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Par AFP © 2026 AFP Les émissaires de Donald Trump, Jared Kushner et Steve Witkoff, sont attendus à Moscou puis à Kiev ce week-end, porteurs selon le président américain d'une proposition pour mettre fin à la guerre en Ukraine."Nous les avons envoyés pour voir si nous pouvions faire avancer les choses, et il y a une bonne chance pour que nous y parvenions", a affirmé M. Trump aux journalistes depuis le Bureau ovale.Selon le média Axios, MM. Witkoff et Kushner se rendent d'abord à Moscou pour des entretiens avec le président russe Vladimir Poutine samedi, puis à Kiev dimanche pour y voir le président ukrainien Volodymyr Zelensky.Donald Trump n'a pas précisé si la proposition dont ils sont porteurs impliquait une cession de territoire de la part de l'Ukraine, comme il l'avait laissé entendre auparavant, mais il a déclaré: "Nous avons une idée pour la paix."Ce sera la première fois que MM. Kushner et Witkoff se rendront à Kiev, ville ravagée par la guerre. Les deux émissaires américains se sont déjà rendus à Moscou, pour la dernière fois en janvier.Le président américain a attribué la guerre, qui a débuté avec le lancement d'une offensive russe contre l'Ukraine en février ... Continue Reading »

Par AFP © 2026 AFP Les tenants du titre ont vécu une journée contrastée vendredi à l'US Open, Aryna Sabalenka ralliant aisément les huitièmes de finale tandis que Carlos Alcaraz a peiné à se défaire du Chinois Wu Yibing. Alcaraz accroché, Medvedev efficace S'il n'a pas laissé échapper de manche contrairement au tour précédent, le N.3 mondial Carlos Alcaraz n'a pas non plus livré un récital contre Wu Yibing (113e), difficilement battu 6-3, 6-4, 6-1 sur le Central.Très solide du fond du court, le Chinois a souvent poussé à la faute le septuple vainqueur de tournois majeurs. Débreaké après avoir pris le service de Wu dans chacune des deux premières manches, l'ex-N.1 mondial a vécu un deuxième set particulièrement délicat, où il a commis 17 fautes directes (33 sur l'ensemble du match).Mais il a terminé la partie sur une meilleure note, en déroulant après avoir breaké son adversaire pour mener 3-1. Le match s'est même conclu sur un ace de l'Espagnol, "content" de son niveau de jeu pour son tournoi de reprise mais conscient que la copie "aurait pu être meilleure".Blessé au poignet droit en avril et absent du circuit depuis, Alcaraz disputera dimanche un huitième de finale ... Continue Reading »

Par AFP © 2026 AFP Vainqueur de ses trois premiers matchs en Liga, le Real Madrid de José Mourinho a concédé sa première défaite de la saison vendredi sur la pelouse du Betis Séville (1-0) au terme d'une rencontre folle, marquée par un pénalty raté par Kylian Mbappé dans le temps additionnel.Surpris en fin de match sur un corner bien suivi par l'attaquant irlandais Troy Parrot (81e, 1-0), le Real a cru égaliser à deux reprises, d'abord grâce à un retourné acrobatique du jeune Carlos Espi (87e), finalement signalé hors-jeu, puis sur un pénalty de Mbappé repoussé par le gardien espagnol Alex Valles (90e+4).Ce premier revers de la saison du géant madrilène (2e, 9 points), particulièrement maladroit devant le but malgré de nombreuses occasions, offre la possibilité au FC Barcelone de s'emparer seul de la tête du championnat en cas de succès à Valence dimanche.Héroïque défensivement, à l'image de son gardien en état de grâce, le Betis, adversaire de Lille mardi lors de la première journée de Ligue des champions, grimpe provisoirement sur le podium, à égalité de points avec les deux grands d'Espagne.Le Real devra lui se remettre rapidement de ce premier test raté avant la réception ... Continue Reading »

Par AFP © 2026 AFP Liverpool a obtenu sa première victoire de la saison en Premier League vendredi à Ipswich (2-0), en affichant quelques progrès dans le jeu et en étrennant sa recrue vedette, le Français Bradley Barcola, en seconde période.L'attaquant arrivé du Paris SG, après un transfert à 145 millions d'euros (bonus compris), a été lancé à Portman Road après l'heure de jeu et il ne s'est pas particulièrement mis en évidence.L'international français s'est fait piquer la vedette par Cody Gakpo, son concurrent au poste d'ailier gauche, double passeur décisif pour Alexander Isak très tôt dans le match.Le Néerlandais, proche de partir à Manchester City durant l'intersaison, n'a pas semblé troublé par ces bruits de fond, au contraire. Il a servi Isak d'une passe appuyée dans le bon tempo après une belle projection offensive (6e, 1-0), puis trouvé le Suédois d'un superbe extérieur du pied dans la profondeur, entre deux joueurs (9e, 2-0)."Barcola va galérer pour avoir du temps de jeu avec cette version de Gakpo", a plaisanté Jamie Carragher, ancienne gloire de Liverpool, dans un message posté sur X.Isak s'est lui montré redoutable au moment de convertir les deux offrandes, avec une vivacité, une précision et ... Continue Reading »

Par AFP Par Alice LEFEBVRE © 2026 AFP Toujours en quête d'un premier succès en Ligue 1, le PSG reste trop friable défensivement en ce début de saison et s'est incliné vendredi contre l'AS Monaco (2-1), seul leader du championnat. Pour leur premier match de la saison au Parc des Princes, sur une nouvelle pelouse (remplaçant le gazon dégradé qui avait empêché de recevoir Rennes il y a deux semaines), les Parisiens avaient à coeur de ne pas gâcher la soirée, lancée par la présentation des recrues (Torres, Digne, Akliouche, Godts) et par l'annonce surprise des prolongations de Luis Enrique (2030), Fabien Ruiz (2028), Willian Pacho, Joao Neves, Lucas Beraldo et Senny Mayulu (2031).Mais le champion de France, encore en rodage athlétiquement et défensivement, n'a toujours pas gagné cette saison en championnat (deux nuls 2-2 contre Rennes et Lille). Pire, malgré plus de 20 occasions, Paris s'est incliné (2-1) vendredi soir face à l'ASM, efficace en marquant deux buts sur deux tentatives et porté par son gardien Lukas Hradecky.Pour le double champion d'Europe, favori pour remporter un 15e sacre national, les doutes vont commencer à s'installer dans les têtes s'ils ne redressent pas rapidement la barre. Désormais Paris compte ... Continue Reading »

Russian musicologists have gone viral with a fiery debate over Franz Schubert, Johann Sebastian Bach and the value of a fugue Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

Ratcliffe’s hush-hush visit may be less about Moscow than helping turn Baltic alarm and Brussels money into new business for US arms makers Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

An Army doctor working with the Pentagon and HHS has linked 28 military deaths to Covid-19 vaccines, Politico has reported Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

Romanian authorities have indicted Andrew and Tristan Tate over sex offenses while the brothers remain in US custody Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

A Kiev court has imposed the mildest possible pre-trial restrictions on two suspects in the shootout between Ukrainian security agencies Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

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Musk to Be Unmasked in High-Stakes New Documentary... (Top headline, 1st story, link) Related stories:Feds Open Probe Into TESLA Cybercab Rollout... Drudge Report Feed needs your support!   Become a Patron Continue Reading »

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The PIMS nurse who saved one newborn recalls the fire, the screams and the 14 babies she could not save. Continue Reading »

The UN General Assembly has backed a resolution to change to maps that more accurately show the true size of Africa. Continue Reading »

Authorities say seven people are still missing after deadly explosions at a facility storing pyrotechnic material. Continue Reading »

Country implements state of emergency in Sarawak's Serian district after air pollution reaches 'hazardous' levels. Continue Reading »

Scientists say Israel’s destruction of Gaza’s sewage system may have worsened the Mediterranean's algae bloom crisis. Continue Reading »

Reuters reports IRGC officers may be holed up with Hezbollah at Ali al-Taher as Israel tightens its siege and weighs a ground assault Continue Reading »

Mustafa Badra, 27, was chased down and killed after a double murder in Nazareth, as a wider crime wave continues to grip Israel’s Arab community Continue Reading »

The Bosnian Serb commander terrorized Sarajevo and oversaw the Srebrenica genocide, where more than 8,000 men and boys were murdered under the eyes of the international community Continue Reading »

Ben-Gvir’s 'Disengagement 710' seeks the voluntary departure of 250,000 Gazans in its first year and 1.86 million within seven, with Otzma Yehudit making the plan a condition for joining the next government Continue Reading »

WSJ reports Trump favors ending the war and relying on economic pressure, even as Pentagon extends deployments and keeps 50,000 troops in the region Continue Reading »

About 50 people were tested, an unparalleled inquiry that comes in the wake of news reports about the war with Iran and the U.S. military’s diminished stocks of munitions. Continue Reading »

The plan to create a fund that could have funneled taxpayer money to the president’s allies drew repeated scrutiny, including a rare rebuke from Senate Republicans. Continue Reading »

The president issued pardons or commutations to 30 people on Thursday, continuing his unorthodox and unpredictable use of clemency power. Continue Reading »

The president intends to travel to Ireland on the plane, the first time he will have used it overseas since questions were raised about its defensive capabilities. Continue Reading »

Hung juries are not common, but the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy was emotionally wrenching and uniquely complicated. 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 »

While the Trump administration's bid to overhaul mail-in voting remains blocked by the lower courts, North Carolina will be the first state to send ballots on Friday. 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 »

The Missouri Supreme Court ruled that voters can decide the fate of the GOP-passed gerrymander via a referendum this fall. Continue Reading »

Excavation work for the 250-foot-tall monument could begin in the next two weeks, the Interior secretary said. Continue Reading »

The former vice president is one of the Democratic Party’s most prominent figures, but some Democrats think her brand is too toxic to help their campaigns. Continue Reading »

The Texas Democratic Senate candidate is hosting a statewide food drive to highlight the high cost of groceries, according to plans shared first with POLITICO. Continue Reading »

Rep. Lori Trahan said she and other House Democrats would haul in tech CEOs, like Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, if her party takes back the majority. Continue Reading »

Rep. Joe Morelle, the top Democrat on the House Administration Committee, is encouraging states to pick up the pace on their ballot counting. Continue Reading »

An early dismissal plan means House lawmakers have just one more work week in Washington before the elections, and a short list of priorities are now in serious doubt. Continue Reading »

Rep. Sean Casten has previously said he would back Rep. Maxine Waters’ bid to become Financial Services chair if Democrats retake the House. Continue Reading »

“Putin is not looking to attack NATO territory,” the president told reporters at the White House on Friday. Continue Reading »

The report unveiled new details into Lori Chavez-DeRemer’s one-year tenure before resigning in April, including a personal relationship with a security aide. Continue Reading »

Make America Healthy Again helped Trump win in 2024, but no one has yet picked up the mantle. Continue Reading »

“A year ago, Republicans were bragging about giving tax breaks to Big Tech in order to build data centers,” Rep. Jim McGovern said. Continue Reading »

The president called out Sen. Dan Sullivan in Alaska and Attorney General Ken Paxton in Texas as places he plans to stump. Continue Reading »

A Supreme Judicial Court justice heard arguments from Lindsay Clancy's attorney Kevin Reddington after he filed a motion related to a juror who he said was holding up the deliberations. SJC Justice Dalila Argaez Wendlandt said she would take the issue under advisement. Judge William Sullivan was about to declare a mistrial Friday morning when Reddington made the last minute pitch for an emergency stay to the SJC. The motion, filed by appellate lawyer Dana Goldblatt, asked that the SJC step in because Sullivan refused to do a special inquiry with one juror who the foreman reported had expressed doubt but was refusing to follow the letter of the law... Continue Reading »

The judge overseeing Lindsay Clancy's murder case has declared a mistrial after days of deliberations, multiple notes from the deadlocked jury, and a failed last-ditch defense appeal to the Supreme Judicial Court. Clancy stared ahead as Judge William Sullivan announced his decision, her brows furrowed. Defense attorney Kevin Reddington and prosecutors Jennifer Sprague and Shanan Buckingham appeared solemn and somewhat resigned... Continue Reading »

The judge in the trial of Lindsay Clancy, the Duxbury woman charged with murder in the killings of her three young children in 2023, declared a mistrial after jurors said they remained deadlocked after days of deliberations and a failed emergency appeal to the state's highest court. The declaration came after a last-minute effort by defense attorney Kevin Reddington to have a justice on the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court delay the mistrial ruling, so that Reddington could continue to seek the removal of a lone juror who appeared to be blocking a verdict. The judge gave Reddington one hour to file the request, which was denied... Continue Reading »

Suspended "Wheel of Fortune" announcer Jim Thornton has been fired following an in-flight pedophilia chatroom incident. "Following a thorough investigation, Jim Thornton's employment with 'Wheel of Fortune' has been terminated, effective immediately," a Sony Pictures Television Studios spokesperson confirmed in a statement to Page Six. News broke on Sept. 1 that Thornton had been suspended from his longstanding position.... Continue Reading »

The Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday reported that employers added 162,000 jobs in August. That figure was well above the estimate of 56,000 made by economists polled by LSEG. The unemployment rate held steady at 4.1% in August, which was also in line with the expectations of economists polled by LSEG... Continue Reading »

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On August 25, the Trump administration Commerce Department finally approved Illinois's spending plan under the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program. Illinois was the last straggler of the 56 states and territories to receive clearance under the $42.5 billion internet funding program. "With all 56 Final Proposals now approved, we are achieving Congress's vision of closing the digital divide once and for all," said Arielle Roth, head of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), which administers the program... Continue Reading »

The U.S. economy in August added 162,000 jobs, far more than expected. The unemployment rate remained unchanged at 4.1%. Economists surveyed by Dow Jones had expected overall hiring of just 53,000 roles and a steady unemployment rate. Meanwhile, employment for June was revised up by 11,000 roles to a total addition of 31,000. July, which had previously been recorded as a negative 23,000, was revised up sharply by 44,000 to a total net job additions of 21,000... Continue Reading »

A growing number of Pennsylvania Democrats have coalesced around a common cause: their frustration with the state's senior Democratic senator. Two years out from the end of Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman's term, some Democrats in the state are demanding he resign from office, or are rallying voters to oust him in 2028. Several of them have taken to social media to air their grievances in the wake of a Wall Street Journal report that described multiple instances of Fetterman skipping constituent meetings in Washington, dodging committee hearings and neglecting key responsibilities in his home state... Continue Reading »

The House just passed a resolution condemning the Democratic Socialists of America and socialism broadly. While it rehearses opposition to Stalinist authoritarianism, the bill's real preoccupation is with socialists' advocacy for expanded democracy. Continue Reading »

Several Democratic lawmakers in the House of Representatives voted with Republicans to adopt a resolution that formally denounces socialism and the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA). The move reflects increasing pressure on Democrats to respond to the successes of DSA-backed candidates in primaries around the country as Republicans look to make anti-socialism a winning message. Continue Reading »

Yes, it's depressing how few elected Democrats are willing to stand up against the vicious Marxists intent on taking over their party. But rather than curse the darkness, let's celebrate the brave few who signed their names and their sacred honor this week to an amendment that tells the truth about history's most murderous ideology. Continue Reading »

Crime is falling in the US, and politicians are rushing to claim credit. But who deserves it? And is it truly commendable, or has a bad situation just become… less bad? Continue Reading »

A Haitian student who died by suicide Monday, Aug. 31 reportedly due to the shame of being forced to wear an ankle monitor and teasing by his classmates entered the U.S. legally in 2024, Immigration and Customs Enforcement said in a statement. Continue Reading »

The Washington Post is spotlighting a young Haitian migrant who tragically killed himself in Ohio amid the deportations mandated by the 2024 presidential election and managed by President Donald Trump's agencies. Continue Reading »

The 20-year-old was fitted with a tracking device under a Trump administrative initiative targeting Haitians in Springfield, Ohio. Continue Reading »

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) drew the ire of conservatives for wearing a hijab at the Islamic Cultural Center of New York recently. Continue Reading »

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul shared President Donald Trump's response on X, writing, "I was a guest in a Muslim house of worship and showed respect for the people who welcomed me. That used to be standard in this country before you came along. I'll never apologize for treating people of any faith with dignity, no matter how Islamophobic you and your enablers are." Continue Reading »

The governor of New York is lashing out at the president and accusing him of Islamophobia after he criticized her for wearing a hijab at a Muslim event. Continue Reading »

A Republican-proposed constitutional amendment to limit the Supreme Court to nine justices failed in the House on Wednesday, coming up well short of the two-thirds majority support needed for adoption. Continue Reading »

Warner Bros. "Lanterns" Series Is Another Whiny Woke DEI Disaster Comic book content is largely dead in Hollywood.  Not because audiences don't want to see it anymore (Spider-Man: Brand New Day brought in nearly $2.4 billion in global box office, absolutely crushing Christopher Nolan's Odyssey film), but because the studios have turned most of these franchises radioactive with woke politics.   James Gunn's DCU projects for Warner Bros. have proven this over and over again.  His girl-boss version of Supergirl was an abject failure largely because of the woke undertones of the film.  One would think these people would learn their lesson, or at least care enough about making money to change their behavior.  There are two problems, though... First, activists always double down.  They do not learn.  They can be forced to shut up and do their jobs properly if studios apply pressure, but left to their own devices they will inevitably inject everything they touch with propaganda.  They can't help themselves, they're ideological fanatics. Second, sometimes studios want to change course and steer away from DEI cultism because it rarely makes any money.  But, a lot of the projects in their ... Continue Reading »

How Neoliberals Fueled The Rise Of Socialism Authored by Connor O'Keeffe via Mises Institute, The rising popularity of politicians on the American left who either explicitly identify as socialist or, at least, don't shy away from or disavow the term appears to be causing genuine concern within the Washington establishment. That is, of course, entirely justified. Socialism is profoundly unjust and destructive. These days, the socialists like to present their entire ideology as nothing more than having a bit of empathy for those in need or an interest in seeing everyone "have" access to services like modern healthcare. Look any deeper, though, or ask some follow-up questions, and the truth will eventually surface. What the socialists actually want is a massive increase in government interventionism that would see nearly every aspect of life politicized and the remaining productive components of the economy hollowed out into a zero-sum lobbying battle to claim some of the diminishing loot of a much larger, more powerful, and tax-happy federal government. Any step towards socialism needs to be energetically opposed by everyone who cares about the rights and material well-being of everyday Americans. However, the concern we're seeing from the ... Continue Reading »

Pimco's Top-Performing 60/40 Fund Bets AI's Next Winners Are In Asia, From Chips To Rare Earths Emmanuel Sharef, who oversees Pacific Investment Management Co.'s flagship Balanced Income and Growth Fund, spoke with Bloomberg about how the next leg of the artificial-intelligence boom could be concentrated in Asian stocks and beyond.  Wealthy clients in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, and mainland China have been piling into the $19 billion fund, which has outperformed 97% of its peers during the past three years. The fund is underweight most hyperscalers and members of the Magnificent Seven as soaring AI capital expenditures increase debt loads, pressure free cash flow, spark credit concerns, and make already eye-popping valuations much harder to justify.  "We're underweight the majority of hyperscalers at the moment and we're underweight the majority of the Mag seven just given their high valuations," Sharef told the outlet earlier this week. He continued, "You don't necessarily need to own the most expensive stocks to capture a particular theme or a particular market trend." The 60/40 Balanced Income and Growth Fund has been moving further down the supply chain toward companies that build data center components and has become overweight in ... Continue Reading »

AI Tax Increases Are Like The Tractor Tax Proposals Of Old Authored by Bruce Thompson via RealClearMarkets, President Ronald Reagan famously described Washington politicians' solutions to every problem as "if it moves, tax it." That is exactly what many in Washington today want to do with artificial intelligence. As Wall Street Journal chief economic commentator Greg IP wrote recently, a growing number of experts believe there is "a simple answer to AI job losses." Tax it. His column described a petition signed by 1,000 economists, including 17 Nobel laureates, pleading for higher taxes on AI to prevent "large scale" job losses. Reagan knew what he was talking about. He grew up in the Midwest in a small town surrounded by farms, and he surely remembered a time when politicians wanted to tax tractors, a new technology driving change. In the early 1900s, the tractor was revolutionizing farming, and politicians were pushing proposals to tax the tractor and prevent the loss of farm jobs. Rep. Willian Connery, a Massachusetts Democrat and Chairman of the House Labor Committee, was a leading advocate of taxing tractors and other labor-saving machines to stop mass unemployment. The introduction ... Continue Reading »

Online Betting Adoption Goes Parabolic: First-Timers Triple, Gen Z Overtakes Millennials, And Football Season Hasn't Even Begun Online betting is off to the races - and this summer the adoption curve started looking like a hockey stick. According to a new analysis by Bank of America - which can see every ACH, debit and credit card payment its customers make to and from sportsbooks, horse-racing platforms and prediction markets their own customers make:  Roughly 5% of BofA customers sent money to an online betting platform in July. The number of online bettors is up 40% since the start of the year. The number of first-time bettors in June and July was more than triple the January level. The bank credits the summer spike to the World Cup and "promotions and buzz" around prediction markets, and fair enough: every adoption curve has a catalyst. What matters is what the base looks like once the catalyst passes, and here the seasonal pattern is instructive. First-time users jump with every major sports season, and the 2025 football season - which the bank defines as September through February, so it sweeps in the NFL, college ball and most of ... Continue Reading »

Cannabis Gummies Harm Driving Performance Hours After Use, Study Says Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, The use of commercially available cannabis edibles impairs people's driving ability, even after several hours of consumption, a study has found. Published in the JAMA Network Open journal on Aug. 31, the peer-reviewed study looked at simulated driving performance after the consumption of cannabis edibles. Conducted in a Canadian hospital, the study analyzed data of 40 people aged 19-45 years. They received gummies containing delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) - the main psychoactive chemical in cannabis that causes brain-altering effects. Various combinations of THC and placebo edibles were given to achieve four doses of THC exposure - 0 mg, 2 mg, 10 mg, and 20 mg. The study measured the standard deviation of lateral position (SDLP), which assesses how drivers adjust lane position and is used to evaluate the effects of medicines and illegal drugs. Researchers found that SDLP was "significantly increased" at 20 mg and 10 mg doses compared with the placebo at two and five hours post-consumption, suggesting greater difficulty in maintaining lane position. Reaction time and the standard deviation of speed were "negatively influenced" among drivers due ... Continue Reading »

This Red State Is Betting It Can Abolish Its Income Tax The data center debate isn't going so well for the builders, as Americans far and wide seriously oppose the construction of new data centers near where they live. One state, however, thinks it can incentivize residents.  Country roads take West Virginians home across the Virginia state line near Charles Town, where the data center debate has intensified. (Charlie Creitz/Fox News) Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey (R) has unveiled seven principles aligned with 2025 legislation to reduce and eventually eliminate state income tax. Under the plan, West Virginia would set aside 50% of its revenue from approved hyperscale data center projects towards the elimination of the state personal income tax - though let's be clear: the poor, rural residents they'll be building the DCs next to don't pay income tax - so no benefit to them. Middle class voters (and up), however, will have all sorts of reasons to support the move.  "Today, as the world stands on the cusp of a new digital and economic frontier, West Virginia is stepping forward once again to lead, not by repeating the mistakes of other states, but by implementing a proactive, 20-year development strategy ... Continue Reading »

Victor Davis Hanson: The Left Is Dragging America Back To The Dark Ages Via The Daily Signal, Editor's note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today's video from Daily Signal senior contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for the Daily Signal. The more you look around us today, I think a good description of 2026, culturally, economically, socially, politically, is that we are in a modern medieval world. Maybe we're progressive regressives, and I don't mean that just in the sense that progressives are regressive, and they are, but that one part of our society is advancing at lightning speed to the future and progressing. But the other part is regressing, and regressing at a phenomenal pace back to what I would call the medieval period. Remember, the medieval period was roughly that area in time after the fall of the Roman Empire in the West, roughly AD 500 to around AD 1300 to 1400, the beginning of the Italian Renaissance. In medievalism, we often talk about primitivism after the destruction of the classical world during the Dark ... Continue Reading »

El Nino Crushes Atlantic Hurricane Activity, Lowest Since 1941 The peak of the Atlantic hurricane season arrives next Thursday, yet by this point the basin would normally have produced multiple systems tracking through the Caribbean, the Gulf of America, and the open Atlantic. This year, however, a strengthening El Niño and record vertical wind shear are tearing apart disturbances before they can rapidly intensify. Bloomberg reports that only five short-lived tropical storms have formed this season, and none has intensified into a hurricane. The Atlantic has not recorded so little activity at this point in the season since 1941. "We're crushing all sorts of shear records this year," said Phil Klotzbach, lead author of Colorado State University's annual seasonal forecast. "The models are so anemic on storm development coming up in the next 10 days too." Forecasters and researchers are tracking accumulated cyclone energy, or ACE, which measures the combined strength and duration of tropical storms and hurricanes during a season. "We currently have an ACE of 4.4," Klotzbach said. That is the lowest since 1941. A low ACE indicates that storms have generally been weak or short-lived, reflecting the fact that ... Continue Reading »

Asian Oil Buying Spree Sends Dubai Crude Toward $100 Authored by Irina Slav via OilPrice.com, Stronger appetite for Middle Eastern crude grades from China and India has added upward pressure on prices for these grades, pushing the Dubai futures close to $100 per barrel, Bloomberg reported today, citing unnamed traders. Demand for Middle Eastern oil is especially strong from refining majors such as Indian Oil Corp. and PetroChina, as well as refiners in South Korea and Japan, the report said. This is despite the latest escalation between the United States and Iran, with Saudi Arabia's oil exports dropping to the lowest since 2017, according to data from ship-trackers including Kpler and Vortexa. A further price rally may well be on the table as some cargoes face delays from August to September and October, Bloomberg also noted. At the time of writing, Murban futures, the UAE benchmark, was trading at $106.10 per barrel, and DME Oman, the Middle East sour crude benchmark for Asia, was trading at $99.18 per barrel. The stronger demand comes despite depressed flows of oil via the Strait of Hormuz. Over the past week, the average daily volume of oil ... Continue Reading »

Vance Suggests Iran Conflict Could Drag Through Midterms, But At Least We're Not Calling It A War The White House has returned to its prior talking point that the war against Iran shouldn't be called a war. In earlier stages of the conflict President Trump had applied various monikers that stopped far short, from an "excursion" to a "little detour" to a "stopover" to a mere limited "military operation". A full five months ago he had proclaimed, "We had to take a little detour. Won’t be long." Various phrases like this have been repeated on a monthly basis, as what the American public was 'assured' was supposed to be a "four to six week-long" operation has blown past the six month mark this week. And yet, the administration is back at it, despite new heavy fire having been exchanged between the US and Iran just in the last few days. Vice President JD Vance in Thursday remarks rejected the use of the word "war" to describe the conflict with Iran and declined to predict whether it would be over by November's midterm elections. At the moment Republicans hold narrow majorities in Congress, but now must ... Continue Reading »

Brazilian Lift: Diplomats Accused Of Helping Fugitive 'Dr. Frankenstein' To Flee US Authored by Jonathan Turley via JonathanTurley.org, There is an intriguing story out of Brazil where Joao Arajuo, 57, a plastic surgeon known as "Dr. Frankenstein," resurfaced after cutting an ankle monitor and fleeing the United States. The infamous plastic surgeon mocked the police and recounted how easy it was to flee the country. However, in detailing his escape, he implicated Brazilian diplomats in actively assisting the flight, making them accessories after the fact. Araujo was awaiting trial for a variety of crimes linked to cosmetic surgeries, including procedures that were botched and left patients disfigured. These treatments included liposuction, fillers and laser treatments. The 14 counts included felonies for grand theft, practicing medicine without a license, and fraud. However, Araujo decided not to wait for a trial: "When I decided to leave, I simply cut off the electronic ankle bracelet. I took [Interstate] 95. I took a boat owned by an acquaintance and went to [the island of] Bimini [in the Bahamas], [then to] Nassau, Panama, Rio de Janeiro." He offered details that could be used to identify any collaborators: "I left ... Continue Reading »

Excavation Work On Trump's Arch To Begin Over Next 2 Weeks, Burgum Says Excavation work on President Donald Trump's triumphal arch is scheduled to begin over the next two weeks, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said on Sept. 3. "This will be one of the great pieces of American architecture, honoring the history and significance of Arlington Cemetery and befitting the most powerful capital in the world," Burgum said in a post on X. Burgum also included pictures of what the arch would look like. The proposed monument would include a mezzanine level at 166 feet, a 24-foot-high observation deck, and a 60-foot statue of Lady Liberty at the top. The structure, which is intended to mark America's 250th anniversary, would prominently display the inscriptions "One Nation Under God" and "Liberty and Justice for All." It was inspired by the 164-foot-high Arc de Triomphe in Paris. However, as Jackson Richman reports for The Epoch Times,the proposal has sparked a legal challenge. A group of veterans and a historian, represented by public interest law firm Public Citizen Litigation Group, have filed a federal lawsuit seeking to block construction, arguing that the arch would interfere with the historic sightline ... Continue Reading »

States Must Report Illegal Immigrants To Feds Or Risk Losing Federal Welfare Funding: DOJ Authored by Troy Myers via The Epoch Times, States must alert the federal government to known illegal immigrants when they opt into receiving certain federal welfare benefits, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Wednesday. The move withdraws a 1998 DOJ opinion and clarifies that under a 1996 welfare-reform law - the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act - all state agencies, including those that administer welfare funding, have the duty to report individuals unlawfully in the United States to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). According to the new Office of Legal Counsel opinion, which was issued Sept. 1, states risk losing funds for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and the Supplemental Security Income programs if they do not comply. "Congress wrote this requirement plainly," said Assistant Attorney General T. Elliot Gaiser of the DOJ's Office of Legal Counsel. "When a state chooses to participate in TANF, it accepts the obligation to report illegal aliens in the United States." States that do not alert DHS to unlawful individuals attempting to obtain welfare thus encourage illegal immigration and take ... Continue Reading »

Missouri House Candidate Accused Of Plotting To Plant Cocaine On Primary Rival A Republican candidate for the Missouri state House is facing a federal charge after authorities accused him of orchestrating a plot to secretly place drugs on a political rival, CBS affiliate KOLR-TV reported. Thomas Ross, 37, who sought Missouri's House District 161 seat representing the Joplin area, was charged Wednesday in connection with the alleged scheme targeting primary opponent Louise Secker. Missouri House Candidate Thomas Ross Investigators have accused Ross of directing his former campaign manager to put cocaine and a prescription amphetamine pill among Secker's belongings, according to a probable cause statement. Authorities also believe the Adderall allegedly intended for the plot came from Ross' own prescription, KOLR-TV reported. Ross edged out Secker in the Aug. 4 Republican primary by 33 votes. Missouri Republican Party Chairman Peter Kinder has since called for Ross to step aside, describing the matter as "serious and deeply troubling." The Jasper County Republican Central Committee joined Kinder in calling on Ross to withdraw. Under Missouri law, Ross has until Sept. 8 to remove his name from the November ballot. Federal authorities have filed a one-count criminal complaint accusing ... Continue Reading »

Insurrection For Real Authored by James Howard Kunstler via Clusterfuck Nation, "The Democrat agenda is to legalize crime and criminalize the middle class." - Stephen Miller Not to put too fine a point on it: but whenever a lawfare ninja of the Democratic Party utters the phrase "our democracy," you must know that they are completely full of shit. For sure, they do not mean anything remotely related to an American commonweal, as understood by people of sound mind and good faith. What they mean by "our democracy" is the state as a racketeering operation run for the sole benefit of their party members, along with the ruthless power to annihilate their opponents and critics. Norm Eisen, Democratic Party Lawfare Ninja Supreme The war-cry "our democracy" only signifies how degenerate they have become. Though they yearn to win control of Congress in these midterm elections by any means necessary, the party's actual prospects are not so great, having nominated a pack of obvious morons and reprobates such as Abdul el-Sayed (MI), James Talarico (TX), Angie Nixon (FL), Troy Jackson (ME), and Peggy Flanagan (MN) for the US Senate. Now, it appears that President Donald Trump is determined ... Continue Reading »

Mistrial Formally Declared In Lindsay Clancy Murder Trial After State Supremes Refuse Stay Update (1505ET): The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court denied an emergency stay Friday afternoon in the Lindsay Clancy case, after which the judge formally declared a mistrial.  JUST IN - Massachusetts Supreme Court Justice Dalila Argaez Wendlandt is hearing Lindsay Clancy's defense appeal to stay the mistrial judgement. pic.twitter.com/zOiGYlY9gv — Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) September 4, 2026 Clancy, a former labor-and-delivery nurse, is charged with first-degree murder in the January 2023 strangling deaths of her three children (ages 5, 3, and 8 months) in Duxbury. The defense argued she was not criminally responsible due to postpartum psychosis. 🚨 JUST IN: The Lindsay Clancy prosecution has ALREADY told the court they WILL be re-trying this case Lindsay WILL NOT walk free (or walk at all). It's looking like it'll occur later in the fall. Clancy remains in custody, and the next hearing is Sept. 29th. pic.twitter.com/58aPmVJyie — Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) September 4, 2026 * * * Update (1226ET): After the jury remained deadlocked following 36 hours of deliberations over seven days, Judge William Sullivan declared a mistrial in the Lindsay Clancy murder case - however he's given the defense one hour to seek a stay from ... Continue Reading »

IRS, Treasury Propose Cutting Tax-Exempt Status For Schools With Diversity Policies Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times, The Trump administration is proposing a new rule that would strip private colleges and schools of their tax-exempt status if those institutions engaged in racial discrimination through policies such as diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). The U.S. Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service said on Thursday that a proposed rule would bar a private school from obtaining tax-exempt status under section 501(c)(3) of the U.S. tax code if the school "adopts, maintains, or enforces a policy or practice that discriminates on the basis of race, color, or national or ethnic origin." Under the new regulation, which would take effect in May 2027, a broad range of programs administered by schools would be affected. They include admissions, policies, loans, scholarships, and athletics, said the Treasury Department in a news release. The proposal may impact as many as 18,000 private educational institutions across the United States, the IRS and Treasury estimated. "This administration is standing up for America's students by ensuring racial discrimination has no place in American education," said Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in a ... Continue Reading »

Argentina's Milei Escalates Falklands Dispute With Oil Sanctions On UK, Israeli Firms Argentina's President Milei has announced plans to sign a decree sanctioning companies working on oil exploration of the Falkland Islands, coming a mere days after President Trump indicated that the US position on the archipelago was "under review". The Libertarian-Right firebrand leader proclaimed quite provocatively that "The Falkland Islands are Argentinian, historically and legally. There is no debate" and added that the "winds of change" have more lately favored Argentina's claim. Milei characterized the Falkland's Sea Lion Project, which is based out of what firmly remains a British territory, as essentially a resource-grab which undermines Argentinian sovereignty.  via photojet The area to be tapped lies some 140 miles north of the Falkland Islands and is widely estimated to hold a whopping 1.7 billion barrels of oil. The ambitious project involves Israeli and British firms, creating rare tensions between staunchly pro-Israeli Milei and what are primarily Tel Aviv-based investors. He further warned that given the project has proceeded without Argentina's permission, it marks a "concrete and urgent danger," given that "If we fail to act, within a few months, they will possess the physical capacity ... Continue Reading »

Pentagon, HHS Investigating Whether COVID Vaccines Contributed To Military Deaths Authored by AG News Staff via American Greatness, The Trump administration is investigating whether COVID-19 vaccines contributed to the deaths of U.S. service members following the Biden administration's military vaccine mandate, according to testimony from an Army doctor assigned to the effort. Army physician Theresa Long said in an Aug. 14 federal court deposition that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth detailed her to serve as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s senior medical military adviser. Long said she is examining 2,544 unverified reports of deaths among service members submitted to the federal Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System, or VAERS, following COVID vaccination. VAERS is an early-warning surveillance system that accepts reports of health problems occurring after vaccination. A report does not establish that a vaccine caused the medical event or death. Long, who is board certified in aerospace medicine and holds a master's degree in public health, said she hopes to complete her investigation within a year. She also testified that she knows of 28 people who died because of COVID vaccines but said she was not permitted to provide additional information supporting that assertion. The investigation ... Continue Reading »