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NPR laid off at least 10 journalists as part of a broader cost-cutting and reorganization effort. Neela Banerjee, NPR’s Chief Climate Editor, was among those laid off. The dedicated Climate Desk (which had around 10 people) no longer exists as a separate unit. It has been folded into the National Desk. This comes after years …
Israeli artillery is currently pounding positions in Marjayoun following a rocket volley… Death toll from yesterday’s Jiyeh highway drone strikes has been revised to 14… Hezbollah has reportedly moved “long-range assets” into the Bekaa Valley in response… U.N. peacekeepers confirm three of their outposts were caught in crossfire overnight… Netanyahu tells his cabinet: “The 21-day …
The Israeli military said its air force hit infrastructure of the Iran-backed militant group in Lebanon and was continuing to support its ground forces operating in southern Lebanon. The statement came as Teheran was pressing for a halt to Israeli strikes on Hezbollah in three-party talks that began Saturday afternoon between Iran and the US …
Anthropic’s run-rate revenue hit $30 billion, triple what it was three months ago. To keep up with demand, the company locked in 3.5 gigawatts of Google TPU capacity through Broadcom, enough to power a mid-sized city. More than 1,000 businesses now pay seven figures annually for Claude. At the end of 2025, Anthropic was generating …
by confoundedinterest17 Trump’s threats of bombing Iran back to the stone age continues. But the impact on Treasury yields is interesting. As the US economy continues to grow, the US Treasury curve takes on the familiar upward slope. With rising long rates. Particularly when compared to the negative humped yield curve of a year ago. …
Iran: The Strait of Hormuz is closed — unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) March 27, 2026 Iran declares Strait of Hormuz closed and warns ships will face ‘harsh measures’ Three container ships of mixed nationalities were forced to turn back after warnings Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has announced that the Strait of Hormuz is closed and any …
🚨 NEW: Mitch McConnell is stalling the SAVE America Act by refusing to schedule it, effectively blocking the bill despite GOP support.pic.twitter.com/5ShlfZ3zNf — Derrick Evans (@DerrickEvans4WV) February 20, 2026
If you thought Jerome was loose with the stimmy gun…Hassett about to turn the Fed into a full blown meme factory. I came prepared: pic.twitter.com/H7Dg5Onhpc — MortgagesByM (@MortgagesByMB) December 2, 2025 President Donald Trump said over the weekend that he has chosen the next Federal Reserve chair, a decision unfolding as affordability pressures continue to …
Larry Ellison also said the following statement about AI-driven surveillance, despite the potential privacy implications: "Citizens will be on their best behavior because we're constantly recording and reporting," pic.twitter.com/8wnnwVE1fi — Christine ❤️🕉😊 (@ChristineNunya) January 25, 2025
Australia has effectively signed open borders with India: The Australia-India Migration and Mobility Partnership Agreement (MMPA) includes the following provisions: 1. Five year student visas, with no caps on the numbers of Indians that can study in Australia. 2. From 1 July this year, Indian graduates of Australian tertiary institutions on a student visa can …
UK to give Ukraine £2.26bn loan to help fight Russia’s invasion – but Kyiv won’t have to repay a penny The loan will be covered by profits made from Russian sovereign assets that Western nations have frozen since the start of the full-scale war – with the UK defence secretary saying the money “can help …
Sky News host Caleb Bond has called out the leftist media in the US for “shifting the blame” onto former president Donald Trump over inflammatory rhetoric. This comes after a suspected second assassination attempt on the Republican presidential candidate in just two months sparked fierce criticism over the Democrats and the media’s anti-Trump rhetoric. “You’d …
What had been obvious “to the rest of us” for years, is finally official: late last night, shares of Warner Bros. Discovery, the parent of CNN and TNT, crashed 10% to the lowest level on record after it reported dire results, which missed across the board and plunged across every income statement category… … but …
WASHINGTON — A watchdog group is demanding documents from the Biden administration after whistleblowers alleged that a regulation is under development that would effectively ban private gun sales. The group, Empower Oversight, said Wednesday that two sources have claimed that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) is preparing to propose a rule …
As the housing crisis deepens, the corrosive impact of Airbnb on communities becomes increasingly evident. With over 1,000 San Diegans falling into homelessness each month, the question arises: How many Airbnb properties sit empty, exacerbating the crisis? Complicating matters further is a colossal loophole in the ordinance meant to regulate short-term rentals (STRs). While cracking …
by Chris Black According to a report by the WSJ, the National Intelligence Service of South Korea claim they have received credible evidence that DPRK Leader Kim Jong Un has ordered his government to begin providing support to the Palestinians. According to NIS, he has also ordered officials to begin looking into the possibility of …
Gen-Z shoppers think using cash doesn’t count as spending, that anything under $5 is effectively FREE and that riding a $400 bike 400 times means it only costs a dollar The new phenomena of ‘girl’ and ‘boy’ math is taking TikTok by storm as Gen Z shoppers bizarrely claim using cash doesn’t count as spending …
There’s been some talk of child trafficking via the US southern border, but this HHS whistleblower talks about how children are connected with sponsors, who pretend to be relatives, who then effectively enslave them. h/t bobtowne