Trump Takes Maiden Flight On New Air Force One Jet Authored by Jacob Burg via The Epoch Times, Ahead of a trip to North Dakota on July 1 to honor the opening of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library, President Donald Trump officially debuted a refurbished Boeing 747-8 luxury jet that will serve as the interim Air Force One. President Donald Trump pumps his fist after touring the inside of the newest aircraft in the […]

Executive Order Execution: Three Reactors Achieved Criticality Before July 4th On July 1st, the Department of Energy (DOE) announced microreactor developer Deployable Energy had achieved criticality on their Unity reactor design at Idaho National Labs (INL).  CRITICALITY NUMBER THREE! 🎉 On June 30, 2026, at around 11:55 PM MDT, @DeployableE’s Unity microreactor achieved initial criticality at @INL. It is the third nuclear […]

Justice Department To Prioritize Birth Tourism Probes After Supreme Court Ruling Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times, Federal prosecutors on June 30 were directed to prioritize investigations into “birth tourism” schemes after the Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship for children born to illegal immigrants. Migrants, including a pregnant Haitian woman seeking to […]

Vance Warns ‘US Has Options’ As Iran Rejects Direct Doha Talks – Trump Insists Diplomacy Is ‘Very Good’ Update(1315): The American side is keeping up the illusion of progress on Iran talks, even as Tehran has once again on Wednesday confirmed no direct meeting has taken in place in Doha – nor are there plans for direct dialogue, its deputy FM has said. President Trump has simultaneously hailed “very good” talks on Iran in Doha – […]

US B-2 Bomber Showcases Ability To Launch Stealth Anti-Ship Missile For First Time Authored by Ryan Morgan via The Epoch Times, The U.S. Air Force confirmed, for the first time, that a B-2 Spirit stealth bomber successfully launched an AGM-158C Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) against a target vessel during a naval exercise. A U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber, assigned to the 509th Bomb Wing, deploys an AGM-158C Long […]

Xi Touts Communist Party’s Global Reach, Hails PLA’s Rising Strength In 105th Anniversary Address Chinese President Xi Jinping used a major speech marking the 105th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party on Wednesday to both tout China’s global influence and pledge a stronger armed forces build-up while staying steadfast in an ongoing crackdown on corruption within top military ranks. Bloomberg concluded of the speech, “Xi […]

Nancy Pelosi Institute To Launch At UC Berkeley After Former Speaker Leaves Congress Authored by AG News Staff via American Greatness, Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will lend her name to a new institute at the University of California, Berkeley after retiring from Congress, with the university announcing it has already raised $35 million toward a $50 million fundraising goal. The Nancy Pelosi Institute for Representative […]

Meet The “World’s Most Dangerous” Hotel That Leaves Guests Stranded 35 Miles Offshore A remote former Coast Guard tower off the coast of North Carolina has become one of the country’s most unusual vacation destinations, with thrill-seekers paying to spend days stranded 35 miles out in the Atlantic on what’s been dubbed the world’s most dangerous hotel, according to the NY Post. Interest in Frying Pan Tower recently surged after […]

As Democrats Freak Out Over Socialist Takeover, Kamala Harris Speaks With Zohran Mamdani In the same week Democrats began sounding alarms over radical left-wing revolutionaries gaining power and hijacking the party, there is a new report from Axios that Kamala Harris privately spoke with far-left New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and held closed-door meetings with progressives, including pro-Palestinian activists, as she appears to […]

Copper Demand Surges, But Supply Deficit Is Hard To Solve, Expert Says Authored by Mary Prenon via The Epoch Times, The ongoing artificial intelligence (AI) boom underscores a harder-to-resolve supply issue for copper, according to veteran natural resource investor Rick Rule. Speaking recently with Siyamak Khorrami, host of EpochTV’s “Market Insider,” Rule said the increasingly energy-intensive lives people around the […]

Man Who Sued Pepsi Over Fighter Jet Finally Gets His Reward 30 Years Later Three decades after suing Pepsi for refusing to give him a fighter jet, John Leonard finally got a reward that may be even better, according to a post at Supercarblondie.  Leonard became the center of one of advertising’s most famous legal battles after taking a 1996 Pepsi commercial at face value. The ad, promoting the company’s Pepsi Points loyalty […]

20-Year Old US Citizen Charged In Israel With Spying For Iran Via The Cradle A 20-year-old US citizen living in Jerusalem is set to be charged with spying for Iran, according a police statement issued Tuesday, ahead of the individual’s indictment.  The US citizen was detained by Israeli authorities on June 9, but the case is only this week being revealed. Israel’s police say he maintained contact with an Iranian […]

Apple Negotiating To Buy Blacklisted Chinese Chips To Ease AI-Driven Shortage After raising prices on their entire product line last week as much as 50% thanks to “unsustainable” input costs from the memory cartel (SK Hynix, Samsung, Micron and Sandisk), Apple is in active negotiations to buy memory chips from two Chinese semiconductor manufacturers on the Pentagon’s blacklist, aiming to diversify supply and mitigate the impact of […]

Controversially, The Supreme Court Rules For Common Sense: Taibbi Authored by Matt Taibbi via Racket News, From Mother Jones yesterday: The science is far from settled about whether trans girls who have received gender-affirming treatment actually have a competitive advantage or pose a greater risk of injuring other players. But the majority opinion, by Justice Brett Kavanaugh, glosses over those unknowns – reasoning that […]

The Elephant In The Room That Is Fraud Authored by Jack Hellner via AmericanThinker.com, There has clearly been trillions of fraud over the last several decades, and politicians in both parties have shown very little interest in rooting out the fraud until Trump. Somehow, most of the media and other Democrats aren’t too concerned with saving taxpayer dollars—they spend their time attacking Trump. The media and other […]

TikTok Settles Lawsuit Accusing Social Media Giants Of Harming Florida Boy TikTok has reached a settlement with a Florida teenager who blamed the platform and other social media companies for fueling his addiction, leading to depression, anxiety, and sleep loss, just ahead of a trial to determine the industry’s part in the youth mental health crisis. The settlement, made public Tuesday, lays to rest claims against ByteDance’s […]

“Utterly False”: Musk Denies WSJ Report On SpaceX Handset-Like AI Device Musk Blasts WSJ’s Reporting Elon Musk has called The Wall Street Journal’s story about a new SpaceX smartphone-like device “utterly false.” “There is no SpaceX handset-like AI device, as claimed in the article. Shame on WSJ for publishing fake news just for clicks,” the X account DogeDesigner wrote. BREAKING: Elon Musk has called the Wall Street […]

A Surveillance State On Wheels Authored by Jeffrey Tucker via The Epoch Times, Renting a car used to come with an element of fun. For a day or two you could be the pretend owner of a new car. It could be the sports car you have always secretly wanted, maybe in bright red. It could be a mighty utility vehicle you need instead of your 4-door sedan. In any case, it’s just interesting to experience a new and different car over a […]

Northrop Grumman’s Cryptic Online Post Has D.C. Looking Skyward On July 4 President Trump’s July 4 Freedom 250 celebration on the National Mall is being described by the president as the “most unforgettable birthday party any country has ever seen.” Focusing on the air show, called the “Salute to America 250 Aviation Spectacle,” the event will feature military flyovers, first-time aerobatic demonstrations over D.C., music, […]

House Dems Launch Effort To Impeach Secretary Linda McMahon For Downsizing Education Department Authored by Jennifer Kabanny via The College Fix, A Democratic representative from Oregon, backed by numerous fellow lawmakers in the House, has filed articles of impeachment against Education Department Secretary Linda McMahon, alleging she is illegally dismantling the U.S. Department of Education. Congresswoman Suzanne […]

Goldman Sachs Warns Oil Inventory Rebuild Won’t Prevent 2027 Supply Glut The global race to rebuild depleted oil inventories will not be enough to offset a massive glut that’s coming to the market next year, as traffic through the Strait of Hormuz appears to be headed toward normalization, according to Goldman Sachs commodity strategists.   First, arguing the bullish side, stockpiles of crude and refined petroleum products in […]

Elon’s Next Move: Your Money Authored by Adam Sharp via DailyReckoning.com, For years, Elon Musk has dreamed of turning X (formerly Twitter) into the “everything app”. Now that X is part of SpaceX (SPCX), and the combined company just raised $112 billion, the time looks ripe. Elon envisions X as a single place where you can bank, chat, earn, advertise, use AI, shop, and more. X Money is a key part of that vision. And we […]

Democratic Socialist Melat Kiros Ousts 15-Term Rep. Diana DeGette In Colorado Primary As we’ve been noting of late, the Democrats have a problem: socialists are on the move. The latest – in a striking upset, democratic socialist Melat Kiros defeated 15-term U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette in Tuesday’s Democratic primary for Colorado’s 1st Congressional District. The victory extends a recent winning streak for the party’s left wing and […]

Did META Just Expose The First Crack In The AI CapEx Boom? If you’re wondering why the Nasdaq is suddenly tumbling this morning, wonder no more… Nasdaq moves lower after Meta announces it has capitulated in the race to build a leading frontier LLM it is to build a cloud business to sell its excess AI compute, weighing on cloud peers like AMZN, ORCL, MSFT, neoclouds like Coreweave and Nebius (who will now be racing to the bottom […]

Is The SpaceX Asteroid About To Impact The TelCo & Cable Dinosaurs? Authored by Simon Duff via BondVigilantes.com, SpaceX’s IPO was a gargantuan event by any measure: US$75 billion proceeds raised, over US$2 trillion enterprise value, and an almost US$29 trillion total addressable market to feast on.  Few other companies can rival its industrial span and potential seismic impact on consumers and competitors.  SpaceX’s […]