Johnson Warns Current Government Shutdown Could Be Longest Ever Authored by Jacob Burg via The Epoch Times, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said on Oct. 13 that he thinks the ongoing federal government shutdown might become the longest in the nation’s history, and that he “won’t negotiate” with Democrats until they abandon their health care demands to reopen. Speaking to reporters at the Capitol on the shutdown’s […]

Futures Slide As Trade War Jitters Return, Q3 Earnings Begin, Powell Speaks The market rollercoaster continues: after Monday’s faceripping bounce, US equity futures are lower again led by tech, part of a global risk-off tone as the US/China trade war returned after Beijing vowed to “fight to the end” in the tariff and trade war, while acknowledging that the door for negotiation is open and trade talks between the two countries […]

Shares Of Michelin Tank On Guidance Cut After North American Auto Market Slumps  Shares of French tiremaker Michelin plunged in Paris, marking the steepest intraday decline since the early Covid-pandemic crash, after the company slashed its 2025 outlook and warned of a bigger-than-expected sales decline in the North America market.  Michelin now expects 2025 operating income between 2.6 billion euros and 3 billion euros, […]

JPMorgan Kicks Off Earnings Season With Another Stellar Quarter As Dimon Flags “Heightened Uncertainty” And they’re off. As is now customary, moments ago JPM reported Q3 earnings officially launching the third quarter earnings season with another batch of impressive results which beat across the board. Starting at the top, JPM reported Q3 revenue which beat by almost $2 billion, thanks to another quarter of stellar FICC and equity […]

‘I Am Your Champion’: Nigel Farage Makes Case For UK Crypto Reform Authored by Mat Di Salvo via Decrypt.co, Reform UK leader Nigel Farage said Monday that the digital asset space needs better regulation in Britain.  Speaking at the Digital Asset Summit 2025 in London, Farage said that there is no regulated market for crypto in the UK right now. He called for “sensible regulation, not the ludicrous regulation we now have on […]

Market Maelstrom Returns As China Escalates Trade War With Sanctions, Tit-For-Tat Port Fees  Global equity futures slipped on Tuesday after China vowed to “fight to the end” in its trade war with the U.S., following President Trump’s threat last week to impose 100% tariffs on Chinese goods. Despite Washington’s attempts to soften its tone over the weekend, tensions are intensifying into the new week: both countries are imposing […]

Steve Jobs Vs Tim Cook: How The Tenures Of Both Apple CEOs Compare From a scrappy garage startup to the world’s most valuable company, Apple’s journey is closely tied to the legacies of its two most influential CEOs: Steve Jobs and Tim Cook. This visual, created by Made Visual Daily via Visual Capitalist, compares the two eras side by side. It highlights key milestones, product launches, and the company’s market […]

Russia Accuses Ukrainian Intelligence Of Using ISIS For Assassination Plot Via The Cradle The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) stated on Monday that its officers foiled a terrorist attack in Moscow that was planned by ISIS under the direction of Ukrainian intelligence. ISIS operatives sought to target a high-ranking Russian Defense Ministry official using an explosive device in a densely populated area of the capital city, […]

Majority Supports Social Media Ban For Children Australia passed a social media ban for teenagers and children under the age of 16 in December, which applies to companies including Instagram, X and TikTok. The measure is intended to reduce the “social harm” done to young Australians and is set to come into force on December 10, 2025. Tech giants will be up against fines of up to A$49.5 million ($31 million) if they do not […]

Saudi Arabia’s Debt Surge: Cementing Reliance On International Funding Authored by Nick Smallwood via BondVigilantes.com, The increasing liquidity squeeze in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s (KSA) financial system has been causing heightened levels of debate for some time. A growing economy and the financial demands of the mega-projects that are under way are hoovering up cash faster than the domestic system can supply it. For […]

Another Nuclear Warning From Medvedev, This Time Over Tomahawks Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has issued a nuclear warning in the face of reports that Washington may authorize transferring US long-range Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine. President Trump’s latest remarks weighing in on the issue saw him veil his intentions in usually cryptic wording. Aboard Air Force One while traveling to the Middle East earlier Monday he […]

Germany’s Auto Summit: Spectacle Over Substance, Economy At Risk Submitted by Thomas Kolbe Politics is the art of the possible, as Otto von Bismarck famously said. The auto summit at the Chancellery shows that, in Germany, nothing seems to work anymore. Politics refuses any gradual departure from the eco-socialist course. Thursday was an eventful day—at least from the federal government’s perspective. No sooner had Chancellor […]

Africa Is Home To 16 Of The World’s 20 Fastest Growing Populations At current rates, it will take 133 years for America’s population to double given aging demographics and low fertility rates. By contrast, several countries in Africa and the Middle East are set to double in a quarter century. For instance, Kinshasa, in the DRC, is forecast to be among the most populous cities worldwide by 2080 given rapid population growth. This […]

Is Ukraine Training Drug Cartel Mercenaries From Latin America? Authored by Liz Heflin via Remix News, Recent reports highlight that some individuals, including those with criminal connections, have come to Ukraine to gain experience with drones, learning advanced tactics and hoping to take that knowledge back to their criminal bosses. It has been well documented that many foreigners, including Latin Americans, have gone to […]

Letitia James’ Fugitive Niece Has Been Ducking Justice In Disputed ‘Primary Residence’ Wow, things just keep getting worse for New York Attorney General Letitia James. On Monday the Daily Mail revealed that James’ has been letting her grandniece Nakia Thompson – along with Thompson’s three children – live in the Norfolk, Virginia house at the center of James’ federal indictment. Via the Daily Mail Thompson has been living at […]

These Are America’s Most Dangerous Cities, According To Citizens Where do American’s feel the least safe? To answer this question, Visual Capitalist’s Marcus Lu visualized the results of Numbeo’s Crime Index, which reveals how people perceive safety in their own city as of mid-2025. Unlike FBI or police statistics, this index reflects public sentiment through crowdsourced surveys. Data & Discussion Numbeo’s Crime […]

A Hint Of Opium Wars: Trump’s Campaign Against The Fentanyl Epidemic Submitted by Thomas Kolbe The United States is waging a desperate fight against the killer drug fentanyl. Beyond Chinese producers and Mexican drug cartels, the northern neighbor Canada has now come under the American government’s scrutiny. The U.S. finds itself caught in a vise of drug money and asymmetric warfare. In recent weeks, the U.S. Coast Guard made […]

IDF Vows To Destroy All Hamas ‘Terror Tunnels’ As Part Of Disarming Gaza Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Sunday that the Israeli military would destroy tunnels in Gaza after the remaining Israeli captives are released by Hamas, which has happened on Monday. “Israel’s great challenge after the phase of returning the hostages will be the destruction of all of Hamas’s terror […]

Unprecedented Times: “It’s Hard To Keep Up, Even By Experienced Folks” By Elwin de Groot, Head of Macro Strategy at Rabobank That we are living in unprecedented times was borne out by events in the last couple of days again. Indeed, it is probably hard to keep up, even by experienced folks. The London silver market saw the spot price of silver pushing above $51 per troy ounce on Friday (and higher again this morning) due to a […]

NATO’s ‘Steadfast Noon’ Nuclear Drills Kick Off As Tensions Soar With Russia NATO has kicked off its annual nuclear exercise, Steadfast Noon, on Monday, which is focusing mainly on securing its nuclear weapons before deployment, according to prior statements of the alliance’s chief. “We carry out this training to ensure our nuclear deterrent remains credible, safe, secure, and effective,” NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte has said […]

WA Teen Faces Civil Rights Complaint For Refusing To Play Basketball Against Male Athlete Via American Greatness, A high school basketball player in Washington state has been accused of bullying, harassment after she allegedly “misgendered” a male opponent who pretends to be a female. The controversy began when an 18 year old biological male was allowed to play on a junior varsity team in the Tumwater School District, […]

Ukrainian Drones Spark Massive Blaze At Crimea’s Largest Oil Terminal Just a day after a major report in the Financial Times said that US intelligence has been helping Ukraine conduct long-range drone strikes on Russian oil facilities since at least July, major oil depot in Crimea caught fire overnight following a Ukrainian drone strike. This marks the second time in a week that the the Feodosia facility has been struck and gone […]

Second Amendment Showdown: California Bans Glock Handguns In Major Challenge To Gun Rights Authored by Jonathan Turley, California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed the long-anticipated “Responsible Gun Manufacturing Act,” Assembly Bill 1127, a law that may now trigger a major challenge under the Second Amendment. The law banned the Glock semi-automatic handguns that are a favorite of American gun owners, including former Vice […]

Watch Live: SpaceX Starship Prepares For 11th Test Flight With Heatshield Stress Test, Orbital Demos SpaceX is targeting a one-hour test flight of its Starship megarocket, with the launch window opening at 7:15 p.m. ET. This marks the 11th test flight, expanding on the success of the previous mission with a focus on data collection, heatshield stress testing, and orbital demonstrations, such as deployment of eight Starlink […]

Syria Set To Allow Russia To Keep Its Strategic Military Bases In Country Since the fall of longtime Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad in December of last year, which has since drastically changed Syria into a hardline Sunni state no longer aligned with Tehran or Moscow, Russia’s military began slowly moving its military assets from the region, essentially packing up its bases.  Moscow has been seeking to negotiate with the new regime […]