A diesel-price shock may be approaching Western economies.That’s because the industrial fuel sits at the epicenter of freight, agriculture, construction, and heavy industry; soaring prices ripple quickly through supply chains, raising transportation and construction costs, reigniting food inflation, weakening consumer sentiment, and intensifying margin pressure on small and medium-sized businesses.The latest AAA data show that […]
A California man has been sentenced for penning a fake ransom note in the Nancy Guthrie kidnapping case, for which he pled guilty. Derrick Callella, the 42-year-old from Hawthorne, California, received two-five year probation terms, which he will serve concurrently. He was also ordered to pay $200 for a special assessment, per TheWrap. This update […]
They Had Nothing: Christina Bobb The Mar-a-Lago story the FBI never wanted told By Kelly Walker Christina Bobb was there when the FBI rolled up to Mar-a-Lago raid on August 8, 2022, to rifle through President Trump’s personal residence, searching for “evidence” that proved to be absent. Then, as now, Christina Bobb was defiant. Hence […]
President Donald Trump responded with anger Monday after he was asked about nuking Iran. During an open session with the media, Trump was asked about using a nuclear weapon on Iran. “Well, I would never say that, but the answer is yes. I ruled out — there’s no reason for it,” Trump said, according to […]
The Pentagon has rolled out custom versions of ChatGPT and Grok to millions of Defense Department personnel. The Department of War has now replaced Anthropic’s Claude with access to multiple different AI platforms. TechCrunch reports that the Pentagon has launched military versions of OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Elon Musk’s Grok, giving the department’s 3 million civilian and […]
The Group of 20 finance meetings in Asheville, North Carolina, concluded on Tuesday after four days of discussions among finance ministers and central bank chiefs on global trade. The news late Tuesday was that China had derailed the group’s efforts to issue a joint communiqué by refusing to endorse specific language targeting trade surpluses and […]
The FBI has reportedly loosened some of its automatic disqualifiers for prospective employees, allowing applicants with certain past conduct to be considered on a case-by-case basis, according to The Times Of India. Under the revised standards, previously hiring a sex worker is no longer necessarily disqualifying. Applicants may still be eligible if it happened fewer […]
House Democrats backed away from another government shutdown battle Tuesday, joining Republicans to approve a short-term spending bill that pushes the next funding showdown beyond November’s crucial midterm elections. The successful House vote sends the continuing resolution (CR) to President Donald Trump’s desk and keeps the federal government funded through Dec. 11. The measure passed […]
A new identity theft service launched on the dark web this week is selling digital scans of more than 153 million drivers licenses from people in the United States and Canada. Based on interviews with individuals whose licenses are available for purchase on this service, it appears to be siphoning images collected by a widely-used […]
Arkansas Democratic Senate nominee Hallie Shoffner is denying that she wanted to defund Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), despite previously saying she would vote to defund the agency as it currently exists and would not spend another dime on it. Shoffner, who is challenging Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR), made the remarks June 7 at an […]
