Economy & Finance

Indiana Suspends Gas Sales Tax Amid US–Iran War Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Indiana has suspended its gas sales tax for 30 days as prices keep rising amid the United States’ war with Iran. Indiana Gov. Mike Braun (C) speaks during a press conference in Gary, Ind., on Oct. 30, […]

Turns Out the Elites Like The Administrative State Better Than Democracy Authored by William L. Anderson via MisesInstitute, If there is a mantra among progressive American political and media elites, it would be “our democracy,” usually preceded by what they believe to be a threat from the Right. For example, progressives deemed the recent reversal

War On The Shore: Maryland Dem Officials Freak Out At Journalists Ahead Of Exposé On Governor The Democratic kings and queens in the one-party–ruled state of Maryland are absolutely panicking, something that should not be happening in a deep-blue state, as their crown jewel, left-wing Gov. Wes Moore, a prospective Democratic presidential candidate, has seen

‘World’s First’ Humanoid Robot For Real Household Chores Launched With 16-Hour Battery Authored by Jijo Malayil via Interesting Engineering, Chinese robotics firm UniX AI has unveiled Panther, touted as the world’s first service humanoid robot to enter real household deployment. UniX AI has commenced global deliveries of Panther, bringing service humanoid robots into real homes.UniX

Pentagon Seeks Stunning 243x Budget Surge For Drone Warfare Unit As Eurasian Wars Reshape Combat Buried in the Department of War’s Fiscal Year 2027 procurement request is a massive increase for the Defense Autonomous Warfare Group (DAWG), a clear acknowledgment that ongoing conflicts across Eurasia have underscored one hard lesson: cheap kamikaze drones can impose

USPS Pauses Pension Contributions Amid Looming Cash Shortfall Authored by Bill Pan via The Epoch Times, The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) has temporarily suspended its employer contributions to a government-wide pension plan after warning Congress that, without changes, it could run out of cash within the next year. On Thursday, USPS told the Office of

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