Economy & Finance

Trump Admin Considering ‘Portable Mortgages’: Top US Housing Regulator Authored by Andrew Moran via The Epoch Times, The country’s top housing regulator said the Trump administration is considering another tool that could address America’s affordability challenges. “We are actively evaluating portable mortgages,” Bill Pulte, Federal Housing Finance Agency director, said in a Nov. 12 post […]

Israel Seeks New 20-Year Defense Funding Deal With US “This is out-of-the-box thinking,” an Israeli official has been quoted in Axios as saying. “We want to change the way we handled past agreements and put more emphasis on US-Israel cooperation. The Americans like this idea.” The comment stems from what many on the American Right

Food Stamps & The Federal War On Self-Reliance Authored by James Bovard via The Mises Institute, During the recent government shutdown, the temporary interruption of benefits to 42 million food stamp recipients was hyped as practically the greatest human rights violation of our time. A Nation magazine headline howled: “The United States Is Letting Its People Starve.” But the

Bondi Says Acting US Attorney Alina Habba Confronted, Property Destroyed Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said on Thursday that an individual allegedly tried to confront acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Alina Habba and destroyed property. Alina Habba, with husband Gregg Reuben,

State Dept Labels Four Antifa-Linked Cells As Foreign Terrorist Organizations As Fight Against Radical Left Goes Global The Trump administration expanded its crackdown on far-left violent extremist networks Thursday, as the State Department designated four far-left militant groups as Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs) and announced plans to formally add them to the Foreign Terrorist

Confronting Anti-Ellis Island Immigration Authored by Victor Davis Hanson via American Greatness, Between 1892 and 1954, approximately 12 million immigrants arrived at the now-iconic Ellis Island to enter the U.S.—or nearly 200,000 legal entries per year. All were registered, documented, and given rudimentary health exams. They arrived as rich and poor, white and non-white, and,

Underwater Mortgages Rise To 3-Year High Amid Cooling US Housing Market Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A new report from the Intercontinental Exchange shows that nearly 875,000 homeowners now owe more on their mortgages than their properties are worth—the highest level in three years—as softening home prices and elevated borrowing

Pentagon Briefs Trump On ‘Military Options’ Against Venezuela For ‘Coming Days’ Probably this wasn’t the first time, but there is widespread reporting on Thursday that military options have been formally presented to President Trump by top Pentagon officials for operations against Venezuela, including including strikes on land. Reports say these options are for the “coming days”.

How China Grabbed Nvidia Racks Through Secret Jakarta Loophole While President Trump reiterated earlier this month that he doesn’t want China getting its hands on Nvidia’s most advanced AI chips, a Chinese AI company has found a convenient loophole: Indonesia.  An investigation by the Wall Street Journal reveals that around 2,300 of said chips have been procured by said Chinese

Last US Penny Minted Shows Why Savers Need Bitcoin Authored by Vince Quill via CoinTelegraph.com, The last penny, nominally valued at $0.01, was minted by the United States Mint in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on Wednesday, marking the end of 232 years of new pennies being coined and circulated. US President Donald Trump directed the US Treasury