Neocon Grandee Robert Kagan Issues Surprise Scathing Critique Of Iran War Via Middle East Eye Robert Kagan, one of the United States’ most prominent neoconservative voices and a long-time pro-Israel hawk, has warned that Washington is heading towards “total defeat” in its war on Iran – a setback he says “can neither be repaired nor ignored”. Writing in The Atlantic, Kagan said the damage inflicted by the conflict cannot […]

Mass Casualty Event After Israeli Airstrikes On Beirut Highway Another mass casualty event has occurred in Lebanon, as national media says that on Wednesday eight people died, including two children, when Israeli strikes targeted cars on a highway south of Beirut.  Israeli media itself described that “The three separate airstrikes were carried out well beyond the main theater of conflict in the south, targeting vehicles on the […]

The Hidden Cost To The American Worker From The AI Boom Authored by Steven Edginton via American Intelligence, While many warn that artificial intelligence itself will displace American workers, far less attention is paid to the fact that the very companies building AI are already replacing American employees with cheaper foreign labor. In many cases, though, the immediate threat to American workers is not the technology itself, […]

Israel’s Netanyahu Made Clandestine Trip To UAE During Height Of Iran War Amid the fog of the Iran conflict, some serious geopolitical chess moves were happening in the shadows, with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu having slipped behind what were once enemy lines, into the the quarters of UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, for a clandestine summit which could help realign the region. “This visit has led to a historic […]

Trump Says Cuba Is Seeking Help: ‘We Are Going To Talk’ Authored by Troy Myers via The Epoch Times, Cuba wants help, and the United States will hold talks with the communist island nation, President Donald Trump announced in a Tuesday post on Truth Social. He did not specify when those talks would take place. “No Republican has ever spoken to me about Cuba, which is a failed country and only heading in one direction—down! […]

Trump’s Booming War Economy Explained In One Chart Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth spoke with lawmakers last week and, at one point, laid out how the U.S. war economy is roaring back to life under the Trump administration. Hegseth’s message was clear: President Trump’s “smart business deals” have sent an unmistakable demand signal to defense-industrial partners: build more, build faster, and prepare for sustained procurement. “The […]

“Completely Insane”: Federal Govt Withholds $1.3BN In Medicaid Reimbursements To California, Citing Fraud Authored by Lawrence Wilson via The Epoch Times, The Trump administration will withhold $1.3 billion in Medicaid payments to California due to potentially fraudulent billing patterns, Vice President JD Vance announced on May 13. The action comes among a host of others taken recently to crack down on fraudulent activity in […]

America’s Fanatical Left Wing Mayors Are A Malignant Threat This week the Democrat mayor of Arcadia, CA pled guilty to charges of acting as an illegal agent of the People’s Republic of China.  Prosecutors alleged that from 2020–2022 (pre-mayor but continuing into her time in office), she and an associate operated a website promoting pro-China propaganda at the direction of PRC officials, without registering as a foreign […]

Charitable Giving: How To Manage Donations With New Tax Laws Authored by Javier Simon via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), When you donate to qualified charitable organizations under the IRS, you could get some tax benefits in the form of charitable deductions. The OBBBA introduces new limits and tax breaks for charitable giving starting in 2026. Fox_Ana/Shutterstock But tax laws are constantly changing, and the One Big Beautiful […]

Vance Shrugs Off Backlash After Trump Says Americans’ Finances Don’t Factor Into Iran War “Even A Little Bit” Just before leaving to China on Tuesday, President Trump fielded question from the media and issued some shocking remarks which are sure to hurt, not help Republicans, during a week in which the Iran war hits the 75-day mark. President Trump conceded that the financial situation for Americans was not a factor in his […]

Rising Jet Fuel And Ticket Prices Could Disrupt Summer Air Travel Submitted by Tsvetana Paraskova of OilPrice.com Summer travel could be disrupted for millions of airline passengers as airlines pass on higher jet fuel prices onto air fares and cancel unprofitable routes, according to the global association Airports Council International. The surge in jet fuel prices as a result of the Middle East crisis leads to higher air […]

24/7 Live Feed: Watch Humanoids Work On Factory Floor We have spent several quarters building the case for readers that humanoid robotics is approaching an inflection point, transitioning from years of training videos and promotional stunt videos to real-world factory-floor deployment. Multiple leading research desks we have cited expect global shipments of humanoid robots to begin ramping later this year and the years ahead, […]

Chaos Unleashed: When “Irrational” Makes Perfect Sense Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, Once fairness and honesty have been stripped out of a social order, social trust collapses. Once trust collapses, society disintegrates. It’s important to understand the dynamics of chaos before the certainties in our lives are swept away. Over the past few months, I’ve been exploring the dynamics of delusion and breakdown: […]

Democrats Are Not In Good Shape For The Midterms The conventional wisdom heading into 2026 was simple enough: an unpopular president, a restless electorate, and history’s gravitational pull toward the opposition party would deliver the House back to Democrats. CNN’s Harry Enten spent this week throwing cold water on that narrative — and the data he brought to the table should give Democrats serious pause. Start with the map. […]

Where Have The Men Gone? Authored by Jeffrey Tucker via The Epoch Times, The Department of Labor keeps careful track of employment and the demographics thereof. Their latest report on men in the labor force is both mysterious and deeply alarming. It turns out that the labor force is missing about 7 million men who would otherwise be working. Close to a third of working-age men have vanished from the labor force. The labor force […]

Japan’s Refinery Utilization Hits 73% As Strategic Oil Stocks Flow In With global refineries working overtime to convert oil into much needed product, Japan’s refinery utilization rates also surged in May, as releases from petroleum reserves and increased supply of non-Middle East crude are easing the crude supply crunch seen in March and most of April, OilPrice reported. For the first time since March, refiners in Japan have […]

Vaccine Researcher Trying To Debunk Measles-Autism Claims Extradited To US On CDC Fraud Charges Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A researcher who co-authored papers that he and others said undercut claims that measles vaccination causes autism has been extradited to the United States on fraud charges 15 years after he was charged. Poul Thorsen in an undated file image (L), and being extradited to the […]

The Liberal Media Is Finally Noticing Democrats Are Willing To Shred The Rule Of Law Democrats have anointed themselves the defenders of democracy and protectors of the rule of law. For years, the liberal media has been more than willing to help push that narrative. But after the state Supreme Court struck down the Virginia gerrymander, the reaction from Democrats was so extreme that even their usual defenders couldn’t ignore how […]

CIA, Mexico Criticize CNN Report Claiming US Directly Participated In Bombing Of Cartels In Mexico Authored by Kimberly Hayek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Central Intelligence Agency and Mexico are criticizing CNN for spreading false information after the news outlet published a report – citing anonymous sources – claiming that CIA operatives had directly participated in targeted killings as part of the U.S. […]

Iran Claims 80% Of Bombed-Out Areas Of Tehran Restored, Amid $270BN War Loss Compensation Demand Iran has been seeking to prove its unity and defiance to the world in the aftermath of the 38-days of heavy US-Israeli bombing it endured throughout the Trump-ordered Operation Epic Fury. Along with fast seeking to rearm and recover its missile capability after the bombardment which heavily targeted above and below-ground missile silos, […]