Wall Street Zeroes In On This “Pure-Play” US Attack Drone Company Wall Street analysts are finally waking up to Unusual Machines as a pure-play in the effort to anchor America’s sovereign drone supply chain. One-way attack drones and autonomous systems have forever changed modern warfare, forcing the Department of War to quickly fire up a massive procurement supercycle to stockpile these drones.  We identified UMAC (read report) […]

Norway $2.3 Trillion Wealth Fund Posts Record-High Profit in H1 By Michael Kern of OilPrice.com The world’s biggest sovereign wealth fund, Norway’s $2.3-trillion Government Pension Fund Global, posted a record-high profit of $185 billion for the first half of 2026, as Asian technology stocks boosted its returns and profit on the portfolio. Norway’s Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG), which is commonly referred to as […]

Danube Water Levels Sink To Historic Lows The Danube and other rivers in Europe are experiencing historic drought conditions which have thrown shipping, tourism and energy supply into disarray. Additionally, as Statista’s Katharina Buchholz details below, the sinking water levels that have set new all-time records in some locations have revealed historic finds from World War II to Roman times and even the Ice Age. You will […]

The Ceuta Crisis And The Emerging European Divide Submitted by Thomas Kolbe Eleven years have passed since Angela Merkel opened the floodgates of migration to chaos. The European Union, already firmly in the grip of statists and numerous left-wing currents, has since become almost unrecognizable. The advance of Islamization and the dissolution of established urban milieus, traditions and cultures are progressing and contributing to […]

US Embassies Across Mideast Are Permanently Reassigning Personnel  It is not just America’s military bases in the Middle East which have been greatly reduced in terms of personnel or in some cases completely abandoned altogether due to the Iran war, but US Embassies in the region have also suffered forced downgrades of staff. Iran’s retaliation on US locations and assets across the region was much bigger and more effective than US […]

Left-Wing German Parties Pour Record Sums Into Stopping The AfD In The East Via Remix News, Germany’s Green Party is campaigning with record sums of money in the eastern German states of Saxony-Anhalt and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern to keep the Alternative for Germany (AfD) out of power. Remarkably, the Greens are campaigning with an intensity usually reserved for a national election, despite the party’s own election chances […]

GOA Members Make History With First Suppressor Transfers Without NFA Registration Since 1934 via Gun Owners of America, Gun Owners of America (GOA), along with lead plaintiff Silencer Shop, made history tonight as GOA members Brandon Herrera and Wes Virdell lawfully acquired suppressors without complying with the currently enjoined registration requirements of the National Firearms Act of 1934. The transfers took place at […]

The Cultural Revolution Is In Full Swing Authored by Larry Sand via American Greatness, It’s no secret that socialism is advancing in the U.S. The latest development in this ominous trend occurred on August 4, when Abdul El-Sayed, a progressive backed by democratic socialists, defeated the establishment-backed congresswoman Haley Stevens in Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary. At the same time, our culture is under […]

China Dominates The Humanoid Robot Race. Can Trump Close The Gap? It should surprise no one that new data from Smart Analytics Global, cited by Bloomberg, shows that Chinese humanoid robot makers accounted for a staggering 97% of global shipments in the first half of 2026. The figures come as the Trump administration increasingly recognizes that humanoids will be critical to the emerging physical AI era, creating an urgent need […]

Trump: US Controls Hormuz Strait, ‘I Think We Will Keep It’ – Confirms Economic Siege Strategy Summary Trump claims “total control” of Hormuz, signals strategy of continued economic pressure. Iran declares “victory” & says it can sustain the conflict & outlast. Iran shifts to a “survival economy” to withstand sanctions, Washington’s economic warfare, naval blockade. Peace talks basically not happening, with Pakistan […]

Libya Reels From Assassination, Oil Strikes & Central Bank Turmoil Via Middle East Eye Libya was plunged into fresh turmoil this week after a car bomb killed eastern military intelligence chief Fawzi al-Mansouri in Benghazi, drone attacks struck the country’s largest operational oil refinery and the central bank governor resigned from his post. Mansouri, the military intelligence chief for forces controlling eastern Libya, […]

Ann Arbor Is The ‘Most Educated’ City In America This graphic, via Visual Capitalist’s Bruno Venditti, ranks the most educated U.S. cities in 2026, highlighting metropolitan areas with high levels of educational attainment and strong local education systems. The data for this visualization comes from WalletHub. Cities were ranked using a weighted composite score based on educational attainment (80%) and education quality and […]

Common Blood Pressure Drug Recalled Nationwide, FDA Says Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation recalled some heart failure and high blood pressure medication due to potency issues, according to the Food and Drug Administration’s website. Hottie pharmacist at a Florida pharmacy, in this file photo. Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images. Would.  The recall affects one lot of Diovan, Novartis’ […]

Experts Question Why Polls Were So Wrong In The Wisconsin Primary Democratic Socialist Francesca Hong entered primary day as the prohibitive favorite to become the Democratic Party’s nominee for Wisconsin governor. Yet, she wound up narrowly losing to Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley instead. Crowley beat Hong by 0.4 percentage points, a margin of about 3,000 votes, in a race that polling had shown Hong leading by about […]

Shocked! ICE To Equip Officers With Gloves That Can Deliver Electric Zaps Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) plans to spend up to $20 million on gloves that can deliver electric shocks for its agents, according to a notice published by the Department of Homeland Security on Aug. 10. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents walk outside the Ventura County Government […]

Mamdani’s Socialist Utopia Collides With Reality As Manhattan Rents Hit Record Socialist NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani built his political campaign by relentlessly attacking America and, most importantly, portraying capitalism as the root cause of nearly every social problem, from affordability pressures to soaring rents. Voters were sold the idea that his administration could deliver an instant utopian transformation built on free bus […]

The Return Of Economic Gaslighting Authored by Connor O’Keefe via The Mises Institute, Around two and a half years ago, as the Biden administration was entering what we now know was its final year, the then-president’s re-election campaign was growing frustrated. According to nearly all the big economic indicators and aggregates, the economy was doing quite well, especially considering the historic shutdown governments had […]

Nearly Half Of NYC Homeless Deaths Due To Drugs Or Alcohol: Study Nearly half of all deaths among New York City’s homeless population in the most recent fiscal year were connected to drug use or alcohol abuse, according to a new city report. A homeless man sits in the cold in Manhattan on Dec. 27. Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images Of the 634 people experiencing homelessness who died between July 1, 2024, and June 30, 2025, 285 […]

White House Ends TikTok Ban On Government Devices Authored by Jackson Richman via The Epoch Times, The White House has allowed Executive Branch employees to use TikTok on their government devices. The Office of Management and Budget on Aug. 10 issued a memorandum to heads of executive departments and agencies, stating that “TikTok may be used on government devices.” The Epoch Times has reached out to TikTok for comment. […]

New Orleans Becomes First Major U.S. City To Let AI Answer 911 New Orleans is testing just how much Americans are willing to trust artificial intelligence when the stakes are considerably higher than writing an email or ordering dinner, according to the New York Post. The city has begun allowing an AI system to field certain 911 calls, apparently making it the first major U.S. municipality to put a bot directly between emergency […]

Illegal Immigrant Pleads Guilty To Purchasing 91 Firearms Authored by Allan Stein via The Epoch Times, An illegal immigrant from Mexico has pleaded guilty in federal court to charges related to purchasing 91 firearms and 40,000 rounds of ammunition. A sign displaying “No firearms in Mexico” its outside a border entry point in Naco, Ariz., on March 5, 2025. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District […]

Robocalls Are Increasing In US As Report Lists Worst-Impacted Area Codes Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times, A new report found that Americans are continuing to get bombarded by robocalls, with more than 4 billion recorded in July, according to blocking service YouMail. A smartphone displays the icons of some of the main artificial intelligence based apps, including Meta AI, Grok, Gemini, Perplexity, DeepSeek, and […]

US Attorney Makes Rare Move By Convening Special Grand Jury in Washington D.C. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro has taken the rare step of convening a ‘special’ grand jury in Washington, according to the Washington Post. US Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro walks outside the White House, September 2, in Washington. Mark Schiefelbein/AP It will be overseen by Steven Vandervelden, a key Pirro lieutenant, the Post said. […]

WHO Defends Childhood Vaccination Schedules After Trump Order Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times, The World Health Organization (WHO) on Aug. 11 defended its immunization guidelines after President Donald Trump issued an order to change the childhood vaccination schedule to space out the shots. A health worker prepares a vaccine in Texas in a file image. Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP via Getty Images On Aug. 10, Trump signed an […]

Josh Kushner, Bob Iger Stun Sports World With Record-Shattering $12 Billion Lakers Takeover Deal The Los Angeles Lakers are being sold to billionaire venture capitalist Josh Kushner, founder of Thrive Capital, and former Disney CEO Bob Iger for a record-breaking $12 billion, according to a new ESPN report. The sports news website said: The businessmen were involved in the expansion process in Las Vegas, but in a stunning turn, […]