UK Greenlights First Rolls-Royce SMR Project Despite US Pushback Authored by Felicity Bradstock via OilPrice.com, UK selects Rolls-Royce as preferred SMR developer and launches its first project at Wylfa, aiming for mid-2030s power generation. The decision triggers criticism from the Trump administration, which pushed for U.S. firm Westinghouse to lead the project. Despite diplomatic friction, the UK says SMRs will […]

G20 In South Africa Ends With A Whimper After Trump Snubs Event South Africa is back in the news yet again, and facing embarrassment yet again.  South Africa’s far-left government was hoping that the G20 Summit held this week in Johannesburg would elevate the country’s global position and garner them international attention (and funding).  It is the first time in history that the G20 has been held in South Africa.     […]

Why’d Kazakhstan Join The Abraham Accords When It Already Recognizes Israel? Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, Many observers were surprised after Kazakhstan joined the Abraham Accords during President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s trip to DC to attend the latest C5+1 Summit since it’s already recognized Israel since 1992. The Presidential and Foreign Ministry websites shed more light on this decision. The first […]

Taiwan Minister Says ‘Consensus’ Reached With US To Shield Chips From Tariffs Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Taiwanese National Science and Technology Council Minister Wu Cheng-wen said that Taiwan and the United States have reached a “consensus” to keep tariffs off Taipei’s semiconductor industry. The Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. headquarters in Hsinchu, Taiwan, on Oct. 20, […]

Hamas Threatens ‘Ceasefire Is Over’ Amid Rising Israeli Airstrikes Hamas is threatening the collapse the US-backed ceasefire after a series of Israeli airstrikes and a rising death toll in Gaza over much of the past week. However, Israel’s military in fresh Sunday statements has said it is Hamas terrorists repeatedly violating the truce. “The agreement is over and [Hamas] is ready to fight,” Hamas sources have been cited in […]

MTA Hunts For $675 Million Worth Of Loose Change In Subway Seat Cushions Because the universe is nothing if not predictable, we’re back with yet another episode of “New York’s transit agency attempts first grade math.” The MTA has once again found itself rummaging through the sofa cushions of the nation’s largest transit network, searching for spare millions, according to Bloomberg. If it feels like we’re constantly […]

Geoengineering Is No Longer Just A Theory Authored by Mollie Engelhart via The Epoch Times, Most people check the weather the way they check traffic or the time. Rain might mean rearranging plans or canceling a child’s T-ball game. A cold snap might simply mean pulling out a sweater or your favorite tweed jacket. Weather, for most people, is an inconvenience or a conversation starter. Because when you need water, you turn on a […]

US State Department Designates “DEI” As A Violation Of Human Rights There is no way for a government to enforce Diversity, Equity and Inclusion policies without also discriminating against certain groups of people.  DEI, by its very nature, is anti-merit, anti-success and pro-privilege.  Of course, the groups that are most commonly discriminated against under DEI quotas are mostly white, male and straight.  The assumption being […]

Restraint Technique That Supposedly Killed George Floyd Was Part Of Officer Training? Derek Chauvin’s defense attorneys have filed a new petition that challenges the 2021 murder conviction that sent Chauvin to prison over George Floyd’s death. The petition includes over 50 former and current MPD officers who made sworn declarations that the technique Chauvin used to restrain George Floyd was part of the official training they […]

Israel Says It Assassinated A Founding Member Of Hezbollah In Fresh Beirut Strike Things between Israel and Lebanon just escalated in a major way on Sunday, as the Israeli military launched a major attack on the capital of Beirut, in what later announced as another targeted strikes on top Hezbollah leadership. The Israeli military (IDF) announced that it “eliminated” Hezbollah’s chief of staff Haytham Ali Tabatabai, after […]

Federal Judge Orders End To National Guard In DC Authored by Stuart Liess via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A federal Judge has ordered a halt to the Trump administration’s deployment of National Guard in Washington, following months of keeping watch in the city. Members of the National Guard patrol at a metro stop in Washington on Aug. 25, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb ruled on Nov. 20 […]

Tick, Tick , Tick: Study Shows California Losing A Taxpayer Every Minute Authored by Jonathan Turley, California is facing a perfect storm in finances, with a crippling deficit and a declining tax base. Now, a study of IRS data by the National Taxpayers Union Foundation found that California is losing a taxpayer roughly every minute, as states like Florida, Texas, and North Carolina attract new residents due to lower taxes and […]

‘Vote By Phone?” – Swalwell’s Plan To Modernize Voting Could Put Election Integrity at Risk Nationwide Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) launched his bid for governor of California this week, and he wasted no time floating a plan that could reshape elections far beyond the state’s borders. He told CNN’s Elex Michaelson on Saturday that he wants Californians to vote by phone, a proposal that fits neatly with the left’s push to […]

‘I Refuse To Be A Battered Wife’ – Marjorie Taylor Green Abandoning House Seat One week after President Trump withdrew his “support and endorsement” of Marjorie Taylor Greene, the establishment-bucking Georgia congresswoman stunned supporters and foes alike by announcing she will resign from Congress. The move also comes shortly after Greene helped push Trump into a major political reversal that saw him suddenly encouraging Congress […]

Judge Blocks Trump Admin From Placing Conditions On Federal Disaster Funds Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A federal judge on Nov. 21 temporarily blocked the Trump administration from conditioning and withholding federal disaster preparedness funds that were allocated to local governments. The city landscape of Los Angeles, on Oct. 9, 2025. Mike Blake /Reuters U.S. District Judge William Orrick in […]

House Votes To Denounce Socialism Despite Widespread Dem Opposition The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bipartisan resolution condemning socialism on Friday. The resolution, introduced about a month ago by Rep. Maria Salazar (R-FL), explicitly denounces socialism in all its forms and rejects the implementation of socialist policies in America. The bill cites “more than 100 million deaths at the hands of socialist […]

Is The pAIn Over? The End Of “Free” Money? By Peter Tchir of Academy Securities Last weekend we published Rotation, pAIn, or Smooth Sailing? following up on the prior week’s report: pAIn Ahead??? The pAIn did in fact continue with the Nasdaq 100 leading the way down over 3%. There was some further “rotation” as the S&P 500 dropped only 2% and our favorite way of expressing rotation, the S&P 500 Equal Weight, dropped […]

Rubio Confirms Ukraine Peace Plan Authored By US As Leaders Meet In Geneva Officials from the United States, Europe, and Ukraine met in Geneva on Nov. 23 to discuss Washington’s draft plan to end Russia’s war in Ukraine. President Trump said on Nov. 21 that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had until Thursday to approve the 28-point plan, which would compel Ukraine to renounce ambitions to join NATO, accept limits on its […]

Cracker Barrel Marketing ‘Expert’ Resigns From Board After Failed Rebrand Authored by Jacki Thrapp via The Epoch Times, A board member who was part of Cracker Barrel’s controversial and short-lived rebrand has resigned. Multicultural marketing expert Gilbert Dávila stepped down from his seat on the board of directors for Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Inc. on Nov. 20 as shareholders voted to shrink the governing body from […]

Trump Reportedly Preparing To Designate Muslim Brotherhood As Foreign Terrorist Org John Solomon’s Just The News reports, in an exclusive interview with President Trump on Sunday morning, that the president will formally designate the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) as a foreign terrorist organization. Trump explained that the MB’s FTO designation will be imminent and drafted “in the strongest and most powerful terms,” adding, “Final […]

Federal Agents Seize 20 Pounds Of Meth Stuffed In Frozen Meat At Arizona Border Stop Authored by Savannah Hulsey Pointer via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) agents intercepted methamphetamine hidden inside packages of meat at an Arizona checkpoint just days ago.  A U.S. Customs and Border Protection patch on the arm of a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Mission, Texas, on July 1, 2019. Loren […]

Trump Era Sparks Biggest U.S. Gas Pipeline Boom Since 2008 A massive pipeline buildout is sweeping across Texas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma, marking the largest expansion of Gulf Coast natural-gas capacity since the 2008 shale boom, according to Bloomberg. As many as a dozen projects are slated for completion next year, enough to boost the region’s gas-shipping capacity by 13%, or about the equivalent of Canada’s total consumption, […]

In Charts: The Rise And Fall Of The Thanksgiving Turkey Authored by Sylvia Xu via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Americans will eat nearly 30 million turkeys this Thanksgiving, the National Turkey Federation estimates. A flock of white turkeys in a shelter as part of an effort to prevent exposure to avian influenza on a farm in Townsend, Del., on Nov. 14, 2022. Nathan Howard/Getty Images That’s almost as many turkeys as there […]

Footage Shows Possible Drone Strike On Major Power Station Near Moscow Footage circulating on X shows multiple angles of what appears to be a drone strike on a power plant that plays a critical role in keeping Moscow’s energy grid humming. Visegrád 24 reports that long-range suicide drones struck the Shatura Power Plant in Moscow Oblast, roughly 75 miles east of the capital. The facility is one of the region’s key power […]

Elon Envisions Grokipedia As Humanity’s Cosmic Knowledge Vault Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, In a far reaching vision for preserving human wisdom against existential threats, Elon Musk described his xAI venture’s Grokipedia as an indestructible archive destined for the Moon, Mars, and beyond. Speaking at the Baron Investment Conference, Musk likened the project to a “modern-day Library of Alexandria,” etched […]