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Gone are the days of fancy dinners for first dates. These days, singles are opting for something more low-key. Seventy percent of singles say they’d be open to having their first date at a fast-food restaurant, according to a recent DatingNews.com survey of 1,500 single U.S. adults ages 18 to 61. Here’s why Wendy Walsh, …
First it was daycare fraud — now investigators are uncovering allegedly fake hospice operations, raising serious questions about Medicaid abuse, taxpayer theft, and systemic corruption. Tim Walz makes says political career is OVER after Minnesota fraud fallout and ICE shootings: 'Never again' https://t.co/U5VYY5RY8K — Daily Mail (@DailyMail) January 30, 2026 Tim Walz confirmed his political …
So every single “trade deal” he made since April was fake and never went into effect in the first place? pic.twitter.com/VprQdlQyFN — Spencer Hakimian (@SpencerHakimian) January 26, 2026 As expected, the $350B was fake. It’s not happening. Trump is now going to tariff South Korea. Everything he does is fake. https://t.co/Xew72kw7Rt — ADAM (@AdameMedia) January …
U.S. natural gas prices surged above $6 for the first time since late 2022 on Monday as a huge winter storm swept across the country, leaving hundreds of thousands without power and forcing mass flight cancellations. Natural gas futures for February delivery traded 17.7% higher, or 93 cents, to $6.21 per million British thermal units …
Nobody’s talking about the disaster that’s about to hit everyone holding a paycheck or savings. 🚨 THE U.S. WILL SAVE JAPAN BY CRASHING THE DOLLAR Forget the tariffs.Forget Gold hitting ATHs. For the first time in a decade, the NY Fed is signaling intervention. They’re about to save the Japanese Yen. Why this is a …
🚨HOLY COW: Florida is set to become the FIRST STATE in America to BAN ALL vaccine mandates of any kind — not just COVID. "Your body is a gift from God… Pretty much every state has them. It's wrong." Should this be done in every state? Follow: @ItsCarterHughes pic.twitter.com/p0d4f1ePOg — Carter Hughes (@itscarterhughes) January 22, …
Students were raped after being forced to live in complex alongside 125 refugees to 'aid integration': Terrified Dutch youngsters were subjected to years of sex assaults and violence https://t.co/W19YApTsxd — Daily Mail (@DailyMail) January 16, 2026 Terrified Dutch students made to live side-by-side with 125 refugees to aid their ‘integration’ were subjected to years of …
The shop in suburban Philadelphia had been a gathering spot for the MAGA crowd to rally during the 2024 campaign. Nestled in a strip mall in suburban Philadelphia, The Trump Store is hard to miss with its all-caps sign in bold next to a photo of President Trump hugging the American flag. But after six …
Europe’s troop deployments in Greenland: France: 15 personnel Germany: 13 personnel Sweden: 3 personnel Norway: 2 personnel Finland: 2 personnel United Kingdom: 1 personnel Netherlands: 1 personnel pic.twitter.com/2ojgFZA23I — Open Source Intel (@Osint613) January 15, 2026 France, Germany, Sweden and Denmark all transitting troops to defend Greenland against ‘Hostile Takeover’. US senators introduce bill to …
Monthly flow of net immigration: 🟢 Reagan: +50,000 🟢 Bush 1: +55,000 🟢 Clinton: +67,000 🟢 Bush 2: +75,000 🟢 Obama: +68,000 🟢 Trump 1: +40,000 🟢 Biden: +200,000 🔴 Trump 2: -145,000 First administration since the 1920s with a net negative flow of monthly… — End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) January 15, 2026 The U.S. experienced …
Nothing says systemic risk like a record bailout before breakfast. Fed lending $420B to banks is a much bigger story but you are correct. I just posted a link to the Fed story. — Dr. Don Woods (@DonaldW60852684) January 15, 2026 VVIX back over 100 always a red flag, especially with VIX lagging https://t.co/CeIl200Fcl pic.twitter.com/YP7GD3hruh …
Japan was always the endgame https://t.co/Aa2Z1PAwu2 pic.twitter.com/MVzGkZfB1G — zerohedge (@zerohedge) January 14, 2026 THE GLOBAL COLLAPSE IS STARTING IN JAPAN JPY-USD: ALL TIME LOW JPY-EUR: ALL TIME LOW JPY-GOLD: ALL TIME LOW This is a WARNING. You don’t see this in a normal market. Japan is the key domino. When JPY slides like this, it …
Half of Americans now deliberately spend less time on screens, and the choice is paying off. People who create screen-free windows in their day say they feel more productive, more present with loved ones, and more aware of what’s happening around them. But here’s the kicker: 70% of time spent online actually leaves people feeling …
BREAKING: Silver prices surge above $87/oz for the first time in history, now up +210% in 13 months byu/RobertBartus inEconomyCharts
CITI SAYS ITS BASE CASE 0-3 MONTH TARGET IS NOW $5,000/OZ FOR GOLD, AND $100/OZ FOR SILVER CITI SAYS SILVER TO CONTINUE TO OUTPERFORM GOLD — *Walter Bloomberg (@DeItaone) January 13, 2026 Jerome Powell is under criminal investigation. The DOJ served grand jury subpoenas on the Federal Reserve three days ago. In 8 days, the …
FIRST ON FOX: The State Department revoked more than 100,000 foreign visas in 2025, more than twice that of 2024 in the final year of President Joe Biden’s administration. The figure is an all-time record, and follows on President Donald Trump’s day one executive order on foreign vetting. In 2024, the department revoked 40,000 visas. …
SAN FRANCISCO — Incredible news for California’s water supply entering the new year – not a single square mile of California is categorized as dry for the first time in 25 years, according to the latest U.S. Drought Monitor. As of December 30, 2025, California is effectively out of drought across almost the entire state, …
This is one of those quiet rulings that can move everything: 75% chance the Supreme Court rules against Trump's Tariffs. https://t.co/htNjogFurr — Pentagon Pizza Watch (@pizzintwatch) January 6, 2026 Jan 6 (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to issue rulings on Friday as it weighs cases with major implications both nationally and around …
Venezuela could be just the first domino of Trump's 'Don-roe Doctrine' as it's revealed he told oil exec to 'get ready' before ousting Maduro https://t.co/mrEoNca8yQ — Daily Mail (@DailyMail) January 6, 2026 The capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro could be just the first step in an ambitious campaign as a new document lays out …
by Michael We are witnessing the most profound shift in U.S. foreign policy that we have seen in decades, and it is going to have enormous implications. President Trump and his team have determined that the entire western hemisphere is our sphere of influence. If somebody is doing things in the western hemisphere that we do …
Congressional Bill H.R. 131 Vetoed The White House December 30, 2025 I am returning herewith without my approval H.R. 131, the Finish the Arkansas Valley Conduit Act. The Arkansas Valley Conduit (AVC) is a water pipeline currently being built to provide municipal and industrial water to communities in southeastern Colorado. It was originally authorized as …
A chickenpox vaccine is being rolled out on the NHS for the first time. It will be offered to youngsters alongside the MMR jab, which protects against measles, mumps, and rubella. It’s a combo that’s long been available to children in other countries, including the US, Canada, and Australia, and the move has been welcomed …
The U.S. has surpassed 2,000 measles cases for the first time in more than 30 years, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As of Dec. 23, a total of 2,012 cases have been reported in the U.S. Of those cases, 24 were reported among international visitors to the U.S. States …
President Trump has announced the first known land strike on Venezuelan soil in what is a marked escalation from attacks on alleged drug boats at sea
Shale growth hit a wall and the oil market just woke up US shale oil production has turned negative yoy for the first time in history That matters. Oil bull markets are born when depletion overwhelms new supply. Once new production can’t offset decline rates, prices do the work. Every cycle looks different… but the …
This was predictable a couple of years ago pic.twitter.com/OaZi1OeAsV — Northstar (@NorthstarCharts) December 24, 2025 Crypto hedge funds are on pace for their worst year since the 2022 crypto winter.@sidcoins pic.twitter.com/agSizaReHb — Daily Chartbook (@dailychartbook) December 24, 2025 *SPOT GOLD HITS $4,500 AN OUNCE FOR FIRST TIME pic.twitter.com/9heNqnCQJC — Investing.com (@Investingcom) December 24, 2025
(Bloomberg) — Copper hit a fresh all-time high above $12,000 a ton as severe mine outages and trade dislocations linked to US President Donald Trump’s tariff agenda put the crucial industrial metal on course for its biggest annual gain since 2009. Prices rose as much as 2% to $12,159.50 a ton on the London Metal …
Claude Code model infiltrated 30 organizations including tech firms and government agencies Artificial intelligence company Anthropic says it has uncovered what it believes to be the first large-scale cyberattack carried out primarily by AI, blaming the operation on a Chinese state-sponsored hacking group that used the company’s own tool to infiltrate dozens of global targets. …
Silver going vertical like this is not some quiet blip. Eight months straight green. Absolutely incredible: Silver is now hitting daily record highs, up +140% in 2025 alone. Technicals don't matter anymore and we've seen 8-straight green months. When do people finally start paying attention? pic.twitter.com/NCuHRY7VfZ — The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) December 22, 2025 Silver …
This is the nightmare scenario for Japan. Rates up, yen weaker, and the one lever they pulled just made it worse. Once the 10 year breaks levels like this, control turns into theater. There really is no clean exit left. 🚨 Japanese inflation is now above US inflation for the first time since 1979. pic.twitter.com/pACaUFHHfi …