Tehran Dismisses Reports Of Renewed US Talks Amid Domestic ‘Anger’ Via The Cradle Iran’s Foreign Ministry on Saturday denied reports that Tehran and Washington were scheduled to resume indirect nuclear negotiations, rejecting the claims as baseless. “Public opinion is currently so angry that no one even dares to talk about negotiations and diplomacy,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei told Iranian media on Saturday. […]

Poland Blasts Trump-Putin Dialogue After Drone Strike Escalation NATO’s largest and most well-protected ‘eastern flank’ country is angry over President Donald Trump’s phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin this week. Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski has called on Trump to restart military aid to Ukraine, and he highlighted recent Russian airstrike that damaged the Polish Embassy compound in Kiev. Poland’s […]

One Big Beautiful Budget Deficit By Philip Marey, Senior US strategist at Rabobank Summary On Thursday, Congress passed the “One Big Beautiful Bill” that is supposed to include all Trump’s promises on fiscal policy in his second term. The bill includes tax cuts and additional spending on Republican priorities. The bill will extend the income tax provisions in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) of 2017, which were set to expire […]

FBI, Sheriff’s Office Arrest 28 Motorcycle Gang Members In ‘Operation Mongolian Beef’ Over two dozen alleged members of an outlaw motorcycle gang have been arrested and charged in connection with a March shooting at a Florida gas station, the FBI’s Jacksonville office announced on Wednesday. In total, 28 members of the Mongols motorcycle gang were arrested during a joint operation, dubbed “Operation Mongolian Beef,” which was […]

Columbia To Pay $9 Million To Settle Lawsuit Over US News College Ranking Data Authored by Katabella Roberts via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Columbia University has agreed to pay $9 million to settle a proposed class-action lawsuit by a former student who claimed the school submitted inaccurate data to U.S. News & World Report, artificially inflating its position in the publication’s annual ranking of American […]

Texas Floods Kill 24; Search Underway For Missing Girls From Summer Camp At least 24 people have died, and dozens remain missing after 1.8 trillion gallons of rain fell across Central Texas, unleashing catastrophic flooding in the Texas Hill Country and the Edwards Plateau early Friday. Among the missing are between 23 and 25 girls from an all-girls summer camp along the Guadalupe River, officials told reporters late Friday. […]

UN Nuclear Inspectors Depart Tehran As Iran Vows To Keep Enriching A group of inspectors from the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog has finally and formally departed Iran after the country decided to halt its cooperation with the agency, following last month’s surprise bombing raids by Israel and the United States. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) confirmed in statement shared on X on Friday that its personnel are […]

Americans Must Oppose The Establishment Of An East Asian NATO Authored by Joseph Solis-Mullen via The Libertarian Institute, Ely Ratner’s latest offering in Foreign Affairs, “The Case for a Pacific Defense Pact,” is a textbook example of how groupthink, careerism, and militarist ideology continue to warp US foreign policy discourse. Ratner, now back at the Marathon Initiative after a stint as Assistant Secretary of Defense […]

This Is The Income A Family Needs To Be Middle Class, By State Across the United States, what qualifies as “middle class” varies widely depending on where you live. This map, via Visual Capitalist’s Bruno Venditti, breaks down the median household income for each U.S. state, revealing sharp contrasts in earning power. It provides a snapshot of where families may feel more or less financially secure based on local income […]

Why Do 1,000 Refugees Get Free Wimbledon Tickets While Long Suffering Locals Get None? Authored by Jo-Anne Nadler via DailySceptic.org, Glancing upwards only to spot a drone hovering over their gardens last week was the last straw for residents of Welford Place SW19, whose homes overlook the much lauded All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC). While the eye in the sky probably belongs to an accredited broadcaster scouting out local […]

French Left-Wing MPs Introduce Amendment To “Reduce” Coverage Of Migrant Crime Stories Via Remix news, When reality does not mesh with the “narrative,” the left’s standard tactic is to turn to censorship, and the French left is no different. The French Greens and other left-wing parties now want to make sure that news stories are not used for ideological purposes by the “far right,” claiming that certain media outlets are […]

The Spiderweb & The Lion: Subversive Infiltration And US National Security Authored by Andy Thaxton via RealClearWire, Over a decade ago, when I was working on force protection issues for Navy air logistics missions, the threat of drone attacks was just beginning to be seriously discussed. We kicked around contingencies and “what ifs,” but those discussions were largely in the background of mission planning. Over the course […]

These Are The Most Stolen Cars In Every US State Car theft is a widespread issue, driven by factors like demand for parts and organized criminal activity. In 2024, over 850,000 vehicles were stolen across the U.S., averaging one every 37 seconds. To see which cars are being targeted the most, Visual Capitalist’s Marcus Lu visualized the most stolen car model in every state. Data & Discussion The data for this […]

How To Obtain REAL Independence… Minimizing The State’s Ability To Coerce You Authored by Nick Giambruno via InternationalMan.com, Every July 4, Americans have less independence to celebrate… Although the country’s founding ideals enshrined individual sovereignty, those principles have become little more than ancient history in practice today. As Independence Day rolls around, it’s worth asking a serious question: What […]

Indian Engineer Caught Secretly Working Up To Five Tech Jobs Simultaneously, Offered New Gig At “Cheat On Everything” Startup A Silicon Valley hiring scandal has erupted around an Indian software engineer accused of secretly working for as many as five technology companies simultaneously, exposing vulnerabilities in startup recruitment practices and reigniting debates over remote work accountability. Soham Parekh, based in India, […]

California Homeschool Families Rally Against Bill For Increased Oversight, Funding Cuts Authored by Kimberly Hayek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Homeschooling families in California are rallying against a bill they say would cut funding for critical enrichment programs and force their charter schools to close down. Protesters rally to oppose AB 84 in California on June 23, 2025. Courtesy of Stephanie Dawson Introduced by […]

Facebook Is Still The Most Important Social News Network According to the Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2025, over half of under-35-year-olds in the United States now say that social media/video networks are their main source for accessing news, followed by TV and online news sites. As Statista’s Anna Fleck reports, among the 12 countries that the Reuters Institute has been tracking on this question since […]

Israel Arms New ‘Anti-Hamas’ Militias In Gaza: Report Via The Cradle Israeli media reported Thursday on the presence of two new, Israeli-backed armed groups operating against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. According to Israeli news outlet Ynet, “one group is active in Gaza City, and the other in Khan Yunis” – where the Israeli military is currently present.  Ynet had previously reported, citing sources affiliated with the […]

No Love Letters By Elwin de Groot, head of macro strategy at Rabobank Financial markets got treated with a surprisingly strong June employment gain in the US yesterday, JOLTing 10y Treasury yields nearly 7bp higher and even more so at the front-end of the curve. Indeed, the market’s change of heart saw the implied probability of a 25bp cut in July fall from 25% to around 5%. That’s back to tail-risk area. European rates – […]

Hurricane Hunters Set To Probe Tropical Disturbance Near Georgia The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season began on a very quiet note, with little storm activity during June. However, as we shift into July, meteorologists on X are closely tracking a developing tropical system off Georgia’s east coast. The storm appears disorganized and lopsided at this time, but conditions are becoming more favorable for gradual strengthening. Spaghetti […]

Watch Live: Trump Signs ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Into Law During Independence Day Event  President Trump is expected to sign the GOP’s “Big Beautiful Bill” into law on Friday afternoon, as part of an Independence Day celebration at the White House. This comes less than a day after the House narrowly passed the massive tax and spending cuts package in a 218-214 vote. The 887-page bill includes spending cuts, tax relief, increased […]

Activists Sue Federal Authorities Over ICE Raids In Los Angeles Authored by John Fredricks via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), At the site of the Bubble Bath Hand Car Wash in Torrance, immigration activists gathered on Wednesday morning to announce a lawsuit against the federal government, launched in the early hours of July 2, 2025. An American flag waves above immigration activists in Torrance, Calif., on July 2, 2025. John […]

“A Highly Kinetic Period” – Goldman’s Hedge Fund Honcho Reflects On H1… & What Lies Ahead The first half of 2025 was a highly kinetic period, to say the least, according to Goldman Sachs head of hedge fund coverage, Tony Pasquariello. With a touch of distance from the screens this week, he went back and read a bunch of his recent notes, which served as a reminder of the immense narrative volatility along the path. For […]

Waste Of The Day: COVID Loans For 11-Year-Olds Authored by Jeremy Portnoy via RealClearInvestigations, Topline: A weekly allowance or a lemonade stand are great ways to teach young kids how to manage their money. A loan from the Small Business Administration is not.  Yet according to the Department of Government Efficiency, the SBA issued 5,593 loans in 2020 and 2021 worth $312 million to businesses whose listed owners were 11 […]

The (Falling) Price Of A July 4th Cookout This Independence Day, shoppers can expect to pay an average of $70.92 for a cookout for 10 people, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation’s (AFBF) annual Fourth of July market basket survey. This marks a 30 cent decline from last year, although it remains the second most expensive year since the survey began back in 2013. Statista’s Anna Fleck shows in the following chart just […]