Moscow Closes The Door: How Putin & Lavrov Hardened Russia’s Line On Ukraine In Ten Days Authored by Larry C. Johnson via SonarIntelligence (Sonar21), In mid-September, the Kremlin was signaling that negotiations could resume. Putin had said the trilateral talks with the United States and Ukraine would be unlikely before the State Duma elections, but that Russia would be ready to resume contacts after them. The elections ended […]

Sarah Huckabee’s Tone Deaf Political Ad And The “Young White Man Problem” America has a young white man problem, or at the very least, most popular media, corporate advertising and even political advertising seems to say so.  Either they are completely absent from the majority of media imagery, or when they are present, they are depicted as incompetent buffoons and ineffectual effeminate weaklings.  This has been an inescapable […]

Justice And Justices’ Investments Should Be Blind: The Alito Controversy Raises Persistent Problem On The Court Authored by Jonathan Turley via JonathanTurley.org, Yesterday, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito recused himself from one of the term’s most important cases: Suncor Energy Inc. v. County Commissioners of Boulder County. As I have previously discussed, the case involving the liability of energy companies for nuisance […]

US Working To Close Visa Loophole For Chinese Visitors: Homan Authored by Frank Fang and Jan Jekielek via The Epoch Times, The Trump administration is taking steps to prevent Chinese nationals from exploiting a visa-free travel program to the Northern Mariana Islands, according to White House border czar Tom Homan. Chinese citizens wait to submit their visa applications at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing on May 2, 2012. Mark […]

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu Paying Illegals $575 To Become ‘Organizers’… And US-Born Residents Are Excluded Boston taxpayers are funding a program that teaches immigrants how to organize, lobby city officials and advocate for political change, then hands participants $575 for completing it. Illegal immigrants are eligible, while U.S.-born Boston residents are not. Boston Mayor Michelle WuThe Immigrants Lead Boston program, operated […]

Congress Ordered An Annual Accounting Of Terrorism; The Counting Has Stopped… Authored by David E. Firester via RealClearDefense, On May 1, 2026, the State Department released the 2024 edition of the Country Reports on Terrorism – a full year past the deadline in effect when the report came due, and months past even the more forgiving date Congress has since written into law. No Annex of Statistical Information, the report’s […]

87 Foreign Cruise Ship Employees Removed For Possession Of Child Abuse Material Federal authorities have now pulled 87 foreign crew members off cruise ships under Operation Tidal Wave, a Customs and Border Protection initiative aimed at child sexual abuse material aboard the vessels. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations members prepare for a patrol in San Diego, on Sept. 23, 2026. John Fredricks /The Epoch […]

Hegseth To Cut Top Generals, Admirals ‘By 20%’ Amid Ongoing Pentagon Shakeup Via The Cradle US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth is due to announce plans to reduce by 20 percent the number of positions reserved for generals and admirals, according to an exclusive released by Fox News on Tuesday.  “Hegseth approved reduction plans for the Army, Navy, Air Force and the military’s joint pool earlier this month,” the US outlet reported, […]

California Governor Vetoes DUI Bill Redefining ‘Drive’ To Include Using Autopilot Under The Influence California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill Sept. 27 that would have added people using autopilot features in their cars after drinking or consuming drugs to the state’s driving under the influence law. The legislation would have redefined the term “drive” for certain driving under the influence, reckless driving, and vehicular […]

Waste Of The Day: Trips To Tiki Bar, Nightclubs Authored by Jeremy Portnoy via RealClearInvestigations, It’s no wonder that California’s infamous high-speed rail line has more than tripled in cost and been delayed by 20 years. The consultants working on the project have been killing time at a tiki bar, a nightclub, an escape room, a gym and more. Their travel expenses add up to more than $2 million, including $592,000 that was […]

Mystery Explosions: Syria’s Recovering Gas Network Keeps Getting Sabotaged Syria has reported at least two acts of major sabotage against its gas infrastructure in six weeks, and it raises questions over who or what group is behind it, and what this means for future energy transit projects. Monday evening saw a fire rage out of control for many hours at a gas pipeline between al-Shola and Deir Ezzor following a mystery […]

Trump Shoots Down Federal AI Regulations, Floats Watchdog ‘Committee’ And Self-Policing Update (1650ET): So after today’s big White House meeting with tech leaders, President Trump announced that they had signed a “morally binding” (lol) document governing the development of artificial intelligence.  Following the luncheon, Trump told reporters that he’s “seeing tremendous self-policing,” and that the administration is looking […]

UAE’s Next $25 Billion Bet On India Includes Energy Sector Authored by Tsvetana Paraskova via OilPrice.com, The United Arab Emirates has expressed intent to invest another $25 billion in India, including in the energy sector, Indian Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said at a high-level meeting in Mumbai. The UAE has already invested about $25 billion in India and has signaled its intent to invest another $25 billion […]

Duke Lacrosse Hoax 2.0? Cornell DA Reopens Rape Case – Accuser Described Sex As ‘Voluntary, Conscious, And Consensual’ The Cornell fraternity rape case produced a national outrage campaign two years ago, after a student claimed she was raped at a fraternity house. Her allegations surfaced two weeks ago after the woman, known as Jane Doe in the lawsuit, sued seven men, the university, her sorority and the fraternity.  People walk […]

Another Federal Judge Strikes Down New York’s $75 Billion Climate Superfund Authored by Tom Gantert via The Epoch Times, A federal judge has struck down New York’s Climate Change Superfund Act, blocking the state from collecting $75 billion from fossil fuel companies to pay for projects addressing concerns the state attributed to climate change. The Justice Department on Sept. 28 hailed the ruling as a “significant step in … […]

Texas Governor Declares Disaster Over Soaring Diesel Prices Texas ranchers and truckers could start seeing some relief at the fuel pump starting this week after Gov. Greg Abbott proclaimed a statewide disaster on Sept. 28 to ease diesel shortages. “Texas agriculture and freight run on diesel,” Abbott said in a statement. “Record prices put both industries at risk and raise costs for every Texas family.” Record-high diesel […]

The Industrialization Of Fraud: How Global Scam Farms Are Evolving To Target Your Wealth Authored by Adam H. Douglas via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Financial fraud has morphed into a massive, highly organized global industry powered by transnational scam farms. These industrial-scale operations are largely concentrated in Southeast Asia but are rapidly expanding their reach to target your wealth. AI is helping scam farms […]

Oil Slides As Qatar Touts ‘Talks’ Again; Iran Struck Large Crude Tanker Overnight Iran is said to have struck a Very Large Crude Carrier in the Strait of Hormuz late on Monday, signaling what will likely be the resumption of strikes on foreign vessels seeking to navigate the Strait of Hormuz, after last week’s diplomatic talks at the UN failed to produce a breakthrough. Still, for the time being more oil is being shipped through the […]

Trump Launches America.Gov Website Simplifying Access To Government Services Authored by Travis Gillmore via The Epoch Times, President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Sept. 29 directing all federal agencies to integrate services with a new website designed to make it easier for users to find information and interact with the government. He described the tool as “one of the most revolutionary product launches of all […]

Senate Passes ‘Protect College Sports Act’ The Senate on Sept. 28 passed a bill that seeks to bring stability to the rapidly changing landscape of collegiate sports, sending it to the House of Representatives. The Protect College Sports Act of 2026 passed on a 77-22 vote. The bill aims to address growing concerns surrounding athlete compensation, transfer rules, conference realignment, and long-term athlete protections. Since the […]

Supreme Court Lets Trump’s Third-Country Deportations Resume, Takes Case Update (1516ET): The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the Trump administration to resume third-country deportations and agreed to hear the underlying dispute this winter. In a brief emergency-docket order in DHS v. D.V.D., the justices stayed U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy’s Feb. 25 judgment, which had blocked the Department of Homeland Security from […]

Why Businesses Haven’t Left California – Yet Authored by Tom Wilson via the Mises Institute, California has a strange relationship with business. Its lawmakers seem determined to make doing business more expensive, yet companies continue to operate there. Taxes rise, regulations accumulate, and new compliance requirements are added, but California remains home to some of the most successful companies in the world. That raises a […]

Elon Musk Makes A Move On The Banks Authored by Jeffrey A. Tucker via The Epoch Times, When Elon Musk took over Twitter, fired four out of five employees, and rebranded it X (just because he thought it sounded cool), the talking heads predicted doom for the company. The opposite happened. It is now one of the most popular sources of news in the world, and a major delivery system for what social media is supposed to be. He always […]

Trump Mulls Big Russia Sanctions Relief For Prisoners, Risking Wrath Of Allies & Hawks Diplomacy is obviously stalemated and almost non-existent when it comes to the Iran conflict and Hormuz Strait crisis, and so the White House needs some level of a ‘win’. It seems President Trump continues to look for this in the years-long Ukraine crisis, as he’s said to now be mulling a major deal which would see the Kremlin free some […]

Education Department Scraps Biden-Era Title IX Gender Identity Protections Via American Greatness, The Education Department announced Monday that it has formally rescinded the Biden administration’s interpretation of Title IX that extended sex-discrimination protections to students based on sexual orientation and gender identity. Schools will instead return to Title IX regulations adopted during President Donald Trump’s first […]