Queens Driving School Busted For Running Bribe-for-License Scam For Illegal Immigrants A Queens driving school bribed DMV employees to illegally fast-track driver’s licenses for undocumented immigrants—many of whom couldn’t drive or speak English—according to Staten Island prosecutors. T&E Driving School allegedly took cash from Chinese immigrants and paid off DMV examiners in Staten Island to skip required road tests, […]

House Vote On Pins & Needles As GOP Races To Flip ‘Nays’ For Trump Tax Bill Update (2300ET): A dramatic scene is unfolding on the House floor, as four Republicans have voted ‘nay’ on the Senate-revised version of the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ – when House Speaker Mike Johnson could only afford three. According to Fox News’ Chad Pergram; ‘A 216-216 tie loses by rule. Dems got all of their members there and stuck together GOP […]

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy Bans Rainbow Crosswalks Authored by Catherine Salgado via PJMedia.com, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy struck a blow at radical LGBTQ activism as “Pride Month” ended. Duffy sent a letter to all 50 state governors, the D.C. mayor, and Puerto Rico’s governor, a letter which he also shared with The Daily Signal. Trump’s transportation secretary told the governors to work on removing […]

China Erodes US AI Supremacy As Chatbot Race Defines Path To 2030 Dominance Former PBOC Deputy Governor Zhu Min recently warned of a coming tsunami of domestic AI innovation, predicting that China could see 100 breakthroughs of the same magnitude as DeepSeek over the next 18 months. The rise of DeepSeek—a powerful, low-cost alternative to OpenAI’s ChatGPT—has ignited a bull market in Chinese tech stocks and positioned itself […]

Judge Blocks Trump’s Order Barring Illegal Border Crossers From Claiming Asylum Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times, A federal judge on July 2 ruled against a Trump administration directive that blocked foreign nationals who cross the U.S.–Mexico border illegally from seeking asylum. The White House has touted historically low border crossings in recent weeks. In an order issued on July 2, U.S. District Judge […]

Delhi Bans Fuel for Older Vehicles in Pollution Crackdown Starting July 1, Delhi has enforced a strict ban on refueling older vehicles as part of a broader effort to reduce air pollution, according to the Economic Times.  Under the new rule, petrol vehicles older than 15 years and diesel vehicles over 10 years are prohibited from buying fuel at any petrol pump in the capital. This measure is aimed at removing End-of-Life Vehicles […]

DHS Head: Cannibal Illegal Tried To Eat Himself On Deportation Flight Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem related a bizarre event to the media during the press conference for the new “Alligator Alcatraz” deportee holding facility, telling reporters that an illegal alien, suspected to be a cannibal, attempted to eat himself during a recent deportation flight. […]

Thiel Joins Luckey & Lonsdale To Launch New Bank Aimed At Filling SVB Void For Stablecoins, AI, Defense & Advanced Manufacturing A group of high-profile tech investors, including military tech entrepreneur Palmer Luckey and venture capitalist Joe Lonsdale, is preparing to launch a new bank designed to serve the niche left behind by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank — and to do so with ambitions that extend deep into […]

What’s Next For CDC’s Remade Vaccine Advisory Committee? Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The vaccine advisory committee remade by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plans to look at multiple other vaccines, after it voted to advise officials to stop recommending influenza shots that contain mercury. Dr. Robert Malone (C) speaks during the first meeting of the Centers for Disease Control and […]

India’s Hindustan Zinc Eyes Five Year Timeline To Move Into Rare Earth Metals India’s Hindustan Zinc is moving into rare earths, but commercial production could take up to five years, underscoring the hurdles of building a domestic supply chain to challenge China’s grip on the sector. “This (rare earth) is of strategic interest (to India),” said CEO Arun Misra in an interview, according to Nikkei Asia. The company was the only […]

Democrats, Animated By Loathing Of Trump, Are Driving Their Party To Self-Destruction Authored by Conrad Black via RealClearPolitics.com, The Democrats are now implacably self-destructive. They resemble nothing so much as a slowly capsizing ship, but show by their frenzied skullduggery that America is not in decline — the opposition is rotten and hopeless but it still fights savagely. I hope readers will pardon a recitation of […]

Fiji Says Chinese Military Base, Missiles Not Welcome In Pacific The tiny South Pacific archipelago country of Fiji has come out firmly against China establishing a military base in the Pacific Islands, according to a statement of Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka issued Wednesday. He emphasized that China has no need for such a provocatively located base to demonstrate its military strength, citing its recent intercontinental […]

Public Companies Are Buying More Bitcoin Than ETFs For Third Quarter In A Row Authored by Jenna Montgomery via BitcoinMagazine.com, Corporate treasuries have surpassed exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in Bitcoin accumulation for the third consecutive quarter, according to new data from Bitcoin Treasuries. Public companies acquired approximately 131,000 BTC in Q2 2025—an 18% increase from the previous quarter—compared to an 8% […]

Putin Defends Iran’s Right To Nuclear Enrichment In First Macron Phone Call In 3 Years On Tuesday Russian President Vladimir Putin and French President Emmanuel Macron spoke by phone for the first time in almost three years, at a moment of various global hotspots of interest to both countries. A nearly two week war between Iran and Israel just ensued last month, at the end of which the US launched a major bombing campaign on three […]

Moderna To Ask For Clearance For Combination COVID-Influenza Vaccine Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Moderna is going to ask regulators to approve its combination vaccine against COVID-19 and influenza, the company said on June 30. The company said a phase 3 study evaluating its influenza vaccine candidate, mRNA-1010—which utilizes the same messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) platform as its […]

Del Monte Bankruptcy Won’t Spark Canned Food Shortages   Del Monte Foods, a major player in America’s canned food supply chain, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in New Jersey as part of a broader strategic restructuring effort. The company does not anticipate that the bankruptcy process will cause any disruptions to the canned food market.  The 138-year-old food company, a U.S. unit of Singapore-based Del Monte Pacific, […]

Ron Paul: A Big Beautiful Bill For The Military-Industrial Complex Authored by Ron Paul via The Ron Paul Institute, The US Senate worked through the weekend on the “Big Beautiful Bill.” The goal was to pass it quickly to ensure the House will then pass it and send it to President Trump’s desk before the July 4th holiday. However, disagreements among Republican Senators over reductions in spending on programs including […]

Japan Finally Admits Its Carmakers Have Been Paying All Trump Tariff Costs As Trade Talks Collapse Last week, we sparked a stir within the financial community when we were the first to show, clearly and without doubt, that contrary to months of false narratives by the liberal “expert” class, the costs of Trump’s tariffs are actually not borne by either US companies or US consumers, but rather by the exporting nation and its […]

Iranian Hackers Say They Have 100GB Of Trump Emails Authored by José Niño via Headline USA, Hackers claiming ties to Iran say they possess 100GB of emails from President Donald Trump’s inner circle and may soon leak or sell the trove, after previously distributing a batch to the media before the 2024 U.S. election. In online conversations with Reuters on Sunday and Monday, the hackers—who use the pseudonym […]

Establishment Democrats Created The Conditions For A Socialist Victory Authored by Connor O’Keefe via The Mises Institute, Last week, democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani pulled off an upset and beat the establishment’s preferred candidate, Andrew Cuomo, in the Democratic primary for New York City’s mayoral election. The race drew a lot of attention, in part because New York City is massive, and its mayor governs over more […]

“Unacceptable” – US Officials Slam Iran’s Suspending Cooperation With UN Nuclear Watchdog Update (1430ET): That didn’t take long. US State Department officials have reportedly said that Iran’s suspension of cooperation with IAEA is “unacceptable”, adding that Iran must cooperate fully without further delay. UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric also chimed in, saying that Iran’s suspension of its cooperation with the International […]

Wisconsin Supreme Court Votes 4–3 To Invalidate State Abortion Law Authored by Matthew Vadum via The Epoch Times, The Wisconsin Supreme Court voted 4–3 on July 2 to strike down the state’s 176-year-old almost-total ban on abortion. Justice Rebecca Frank Dallet wrote the majority opinion. “We conclude that comprehensive legislation enacted over the last 50 years regulating in detail the ‘who, what, where, when, and […]

Iran Reportedly Made Plans To Litter Strait Of Hormuz With Naval Mines The U.S. launched “Operation Midnight Hammer” on June 22, deploying stealth bombers to strike Iran’s nuclear facilities at Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan using Massive Ordnance Penetrator bombs. President Trump declared the sites were “totally obliterated.” In retaliation, Iran’s parliament voted to authorize the closure of the Strait of Hormuz—a critical […]

RFK Jr. Says Officials ‘Revolutionizing The Vaccine Injury Compensation Program’ Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Federal officials are working on revamping the program that provides compensation for people who suffer injuries from vaccines, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said on June 30. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 24, 2025. Madalina […]

Not Just The EPA: Despite Warnings, Biden’s Energy Department Disbursed $42 Billion In Its Final Hours Authored by James Varney via RealClearInvestigations, In its last two working days, the Biden administration’s Energy Department signed off on nearly $42 billion for green energy projects – a sum that exceeded the total amount its Loan Programs Office (LPO) had put out in the past decade. The frenzied activity on Jan. 16 […]