BRICS Urges ‘Maximum Restraint’ As US-Iran War Tests Unity At New Delhi Summit Authored by News Desk via The Cradle, The BRICS group of nations adopted a joint declaration on 12 September, expressing “deep concern” over the ongoing conflict between the US and Iran and urging “maximum restraint” as part of a “multilateral approach” that respects national viewpoints. (Photo credit: BRICS) The declaration was adopted on the first day […]

Texas Still Dominates America’s Natural Gas Production U.S. gross natural gas withdrawals reached 47.7 trillion cubic feet in 2025, with a small group of states accounting for most of the total. Much of this output comes from prolific shale formations such as the Permian, Marcellus, Haynesville, and Eagle Ford. This map, via Visual Capitalist’s Niccolo Conte, shows 2025 gross natural gas withdrawals by state and producing area […]

Air Force Secretary Admits US Has Weapons Deployed In Space Authored by T.J. Muscaro via The Epoch Times, The Secretary of the Air Force said on Sept. 14 that the United States has weapons deployed in space. “Today, we continue to ensure we remain ready to meet the challenges of evolving threats wherever they exist,” Secretary Troy Meink said at the Air & Space Forces Association’s annual conference in National Harbor, […]

Supreme Court Block President Trump’s Mail-In Ballot Order The nationwide injunction stands; the suspended rule would have required unique barcodes and scanner-ready envelopes… The Supreme Court late on Sept. 14 declined to lift a nationwide injunction blocking a United States Postal Service (USPS) rule on federal ballot mail, leaving it on hold for the 2026 midterms. The ruling in USPS v. California took the form of an […]

Indian Refineries Run At Up To 108% Capacity On Soaring Diesel Demand India’s refineries have been running at an unprecedented 105% to 108% capacity utilization in the past six months as demand for diesel soars and international fuel markets tighten amid the ongoing Middle East crisis, OilPrice reports citing Reuters. Refinery capacity utilization in the world’s third-largest crude oil importer has been between 105% and 108% […]

Waste Of The Day: Alleged Data Center Fraud Authored by Jeremy Portnoy via RealClearInvestigations, The Securities and Exchange Commission paid $10.7 million to store its electronic data at a Maryland facility that was allegedly certified by a company that does not exist. AiNET Corp. and its former CEO Deepak Jain recently agreed to pay $1.8 million to settle allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by knowingly […]

“I’d Be Okay With That”: Trump Says He’s Open To Chinese Automakers Building Cars In US In comments that most people missed on Friday, President Donald Trump suggested that he’s open to letting Chinese automakers build cars on US soil.  The new cars unloaded from the BYD Changzhou ship at the Zarate Port on the Parana River in Zarate, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina taken on Jan. 19, 2026. Tomas Cuesta / AFP via Getty Images […]

Minnesota’s Open Senate Race Is Suddenly A Coin Flip, New Polls Show The last time Minnesota voted Republican for president was Richard Nixon in 1972. The state hasn’t voted for a Republican senator since 2002, when Norm Coleman won a seat he’d lose six years later to Al Franken. Republicans have talked themselves into believing the state might break their way every cycle since, and Minnesota voters have declined to cooperate […]

John Brennan Subpoenaed As Part Of DOJ Investigation Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times, An attorney for John Brennan on Sept. 14 said the former CIA director was subpoenaed to testify next month before a grand jury as part of a Department of Justice (DOJ) investigation into whether former intelligence and law enforcement officials illegally conspired against President Donald Trump. In a court filing submitted to the […]

US Data Centers To Burn More Natural Gas Than Most Nations Several weeks ago, we explained why most data center developers favor on-site gas power: it boiled down to two main reasons – availability (especially since modular nuclear power for commercial ‘behind the meter’ use is still in the distant future) and price. Furthermore, a recent BloombergNEF analysis shows the marginal cost of operating an on-site gas plant may be below […]

Paramount Threatens California Exit That Could Cost State Billions Paramount could pull nearly 58,000 jobs and $21 billion in annual economic activity out of California if the company follows through on a threat to relocate its headquarters and operations amid an antitrust fight over its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, according to a preliminary economic analysis from the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corp.’s […]

Court Rejects DOE Order To Delay Michigan Coal Plant Retirement By Ethan Howland of UtilityDive A federal appeals court on Friday vacated the Department of Energy’s emergency order requiring the owners of a coal-fired power plant in Michigan to delay its planned retirement, saying the move usurped state authority over generating resources. “The federal government has, until now, issued stopgap generation orders in response […]

Bitcoin Jumps As CLARITY Act Odds Surge In Prediction Markets Bitcoin is sharply higher, ignoring the meltdown in gold and other dollar-sensitive assets, on a surge in prediction market optimism that Washington may finally pass a crypto market structure bill, with odds rising to multi-week highs on Monday and Polymarket. Polymarket bettors put the chance that the Clarity Act will be signed into law this year at nearly 30% Monday […]

EPA Poised To Scrap Power Plant Carbon Standards By Robin Lawrence, of UtilityDive U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin is expected to formally rescind carbon pollution standards for fossil fuel power plants today, according to multiple media reports. The repeal would complete the Trump administration’s elimination of climate policies enacted under the Obama and Biden administrations and could prevent […]

State Seizes Girl After Catholic Parents Refuse To Call Her A Boy Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity News, A Massachusetts family has spent nearly two years fighting the state for custody of their daughter after a public school socially transitioned her behind their backs and child-welfare officials treated the parents’ refusal to play along as the crime. Joseph and Arlene Kutzko, devout Catholics, say staff at Algonquin […]

Lindsay Clancy Juror Admits To Feminist Motives Behind Trial It’s not surprising, but it is discouraging how accurate the conservative analysis of the Lindsay Clancy trial has become.  Every suspicion has proven correct about the jury and every fear about their motives is proving more substantial.  The trial itself symbolizes a disastrous miscarriage of justice in favor of ideology; it offers proof that in an age of social media […]

“Everyone Is Retarded And Nothing Works…”: Kunstler’s Theory Of Everything Authored by James Howard Kunstler via Clusterfuck Nation, A Theory Of Everything “The Thing That Never Happens Keeps Happening.” – Kyle Becker on X “Everyone is retarded and nothing Works.” Turns out that’s the key to unlock the mystery of this particular Fourth Turning, the one here and now, of our own time. It’s an excellent theory of everything […]

Supertanker Explodes After Hitting Mine, IRGC Says, & Asserts ‘Strait Of Hormuz Is Closed’ Summary IRGC says supertanker exploded after hitting mine in Hormuz, says strait remains closed. ‘Deal’ headlines return: US seeks “Step-by-Step” agreement with Iran, reports state media. Houthis seized more Red Sea territory, including Perim Island near the Bab al-Mandab Strait. Iran-Gulf diplomacy was postponed, delaying efforts to […]

“Dead Mall” Era Ends As Shoppers Return, Values Surge And Sector Leads CRE Revival The “malls are dead” narrative gained traction in corporate media coverage in 2016 and 2017 and lasted until 2022. Those headlines reflected the strain across the sector as excess retail space, department-store closures, and shifting consumer habits led to widespread low occupancy and cratering property values. But now, new data suggest that the […]

Here’s What’s Happening Inside Convenience Stores As Gas And Diesel Spike We continue to track convenience store trends as an indicator of working-class sentiment, building on our coverage of the spending pullback that emerged early in the US-Iran conflict. That weakness persisted into late summer as August’s fuel-price spike put further pressure on household budgets. The Gulf conflict and a global refining squeeze pushed regular […]

NATO Vows More Ukraine Support After Boris Johnson & David Petraeus Train Attack Near-Miss More escalation, NATO says. The Western military alliance’s Secretary-General Mark Rutte said Monday that Russian drone strikes near the Ukraine-Poland border hit “close to NATO territory”. He said the Sunday attack, which occurred merely hundreds of meters from Poland’s border, smacked of Putin’s “desperation and also his desire to sow […]

Jeffries Refuses To Rule Out Trump Impeachment If Democrats Win House Authored by AG News Staff via American Greatness, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said Sunday that Democrats have not ruled out another impeachment of President Donald Trump if they capture control of the House in November’s midterm elections. During an appearance on ABC’s “This Week,” host George Stephanopoulos asked the New York Democrat whether his […]

Trump Says Meeting With Chinese Leader Will Cover ‘Almost Everything’ Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sept. 13 that he would discuss almost everything with Chinese leader Xi Jinping during a planned meeting at the White House later this month. Trump did not provide specifics but said his tariffs had kept Chinese vehicles out of the U.S. market. “The tariff kept them out. I have […]

Trump Says US Could Remain In Iran And Keep Oil, Similar To Deal With Venezuela Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times, President Donald Trump on Sept. 13 said the United States could ultimately remain in Iran and “keep the oil” in a similar manner to his administration’s move to control some of Venezuela’s oil reserves. “We’ll ultimately get out [of Iran], unless we decide to stay and keep the oil like Venezuela,” Trump […]

Ukraine Pummels Black Sea Resort Near Putin’s Villa With Air & Sea Drones Ukraine sent some 400 drones across various parts of Russia and Crimea overnight, with UAV attacks having long been a nightly thing. In this latest instance, the Black Sea resort city of Sochi suffered the most casualties, with five people – including a child – wounded in a drone attack. Several homes were also damaged in the assault. The injuries in […]