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• Fox-Dominion trial delay 'is not unusual,' judge says • Fox News' defamation battle isn't stopping Trump's election lies Continue Reading »

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

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

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin officially revoked the endangerment finding, in a huge blow to U.S. efforts to fight climate change. Continue Reading »

Home sales in January fell more than expected as mortgage rates didn't move much and consumer confidence dropped. Continue Reading »

Cisco shares plunged 12% Thursday after the company issued lukewarm guidance as memory prices weigh on profit margins Continue Reading »

Investors got some good news this week on the state of the labor market, and more may be on the way Friday on inflation. Continue Reading »

Amazon's cloud business is seeing faster growth than expected, and its margin is widening. Continue Reading »

Par AFP © 2026 AFP Une cérémonie d'hommage s'est tenue à Bagneux jeudi soir en mémoire d'Ilan Halimi, jeune Français juif torturé à mort en 2006 dans cette ville des Hauts-de-Seine, à l'occasion du 20e anniversaire de sa mort.Entre 300 et 400 personnes se sont rassemblées en début de soirée à l'entrée d'un jardin qui porte son nom, dans cette commune située au sud de Paris, lors d'un hommage placé sous haute surveillance policière et empreint d'un grand recueillement."Il y a vingt ans, j'apprenais brutalement par des journalistes (...) qu'un jeune homme de 23 ans disparu depuis plusieurs semaines avait été assassiné dans notre commune", a rappelé devant la foule la maire communiste de Bagneux, Marie-Hélène Amiable, élue pour la première fois en 2004."Ce crime est une douleur indélébile pour notre ville", a-t-elle témoigné, visiblement émue.Ilan Halimi, 23 ans, a été enlevé, séquestré et torturé en janvier 2006 à Bagneux par une vingtaine de personnes qui se faisaient appeler "le gang des barbares", sous la direction de Youssouf Fofana.Le 13 février 2006, découvert nu, bâillonné, menotté et portant des traces de tortures et de brûlures, le long d'une voie ferrée à Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois (Essonne), le jeune homme est mort ... Continue Reading »

Par AFP Par Maggy DONALDSON © 2026 AFP C'est l'histoire d'un coup de bol qui pourrait révolutionner notre compréhension du cosmos: des chercheurs basés aux Etats-Unis ont pu observer par hasard une étoile se transformer en trou noir sans avoir explosé au préalable.Cette transformation, rapportée jeudi dans la prestigieuse revue Science, constitue la preuve la plus solide à ce jour d'un phénomène longtemps théorisé selon lequel certaines étoiles s'effacent doucement en trou noir sans produire d'explosion spectaculaire, selon les auteurs.Leur projet ne portait pourtant pas sur ces mystérieux corps célestes, explique à l'AFP l'astrophysicien Kishalay De, auteur principal de l'étude.Avec ses collègues, il étudiait en effet des étoiles de la galaxie d'Andromède voisine quand soudain est apparu un objet inhabituel qui s'est d'abord illuminé... puis s'est assombri jusqu'à disparaître."C'est là que le mystère a vraiment commencé", raconte-t-il.Pour comprendre de quoi il s'agissait, l'équipe s'est alors plongée dans les archives de la mission NEOWISE de la Nasa, qui utilise les images infrarouges d'un télescope spatial pour détecter et caractériser des objets à proximité de la Terre.Grâce à ces données, ils ont reconstitué un historique d'au moins une décennie. "Supernova ratée" Ce n'est pas la première fois que des scientifiques ... Continue Reading »

Par AFP Par Bénédicte SALVETAT REY © 2026 AFP Rocheuse, gazeuse, gazeuse et encore rocheuse: des astronomes ont découvert une étoile dont les planètes se suivent dans un ordre inhabituel et semblent ne pas s'être formées simultanément, défiant les théories actuelles, selon une étude publiée jeudi.Dans notre système solaire, les quatre planètes les plus proches de notre étoile (Mercure, Vénus, la Terre et Mars) sont rocheuses, tandis que les quatre suivantes (Jupiter, Saturne, Uranus et Neptune) sont des géantes gazeuses. Et les scientifiques pensaient ce schéma bien établi.Jusqu'à l'observation approfondie de l'étoile LHS 1903, située dans l'épaisseur du disque de la Voie Lactée, et de ses exoplanètes.Depuis la détection de la première planète hors de notre système solaire en 1995, quelque 6.000 d'entre elles ont été identifiées grâce aux légères variations de luminosité qu'elles provoquent en passant devant leur étoile.Lancé en 2019, le télescope spatial européen CHEOPS scrute des étoiles déjà réputées héberger des exoplanètes afin de les analyser finement: taille, masse, densité, structure, atmosphère...D'autres instruments avaient déjà révélé que la naine rouge LHS 1903, une petite étoile plus froide et moins lumineuse que notre Soleil, possédait trois planètes: une rocheuse suivie de deux gazeuses.Mais en analysant les données ... Continue Reading »

Par AFP Par Matthieu DEMEESTERE © 2026 AFP Un accord a été trouvé jeudi à Bruxelles pour former le nouvel exécutif régional, après une crise politique d'une durée record de plus de 600 jours, qui était accusée de ternir la réputation de la Belgique.L'accord a été annoncé en début de soirée devant les télévisions belges par plusieurs dirigeants de partis. Cette coalition régionale gauche-droite comptera au total sept partis.Une image proclamant "Bruxelles gagnante" avec en fond une cheminée crachant de la fumée blanche a été publiée sur X par le président du Mouvement réformateur (MR, libéraux francophones), premier parti de la capitale, autour duquel s'articule cette coalition.La Belgique, qui a opté pour le scrutin proportionnel, est gouvernée par des coalitions à tous les niveaux de pouvoir (Etat, régions, communes). Elle est coutumière des tractations politiques interminables.Mais l'impasse dans les négociations à la région Bruxelles-Capitale était d'une longueur inédite, au-delà des 541 jours sans gouvernement de plein exercice au niveau fédéral en 2010-2011.Sans nouveau gouvernement, pas de trajectoire budgétaire: la région comptant 1,2 million d'habitants a été forcée de suspendre des investissements et des subventions au point que le roi Philippe s'était inquiété fin janvier des "graves conséquences de cet ... Continue Reading »

Par TV5MONDE FLORENT CREBESSEGUES TV5 JWPlayer Field Dans l'affaire Epstein, l'audition de Pam Bondi devant le Congrès a été très mouvementée. La procureure générale a refusé de croiser le regard des victimes et invectivé des élus. Continue Reading »

The Ukrainian government is preparing a bill to take Russian-language books out of circulation, Tatyana Berezhnaya has said Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky has demanded that Russian athletes be banned from the Winter Games in Italy Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

The timing, the local partners, and US politics around the deal point to something bigger than a normal media expansion Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar has said that Trump would be executed in Somalia for his ties to Jeffrey Epstein Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

The region is entering a season in which old assurances are fading and new habits of power are being learned in real time Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

На вторую тренировку фигурист вышел не в костюме для произвольной программы Continue Reading »

По данным агентства, американский президент Дональд Трамп на этой встрече сообщит об учреждении "фонда на миллиарды долларов" для восстановления палестинского анклава Continue Reading »

В регионе в первую очередь ждут педиатров, окулистов, лор-врачей, хирургов, невропатологов, психиатров Continue Reading »

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На орбитальную станцию летит в том числе российский космонавт Андрей Федяев Continue Reading »

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Unofficial results in the Bangladesh election suggest that the Bangladesh Nationalist Party is leading. Continue Reading »

The US president tells reporters that Isaac Herzog should be 'ashamed' for not pardoning Netanyahu's bribery charges. Continue Reading »

Recently released video shows the butler of Jeffrey Epstein trying to sell a supposed list of victims and clients. Continue Reading »

Palestinian homes have been bulldozed by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank. Continue Reading »

Vladyslav Heraskevych prevented from starting his race as his helmet did not comply with the rules, the IOC said. Continue Reading »

The parents of two children who say they warned nursery staff about Chan tell the BBC they felt ignored. Continue Reading »

The Cabinet Office says the move is "by mutual agreement" but it follows months of negative media reports about his performance. Continue Reading »

School leaders welcome the "greater clarity" on how to handle the polarising issue for parents and pupils. Continue Reading »

The White House calls it the largest deregulation in US history, but environmentalists say it will prove costly for Americans. Continue Reading »

The Manchester United co-owner previously said the UK had been "colonised" by immigrants. Continue Reading »

The Environmental Protection Agency repealed the bedrock scientific finding that says greenhouse gases threaten human life and well being. It means the agency can no longer regulate them. Continue Reading »

The Trump administration has repealed the scientific determination that underpins the government’s legal authority to combat climate change. Continue Reading »

The announcement came more than two months into an operation that has led to tense protests, thousands of arrests and three shootings in the Democratic-led state. Continue Reading »

The arrest of Narciso Barranco, who was detained by federal agents while landscaping outside an IHOP in Southern California last June, garnered national attention. Continue Reading »

European leaders have been compelled to address the possibility of once-remote risks to the financial networks and technology that undergird their economies. Continue Reading »

The Chinese upstart says it has trained high-performing AI models cheaply, without using the most advanced chips. Continue Reading »

DeepSeek, SoFi and more in the latest Market Talks covering Technology, Media and Telecom. Continue Reading »

DeepSeek is called “amazing and impressive” despite working with less-advanced chips. Continue Reading »

The LinkedIn co-founder is starting Manas AI with “The Emperor of All Maladies” author Siddhartha Mukherjee. Continue Reading »

Apps can add flexibility and freshness to your routine. Just try not to get injured. Continue Reading »

Israel allowed displaced Gazans to begin crossing a military zone that bisects the enclave after a deadlock over hostage releases was broken. Continue Reading »

Troubles at Vanke raise questions about the continued spread of the property crisis and whether the Chinese state will step in. Continue Reading »

Some of the women were held alone for extended periods and spent eight months in tunnels, an Israeli medical official said. Continue Reading »

The alliance mounted its first coordinated response to a suspected sabotage campaign against critical infrastructure after another cable was severed in the Baltic Sea. Continue Reading »

Residents of Goma reported gunfire and shelling after rebels overran Congolese troops. U.N. officials estimated that more than one million displaced people were now inside the city. Continue Reading »

President Donald Trump's border czar announced on Thursday an imminent end to Operation Metro Surge, claiming success from the unprecedented federal incursion that brought thousands of immigration officers to Minnesota, ignited massive resistance and resulted in two killings of American citizens. Continue Reading »

The Trump administration will end the immigration crackdown in Minnesota and wind down the enforcement surge in the state, Border czar Tom Homan said Thursday. Continue Reading »

Border Czar Tom Homan announced Thursday that Operation Metro Surge, the enforcement operation targeting illegal immigrants in Minnesota, is concluding after agents successfully removed thousands of illegal immigrants from the state despite overwhelming public backlash and obstruction by anti-ICE agitators. Continue Reading »

Apple News continued its trend of publishing primarily from left-wing media outlets in 2025. Continue Reading »

Attorney General Pam Bondi ripped House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) as a "washed-up, loser lawyer" before clashing with lawmakers of both parties during a Wednesday hearing. President Trump's top law enforcement official testified before the panel following the release of millions of files related to the prosecution of deceased pedophile Jeffrey Epstein — with several victims in attendance. Judiciary Democrats and one Republican accused Bondi of ignoring those victims and having her Department of Justice harmfully release documents identifying some of them — while redacting identities of members of Epstein's rich and powerful circle. Continue Reading »

A Cheshire woman who was shot dead by her "reckless" father while visiting him in the US after a row about Donald Trump was unlawfully killed, a coroner has ruled. Lucy Harrison, 23, who lived in Warrington and worked as a fashion buyer for Boohoo, was shot in the chest with a semi-automatic handgun by Kris Harrison while staying at his home in Prosper, Texas, on 10 January last year. Kris Harrison, an alcoholic who had been drinking earlier in the day, pointed the gun at his daughter and pulled the trigger, senior coroner Jacqueline Devonish ruled. Continue Reading »

A British woman who was shot dead by her father while visiting his home in Texas was unlawfully killed, a coroner has ruled. Lucy Harrison, from Warrington in Cheshire, was shot in the chest on 10 January 2025 in Prosper, near Dallas. Police in the town investigated the 23-year-old's death as possible manslaughter but no criminal case was brought against Kris Harrison after a grand jury in Collin County declined to indict him. Continue Reading »

A British woman who was fatally shot while visiting her father's home in Texas had argued with him about President Donald Trump earlier that day, the BBC reported. Lucy Harrison, 23, from Warrington, Cheshire, died on Jan. 10, 2025, inside the home in Prosper, near Dallas, the Cheshire Constabulary said in a previous release. An autopsy report from the Collin County Medical Examiner, obtained by Fox News Digital, revealed that Harrison died from a gunshot wound to the chest. Police in Texas investigated her death as possible manslaughter, but no criminal case was brought against her father, Kris Harrison, after a grand jury in Collin County declined to indict him, the BBC reported. Continue Reading »

As many continue to comb through the latest release of Epstein files, new details keep emerging. Continue Reading »

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The most basic responsibility of an officer of the law is to obey the law. The police and federal agents have enormous powers. They can arrest people, forcibly enter their homes and commit violence in the government's name. If they violate the rules for using those powers, they can become abusers of the citizens they are entrusted to protect. The Department of Homeland Security under President Trump has followed this dark path. Too often over the past year, its behavior has been lawless. Continue Reading »

Over the past year, demand for healthcare workers has quietly propped up the labor market as other sectors reined in hiring or even shed jobs. On Wednesday, the full power of healthcare's role burst into full view, and marked a clear shift in a labor market now geared toward the hard, often physical, work of caring for America's aging population. Nearly all of the 130,000 new jobs added in January were healthcare jobs or positions related to healthcare. The construction and manufacturing sectors also took on new workers, while employers cut jobs in government, finance, information and transportation and warehousing. Healthcare is "way outperforming most of the rest of the economy," said Laura Ullrich, director of economic research at jobs website Indeed. Continue Reading »

Wednesday's stronger-than-expected jobs report could be a sign of the economic renaissance President Donald Trump promised, possibly in time to save Republican congressional majorities in November. But such a dramatic political comeback would require an equally significant turnaround in public perceptions of the economy — and that is where skepticism abounds. On the same day the latest jobs numbers were released, the payroll job count for 2025 was revised downward by 1 million. Trump used such downward revisions of jobs figures announced under former President Joe Biden to sow doubt about government statistics, sacking the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics for releasing what he called a "rigged" jobs report. Continue Reading »

As global leaders convene in Germany for the Munich Security Conference, new results from The POLITICO Poll show President Donald Trump's efforts to rewrite longstanding international relationships — particularly in Europe — are repelling longtime, traditionally loyal partners. The United States' eroding reputation is raising fresh questions about the stability of the global order that has held for decades, and of the country's strength on the world stage. Across all countries polled, far more people described the U.S. as an unreliable ally than a reliable one, including half the adults polled in Germany and 57 percent in Canada. In France, too, the share of people who called the U.S. unreliable was more than double the share who said it was reliable. Continue Reading »

In the second and third quarters of 2025, the U.S. economy grew at its fastest pace in two years. Those growth rates were not "numbers unheard of," or figures the U.S. "never had" before, as President Donald Trump has claimed. In addition, economic experts told us that federal data do not support Trump's claim that there was economic "stagflation" during the Biden administration and "the complete opposite" during Trump's first year back in office. Inflation was high during much of Joe Biden's presidency, but economic growth was not stagnant, another key indicator of stagflation, the experts said. They also said that Trump's tariff policies likely hindered economic growth, rather than helped spur it, as the president has suggested. Continue Reading »

Unless you work – or used to work, given the layoffs and closings of so many newspapers – in the declining profession of journalism, you may not be aware of the problems at the Washington Post. Publisher Will Lewis resigned after owner Jeff Bezos announced a restructuring of the once-influential newspaper that closed the entire sports section. One third of the staff was fired, including at least 300 newsroom journalists. This has been part of a pattern in the industry for several years, especially as younger people now get their "news" from the internet or read and watch only those outlets that reinforce what they already believe. As a result, advertisers have also fled. It didn't help that more than 250,000 readers canceled their subscriptions after the Post declined to endorse Kamala Harris for president. See what I mean about reinforcement? Before anything else, a newspaper, and every other media outlet, is a business. Consumers won't buy a product they don't like. One of the … Continue Reading »

U.S. universities have received tens of billions of dollars in the past four decades from foreign governments and entities, not all of them friendly. Newly released data from the Education Department found that colleges accepted more than $5.2 billion in international gifts and contracts — partly for research — last year, part of the nearly $70 billion received since the federal government began requiring higher-education institutions to report their foreign funding. The biggest overseas funder: Qatar, which has given $7.7 billion to U.S. universities over the past four decades, followed by China at $6.4 billion, Germany at $4.7 billion, England at $4.2 billion and Saudi Arabia at $4.2 billion. In terms of recipients, Harvard led the list with $4.2 billion, then Carnegie Mellon University at $3.9 billion, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology at $3.5 billion, Cornell University at $3.1 billion and the University of Pennsylvania at $2.8 billion. Continue Reading »

The Trump administration is casting new scrutiny on foreign funding at U.S. colleges and universities — a push critics say is part of a broader effort to assert control over higher education under the guise of national security. The big picture: The Department of Education is pointing to newly-revealed data on foreign gifts and contracts to schools as a national security issue, which is misleading, Alexander Cooley, a political scientist researching foreign authoritarian influence, tells Axios. Driving the news: The Education Department on Wednesday released foreign funding disclosure data submitted by colleges and universities for 2025, "documenting over 8,300 transactions worth more than $5.2 billion in reportable foreign gifts and contracts." Continue Reading »

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Regular readers of this column will think I've lost it. But as famed abolitionist Frederick Douglass once urged — unite with anyone to do right and no one to do wrong. So, allow me to call your attention to voices I normally avoid.  Conservative provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos recently put his finger on the reason the Jeffrey Epstein scandal remains important as the midterms approach. Continue Reading »

Stellar 30Y Auction Stops Through As Bid To Cover Soars, Dealers Plunge To Record Low It was the polar opposite to yesterday's slop.  After a mediocre 3Y, and a dismal 10Y auction yesterday, moments ago the Treasury concluded the sale of the week's final refunding auction, when it unloaded $25BN in 30Y paper to seemingly endless demand.  The auction stopped at a high yield of 4.750%, down from 4.825% in January, and the lowest since November. It also stopped through the 4.771% When Issued by 2.1bps, the biggest stop since LIberation Day in April 2025. The bid to cover was 2.662, up sharply from 2.418 and the highest since January 2018! An oddity today is that the Fed's SOMA tendered for, and accepted, a whopping $7.1 billion, a continuation of yesterday's massive retention when the SOMA ended up with over $11BN of the 10Y. The internals were also stellar, with Indirects taking down 69.94%, up from 66.77% and the highest since November. And with Directs rising to 24.18% (if not a record high, unlike this week's 3Y auction), Dealers were left with just 5.88%, down from 11.95% last month, and the lowest on ... Continue Reading »

Supreme Court To Hear Roundup Maker's Bid To Block Thousands Of Lawsuits In April Authored by Matthew Vadum via The Epoch Times, The U.S. Supreme Court scheduled oral argument in Monsanto’s appeal seeking to block thousands of lawsuits alleging the company failed to warn consumers that Roundup, its popular weedkiller, could cause cancer. The court announced on Feb. 11 that it will hear Monsanto Co. v. Durnell on April 27. The justices also scheduled arguments in two other high-profile cases. Chatrie v. United States, which is about the constitutionality of search warrants that collect the location history of cellphone users near crime scenes, will also be heard on April 27. The court will hear the consolidated cases of Federal Communications Commission (FCC) v. AT&T and Verizon Communications v. FCC together on April 21. The cases are about whether provisions in the federal Communications Act of 1934 allowing the FCC to use in-house adjudications to levy penalties are constitutional. In the Monsanto case, a jury ruled for John Durnell, a Missouri man who allegedly developed non-Hodgkin lymphoma after exposure to Roundup. The jury found Monsanto liable for failing to warn Durnell of the danger posed by ... Continue Reading »

After 88 Years, Gallup Discontinues Historic Presidential Approval Polling The Gallup public opinion polling agency has announced that, beginning this year, it will stop publishing approval and favorability ratings for individual political figures in public office. American Greatness reports that agency announced that it will no longer chart presidential approval ratings, saying in a statement that the move “reflects an evolution in how Gallup focuses its public research and thought leadership.” The statement from Gallup explains that “Our commitment is to long-term, methodologically sound research on issues and conditions that shape people’s lives.” “That work will continue through the Gallup Poll Social Series, the Gallup Quarterly Business Review, the World Poll, and our portfolio of U.S. and global research,” the statement continued. According to Axios, for the better part of the past 8 decades, Gallup’s approval ratings have served as a kind of barometer of American public sentiment toward the White House. A Gallup spokesperson told The Epoch Times on Feb. 11 that the change took effect at the beginning of this year, saying that tracking approval and favorability for specific politicians “no longer represents an area in which Gallup can contribute in the most unique ... Continue Reading »

Trump Warns Republicans Will 'Suffer The Consequences' If They Vote Against Tariffs Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times, President Donald Trump on Feb. 12 warned Republican lawmakers they will face consequences if they vote against his tariff agenda, after a handful of GOP lawmakers sided with Democrats to pass a measure this week. “Any Republican, in the House or the Senate, that votes against TARIFFS will seriously suffer the consequences come Election time, and that includes Primaries!” Trump said in a post on Truth Social. The president said that the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 markets have reached new highs in the midst of the tariff policies that he imposed last year under an emergency 1977 provision. “The mere mention of the word has Countries agreeing to our strongest wishes. TARIFFS have given us Economic and National Security, and no Republican should be responsible for destroying this privilege,” he added. Trump wrote in a separate post on Truth Social that Canada has taken advantage of the United States on trade and border security. With the tariffs, Trump said that the United States can have an advantage over its northern neighbor. Several ... Continue Reading »

Another Pair Of Lululemon Leggings Fails The Squat Test KeyBanc Capital Markets analysts, led by Ashley Owens, say Lululemon Athletica is back in the crosshairs on Reddit after another leggings line sparked see-through outrage on social media. The note follows last month's "Get Low" backlash, when the brand was forced into damage-control mode after Redditors raged about similar issues. Owens said a version of Lululemon's leggings, the "scattered heart print," was called out by some Redditors for being, as they described it, see-through when bending and squatting. A top Redditor who goes by "persimmoncove" on the Lululemon subreddit said the scattered heart print did not pass the squat test. Persimmoncove stated: Sadly, the shorts and leggings are completely see-through in the squat test. I thought about it for a while and considered keeping the leggings and making sure to wear non-slip dark underwear with them, but after trying to convince myself it would work, I realized I wouldn't be able to stop thinking about it. The shorts are more see-through than the leggings, so those earned an immediate spot in the return pile. It's really a shame because the print is so freaking ... Continue Reading »

IEA Slashes Oil Demand Growth Forecast For 2026 By Tsvetana Paraskova of OilPrice, Global oil demand is expected to rise by 850,000 barrels per day this year, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Thursday as it cut its growth estimate from 930,000 bpd expected last month.   All the 850,000 bpd growth this year is poised to come from developing economies, with China leading the additional demand, the agency said in its closely-watched Oil Market Report for February.    Petrochemical feedstock products are set to account for more than half of this year’s gains, compared with only a third in 2025 when transport fuels dominated growth, the IEA said.  The agency’s forecast is well below OPEC’s estimate of 1.4 million bpd oil demand growth this year from 2025, which the cartel reiterated in its own monthly report earlier this week. OPEC sees robust growth of 1.3 million bpd for 2027, too.  The IEA today confirmed its estimate that the oil market will be in a surplus in 2026, with supply set to rise by 2.4 million bpd in 2026, to 108.6 million bpd. Growth will be roughly evenly split between non-OPEC+ and OPEC+ producers, the ... Continue Reading »

Homan Says Minnesota Immigration "Surge Operation" Is Over White House border czar Tom Homan said on Thursday that the Trump administration has made significant progress in Minnesota and will therefore end the immigration enforcement surge in the state. ICE agents stand at the scene where ICE agents fatally shoot a woman earlier in the day in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, on January 7, 2026. "I have proposed, and President Trump has concurred, that this surge operation conclude. A significant drawdown has already been underway this week and will continue into the next week," Homan said during a presser, adding that the admin had achieved an "unprecedented level of coordination" with state law enforcement officials.  🚨 BREAKING: Tom Homan announces ICE has located 3,364 unaccompanied alien children in Minnesota so far that the Biden regime wasn’t even LOOKING forGreat job by ICE 👏Biden and Mayorkas were complicit in the worst child traffcking operation in US history. pic.twitter.com/w99C2kSHTY— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) February 12, 2026 Homan's announcement comes after acting ICE Director Todd Lyons announced on Tuesday that local police in Minneapolis are starting to arrest anti-ICE protesters.  For weeks, Minneapolis had been a flashpoint. Demonstrators swarmed federal agents. ... Continue Reading »

Logistics Stocks Crater As "AI Scare Trade" Crushes Sector, Slams Broader Market First it was SaaS (in particular, and Software in general), then Private Credit, then Insurance Brokers, then it was Financials/Broker/Wealth Managers that were hammered on Tuesday, then Real Estate Service stocks tumbled yesterday, and today it is the turn of Logistics stocks to plunge as investors followed the bouncing AI disruption ball and freaked out over the sector’s vulnerability to the newest crop of artificial intelligence applications and tools that can disrupt countless industries. As the brutal "AI Scare Trade" bouncing ball hits yet another sector, we have seen a painful selloff among big trucking stocks such as DSV and Kuehne and Nagel, both of which are down double digits. The selling is attributed to a 9:15am ET press release from Algorhythm Holdings - a "leading AI technology company" - which announced that its "SemiCab platform in live customer deployments is enabling its customers’ internal operations to scale freight volumes by 300% to 400% without a corresponding increase in operational headcount." These results, detailed in SemiCab’s recently published industry white paper, demonstrate how the company’s AI-driven Collaborative Transportation Platform is transforming freight management ... Continue Reading »

"A Good Way To Destroy Your Country": Rogan Blasts Democrats' Open Border Insanity Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Joe Rogan has zeroed in on the Democrats’ border fiasco, calling it a direct path to America’s downfall by inviting criminals and chaos across the line. The podcast powerhouse argues that while the U.S. was built by immigrants, unchecked entry under Democratic policies is flooding the nation with murderers and cartel thugs, all in an effort to populate cities with voters loyal to the left—pure political gamesmanship at the expense of public safety. Rogan laid out the stark reality of America’s immigration roots clashing with today’s border free-for-all. Joe Rogan: "You can't have an open border. You can't just have anybody come thru because there's gonna be a bunch of criminals that come thru.”pic.twitter.com/vRO5XGYGpu — Joe Rogan Podcast News (@joeroganhq) February 11, 2026 “The whole thing is tough now because we’re a country that’s established by immigrants, but you can’t have an open border. You can’t just have anybody come through because there’s going to be a bunch of criminals that come through, and you don’t want that. You don’t want your country to be more crime infested,” ... Continue Reading »

The Men And Women In The High Castle By Michael Every of Rabobank US payrolls stronger, US yields up, stocks flat as anything hit by AI was too, oil sideways, and USD/JPY at 153 vs 159 a few days ago. Fed-speak was all over the place. Schmid said restrictive rates are needed to cool inflation. Miran said there’s still a variety of reasons to cut rates. Hammack said the labor market is finding a healthy balance and rates should stay on hold. And as they all speak, 2026’s book of changes unfolds. Von der Leyen clashed with France and Germany over the EU’s core climate law, the latter pair backing CEOs in Antwerp demanding climate regulations are eased to halt rapid deindustrialisation (in the green space as well as in old industries). However, Paris and Berlin are attacking each other over that issue (i.e., who gets the subsidies). The key informal leaders meeting in a Belgian castle today will see more clashes and breaches. The Euro defence lobby opposes the Commission's role in defence spending. There is no agreement on what ‘Made in Europe’ means, as the UK, outside the castle wall ... Continue Reading »

House-Passed Voter ID SAVE Act Set To Die In Senate; DHS Shutdown Looms On Wednesday, the House of Representatives passed the SAVE America Act by a margin of 218-213. The bill would require proof of citizenship to register to vote as well as photo ID to vote in federal elections. One Democrat, Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas, joined Republicans in voting for it, while one R and one D did not vote.  Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, is leading the push in the Senate to pass voter ID legislation and is pitching multiple paths that Republicans could take to do it.  (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images) Sadly for anyone who values election integrity, Senate Republicans need 60 votes to pass it, and there "aren't anywhere close to the votes" according to Majority Leader John Thune (SD). Thune says he supports the SAVE Act, but he's not about to change the Senate rules to create a pathway to passing it - and that his position is widely supported among the Senate Republican Conference.  "It’s not just me not being willing to do it. There aren’t anywhere close to the votes, not even close, ... Continue Reading »

US Existing Home Sales Collapsed In January After managing a 1.4% YoY rise in 2025 (dramatically down from the 9.7% YoY rise in 2024, and 33% YoY collapse in 2023), US existing home sales were expected to drop 4.6% MoM in January (following December's outsized 5.1% MoM surge), despite a tumble in mortgage rates. The analysts were correct on the direction but wrong on the scale as existing home sales plunged 8.4% MoM in January from a downwardly revised +4.4% MoM in December. That is the biggest MoM drop since February 2022... Source: Bloomberg While some suggested this could be impacted by the Winter Storms, this is based on contracts signed in November/December... and the biggest decline was in The West (which had zero weather impact) Nevertheless, realtors gonna realtor: “The below-normal temperatures and above-normal precipitation this January make it harder than usual to assess the underlying driver of the decrease and determine if this month’s numbers are an aberration,” NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun said in a statement. That MoM plunge pulled the total SAAR down near 15 year lows... Without an extended period of improved affordability, the recovery in the housing market is likely ... Continue Reading »

Ahead Of EU Competitiveness Summit: Macron Pushes Eurobonds Submitted By Thomas Kolbe  As the 27 EU heads of government convene with EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Thursday, the stakes are high from a fiscal perspective. A decisive item on the agenda at Belgium’s Alden Biesen Castle is the so-called Draghi Plan. The question hovering above it all is as simple as it is explosive: How can the obvious productivity and growth weakness of the Eurozone economy be overcome? For years, economic dynamism has lagged behind other major economies, with structural barriers stifling investment and innovation. Over-indebtedness and bureaucratic weight press down like lead on EU economies. For former ECB President and former Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, the answer is clear. He calls for a massive, debt-financed stimulus program to give Europe’s economy a new jolt. The scale and financing of this initiative mark a profound turning point in European financial policy. It is the hour of the central planners and Euro-bureaucrats. In Alden Biesen, the European Union’s course will be determined – and how it responds to its economic weakness. Two years ago, Draghi laid out his strategy to strengthen ... Continue Reading »

"Modern Money Only Works By Cheating": If You're Long Bitcoin (Or Not Long Bitcoin), Read This... Tl;dr: Bitcoin exists not to replace fiat money but as a provocative "hard object" in an elastic monetary world. Modern fiat succeeds by cheating - deferring pain, socializing losses, and bending rules to absorb crises (Weimar rigidity led to hyperinflation; 1929 rigidity was abandoned for elasticity in the 1930s; 2008 and COVID responses bent rules to survive). Fiat buys time during trauma but creates ratcheting inflation that disproportionately burdens the asset-poor, while rewarding mobile capital. Bitcoin recreates gold's key elusive trait: non-discretionary, issuer-risk-free scarcity in digital form. Unlike gold (which responds to price via new supply), Bitcoin's 21-million cap is mechanically enforced by code and time, refusing incentives. This makes it an potential anchor beneath fiat - collateral for credit expansion - if it scales to gold-like market value (~$45T vs. Bitcoin's ~$1T). Yet the real risk lies not in math (256-bit cryptography remains robust against classical attacks) but in human coordination: governance, quantum threats requiring consensus upgrades, and holder temperament during violent drawdowns. Markets price Bitcoin's gap to gold not from doubts about scarcity, but ... Continue Reading »

CME Explores First-Ever Rare Earth Futures Contracts CME Group is drawing up plans for what could become the first-ever futures contract tied to rare earths, according to three people familiar with the matter, offering governments, companies and lenders a potential tool to manage exposure to a market long dominated by China, according to Reuters. The proposed contract would track neodymium and praseodymium (NdPr), typically traded together and used to produce permanent magnets found in electric vehicle motors, wind turbines, drones and fighter jets. While discussions are ongoing, no final decision has been made. Liquidity remains a concern, as rare earth trading volumes are small compared with most established metals markets. Rival exchange operator Intercontinental Exchange has also examined launching rare earth derivatives, though two sources said its efforts are at an earlier stage. CME declined to comment, and ICE did not respond to requests for comment. Reuters writes that volatile pricing has been a major obstacle for Western rare earth projects seeking funding. Banks have been wary of backing new mines and processing facilities because producers lack reliable ways to hedge against sharp price swings. According to Shanghai Metals Market data, NdPr ... Continue Reading »

NYC Mayor Urges State Lawmakers To Pass Tax Hikes On The Wealthy, Corporations Authored by Kimberly Hayek via The Epoch Times, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani called on state lawmakers Wednesday to approve a 2 percent personal income tax increase on the city’s wealthiest residents as well as a hike in the corporate tax rate in a bid to close a multibillion-dollar budget gap. The mayor testified in a New York State Senate 2026 budget hearing about how the city’s projected deficit had decreased from $12 billion to $7 billion. He attributed the improvement to “assuming an aggressive posture on savings without compromising city services, incorporating updated revenue and bonus estimates, and using in-year reserves.” Mamdani said nonetheless that New York remains “placed on a ledge,” and needs more revenue from high earners and businesses. “I believe the wealthiest individuals and most profitable corporations should contribute a little more so that everyone can live lives of dignity,” Mamdani, a democratic socialist, said in prepared remarks. “That’s why—along with raising the corporate tax—I’m asking for a 2 percent personal income tax increase on the most affluent New Yorkers.” The mayor will release the city’s preliminary budget ... Continue Reading »

Initial Jobless Claims Refuse To Signal Labor Market Stress Following the impressive payrolls data (revisions aside), the number of Americans filing for jobless benefits for the first time fell to 227k last week (down from 232k - which was a notable jump)... Pennsylvania and Missouri saw the biggest declines in initial claims while Texas and Virginia saw the largest rise... Which is odd because the week before, Pennsylvania saw the largest increase in jobless claims...? Continuing jobless claims ticked up from their lowest since May 2024... Finally, WTF is going on in the labor market - Payrolls beat (but revisions were ugly), JOLTs are tumbling, Surveys suggest a tough labor market (jobs hard to get far worse than jobs plentiful), but... initial jobless claims remain flat near multi-decade lows? Which is weird because before 2019, the two time series sync'd up very well - as one would expect... Should we just be ignoring surveys completely now? Tyler Durden Thu, 02/12/2026 - 08:35 Continue Reading »

US Futures Rise As European, Asian All Time Highs Spill Over Futures are higher but there continues to be tangible angst below the surface as traders are aggressively shorting potential AI losers, while US stocks continue to fall behind the rest of the world. “It’s a paradox in that markets are holding, breaking records, yet investors remain cautious,” says Vontobel’s head of equities Jean-Louis Nakamura. As of 8:00am ET, S&P and Nasdaq futures are up 0.3%, with premarket strength in Mag7, Semis and Cyclicals while Energy and Materials underperform. It’s unclear right now which stocks will be hurt by AI, but it’s clear that traders are nervous. “The slightest miss on earnings is brutally penalized and substantial beats are required to boost share prices,” said Nakamura. Bond yield stabilize, flat to down 1bp across the curve with USD also flat. Commodities are mostly lower with Energy and Metals weaker (WTI, Precious down less than 1%) and Ags higher. Today’s macro data focus is on jobless claims and existing home sales. With the stabilization in the bond market and net positive WTD macro data, we may investors push the market higher into ... Continue Reading »

UBS Identifies When Humanoid Robots Will Invade Factory Floors Humanoid robots are getting their "brains" this year, enabling them to walk factory floors and warehouses and complete repeatable tasks previously handled by humans. We've assessed that the greater risk is dual use: these bots are likely to move beyond industrial settings to modern battlefields. We lean on UBS analysts led by Phyllis Wang for added color on the global humanoid robotics landscape, and the core takeaway is that global shipments are about to ramp up, setting the stage for materially higher penetration as industrial use cases move from demos to real workloads. "For 2026, our base case forecast for global humanoid robot demand is 30,000 units. Regardless of total output in 2026, we expect a small proportion of robots which can complete simple tasks autonomously outside entertainment and robot training scenarios, given the gap between robot intelligence and customer needs," Wang told earlier this week. He continued, "We flag upside risk to our 2027-28 demand forecasts if robots used in industrial settings make significant progress. While humanoid products are still evolving, several leading OEMs are planning and deploying production capacity." "Tesla plans ... Continue Reading »

The Value Rotation Illusion Authored by Michael Lebowitz via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, “Value is back in vogue”, the media claim. Investors are rushing out of the high-flying mega-cap tech stocks and into the boring staples, utilities, and healthcare stocks. Given the huge outperformance of value stocks versus growth stocks, it appears investors are going all in on the value rotation.  What some of these investors don’t know is that they are not necessarily buying value but could, in fact, be selling it. Before turning your investment perspective upside down, let’s define how most investors think about value and growth stocks. Commonly, investors refer to value stocks as those whose shares trade at a low price relative to their earnings and earnings potential. Growth stocks are those whose earnings are expected to grow faster than the market average. For some reason, investors often assume that growth and value are mutually exclusive. They are not, as we will explain. Valuation Heat Maps The FinViz website offers a great perspective on valuations across the S&P 500. Their heat map below shows the P/E ratio for every S&P 500 stock. The “E” is based on the trailing twelve months of earnings. The ... Continue Reading »