The Trump administration is proposing increasing the refugee admissions ceiling for fiscal year 2026 to 17,500 for White South Africans, according to an emergency determination sent to Congress and obtained by CNN. Last year, the administration restricted the number of refugees allowed to enter the country annually to 7,500, with a focus on White South […]
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Authored by Pepe Escobar,If all of us are magnanimous enough, we might infer that Xi and Trump agreed on a three-year stability framework.The headline on the front page of China Daily this past Thursday was a thunder and lightning “Red-carpet welcome for Trump in Beijing”.Well, complete with electric jumpin’ children waving flowers and a visit […]
In a verdict hailed by federal officials as a major blow against one of the most egregious health care fraud operations in Florida history, a jury in the Southern District of Florida convicted Brett Blackman, 42, of Johnson County, Kansas, on multiple conspiracy charges related to a sprawling scheme that bilked Medicare and other federal […]
Speaking from the White House, President Trump, HHS Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr, CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz and various officials from the pharmaceutical industry held an event to deliver information about the latest updates to TrumpRx. More prescription brands have been added to the exchange, and the website has significant updates allowing price comparison and […]
President Donald Trump ripped establishment media on Monday, contending that even if Iran surrendered, outlets like the New York Times would spin it as a victory over the United States. Trump blasted the Times and others in a Truth Social post on Monday morning: If Iran surrenders, admits their Navy is gone and resting at […]
President Trump announced on Truth Social that he is delaying further strikes against Iran pending current negotiations with Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar. According to the announcement the Gulf States are negotiating a ‘zero nuclear’ position. This is an interesting development as the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) were previously the ones urging […]
Authored by James Howard Kunstler, “. . . we are witnessing mass formation in real time, where the group delusion becomes the only permissible reality.” – LH Grey on X Last week, Stephen Colbert celebrated his May 21 departure from late-night TV by French-kissing his fellow late-night soul-mate hosts goodbye, perhaps to honor the French […]
Freedom Caucus lawmakers cheered the House Appropriations Committee advancing an amendment to a major funding bill that would protect Americans’ privacy against data brokers. “For too long, federal law enforcement agencies have skirted the Constitution by purchasing and selling Americans’ private data without judicial oversight. That’s why I voted to include an amendment in this […]
At a moment the US-Iran ceasefire is officially on life support, and with the world’s most critical energy chokepoint remaining blocked while the American consumer is paying the price at the pump, beltway hawks are calling for renewed major military action to ‘solve’ the standoff.Foremost among them, Senator Lindsey Graham, hit the Sunday news circuit to […]
