Economy & Finance

Minnesota Whistleblower Alleges Years Of ‘Reckless Disregard’ At Fraud-Plagued Agency Authored by Janice Hisle via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Seven years after Faye Bernstein first blew the whistle on waste, fraud, and abuse concerns, “nothing is changing” at the Minnesota Department of Human Services, she told lawmakers during an April 7 hearing at the […]

Israel Lifts Restrictions At Jerusalem Holy Sites, Ben Gurion Airport Fully Reopened, Normalcy Returns Israeli cities have suffered heavy bombardment under Iranian and Hezbollah missiles over the past many weeks going back to the start of Trump’s Operation Epic Fury on February 28, but the start of the fragile Iran ceasefire has seen the bombs

ChatGPT Accused Of Aiding Florida State Mass Shooter Authored by Steve Watson via modernity.news, Big Tech’s leading AI faces growing accusations of enabling violence rather than preventing it. Attorneys representing the family of Robert Morales, killed in the April 17, 2025, Florida State University shooting, announced plans to sue OpenAI and ChatGPT. The law firm

Massachusetts Governor Uses Donut Holes To Explain The State Energy Crisis She Caused The Democrat tendency to talk down to their constituencies as if they are children has become a mainstay of American political discourse in the past several years.  This behavior is rooted in a simmering arrogance among the political class, but it also

FCC Set To Vote on Easing Satellite Power Rules, Boosting SpaceX’s Starlink Authored by Kimberly Hayek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced Wednesday it will vote on an order to revamp satellite spectrum-sharing rules that would benefit low-Earth orbit broadband providers – and SpaceX stands to gain the most. The

Beijing Cries Foul Over Chinese Scientist’s Death Following Alleged US Interrogation – Feds Tight-Lipped China is accusing U.S. federal authorities of “hostile questioning” by US law enforcement following the death of a groundbreaking Chinese semiconductor researcher who fell to his death inside a University of Michigan building last month, while American law enforcement and university officials

The Economic Destruction Of Trump’s War Goes Far Beyond High Gas Prices Authored by Connor O’Keeffe via the Mises Institute, For the past six weeks, as this US-Israeli war with Iran has played out, the economic impact of the conflict has gotten a lot of attention. And rightfully so. As anyone who’s consumed any news

No Storybook Ending: Disney Plans Another Round Of Layoffs Disney turned a new chapter earlier this year when Josh D’Amaro took over the century-old entertainment giant from Bob Iger as chief executive. But the closely watched succession has occurred against the troubling backdrop of recent reorganization and a questionable turnaround effort, leaving Wall Street analysts

Texas Pacific Land Crashes After Largest Shareholder Dies Land-and-royalty company Texas Pacific Land Corp. crashed the most since early Covid after the head of its largest shareholder unexpectedly died.  Bloomberg reports that Murray Stahl, CEO of Horizon Kinetics and a TPL board member, died on Thursday, sending shares spiraling lower by 17% in late-afternoon trading.

Minneapolis Pushes To Legalize Sex Bath-Houses For Gay Somali Immigrants Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Minneapolis city leaders are barreling ahead with plans to legalize adult bathhouses and sex venues where consenting adults can engage in sexual activity, scrapping a 38-year ban enacted during the AIDS epidemic. The push, driven by activists, comes as