Should You Keep Your Target-Date Funds In Retirement? Authored by Javier Simon via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Target-date funds (TDFs) can be effective retirement savings vehicles for many investors. Target-date funds adjust risk over time, but their limited flexibility can make them less suitable for complex retirement plans. SsCreativeStudio/Shutterstock TDFs are professionally managed portfolios often built with various […]

For A Housing Fix, Look To The Laboratories We Know As States Authored by Edward Pinto via RealClearMarkets, Federal housing policy is afflicted by several shortcomings—it is expensive, outdated, and inflexible. The states, free from these restrictions, have begun experimenting with tailored approaches. Congress should take note. In 1932 Justice Brandeis observed that “one of the happy incidents of the federal system that […]

After Swalwell Craters, CA GOP Jubilant But Divided Authored by Susan Crabtree via RealClearPolitics, SAN DIEGO—Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell’s gubernatorial campaign implosion on Friday couldn’t have been better timing for California Republicans. The state’s GOP was already set to convene in San Diego for their spring convention over the weekend, and the series of Democratic leader defections from Swalwell, as […]

Meta Builds Photorealistic AI Version Of Mark Zuckerberg To Interact With Employees Meta is developing an artificial intelligence-powered replica of CEO Mark Zuckerberg capable of engaging directly with employees, as the $1.6 trillion company intensifies its efforts to reshape itself around AI. According to FT, the social media giant has been working on photorealistic, AI-driven 3D characters that users can interact with in real […]

Federal Judge Temporarily Allows Pentagon To Enforce Press Restrictions Authored by Matthew Vadum via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A federal court on April 13 temporarily allowed the Trump administration to enforce its media access restrictions at the Pentagon after blocking the policy last month. The Department of War logo at the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., on March 10, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times Judge Paul L. […]

Biden Prosecutors Withheld Key Evidence Against Abortion Clinic Protesters: DOJ Federal prosecutors deliberately withheld evidence while pursuing cases against individuals who protested at abortion clinics, according to a new Department of Justice (DOJ) report released on Tuesday. The DOJ Weaponization Working Group’s inaugural report examined what the Trump administration has called the Biden administration’s misuse of the […]

Chinese Firm Claims It Tracked US Jets Over Iran During Operation Epic Fury Authored by Ameya Paleja via Interesting Engineering, MizarVision, a private Chinese company specializing in geospatial intelligence, claims to have tracked US aerial refueling missions of its KC-135 and KC-46 tanker aircraft during Operation Epic Fury. A report published earlier this month analyzed these activities and provided links to strike patterns […]

Over 20 US-Approved Ships Pass Through Hormuz, As Trump Eyes Jump-Starting Next Pakistan Peace Talks Summary CENTCOM: “During the first 24 hours, no ships made it past the U.S. blockade & 6 merchant vessels complied with direction from US forces to turn around to re-enter an Iranian port on the Gulf of Oman,” it said. WSJ: 20 US-approved ships have passed, which have not visited Iranian ports. Diplomacy is not yet dead, […]

Fed Chair Nominee Kevin Warsh Reveals Assets Worth Over $190 Million Trump’s nominee for next Fed Chair, Kevin Warsh, disclosed assets with his wife, heiress Jane Lauder, that total at least $192 million, though – according to Bloomberg – “the actual figure for their holdings is certainly much higher”, underscoring the extent of his close ties to Wall Street through personal investments and advisory positions. Warsh, who was chosen […]

Secretary Wright Sees “Few More Weeks” Of High Gas Price As Memorial Day Travel Nears Energy Secretary Chris Wright appeared on Fox News on Tuesday morning and said, “Yes, we have gas prices today over $4 a gallon. That’s still a dollar less than they were during the Biden administration, and we’re ending the 47-year conflict with Iran.” Wright noted, “It does mean higher prices today. It probably means higher prices for a few more […]

USA Rare Earth Actively Pursuing Acquisition Opportunities Around The World At the Semafor World Economy forum, USA Rare Earth CEO Barbara Humpton explained that the company is actively pursuing acquisition opportunities worldwide across the entire critical minerals supply chain. This includes everything from extraction and refining to magnet production. Highlighting the company’s international strategy, she pointed to a recent […]

Global Oil Demand Growth Completely Wiped Out By Gulf Energy Shock The global demand destruction playbook we outlined last month, describing how the Gulf energy shock would spread across continents, is now materializing on a large scale. The International Energy Agency said in a Tuesday update that global oil demand will decline this year for the first time since 2020. “The Iran war has thoroughly upended the global outlook for oil […]

Appeals Court Terminates Criminal Contempt Proceedings Against Trump Admin Authored by Stacy Robinson via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), An appeals court has put a stop to criminal contempt proceedings initiated by a district judge against the Trump administration. District Judge James Boasberg, chief judge of the District Court for the District of Columbia, stands for a portrait at E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse in […]

Et Tu, Indonesia! As the squeeze continues on China’s energy supply (and Xi has started to lash out here and here), we suspect the next words out of the Chinese leader’s mouth (if he spoke Latin) will be “…et tu, Indonesia!” As Stephen Green writes at PJMedia, it might have seemed like one of those dry, bureaucratic, almost meaningless announcements on Monday, when War Secretary Pete Hegseth posted on X that the U.S. and […]

US Carrier Takes Long Route To Gulf To Avoid Bab el-Mandab Strait And Houthis By Mallory Shelbourne of USNI News Aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77) is operating off the coast of Namibia, as it sails around the African continent and is set to join a growing naval force in the Arabian Sea amid a U.S. blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, USNI News has learned. USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77) transits the Atlantic Ocean, Feb. […]

La Marxista: Mamdani Pledges To Open First City-Run Store With Projected $30 Million Initial Cost Authored by Jonathan Turley, Mayor Zohran Mamdani used his “First 100 Days” speech this week to announce that he has kept his promise to create a chain of city-run stores . . . by pledging to open one store sometime “next year.” According to the New York Post, the city is planning to make an East Harlem location the first […]

DEI Practices Reduce Productivity, Cost $94 Billion Annually: White House Economic Report Authored by Travis Gillmore via The Epoch Times, Diversity, equity, and inclusion practices negatively impacted the U.S. economy, according to the 2026 White House Economic Report released April 13.  Researchers calculated that DEI policies reduced output and lowered the country’s gross domestic product by about $94 billion each year, […]

China Rejects ‘Baseless Smear’ It’s Sending Weapons To Iran After Trump Warned Of ‘Big Problems’ China has dismissed reports that it supplied or plans to supply weapons to Iran as “baseless smears,” after multiple outlets cited US intelligence accusing Beijing of potentially entering the war indirectly. “China has always adopted a cautious and responsible attitude towards the export of military items, implementing strict controls […]

Treasury Rushes To Access Anthropic ‘Mythos’ AI After Warning It Can Hack “Every Major Operating System” The US Treasury Department’s technology team is actively seeking access to Anthropic PBC’s highly restricted Mythos AI model so it can begin hunting for software vulnerabilities, according to a person familiar with the situation cited by Bloomberg.  Illustration via WIRED Treasury Chief Information Officer Sam Corcos […]

With Private Credit We See The Credit Cycle Hasn’t Been Repealed Authored by Jay Rogers via RealClearMarkets.com, Something cracked in private credit this month, and the men who manage systemic risk for a living are saying so. Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon’s just-released 2025 annual shareholder letter warns that concerns about private credit – including “underwriting quality or exposure to software companies that may be […]

Fill ‘er Up: Record Armada Of Tankers Bound For US Gulf To Load Oil An unusually large number of crude oil tankers on the open seas has the American Gulf coast as a destination as the ships are redirected to load cargoes bound for markets around the world already experiencing shortages. As Alton Wallace writes at The Center Square, second-term Republican President Donald Trump said Saturday on social media that “massive […]

JPM Stock Fizzles Despite Blowout Quarter As Key Forecast Cut One day after Goldman Sachs reported its highest profit in 5 years (despite an ugly miss in FICC revenues), this morning JPMorgan impressed with just as solid results, when it reported that its Q1 profits rose 13% as the bank benefited from soaring market volatility and frantic trading amid the war with Iran and the US military operation in Venezuela. The largest US bank […]

United CEO Pitches Trump On American Tie-Up To Build Highly Competitive Global Carrier A Reuters report stated that United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby “pitched” a merger with American Airlines during a recent meeting with President Trump. Shares of both carriers rose in premarket trading in New York following the report. Two sources told the outlet that merger discussions took place during a February 25 White House meeting with Trump […]

Xi Says “Global Order Crumbling Into Disarray” As Trump Turns Up Pressure Campaign On China President Trump’s four-and-a-half-month crusade across the Western Hemisphere, and now into the Middle East, increasingly looks like a massive blitz to acquire – or control – energy assets and maritime chokepoints as part of a broader economic pressure campaign against China, which depends heavily on the Gulf and Venezuelan crude.  […]

US Producer Prices Cooler Than Expected In March Despite Surge In Energy Costs The month-over-month change in producer prices had accelerated for five straight months ahead of today’s March data, which is expected to surge thanks to Iran-war impacts on energy costs. Against expectations of a 1.1% MoM rise, March’s Headline PPI shocked everyone by rising only 0.5% MoM (equal to the revised lower 0.5% MoM rise in both of the last two […]