to “expel the warmongers” from the government and fight the “deep state,” even as he wages a war with Iran. Continue Reading »

Ms. Peltola, the Democratic Senate candidate in Alaska, has complicated politics: She is pro-gun, pro-oil and pro-gas — but also pro-environment and especially pro-fish. Continue Reading »

Washington State voters will get a chance to accept or reject the 9.9 percent income tax on millionaires approved by the Legislature, which broke the state’s taboo against levying income taxes. Continue Reading »

The British counterterrorism police say the men were arrested after three suspicious vehicles appeared to be traveling toward R.A.F. Fairford early on Sunday. 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 »

Immigration enforcement in Kansas, Texas, Florida and beyond is forcing battleground Republicans to answer for the fallout. Continue Reading »

A recent POLITICO Poll found that cost of living concerns are reinforcing partisanship divides — and driving a wedge among Republicans. Continue Reading »

His visits come as the GOP rushes to shore up their own territory amid sky-high costs, an unpopular Iran war and some backlash to mass deportations. Continue Reading »

The president’s most loyal supporters are more inclined than other Trump voters to support a tough immigration posture — but new POLITICO Poll results show there are limits. Continue Reading »

Every week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to capture the foibles, memes, hypocrisies and other head-slapping events in the world of politics. The fruits of these labors are hundreds of cartoons that entertain and enrage readers of all political stripes. Here's an offering of the best of this week's crop, picked fresh off the Toonosphere. Edited by Matt Wuerker. Continue Reading »

GOP candidates are trying to leverage the far-left mayor amid an increasingly tough midterm election. Continue Reading »

The two Ohio Republicans are entangled in a long-running family legal drama that is escalating as Miller seeks reelection. Continue Reading »

Many lawmakers, including some top Republicans, say the "pocket rescission" tactic is illegal. Continue Reading »

The battleground state senator and potential 2028er has been one of the party’s most outspoken critics of its outreach to male voters who swung right in 2024. Continue Reading »

The senators said the Russian president may be less incentivized to pursue a ceasefire if he is invited to the Miami summit in November. Continue Reading »

His remarks came after CNN was blocked from traveling on Air Force One to Tennessee. Continue Reading »

The president reposted more than a dozen attacks on Salazar, including calls to replace her, weeks after endorsing her reelection. Continue Reading »

CNN had been scheduled to cover the president Saturday as part of the television networks’ pool rotation. Continue Reading »

The White House’s posture represents a remarkable change for an administration that has often put Trump’s priorities ahead of what would be politically advantageous to Republicans in tight elections. Continue Reading »

Jim Copenhaver was struck twice when a gunman opened fire at President Donald Trump in a shocking act of political violence. Continue Reading »

One of the greatest works of Central European literature is The Man Without Qualities. Set in the lead up to the First World War, Robert Musil's unfinished novel depicts a society sleepwalking into catastrophe. The main character is Ulrich, who became involved in what Musil called the "Parallel Campaign": a doomed pre-war initiative to plan the Austrian Emperor Franz Josef's 70th jubilee, scheduled for 1918. The campaign gathered intellectuals and aristocrats engaged in deep discussions about culture, philosophy and national glory — but history intruded on their plans. Austria-Hungary was about to enter a war it was eager to fight, but for which it was not prepared. Franz Josef died in 1916, and the First World War ended with the break-up of his ancient empire. Continue Reading »

The EU and Canada, Ursula von der Leyen said last week, "see the world with the same eyes", with shared stances on everything from AI to the climate crisis, the Ukraine war and the unholy chaos unleashed by the current occupant of the White House (OK, she didn't actually say that last bit. But I like to think she almost certainly thought it.) Continue Reading »

There was one message the leaders of Canada and the European Commission were keen to hammer home in their back-to-back speeches earlier this month: they are not going to take the dismantling of the rules-based international order lying down. In Strasbourg, Mark Carney and Ursula von der Leyen vowed to create a deeper alliance to make their economies more resilient and their sovereignty more effective. It was enough to rile up Donald Trump — but what it all means has yet to be decided. Continue Reading »

As a federal court hearing approached this past June, four supervisors under Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner took a hard look at a murder-exoneration case the office had backed since 2022. They "started to panic," a federal judge later wrote. Continue Reading »

A Colombian nonprofit that provided aid services to Venezuelan migrants, LGBTQ+ individuals, those with HIV, and others, has been debarred after an investigation revealed the organization's former president and affiliates allegedly sexually exploited those it was purporting to help. Debarment is a form of penalty used by the agency to suspend funding and involvement with USAID for a period of time. Continue Reading »

Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman (D) defended his position as a Democrat on Saturday despite straying from the party on key issues — but refused to speculate how he would break ties if his party attained a 51-seat majority this November. During the closing keynote at the Texas Tribune Festival in Austin, Fetterman said he believes a Democratic control of the Senate was "entirely possible" and considered the possibility that he could be in a position to cast the tie-breaking vote on party-line legislation. Continue Reading »

United States President Donald Trump has rejected a plan submitted by Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within seven days, as Tehran continued to insist that only diplomacy can solve the conflict between the two countries. Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump said on Saturday that Iran wants to make a deal to open the vital maritime corridor immediately only "because they are losing so badly". Continue Reading »

The British police arrested five men on Sunday on suspicion of preparing acts of terrorism after receiving a call around 1 a.m. about three suspicious vehicles headed toward an English air force base used by the American military. The base, R.A.F. Fairford, is primarily used by the United States Air Force to deploy some of its largest bombers and it has been at the center of controversy this year over its role in the American-Israeli war against Iran. Continue Reading »

Ukraine is looking to an unexpected revenue source to replenish its war coffers: porn. A second reading on a bill to decriminalize pornography is on the agenda for the current legislative session — which runs through February — after it passed a first reading in July with overwhelming support by a vote of 231-8. Ukraine is one of a small number of European countries where making or possessing any kind of porn is still a criminal offense — punishable by up to seven years in prison — along with Bulgaria, Iceland, Lithuania, Belarus and Russia. Continue Reading »

Chinese President Xi Jinping praised the level of "perfection" on display during his state visit to the White House, and President Donald Trump said Friday the two world leaders had a "very productive" time in Washington. Trump, speaking to reporters as he and first lady Melania Trump hosted Xi and first lady of China Madame Peng Liyuan for tea at the White House, said, "We've had a tremendous visit from two spectacular people," and, "we've made great strides, very positive for both countries." Continue Reading »

During remarks at a state dinner in honor of Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday, President Donald Trump went "off script" and invited guests of the dinner to walk into the construction site of the White House ballroom. The ballroom and its ongoing construction have sparked numerous legal battles, with the Supreme Court recently handing Trump a major victory by allowing the construction to move forward. The White House has argued the ballroom project is necessary for security and is funded through private donations rather than taxpayer money. Continue Reading »

China said on Saturday it had agreed with the U.S. on a $30 billion reciprocal tariff-reduction arrangement ⁠and on launching a dialogue on AI, under an eight-point consensus reached during ​President Xi Jinping's visit to ​Washington. Continue Reading »

An order issued Friday by the Supreme Court temporarily allows the Trump administration to move forward with a mass voter verification system. The emergency order allows states, for now, to use the Department of Homeland Security program, called Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements, or SAVE, in their efforts to verify the eligibility of voters on their rolls. Because existing law blocks most states from systematically purging voters from their rolls within 90 days of an election, the immediate impact of Friday's order on the upcoming midterms is likely limited, the Associated Press reported. States' use of the SAVE program is voluntary... Continue Reading »

The Supreme Court has again blocked a Republican gerrymander from being used in Missouri in November's midterms, rebuffing GOP attempts to pick up an extra House seat by redrawing the map to oust a Democratic lawmaker. The justices on Friday overrode orders from lower federal courts that instructed state officials to use the new, GOP-friendly map, even though Missouri's highest court ruled unanimously earlier this month that the new map could not be used this year... Continue Reading »

The Supreme Court's GOP-appointed majority granted an emergency bid from the Trump administration to use a citizenship database, over dissent from the court's Democratic appointees that said the majority prioritized nonexistent harms to the government over real harms to voters. The administration sought urgent relief after a federal judge said the government "knowingly trampled on the privacy rights of American citizens in a manner that threatens the sacred right to vote."... Continue Reading »

Americans grew more pessimistic about the economy in September as inflation expectations surged and consumers braced for higher fuel prices and renewed trade tensions, according to data released Friday. The University of Michigan's Index of Consumer Sentiment fell to 48.1 in September, down 7% from August and 12.7% from a year earlier, according to the university's final September survey. The deterioration was concentrated in consumers' outlook for the future, with the Index of Consumer Expectations plunging 10.1% in a single month to 46.3, while views of current economic conditions slipped just 1.9%... Continue Reading »

Alabama reached a settlement with TikTok in the state's lawsuit over its concerns about child safety on the app on Friday, securing new safety features on the app and averting a trial set for Monday. State Attorney General Steve Marshall announced the settlement, saying his office secured a $100 million minimum payment from the company, along with a series of safety feature concessions from TikTok, including a two-hour daily time limit on the app for children and a system of parental controls... Continue Reading »

The U.S. Army Reserve is reportedly assessing what resources could be made available to Southern Command over the next four months. First reported by CBS News, the request is said to be connected to planning aimed at Cuba, a country that President Donald Trump has repeatedly railed against, demanding political reforms from the country that has been under a U.S. embargo since the 1960s... Continue Reading »

Pope Leo XIV warned Friday that AI could threaten human dignity and become an "instrument of domination," a message in sharp contrast with President Donald Trump's embrace of the technology and push to keep the U.S. ahead in the AI race. During his visit to France on Friday, Leo repeatedly returned to the question of what it means to be human in an age of increasingly powerful machines. At UNESCO in Paris, he said technological advances must remain directed toward the human person rather than becoming tools of control... Continue Reading »

US consumer sentiment fell to its second-lowest level on record in September as high gas prices further soured Americans' views of the economy. The University of Michigan's consumer sentiment index for September dipped to 48.1, notching a 7% decline from August and a nearly 13% drop from a year ago, according to data released Friday... Continue Reading »

Iran 'Fully Prepared' To Resume War, We Don't Trust Trump: Iran FM The two big weekend Iran war developments are 1) President Trump has rejected Tehran's seven day ceasefire roadmap proposal, and reportedly plans to resume bombing Iran - likely after the November midterm elections; 2) the Iranian government announced Sunday its forces have struck 19 ships in the Strait of Hormuz over the past two nights, per Fars News Agency. The Fars report indicated the Iranians hit 12 vessels Friday night and 7 more Saturday - though Western sources have been slow to report or confirm this, and the Pentagon has not initially commented. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has meanwhile once again emphasized in the wake of Trump's rejection of the latest proposal that on the one hand Tehran stands 'ready' for renewed fighting and won't back down - and on the other has not yet abandoned diplomacy. JPost/Getty Images"We are fully prepared for the war to be resumed. We stand firm in the face of any new aggression, even if it comes to a doomsday war," Araghchi told NBC News Meet the Press on Sunday. He was specifically asked about the ... Continue Reading »

US Stealth Bomber Base In UK On "Delta" Alert As Counter-Terror Police Make Arrests, Deploy Bomb Squad Search Of Vans British counterterrorism police declared a major incident near RAF Fairford, an airbase used by the US Air Force, after several men were arrested on suspicion of explosives offenses. RAF Fairford was reportedly placed on "Delta," the highest threat level, according to the national news agency Press Association, now known as PA Media. 🚨 RAF FAIRFORD ALERT DEEPENS — COUNTER-TERROR POLICE, EXPLOSIVES ARRESTS, EVACUATIONS AND HEIGHTENED BASE SECURITY The security operation near RAF Fairford has moved into a more serious phase. Several men are under arrest on suspicion of offences under the Explosives Act.… — Jim Ferguson (@JimFergusonUK) September 27, 2026 PA Media reports that military bomb disposal specialists were examining vehicles in Whelford, Gloucestershire, where authorities declared a major incident and evacuated residents from the area. Villagers have been evacuated from their homes near RAF Fairford, which is used by the United States Air Force (USAF), and the Army's explosives experts are examining vehicles, police said. According to the agency, counter-terror police had no advance knowledge of a potential plot. However, the incident was serious enough for RAF ... Continue Reading »

Xi Will Return And Put His Foot On The Pedal To Develop Better Chips, Better Models, And The Energy To Drive That Compute We came into this week with a list of things to think about with the Fed Behind Us, and a SITREP focusing on the Houthis vs Saudi Arabia. We also kicked off the week with a preview on CNBC. Our “official scoring” was stocks did well, Bessent faced setbacks on bonds and the yen, and for the world, well, not as much clarity as we could have hoped for. I was going to go with i instead of ? but √−1 seemed overly complex vs ? even if it is more reflective of the current complex state of the world! We weighed in on some possibilities in Let’s Make a Deal: NYC Style. We started off with a bang, with the Greenland deal and a pre-summit trade “status quo” extension, but finished the week with a lot of wasted opportunities. The confusing messaging with Ukraine and Russia (confusing on everything except a desire for diesel prices to go lower). The contradictory messaging with Iran: public threats, closed door meetings allegedly leading to a deal, ... Continue Reading »

Tech CEO Found Guilty In $2 Million Ponzi Scheme Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, Michelle Bisnoff, the CEO of wearable tech company Esos Rings Inc., was convicted of running a nearly $2 million Ponzi scheme. Michelle BisnoffBisnoff tricked investors into believing she owned patents for "smart rings" payment technology that rightfully belonged to her former employer, according to a statement by the Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday. Of the $2 million scammed from investors, the victims lost roughly $1.4 million. Bisnoff, 59, from Boca Raton, Florida, was hired by United Kingdom-based company McLear Ltd. to develop a market in the United States for its near-field communication wearable payment rings, which embedded credit card information. McLear received a patent for this "smart ring" technology in 2016. In addition, Bisnoff fraudulently obtained $150,000 in COVID-19 pandemic business relief loans. Instead of using funds for business expenses as initially claimed, Bisnoff used some of the money to pay for personal expenses. In 2017, Bisnoff formed Esos, and as part of bringing investors into the company, she falsely represented that Esos owned patents for its smart rings, which were actually patents owned by McLear, ... Continue Reading »

The DOE Demands Faster Uranium Enrichment Buildout. Who's Answering The Call? DOE officials told Reuters they are pressing Centrus Energy, General Matter, and France's Orano to accelerate their new build programs. The start of the Russia-Ukraine war in 2022 sent prices soaring across the nuclear fuel chain, as the start of the war was also followed by the US implementing a ban on importing Russian enriched uranium. The panic of fuel for the US commercial reactor fleet not showing up evaporated almost immediately, as waivers were granted to any and all importers (mostly Centrus and US reactor-owning utilities). But, those waivers are set to expire at the start of 2028, and DOE's Michael Goff says there are no plans to extend them. To solve the enrichment capacity gap, Washington is doing what they do best: throw as much money as they can at the problem. Earlier this year, money was getting thrown around at almost $1 billion per handful. “If we are going to have this nuclear renaissance, we are not going to be able to do it without fuel,” Deputy Energy Secretary James Danly said. The government has started by awarding $900 million ... Continue Reading »

The Easy Money Fairy Tale Is About To End...Violently Submitted by QTR's Fringe Finance For the better part of the last couple years, I have wondered whether financial markets are permanently broken. Not simply overvalued or temporarily irrational, but actually broken at the mechanical level and permanently distorted. I’ve written about it. The basic process that is supposed to make capitalism work goes like this. Capital flows toward good ole’ fashioned productive uses (like the George Foreman Grill™) and away from flashy hot-shit stupid ones (like the Apple Vision Pro). Good businesses eventually outperform bad ones. Fraud eventually gets exposed. Making money is the point of a business. Price is a rationing mechanism and is determined by free markets. This system appears to have been dead for the last 10 years, at least. Nowadays, we function under a derivative of capitalism (hereinafter referred to as “crony capitalism snorting bath salts, operating under policies so disorganized they’d make a Jackson Pollock painting look like the blueprints for a nuclear reactor”) where trillions of dollars can be created overnight, governments and central banks focus obsessively on a handful of key numbers, and preserving the nominal value of ... Continue Reading »

FDA Commissioner Nominee Says Every Vaccine On US Market Is Safe, Effective The doctor nominated by President Trump to lead the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) told senators this week that vaccines available in the United States are safe and effective. Dr. Heidi Overton, the nominee, said that if confirmed, she could use her scientific training and clinical background to describe to the American public what is currently known about products that fall under Food and Drug Administration oversight. "And what is currently known is that the vaccines that have been approved by the FDA meet the standards for safety and efficacy," she said. Overton, 37, also endorsed the measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine, saying it is not lethal and that it is the best tool in the public health response to measles outbreaks that are ongoing in the United States. She said that mifepristone, an abortion pill, was safe and effective because it had been approved by the FDA. Overton wrote in a 2023 article that chemical abortion through products such as mifepristone was "dangerous to women," drawing criticism from Democrats in the Senate. As Zachary Stieber reports further for The Epoch Times, Overton ... Continue Reading »

Consumer Credit Stress: What The Data Really Shows Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, A viral stat claims credit card delinquencies just hit their worst level since 2008. However, the New York Fed’s own data shows the opposite, and the real consumer credit stress is hiding exactly where the headlines aren’t looking. A number has been making the rounds all year, and it’s misleading. The claim: roughly 13% of credit card balances are 90 days or more past due, the worst since 2008. Here’s the twist. That number is real, and it comes straight from the New York Fed. It just doesn’t mean what the scary charts say it means. Sorting the real signal from the viral one matters because one of them belongs in your portfolio decisions and the other belongs in the trash. Where The Scary Number Comes From Let’s start with the Q2 2026 Household Debt and Credit Report, released August 11. Total household debt actually fell $13 billion on the quarter, a rounding error of 0.1%, to $18.8 trillion. Credit card balances rose $21 billion to $1.26 trillion, up 1.7%. So far, nothing that looks like a crisis. However, this is ... Continue Reading »

DHS Ends Biden-Era Solicitation Of Donations For Illegal Aliens In Custody Authored by Catherine Salgado via PJ Media, Under the Biden administration, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) was asking for and accepting private donations for illegal aliens in federal custody. The Trump administration just realized it had never officially ended that directive, so it did so this week to remove any lingering confusion. CBP Commissioner Rodney Scott confirmed to Fox News correspondent Bill Melugin on Wednesday that he issued a memo officially axing the policy. Scott offered as an excuse for its creation that the "elevated number of aliens encountered, processed and held in our facilities" during the Biden-Harris era necessitated private supplements to the billions of taxpayer dollars spent on trafficking criminal foreigners into America. But times have changed, thank goodness. "This order is no longer needed or appropriate. With the significant decrease in encounters and apprehensions, CBP no longer requires private donations or gifts for distribution to aliens in custody," Scott observed. "Additionally, this order does not align with the Trump administration's enforcement posture at our borders. For these reasons, I am withdrawing CBP from DHS Delegation 07107, effective immediately." John K. ... Continue Reading »

"Coming Monday": Trump To Roll Back Costly 'Green' Rules To Drive Down Car Prices All this "green" technology embedded in vehicles over the last two decades, such as automatic stop-start, cylinder deactivation, turbocharging, advanced transmissions, hybrid systems, and other forms of electric assistance designed to reduce fuel consumption and improve miles per gallon, has made the upfront cost of purchasing a new vehicle unaffordable.  The average price of a new car has exploded to $50,000, making it unaffordable for many working-class folks. Automakers have to abide by Obama-era and Biden-era "green" climate rules because these climate alarmists supposedly sought to heavily regulate the industry under the guise of saving the planet. In fact, overregulation has driven the cost of driving and maintaining these complex machines to unaffordable levels. The DEF systems for diesel engines pushed during the Obama era have also added repair costs, maintenance requirements, and costly downtime. Many diesel owners have been infuriated by overregulation of these engines. Talk to any Ford Powerstroke or Dodge Cummins owners; they are no fans of DEF.  To fix the mess of overregulation and what can only be described as an increase in the upfront ... Continue Reading »

Mamdani: Socialism "Will Absolutely Translate" Nationwide Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has stopped pretending his socialist vision is just a local experiment. On CNN International's Amanpour, the Democratic Socialist was asked whether America is ready to elect people on the hard left - and whether the 2026 midterms will be a referendum not only on President Trump, but on the Democratic Socialists of America. "I think this will absolutely translate on a national level," Mamdani said. .@NYCMayor Mamdani says socialism will take over national politics: "[Socialism] will absolutely translate on a national level. And the reason that I believe that is while we are an exceptional city. As the greatest city in the world, we also know that the struggles that New... pic.twitter.com/CaNc02evFq — Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) September 26, 2026 Amanpour noted that other Democrats still believe national races reward moderates, and that local energy is one thing, but winning the country is another. Mamdani answered by recasting New York's cost-of-living crisis as a national mandate. "While we are an exceptional city, as the greatest city in the world, we also know that the struggles that New Yorkers are facing ... Continue Reading »

Hormuz Oil Flows Rebound To Two-Thirds Prewar Level As Iran's Grip Erodes, Attacks 19 Ships Rory Johnston, a Toronto-based oil analyst and the founder of Commodity Context, an independent oil market research firm, wrote on X this weekend that oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz have recovered to roughly two-thirds of prewar levels, driven by a surge in Saudi exports. This suggests that Tehran's leverage over the critical maritime chokepoint has eroded. "Hormuz oil flows can't possibly be above 13 MMbpd bc crude is over $100," Johnston wrote in the post on Saturday, citing Kpler data. He added, "Brother, if you had told an oil analyst in January that Hormuz flows were still down 7 MMbpd after >200 days of war, with the East-West pipeline hobbled, and oil was ONLY $100 they'd have looked at you like." “Hormuz oil flows can’t possible be above 13 MMbpd bc crude is over $100!” Brother, if you had told an oil analyst in January that Hormuz flows were still down 7 MMbpd after >200 days of war—with the East-West pipeline hobbled—and oil was ONLY $100 they’d have looked at you like pic.twitter.com/e8TmiScFMQ — Rory Johnston (@Rory_Johnston) ... Continue Reading »

How Many Ministries Of Truth Does One Country Need How many Ministries of Truth does one country need? With Andy Burnham announcing yet another, Prof Michael Rainsborough points out that Britain’s "narratives of decline” arise because the country is, in fact, declining... Authored by Michael Rainsborough via The Daily Sceptic In previous essays I have sought to describe the political condition into which Britain and other Western democracies have been drifting by offering various analogies. At first, I tried being serious. My initial forays drew comparisons with the post-totalitarian societies of late communist Eastern Europe, where the widening distance between official propaganda and observable reality produced an ever-greater institutional effort to enforce the official world view. Later essays pursued the analogy more directly, asking whether Britain was becoming increasingly Sovietised, with some of the same characteristics of a political order in severe decline becoming recognisable. With the supply of serious comparisons running low, and the ironies apparently passing unnoticed, there seemed little left to do except laugh. Once the absurdities become difficult to describe with a straight face, parody is the logical next step. The difficulty now has been making the exaggeration last ... Continue Reading »

Saudi Arabia Could Use Trump Deal To Get A Nuke: Intel Assessment A classified US intelligence assessment's conclusions have been reported in The Washington Post at the end of this week, and the report says that Saudi Arabia has not ruled out developing nuclear weapons. The report comes as Congress is scrutinizing President Trump's controversial nuclear cooperation agreement with Riyadh, which was signed by Energy Secretary Chris Wright in July. The classified intel has not been released by the Post - but the publication says the assessment was presented to Congress as part of the nuclear deal review. via ReutersThe landmark (what is supposed to be) civil 30-year nuclear cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia could be worth tens of billions of dollars and put American companies at the center of the kingdom's nuclear buildout A Section 123 agreement creates a legal framework for peaceful use, safeguards, and nonproliferation. The admin's reasoning goes that American involvement also gives Washington more influence over Riyadh's program than it would have if Saudi Arabia turned to China or Russia. However, according to the Washington Post, Congressional leaders are alarmed at lack of appropriate safeguards and significant departure from precedent. A group of Democratic senators led ... Continue Reading »

Is Putin Caught In An "Escalation Trap"? The Long War In Eastern Europe Authored by Larry Johnson via Sonar21.com Yves Smith of Naked Capitalism has flagged a recent interview that Professor Robert Pape did with Mario Nawfal. During the interview, Pape argued that Vladimir Putin is caught in an "escalation trap." In his telling, Russia launched a preventive war in February 2022 to seize Kyiv and roughly 60 percent of Ukraine. That plan collapsed, and the fallback, betting that NATO would break, is now producing the European counterbalancing coalition Moscow most feared. It is a tidy theory. It also rests on a premise about Russian intentions that the record does not support, and once that premise goes, the trap goes with it. What the force tells you about the objective Start with arithmetic, the kind any planner of military operations does before anything else. Russia invaded with roughly 150,000 to 190,000 troops, including separatist forces. The standard rule of thumb for occupying a hostile population, from James Quinlivan’s RAND work, is about 20 troops per 1,000 inhabitants. For a country of more than 40 million, even occupying 60 percent of the territory ... Continue Reading »

The Socialist Indoctrination Machine: Schools Are Teaching Young People To Embrace Big Government, Hate Capitalism Authored by Ken Buck via The Epoch Times, A recent headline from a well-respected news outlet caught my attention: "Could socialism make America happy again?" Surely, the article must be satirical, I thought. Who in their right mind would believe that the most oppressive form of government, responsible for hundreds of millions of deaths, horrific living conditions, and the elimination of personal freedoms, would make anyone "happier"? It wasn't a joke. Nor are the slew of articles these days proclaiming that "Socialism's moment is here" and similar findings that show socialism's popularity is quickly climbing, especially among young people. America has a socialism problem - or a socialism perception problem. A great swath of our country has bought into the lie that socialism can somehow provide a better quality of life, and it owes largely to progressives' success transforming our education system into an indoctrination machine. It's no secret that higher education has long been a bastion of liberalism. In one recent poll, half of college professors at four-year schools self-identified as liberal, compared to only a quarter who ... Continue Reading »

California Has Highest Personal Income Tax Rate, 8 States Have None... Where you live can make a major difference in the state income tax rate applied to your earnings, with systems ranging from no individual income tax to top marginal rates above 10%. This map, via Visual Capitalist's Gabriel Cohen, compares U.S. states based on their top marginal individual income tax rate in 2026 using Tax Foundation data. Both local and federal income tax rates are excluded. Which States Have No Individual Income Tax? Eight states levy no individual income tax: Alaska, Florida, Nevada, New Hampshire, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, and Wyoming. New Hampshire is a relatively recent addition to the list, having repealed its tax on interest and dividends in 2025. The table below lists all U.S. states and Washington, D.C., alongside their top marginal income tax rate and tax system. State Top marginal tax rate in 2026 (%) Income Tax System Alabama 5 Graduated-Rate Alaska 0 None Arizona 2.5 Flat Arkansas 3.9 Graduated-Rate California 13.3 Graduated-Rate Colorado 4.4 Flat Connecticut 6.99 Graduated-Rate Delaware 6.6 Graduated-Rate Florida 0 None Georgia 5.19 Flat Hawaii 11 Graduated-Rate Idaho 5.3 Flat Illinois 4.95 Flat Indiana 2.95 Flat Iowa 3.8 Graduated-Rate Kansas 5.58 Graduated-Rate Kentucky 3.5 Flat Louisiana 3 Flat Maine 7.15 Graduated-Rate Maryland 6.5 Graduated-Rate Massachusetts 9 Graduated-Rate Michigan 4.25 Flat Minnesota 9.85 Graduated-Rate Mississippi 4 Flat Missouri 4.7 Graduated-Rate Montana 5.65 Graduated-Rate Nebraska 4.55 Graduated-Rate Nevada 0 None New Hampshire 0 None New Jersey 10.75 Graduated-Rate New Mexico 5.9 Graduated-Rate New York 10.9 Graduated-Rate North Carolina 3.99 Flat North Dakota 2.5 Graduated-Rate Ohio 2.75 Flat Oklahoma 4.5 Graduated-Rate Oregon 9.9 Graduated-Rate Pennsylvania 3.07 Flat Rhode Island 5.99 Graduated-Rate South Carolina 6 Graduated-Rate South Dakota 0 None Tennessee 0 None Texas 0 None Utah 4.5 Flat Vermont 8.75 Graduated-Rate Virginia 5.75 Graduated-Rate Washington* 9 Graduated-Rate West Virginia 4.82 Graduated-Rate Wisconsin 7.65 Graduated-Rate Wyoming 0 None D.C. 10.75 Graduated-Rate *Washington rate only applies to capital gains income above $278k. Having no individual income tax does not mean residents avoid taxes altogether. Each of these eight states levies other taxes to raise government revenue. Texas, for example, ... Continue Reading »

USAF More Than Doubles Ondas' ULTRA Drone Contract As Potential MQ-9 Reaper Alternative Emerges Thursday's Department of War contract update signals increased US Air Force investment in long-endurance surveillance drones that could complement the MQ-9 Reaper and help fill intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance mission gaps following reported heavy losses in the US-Iran conflict. The USAF more than doubled the value of its contract with DZYNE Technologies, now part of Ondas, bringing the total to about $85.6 million. As we noted last week, DZYNE's ULTRA platform represents a potential lower-cost Group 5 drone that could complement the MQ-9 Reaper and eventually assume some of its ISR missions. DoW's contract update: DZYNE Technologies LLC, Fairfax, Virginia, has been awarded a $46,087,217 modification (P00003) to a previously awarded contract (FA8691-26-C-B007) for Operational Assessment of Uncrewed Long-Endurance Tactical Reconnaissance Aircraft. This modification brings the total cumulative face value of the contract to $85,643,057 from $39,555,840. Work will be performed stateside and at overseas locations and is expected to be completed by March 26, 2031. Fiscal 2025 research, development, test, and evaluation funds in the amount of $12,288,390 are being obligated at the time of award. The Air Force ... Continue Reading »

Southeast Asia Keeps Building Gas Plants Despite Hormuz LNG Shock Authored by Irina Slav via OilPrice.com, Countries in Southeast Asia are still building natural gas-fired power plants despite the price inflation in gas caused by the Middle East war. Asian countries are also building more LNG import capacity, Global Energy Monitor reported. The net-zero think tank said there was some 100 GW in new gas-fired power generation capacity under construction across the region and 70 GW in LNG import capacity. "The continued expansion of LNG import infrastructure risks deepening exposure to the same supply disruptions and price volatility the crisis has brought to the fore," Global Energy Monitor said. The outlet noted that Southeast Asia could boost its domestic natural gas production to reduce dependence on imported liquefied gas but warned that this would take time. "GEM identifies at least 20 fields that could add around 62 bcm/y of production capacity by 2035, but new supply takes years to develop and may not even supply domestic power markets," the think tank said. Asia is the biggest buyer of liquefied natural gas and gas been ramping up related infrastructure for years, motivating the surge in ... Continue Reading »

Prepping For A Cashless Control Grid How Digital Currency Becomes Digital Control Authored by Milan Adams via Preppgroup, When Money Stops Being Money Something fundamental is vanishing, and most people will not notice until it is already gone. Not with a declaration. Not with a law passed in the dead of night. Simply, gradually, the option to buy something without creating a permanent record will disappear. The ability to save purchasing power outside of a system that can freeze it, monitor it, or program it will become a memory that seems almost fictional to those who never experienced it. I have watched this unfold over years of observing payment systems, reading central bank white papers that few citizens bother to examine, and noticing how my own transactions leave increasingly detailed trails. The pattern is consistent across nations: convenience precedes surveillance, and surveillance precedes control. We are not approaching a cashless society. We are sleepwalking into it. And for anyone who values independence, privacy, or the basic human right to conduct commerce without surveillance, this represents not progress but regression toward a form of control that previous generations would have recognized immediately and resisted ... Continue Reading »