A Second Amendment Roadmap For The Next Attorney General Authored by Aidan Johnston via Gun Owners of America, President Trump campaigned on restoring robust protections for the Second Amendment. Yet more than a year into his second term, gun owners feel disillusioned, and many are planning to sit out the midterm elections. Having viewed President Trump’s election as a generational opportunity to course-correct, the stark […]

Inanity Of Identity Politics Exposed At Canadian NDP Convention Authored by Jonathan Turley, The recent convention of the Canadian New Democratic Party (NDP) became a microcosm of the inanity of identity politics found in forums ranging from politics to higher education. Participants were given familiar “equity cards” as literal card-carrying members of groups demanding preferred treatment. The problem is when one identity […]

Houthis Confirm Coordination With Iran, Hezbollah In Several Attack Waves On Israel Amid several waves of missile strikes out of Yemen onto Israel from Tuesday into Wednesday, the Iran-aligned Houthis have made it clear they are coordinating with both Tehran and Hezbollah. Yemeni Brigadier General Yahya Saree said the Houthis have carried out several missile launch operations on “sensitive targets” in “southern occupied […]

Luigi Mangione’s State, Federal Trials Pushed Back Until Fall Authored by Chris Summers via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Luigi Mangione, who is accused of murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, had both his state and federal trials postponed on April 1 until the fall. Luigi Mangione is escorted into Manhattan state court in New York City on Sept. 16, 2025. Seth Wenig/AP Photo Mangione allegedly shot Thompson, 50, on […]

Trump Admin Revamps Steel, Aluminum, Copper Tariffs; Imposes 100% Duties On Patented Drugs The Trump administration on Thursday announced a pair of tariff actions under national-security authority, maintaining core 50% duties on many imported steel, aluminum and copper products while overhauling the rules to exempt goods containing negligible amounts of those metals and imposing 100% tariffs on imported patented pharmaceuticals that […]

“Make A Deal Before It’s Too Late”: Trump Threatens Tehran (Again) As Iran/Oman Draft Protocol To Re-Open Hormuz Summary World’s most important oil price hits record high as Trump threatens Iran: “make a deal before it’s too late” Oil drops on reports of Iran-Oman coordination to reopen strait. Iran issues Israel/Gulf logistics hubs target list; IRGC targets Amazon Cloud computing center in Bahrain US intelligence […]

Trump Fires Pam Bondi As Attorney General, Blanche To Be Acting AG Update (1315ET): President Donald Trump has ousted Attorney General Pam Bondi, multiple outlets report. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche is serving as acting AG in the interim. The move comes amid White House frustration with Bondi’s leadership at the Justice Department –  particularly her handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files and what Trump viewed as […]

Justice Jackson’s Birthright Citizenship Comments Were A Total Disaster Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson turned Wednesday’s Supreme Court birthright citizenship oral arguments into another demonstration of her lack of qualifications for sitting on the high court. The case centers on President Trump’s executive order challenging the automatic grant of citizenship to children born on U.S. soil to non-citizen parents. It was, on paper, […]

US Apartment Rents Post Largest Annual Decline Since 2017 In March: Report Authored by Rob Sabo via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The national median apartment rent shook off the seasonal winter chill and inched up by 0.4 percent in March from February to $1,363, Apartment List reported. A sign is posted in front of an apartment building with available rentals in San Francisco on June 9, 2023. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images […]

US Defense Stocks Take Epic Fury Beating, Leaving UBS Asking Why Despite the launch of Operation Epic Fury against Iran in late February, U.S. defense stocks have moved lower rather than higher, prompting a UBS analyst to pen a note to clients this week attempting to answer why the makers of missiles and tanks failed to sustain a wartime rally. Analyst Allyson Gordon asked the question: “Why Is US Defense Performance […]

OpenAI Snaps Up TBPN, Slashes ChatGPT Pricing As Secondary Market Interest Fades Update (1400ET): In a surprise move, OpenAI has acquired TBPN (Technology Business Programming Network), the influential daily technology talk show and media platform hosted by John Coogan and Jordi Hays. TBPN has become one of Silicon Valley’s most-watched programs for real-time tech news, M&A rumors, high-profile executive interviews, and AI […]

Three LNG Tankers Are First To Cross Strait Of Hormuz Since War Started While a growing number of ships have been traversing the Strait of Hormuz, with Lloyd’s List reporting a total of 142 vessels have transited since the start of March, but 67% of that traffic has a direct affiliation with Iran… and the figure rises to 90% when looking at traffic in recent days, as some ships have had to pay fees in yuan or cryptocurrencies […]

Gulf States Considering Network Of New Pipelines To Bypass Strait Of Hormuz One month ago, at the start of the war, we said it was surprising that UAE’s oil export terminal of Fujairah was not a bigger terminal as it bypasses the Straits completely, and predicted a “major infrastructure push here after the war.” Surprising Fujairah is not a bigger oil terminal: it bypasses the straits completely. Expect major infrastructure push […]

Kremlin Asks US For Ceasefire At Bushehr Nuclear Plant To Get Remaining Russian Staff Out Russia is seeking approval from the US and Israel for a ceasefire for the Bushehr nuclear ⁠power plant in Iran, RIA news agency reported Thursday. Airstrikes across the country have reportedly been on the uptick in the past some 48 hours. “The travel routes will be communicated ‌to the relevant authorities in Israel and the United States, […]

Coinbase Exec Says Senate CLARITY Act Deal On Stablecoin Yield “Very Close” Authored by Amin Haqshanas via CoinTelegraph.com, Coinbase chief legal officer Paul Grewal said the US Digital Asset Market Clarity Act is “moving toward” a markup hearing in the US Senate Banking Committee and could eventually move to a floor vote if senators resolve the stablecoin yield dispute and schedule a markup. Speaking in a […]

Private Credit Bank Run Begins: Blue Owl Gates After Shocking 41% Of OTIC Investors Ask For Their Money A week ago, in an attempt to calm the market, Goldman’s economists published a lengthy, if at times disjointed, report discussing why a crisis in private credit would not lead to another financial crisis. We are about to find out if they were right.  Recall that in mid-March, while attention was understandably focused on the […]

CEO Of Largest Public Hospital System Says He’s Ready To Replace Radiologists With AI By Marty Stempniak of Radiology Business, The chief executive of America’s largest public hospital system says he is prepared to start replacing radiologists with artificial intelligence in some circumstances, once the regulatory landscape catches up.  Mitchell H. Katz, MD, president and CEO of NYC Health + Hospitals, recently spoke during a […]

Iran To Attack Logistical Hubs In Israel, Gulf After Its Tallest Bridge Destroyed Earlier we reported there are signs that the US and Israel are expanding attacks on Iran civilian infrastructure, after reports emerged Thursday that fresh airstrikes hit a highway bridge connecting Tehran and Karaj, according to Fars News Agency. Several people were injured, and multiple areas of Karaj were also struck. The bridge was actually just […]

Trump Puts State Farm, Other Insurers On Notice Over Treatment Of California Wildfire Victims Authored by Chris Summers via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), President Donald Trump on March 31 told State Farm and other insurers to “get their act together” after meeting with California politicians and hearing about the difficulties facing the victims of last year’s wildfires. A home is engulfed in flames during the Eaton fire […]

Gulf Energy Shock Spreads To Global Plastics As War Sparks Force Majeure Wave Building on our earlier “Global Demand Destruction” note, which mapped how the Gulf energy shock is spreading globally and the immediate effects of rationing, price controls, and fuel shortages, another second-order disruption is quickly emerging: supply chain disruptions in critical plastic feedstocks. Plastics are core to the modern economy, and a […]

April Fools And The Last Supper By Benjamin Picton, senior market strategist at Rabobank Wednesday saw the unusual occurrence of three Anglosphere heads of government delivering televised addresses to their respective nations within 24 hours of each other. When news broke that Australia’s PM Albanese, Britain’s PM Starmer and US President Trump would all be interrupting regular programming to speak to their people, reactions […]

“Everything About This Market Is Wild”: European Diesel Futs Top $200 As Global Scramble Accelerates The global tug-of-war for fuel looks set to accelerate, with traders scrambling to secure supplies even more aggressively after President Trump showed no signs of an end to hostilities (and a reopening of the Strait) any time soon. The longer the Strait of Hormuz remains closed, the more intense the competition is likely to become. […]

“A Defining Moment”: Nano Nuclear Submits Construction Permit For Kronos Reactor In Illinois Nano Nuclear submitted a Construction Permit Application (CPA) to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for their Kronos microreactor project at the University of Illinois. The filing marks the latest step in a project we’ve tracked since site characterization began last fall. Watch: Modular Energy Pioneer Nano Nuclear Begins […]

When Will This Sh*t Stop? Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, A career criminal with 23 prior arrests and 70 charges was allowed to roam free until she stabbed a pregnant woman in broad daylight outside a Harris Teeter in Charlotte’s Cotswold Village Shopping Center on March 18.  The 38-year-old victim was loading her car with her three-year-old child nearby when Marvina Marie Hardy (also known as Marvina Marie […]

Tesla Delivers 358,023 Vehicles In Q1, Missing Wall Street Expectations For Second Consecutive Quarter Tesla reported a disappointing first quarter, delivering 358,023 vehicles worldwide, falling short of Wall Street expectations of about 372,000, according to Bloomberg-compiled estimates and the company’s own release. The miss marks Tesla’s second consecutive quarter below forecasts, underscoring continued pressure on its core […]