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- President Trump's upcoming plan to allow homebuyers to use 401(k) funds for down payments is likely to reshape housing access in the U.S., providing potential relief to first-time buyers facing high costs.
- In New York City, the Democratic Socialists of America are mobilizing a 4,000-member "anti-ICE army" to counter federal deportation efforts, a move that raises significant tensions regarding immigration policy and enforcement.
- The Department of Justice's lawsuit against Virginia for withholding voter roll information highlights ongoing legal disputes related to election integrity, reflecting broader national concerns about voting accessibility and transparency.
- The surge in Ethereum staking demand has led to a significant reduction in the validator exit queue, indicating increasing confidence in the cryptocurrency market as it stabilizes and matures as an investment option.
- Intense legal and diplomatic strife surrounds President Trump's Greenland initiative, with Europe considering retaliatory tariffs and potential fractures within NATO, emphasizing the geopolitical stakes tied to U.S. foreign policy maneuvers.
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Trump To Unveil Plan Allowing Homebuyers To Use 401(k) Funds For Down Payments
22 minutes ago
by Tyler Durden
Trump To Unveil Plan Allowing Homebuyers To Use 401(k) Funds For Down Payments Authored by Emel Akan via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), President Donald Trump will unveil a plan next week that would allow Americans to withdraw funds from their 401(k) accounts to use for a home down payment. A for-sale sign is posted in front of a home in Las Vegas, Nev., on Aug. 8, 2025. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett announced the plan during an interview with Fox Business on Jan. 16, adding that the details of the proposal are still being finalized. He said Trump
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NYC Socialists Prepare Mass Mobilization Of 4,000 Anti-ICE Army
an hour ago
by Tyler Durden
NYC Socialists Prepare Mass Mobilization Of 4,000 Anti-ICE Army New York City's Democratic Socialists of America are moving to train and mobilize more than 4,000 anti-ICE activists into "rapid response" units designed to interfere with federal deportation operations targeting criminal illegal aliens, according to a New York Post report. DSA's effort to assemble a highly organized anti-ICE army of purple-haired leftists to impede federal deportation operations is particularly alarming because the planning phase was apparently being done at an upscale Midtown headquarters of the Chinese Communist Party-linked People's Forum, a venue littered with pro-Communism rhetoric. "As we've seen in other cities, we still
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DOJ Sues Virginia For Failing To Turn Over Voter Rolls
2 hours ago
by Tyler Durden
DOJ Sues Virginia For Failing To Turn Over Voter Rolls Authored by Troy Myers via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The U.S. Department of Justice is suing the Commonwealth of Virginia over its failure to provide election records, according to a news release Friday. The U.S. Department of Justice in Washington on Aug. 7, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times This lawsuit becomes the latest in what’s been a flurry of legal actions by President Donald Trump’s administration against states to ensure election integrity and accurate voter rolls. The DOJ’s suit against Virginia now brings the total to 24 states and the District of Columbia. Assistant
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Violent Left Wing Mobs In Minneapolis Hunt For ICE And Attack Counter Protesters
2 hours ago
by Tyler Durden
Violent Left Wing Mobs In Minneapolis Hunt For ICE And Attack Counter Protesters The NGO-funded madness continues in Minneapolis, but the volume on violence has been turned up and it appears that activists have been given the green light to physically assault anyone and everyone they deem a political enemy. Conservative counter-protesters arriving in the area in small groups or alone have become easy targets for mobs of hundreds of rabid leftists roaming the streets. The activists now claim Minneapolis is "their city", as we witnessed in Seattle during the short lived "CHAZ" experiment and the BLM riots. Social media is being flooded
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Ethereum Validator Exit Queue Tumbles To Zero As Staking Demand Soars
3 hours ago
by Tyler Durden
Ethereum Validator Exit Queue Tumbles To Zero As Staking Demand Soars Authored by Brayden Lindrea via CoinTelegraph.com, The Ethereum staking validator exit queue has dropped to zero - signaling a dramatic fall in selling pressure and strengthening confidence in Ether (ETH) as a yield-bearing asset. Data from Ethereum Validator Queue shows the exit queue has fallen from its September 2025 peak of 2.67 million Ether (ETH) to 0 ETH, while the entry queue has risen more than fivefold over the last month to 2.6 million ETH, the highest since July 2023. Wait times for the entry queue have now stretched out to 45 days, while exiting ETH
The Guardian
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Uganda’s president calls opponents 'terrorists' in victory speech
6 hours ago
by Agence France-Presse
Uganda, Yoweri Museveni, Bobi Wine, Africa, World newsYoweri Museveni wins seventh term but poll criticised by observers and rights groups over repression of opposition and internet blackout Uganda’s president, Yoweri Museveni, fresh from winning a seventh term in office at 81, said on Sunday that the opposition were “terrorists” who had tried to use violence to overturn the election results. Official results showed Museveni winning a landslide with 72% of the vote, but the poll was criticised by African election observers and rights groups due to the heavy repression of the opposition and an internet blackout. Continue reading...
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Yoweri Museveni wins Ugandan election as opponent condemns ‘fake result’
a day ago
by William Christou
Uganda, Yoweri Museveni, Africa, World newsMuseveni’s opponent, Bobi Wine, alleges that members of polling staff were kidnapped and called for peaceful protests Yoweri Museveni, has won the Ugandan election and his seventh term with more than 70% of the vote, state election authorities have said, amid an internet shutdown and claims of fraud by his opponent. His opponent, a youthful musician known as Bobi Wine, condemned what he called “fake results” and alleged that members of polling staff were kidnapped, among other election irregularities. He called for peaceful protests to pressure the authorities to release what he called the “rightful results”. Continue reading...
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Confidence runs high in London’s Little Morocco as Afcon glory beckons
a day ago
by Matthew Weaver
London, Morocco, Africa Cup of Nations 2025, Senegal, Football, Africa, Sport, UK news, Africa Cup of Nations, Middle East and north AfricaAtlas Lions face Senegal in final of Africa Cup of Nations on Sunday and Moroccan diaspora scents victory London’s Little Morocco is brimming with pride and anticipation. The Moroccan diaspora in North Kensington is in no doubt that on Sunday the Atlas Lions will triumph against Senegal in the final of the Africa Cup of Nations. “There’s not just an excitement, it has completely taken over everything else,” said Souad Talsi, who runs the Al-Hasaniya Moroccan women’s centre at the base of 31-storey Trellick Tower, at the north end of Golborne Road. Continue reading...
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Rare twins born in DRC raise cautious hope for endangered mountain gorillas
2 days ago
by Patrick Greenfield
Endangered species, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Animals, Conservation, Wildlife, World news, Africa, Primatology, Science, EnvironmentVirunga park ranger says babies are well cared for by mother Mafuko but high infant mortality makes first weeks critical It was noon by the time Jacques Katutu first saw the newborn mountain gorillas. Cradled in the arms of their mother, Mafuko, the tiny twins clung to her body for warmth in the forest clearing in Virunga national park, in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Katutu, head of gorilla monitoring in Virunga, has seen dozens of newborns in his 15 years as a ranger. But, he tells the Guardian, even he was touched by the sight of the fragile infant
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Uganda’s opposition leader ‘taken by army’ as Museveni nears re-election
2 days ago
by Carlos Mureithi in Nairobi and agencies
Uganda, Africa, World newsBobi Wine flown to unknown location, his party says, hours after security forces allegedly killed 10 of his campaigners The Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine was taken from his house and brought to an unknown location on Friday, his party said as President Yoweri Museveni closed in on a landslide re-election. Wine’s National Unity Platform party said on Friday evening in a post on X that an army helicopter had landed in his compound in the capital, Kampala, and “forcibly taken him away to an unknown destination”. Continue reading...
South China Morning Post
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Pentagon readies 1,500 troops for potential Minnesota deployment, US officials say
26 minutes ago
by Reuters
The Pentagon has ordered about 1,500 active-duty soldiers in Alaska to prepare for a possible deployment to Minnesota, the site of large protests against the government’s deportation drive, two US officials told Reuters on Sunday. The US Army placed the units on prepare-to-deploy orders in case violence in the midwestern state escalates, the officials said, though it is not clear whether any of them will be sent. US President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to use the Insurrection Act to...
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Chile declares state of emergency as wildfires kill at least 18 people
an hour ago
by Agence France-Presse
Uncontrolled wildfires tore through communities in southern Chile, leaving charred ruins in their wake and at least 18 dead, authorities said on Sunday. More than 50,000 people have been displaced by blazes burning for two days now in the Nuble and Biobio regions about 500 km (300 miles) south of Santiago, fanned by strong winds and hot weather. “We had to leave with the shirts on our back. If we had stayed another 20 minutes we would have burned to death,” Matias Cid, a 25-year-old student in...
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7 dead after high-speed trains collide following derailment in southern Spain
an hour ago
by Reuters
Two high-speed trains derailed on Sunday in southern Spain, the rail network operator said, and state-run television channel RTVE said seven people had died, citing police sources. The accident happened near Adamuz, which is near Cordoba. An unknown number of passengers have been injured, RTVE said, citing Civil Guard sources. “The Iryo 6189 Málaga – (to Madrid) train has derailed from the track at Adamuz, crashing onto the adjacent track. The (Madrid) to Huelva train which was travelling on...
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How Trump’s Venezuela strike humiliated Russia and worried China
an hour ago
by Nikola Mikovic
US President Donald Trump’s actions in Venezuela and the kidnapping of the country’s president, Nicolas Maduro, have put Russia and China – widely considered two of Caracas’ most important international partners – in a difficult position. If they do not significantly reduce ties with the Latin American nation, they risk Washington’s retaliation. But who has more to lose, Moscow or Beijing? Unlike previous American leaders, Trump has not made any pretence about protecting democracy and human...
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Kyiv says held ‘substantive’ talks with US; discussions to continue in Davos
2 hours ago
by Agence France-Presse
Kyiv held “substantive” talks on security and economic issues with Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and envoy Steve Witkoff, with more discussions expected in Davos, Switzerland this week, Ukraine’s security chief said on Sunday. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who has said he hopes to sign documents with the US on security guarantees at the World Economic Forum in Davos, said his team had held several rounds of talks in the US. “We had substantive discussions on economic...
New York Times
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After Trump Reignites a Trade War Over Greenland, Europe Weighs Hitting Back
an hour ago
by Jeanna Smialek
United States Politics and Government, United States International Relations, International Relations, Territorial Disputes, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, European Union, Greenland, Denmark, International Trade and World Market, Customs (Tariff), internal-open-access-from-nlEurope’s dependence on the United States for NATO security limits its options. Its strongest response would be a trade “bazooka,” and other options are possible.
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Danes Feel Betrayed and Bewildered by Trump Amid Greenland Threats
3 hours ago
by Elisabeth Bumiller and Hilary Swift
Denmark, Greenland, Territorial Disputes, United States International Relations, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Trump, Donald J, internal-open-access-from-nlThe American president’s vow to get Greenland, the semiautonomous Danish territory, has thrown the tiny, pro-American Nordic nation into crisis.
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Noem Denies Use of Chemical Agents in Minnesota Protests, Then Backtracks
an hour ago
by Minho Kim
United States Politics and Government, Demonstrations, Protests and Riots, Decisions and Verdicts, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Federal Courts (US), Immigration and Emigration, News and News Media, Homeland Security Department, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (US), Justice Department, Trump, Donald J, Noem, Kristi, Blanche, Todd (Attorney), Good, Renee Nicole (1988-2026), MinnesotaKristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, said officers had not used pepper spray and similar measures limited by a judge’s order, then was confronted with a video that showed chemical agents deployed.
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Pentagon Tells 1,500 Troops to Prepare for Possible Deployment to Minnesota
6 hours ago
by Helene Cooper
United States Politics and Government, United States Defense and Military Forces, Federal-State Relations (US), Demonstrations, Protests and Riots, Insurrection Act (1807), Immigration and Emigration, Federal Actions in US Cities, Defense Department, National Guard, Trump, Donald J, Hegseth, Pete, Walz, Tim, Alaska, Minnesota, Minneapolis (Minn), internal-open-access-from-nlBut President Trump has already backed away from a threat to invoke the Insurrection Act in response to protests against the killing of a woman by a federal immigration agent.
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Springsteen Denounces ICE Deployments and Renee Good’s Killing
2 hours ago
by Derrick Bryson Taylor
Springsteen, Bruce, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (US), Good, Renee Nicole (1988-2026), United States Politics and Government, Minneapolis (Minn), Ross, Jonathan (ICE Agent), Trump, Donald JIn a surprise appearance in New Jersey, the musician dedicated his song “The Promised Land” to Ms. Good, who was killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis this month.