Economy & Finance

Oil, Precious Metals Tumble After Report Signaling No Imminent Action Against Iran With traders across the globe refreshing their X accounts every 3 seconds, expecting to see news of imminent “kinetic action” in Iran, what they got instead was a report from NBC which indicated that military action is far from certain, and at best could […]

Senate Passes Bill Allowing Victims To Sue Over Deepfake Porn Videos Authored by Jackson Richman via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), WASHINGTON—The Senate unanimously passed a bill on Jan. 13 allowing victims to sue producers and distributors of deepfake porn videos. The U.S. Capitol building in Washington on Jan. 8, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times

Senate Defeats Bill To Block Military Action In Venezuela After Two R’s Flip, Vance Breaks Tie The US Senate killed a Democrat-led resolution that would constrain President Donald Trump (and the next guy’s) ability to wage continued military action against Venezuela. The War Powers resolution, sponsored by Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA), was on track to

Analysis: Havana’s Playbook Or Conspiracy Theory? Testing Washington’s Claim That Cuban Intel Fueled US Protests Submitted by The Bureau’s Sam Cooper, In the aftershock of the Trump administration’s special-forces extraction of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, a new report from the Heritage Foundation advances a sweeping, Cold War–inflected thesis: that the real command post for much

Liberal Think Tank Urges Democrats To Ditch ‘Abolish ICE’ Rhetoric Ahead Of Midterms A center-left think tank is urging Democrats to abandon the “Abolish ICE” rallying cry, warning that the slogan threatens to sabotage any chance at immigration enforcement reform while playing directly into Republican hands. Demonstrators gather in Minneapolis on January 7, 2026 after

Nano Nuclear Enters The Asian Market SMR developer Nano Nuclear announced a partnership with South Korean industrial company DS Dansuk to pursue the deployment of Nano’s Kronos throughout Asia. DS Dansuk will act as Nano’s partner to coordinate with other Asian companies involved in chemical processing and heavy manufacturing, and enable Nano to access the coveted

Obamacare Enrollment Trails 2025 By Less Than Expected Authored by Lawrence Wilson via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Plan selections in the Affordable Care Act Marketplace were 3.5 percent behind 2025’s number with two weeks left in open enrollment, but the drop-off has not been as severe as some analysts predicted. An Affordable Care Act

Is It Time To Realign State Borders? Authored by John Kudla via American Thinker, Let’s pretend you are a liberal living in a red state.  If you feel aggrieved about the condition of the world and believe that conservatives are to blame, you can find a few like-minded souls, print up some signs covered in half-clever

Need To Escape Socialism? Come To Florida! Authored by Jeffrey Folks via American Thinker, The difference between red and blue states is not just a matter of degree; it is a qualitative difference based on the loss of freedom in blue states and an entirely different attitude in the red states.  The best example is the

Trump Appears To De-Escalate Iran Rhetoric, ‘Killing Has Stopped’ – Oil Tumbles There are reports that President Trump is listening to the non-interventionists in his cabinet, as he says Thursday afternoon he’s been told that the killing in Iran is stopping, and with no plan for executions. WTI futures immediately dropped on the newswires:  WTI fell