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First Interstate Bancsystem director sells $120,016 in FIBK stock

Bitcoin holds below $76K as Binance EU closures add to crypto market pressure

China energy investment to hit $940 billion in 2026 as grid spending rises

Saudi Arabia lifts oil region alerts after Houthi missile intercepted

How Washington Think-Tanks Paved The Road To Serfdom

How Washington Think-Tanks Paved The Road To Serfdom Authored by James Bovard via Brownstone Institute,In the same way that medieval kings seized any excuse to invade neighboring countries, today's politicians perennially seek pretexts to further invade citizens' lives. And…

Feds Slap $50 Million Bounty On Tren De Aragua's Top Three

Feds Slap $50 Million Bounty On Tren De Aragua's Top Three The Justice Department and State Department just announced rewards of up to $50 million combined for information leading to the arrests and/or convictions of Tren de Aragua's three top leaders, according to a Justice…

Pacira earnings missed by $0.03, revenue fell short of estimates

Leak Reportedly Exposed Netanyahu & Mossad Chief's Plan To Attack Iran Before Israeli Election

Leak Reportedly Exposed Netanyahu & Mossad Chief's Plan To Attack Iran Before Israeli Election Via Middle East EyeIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Mossad chief Roman Gofman sought to carry out an operation against Iran on the eve of Israel's 27 October election, but…

Judge orders ethics probe into Trump’s Washington golf course project

'Super Intelligence' Fraud Ring Impersonated CEOs And Lawyers To Steal $129 Million, Feds Say

'Super Intelligence' Fraud Ring Impersonated CEOs And Lawyers To Steal $129 Million, Feds Say Federal prosecutors in Manhattan unsealed an indictment Thursday charging three foreign nationals with using what they call "super intelligence" to mimic the voices and images of…

What are the AI lab compute commitments?

Inside CHIRLA's Secret Voter Campaign

Inside CHIRLA's Secret Voter Campaign Authored by Christopher F. Rufo, Kenneth Schrupp and Austen Hufford via City Journal,Since 2019, California has granted more than $100 million to a left-wing NGO called the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles, or CHIRLA. The…

ICE Deported 'Brian' - Months Later He Was Back Fleecing Seattle Homeowners, And He's One Of Dozens

ICE Deported 'Brian' - Months Later He Was Back Fleecing Seattle Homeowners, And He's One Of Dozens The bearded man in the cowboy hat who talked his way onto Seattle porches as "Brian" was, according to a KING 5 investigation, an Irishman ICE had already arrested in Boston and…

New Zealand election puts tax reform party in kingmaker role as majority hangs

Hegseth Authorizes National Guard To Use Military Vehicles, Boats, Patrol Cars In DC

Hegseth Authorizes National Guard To Use Military Vehicles, Boats, Patrol Cars In DC Authored by Timothy Frudd via The Epoch Times,Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has issued new guidance authorizing the National Guard to use military tactical vehicles, dozens of patrol cars, boat…

U.S. military disables cargo vessel attempting to breach Iran blockade

Musk's Starlink Is Building An Orbital Bypass As Undersea Cable Sabotage Threats Mount

Musk's Starlink Is Building An Orbital Bypass As Undersea Cable Sabotage Threats Mount Undersea telecom cables are critical civilian infrastructure and are increasingly under threat. The wars in Ukraine and Iran have shown how civilian infrastructure can become easy targets. On…

AI stock selloff drives investors to China, India, and overlooked Asian sectors

It's The War, Stupid

It's The War, Stupid Authored by Sohrab Ahmari via UnHerd,An all-too common analytic error is to reduce complex problems to simplistic causes (sancta simplicitas, "holy simplicity", as Nietzsche mockingly referred to this tendency, particularly among religious believers). But…

The Next Trilateral Talks On Ukraine Could Lead To A Grand Deal If Trump Has The Will

The Next Trilateral Talks On Ukraine Could Lead To A Grand Deal If Trump Has The Will Authored by Andrew Korybko via Andrew Korybko's Newsletter,He just has to "creatively coerce" Europe and Ukraine through "plausibly deniable" means...Putin confirmed that the next trilateral…

How to invest in AI amid AI spending worries?

OceanFirst director Jack Farris buys $10,008 in company stock

Southern Co comptroller Matthew Kim sells $9,339 in shares

Ex-CIA Officer Says The Agency Delivered The Same Iran Verdict Three Times Before The War

Ex-CIA Officer Says The Agency Delivered The Same Iran Verdict Three Times Before The War Former CIA officer John Kiriakou says the agency produced three separate national intelligence estimates before the Iran war began, and each one found that Tehran had no nuclear weapons…

Voyager Technologies selected for NASA’s $10B lunar contract

Quo Vadis, AI? Study Suggests AI Use Makes Us Lazier And Less Intelligent

Quo Vadis, AI? Study Suggests AI Use Makes Us Lazier And Less Intelligent Authored by Walker Larson via The Epoch Times,The Oxford word of the year in 2024 was "brain rot," due to a 230 percent increase in usage of the term between 2023 and 2024. The moniker reflected a…

Houston Mayor Curbs ICE Cooperation Days After Abbott Loses - And Says Texas' New Leaders Are On Board

Houston Mayor Curbs ICE Cooperation Days After Abbott Loses - And Says Texas' New Leaders Are On Board Houston Mayor John Whitmire has ordered the city's police to stop calling ICE on anyone who isn't arrested for a jailable offense, and says he cleared it with the Democrats who…

World Acceptance director Benjamin Robinson sells $14,878 in shares

Dropbox chief accounting officer sells $74,884 in stock

Emerging market central banks turn hawkish as inflation pressures mount, Citi says