Russia Sends Independence Day Greetings To Trump White House The Kremlin has sent the American government and people July 4th well wishes, which comes as somewhat of a surprise. But Moscow and Washington have been working on trying to improve bilateral relations under the Trump administration, while also seeking to forge an opening for permanent truce in Ukraine. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Friday issued a formal […]

Baywatch Pay Watch: Half-Million-Dollar Checks, Six-Figure Overtime For LA lifeguards Via Open the Books, If it wasn’t clear that the city and county of Los Angeles are in dire need of spending resets, taxpayers can look no further than the county lifeguards paid to watch over its pools, lakes and ocean. OpenTheBooks.com reported on outrageous overtime spending on the LA police, fire and particularly overpaid employees in the […]

US-Iran Nuclear Talks To Restart In Oslo Next Week – Trump Willing To Talk Directly The United States and Iran are poised to resume negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program in Oslo next week, Axios has reported, citing “sources familiar with the discussions.” It would be the first face-to-face meeting after last month’s Israeli-US war on Iran — which was launched as nuclear discussions were still very much underway. Talking to […]

July The Fourth In 12 Charts: Food, Fireworks, Travel, & More… Via The Epoch Times, Consumer fireworks imports surged 68.5 percent during the pandemic, reaching a peak of 427.8 million pounds in 2022. After returning to pre-pandemic levels in 2023, fireworks imports increased by 22.6 percent in 2024. Meanwhile, display fireworks imports declined to an all-time low in 2021, a 62 percent decrease from 2019, but rebounded to […]

Trump Expects Hamas Answer In 24 Hours On ‘Final’ Peace Proposal President Donald Trump announced Friday that it would likely become clear within 24 hours whether Hamas would accept what he described as a “final proposal” for a ceasefire with Israel in Gaza. He also mentioned in the fresh statement that he had discussions with Saudi Arabia about broadening the Abraham Accords, in reference to the normalization agreements between […]

The New MAGA Turf War Over National Intelligence Authored by Philip Wegmann via RealClearPolitics, The war over what America First means will soon move to a new theater: a battle over the fate of the Office of Director of National Intelligence. Overseeing all 18 of the U.S. intelligence agencies, the office was created in the wake of 9/11 to serve as a sort of orchestra conductor for the intelligence community, integrating […]

Futures Slide On Latest Trump Tariff Salvo US equity futures slumped on Friday after the latest threat on tariffs from the Trump administration sparked selling across global markets on a day the US cash market is closed for the July 4th holiday. S&P 500 futures fell 0.6% after the index melted up all week, and closed at a fresh all-time high, with payrolls data affirming the economy’s resilience. Trump dialed up trade […]

Russian Drones & Missiles “Rained Down” On Kiev In One Of The War’s Most Devastating Attacks Yet Russia launched one of the largest aerial assaults of the war on Ukraine overnight, unleashing more than 500 drones, with Kyiv as the primary target. The timing of the attack—just hours after a phone call between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin—yielded no success toward ending the war in Eastern Europe.  […]

What We Celebrate On The Fourth Authored by Armstrong Williams via The Epoch Times, There are many who will gather this July Fourth under the guise of celebration—barbecues, fireworks, flag-waving. But how many understand, truly understand, what they are celebrating? In an era where grievance has replaced gratitude, the Fourth of July has become a hollow ritual for some. The danger is not just in forgetting our history, but […]

Lots Of Speculation Is Swirling Around The Sumy Front Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, Ukraine claims that Russia is gearing up for a large-scale offensive there, a Russian security source denied any such plans, while the US is closely monitoring the situation… Trump told the media earlier in the week that “We’ll see what happens. I’m watching it very closely” when asked about reports that Russia is gearing up […]

US Patriotism Among Democrats Crashes As Marxist Demands Grow Louder Ahead of the Fourth of July, new polling shows a sharp decline in U.S. national pride, driven mainly by crazed Democrats, some of whom have increasingly spewed anti-American rhetoric, with talking points that sound straight from adversarial regimes like the Communist Party of China. Democrats are mostly in opposition to President Trump’s “Make America Great […]

Professor Warns UK Gov’t Is Preparing For Civil War, Using Russian Invasion Threat As Cover Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, A prominent academic in London has warned that the UK government is actively preparing for the break out of a civil war, but is using the “logically absurd” cover of a Russian invasion to put contingencies in place. Pointing to remarks made in the 2025 National Security Strategy paper […]

Swiss To Vote On 50% Inheritance Tax That Risks Exodus Of The Super-Rich In a national referendum set for November, the people of Switzerland will vote on whether the country should impose a 50% inheritance tax on the wealthiest of people — under a regimen so harsh that not even surviving spouses would be spared from the rapacious confiscation. Naturally, this is triggering predictions of a mass-exodus of wealthy people, with […]

Why’d Erdogan Decide To Expand Turkiye’s Sphere Of Influence Eastwards? Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, Assad’s downfall set into motion a fast-moving sequence of events that now threatens Russian influence in the South Caucasus, the Caspian Sea, and Central Asia; i.e. its entire southern periphery… The latest developments in the South Caucasus are connected to the expansion of Turkiye’s sphere of influence […]

The 1775 Two Step That Led To American Independence Authored by Jim Bovard As Americans prepare to celebrate the 249th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, we should also toast the 250th anniversary of a savvy political two-step that paved the way to formally breaking with Britain the following year. “We, your Majesty’s faithful subjects…” began the petition beseeching reconciliation with King George from the […]

Bi-Partisan Seattle Citizens Group Launches Campaign To Ban Homeless Encampments A new bipartisan group, the Quality of Life Coalition, is pushing a ballot initiative to address King County’s growing homeless encampment crisis — a problem they say local politicians have let spiral out of control, according to 770 KTTH.  On Tuesday, the group filed the “Compassionate Public Safety Act,” which would ban unauthorized public […]

CCP Leaders Propose Regulations To Rein In Xi’s Superagencies Authored by Dorothy Li via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), China’s top leaders are proposing new rules to regulate a set of powerful commissions and groups established nearly a decade ago by communist Party chief Xi Jinping to centralize his power. A Chinese paramilitary policeman stands guard in Tiananmen Square before the introduction of the Communist Party of […]

“We’ve Become Serfs On Our Own Land”: The USDA Trap, Foreign Land Sales, And The Collapse Of American Farming Source: Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry, March: the Château de Lusignan 77 family farms vanish every day in the U.S. But what’s really killing them? A CHD.TV interview with rancher and Beef Initiative policy fellow Breeauna Sagdal reveals the trap: USDA regulations, monopolized meatpacking, foreign land grabs, and […]

After ‘8 Hours Of Hogwash’ From Rep. Jeffries, House Republicans Pass Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Update (1430ET): The republican response to Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries’ record-breaking address was brief and to the point, as Rep Jason Smith retorted: “I come from the Show-Me State, and what we just heard can be defined in one word. A bunch of hogwash is what we’ve heard for eight hours on that side of the building.” […]

Why US Banned Transfer Of Genetic Samples To China Authored by Leo Timm via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Food and Drug Administration has halted a program that allowed the transfer of U.S. citizens’ biological samples to China and other “hostile countries.” The U.S. Food and Drug Administration building in White Oak, Md., on June 5, 2023. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times The FDA’s ban and review are a necessary […]

North Korea Sending Up To 30,000 Troops To Bolster Russia’s Forces: Reports North Korea is reportedly preparing to triple the number of its troops fighting for Russia along the front lines with Ukraine, sending an additional 25,000 to 30,000 soldiers to assist Russian forces. This is based on an intelligence assessment from Ukrainian officials. According to CNN, “The troops may arrive in Russia in the coming months, according to […]

Choice Tax Breaks: The GOP’s Federal Plan To Transform Education Authored by Vince Bielski via RealClearEducation, Buried in the 940-page “big, beautiful” budget blueprint is an unprecedented tax credit that, if approved, will be a long-sought victory for the private school choice movement in its drive to expand and break into Democratic states that for decades have blocked its path. The tax credit program, which would […]

Social Media Especially Harms Girls’ Sleep & Mental Health June 30 was World Social Media Day. In a survey conducted between September and October 2025, 50 percent of 13- to 17-year-old girls said that social media has hurt their sleep, versus 40 percent of boys the same age. As Statista’ Anna Fleck reports, teenage girls are more likely than boys to report negative impacts from social media on their sleep, self confidence, […]

Huawei To Stand Trial In US On Charges Of Bank Fraud, Sanctions Violations, Theft Authored by Austin Alonzo via The Epoch Times, Chinese company Huawei Technologies will stand trial on multiple charges after a federal judge denied its bid to dismiss a long-running case against it. On July 1, District Judge Ann Donnelly of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York ruled that there was sufficient evidence to […]

China’s ‘Fentanyl King’ Plunges Into “Corruption Fueled Bankruptcy” Ai Luming was once a symbol of China’s entrepreneurial rise — its ‘fentanyl king’ and a philosophy graduate who turned a urine-based drug startup into a sprawling private empire spanning pharma, real estate, and finance, according to Caixin. But by 2025, after nearly four decades, his business collapsed under mounting debt, defaulted investments, and a […]