US Stocks Set To Open At Record High On Blowout Tech Earnings Ahead Of Fed, Mag 7 US equity futures are rallying into record territory, led by Tech as overnight earnings (ASML, SK Hynix, STX, TXN) boost the group and help fuel the AI trade, perhaps pausing the broadening theme. As of 8:00am ET S&P futures are up 0.2% pointing to a sixth-straight advance that would mark the longest winning run in almost seven months and will push […]

Deutsche Bank Shares Tumble After Offices Raided In Money-Laundering Probe Deutsche Bank shares are down over 3% in early trading following reports that German police raided their offices in Frankfurt and in Berlin on Wednesday morning, as part of an investigation into money laundering. “We confirm that the Frankfurt public prosecutor’s office is on site in our offices,” a Deutsche Bank spokesperson said in an emailed […]

ASML Shares Go Bananas After Bookings Bonanza, Job Cuts Shares in ASML, Europe’s most valuable company which builds the ‘printing presses’ for modern microchips, exploded higher in Wednesday trade after Q4 orders blew past analyst estimates. The Dutch semiconductor company also announced job cuts to boost efficiency, and a share buyback of up to €12B by the end of 2028.  Fueled by demand for AI chips, bookings in the fourth […]

Trump Says Noem Won’t Step Down Over Minnesota Shooting, Doing ‘Very Good Job’ Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), President Donald Trump on Tuesday rebuffed calls for Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to step down from her position in the midst of criticism of immigration officials in the wake of a protester-involved shooting in Minneapolis over the past weekend. President Donald Trump departs for […]

“Go ICE”: Chicago-Area Teacher Put On Leave For Two Words Posted On Facebook Authored by Jonathan Turley, Some of us in the free speech community have been writing about the hypocrisy of many in the media and academia suddenly championing free speech values after years of silence (or support) over censorship of conservatives, libertarians, and contrarians. A good example can be found in the Chicago area, where a physical education […]

America’s Most Expensive Home’s $40 Million Price Cut Shocks Luxury Market The Bel Air behemoth known as La Fin – once the crown jewel of speculative excess – has returned to the market at $99.9 million, slashed by a staggering $40 million from its original $139 million ask in 2022, Realtor.com reports. The 1200 Bel Air Road estate, the brainchild of former emergency-room physician turned developer Joe Englanoff, spans more than […]

Langley Plants The Flag: CIA Takes Point In Post-Maduro Venezuela The CIA is “quietly working” to establish a permanent footprint inside Venezuela to shape the country’s post-Maduro trajectory, according to a CNN report Tuesday – or rather it’s not-so-quietly, with sources saying Washington intends to run Caracas much the way it penetrated Ukraine after 2014. While the State Department is planning an eventual reopening of a formal […]

Spanish Nationalists Furious: Socialist PM Sánchez Decrees Amnesty For 500K Illegals, Skirts Parliament Authored by Thomas Brooke via Remix News, Spain’s struggling socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has agreed with the far left to push through a mass amnesty for around 500,000 illegal immigrants by royal decree, bypassing parliament and avoiding any binding vote in Congress. The extraordinary regularization, negotiated […]

Chinese Hackers Reportedly Breached Phones At “Heart of Downing Street” Chinese state-linked hackers reportedly accessed mobile phones “at the heart of Downing Street” as part of a long-running cyber-espionage campaign targeting telecom networks worldwide, according to Fox News. U.S. intelligence agencies believe the breaches began as early as 2021, though they were publicly revealed in 2024 after American officials warned […]

UK’s Government-Controlled Digital ID Is Not The Optional Convenience It Is Being Sold As Authored by David Thunder via ‘The Freedom Blog;, The UK government has pledged to introduce a digital ID system for all UK citizens and legal residents by the end of the current Parliament (so no later than 2029). The integration of digital ID into government services, though already under way, has hitherto been largely voluntary. However, is […]

EU ‘Celebrates’ Replacing One Massive Energy Dependency With Another One EU member states on Monday finally signed off on a legally binding ban on Russian gas imports, locking in a hard deadline to sever the bloc’s remaining dependence on Russian energy flows by late 2027. The move turns Brussels’ long-running pledge to cut Moscow energy loose into enforceable law, nearly four years after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, or […]

EU’s Deadly New Weapon Against Press Freedom: Already Wreaking Havoc Via Remix News, In an extraordinary case that could decide the future of press rights in Europe, Berlin-based German-Turkish journalist Hüseyin Doğru is currently under European Union sanctions for his reporting, which left him completely unable to access his bank account for months. Under orders from the EU, his assets were frozen, and these sanctions were […]

The End Of “The Great Reset”: Six Final Takeaways From Davos As Globalism, Net Zero Lose Edge Authored by Owen Evans via The Epoch Times, For years, the World Economic Forum (WEF) has promoted discussions around global economic coordination and governance, an approach often associated with initiatives such as the “Great Reset,” a concept introduced by WEF founder Klaus Schwab. At this year’s meeting in Davos, Switzerland, […]

The Seven Deadly Sins Of Weight Loss Drugs Authored by Alan Cassels via The Brownstone Institute, O is for Obesity…. Back in the days, we saw a fat lady sing,  Her song rich and lovely, our hearts would soon ring.  And with her size so big, we silently mocked her, But we never thought once she should just see a doctor. But that has all changed. It’s obesity not fat,  A medical label wearing a medical hat. Dieting and […]

Canadian Woman Euthanized ‘Against Her Will’ After Husband Reported ‘Caregiver Burnout’ A Canadian woman in her 80s was euthanized ‘against her will’ through Canada’s medical assistance in dying program (MAiD), after her elderly husband told doctors she had changed her mind despite telling an assessor she wanted to live, according to a report released by the Office of the Chief Coroner.  MAiD allows patients to request a […]

Chinese Dissident Sues X, Alleging Wrongful Account Suspension And Possible Foreign Pressure Authored by Michael Zhuang via The Epoch Times, A New York-based Chinese dissident and political commentator has filed a lawsuit against X Corp., alleging the social media platform wrongfully suspended his account without explanation and may have acted under foreign political pressure. Wilson Lei Chen, a U.S. citizen who is also known as […]

Even The Biden Admin Investigated Ilhan Omar’s Shady Personal Finances According to financial disclosures filed last year, Rep. Ilhan Omar’s net worth has surged in recent years. Omar reported that her husband held stakes valued between $6 million and $30 million in a venture capital firm and a winery. That sudden and dramatic increase in wealth has now drawn scrutiny. House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) plans […]

UPS Won’t Resurrect MD-11 Fleet After Deadly Crash, Takes $137M Charge Authored by Eric Kulisch via FreightWaves.com, UPS has decided to permanently retire its fleet of 27 MD-11 aircraft and take a $137 million after-tax write off instead of returning the widebody freighters to service even if they are cleared to fly again by aviation authorities following the crash of one of its planes in early November. The express delivery and […]

China’s Largest Oil Producer Suspends Purchases Of Venezuela Oil Chinese state-owned giant PetroChina, Asia’s largest oil and gas producer, which hasn’t bought Venezuelan crude since the U.S. imposed sanctions on Venezuela in 2019, is not too keen to start buying again after the U.S. authorized global traders to market the crude from the world’s biggest reserves holder, OilPrice reports.   PetroChina has told traders not to […]

Tucker Carlson Presses Peter Schiff On Bitcoin As A New Global Reserve Currency Authored by Christina Comben via CoinTelegraph.com, In a new interview with US media personality Tucker Carlson, gold advocate Peter Schiff renewed his attack on Bitcoin and the broader crypto industry. Speaking on Carlson’s show, he argued that Bitcoin is a speculative instrument with “no actual use” and warned that proposals for a US […]

Iran Activates Emergency Contingency Plan As Trump Boasts Of “Beautiful” Armada Nearby Update(1934ET): FT and others have reported that Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has moved to activate emergency contingency plans, aiming to secure critical supplies and ensure continuity of government operations amid fears of renewed US or Israeli attacks, at a moment President Trump has said a “beautiful armada” of US warships, including […]

Government Steams Towards Partial Shutdown Amid Democrat Demands Over ICE As a Friday deadline approaches for a partial government shutdown, Republicans are backed into a corner following national uproar over two deadly ICE shootings by federal agents in Minneapolis amid growing concern over the agency’s tactics.  Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) plans to move forward with a six-bill spending package, which includes […]

Patel Says FBI Has Discovered Groups Funding Minnesota Protests On Monday, FBI Director Kash Patel on Tuesday confirmed that the bureau is investigating groups that are believed to be organizing protests against ICE officials in Minneapolis, as daily demonstrations throughout the city continue. People march and gather near the post office during a protest, Sunday, Jan. 18, 2026, in Minneapolis. AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura Patel also […]

Tether Launches USAT, A Federally Regulated, Dollar-Backed Stablecoin For The US Market Authored by Micah Zimmerman via BitcoinMagazine.com, Tether, the world’s largest digital asset company by stablecoin circulation, announced Tuesday the official launch of USA₮, a federally regulated, dollar-backed stablecoin designed specifically for use in the United States under the recently enacted GENIUS Act. USA₮ is issued by […]

Yale Goes Tuition-Free For Middle-Class As Dartmouth Prez Pushes ‘Protections For Unpopular Views’ Starting this fall, Yale University will offer free tuition for new students from households earning less than $200,000 – excluding room, board, fees and books, while admitted students whose families make less than $100,000 will pay nothing. Tuition alone at Yale is $72,500, while the full cost of attendance – including room, […]