U.S. Deploys Ukrainian Acoustic Sensors, Interceptor Drones At Prince Sultan Air Base Last month’s Iranian drone strike on Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia appears to have inflicted a costly toll on U.S. forces in the region. The attack destroyed a U.S. Air Force E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft and damaged multiple KC-135 refueling tankers, highlighting a major gap in U.S. air defenses against cheap […]

Dr. Oz Says Anti-Fraud Effort Coming To ‘All 50 States’ Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times, Dr. Mehmet Oz, the administrator of the agency overseeing Medicaid and Medicare, announced Tuesday that his agency’s anti-fraud effort will come to every state. During an interview at a Politico-hosted event, Oz said that every U.S. state can expect anti-fraud activities involving funds received through the Centers for […]

US Blocks Regular $500 Million Cash Pallets Flown To Iraq, Over Pro-Iran Militias In confirmation of some early reporting we featured at the start of this week, The Wall Street Journal has verified something that Iraqi officials themselves were denying just days ago: the US is blocking Iraq’s regular dollar shipments in order to pressure it’s Iran-backed militias. “The Trump administration has suspended U.S. dollar shipments to […]

Tit-For-Tat Assaults On Shipping Widen: US Intercepts 3 More ‘Illicit’ Tankers In Asian Waters, Iran Seizes Additional 2 In Hormuz Summary At least two fully laden Iranian tankers slip past US naval blockade, amid reports of more going dark, BBG reports, but Pentagon denies. Reports of three more Iranian tankers being seized by US in Asian waters. Iran in turn seizes 2 more ships in Hormuz, citing “dangerous navigation”. […]

Federal Appeals Court Rules In Favor Of Ten Commandments In Texas Classrooms Authored by Kimberley Hayek via The Epoch Times, A federal appeals court ruled April 21 that the state of Texas may order every public school classroom to display the Ten Commandments, marking a victory to supporters of the law. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, which voted 9–8, upheld Texas Senate Bill 10, overturning a lower-court […]

Navy Secretary John Phelan Abruptly Departs Trump Admin With No Explanation, “Effective Immediately” In a terse, one-paragraph statement released this afternoon, the Pentagon announced the immediate departure of Secretary of the Navy John C. Phelan, effective immediately. Navy Secretary John Phelan speaks at President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club on Dec. 22, 2025, in Palm Beach, Florida. (Alex Brandon/AP) Undersecretary of the […]

After The Bombing, Tehran Confronts Widespread Ruin After more than a month of conflict, a fragile ceasefire has allowed people in Tehran to begin assessing the scale of destruction, according to a new Bloomberg report. The city, home to around nine million people, now bears widespread signs of damage, from shattered buildings to entire blocks reduced to rubble. Although the truce has been extended for now, talks between the US […]

Watch: Jon Stewart Gives Trump Rare Credit Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, President Trump’s executive order to slash red tape and accelerate psychedelic therapies for America’s veterans is drawing praise from an unlikely source: Jon Stewart. In a segment on his show, the longtime Trump critic paused his usual routine to acknowledge the move, calling it a genuine win for those who served.  The order, signed […]

China’s “National Team” Dumped ETFs In Q1 To Cool Overheating Market For years, and especially after the local stock bubble burst in spectacular fashion a little over a decade ago, China’s “National Team” – a polite euphemism for the country’s Plunge Protection Team – could be relied upon to step in and provide a lending hand – or rather buying hand – to stabilize stocks in the nick of time. Well, it may be time to rename it to the […]

Tesla Slides After Unexpectedly Raising 2026 CapEx Guidance To $25BN Update: In our original review of the Tesla earnings, which were solid enough to push the stock over $400 ahead of the earnings call, we said that something about the CapEx seemed off, namely that at just $2.5 billion in Q1 (and the reason why free cash flow was positive), Tesla’s run-rate was about half behind its $20 billion full year capex projection. TSLA […]

Voting Rights Groups Sue To Stop DOJ From Collecting State Voter Lists Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times, Voting rights groups filed a lawsuit on April 21 seeking to block the Department of Justice (DOJ) from collecting, compiling, and analyzing state voter registration lists. As of April 1, the DOJ has sued 30 states, including Washington, for failing to turn over voter rolls. The department has said the U.S. […]

Not So Fast: Virginia Judge Blocks Redistricting Referendum Update (1835ET): A Virginia judge ruled on Wednesday that the state’s redistricting referendum approved by voters a day earlier was invalid, nullifying the election results. “Virginia voters have spoken, and an activist judge should not have veto power over the People’s vote,” said Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones, adding that the state would appeal.  […]

Aaaand It’s Gone… PE Shop Thoma Bravo Writes Off Over $5BN From 2021 SaaS Firm Acquisition Not a great night for SaaS… Given the eight straight days of gains for Software stocks, one could argue that the death of code-base companies was greatly exaggerated (cough -dead-cat bounce – cough), but not every boat is being lifted by this massive short-squeeze rebound JPMorgan Trader Brian Heavey said earlier that it “seems we are […]

Harvard Creates Robot Ants That Work Like Real Insects To Build And Dismantle Complex Structures Authored by Mrigakshi Dixit via Interesting Engineering, Researchers at Harvard have developed a fleet of robotic ants that mimic the self-organizing behavior of social insects to build and dismantle structures without blueprints or central leadership. An illustration of how the collective, decentralized behavior of ants has inspired […]

Embassy Tells Americans Still In Lebanon Depart Now While Flights Available As Ceasefire Collapsing The US-mediated Lebanon ceasefire is unraveling fast amid intensified fighting between Israel and Hezbollah on Thursday. This has resulted in the US embassy in Beirut issuing an urgent renewed security alert, urging US citizens to depart Lebanon while commercial flight options are still available. via AFP The statement explained […]

Here’s How Trump Can Nuke Virginia’s New Gerrymandered Map… Authored by Matt Margolis via PJMedia.com, Virginia used to be a model of fair redistricting. That reputation is now gone. On Tuesday, Virginia Democrats passed a redistricting plan that transforms one of the most fairly apportioned states in the country into one of the most blatantly gerrymandered. Keep in mind that Virginia only narrowly backed Kamala Harris over […]

SaaS Stocks Slammed As ServiceNow Disappoints, Blames MidEast War Perhaps indicative of the fragility of the current rebound – as Software stocks have recently ripped higher for 8 straight days – SaaS stocks are all deeply in the red after-hours as ServiceNow – the potential poster-child for AI disruption – cut its margin outlook amid lackluster results, sending shares reeling. At first glance, it was a good print – the provider of […]

California Exposes Amazon’s Alleged ‘Retail Price Fixing’ In Unredacted Court Filing California Attorney General Rob Bonta on Monday released a largely unredacted court filing packed with internal emails that allege Amazon strong-armed brands like Levi Strauss and Hanes into pressuring Walmart, Target and other rivals to raise prices – all to protect Amazon’s $2.66 trillion empire. The 19-page memorandum, filed in support of a […]

“Civic Action Requires More Than Textbooks”: Chicago To Subsidize May Day Protests By Teachers Authored by Jonathan Turley, The Chicago Public Schools are facing a major truancy problem…among teachers. The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) was up in arms over suggestions that classes should be held on May 1 when teachers wanted to be out protesting. Called International Workers’ Day, May Day is a global day of protest for […]

Pentagon Denies Widespread Reports Of Iran’s ‘Dark’ Tankers Breaching US Blockade Update(1510ET): The Pentagon has not been happy with today’s media headlines that proclaimed Iranian ‘dark’ tankers (with their transponders switched off) have been able to penetrate and get past the US Navy’s blockade. CENTCOM issued a late afternoon public message, stating: “Over past 24 hours, media reports have alleged that several commercial ships […]

‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Can Continue Operating, Appeals Court Says Authored by Troy Myers via The Epoch Times, A federal appeals court on Tuesday pulled a judge’s previous order to dismantle the high-profile detention center in the Florida Everglades for illegal immigrants, known as “Alligator Alcatraz.” In a 2–1 ruling, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit sided with the Trump administration’s argument that […]

Tesla Earnings Preview: “Braced For A Miss” Tesla reports after the US market close on Wednesday and according to the UBS trading desk, there has been very little discussion around TSLA lately, with the stock drifting 14% lower for most of the year until last week, when it squeezed higher to trade just below $390.  The company has been the laggard among mega-cap peers despite still-lofty expectations. Consensus points to 1Q […]

Duffy Seeking $10 Billion From Congress To Revamp Air Traffic Control System Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said on April 21 the department requires $10 billion in additional funding from Congress to overhaul the nation’s air traffic control with a new software system. Duffy told Reuters in an interview that the additional funding would go toward developing new software […]

Two Armed Robbers Steal $1.8 Million From Brinks Armored Truck In Philadelphia Authored by Bryan Jung via PJMedia.com, Two masked men armed with rifles carried out a brazen daylight robbery of a Brinks armored truck  in the Tacony section of Northeast Philadelphia, escaping with what authorities say could be as much as $1.8 million in cash. Philadelphia Police Department officials told ABC 6 that the robbery occurred around […]

Trump Deploys Five Defense Production Act Memos For American Energy President Trump signed five presidential determinations under Section 303 of the Defense Production Act on Monday. All five declare critical energy capacities essential to national defense and authorize federal purchases, commitments, and financing to cut through financing shortages, permitting delays, and supply chain choke points.  Any mention of renewables are […]