New Jersey Faces Structural Deficit Crisis And Democrats Blame Trump When all else fails, blame Trump.  It might be the only political strategy the Democrats have left but it doesn’t work for everything.   New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill, who took office this year, warns that the state faces a serious structural deficit (spending exceeding revenues annually) of roughly $3 billion, despite a projected surplus of $7.2 billion […]

US Arranging Charter, Military Flights For Americans In The Middle East Authored by Savannah Hulsey Pointer via The Epoch Times, The U.S. State Department is looking to help Americans in the Middle East find a way home. The State Department said on March 3 it is working to charter aircraft to fly Americans home following the start of the U.S.–Israel military strikes on Iran. “The State Department is actively securing […]

“Account Temporarily Unavailable”: Facebook Outages Reported In U.S. Facebook appears to be suffering widespread outages, as login attempts on the social media site produce the error: “Account Temporarily Unavailable.” The full error reads: “Account Temporarily Unavailable. Your account is currently unavailable due to a site issue. We expect this to be resolved shortly. Please try again in a few minutes.” Users on the […]

Behind America’s New Industrial Revolution Authored by Emel Akan via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The U.S. economy grew faster than many predicted over the past year, outpacing other advanced economies, especially in Europe, where growth has nearly stalled. The manufacturing facilities of the Independent Can Company in Belcamp, Md., on June 25, 2025. Ryan Collerd/AFP via Getty Images Analysts say President Donald Trump’s […]

Bill Pervs Out Over Epstein Memories, Hillary Goes Berserk, And They Both Lied: Top Viral Moments From Clinton Depositions The House Oversight Committee dropped more than nine hours of raw video from Bill and Hillary Clinton’s closed-door Epstein depositions on Monday, where the pair were questioned over their longstanding relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. Here are a few of the most memorable moments:  1. Bill Clinton Smirks […]

From Whiskey To Weed: A Second Amendment Fight Authored by John R. Lott Jr. & Laura Lott via RealClearPolitics, Are regular marijuana users the modern equivalent of “habitual drunkards” at the Founding? What about someone who regularly takes a sleep gummy? In oral arguments before the Supreme Court today in United States v. Hemani, the federal government argues that they are the same. In August 2022, FBI agents searched […]

Trump Floats Backing Anti-Tehran Insurgency As Alternative To US Boots On Ground It’s only day four of the US-Israeli ‘Operation Epic Fury’ and there’s already talks of a ground war and insurgency in Iran. Of course, the White House is still saying it doesn’t plan to send US boots on the ground (though is ‘not ruling it out’), while also proclaiming the US wants regime change in Tehran, and the dismantling of the Islamic Republic […]

‘They’re Not MAGA’: Trump Remarks On Tucker Carlson And Megyn Kelly’s Iran Criticism Authored by Steve Watson via modernity.news, President Donald Trump delivered a clear message to critics within conservative media circles Monday, asserting that ‘true’ MAGA supporters back his moves to neutralize the Iranian threat and prevent nuclear proliferation that endangers the U.S. and its allies. Dismissing pushback from Tucker […]

‘Toxic Indoctrination’: Dept Of War Cuts Fellowships At 13 ‘Elite’ Universities Authored by Gabrielle Temaat via The College Fix, The U.S. Department of Defense announced the cancellation of its military education fellowships at 13 top universities on Friday, citing “toxic indoctrination.” “We are eliminating certain Senior Service College (SSC) Fellowship programs for the 2026-2027 academic year and beyond. I am also […]

Trump Announces US To Cover Insurance For All Ships Traveling Through Gulf, Will Provide US Navy Escorts Update (1440ET): Moments ago President Trump announced that the United States will provide insurance for “ALL Maritime Trade” via the US Development Finance Corporation (DFC), and will provide Navy escorts, “if necessary.” Effective IMMEDIATELY, I have ordered the United States Development Finance Corporation (DFC) to […]

Visualizing Data Center Power Surge Before White House Meets With Big Tech Ahead of tomorrow’s White House meeting, where representatives from Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, xAI, Oracle, and OpenAI are expected to pledge that their data-center buildouts will not drive higher power bills for households near those facilities, UBS analyst Arend Kapteyn has published a new note featuring a chart of the day that visualizes the rapid […]

In Stunning Flip-Flop, DOJ Suddenly Revives Bid To Sanction Law Firms Update (1400ET): In a stunning flip-flop, just 24 hours after The Justice Department said it was dropping its appeal of four trial-court rulings that struck down Trump’s sanctions against law firms Jenner & Block, WilmerHale, Perkins Coie and Susman Godfrey, the DoJ told a court Tuesday that it plans to press forward with the defense of President Trump’s […]

US Launched Kamikaze Drones Against Iran, Reflecting Lessons Learned From Ukraine In the first 72 hours of Operation Epic Fury, U.S. forces conducted more than 1,700 strikes across Iran on high-value IRGC military assets and leadership. These strikes relied heavily on air-delivered munitions, including bombs, air-launched rockets, and missiles deployed from stealth fighter jets, stealth bombers, fourth-generation fighter jets and […]

Kalshi, Polymarket Face Trading Halt In Nevada After Court Rulings Authored by Zoltan Vardai via CoinTelegraph.com, Two US federal court rulings have increased the risk that Nevada regulators may seek to halt prediction-market trading in the state after a judge sent a dispute involving Polymarket’s parent company Blockratize and Kalshi back to state court in two separate rulings. A federal judge rejected arguments that US […]

Blackstone Launching Public Vehicle for Data Center Acquisitions Amid overwhelming redemptions in other funds, Blackstone is preparing a publicly traded acquisition company dedicated to data centers, opening the door for “mom and pop” to jump into the AI boom, just as the market is panicking over who will find the trillions in data center spending over the next several years Bloomberg reported that the vehicle’s focus is on […]

Trump Accepts White House Correspondents’ Dinner Invitation For First Time Authored by Kimberley Hayek via The Epoch Times, President Donald Trump announced on Monday that he will attend the White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) dinner for the first time as president, after declining to attend during his initial term in office due to his view that the majority of the media is unfairly biased against him. The president […]

Voters Head To Polls In First 2026 Primary Election: What To Know Authored by Joseph Lord via The Epoch Times, Today, voters in Texas and North Carolina will cast their ballots in the first major contested primary elections of the 2026 midterm elections. The elections in the two states have high stakes for the control of Congress in 2027. The Texas Senate primaries for both parties have become some of the most closely watched […]

Trump Admits Strikes Killed Iran’s ‘Future Leaders’; CIA Station, Gulf Embassies Come Under Attack Here are the most critical developments unfolding in the US-Iran conflict:  State Department securing military aircraft, charter flights to get Americans out of Middle East Iran International is claiming (unverified) Iran’s Assembly of Experts chose Mojtaba Khamenei as new Ayatollah under heavy IRGC pressure to ensure hardline […]

Drone Strikes On Amazon Data Centers In Middle East Reveal Urgent Need To Defend AI For the first time in modern warfare, Iranian kamikaze drones struck commercial data centers in the Middle East operated by Amazon. This marks a major escalation in the targeting of civilian digital infrastructure. Amazon wrote on its website that three Middle East data centers were hit by Iranian drones, causing widespread outages at Amazon Web […]

Zelensky Warns Iran War Could Starve Ukraine Of Critical US Arms This isn’t the first time the world’s attention has shifted away from the Ukraine war, but it certainly marks the biggest other conflict to erupt throughout the four-year long war in Eastern Europe. Every time there is a ‘distraction’ – President Zelensky takes pains to try and refocus attention on Kiev’s plight, quite naturally. At a moment the depth of American […]

“I’d Be Angry, Too”: Jamie Dimon Says Trump Debanking Suit Has No Merit, Then Rails Debanking Practices JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said Monday that Donald Trump’s $5 billion lawsuit over the closure of his accounts “has no merit,” but added, “They have the right to be angry. I’d be angry, too.” Trump claims JPMorgan and other banks shut his accounts for political reasons, according to CNBC. Dimon said banks are […]

More Bark Than Bite: Kaine’s War Powers Resolution Is An ‘Imminent’ Failure Authored by Jonathan Turley, We now have a glimpse of the War Powers Resolution promised by Sen. Tim Kaine (D., Va.), which is reportedly scheduled for a vote in the Senate today or Wednesday. The resolution purportedly ends all combat operations against Iran … until you reach the very end where there is a hole that you could drive a combat task force […]

OpenAI Rewrites ‘Sloppy’ Pentagon AI Deal After Backlash Over Surveillance Risks OpenAI – which millions of users trust with everything from legal documents to tax returns – is revising its newly signed contract with the US Department of War, just days after it was announced that they would replace Anthropic for use in government systems because the rushed rollout “looked opportunistic and sloppy.”  Hours after negotiations […]

Regime Change Will Not Be Easy: Tehran’s Goal Is To Survive By Any Means Necessary By Molly Schwartz, cross-asset macro strategist at Rabobank My Circus! My Monkeys! Europe was hit with the first strike to its energy supply chain after the Russian invasion of Ukraine and had to start diversifying its inflows from elsewhere. Now that Middle Eastern LNG is losing reliability, Europe might have to get involved just to keep the lights […]

China Panics, Urges Ceasefire To Reopen Strait Of Hormuz As Beijing Is Addicted To Cheap Iranian Crude Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said at Tuesday’s regular press briefing in Beijing that all parties in the Iran conflict must ensure the safe transit of commercial shipping through the critical maritime energy chokepoint of the Strait of Hormuz. “China urges all parties to immediately cease military operations, […]