Deutsche Bank: Tesla’s Q2 Vehicle Deliveries Tracking Above Consensus Expectations Tesla could be on track to deliver a stronger than expected second quarter, according to a new research note from Deutsche Bank analyst Edison Yu and his automotive team. The firm now expects Tesla to report approximately 416,000 vehicle deliveries during the second quarter of 2026. That estimate is about 10,000 vehicles above the company compiled […]

Trump Suggests He May Not Sign Bipartisan Housing Affordability Bill Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times, President Donald Trump indicated on June 29 that he may not sign a bill that Congress passed that aims to make housing more affordable. Trump told reporters at the White House in Washington that he has not decided whether to sign the housing bill, the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, which Congress approved in a […]

Democrat-Led States Sue Trump Administration Over Medicaid Work Requirement Rules Via American Greatness, A coalition of 25 Democrat-led states and the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit Monday challenging the Trump administration’s rules implementing new Medicaid work requirements. The suit claims the work regulations unlawfully restrict exemptions for medically vulnerable recipients. The lawsuit, filed in federal court […]

AeroVironment Erupts On “Asymmetric Warfare Boom” AeroVironment shares surged the most in nearly two decades in early trading after the defense contractor – best known for its loitering munitions and unmanned systems – reported stronger-than-expected fourth-quarter results and issued fiscal 2027 revenue guidance that topped Wall Street estimates tracked by Bloomberg. AeroVironment’s fiscal fourth-quarter revenue jumped 31% to $642 […]

Supreme Court Strikes Down Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Executive Order The Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down President Donald Trump’s executive order curbing birthright citizenship.  President Donald Trump signs an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on January 20, 2025. (Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images) In a massive 194-page, 5-4 ruling, the Court affirmed a District Court ruling, […]

Another JOLT: Jobs Opening Smash Expectations, Despite Another Drop In Number Of Hires Another month, another whopping beat by the BLS JOLTS job openings report. One month after the April JOLTS report came out with a whopping 9-sigma beat to estimates, when it showed that in April the US added a whopping 731K job openings to 7.618 million (and up 520K from a year ago), smashing estimates of 6.9 million, moments ago the BLS reported […]

Supreme Court: States Can Ban Trans Athletes From Girls’ Sports The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that states can block biological transgender males from competing in girls’ sports. In a 6-3 ruling, the court gave an iron-clad answer to the question.  Writing for the majority in West Virginia v. B.P.J. (consolidated with Little v. Hecox), Justice Brett Kavanaugh held that neither Title IX nor the Equal Protection Clause […]

Conference Board Consumer Survey Signals Ugly Job Market, Weakest ‘Present Situation’ In Over 5 Years Amid a plethora of revisions (lower), The Conference Board’s measure of Americans’ Consumer Confidence rose very modestly in June (from 90.6 to 91.2 – a big miss on the headline print’s expectation of 94.4). However, while Expectations rose to their highest level of the year, the Present Situation tumbled to its lowest since March […]

Today Will Or Won’t See A US-Iran Meeting In Doha Which Will Be “Perhaps Important, Perhaps Not” By Michael Every of Rabobank Build ’em up or Burnham down? In typical form, today will or won’t see a US-Iran meeting in Doha; which will be ‘perhaps important, perhaps not’; and either discussing the MoU or unfreezing $6bn of Iranian assets. So, the ‘peacefire’ continues, as expected, but with little chance this holds […]

“Right Above The Cockpit”: Drone Strikes JetBlue Plane On Final Approach To JFK JetBlue Airways Flight 948 reportedly struck a small drone while the narrow-body aircraft was in the traffic pattern on final approach to John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City. JetBlue pilots reported striking a drone earlier today as they approached New York – JFK Airport at ASALT, the waypoint in the center of the video, about […]

US-Iran Have Delegations In Qatar, But No Direct Talks; Hormuz Energy Transit Rebounds – Oil Down Near Prewar Levels The Witkoff-Kushner delegation is now confirmed to be in Doha, and yet in its latest official statement Iran’s foreign ministry has made clear the Iranian side has no plans to meet US officials “at any level in the next few days.” “What will probably be done in Doha tomorrow is a discussion on the implementation of […]

Obamacare Enrollment Drops By 3 Million; Experts Disagree On Cause Authored by Lawrence Wilson via The Epoch Times, Obamacare enrollment declined by nearly 3 million in 2026, sparking renewed debate about the affordability of healthcare in America. National politicians and policy experts disagreed on the reasons for the dip in enrollment, with some saying that it was driven by rising premiums.  Others said the decline was […]

US Home Prices Drop For 3rd Straight Month Home prices in America’s top 20 cities were expected to fall MoM for the 3rd straight month in April (the latest reported data from S&P Cotality Case-Shiller) and they did… but only marginally. Prices fell 0.04% MoM in April (less than the 0.10% decline expected), but the annual change rose modestly from +0.88% YoY to +1.14% YoY… Source: Bloomberg “Monthly price movements show […]

Stock Futures Flat As S&P Closes Out Best Quarter In 6 Years US index futures erased an earlier gain following some belligerent Iran headlines, but are still set to end a quarter that is set to be the S&P 500’s best in six years with markets behaving as though period-end dynamics have now completed. As of 8:30am, the S&P 500 was flat, pointing to a calm finish for the index that has surged 14% since the beginning of […]

Manhunt After Monaco Bombing Severely Wounds Ukrainian Oligarch In ‘Attempted Assassination’ Monaco has been shaken by an apparent assassination attempt on a Ukrainian-born business tycoon by parcel bomb on Monday – something unprecedented in the normally ultra-safe principality. Authorities have described that a suspect, who is now on the run, had left a mail package in the lobby of a residential building that detonated around […]

Maersk Lifts Outlook As Wall Street Questions Whether Freight Tailwinds Can Last A.P. Moller-Maersk shares rose in Copenhagen trading after the world’s second-largest container carrier surprised analysts by raising its full-year profit outlook, citing stronger-than-expected containerized demand, particularly across Asia. The upbeat guidance suggests the global container market has remained resilient despite earlier Hormuz-related […]

Can We Have Our Humans Back? Companies Rethink AI Authored by Autumn Spredemann via The Epoch Times, The artificial intelligence revolution may not be eliminating human jobs as quickly as some feared. Rising computing costs, operational headaches, and inconsistent results are prompting some companies to change course and bring workers back. It’s a hard lesson learned in the throes of the early AI boom, in which bold claims of […]

Israeli Defense Chief Lashes Out At Trump Policy For Preventing Destruction Of Hezbollah Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz in a talk before reporters Monday ripped the Trump administration, blaming the US for giving into Iran’s demands that a peace framework incorporate the Lebanon front. Trump “exerted pressure” on Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu within several telephone calls “in the run-up to the signing of the memorandum of […]

German Feminist Activist Calls For White People To Stop Having Children And Accept Refugees Via Remix News, Germany’s Verena Brunschweiger, a self-described “radical feminist,” is promoting the slogan: “My lineage ends with me.” She says she hopes to encourage people, especially White people, to stop having children. She claims that Western pro-natalists only want to “control women, and keep refugees out.” The […]

Iran Contradicts Trump, Refuses Talks ‘At Any Level’ For Coming Days, While US Delegation Travels To Qatar Summary Iran Foreign Ministry contradicts Trump on Doha talks: “We will not hold any negotiation meetings at any level with the American side in the coming days.” US-Iran talks may resume Tuesday in Doha, Trump declaring the plan in a Monday Truth Social, with Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner traveling to Qatar, though Tehran […]

As Affordability Fears Mount, $100,000 Salary Considered Low-Income In 7 California Counties A six-figure salary is considered low-income in a handful of California counties, according to the 2026 income limits set by the state’s Department of Housing & Community Development. These new income limits, which took effect June 23, are used to calculate the cost of affordable housing for certain state housing assistance programs. […]

“White Time”: Dutch Professor Argues That Time Itself Is Racist Authored by Jonathan Turley, We have previously discussed how many professors seem to compete in finding new forms of racism in every facet of society and education. Astrophysics, math, runoffs, science, statistics, and meritocracy have all been denounced as racist. In this academic cottage industry, professors secure publications and speaking opportunities by […]

Which Continents Have The Most Drug Users? North America leads the world in the use of cannabis, opioids and amphetamines.  According to numbers published today in the UN’s World Drug Report, North Americans between the ages of 15 and 64 were 75 percent to 90 percent more likely to have consumed these drugs in 2024 than residents of second-ranked Oceania. The odds of dying of an accidental opioid overdose in the United States […]

‘Muslim Theme Park Experience’ Sparks Fierce Backlash In ‘Two-Tier’ UK Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity News, A theme park in Britain has received intense backlash for marketing exclusive access, halal vendors and Islamic stalls, effectively sidelining non-Muslims. Gulliver’s Land in Milton Keynes is handing its rides and grounds to a day promoted as reserved exclusively for the Muslim community. Organisers described it as […]

Latvia Unveils Joint Drone Plant With Ukraine, PM Touts Site’s Closeness To Russian Border Latvia has announced confirmation its government has inked a new deal for Ukraine to assist in a Ukrainian drone manufacturing plant on Latvian soil, right near the border with Russia, as well as close to the Belarusian border. Latvian Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs said following an emergency cabinet meeting held in Latgale that his […]