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Speaker Johnson Flips Script on Democratic Leaders with Staunch Warning Against Government Shutdown…
Speaker Johnson is accusing Senate Democrats of ‘threatening to force’ a shutdown…
White House to Agencies: Prepare Mass Firing Plans for Potential Shutdown…
In memo, the Trump administration says the Reduction-in-Force plans would go beyond standard shutdown furloughs…
Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Launches the Gold Card Program…
Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order to create the Gold Card visa program, facilitating expedited immigration for aliens who make significant financial gifts to the United States…
Republicans Bristle at Rising Costs for Rebuilding Baltimore Bridge…
A POLITICO report shows the price tag is ballooning and the target completion date is slipping…
U.S., Britain to Announce More Than $10 Billion in Deals During Trump Visit…
The United States and Britain plan to announce more than $10 billion in economic deals this week as part of U.S. President Donald Trump’s state visit, senior U.S. officials said on Monday…
Joint Statement from Secretary Bessent and Ambassador Greer on Emergency G7 Finance Call…
“Only with a unified effort that cuts off the revenues funding Putin’s war machine at the source will we be able to apply sufficient economic pressure to end the senseless killing,” said Secretary Bessent and Ambassador Greer…
Oracle’s Astonishing Jam-Tomorrow Open AI Trade…
Oracle has been the stock market story of the week. The maker of database and enterprise management software has a habit of missing on earnings and beating on order intake, but nothing like this…
Worst Revision In History: BLS Admits A Record 911K Fewer Jobs Were Added Under Biden
Two weeks ago, before both Bloomberg and Reuters, we told our subscribers to “brace for another huge negative payrolls revision”…
The Fed’s New ‘Gain-of-Function’ Monetary Policy…
Overuse of nonstandard policies, mission creep, and institutional bloat are threatening the central bank’s monetary independence…
Putrid Payrolls: Job Growth Collapses to Just 22K, Unemp Rate Rises to 4.3% Putting 50bps Rate Cut in Play…
Ahead of today’s jobs report, consensus was that a print between 40K and 100K is largely priced in and greenlighting a 25bps rate cut by the Fed in two weeks, and that we would need a real outlier number for the Fed to either cut 50bps… or not hike. Well, we got a real outlier when moments ago…
Chinese Networks Laundering Billions in Cartel Wealth Through USA…
There appears to be a fair amount of cooperation between China and some of the Central and South American drug cartels. We’ve known for some time now that China has been supplying cartels with fentanyl and other drugs and drug precursors. Now it appears as though some Chinese interests are actually laundering cartel money through the American financial system…
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy Withdraws $679M in Funding for ‘Doomed’ Offshore Wind Projects — Including Three in NY, NJ and CT…
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced Friday that $679 million in federal funding has been withdrawn for 12 “doomed” offshore wind projects – including three in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut…
Cracker Barrel Caves After Trump Suggests Restoring Old Logo…
Victory against heartless modernity…
Trump Media, Crypto.com Announce Strategic Partnership…
Trump Media and Technology Group Corp. (Nasdaq, NYSE Texas: DJT) (“Trump Media”), operator of the social media platform Truth Social, the streaming platform Truth+, and the FinTech brand Truth.Fi, announced today it has signed a mutual cooperation agreement and a purchase agreement creating a strategic partnership with Crypto.com…
Wall Street Is Killing the Housing Market…
In Cleveland, nearly 24% of homes have now been purchased by investors…
Cracker Barrel Just Did the Dumbest Thing Possible…
Cracker Barrel has officially gone full Bud Light, and it’s crazy to watch this nightmare unfold. What was once a legendary slice of Americana, a cozy, southern-style spot where families could count on a warm meal and a little down-south “porch” charm, has now been gutted, sanitized, and “modernized” into a bland, soulless shell of what it used to be…
DEI Undermines Merit, Sows Division, Weakens Companies…
The defenders of corporate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs cannot stop twisting the truth. Their arguments are so flimsy that they rely on sleight of hand, misrepresentation, and wishful thinking to keep the DEI project alive…
Trump Admin Kills Massive Offshore Wind Project…
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) under the DOI is halting activity on the “Revolution Wind” project off the coast of Rhode Island and Connecticut in line with President Donald Trump’s energy goals to boost reliable energy resources and lower costs for Americans, the agency told the DCNF…
Watch Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s full policy speech at Jackson Hole…
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell delivers his annual address Friday morning at the central bank’s annual symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming…