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[ad_1] The numbers came in just after dawn on the East Coast, and they told a story that no amount of White House spin could obscure. Oil futures had stabilized at $86 per barrel overnight—a figure that would have seemed catastrophic eighteen months ago but now represented a temporary reprieve from the $119 spike that had crippled global markets in April. The Strategic Petroleum Reserve, that emergency backstop established after the 1973 crisis, had fallen to 305 million barrels, its lowest level since 1983. The Congressional Budget Office quietly released its revised deficit projections: $2.3 trillion for fiscal year 2026,…

[ad_1] There’s no mystery in why Dr. Anthony Fauci strove to silence discussion about the origins of COVID-19 – he was in full CYA mode because the agency he led had helped fund the Wuhan lab that apparently created the deadly virus. It also seems clear that others in the government and many powerful business interests enabled this deception for fear that fingering China rather than a rabid bat might lead Americans to demand some accountability. This makes President Biden’s decision to grant Fauci a “preemptive pardon” all the more troubling. Biden apparently believed that the doctor who equated himself…

[ad_1] From Magistrate Judge Luke Evans in yesterday’s City of Murfreesboro v. BFI Waste Sys. of Tenn., LLC: There is nothing inherently wrong with using legal research tools powered by artificial intelligence—just as, in all prior generations of the American legal profession, there was nothing inherently wrong with a supervising attorney relying on the research and analysis of junior attorneys, paralegals, firm librarians, or other staff. The supervisory attorney, however, always bore ultimate responsibility for the accuracy of the final product. In that sense, artificial intelligence is nothing more than a new and technologically interesting way to violate Rule 11.…

[ad_1] By Chris Walker This article was originally published by Truthout The cases involved challenges to the administration’s violations of religious freedom, the free press, and free speech. A review of court cases finds that the Trump administration has been challenged dozens of times for violations of multiple First Amendment protections since January 2025, losing in 8 out of every 10 instances in district federal courts across the country.  According to a report from Reuters, which conducted the review, there have been 93 challenges to actions taken by the White House since President Donald Trump’s second term began. Of…

[ad_1] The governments of Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan agreed to a mutual defense pact on Friday, with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif traveling to Mecca for the signing ceremony.  Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry said that the pact, known as the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement, is “intended to strengthen collective deterrence against any act of aggression, and stipulates that any armed attack against any one of the three states shall be regarded as an attack against them all” (in this last respect, it seems to closely resemble NATO’s Article…

[ad_1] Glen Canyon Dam. Photo: Jeffrey St. Clair. The federal government has finalized a plan that will require California, Arizona, and Nevada to reduce water usage from the Colorado River by 16 to 20 percent through 2028. But the plan does not account for or even mention increased water usage caused by data centers in both Upper and Lower Basin states. So is there a potential path forward without tackling both? The problem is a typical supply-and-demand issue. The Colorado River supports 40 million people, around 5.5 million acres of farmland, and vital ecological habitats in seven states. This water…

[ad_1] Iran and Oman still appeared to be nearing a deal to mutually govern the Strait of Hormuz as the Iran War entered its 161st day on Friday. President Donald Trump said Thursday that a deal to re-open the Strait had not been finalized but that the waterway is “sort of open right now.” But Kpler’s shipping tracker recorded only eight confirmed transits of the Strait of Hormuz on Friday, down 33 percent from the day before. That data was reported around 7 AM U.S. Eastern Time or 2:30 PM in Iran. Hassan Ghashghavi, a spokesperson for Iran’s parliament committee…

[ad_1] Every election cycle since 2010, we have published profiles of some of the many outside groups trying to influence who gets elected to Congress and the White House. Today, we’re launching our latest Players Guide with write-ups of eight of the biggest spenders so far for the 2026 midterms. Photo by Oleksandr / stock.adobe.com Each profile has information about the individuals who run the group, the people funding the group, the group’s political leanings and motivations, and how the group is spending the millions it has raised. If the group has been around for a while, we note its…

[ad_1] As the midterm elections approach, the GOP crusade against one of the nation’s most accomplished and celebrated scientists is rapidly descending into madness. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] A government willing to kill millions and spend trillions on war while borrowing to pay interest on borrowed money will one day collapse of its own weight; as have all empires, writes Judge Andrew Napolitano.  U.S. President Donald Trump on May 15, 2025, visiting troops at Al Udeid Air Base, in Doha, Qatar, which Iran attacked a month later in retaliation for U.S. attacks two days earlier. (White House /Daniel Torok) By Andrew P. Napolitano The war in Iran is unlawful and unconstitutional, but in post-World War II America, it’s normal.  Here’s the backstory. When President Donald Trump decided…