Indian Christians Facing Rising Persecution Look To America For Help Authored by Nathan Worcester via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Amit recounted a familiar story for Christians in his region of India: pastors jailed; parishioners afraid to worship in public. The situation, Amit said, is getting worse “day by day.” Nuns from Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity community hold signs as they listen to a speaker during a […]

Thai Police Track Down 3 Children Suspected Of Lighting Homeless Man On Fire Authorities in Thailand have located three children, ages nine to 15, who are suspected of setting a homeless man on fire under a bridge in Bangkok and recording the attack. The victim, a 51-year-old man known as Karn, lives beneath the Ban Ma Bridge in the Prawet district, where he earns money by collecting recyclable materials. He said the incident […]

Seven Reasons Not To Bomb Iran Authored by Josiah Lippincott via American Greatness, By the time this piece publishes, the United States military might already have launched air strikes on Iran. Indeed, planes could be launching while I write this. Nevertheless, here is a list of seven reasons why our government should not intervene in the Middle East. 1) It has never gone well. That is unlikely to change now. In 1953, the CIA […]

“Leader Turned Follower”: Lululemon’s See-Through Legging Fiasco Exposes Brand Drift Lululemon Athletica has drifted from its core strength in premium, high-quality yoga pants, chasing trends and fast product cycles. Competitors such as Alo Yoga and Vuori are quickly taking market share, while Lululemon has seen quality lapses, culminating in the botched launch of its “Get Low” tights earlier this month. Bloomberg reports that […]

Texas Governor Issues Disaster Declaration Over Spread Of Parasitic Screwworm Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday said he imposed a statewide disaster declaration to prevent the spread of a type of parasitic fly in his state. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks to the media at the Texas Capitol in Austin, Texas, on Aug. 22, 2025. AP Photo/Eric Gay The New World screwworm […]

Russia’s Lukoil To Sell Bulk Of International Portfolio To US Carlyle Group Russia’s second-largest oil producer, Lukoil, has agreed to sell the bulk of its international assets – initially valued at $22 billion by analysts – to private equity heavyweight Carlyle, as Western sanctions continue to force a fire sale of Russian energy holdings abroad. This sanctions-induced fire sale was expected, as the company had first unveiled in […]

US Judge Grants Asylum To Chinese National Who Filmed China’s Uyghur Prison Camps Authored by Frank Fang via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A pro-democracy activist who fled China after documenting what he described as concentration camps in the Xinjiang region was granted asylum on Jan. 28 by a New York state immigration judge, amid widespread concern about the risks he would face if deported. Guan Heng speaks in a YouTube video […]

Trump Sues US Treasury For $10 Billion Over Tax-Returns Leak In the latest sign that we’re living in unusual times, the sitting president of the United States is suing the US Treasury and Internal Revenue Service — both housed in his executive branch — and asking to be paid at least $10 billion in compensation for “reputational and financial harm,” according to a complaint first publicized Thursday.   We’re printing money […]

Cold Weather Delays NASA Moon Launch At Least Two Days Authored by T.J. Muscaro via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—Humanity’s return to the Moon’s orbit will have to wait at least another two days. NASA’s Space Launch System Moon rocket prepares for launch ahead of Artemis II at Launch Complex 39B at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on Jan. 30, 2026 (T.J. Muscaro/The Epoch Times). NASA said on Jan. 30 […]

Americans Have Limited Trust In AI Search Results Using a search engine nowadays will inevitably render AI-generated results towards the top of the page. This means that not only the many people going straight to ChatGPT, Perplexity or Gemini for their queries, but everybody else as well, is seeing the conclusions of Large Language Model in their online searches. While most people are aware that LLM results can be wrong, tedious […]

Federal Judge Blocks DHS Policy To Reconsider Legal Status For Minnesota Refugees Authored by Joseph Lord via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A federal judge on Jan. 28 blocked a Trump administration policy initiative to reconsider the legal status of the roughly 5,600 lawful refugees living in Minnesota. People hold a banner during a demonstration against the presence of federal immigration agents in Minneapolis on Jan. 28, 2026. […]

Senate Passes Package To Avoid Shutdown, Gives DHS Two Week Lifeline Update (1905ET): The Senate on Friday passed legislation to avert a partial government shutdown, while giving the Department of Homeland Security a two-week lifeline while lawmakers fight over ICE funding.  The package, which will fund non-DHS programs throughout Sept. 30, passed 71-29.  Next, Democrats will insist on various measures to rein in ICE, which […]

These Are The States Where Homes Take The Longest To Sell The U.S. housing market is growing more divided, with some homes still selling quickly while others remain listed for months. High mortgage rates, strained affordability, and cautious buyers have slowed demand in many regions, forcing sellers to wait far longer than they did just a few years ago. A new study by Premier Timber Frame Builders, based on Zillow’s “Days to […]

Victor Hanson Asks: Are We Slouching Towards Ford Sumter? Authored by Victor Davis Hanson via American Greatness, In the months before the April 12, 1861, firing on Fort Sumter, there were lots of sharp divisions in the North about the proper reaction to the first seven Confederate states that had already left the Union. Not all Unionists believed that war was inevitable. Some, in fact, were happy to be done with the departing […]

Census Data Signals Deep Trouble for Democrats After 2030 Democrats are staring down a demographic nightmare that could keep them out of power for years.  Fresh Census Bureau estimates for 2025 paint a grim picture for the party. While red states are growing with new residents, blue states are losing population. As a result, experts predict that House seats and Electoral College votes will shift toward GOP turf after the 2030 […]

Largest Power Project In US Approved For West Texas Amid Gas Plant And Data Center Buildout Authored by Dylan Baddour via Inside Climate News (emphasis ours), Texas’ environmental regulator this week issued the largest air pollution permit in the country to an enormous planned complex of gas power plants and data centers near the oilfields of the Permian Basin, according to an announcement from the project’s developers.  […]

Gov. Walz And AG Ellison To Testify At March 4 Hearing On Fraud In Minnesota Tim Walz may no longer be seeking reelection as governor, but the questions surrounding the fraud that unfolded on his watch are not going away. Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison are now headed to Capitol Hill to face a congressional investigation into welfare fraud in Minnesota. Both men are scheduled to testify on March 4 before the House Oversight […]

House Republicans To Introduce Voting Reform Bill With Voter ID, Proof Of Citizenship Rules Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), House Republicans on Jan. 29 said they plan to roll out a comprehensive election reform bill that would set requirements for elections, including for photo IDs and proof of citizenship. Voting booths are set up at a polling place in Newtown, Pa., on April 23, 2024. AP Photo/Matt […]

Russia Insists Venezuelan Scenario Will Not Happen In Cuba: ‘No Easy Ride’ Russian Ambassador to the UN Vassily Nebenzia vowed on Friday that there will be no repeat of the Venezuelan scenario in Cuba. “There has undoubtedly been betrayal in Venezuela, this is being said quite openly. Some high-ranking officials have, in fact, betrayed the president. This scenario will not work in Cuba. I think that the Americans, despite the […]

Democrats Have Become The “Useful Idiots” Of Globalist/Marxist Forces Bent On Destroying Western Civ Authored by James Howard Kunstler, It has come into focus now and you no longer need to be perplexed, mystified, bewildered, or bamboozled by events unspooling in Minneapolis and other hotspots of Woke-Marxist-Jacobin delirium. You are seeing the infernal machine of a sponsored revolution. Its parts are visible. They can be named […]

“Justice Is Coming”: Border Czar Homan Vows Reckoning For Anti-ICE Groups Border czar Tom Homan said Thursday that far-left groups accused of funding and organizing attacks on Immigration and Customs Enforcement will be held responsible. “About the organization and the funding of the attacks on ICE, I’m not going to answer a lot about that because I’m not going to show our hand, but they’ll be held accountable. Justice is […]

Trump Targets Canadian Aircraft With Decertification Threat, 50% Tariff Warning President Trump on Thursday threatened to “decertify” Canadian-made aircraft and slap a 50% tariff on planes sold into the United States, in a potential move that would mark an unprecedented intervention in aviation regulation, given this function is traditionally handled by the Federal Aviation Administration (however, the FAA has yet to issue […]

Iran Unveils More Deep Underground Missile Tunnels, Warns Can Close Strait of Hormuz Via The Cradle Tehran has unveiled a network of “underwater missile tunnels” and has warned that the Strait of Hormuz will “not be safe” if the Islamic Republic is attacked by the US, Iranian state television reported. Footage aired on Iranian state television showed Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy commander Alireza […]

Watch: Jennings Destroys Dems For Refusing To Condemn DA’s Vow To “Hunt Down Nazi” ICE Agents Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, CNN contributor Scott Jennings unloaded on Democrats during a heated panel discussion, exposing their failure to denounce Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner’s inflammatory threats against federal ICE agents enforcing immigration laws. Jennings highlighted how such rhetoric from […]

Tesla Shares Jump 5% After Musk Reportedly Mulls Merging SpaceX, xAI, Tesla Merger Tesla shares jumped about 5% on Friday after reports suggested that Elon Musk is considering bringing his companies closer together through a possible merger involving SpaceX, Tesla, and artificial intelligence startup xAI. The news helped reverse losses from the previous session, when the stock slid following the company’s earnings report. […]