Supreme Court To Decide Whether Colorado Can Deny Funding For Catholic Preschools The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear St. Mary Catholic Parish v. Roy, a significant religious liberty case that pits Colorado’s universal preschool funding program against Catholic schools’ faith-based admissions and operational policies. Earlier this week, the Court granted certiorari in an unsigned order (no dissents noted), limiting review […]

Europe Bets On Newsom To Reverse Trump’s America – And Save Its Own Model Submitted by Thomas Kolbe America remains a country of high social mobility and upward opportunity—something we no longer see on today’s European continent. It may sound kitschy to many Europeans, yet its vibrant economic centers, high geographic mobility, and the flexibility of its people still create the conditions for this unique phenomenon. […]

37 Senate Democrats Urge USPS To Refuse Trump’s Vote-By-Mail Executive Order Authored by Chase Smith via The Epoch Times, Thirty-seven Senate Democrats sent a letter Monday to the U.S. Postal Service’s board of governors calling on the agency to refuse to implement a March 31 executive order that directs the USPS to use state-submitted lists to determine which voters may receive mail-in and absentee ballots. The order […]

Rep. Luna Wants Pardon For Soldier Arrested In $400K Maduro Raid Insider Bet Federal authorities arrested a US Army special forces soldier Gannon Van Dyke on Thursday for allegedly using classified insider information from the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to place winning bets worth hundreds of thousands of dollars on Polymarket – the first known instance of the Department of Justice prosecuting insider trading […]

FAFO: Ken Griffen Fed Up With Leftist NYC Mayor Mamdani’s Political Stunt Play foolish socialist games, and watch New York City crumble. That may be the lesson far-left NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani is about to learn, as Citadel’s Ken Griffin appears to be losing patience with the mayor’s latest political stunt. Recall that, in a video posted last week by the NYC Mayor’s Office, Mamdani unveiled the city’s first-ever pied-à-terre […]

DOJ Settles Surveillance Abuse Lawsuit With Former Trump Campaign Adviser Carter Page Authored by Matthew Vadum via The Epoch Times, The Department of Justice told the U.S. Supreme Court on April 22 that it has settled a lawsuit filed by former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page over alleged surveillance abuses. Page had served as a foreign policy adviser to President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign. He sued several top federal […]

Iran Announces First Hormuz Toll Fees Successfully Transferred To Central Bank President Trump has repeatedly said that Iran “better not” collect tolls from ships seeking to traverse the Hormuz Strait waterway, as both warring sides have initiated their own rival blockades of different sectors of the strait. Just last week, Trump had flatly rejected the possibility of Tehran imposing fees – reportedly $2 million or perhaps even […]

Judge Blocks Trump Admin’s Move To Halt Wind, Solar Approvals Authored by Owen Evans via The Epoch Times, A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the Trump administration’s efforts to halt federal approvals for wind and solar projects. Chief U.S. District Judge Denise Casper in Boston issued a preliminary injunction on April 21, sought by a coalition of renewable energy groups. The injunction blocks five specified agency action […]

Mercuria, Goldman, JPMorgan See Major Aluminum Market Shock Analysts at Mercuria, the Geneva-based Swiss commodities trading firm, are sounding the alarm on the global aluminum market after severe disruptions in the Gulf region, adding to a growing list of trading desks and research teams warning of a deepening supply shock. “The scale of the supply shock we’re seeing in the aluminum market is probably the largest single supply […]

Trump Confirms Possible U.S. Takeover Of Spirit If ‘Price Is Right’ Summary: Trump Confirms possible U.S. Gov’t takeover of Spirit  WSJ says the Trump administration’s possible $500 million rescue deal could leave the U.S. government with 90% control. WSJ says Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick is leading the effort in U.S.-Spirit talks. BBG reported earlier on a potential $500 million rescue loan for Spirit. […]

Breakthrough: Trump Unveils 3-Week Extended Ceasefire In Lebanon, But Says ‘All The Time In The World’ To End Iran War Summary Trump unveils three week extended ceasefire in Lebanon, wants country to “protect itself from Hezbollah”. Israeli media says Iran Parliament Speaker resigns from negotiating team under IRGC pressure, oil spikes. Iran rejects report as completely false. Trump orders US Navy ‘shoot & kill’ […]

CIA-Backed AQ-Linked Syrian Leader Watching Dance Performance To Missy Elliott Song Goes Viral Via Middle East Eye A video of interim Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa (previously, Abu Mohammad al-Julani) watching a dance performance to Missy Elliott’s Work It has gone viral, sparking a mix of amusement and confusion on social media. The performance took place on Monday at the recently reopened al-Feyhaa Sports Hall in […]

PIMCO Privately Lends Over $10 Billion To Dollar-Strapped Gulf States Just days after the UAE hinted at a growing dollar shortage in the Gulf nation by requesting swap lines with the Fed, Bloomberg reports that as Iran’s struggling neighbors scramble to build cash buffers to deal with any potential economic fallout from the Iran war, one large buyer has stepped in: the world’s largest bond manager, Pacific Investment Management Co. […]

Air Force Extends Use Of Iran Attack Plane A-10 ‘Warthog’ To 2030 Authored by Victoria Friedman via The Epoch Times, The U.S. Air Force said on April 20 that it would extend the life of the A-10 Thunderbolt II attack aircraft—commonly referred to as the “Warthog”—for another four years beyond its previously stated retirement deadline of 2026. Air Force Secretary Troy ​Meink wrote on X that following consultation with […]

Texas Instruments Jumps Most Since Dot-Com On Upgraded Outlook; Goldman Sees Analog Recovery Shares of Texas Instruments jumped the most since the Dot-Com bubble era after the chipmaker issued a stronger-than-expected second-quarter forecast, signaling that demand is rebounding across industrial markets and data centers. Goldman analysts told clients the guidance suggests the “analog recovery is continuing.”  Revenue guidance of […]

12 AGs Petition Court To Defend Trump’s Executive Order On Citizenship Verification In Elections Authored by Janice Hisle via The Epoch Times, Attorneys general from a dozen states on April 20 asked to intervene in two lawsuits that oppose President Donald Trump’s executive order on citizenship verification and other election integrity efforts. The coalition of attorneys general filed motions in Massachusetts and the District […]

Intel Shares Soar On Strong AI-Fueled Outlook, Surpassing August 2000 Peak Chipmaker Intel, which less than a year ago was trading like a distressed company, and required a capital infusion from the US government, and earlier today hit a 90x forward PE… … soared after hours after giving a strong sales forecast for the current period, signaling that the recently struggling chipmaker is finally beginning to benefit from the […]

Israel Waiting For US Greenlight To Renew Iran War: New ‘Targets Marked’, Says Katz It should come as no surprise that the Netanyahu government is not happy with this current lull in the Iran war, as Trump’s initially declared 3-5 day ceasefire extension has become more of an indefinite truce, with the Hormuz Strait blockade still on. Israel is now preparing for the possibility of a return to fighting, the country’s media is on […]

Euthanasia Is Now 6% Of All Deaths In The Netherlands Via Remix News, Euthanasia is now responsible for 6 percent of all deaths in the Netherlands, and this figure is increasing every year. According to a report by the regional euthanasia review committee (RTE), cited by the news portal Hirado, 10,341 people died by euthanasia in 2025, and while three-quarters of the applicants were over 70 years old, one case involved someone […]

“Gone In 60 Seconds”: Feds Uncover DC-Area International Car Theft Ring Authored by Jill McLaughlin via The Epoch Times, Federal authorities in the Washington area have uncovered an alleged international vehicle theft ring involving six people suspected of stealing cars and shipping them to Africa, where they are sold for top dollar. Six people were charged on April 22 in connection with their roles in the alleged scheme. A […]

Beyond Cookies – How To Stop The Invisible Browser Fingerprint That Tracks You Everywhere For years, the privacy advice was simple: clear your cookies, use incognito mode, or click “Reject All” on those annoying consent banners. That advice is now outdated. A groundbreaking study published last year has delivered the first peer-reviewed proof that the $600 billion online advertising industry has moved on from cookies. The new […]

39 Going On 40 (Trillion) Authored by Robert Aro via The Mises Institute, A little over two weeks ago, on April 7th, the U.S. national debt crossed $39 trillion. Since then, another $150 billion has already been added to the ledger. While major news outlets missed the milestone, every trillion is worthy of mention. House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-Texas) put the figure in perspective: America is now […]

MSFT Plans First Voluntary Buyout In 51-Year History; Gates Foundation To Slash 20% Of Staff Summary:  First CNBC reports MSFT’s first-ever Voluntary Buyout in 51-Year Company History, Then a report by BBG on Meta planning 10% Workforce Cut, All Within Hours To note: Reuters First reported Meta’s 10% cut late last week (report)   Meta Layoffs  First, Microsoft unveiled a voluntary buyout program, a move that […]

Yet Another Dead NASA Scientist: Nuclear Propulsion Expert Was Found Charred Inside Crashed Tesla Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, The case of yet another top NASA nuclear engineer turning up dead in a fiery crash has hit the headlines, adding to the dark and mysterious pattern of experts tied to advanced propulsion and space secrets apparently being targeted. Joshua LeBlanc, 29, a team lead on NASA’s most […]

Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei Surrounded By 24/7 Medical Team In Hideout As Generals Run Iran: NYT The NY Times in a new deep dive of what governing structures now look like inside Iran says what’s already long been obvious to many in the wake of longtime Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s death: “When Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ruled Iran as the supreme leader, he exerted absolute power over all decisions about war, peace and negotiations with the […]