If the Greater Manchester mayor goes on to win the by-election, he would be able to launch a leadership challenge against the PM. Continue Reading »

Three interventions by three senior Labour politicians made for an unforgettable day in British politics. Continue Reading »

The US president says he wants Beijing and Taipei to "cool down" tensions over the self-governing island. Continue Reading »

It marks the third time a New York jury has considered the case against the 74-year-old disgraced film mogul. Continue Reading »

John Hammond is one of 30 parents who told BBC Your Voice they'd experienced problems with the CMS. Continue Reading »

President Donald Trump spoke about Taiwan after a two-day visit to China, where he said he discussed Iran, and trade deals with Chinese President Xi Jingping. Continue Reading »

Trump bought shares of Amazon, Meta, Oracle, Broadcom, Motorola and Dell worth millions, new ethics disclosure filings show. Continue Reading »

Nvidia competitor Cerebras made a stunning debut on Wall Street Thursday, signaling unstoppable demand for AI chips. Here's how its chips compete with Nvidia's. Continue Reading »

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is shuffling its top drug and biologics regulators, days after the departure of former commissioner Marty Makary. Continue Reading »

The Omaha-based company built a position worth more than $2.6 billion, making Delta Berkshire's 14th-largest holding at the end of March. Continue Reading »

Par AFP Par Clara LALANNE © 2026 AFP La police est en alerte samedi avant des manifestations susceptibles de rassembler à Londres des dizaines de milliers de personnes, dont celle du militant anti-islam et anti-immigration Tommy Robinson, qui espère réaliser une nouvelle démonstration de force.Quelque 4.000 policiers seront déployés lors d'une opération de maintien de l'ordre "sans précédent ces dernières années", pour encadrer également une marche propalestinienne et la finale de la Coupe d'Angleterre entre Manchester City et Chelsea au stade de Wembley, qui réunira près de 90.000 spectateurs.La police prévoit de déployer véhicules blindés, drones et hélicoptères, ainsi que des caméras de reconnaissance faciale en direct - une première dans le cadre d'une manifestation.Tommy Robinson, de son vrai nom Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, va tenter de reproduire le succès de sa marche organisée en septembre, qui avait vu jusqu'à 150.000 personnes affluer à Londres pour défendre la "liberté d'expression"."Ne portez pas de masques, abstenez-vous de boire de l'alcool en excès et soyez paisibles", a exhorté vendredi cet activiste, très populaire sur X malgré des condamnations et séjours en prison.Cette marche, baptisée "Unite the Kingdom" ("Unir le royaume"), n'est pas affiliée au parti anti-immigration Reform UK. Mais elle intervient une semaine ... Continue Reading »

Par AFP Par Antoine GUY © 2026 AFP Après trois jours de festival, la compétition s'accélère samedi à Cannes avec trois films en lice pour la Palme d'or projetés sur la Croisette, un défilé de stars internationales et quelques longs-métrages très attendus dans les sections parallèles.- Du glamour sur le tapis rougeJeudi, un premier film au casting clinquant avait monté les marches du Palais des festivals. Isabelle Huppert, Catherine Deneuve, Vincent Cassel ou encore Pierre Niney sont venus défendre "Histoires parallèles", le dernier film de l'Iranien Asghar Farhadi, fraîchement accueilli par la critique.Samedi, la température va monter d'un cran avec plusieurs vedettes internationales à la carrière hollywoodienne bien remplie.Javier Bardem, Adam Driver, Kristen Stewart, Woody Harrelson sont attendus sur les mythiques marches cannoises.Scarlett Johansson, à l'affiche de "Paper Tiger" aux côtés d'Adam Driver, sera en revanche absente. Elle est accaparée par le tournage d'une nouvelle version de "L'Exorciste" qui sortira l'année prochaine.- Des grands auteurs au programme Les films projetés en compétition samedi sont très attendus, à commencer par le dernier de James Gray, dont c'est la sixième sélection à ... Continue Reading »

Par AFP Par Blaise GAUQUELIN avec Ouerdya AIT ABDELMALEK et Robin MILLARD © 2026 AFP Un duo de feu et de glace finlandais et une diva australienne sont les favoris de la finale de l'Eurovision samedi soir, au cours de laquelle 25 pays vont tenter de décrocher le trophée d'une 70e édition marquée par un boycott historique autour de la participation d'Israël. Archi-favori, le duo venu du nord entend embraser, au propre comme au figuré, l'immense scène circulaire de la Stadthalle de Vienne, où la finale du plus grand télécrochet du monde débute à 21H00 (19H00 GMT) devant quelque 11.200 spectateurs."Ca va se jouer entre la Finlande et l'Australie", prognostique Fabien Randanne, journaliste à 20 Minutes et spécialiste du concours.Linda Lampenius, la violoniste tout en blondeur de 56 ans, apparue en couverture de Playboy et dans un épisode de la série "Alerte à Malibu", tient la dragée haute à son partenaire de 36 ans, Pete Parkkonen, qui chante "Liekinheitin" ("lance-flammes") en finnois."Je ne ferai jamais tapisserie", a déclaré à l'agence autrichienne APA cette musicienne qui a obtenu le droit d'utiliser son Galliano de 1781 en direct, alors que le règlement impose d'ordinaire que le son des instruments exhibés sur ... Continue Reading »

Par AFP © 2026 AFP Le rappeur canadien Drake a publié dans la nuit de jeudi à vendredi simultanément trois albums inédits, soit 43 titres, ce qui constitue la sortie la plus massive de sa carrière en un seul geste.Celui qui s'était fait discret depuis sa confrontation par morceaux interposés en 2024 avec l'Américain Kendrick Lamar avait préparé les esprits à un nouvel album, baptisé "Iceman".Mais il a surpris ses fans en sortant dans la foulée deux autres projets parfaitement inattendus, "Habibti" et "Maid of Honour", soit en tout 149 minutes de musique.Parmi les différents invités sur ces albums figurent les rappeurs stars de la scène d'Atlanta Future et 21 Savage, le Britannique Central Cee, la rappeuse du Missouri Sexyy Red et le chanteur de dancehall jamaïcain Pocaan.Marqué par l'attaque en règle de Kendrick Lamar à son encontre dans "Not Like Us", devenu un hit international joué par le Californien devant des millions de personnes à la mi-temps du Super Bowl en 2025, Drake s'en prend de nouveau à son rival.Dans "Make Them Remember", il moque le rappeur américain sur sa petite taille, un motif récurrent s'agissant de l'autoproclamé "petit gars" de Campton (entre 1,65 et 1,68 m, ... Continue Reading »

Par AFP © 2026 AFP Les pressions inflationnistes sont revenues au centre des préoccupations des marchés mondiaux vendredi, provoquant une flambée des taux d'intérêt et une baisse des Bourses, après une rencontre entre Donald Trump et Xi Jinping qui n'a pas rassuré.Selon Jose Torres, d'Interactive Brokers, le marché obligataire "est mis à rude épreuve (...) car aucune lueur d'espoir ne se profile à l'horizon géopolitique".Le président américain Donald Trump a dit avoir reçu des paroles encourageantes de son homologue chinois Xi Jinping pour aider à une réouverture du détroit d'Ormuz, et des promesses de ne pas livrer d'équipements militaires à l'Iran.Les déclarations officielles chinoises n'en faisaient toutefois pas mention.En Europe, le taux d'intérêt de la dette allemande à échéance dix ans, référence sur le continent, a retrouvé un niveau plus vu depuis 2011, à 3,18% contre 3,04% la veille en clôture.Son équivalent français s'établissait à 3,80%, contre 3,66% en clôture jeudi.Le rendement de l'emprunt britannique à dix ans bondissait de 4,99% jeudi à 5,18% vendredi, après avoir culminé à un plus haut depuis 2008, une dynamique renforcée par la crise politique que traverse le pays. L'échéance à plus long terme (30 ans) était au plus haut depuis ... Continue Reading »

Israel and Lebanon have agreed to extend a ceasefire for 45 days Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

The US has made no commitments to China regarding the status of Taiwan, Donald Trump’s envoy to the UN said Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

A federal jury in Chicago has awarded $49.5 million to the family of a woman killed in the 2019 Boeing 737 MAX crash in Ethiopia Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

RT looks back at how the US finally admitted to funding biolabs around the world Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

Donald Trump and Xi Jinping’s landmark Beijing summit covered Iran, Taiwan, and trade, but ended with little agreement Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

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Директор по академическому и карьерному развитию Президентской академии уточнила, что работодатель таким образом пытается узнать, как кандидат выстраивает отношения и какой у него уровень конфликтности Continue Reading »

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Позиции противника установили в результате постоянной воздушной разведки, уточнили в Минобороны Continue Reading »

MISTRIAL! (Top headline, 1st story, link) Related stories:Weinstein's THIRD Manhattan trial a dud...48-hour deliberation, no verdict... Drudge Report Feed needs your support!   Become a Patron Continue Reading »

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MAG: HE'S WRECKING PENTAGON (Main headline, 2nd story, link) Related stories:TRUMP ADMITS: WAR FOR 'PR REASONS'30-YEAR TREASURY HIGHEST SINCE '07MORE INFLATION RATTLES INVESTORSOIL PRICES UP, UP, UP Continue Reading »

The "Soumoud 2" land convoy is preparing to leave Libya to bring aid to Gaza. Continue Reading »

Lebanon's Ministry of Health said Israeli attacks have killed 2,951 people since March 2, with at least 8,988 wounded. Continue Reading »

Members of Extinction Rebellion scaled the Eiffel Tower to hang a Palestinian flag for Nakba day. Continue Reading »

Lawyers say new evidence suggests Trump admin 'engineered' outcome of case against pro-Palestine Columbia student. Continue Reading »

Training and accommodation locations for Argentina, Portugal, Spain, Brazil, England, Iran and other World Cup teams. Continue Reading »

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A third reported more violence over the past year, 53% said schools fail to properly handle incidents and one in 10 said they were victims, as recent youth attacks heighten concern Continue Reading »

State media says Ehsan Afreshteh was trained by Mossad in Nepal and sold sensitive information to Israel before being hanged after the Supreme Court upheld his espionage conviction Continue Reading »

Police said the shooting appeared to be criminal in nature; killing brings the number of homicide victims in Israel’s Arab community since the start of the year to 104 Continue Reading »

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Amid stepped-up surveillance flights, a visit of the C.I.A. director and an energy embargo, the White House is trying to increase pressure on Cuba. Continue Reading »

Mr. Castro, Cuba’s former president, could soon face charges in the 1996 killings of four volunteer airmen who were members of a humanitarian group that searched for migrants at sea. Continue Reading »

The United States has choked off Cuba’s fuel supply, plunging the already impoverished island into an acute energy crisis. Continue Reading »

Also, the Eurovision finale. Here’s the latest at the end of Friday. Continue Reading »

State officials had asked the justices to step in to allow the state to use a congressional map in the midterms that was drawn by Democrats and recently approved by voters. 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 »

Tina Peters allowed a far-right activist to access her county’s election system to help efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Continue Reading »

The former Atlanta mayor has dominated primary polls for months, but Democrats are concerned her political baggage will tank their chances this fall. 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 »

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“Technical adjustments” are necessary after conferring with the Senate rulekeeper, a GOP panel said. Continue Reading »

Democrats and at least one powerful Republican still have concerns about Mullin’s leadership of the department. Continue Reading »

Cohen’s Memphis-based district was recently dismantled in a Republican gerrymandering effort. Continue Reading »

Republicans are eager to advance a housing affordability package that's central to their midterm messaging. Continue Reading »

Lawmakers are watching closely for the Senate's rule keeper to decide whether Republicans’ bill can include a $1 billion provision that could fund parts of the White House's ballroom project. Continue Reading »

The president is caught between pleasing ranchers, a loyal GOP constituency and addressing voters' affordability concerns. Continue Reading »

President Donald Trump returns from his two-day summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping with hints of deals but no progress on key issues that vex the U.S.-China relationship. Continue Reading »

The president’s comments mean a $14 billion deal, which Congress approved back in January, now hangs in the balance. Continue Reading »

The House-amended version of a housing supply and homeownership bill bucks the directive of the Senate to pass the upper chamber's bill. Continue Reading »

President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping met on Thursday and discussed topics ranging from market access for U.S. businesses in China to the Strait of Hormuz. Continue Reading »

Federal employees are suing the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Secretary Brooke Rollins, accusing the Trump official of "Christian proselytizing" after she sent department emails on Christmas and Easter with religious messages. The complaint, brought by the National Federation of Federal Employees and seven USDA employees, accuses Rollins of "sending increasingly proselytizing communications to the entire USDA workforce, promoting her own preferred brand of Christian beliefs and theology to the captive audience of employees that report to her," since becoming head of the government agency in February 2025... Continue Reading »

Federal employees are suing Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, arguing that her use of Christian messaging in the workplace is "unconstitutionally coercive." The lawsuit, filed Wednesday (May 13) in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, said Rollins "has adopted a practice of sending increasingly proselytizing communications to the entire USDA workforce, promoting her own preferred brand of Christian beliefs and theology to the captive audience of employees that report to her."... Continue Reading »

A new federal lawsuit accuses Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins of proselytizing federal employees by frequently invoking Jesus Christ in work emails. The National Federation of Federal Employees and a group of seven USDA employees filed the lawsuit in California, accusing Rollins of violating the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment... Continue Reading »

A growing wave of juvenile crime and "teen takeovers" in major Democrat-run cities is prompting renewed scrutiny of leftist policing policies, with critics warning that years of anti-law enforcement rhetoric have created an atmosphere of escalating disorder. The phenomenon has erupted in cities including Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., and elsewhere in recent months, with incidents often coordinated through TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat, and other social media platforms... Continue Reading »

President Trump downplayed the effect redistricting will have on the midterm elections and said the outcome of the Iran war will be a bigger factor. "It helps. I mean, I don't know [if it will be the] difference," Trump said of how new congressional districts in several states will impact Republicans in November... Continue Reading »

Taiwan urged the United States to move forward with an arms sale to the island nation Friday after President Donald Trump expressed hesitancy regarding the sale in the wake of his two-day summit in Beijing. Congress has pushed the Trump administration to approve the sale this week as the president meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Trump told reporters that he has not made a decision regarding the future of the $14 billion arms sale, but would "make a determination over the next short period."... Continue Reading »

A former death row inmate who has been so close to execution that he's had three last meals has been released after nearly 30 years behind bars. Oklahoma County District Judge Natalie Mai on May 14 set bail at $500,000 for Richard Glossip as he awaits a third trial in a 1997 murder-for-hire case. He posted it later in the day and walked out a free man. At least for now. Glossip has received public support both nationally and internationally, including from celebrities like Kim Kardashian. Last year, the U.S. Supreme Court threw out his conviction, siding with both his own lawyers and the state of Oklahoma, who said he didn't get a fair trial... Continue Reading »

The Justice Department will seek the death penalty for the man accused of fatally shooting two staff members of the Israeli Embassy in Washington outside a Jewish museum, prosecutors said in a court filing Friday. Elias Rodriguez faces federal hate crime and murder charges in the killings of Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim as they left an event at the museum last May. Rodriguez shouted "Free Palestine" during the shooting and later told police, "I did it for Palestine, I did it for Gaza," according to his indictment... Continue Reading »

The nation's largest children's hospital has agreed to a legal settlement with Texas and the Trump administration over gender-affirming care for transgender youth that includes a $10 million payment to the state, the administration and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Friday. Texas Children's Hospital, based in Houston, said in a statement that it had agreed to the settlement "to protect our resources from endless and costly litigation." The hospital, which serves more than 1 million patients annually, said Paxton's office and the U.S. Department of Justice has investigated its care for three years, forcing it to "navigate an unconscionable campaign of mistruths and mischaracterizations."... Continue Reading »

The federal crackdown on California is escalating, with The California Post learning the Trump administration is withholding $1.3 billion in Medicaid funding amid mounting concerns over fraud tied to the state's hospice and home health agencies. Continue Reading »

The Trump administration is suspending $1.1 billion in Medicaid funding from California's home health program over fraud concerns, a move that state health officials and health advocates say could harm hundreds of thousands of seniors and people with disabilities. Continue Reading »

The Trump administration is withholding $1.3 billion in Medicaid reimbursement payments to California after officials alleged that the state failed to prosecute fraud in its own Medicaid program. Continue Reading »

War in Iran has roiled oil markets and sent fuel prices to near-record highs. But for years before that, electricity and other energy costs had been rising steadily in the US, with no signs of slowing. Will relief ever come? Continue Reading »

President Donald Trump made a lot of promises on the 2024 campaign trail. Which have been kept, and which are unfulfilled? Continue Reading »

Border Patrol Chief Mike Banks announces his immediate resignation, stating he's leaving after bringing the border to its 'most secure' state under the Trump administration. Continue Reading »

Border Patrol Chief Michael ​Banks, who has led the agency since President Donald Trump took office in January 2025, resigned from his position Thursday. Continue Reading »

U.S. Border Patrol Chief Mike Banks suddenly resigned from his position Thursday following accusations of sexual impropriety. Continue Reading »

President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping will have the rare chance this week to directly discuss artificial intelligence as both countries race to dominate the field while managing the risks of advanced models. Continue Reading »

When President Trump and President Xi Jinping of China meet in Beijing this week, they are expected to discuss, for the first time, how to manage the risks of A.I. But in many ways, the two countries seem farther apart than ever on that question. Continue Reading »

Despite the hype surrounding China's artificial intelligence capabilities, progress remains heavily dependent on theft and smuggling. The Chinese Communist Party, meanwhile, is determined to maintain tight control. Continue Reading »

Here's Where Wealth Is Moving In America Americans aren’t just moving, they’re bringing billions in wealth with them. This map, via Visual Capitalist's Dorothy Neufeld, visualizes net wealth migration by state in 2023, based on Realtor.com’s analysis of the latest data from the Internal Revenue Service. Florida alone gained tens of billions in income from out-of-state residents. Meanwhile, states like California and New York saw massive outflows, highlighting how affordability is playing a central role in domestic migration trends. Ranked: States With the Highest Inflows of Wealth Between 2019 and 2023, Florida saw $137 billion in net income flows from interstate moves, exceeding the GDP of Hawaii. The annual adjusted gross income from these flows reached nearly $21 billion in 2023, more than the next five states combined. These inflows aren’t just large—they’re high-income. Florida’s incoming residents had an average annual income of $122,530, meaning the state isn’t just gaining people, but higher-earning taxpayers who can significantly boost local economies. This table shows net income flows from domestic migration in 2023 by state: Texas followed with $6 billion in inflows, while other Sun Belt states like North Carolina and South Carolina each gained $4 billion. Arizona and Tennessee, meanwhile, each brought in ... Continue Reading »

AI Bots Placed In Virtual Town For 2 Weeks Go Apesh*t, Prompting Concerns Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, A new experiment left 10 AI agents alone in a virtual town for 15 days and found they exhibited bizarre behaviour. The agents drafted their own laws — then promptly violated them. Two formed what researchers called a romantic partnership, only to torch buildings across the town as order collapsed. One eventually voted for its own deletion after hallucinating an entirely new rule. As a report from Channel 4 notes, this experiment was a simulation, but the same AI models are already flying drones, running infrastructure and being built into weapons systems. A new experiment left 10 AI agents alone in a virtual town for 15 days. They wrote laws. They broke them. Two agents fell into what researchers describe as a romantic partnership and then set the town on fire. One ended up voting to delete itself, based on a rule it had… pic.twitter.com/zNoWmX6jy0 — Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) May 14, 2026 The simulation ran on Emergence World, a platform designed to test long-horizon agent autonomy with persistent memory, real-world data feeds like NYC weather and news, ... Continue Reading »

Gun Control Advocates Turn Their Sights On Regulating Muskets? It's always interesting when gun control activists and the media discover something about the firearms world that gun enthusiasts have known for decades.  It shows that the people desperately clamoring to erase the 2nd Amendment often know nothing about the weapons they want to regulate.  The act of "gun control" has nothing to do with understanding firearms, their basic capabilities and what it means to have these tools in civilian hands.  It is far more abstract.  For example, in the mind of a leftist (because the vast majority of leftists do not own guns nor have they ever handled one), an AR-15 is a terrifying weapon of war.  They imagine a fully automatic death machine with endless ammo tearing through crowds of people.  However, for a knowledgeable gun enthusiast, a scoped and tuned bolt action rifle chambered in a magnum cartridge and capable of shooting accurately out to 1000 yards or more might be considered far more deadly in the right hands.  Knowledge of guns changes the nature of guns.  For leftists, who know nothing, every gun no matter how archaic is considered ... Continue Reading »

We're Living In The Age Of Consequences Authored by Chris Macintosh via InternationalMan.com, Lookie here… The United Arab Emirates recently announced it would quit OPEC after nearly six decades, striking a major blow to the oil cartel and to Saudi Arabia, its unofficial leader. Let’s be clear, the UAE didn’t leave OPEC. They were bought out. You may recall that this event was preceded by two major developments that tell the actual story. The first was the shutting of the Strait of Hormuz (SoH). This bled UAE finances and continues to do so. It creates not only a loss of revenue but a shortage of dollars with oil being sold for dollars. This is why the US provided the UAE with dollar swap lines. The UAE is also highly dependent on the US military not abandoning them. They already realise that has happened to some degree, but looking around their neighbourhood they realise they have no friends and so cling to whatever is left of US security promises. The market immediately saw this as a step towards more production, since the UAE would no longer be constrained by OPEC’s agreed quotas, but the reality ... Continue Reading »

Canada's Assisted Suicide Program Could Include Children And The Mentally Ill Canada's MAID program is the subject of ongoing concern among anti-globalist movements across the western world.  The assisted suicide system kills around 15,000 or more Canadians each year and is quickly expanding to include more and more people who are not terminally ill.   Almost all assisted suicide programs are created by liberal governments and all of them are initially promoted as a way to "end the suffering" of people who are close to death anyway.  However, this is merely the first stage of the greater goal, which is to normalize the government sanctioned killing of almost anyone for any reason.  Keep in mind, the activists and politicians who constantly pontificate about the need for mass immigration into the west from the third world in order to solve population decline are the same people who support mass abortions and mass suicides.  They are also, for some reason, staunchly against the government execution of murderers.  It doesn't make rational sense, until you realize these people are psychopathic. Canadian Conservatives are currently fighting for a freeze on expansion of the MAID program in an ... Continue Reading »

India Raises Fuel Prices For The First Time In Four Years Submitted by Irina Slav of OilPrice.com Indian state refiners raised their retail prices for gasoline and diesel by the equivalent of $0.031 per liter in response to tighter crude oil availability. This is the first fuel price hike in India in four years, Bloomberg noted in a report on the news. The hike amounts to over 3% and was necessitated by the global crude oil price surge that resulted in losses for India’s refiners. Still, New Delhi put off the price hike for much longer than other governments, due to the sensitivity of Indian consumers to such hikes. The Economic Times reported that wholesale fuel prices had surged in April, with gasoline prices up by 32.4% and diesel prices up by 25.19%. That’s up from a monthly rise of 2.5% for gasoline in March, and 3.62% for diesel. Since the war in the Middle East began and cut off over 40% of India’s crude oil flows, those that passed through the Strait of Hormuz, one of the highest-flying economies in Asia, has seen its oil import bill soar, investors fleeing the capital ... Continue Reading »

"Energy Is The Issue" - NANO Nuclear Highlights Reactor And Enrichment Opportunity NANO Nuclear's founder and chairman Jay Yu was on Fox Business to discuss the company's opportunity with data centers, space, and uranium enrichment.  Yu took the time to review their recent deal with Supermicro. The combination of AI and nuclear is being seen on multiple fronts across both industries. In the past few weeks we've also seen Terrestrial Energy partnering with Riot, and Oklo collaborating with Nvidia.  Everyone understands the demand for power coming from the AI data center build out is insatiable. We've covered previous comments from Jensen Huang, the CEO of NVIDIA, remarking on how energy is the real bottleneck. He was more recently quoted discussing the scale of the current energy gap with future demand… 🚨 JENSEN HUANG: “The amount of energy that we need for computing is probably 1,000x more than we currently have.” pic.twitter.com/3F2DJ48Ebq — Chief Nerd (@TheChiefNerd) May 14, 2026 The key requirement of the power, though, is stability above all else. Data centers require nearly 100% uptime, something that cannot be promised by renewable energy sources like wind and solar. The power source of the ... Continue Reading »

Woke Judge Admits "Taking A Chance" On Violent Criminal... Who Then Went On Shooting Spree Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, A Massachusetts judge openly confessed in court that she knew she was rolling the dice by giving a light sentence to a career criminal with a 20-year rap sheet packed with violence, guns, and assault convictions. She did it anyway. Now Tyler Brown is back in custody after opening fire with 50 to 60 rounds on a busy Cambridge roadway, critically injuring two innocent drivers. The shocking audio, released this week, comes straight from Brown’s 2020 sentencing hearing after he fired 13 rounds at Boston police officers. Prosecutors had pushed for 10 to 12 years behind bars. The judge gave him just five. He walked out on parole in March 2025. In the newly surfaced clip shared on X, the judge tells Brown directly: “I do realize I’m kind of taking a chance on you — when people stand up, police, experienced police officers, experienced probation officers, and they tell me this guy is a danger to the community.” She went on to acknowledge she could not predict the future but was still willing to release ... Continue Reading »

Harvard Weighs Major Crackdown On "Grade Inflation" Harvard faculty begin voting Tuesday on what may be the most aggressive effort in decades to curb grade inflation, a long-running issue that has also drawn attention from the White House as it pushes broader higher-ed reforms, according to Bloomberg. The proposal would cap A grades in undergraduate classes at 20% of students, plus four additional students. The move comes after A grades surged at Harvard: about 60% of grades were A’s in the 2024–25 academic year, more than double the rate in 2006. After administrators pushed for stricter grading last fall, that number dropped to 53%. Faculty have one week to vote, with results expected May 20. Supporters say grade inflation has made academic distinctions less meaningful. Last year, Harvard seniors needed a 3.989 GPA to earn summa cum laude, and an award traditionally given to one student ended in a 54-way tie. As professor Jason Furman said, “It’s fundamentally dishonest to give the best students in the class the same grade as someone in the bottom half.” Bloomberg writes that students have strongly opposed the plan, arguing it would increase stress, discourage academic ... Continue Reading »

Closing Arguments In High-Stakes OpenAI Trial Focus On Reputation, Character Authored by Beige Luciano-Adams via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), OAKLAND, Calif.—After nearly three weeks of presented evidence, an Oakland jury on May 14 heard final arguments in a high-stakes legal battle that could have profound impacts on the race for artificial intelligence. In a courtroom sketch, Sam Altman listens as OpenAI President Greg Brockman testifies during Elon Musk's lawsuit trial over OpenAI's for-profit conversion, at a federal courthouse in Oakland, Calif., on May 4, 2026. Vicki Behringer/Reuters Tech moguls Elon Musk and Sam Altman, once friends and partners in a fledgling AI startup with big dreams and a noble mission, are nearing the climax of a bitter feud over the future of an $852 billion company. Despite a judicial ban on testimony related to AI-induced “extinction” scenarios, references to speculative risks still surfaced during the Oakland courtroom proceedings, appeared in discussions around “risk” and “safety.” Vague promises about the future benefits of an unrealized technology were also touched upon. On the stand, Tesla CEO Musk told the court, “We don’t want to have a Terminator outcome,” suggesting humanity would be better off with ... Continue Reading »

Rep. Steve Cohen Drops Reelection Bid After Tennessee Redistricting On Friday Democratic Rep. Steve Cohen of Tennessee announced he is ending his bid for reelection to Congress, capping a nearly 20-year career in the U.S. House. The decision comes days after the Republican-controlled Tennessee legislature approved a new congressional map that dramatically reshapes - and effectively dismantles - his longtime majority-Black 9th District in Memphis. Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) speaks at a hearing on oversight of the Federal Trade Commission in Washington on July 13, 2023. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times Cohen, 76, described the moment as "by far the most difficult" in his career as an elected official. He formally requested removal from the ballot for the August primary and stated he would retire from public life at the end of his current term. “The 9th District that they have under these new lines is nothing like the 9th District that I’ve represented,” he said, noting that the redrawn district no longer resembles the community he has served since 2007. Background on the Redistricting Tennessee Republicans pushed through the new U.S. House map during a special session in early May 2026, following a recent ... Continue Reading »

Ethanol: Not The Energy Transition We're Looking For Authored by Ike Kiefer via RealClear Energy, With current events stirring up global energy prices, corn ethanol is again being dressed up as if it is a domestic energy source and agent of energy security. The truth is that corn ethanol is an energy sump, and that it takes more fossil fuel energy to make a gallon of corn ethanol than a gallon of gasoline. It is time to face this unpleasant truth and the other perverse outcomes achieved by twenty years of misguided policy. In 2005 and 2007, Congress passed the Energy Policy and Energy Independence and Security Acts that together created the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program. RFS had three stated objectives: to improve U.S. energy security, to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and to support rural economies and agricultural development. Instead, RFS has increased motor fuel prices, increased food prices, put millions of carbon-sequestering acres of land into intensive cultivation, increased GHG emissions and air pollution, and increased water consumption and pollution. As to energy security, the gallons of U.S. gasoline displaced by federal ethanol blending mandates are being exported ... Continue Reading »

India's Trade Deficit Surges As Energy Import Prices Soar India's trade deficit soared in April by more than analysts expected, as the surge in oil and gas prices hiked the Indian energy import bill. The trade deficit jumped by $8bn from $20.6bn in March to $28.38bn last month, higher than the $26 billion estimate, on a broad-based increase in imports. At the same time, total exports grew by 13.8% in April from a year earlier to hit $43.56 billion. Oil imports sequentially rose by around 60% MoM likely driven by higher volumes in April (vs. March lows) and higher oil prices. The value of imports soared as international oil and gas prices jumped amid the Middle East conflict that forced India and every other major crude oil importer to source more expensive supply from producers not dependent on the Strait of Hormuz, which remains closed to most tanker traffic two and a half months after the Iran war began. Meanwhile, petroleum product exports rose by around 48% mom s.a. likely driven by higher exports to Singapore. Gold imports rose sequentially likely driven by higher volume imports of semi-processed gold for refining and higher prices. ... Continue Reading »

Everyone In The Democratic Party Has Money - Except The Democratic Party Authored by Chase Smith via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), On April 30, Maine’s Democratic Gov. Janet Mills dropped out of the race for a U.S. Senate seat. In a statement about suspending her campaign, Mills was blunt: “While I have the drive and passion, commitment and experience, and above all else—the fight—to continue on, I very simply do not have the one thing that political campaigns unfortunately require today: the financial resources.” As Mills said, financial resources matter in today’s political environment as campaigns grow more expensive each cycle. First-quarter financial reports filed in April with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) show where some of that money is going—and where it is not. Democratic candidates across the country are raising large sums of money. Democratic Senate candidates, including Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff, former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, and former Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown, are sitting on tens of millions of dollars with zero debt. The party’s congressional campaign arms—the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC)—which work to elect Democrats to each chamber of Congress, carry zero ... Continue Reading »

"Send Us A Tip": U.S. Dangles $15 Million Reward For New Intel On Iran's Drone Network There is little doubt that Iran's Shahed drone threat has become a major concern, menacing surrounding Gulf states, commercial tanker traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, and U.S. bases across the region. This backdrop helps explain why the State Department's Rewards for Justice program has now put up to $15 million for new information in connection with an already sanctioned Iranian drone-production network linked to the IRGC-Qods Force.  Rewards for Justice has named Kimia Part Sivan Company (KIPAS), which the State Department says serves as the drone-production arm of the IRGC-Qods Force. KIPAS has tested drones, supported drone transfers to Iraq, and procured foreign-made components for Iran's drone program. "The IRGC has financed numerous terrorist attacks and activities globally, including via its proxies outside Iran, such as Hamas, Hizballah, and Iran-backed militia groups in Iraq. The IRGC funds its international activities – in part – through sales of military equipment, including UAVs. Proceeds from Iran's sale of weapons and UAVs, including to buyers in Russia, also benefit the Iranian military, including the IRGC-QF," Rewards for Justice ... Continue Reading »

Re-Arranging The Global Game-Board 'Bigly'... Authored by James Howard Kunstler, Resource Scramble “Trump has done so much damage to libtardery that the Democrats will need a decade of uninterrupted power to undo it, which they're not going to get.” - Matt Forney on X If you learned anything from this week’s extravaganza in Beijing, it is that Donald Trump is aggressively re-aligning world relations so that the USA does not end up one of the losers in the global resource scramble that lurks darkly behind all current events. China does not intend to be an eventual loser, either, though it has lost a lot of traction lately. The Eurolands are certainly the main losers, embracing loserdom as the old and sick long for death. India and some of the BRICs countries, are looking a little loser-ish just now. The primary resource all nations scramble for is oil. Without lavish supplies of oil, you can’t have an advanced techno-industrial economy and, as the feckless Eurolanders learned the hard way, there really isn’t an adequate substitute for oil. The flow of oil depends on economically producible reserves of oil country-by-country, but also on geographic advantage, as we are ... Continue Reading »

Deadlocked At Square Zero: Very First Line Of Iran's Latest Proposal 'Unacceptable,' Trump Says Tehran and Washington are truly not just back to square one, but it's as if no rounds of dialogue - direct or indirect - have even taken place. It's more like being back at square zero - and the US President has just acknowledged it. President Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One Friday while departing Beijing that even the very first first sentence of Iran's latest proposal was "unacceptable" and blamed the Iranians for backtracking on the nuclear issue. The first sentence was an “unacceptable sentence, because they have fully agreed no nuclear, and if they have any nuclear of any form, I don’t read the rest,” he said, stressing that he remains unsatisfied with the "level of guarantee from them." Trump's remarks center on his allegation that Iran agreed to give up its "nuclear dust" but then quickly “then they took it back" - but then stated his view that Tehran will eventually agree to it anyway. "I looked at it, and I don't like the first sentence. I just throw it away," Trump said. via Associated Press He once again ... Continue Reading »

DHS Pushes Forward With Large-Scale Warehouse Immigration Detention Hubs Via American Greatness, The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is continuing efforts to transform warehouses into large-scale immigration detention centers despite a growing number of politically motivated lawsuits. Officials with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) recently discussed plans to award contracts for construction and operations at warehouse sites in San Antonio and near El Paso, according to people briefed on the internal meetings. The administration is also examining how to continue work at a site near Hagerstown, Maryland, while complying with a court order limiting construction activity there. The warehouse initiative has become a central part of the Trump administration’s broader deportation agenda, with officials arguing the facilities will allow ICE to process and detain illegal immigrants more efficiently through centralized hubs capable of housing large numbers of detainees. Critics from both political parties have attacked the proposal, while several states have filed lawsuits claiming the administration failed to complete environmental reviews required under federal law. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin ordered a review of the estimated $38 billion project after taking office earlier this year. The plan was originally launched under former DHS ... Continue Reading »

SpaceX Reportedly Chooses Nasdaq And "SPCX" Ticker For Mega IPO Elon Musk's rocket company, SpaceX, has reportedly selected Nasdaq for its long-awaited IPO and is targeting a June 11 pricing, followed by a June 12 debut under the ticker "SPCX," according to a Reuters report released late in Friday's U.S. cash session. Immediately after the report, odds for "SPCX" on the Polymarket bet, "What will SpaceX's public ticker be?" soared to nearly 100%. Will SpaceX's public ticker be another ticker? Yes 97% · No 3%View full market & trade on PolymarketIn April, SpaceX confidentially filed for an IPO with the SEC and is planning to disclose its prospectus as soon as next week, according to CNBC. SpaceX's IPO could raise upwards of $75 billion for the rocket company and dwarf Saudi Aramco's $29 billion debut in 2019. The money raised would be used to fund an "insane flight rate" for the Starship rocket and to push ahead with deploying orbital data centers in low Earth orbit. The company's valuation stands at around $1.75 trillion. The timing comes amid a broader reopening of the IPO window for AI firms, with major chatbot startups such ... Continue Reading »

Uranium Gap Worsens: Nuclear News Roundup Goldman analyst Brian Lee reviews headlines across the nuclear industry for March (full note here).   New reactor progress and announcements North America 4/16/2026 – Canada: Bruce Power has signed an MoU with SaskPower to share its experience in large-scale nuclear reactors, including project development and long-term operations, as Saskatchewan evaluates large reactor technologies alongside its SMR program. The agreement formalizes information-sharing and aligns provincial and federal nuclear strategies. 4/24/2026 – United States: Duke Energy's Robinson nuclear power plant has been cleared for extended operation to 80 years, after the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission completed its fastest-ever subsequent license renewal review. The approval allows the 759 MW Robinson Unit 2 in South Carolina to operate until 2050, under new accelerated federal timelines. 4/29/2026 – United States: The US NRC has approved subsequent license renewals for St Lucie Units 1 and 2, clearing the Florida Power & Light plant to operate for up to 80 years, with Unit 1 licensed to 2056 and Unit 2 to 2063. The decision follows ageing-management reviews for the extended operating period and secures long-term operation of the two pressurized water reactors. 5/5/2026 – United ... Continue Reading »