Judge Orders ICE Not To Re-Detain Abrego Garcia Authored by Matthew Vadum via The Epoch Times, A federal judge has blocked U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement (ICE) from re-arresting Kilmar Abrego Garcia, one of the men at the center of the Trump administration’s deportation battles. The Salvadoran national’s case attracted attention across the country, including widespread protests, after the federal government […]

Steam Deck Handheld Gaming PC “May Be Out-Of-Stock” As Great Memory Crunch Deepens The high-bandwidth memory (HBM) crunch is finally being noticed by mainstream consumers. It’s not just soaring HBM prices; the availability of certain consumer electronics is now being affected. Valve’s popular handheld gaming PC is reportedly out of stock in some regions – an early warning that other consumer electronics may soon face similar […]

“Game On!”: High Schoolers To Be Tested On Nation’s Founding In National Competition Marking America’s 250th Authored by Aaron Gifford via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), High school students across the nation this month will test their knowledge of America’s founding in a contest that ultimately rewards the top three finishers with college scholarships. In 1783, Representative James Madison introduced a resolution to create a […]

US Military Blows Up 3 Alleged Drug Boats, Killing 11, After Lull Since January The Pentagon’s whole anti-narco boat operations fell relatively silent for the past more than a month in the wake of the January 3rd US military raid on Venezuela to overthrow the Maduro government. Surely there was still drug trafficking off Latin America, but with ‘mission accomplished’ in Caracas the public PR ‘anti-drug’ pretext was no longer needed, […]

Berkshire Dumps Most Of Its Amazon Shares, Sells More Apple And BofA; Buys Small New York Times Position In Warren Buffett’s last quarter as CEO of Berkshire, the Omaha conglomerate slashed several key positions, most notably Amazon which was reduced by over 77%, as well as core holdings Apple and Bank of America, while adding modestly to a handful of stakes such as Chevron and Chubb, and entering a tiny new position in the New York […]

Zelensky Slams Trump Pressure As ‘Not Fair’ – Says Ukrainian Public Won’t Let Him Cede Land Ukraine’s President Zelensky has over some four years of war with Russia made very clear his unbending stance that Ukraine will never cede territory for sake of achieving peace under his watch. Yet reaching a peace settlement precisely hinges on this, as Russia will also not give up the territory it has conquered in the Donbas, including the […]

2 More High-Profile Transgender Surgery Cases Head To Trial Authored by Darlene McCormick Sanchez via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Two high-profile “detransitioner” cases involving young women whose bodies were irrevocably altered as teens by transgender surgery are expected to go to trial in early 2027. Chloe Cole, an 18-year-old woman who regrets surgically removing her breasts, holds testosterone medication used for […]

Trump Threatens Iraq With Crippling Sanctions If Maliki Elected To 3rd Term As PM Via The Cradle Washington has delivered a direct warning to Iraq’s Coordination Framework (CF) that Baghdad could face sweeping sanctions if former prime minister Nouri al-Maliki is elected to lead the country for a third term, according to a report in US-government funded Arabic-language Alhurra this week. An Iraqi government advisor, speaking […]

China’s Unprecedented Oil Stockpiling Sparks Questions If Beijing Is Preparing For War Almost four years ago we pointed out something striking: while the world was still busy recovering from the covid Pandemic and suffering under soaring inflation – as seemingly everything was suddenly in short supply and prices were soaring – China was busy stockpiling pretty much everything at an unprecedented pace. Quoting a JPM report from […]

Memory-Holed? Western Digital Dumps $3 Billion Sandisk Stock Stake Almost exactly a year after the spinoff officially closed on Feb. 24 last year, Western Digital is seeking to raise $3.09 billion from the sale of its remaining equity stake in Sandisk. While WDC has risen dramatically, SNDK has been on quite a tear since the spin-off… Chief Financial Officer Kris Sennesael said on Western Digital’s quarterly earnings call […]

Obama Says Aliens Exist But Are Not Kept In Area 51 Authored by Rachel Roberts via The Epoch Times, Former U.S. President Barack Obama said in a Feb. 14 podcast interview that aliens are real but that none are kept at the secretive Area 51 military base in the Nevada desert, later adding that he didn’t see any evidence indicating that extraterrestrials have contacted Earth during his presidency. In the interview, when asked, […]

Escalation: Iran, Russia, China To Hold Naval Drill In Flashpoint Strait Of Hormuz Are Russia and China finally standing up to America’s addiction to regime change wars in the Middle East? They appear to at least be flashing some muscle in this incredibly tense moment, as the US deploys no less than two nuclear-powered aircraft carriers to the region. Russia, China, and Iran have deployed naval vessels to the Strait of Hormuz for […]

The Crowdsourcing Of Cutting Waste & Fraud Authored by Jeffrey Tucker via The Epoch Times, The Trump administration came into office with a pledge to uproot waste, fraud, and abuse within the government’s system of transfer payments. Leading the charge would be Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). They began their work early on with earnest and passion, starting inauguration evening, with many long […]

Democrats Pile On After Rep. Fine Doubles Down On ‘Dogs Over Muslims’ Remarks Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Democrats are scrambling to condemn Florida Rep. Randy Fine for his unapologetic defense of American pet ownership against radical Islamic demands to ban dogs as “unclean.” The firestorm erupted after New York Muslim activist Nerdeen Kiswani declared, “Dogs definitely have a place in society, just […]

Citizen Journalist Nick Shirley Pulls Back Curtain On California Voter Fraud Via American Greatness, The independent journalist who exposed massive amounts of social service fraud in Minnesota is now calling out alleged voter fraud in California with the release of a new video of his investigation there. Nick Shirley has released his latest video which chronicles voting irregularities in the Golden State where he says he […]

When Both Sides Go Quiet Submitted by QTR’s Fringe Finance There is a political instinct that I’ve developed over the last few decade or so: when both parties are shouting, it’s business as usual. When both parties go quiet, pay attention, because something ugly is probably getting passed or covered up, and the American taxpayer is likely footing the bill of consequences. Few public controversies in recent memory have […]

It Begins: Mamdani Plans First NYC Property Tax Hike In Decades To Plug $5 Billion Hole New York City property owners are set to ‘enjoy’ the first property tax hike in more than two decades as part of a proposed solution by Mayor Zohran Mamdani to fill a roughly $5 billion budget gap, Bloomberg reports. “He’s put a pretty extreme option on the table, which is a combination of raising property taxes and taking money from […]

Watch Latest Trans Horror: Dad In Dress Kills Ex-Wife, Child, Self At School Hockey Game For the second time in a week, a transgender person has exploded in a display of spectacular, bloody violence. The latest incident unfolded on Monday in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, where a 56-year-old man reportedly wearing a dress shot four of his family members and a family friend at a high school hockey game. Police say Robert Robert Dorgan […]

Anthropic–Pentagon Talks Stall Over AI Guardrails Contract renewal talks between Anthropic and the Pentagon have stalled over how its Claude system can be used. The AI firm is seeking stricter limits before extending its agreement, according to a person familiar with the private negotiations and Bloomberg. At the heart of the dispute is control. Anthropic wants firm guardrails to prevent Claude from being used for mass […]

Bayer Soars After $10.5 Billion Settlement On Current And Future Roundup Cancer Lawsuits Bayer stock jumped the most in three months after the company announced a $10.5 billion settlement push to settle current and future cancer lawsuits over its Roundup weedkiller. The news was first reported by Bloomberg.  The German chemical giant proposed a $7.5 billion class-action settlement through cases filed in state court in Missouri […]

Investors Overreacting To Starlink’s Threat To Traditional Telcos; Goldman Says Talk of space-based data centers has suddenly become a major conversation on Wall Street. One key driver is Elon Musk’s merger of SpaceX with his AI venture, xAI, aiming to eventually build “orbital data centers” at scale. With a potential IPO later this year, the space industry – first in low-Earth orbit, then on the moon – will be center stage for […]

What Price Will You Pay For What You Need? By Michael Every of Rabobank A Material Shift It was that 2026 rarity of a genuinely ‘quiet day’ on Monday with the US out for Presidents’ Day and much of Asia already on holiday for Lunar New Year. However, despite China staying out for the rest of the week, things are likely to shift to a higher gear from today onwards. The RBA minutes this morning, which explained why rates were […]

SpaceX Enters Secretive Pentagon Contest To Build Voice-Controlled Drone Swarm Tech: Report Last week, we asked whether Anthropic’s AI tool, Claude, played a role in the kill chain during the U.S. Delta Force raid targeting Maduro last month. We’ve also reported on the Department of War’s search for “war unicorn” startups, and what appears to us to be the early innings of the rise of dual-use technologies – from humanoid robots to […]

Trump Calls In FEMA To Respond To Sewage Disaster In Potomac River Authored by Jill McLaughlin via The Epoch Times, President Donald Trump is directing federal emergency teams to respond to a sewage spill on the Potomac River, calling it a “massive ecological disaster” and blaming local leaders for not handling the crisis, which began nearly a month ago. “There is a massive Ecological Disaster unfolding in the Potomac River […]

Hyatt Executive Chairman Thomas Pritzker Resigns Over Epstein Ties Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times, Thomas J. Pritzker, the longtime executive chairman of Hyatt Hotels Corporation, announced his retirement effective immediately on Feb. 16, acknowledging what he described as “terrible judgment” in maintaining contact with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell. Pritzker, 75, said […]