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The judge just announced in court that a settlement has been reached in the historic defamation case between Fox News and Dominion Voting Systems. Continue Reading »

A settlement has been reached in Dominion Voting Systems' defamation case against Fox News, the judge for the case announced. The network will pay more than $787 million to Dominion, a lawyer for the company said. Continue Reading »

Republican House leaders tried, and failed, to pass a measure on Tuesday that would have blocked House disapproval votes on Trump tariffs through July. Continue Reading »

SoftBank posted a $2.4 billion gain at its Vision Fund as a jump in the value of its OpenAI investment helped offset losses in some of its other bets. Continue Reading »

U.S. officials have identified DP World's Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem as the recipient of a 2009 email from Jeffrey Epstein regarding a supposed "torture video."  Continue Reading »

Attorney General Pam Bondi at a House Judiciary Committee hearing seemed to have a printout of Rep. Jayapal's search history related to Epstein. Continue Reading »

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Par Terriennes Par Isabelle Mourgere Voilà un jour dont elle se souviendra pour toujours. Si la météo le permet, ce vendredi 13 février, Sophie Adenot va réaliser son rêve. Celui qu'elle a fait, petite-fille, en voyant les images à la télévision de Claudie Haigneré en combinaison spatiale, à plusieurs centaines de kilomètres de la Terre. Elle était alors la première femme de l'histoire spatiale française à accomplir cet exploit.  Voilà un jour dont elle se souviendra pour toujours. Si la météo le permet, ce vendredi 13 février, Sophie Adenot va réaliser son rêve. Celui qu'elle a fait, petite-fille, en voyant les images à la télévision de Claudie Haigneré en combinaison spatiale, à plusieurs centaines de kilomètres de la Terre. Elle était alors la première femme de l'histoire spatiale française à accomplir cet exploit. "Sophie est née astronaute", dit Claudie Haigneré, en parlant de Sophie Adenot, celle qui lui succèdera jeudi 12 février 2026, 30 ans après elle, en ... Continue Reading »

Par AFP © 2026 AFP Victor Wembanyama a enchaîné un deuxième succès en 24h avec les San Antonio Spurs, et les meilleures équipes de la conférence Est ont connu une soirée NBA tranquille mercredi, à l'approche du All-Star Game.. Wembanyama enchaîneVingt-quatre heures après sa démonstration sur le parquet des Lakers, Victor Wembanyama a conquis un nouveau succès avec les Spurs, chez les Golden State Warriors 126 à 113, le 6e de suite.Wemby a été un peu moins dominateur qu'à Los Angeles, contribuant tout de même largement au succès des siens avec 26 points et 9 rebonds, au côté de De'Aaron Fox (27 points, 8 passes), les Spurs prenant la main dans le dernier quart-temps après avoir été menés de 16 points.Le Français de 22 ans est désormais attendu pour son deuxième All-Star Game, son premier comme titulaire, dimanche à Los Angeles.. Leonard finit fortAprès un début de rencontre discret, Kawhi Leonard a inscrit 19 points dans le 4e quart-temps (27 au total avec 12 rebonds, 4 passes et 4 interceptions) pour propulser les Los Angeles Clippers vers un succès chez les Houston Rockets (105-102) de Kevin Durant (21 points, 8 rebonds, 6 passes).Les Clippers grimpent ainsi au 9e ... Continue Reading »

Par TV5MONDE LAURE DE MATOS TV5 JWPlayer Field Deux jours après la mort d'un étudiant à l'université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar, c'est toujours le choc parmi les étudiants qui évoquent plusieurs centaines de blessés. Continue Reading »

Par TV5MONDE JEAN-LUC EYGUESIER TV5 JWPlayer Field C'est peut-être la fin de la milice Mobondo dans l'ouest de la RDC. Le ministre congolais des anciens combattants s'est rendu dans la province de Kwango afin de les convaincre de rendre les armes après 4 ans de rébellion. Continue Reading »

Par TV5MONDE NIDHYA PALIAKARA TV5 JWPlayer Field "Le Chic, le Choc, l'Échec" a remporté le Laurier de l'audiovisuel de la francophonie du Sud. Cette fiction gabonaise diffusée sur TV5monde aborde harcèlement, corruption et rapports de domination. Continue Reading »

US forces have withdrawn from the Al-Tanf base in Syria after a détente between Washington and Damascus Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

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President Donald Trump has warned Republican lawmakers they will face political “consequences” after the House of Representatives vote Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

The Department of War has reportedly instructed another aircraft carrier strike group to prepare for possible deployment to the Middle East Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

France is aiming to claw back lost sway in Africa by toppling “undesirable” governments, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

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A Chadian chemist and a British activist dedicate their lives to Palestinian resistance, risking exile, prison or death. Continue Reading »

Little is known about Kim's daughter who made her first public appearance in 2022 but appears set to be successor. Continue Reading »

Children in Gaza find themselves having to work to survive, sacrificing education and childhood dreams. Continue Reading »

Official with links to Russia's spy agency collected information on a woman to pass on to Epstein, emails show. Continue Reading »

The FAA initially announced a 10-day airspace closure but removed the restriction less than eight hours later. Continue Reading »

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Sir Keir Starmer says comments by the businessman and Manchester United co-owner are "offensive and wrong". Continue Reading »

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People familiar with the episode said the use of the technology was not coordinated with the Federal Aviation Administration. Officials targeted what they thought was a drug cartel drone, but turned out to be a party balloon, they said. Continue Reading »

The Trump administration blamed the disruptive halt on a cartel drone incursion, but others have disputed that explanation. Continue Reading »

In the race to build anti-drone weapons intended for use in a war zone, it is unclear how they may be used safely in crowded skies. Continue Reading »

Her appearance came as the Justice Department was under scrutiny over the Epstein files, its approach toward the shootings in Minneapolis and its move to prosecute six lawmakers. Continue Reading »

Casey Wasserman exchanged flirtatious messages over 20 years ago with Ghislaine Maxwell, a longtime companion of Jeffrey Epstein. The 2028 board said its review found no other indiscretions related to Mr. Epstein. 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 »

Losing a dog can make your stomach drop and your thoughts race. First, you check the yard. Then you walk the block. After that, you refresh local Facebook groups again and again, hoping for a sign. Continue Reading »

No one knows what happened to 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie when she disappeared 11 days ago. No one, that is, except for her front door camera. Continue Reading »

In an ad during the Super Bowl on Sunday night, Amazon's Ring touted the establishment of an AI-powered surveillance network through their camera systems, which the company whitewashed under a feel-good narrative about finding lost dogs. Continue Reading »

The 18-year-old man who attacked a rural Canadian school identified as a woman and had a history of mental illness, law enforcement confirmed Wednesday. Police identified the man who opened fire on Tumbler Ridge Secondary School in British Columbia, killing six people, as Jesse Van Rootselaar. Van Rootselaar, who was found dead at the school, began to "transition" about six years ago, Royal Canadian Mounted Police Deputy Commissioner Dwayne McDonald said. "I will say this, we identify the suspect as they chose to be identified in public and on social media," he said. "I can say that Jesse was born as a biological male who approximately six years ago began to transition to female and identified as female, both socially and publicly."... Continue Reading »

Canadian police name the suspect in a school and home shooting in British Columbia as 18-year-old Jesse Van Rootselaar Eight people were killed and 25 people injured in the attacks at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School and a home - police earlier said nine were killed The dead include an adult female educator, 39, three female students, all aged 12, and two male students, aged 12 and 13... Continue Reading »

The suspect in a Canada school shooting was an 18-year-old who had a history of police visits to her home to check on her mental health, authorities said Wednesday, a day after the attack that killed eight people in a remote part of British Columbia. Police said Jesse Van Rootselaar was found dead from an apparent self-inflicted wound following the assault on a school in the small mountain community of Tumbler Ridge. Royal Canadian Mounted Police Deputy Commissioner Dwayne McDonald said Van Rootselaar first killed her mother and stepbrother at the family home before attacking the nearby school. She had a history of mental health contacts with police, he said... Continue Reading »

RCMP on Wednesday identified the perpetrator of the mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., as 18-year-old Jesse Van Rootselaar, a transgender female. Dwayne McDonald, deputy commissioner of the RCMP in British Columbia, said that Van Rootselaar was born a biological male and began to transition to a female about six years ago. McDonald added that Van Rootselaar "identified as female both socially and publicly." He also confirmed that a total of nine people died in the shooting, including Van Rootselaar. One victim who was reported to have died en route to hospital is alive and in serious condition. The victims included one female educator, three female students and two male students. In addition, Van Rootselaar's mother and stepbrother were found dead in their home nearby... Continue Reading »

The San Francisco Bay Area is home to at least one-third of the value of the entire U.S. stock market. Late last year, you couldn't escape a chilling billboard campaign, meant to be cheeky, from an artificial intelligence start-up: "Stop Hiring Humans." And on Saturday, somebody tried to AstroTurf a trollish Billionaires March through the city in defense of Silicon Valley's 21st-century robber barons. Only a few dozen people showed up, heckled along the way by passers-by. The billionaires themselves also seem to be on the move. In recent months, Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Page and Sergey Brin have all purchased homes outside California, potentially bringing their hundreds of billions of dollars with them. Others have spent the past few months raging about the injustice of the state's new politics of class warfare. Continue Reading »

The Department of Justice has released more than 3 million files tied to the investigation of Jeffrey Epstein. The rollout has been chaotic. Many documents were heavily redacted, while others appeared to expose victims' personal information and photos that were not supposed to be public. Officials say this is the full set of materials that will be made public and that additional criminal charges are unlikely. So now that the files are out: What have we actually learned, and will anyone be held accountable? Continue Reading »

President Donald Trump dismissed sex offender Jeffrey Epstein as "disgusting" and decried his procurer, Ghislaine Maxwell as "evil" back in 2006, a now-retired cop informed FBI agents in 2019. The revelation is contained in a newly unsealed court document released Monday by the Department of Justice. Continue Reading »

A former Florida police chief said he received a call from Donald Trump in 2006 in which the now-president told him "everyone" knows about Jeffrey Epstein's behaviour, according to an FBI document released by the justice department. Continue Reading »

Donald Trump slammed Jeffrey Epstein about two decades ago, claiming "everyone has known he's been doing this", a former Palm Beach police chief claimed. Continue Reading »

January 2026 marks a rupture. It is no longer possible to treat the Epstein case as a sexual scandal involving powerful individuals. What has now come to light – documents, images, records, explicit connections – has pushed the debate to another level. This is no longer about "abuses," "excesses," or "individual crimes." What has been exposed points to systematic, organized, ritualized practices. And that changes everything. Continue Reading »

The Republican National Committee (RNC) asked the Supreme Court on Wednesday to back one of Pennsylvania's key safeguards for mail-in ballots. The petition urges the justices to reconsider a lower court's decision finding the state cannot exclude undated or misdated mail-in ballots from vote counts... Continue Reading »

Alex Murdaugh's defense attorney argued on Wednesday that the South Carolina Supreme Court should overturn his guilty verdict in the June 2021 murders of his wife, Maggie, and youngest son, Paul. Dick Harpootlian, who is representing Murdaugh alongside attorney Jim Griffin, said that former court clerk Rebecca "Becky" Hill's alleged jury tampering could show cause for the South Carolina Supreme Court to overturn the verdict... Continue Reading »

There is one guaranteed way to lose a war, and that's to not fight back. The Chinese Communist Party is fighting an undeclared war on American soil. Recent events prove as much, showcasing the CCP's success at both subversion and sabotage. Regrettably, they also illustrate how poorly positioned the United States is to confront these growing threats. On Jan. 31, Las Vegas police and the FBI executed a search warrant in an east Las Vegas Valley residence. The details of what they found are shocking... Continue Reading »

Russia said Wednesday that it will continue following the nuclear arms limits of the expired New START treaty if the U.S. does. The treaty expired Thursday, leaving no restrictions on the two largest atomic arsenals for the first time in more than 50 years, The Associated Press reported. Last year, Russian President Vladimir Putin said he was ready to follow the treaty's limits for another year if the U.S. did so. But President Trump has argued that he wants China to be a part of a new pact. However, China has rejected joining a nuclear arms treaty... Continue Reading »

Chauvinism toward Europe is so fundamental to American identity that one can't envy European culture without feeling a bit unpatriotic. I'm not much of a patriot anymore, though, so I'll cop to it. I envy the hell out of a country where an honest-to-goodness king feels obliged to cooperate with police as they investigate his own brother for corruption involving Jeffrey Epstein. Try to imagine it happening here. Our own king doled out full pardons to his co-conspirators in a plot to overthrow the government and is presently at work turning the Justice Department into the legal arm of his mafia syndicate. No "made man" in the Trump family will ever pay for federal crimes they've committed or might commit, no matter how compelling the evidence might be. Every one of us knows it. Continue Reading »

Sebastian Siemiatkowski doesn't look like a banker. The Klarna CEO dresses more like a tech bro, which is befitting as his company straddles the world of finance and technology. He rushes into our early morning interview, bespectacled and in jeans, a T-shirt, a navy button-up and white sneakers, the shoes high-end ones by the French fashion house Céline. He tells me he was up late "vibe coding"—coding by "feel" using a large language model like ChatGPT (Siemiatkowski is friends with OpenAI boss Sam Altman) rather than by a programming language like Java, C# or Flow. "The only thing I kind of regret in my life is not learning to code and be an engineer," the Stockholm School of Economics alumni says. "Sorry, that's what it is."... Continue Reading »

Gallup will no longer track presidential approval ratings after more than eight decades doing so, the public opinion polling agency confirmed to The Hill on Wednesday. The company said starting this year it would stop publishing approval and favorability ratings of individual political figures, saying in a statement it "reflects an evolution in how Gallup focuses its public research and thought leadership."... Continue Reading »

German MPs Shoot-Down Idea Of Paying WWII Reparations To Poland With Weapons Via Remix News, German politicians stress cooperation in the wake of the suggestion that Germany finance Polish armaments as reparations for World War II. Wolfgang Ischinger, chairman of the Munich Security Conference, had proposed that Germany provide Poland with military equipment, emphasizing that “Poland is a frontline state.” Poland has been vocal in its demand for what it says amounts to €1.3 trillion in World War II reparations Germany must pay for the crimes, deaths, and massive property destruction caused by the 1939-1945 occupation.  Despite some discussions, Germany has long maintained that Poland renounced all claims to reparations in 1953. “From the Polish perspective, the issue of reparations remains unresolved,” he said in an interview for Die Welt, cited by wPolityce. “What if Germany, recognizing Poland’s role as a frontline state, gave Warsaw a submarine, a frigate or a few tanks?” Ischinger asked. German politicians and experts have since expressed their concerns with the idea. Thomas Erndl, spokesman for the defense policy of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the Bundestag, told Die Welt that there was no need for this because a strong Bundeswehr protects not ... Continue Reading »

Iraq Receives 5,000 ISIS Fighters From Syrian Prisons Via The Cradle Iraq has received close to 5,000 ISIS prisoners since the start of a US military campaign to relocate the extremist group’s fighters, of whom tens of thousands were previously held in Kurdish-run facilities in northern Syria. "The transfer of terrorist prisoners from Syria to Iraq is ongoing in coordination with the global coalition, and they are being held in Iraqi prisons," Sabah al-Numan, spokesman for the commander in chief of the Iraqi army, told Rudaw on 11 February. Numan went on to say that the country’s legal system has begun taking judicial measures "against those individuals who committed crimes against the Iraqi people." Prior illustrative AFP file image of ISIS prison in northeast Syria. Nearly 5,000 are now in Iraqi facilities, according to the latest data from the Iraqi Joint Operations Command. The spokesman added that trials will continue “to ensure they receive their just punishment for what they have committed against Iraqis," adding that "all criminal and terrorist acts that were committed will be investigated." Ali Dhia, assistant head of the judiciary-linked National Center for International Judicial Cooperation (NCIJC), said among the ISIS members were those who took part ... Continue Reading »

Beijing Blasts Washington For Fabricating Excuses To Restart Nuclear Testing Given the collapse of the New START nuclear treaty this month, the timing of Washington's latest and provocative charge leveled at Beijing is curious and interesting... The United States’ top nuclear arms has "accused China of carrying out an undisclosed nuclear detonation in 2020, arguing that recent secretive underground tests by China and Russia have given Washington reason to conduct 'parallel steps' as a decades-long moratorium on nuclear testing among major powers is unraveling," The Washington Post has reported. Getty Images It was last Friday that US undersecretary of state for arms control and international security, Thomas DiNanno, declared in Geneva that "The US government is aware that China has conducted nuclear explosive tests, including preparing for tests with designated yields in the hundreds of tonnes." DiNanno then alleged that "yield-producing tests" were conducted on June 22, 2020 in a highly unusual accusation given the precision and specificity of it, even down to the day. China belatedly responded several days later, on Wednesday formally rejecting the allegation of secretive nuke testing. Taking note of the end of New START between Moscow and Washington, Chinese foreign ministry ... Continue Reading »

FTC Probing Pediatrician Group, Non-Profit Over Gender Dysphoria Treatments For Kids Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times, The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is examining statements from several organizations that have promoted drugs and surgeries for minors who believe they are a different gender, according to documents made public on Feb. 10. FTC officials sent civil demands for documents to the American Academy of Pediatrics and World Professional Association of Transgender Health, documents posted online by the FTC show. In the demands, dated Jan. 15, the FTC said officials are probing whether groups have “made, or assisted others in making, false or unsubstantiated representations or engaged in unfair practices in connection with the marketing and advertising of Pediatric Gender Dysphoria Treatment” in violation of federal law that bars people from engaging in deceptive practices affecting commerce and disseminating false advertisements. Officials asked for each type of pediatric gender dysphoria treatment that the organizations advertised or promoted and information on financial relationships between the organizations and pharmaceutical companies, hospitals, or doctors involved in treating gender dysphoria. They also want to know about the process for how the American Academy of Pediatrics developed its 2018 ... Continue Reading »

America's Top Restaurant Winner Slaps Diners With Mandatory Tip And Woke Lecture On Receipt The top-rated restaurant in America (at least according to Food & Wine's 2025 pick) is now buried under a pile of one-star reviews after deciding to lecture diners on receipts about the supposedly "racist" history of tipping, while auto-adding a non-negotiable 20% service charge to every bill, SFGate reports. A customer enters during a soft opening at Burdell in Oakland, Calif., on Sept. 6, 2023. The Michelin Guide restaurant recently received an onslaught of poor reviews following a viral Reddit post.  Douglas Zimmerman/SFGATE The fury began with a now-deleted Reddit post of the woke note tacked onto receipts at Burdell, the Oakland soul-food spot that's become a progressive darling with Michelin nods and critical acclaim. “Tipping in the US has an ugly past, allowing the continuation of underpaid labor,” the receipt lectured. “We don’t like that history. Included on your check is a 20% Service Charge which we use to pay hourly staff a consistent and livable wage, not dependent on archaic tipping customs or chance. No need to add anything else. Thank you!” Predictably, the internet did what ... Continue Reading »

Caring For Mom Is An Education In Scams And Fraud Authored by Nancy Rommelmann via RealClearInvestigations, It was summer 2021, and my mother’s desk was a mess, including a torn envelope from the IRS shoved in the back of a drawer. “Mom?” I asked. “Did you pay your taxes?” My mother, increasingly forgetful at 84, said she wasn’t sure. She told me to call her accountant of 30 years, who said the taxes hadn’t been paid but that he would take care of it. That’s not all he took care of.  Within the year, a family member had my mother sign a blank check, which the accountant (or someone in his office) filled out for $25,000 to supposedly take over paying my mother’s bills – a task I was already doing. Instead of using the money for bills, the accountant paid himself the lion’s share of the funds. He then sent me an invoice for work I’d previously paid him for, at which point I told him never to contact my mother or me again. The accountant does not work in some grubby backroom but for a white-shoe firm in a Manhattan office tower. I ... Continue Reading »

"Modern Money Only Works By Cheating": If You're Long Bitcoin (Or Not Long Bitcoin), Read This... For the OG ZeroHedgers, Hugh Hendry's name will be well known and well respected. For others, the infamous Scot made his bones being the ultimate contrarian to the world's order and making a killing through the great financial crisis for himself and his hedge fund partners. Google is your friend to find the many times we posted on Hendry's musings in the late 2000s, early 2010s. On the nature of panics and capital destruction (from Eclectica Fund commentary, August 2007): "Panics do not destroy capital; they merely reveal the extent to which it has been previously destroyed by its betrayal into unproductive works." On speculation ending (August 2008 interview, amid the crisis escalation): "There is no role for speculation or speculators today. This is kaput. If we were Second World War generals, we've exposed our flanks and the enemy is advancing." Hendry frequently emphasized contrarianism, asymmetry in bets (e.g., tail-risk protection with high upside in disasters), and skepticism of consensus. He drew inspiration from existentialist ideas, once saying principles like "God is dead, life is absurd, and there are no ... Continue Reading »

"They Thought They Were Untouchable": US Seizes 134 Acres In Texas Used By Mexican Cartel Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, More than 134 acres in Texas that was being used by a drug cartel for smuggling activities has been taken over by U.S. authorities, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said in a Feb. 10 post on X. “We took the land and everything on it,” the post said. A video shared with the post showed law enforcement officers arresting several people. “They thought they were untouchable. They were wrong. Over 134 acres of land and property, taken from the westside Gulf Cartel, a terrorist organization operating near Rio Grande City, Texas,” according to the video. The Gulf Cartel is a drug trafficking organization from Mexico that moves arms and migrants into the United States, and has engaged in the kidnapping and murder of American citizens. Drug cartels have been known to use U.S. lands to grow marijuana, with such activities exploiting sanctuary state policies and the sovereignty of native tribal lands. In a message to the cartels, CBP said, “You think this is just about arrests? It’s not. We are dismantling your ... Continue Reading »

US, China Work To Preserve Fragile Trade Truce Ahead Of Trump's April Visit: Report The United States and China are seeking to preserve their fragile trade truce before President Donald Trump visits Chinese President Xi Jinping for a high-stakes summit in Beijing this spring, according to the South China Morning Post. Donald Trump and Xi Jinping in 2017. Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg On the sidelines of the 2025 APEC summit in Busan, South Korea, Trump and Xi held a pivotal meeting that produced a significant—though temporary—trade agreement. Following months of escalating tariffs, curbs on rare-earth exports, and agricultural boycotts, the two leaders agreed to a one-year truce that provided a measure of relief to the world's two largest economies. "There seems to be a really strong appetite to maintain that fragile trade truce that we saw struck in late 2025," Nick Marro, global trade lead at the Economist Intelligence Unit, told SCMP. "I think, at best, we could see this continuation of a detente in tariff policy."  South China Morning Post reports: Extending the informal months-long understanding, a step seen by officials as realistic and achievable, would anchor the summit around short-term economic wins, including fresh Chinese ... Continue Reading »

'Diversity' Judge Cuts Sadistic Rapist's Sentence in Half Authored by Kevin Downey Jr. via PJ Media, A diversity judge just cut a sexual deviant's sentence from 65 years down to 30. Why? Because Marxism. A Jefferson County, Ky., judge, Tracy Davis, decided to cut the sentence of convicted rapist Christopher Davis by 35 years because, despite his heinous crime, he is just a poor lad who "fell through the cracks" and "experienced this society." In other words, systemic racism made him don a mask, point a gun at a woman, kidnap her, sexually assault her, rob her, and sexually assault her again — all because his brain hasn't fully developed yet. I don't want to get into the details of Thompson's savagery, so I will let KTSA tell you: In July 2023, Christopher Thompson, then 18, wore a ski mask and forced his way into a woman’s car at gunpoint in south Louisville, driving her to Sanders Elementary School where he sexually assaulted her twice and forced her to withdraw $220 from an ATM. DNA evidence from a water bottle left in the victim’s vehicle led to his arrest in January 2024. After a ... Continue Reading »

Local Police Are Finally Arresting Anti-ICE Agitators In Minnesota Something changed in Minneapolis, and fast. Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons told lawmakers during a House Homeland Security Committee hearing on Tuesday that local police arrested 54 anti-ICE protesters overnight, a development that would have been almost unthinkable just a few weeks ago. During his testimony, Lyons described a noticeable shift on the ground as immigration enforcement operations continue in the city. Minneapolis Police officer William Martin stands outside burning buildings near Lake Street in Minneapolis, Minnesota, following protests and property damage surrounding the police killing of George Floyd. Photo by Tony Webster/Minnesota Reformer.  For weeks, Minneapolis had been a flashpoint. Demonstrators swarmed federal agents. Officers were filmed, heckled, and in some cases assaulted while trying to carry out what Lyons described as “targeted, intelligence-driven enforcement operation[s].” Instead of focusing on apprehending criminal illegal aliens, agents were stuck navigating angry crowds, something they weren’t trained to do. That appears to be changing. Under questioning from Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas), Lyons confirmed that protests have cooled and ICE agents are once again able to concentrate on their core mission. “We’ve seen a de-escalation in the fact ... Continue Reading »

India's Coal Use Could Double By 2050 By Charles Kennedy of OilPrice.com India’s coal demand could more than double by 2050 from current levels under current policies, a new report by NITI Aayog, the policy think tank of the Indian government, showed on Tuesday. Under the Current Policy Scenario (CPS), coal demand in India is forecast to rise even through 2070, according to the projections. In this scenario, long-term demand could more than double to 2.615 billion tons by 2050, up from 1.256 billion tons in 2025, the think tank’s analysis found. If India keeps the current policies, coal demand will be higher even in 2070 compared to 2025 levels.   The share of coal is set to drop from 73% in 2025 to 47% in 2070, thanks to the rise of renewable energy. This suggests that coal will still be king in India if current policies are kept.   Even in the net-zero scenario (for India, the net-zero goal is 2070), coal demand will rise to 1.827 billion tons by 2050, up from 1.256 billion tons in 2025. But then demand will collapse to only 161 million tons by 2070. Despite the fact that renewables now dominate ... Continue Reading »

Trump Pushes To End Senate 'Blue Slips' As GOP Confirms Judges At Record Pace In just the past week, the Senate confirmed half a dozen of Trump’s judicial nominees, continuing a streak that’s left Democrats visibly frustrated. Since the start of Trump’s second term, 33 judges have sailed through confirmation — already eclipsing his entire first-term total. By comparison, during Trump’s first year in office, the Senate confirmed 19 Article III judges, including Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch.  While Senate Republicans are moving fast and confirming judges at a blistering pace, there are mounting calls to scrap one of the Senate’s oldest customs — the “blue slip.”  The century-old practice has long allowed home-state senators to weigh in on judicial nominations before they advance, but Democrats have been abusing it, turning it into a de facto veto on nominees they don’t like. Trump has wanted the tradition gone because of the way Democrats have abused it. Last year, he reportedly told Senate Republicans to “get rid of blue slips, because, as a Republican President, I am unable to put anybody in office having to do with U.S. attorneys or having to do with judges." Some ... Continue Reading »

What It Means To Be A Former Liberal Authored by Jeffrey Tucker via The Epoch Times, I’ve never liked the word liberal applied in the way it is today. The word itself has a noble heritage. It meant being for freedom generally and opposed to despotism and dictatorship by church or state. Our Founding Fathers were considered liberals in a classical sense. They wanted free speech, free elections, free enterprise, free formation of community, and so on, and wanted government restricted in its power. That meaning of the word—which has translations in every language—lasted mostly until the Great War. Many of the most liberal intellectuals and venues threw themselves into that conflagration with great enthusiasm. Matters got worse during the New Deal when even more “liberals” threw their weight behind industrial planning and corporatism. Emerging out of World War II, there was nothing much remaining to the term. It had been completely co-opted by its enemies. That presented genuine liberals with a problem. They needed a new term. Russell Kirk suggested conservative, which was odd because that term recalls monarchies of old, Tory traditionalists, and blood-and-soil revanchism. Not everyone liked that term. The former and thoroughly ... Continue Reading »

Russian Airlines Suspend Flights To Cuba, Begin Evacuation Of Citizens, Over Fuel Crisis Another major blow has hit Cuba as its economy gets decimated by US-led sanctions, and as Trump's embargo of vital Venezuelan oil for the island continues rolling downhill (Mexico had quickly followed suit by halting its oil to Cuba as well). Amid the fuel shortage which has caused mass disruptions and flight stoppages at the main hub José Martí international Airport, two of Russia's largest airlines have announced the suspension of flights to Cuba. Russian aviation file image Moscow has already declared operations to evacuate all Russian tourists and citizens who wish to leave, and so outbound-only flights to bring them home have been authorized. Rossiya, part of the Aeroflot group, and Severny Veter (Nordwind), are impacted - and the outbound-only evacuation flights have been authorized to begin Thursday. The airlines said they are being forced to redirect flight routes in the region "due to challenges with refueling in Cuba." This follows on the heels of flagship carrier Air Canada being one of the first major international airlines to suspend flights. Canada currently has no economic sanctions against Cuba, and trades with the ... Continue Reading »

Trump Admin Can End Protected Status For Nationals Of 3 More Countries: Appeals Court Authored by Troy Myers via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Trump administration can move forward with ending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for immigrants from Nepal, Honduras, and Nicaragua, a U.S. appeals court ruled Monday. Illegal immigrants from Nicaragua, Ecuador and other nationalities at a door on the border wall waiting to be picked up by the U.S. Border Patrol in El Paso, Texas, on Jan. 4, 2023. Paul Ratje/Reuters It was a unanimous decision by a three-judge panel, ruling to temporarily lift a previous federal judge’s ruling that blocked the termination of the status for immigrants of the three countries and accused the federal government of possibly being racially motivated in its actions. There are nearly 89,000 immigrants from Nepal, Honduras, and Nicaragua who have been granted temporary status to live in the United States. “TPS was never designed to be permanent, yet previous administrations have used it as a de facto amnesty program for decades,” Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said in a Feb. 9 post on X. U.S. District Judge Trina Thompson in California blocked Noem’s attempt to ... Continue Reading »

Watch: Bondi Explodes Over Epstein During Shouting Match With Massie And Top Dems The Trump admin couldn't hand Democrats a fatter pitch than how they've handled the Epstein release...  On Wednesday, Attorney General Pam Bondi clashed repeatedly with Democrats during a tense House Judiciary Committee hearing, deflecting pointed questions about the Justice Department’s handling of the Epstein files before the session devolved into a shouting match with Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) over redactions, co-conspirators and DOJ accountability. The fireworks began when Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) pressed Bondi on whether DOJ has indicted or is investigating any of Epstein’s alleged co-conspirators, citing what he called “concrete evidence of disgusting criminality” in recently released files. Bondi attempted to sidestep the question; when Nadler repeated it, she raised her voice and insisted she would “answer the question the way I want to answer the question,” talking over Nadler as colleagues tried to intercede. As the exchange escalated, Bondi pivoted away from Epstein entirely - invoking the Dow, S&P and Nasdaq and touting retirement accounts.  Bondi: The DOW is over 50,000. That’s what we should be talking about. They just asked what does the DOW have to ... Continue Reading »

NYU Prof: Trump's Whole Milk Push Is 'Dog Whistle To Far-Right' Authored by Matt Lamb via The College Fix, When President Donald Trump signed a law that allowed for the National School Lunch Program to distribute whole milk again, he was actually sending out a signal to neo-Nazis, so says a New York University professor. In January, President Trump celebrated the bipartisan “Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2025,” which will allow the federally subsidized school lunch program to offer the higher-fat content dairy once against. President Obama removed the option in 2010 over fears it was contributing to childhood obesity. The legislation passed by a voice vote in the U.S. House and unanimously in the U.S. Senate, according to Roll Call. While many would see this as a triumph of partisan gridlock, Professor Arthur Caplan sees something much darker. “As a student of and writer on the history of science and public health under fascist regimes, I am suspicious,” he said. “Milk drinking is political. Drinking whole white milk has played a big role in racist and far-right thinking.” Here we go. “Fascists have used the beverage as a rallying cry for white supremacy since the days of Il ... Continue Reading »

Epstein's Island And The Gateway To The Psychology Of Evil Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.us, Conspiracy theorists are almost always right. We have been proved right time and time again and we will continue to be right about many things that the corporate media used to call “fringe.” For those out there who are like me; people who have been trying to warn the public about these threats for 20 years or more, I just want to say: We have won a resounding victory. We brought the dark secrets of the elites into the mainstream and there’s nothing that can stop this train now. However, the fight is far from over and don’t expect anyone to give you any awards or even recognition. It’s the nature of our work, and frankly, the best thing that can happen in the long run is that researchers and analysts like us eventually become obsolete. In the meantime, the infowar to save civilization continues. One issue I have spearheaded in my career (along with a handful of other liberty writers) is delving into the psychology and ideology of the globalists. I find their existence to ... Continue Reading »

Historic Negative Jobs Revisions: 1 Million Fewer Jobs Added In 2025, Only 15,000 Avg Jobs Monthly Ahead of today's jobs report, we warned that (another) massive negative revision was coming to the US labor market, predicting it would be "1 million plus." We were right. Recall that alongside today's jobs report, the BLS would release its annual benchmark revision to the establishment survey and a methodological update to the birth-death model (as a reminder, the BLS’s preliminary estimate of the benchmark payrolls revision indicated that cumulative payroll growth between April 2024 and March 2025 would be revised 911k lower). More importantly, the BLS would also update the net birth-death forecasts in the post-benchmark period (April 2025-December 2025) to incorporate information from the QCEW and the monthly payrolls survey. We said that a sharp downward revision to the post-benchmark period "appears likely", reflecting the continued slowdown in the job growth measured by the QCEW and weak private payroll growth measured by the establishment survey during post-benchmark period, something we had been warning about for years.  Sure enough, in its report today, the BLS announced that "the establishment survey data released today have been benchmarked ... Continue Reading »