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  • US domestic policy remains highly contentious, with federal courts challenging administration immigration directives, while Congress navigates government funding deadlines amidst ongoing debates over border enforcement and electoral integrity.
  • International relations are marked by heightened tensions in the Middle East, with US military deployments near Iran and a diplomatic push for nuclear talks, alongside the ongoing conflict in Ukraine where limited ceasefires are being discussed.
  • Global trade and economic policies are seeing significant shifts, including new US tariffs and trade disputes with China, a divided housing market reflecting affordability concerns, and major investments in energy infrastructure ranging from gas plants to renewable sources.
  • The technology and space sectors are experiencing dynamic strategic realignments, including discussions around large-scale corporate mergers for key tech players and a pivot by private space companies towards long-term lunar objectives.
  • Environmental and humanitarian crises continue to unfold globally, exemplified by devastating mining accidents and migrant shipwrecks, coupled with severe weather phenomena causing widespread fatalities and infrastructure damage across continents.

ZeroHedge

  • Federal Judge Blocks DHS Policy To Reconsider Legal Status For Minnesota Refugees 35 minutes ago by Tyler Durden

    Federal Judge Blocks DHS Policy To Reconsider Legal Status For Minnesota Refugees Authored by Joseph Lord via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A federal judge on Jan. 28 blocked a Trump administration policy initiative to reconsider the legal status of the roughly 5,600 lawful refugees living in Minnesota. People hold a banner during a demonstration against the presence of federal immigration agents in Minneapolis on Jan. 28, 2026. Seth Herald/Reuters In a court order, Judge John Tunheim of the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota temporarily granted a class action request to block the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) policy initiative dubbed

  • Senate Passes Package To Avoid Shutdown, Gives DHS Two Week Lifeline 40 minutes ago by Tyler Durden

    Senate Passes Package To Avoid Shutdown, Gives DHS Two Week Lifeline Update (1905ET): The Senate on Friday passed legislation to avert a partial government shutdown, while giving the Department of Homeland Security a two-week lifeline while lawmakers fight over ICE funding.  The package, which will fund non-DHS programs throughout Sept. 30, passed 71-29.  Next, Democrats will insist on various measures to rein in ICE, which falls under DHS, amid several incidents involving border enforcement personnel and individuals participating in highly organized and well funded protests.  So far Democrats are insisting that federal agents be barred from wearing masks, and requiring that they wear body cameras -

  • These Are The States Where Homes Take The Longest To Sell an hour ago by Tyler Durden

    These Are The States Where Homes Take The Longest To Sell The U.S. housing market is growing more divided, with some homes still selling quickly while others remain listed for months. High mortgage rates, strained affordability, and cautious buyers have slowed demand in many regions, forcing sellers to wait far longer than they did just a few years ago. A new study by Premier Timber Frame Builders, based on Zillow’s “Days to Pending” data, highlights how uneven the market has become. The analysis shows that in several states, homes now take nearly three months—or longer—to go under contract, underscoring the widening gap

  • Victor Hanson Asks: Are We Slouching Towards Ford Sumter? an hour ago by Tyler Durden

    Victor Hanson Asks: Are We Slouching Towards Ford Sumter? Authored by Victor Davis Hanson via American Greatness, In the months before the April 12, 1861, firing on Fort Sumter, there were lots of sharp divisions in the North about the proper reaction to the first seven Confederate states that had already left the Union. Not all Unionists believed that war was inevitable. Some, in fact, were happy to be done with the departing South and thus see their stain of slavery gone from the Union. Similarly, others agreed that the emerging Confederacy was not worth the trouble and costs of war, and the

  • Census Data Signals Deep Trouble for Democrats After 2030 2 hours ago by Tyler Durden

    Census Data Signals Deep Trouble for Democrats After 2030 Democrats are staring down a demographic nightmare that could keep them out of power for years.  Fresh Census Bureau estimates for 2025 paint a grim picture for the party. While red states are growing with new residents, blue states are losing population. As a result, experts predict that House seats and Electoral College votes will shift toward GOP turf after the 2030 Census.  Jonathan Cervas, a redistricting and apportionment expert at Carnegie Mellon University, projects significant gains for Florida and Texas, which would each add four seats. The blue states of California, New York,


The Guardian

  • More than 200 killed in coltan mine collapse in eastern DRC, officials say 3 hours ago by Reuters
    Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa, World news, Mining

    Rubaya mine produces about 15% of the world’s coltan, which is processed into tantalum, used in mobile phones More than 200 people were killed this week in a collapse at the Rubaya coltan mine in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Lumumba Kambere Muyisa, a spokesperson for the rebel-appointed governor of the province where the mine is located, told Reuters on Friday. Rubaya produces about 15% of the world’s coltan, which is processed into tantalum – a heat-resistant metal that is in high demand by makers of mobile phones, computers, aerospace components and gas turbines. The site, where local people dig manually for

  • Islamic State claims attack on international airport and airbase in Niger 9 hours ago by Eromo Egbejule in Lagos and agencies
    Niger, Africa, World news, Islamic State

    Motorcycle-riding militants launch strikes using heavy weaponry and drones, damaging planes belonging to Ivorian carrier and Togolese airline Islamic State in the Sahel has claimed responsibility for an audacious assault at the international airport and adjacent air force base in Niamey, the capital of Niger, according to the SITE Intelligence Group, which tracks jihadist activity and communications worldwide. The attack, which began shortly after midnight on Thursday, reportedly involved motorcycle-riding militants who launched a “surprise and coordinated” strike using heavy weaponry and drones, according to statements released via IS in the Sahel’s propaganda arm, Amaq news agency. Continue reading...

  • South Africa expels top Israeli diplomat over ‘insulting attacks’ on president 11 hours ago by Rachel Savage in Johannesburg
    South Africa, Israel, Cyril Ramaphosa, Middle East and north Africa, Africa, World news

    Ariel Seidman declared persona non grata and given 72 hours to leave country after remarks on social media South Africa and Israel have engaged in a tit-for-tat expulsion of senior diplomats, after South Africa ordered Israel’s chargé d’affaires to leave within 72 hours, citing “insulting attacks” on South Africa’s president, Cyril Ramaphosa, on social media. Ariel Seidman, the chargé d’affaires at Israel’s embassy in Pretoria, was declared persona non grata by South Africa’s department for international relations and cooperation (DIRCO) in a statement on its website on Friday afternoon. Continue reading...

  • Niger’s military ruler vows retaliation after gunfire and explosions heard in capital a day ago by Eromo Egbejule West Africa correspondent and agencies
    Niger, Air transport, Africa, World news

    General Tchiani accuses France, Benin and the Ivory Coast of links to attack near Niamey’s airport and thanks Russian troops for defence efforts Heavy security has been deployed around the main airport in Niger’s capital, Niamey, after overnight gunfire and explosions that the country’s military ruler blamed without evidence on France, Benin and Côte d’Ivoire. The shooting and detonations began shortly after midnight on Wednesday, according to residents of a neighbourhood near the airport, which is next to Base Aérienne 101, a military base previously used by US and then Russian troops. Continue reading...

  • Hundreds feared dead in attempt to cross Mediterranean during cyclone 4 days ago by Angela Giuffrida in Rome
    Italy, Malta, Migration, Water transport, Europe, World news, Tunisia, Libya, Africa

    Fifty killed in one incident as Italian authorities estimate 380 people may have drowned last week Up to 380 people may have drowned attempting to cross the Mediterranean last week as Cyclone Harry battered southern Italy and Malta, the Italian coastguard has said, as a shipwreck with the loss of 50 lives was confirmed by Maltese authorities. Just one person, who was hospitalised in Malta, survived the shipwreck, which happened on Friday. Continue reading...


South China Morning Post

  • US man escapes execution for dumping girl, 5, to be killed by alligators 2 hours ago by Tribune News Service

    The man who dumped a five-year-old girl in the Everglades – leaving her to be killed by alligators – had his life spared by a jury on Friday afternoon in a Miami-Dade courtroom. Harrel Braddy, 76, sat quietly when the verdict was read, briefly putting down his head before looking up at the ceiling. His eyes appeared to water. Braddy hugged his lawyers as the jury walked out of the courtroom. The girl’s mother, who testified about the horrific details of Braddy’s attack, was not in the...

  • Ex-Google engineer Ding Linwei convicted of stealing AI secrets for Chinese companies 3 hours ago by Reuters

    Former Google software engineer Ding Linwei was convicted by a federal jury in San Francisco ‌on Thursday of stealing AI trade secrets from the US tech ‍giant to benefit two Chinese companies he was secretly working for, the US Department of Justice said on Thursday. Ding, a 38-year-old Chinese national, was found guilty after an 11-day trial ⁠of seven counts of economic espionage and seven counts of theft of trade secrets for stealing thousands of pages of confidential information. Each...

  • When in doubt, EU leaders dig an even bigger hole 3 hours ago by Alex Lo

    Three news items caught my eye over the past few days. The European Union is finally ready to totally ban the import of Russian natural gas. (You mean they have still been buying Russian gas?) The new National Defence Strategy put out by the Pentagon says the United States will de-prioritise Europe – which must address its own regional security needs – and focus on deterring China. And former German chancellor Gerhard Schröder wrote a piece in a newspaper that ended up drawing a lot of flak for...

  • US hails Panama high court ruling against CK Hutchison’s ports concession 4 hours ago by Khushboo Razdan,Igor Patrick

    Washington on Friday welcomed a Panamanian court ruling cancelling a contract held by a subsidiary of Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison Holdings to operate two ports along the Panama Canal, a decision seen as a boost to the United States’ efforts to counter Chinese influence in the western hemisphere. The reaction came as Panama’s government sought to reassure workers and investors on the ground that trade and jobs would not be affected. “The United States is encouraged by the recent Panamanian...

  • Schitt’s Creek, Home Alone star Catherine O’Hara dies at 71 5 hours ago by Associated Press

    Catherine O’Hara, a gifted Canadian-born comic actress and SCTV alum who starred as Macaulay Culkin’s harried mother in two Home Alone films and won an Emmy as the dramatically ditsy wealthy matriarch Moira Rose in Schitt’s Creek died on Friday. She was 71. O’Hara died at her home in Los Angeles “following a brief illness”, according to a statement from her agency, Creative Artists Agency. Further details were not immediately available. O’Hara’s career was launched at the Second City in Toronto...


New York Times

  • Don Lemon Released Without Bond Over Minnesota Church Protest 39 minutes ago by Hamed Aleaziz, Devlin Barrett, Alan Feuer and Jesus Jiménez
    Lemon, Don, Fort, Georgia (Journalist), News and News Media, Freedom of the Press, Illegal Immigration, Immigration Detention, Federal Actions in US Cities, Demonstrations, Protests and Riots, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (US), Border Patrol (US), Customs and Border Protection (US), Minneapolis (Minn), United States Politics and Government

    Three others were also arrested on charges that they had violated federal law during the demonstration this month, reviving a case that was rejected last week by a magistrate judge.

  • Is the ‘Influencer Right’ at Odds With Trump Over Minnesota? 9 hours ago by Nathan Taylor Pemberton
    Illegal Immigration, United States Politics and Government, Deportation, Right-Wing Extremism and Alt-Right, Podcasts, Bannon, Stephen K, Bovino, Gregory, Fuentes, Nicholas J, Trump, Donald J, Walsh, Matt (1964- ), Minnesota

    A vocal group of Trump supporters broke with the president when he appeared to backpedal on his immigration crackdown in Minneapolis. Is it a rift, or just a passing mood?

  • Trump’s Lawsuit Against I.R.S. Creates ‘Enormous Conflict of Interest’ 2 hours ago by Andrew Duehren
    United States Politics and Government, Tax Evasion, Taxation, Suits and Litigation (Civil), Ethics and Official Misconduct, Presidential Power (US), Government Contracts and Procurement, Conservatism (US Politics), Income, Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp, Justice Department, Internal Revenue Service, New York Times, ProPublica, Biden, Hunter, Biden, Joseph R Jr, Bush, George W, Littlejohn, Charles Edward, Trump, Donald J, United States

    The president is demanding that the federal government pay him at least $10 billion over the unauthorized disclosure of his tax returns during his first term.

  • Trump Picks Kevin Warsh as Next Fed Chair 6 hours ago by Colby Smith, Tony Romm and Ben Casselman
    Banking and Financial Institutions, United States Politics and Government, Appointments and Executive Changes, United States Economy, Interest Rates, Powell, Jerome H, Trump, Donald J, Federal Reserve System

    If confirmed by the Senate, Kevin M. Warsh, a former governor at the central bank, will replace Jerome H. Powell, whose term as chair ends in May.

  • Kevin Warsh, Trump’s Choice for Fed Chair Could Find It Difficult to Deliver 4 hours ago by Colby Smith
    Banking and Financial Institutions, Interest Rates, United States Economy, Inflation (Economics), Credit and Debt, Warsh, Kevin M

    Kevin M. Warsh, whom Mr. Trump tapped to become the next chair of the Federal Reserve, could face fierce resistance if he tries to pursue substantially lower borrowing costs.


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