Saudi Arabia Records Largest Budget Deficit Since 2020 Via The Cradle Saudi Arabia recorded its widest quarterly budget deficit in five years in the final three months of 2025, as lower crude oil prices weigh down the kingdom’s finances, Bloomberg is reporting. Data released by the Saudi Ministry of Finance  shows the government posted a deficit of 94.9 billion riyals ($25.3 billion) in the fourth quarter, which brought the […]

Russia Faces Five Geostrategic Challenges As The Special Operation Enters Its Fifth Year Authored by Andrew Korybko, As it’s always done, Russia is expected to ensure its sovereignty, security, and thus its survival through the creative interplay between its political, military, intelligence, diplomatic, expert, and civil society communities. Russia’s special operation against NATO-backed Ukraine just entered its fifth […]

Former Norway PM Attempts Suicide After Epstein-Linked Raid, Corruption Charges: Report Norway’s former Prime Minister Thorbjørn Jagland was hospitalized a week ago after a failed suicide attempt, days after he was charged with “gross corruption” after a police probe into his ties with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, local outlet iNyheter reports.  Thorbjorn Jagland, a former prime minister of Norway, in Oslo February […]

Chinese Defense Labs Exploit Nearly $1 Billion In US Research Funds, Report Says Authored by Dorothy Li via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Nearly $1 billion in U.S. federal research funds have been funneled into projects involving the Chinese regime’s defense laboratories that pose “critical risks” to America’s national security, according to a new study. Chinese missile launchers are seen during a military parade marking […]

Iran To Buy Chinese Supersonic Anti-Ship Missiles As US Carriers Near As US carriers and warships mass in the Gulf and as the next round of Geneva talks are expected by week’s end, Tehran appears to be quietly upgrading its ability to threaten maritime chokepoints. According to Reuters, Iran is in advanced negotiations with Beijing to purchase Chinese-made CM-302 anti-ship cruise missiles – which are supersonic weapons […]

California Allocates $35 Million To Aid Illegal Immigrants Authored by Kimberly Hayek via The Epoch Times, California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration has boosted support for illegal immigrants in response to the federal government’s escalated law enforcement and deportation operations under President Donald Trump. The new support includes $35 million in existing humanitarian funding for basic needs and legal aid. The money […]

Man Accidentally Hacks Himself A 7,000-Robot Army A software engineer in Spain had the surprise of his life when he found himself in control of thousands of robots in what was supposed to be a pet project. Sammy Azdoufal set out to customize his new Chinese-made DJI Romo robot vacuum, a high-end autonomous cleaner that comes with a price tag of $2,000 that maps homes, mops floors, and navigates obstacles with onboard sensors, […]

Your Gut Microbiome Could Affect Colon Cancer – What You Can Do Authored by Zena le Roux via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), “Supporting the gut microbiome can help reduce colorectal cancer risk and may even enhance prevention and treatment,” Sachin Aryal, gut microbiome researcher at the University of Toledo, told The Epoch Times. Rost9/Shutterstock The microbiome has been linked to many aspects of health and has been shown […]

CIA Tells Iranians: ‘We Want To Help You’ – As US Bombers Loom The US Central Intelligence Agency has never been shy about letting it be known it is seeking to recruit informants from places like China, North Korea and Iran. The agency has in the recent past released messages in Mandarin, Korean, and Farsi. As a CIA spokesman once said during a prior recruitment effort, “We want to make sure individuals in other authoritarian […]

Trump Talks Economy, Immigration, Taxes, And AI In State Of The Union Address Update (2320ET): While predicted to be ‘2 or 3 hours,’ President Trump’s State of the Union was just 109 minutes – though it was still the longest on record since at least 1964. Trump emphasized border security, energy production, and tax policies while throwing Democrats under the bus over the economy and unchecked illegal immigration. Trump […]

A Dozen US F-22 Stealth Jets Land In Israel As Iran Tensions Soar On Tuesday, TOI and other Israeli media featured some photos of American F-22 Raptors taking off from England’s Royal Air Force Lakenheath, which were expected to then fly to southern Israel… Israel’s public broadcaster KAN has reported that at least 12 US F-22 fighter jets landed at an Israeli air base in the south of the country, connected with the ongoing […]

Anthropic Accuses DeepSeek, Other China-Based AI Firms Of Free-Riding Authored by Bill Pan via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Anthropic, the maker of the Claude chatbot, accused three of China’s leading artificial intelligence (AI) companies of creating more than 24,000 fraudulent accounts to tap into its system and train their own models. The DeepSeek app on an iPhone screen in San Anselmo, Calif., on Jan. 27, 2025. Justin […]

“Anathema In The University Mission”: Bari Weiss Canceled At UCLA Authored by Jonathan Turley, This week, CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss was supposed to give the UCLA Burkle Center’s annual Daniel Pearl Memorial guest lecture on “The Future of Journalism.” It was a wonderful opportunity for students to hear from one of the impactful voices in the media. However, they will not be able to do so after a successful cancel […]

Leftist Media Outraged After USA Olympic Hockey Team Goes Pro-MAGA Perhaps it’s destiny – The last time the USA Men’s Olympic Hockey Team won the gold in 1980 they had to first defeat the communist Soviet Union.  It was not the final game of the Olympics, it was the second to final game, but it was the only game that was treated as an epic battle of cultural and political ideals and not just a sports competition.  In 2026, the […]

Watch: TDS-Riddled De Niro Sobs In Tears Over Trump Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Robert De Niro, the actor whose unhinged rants against President Trump have become a staple of leftist media, took his Trump Derangement Syndrome to new heights by bursting into tears during an MSNBC appearance. De Niro sobbed while discussing Trump’s alleged “division,” prompting host Nicolle Wallace to tear up as well in a […]

Pope Allegedly Labels “Far Right” His Greatest Concern In Private Meeting Recent reports claim that in November of 2025 during a private meeting with Spanish Bishops, Pope Leo XIV asserted that the “rise of ultra-right ideology” was his greatest concern.  The comments allegedly came in response to widespread criticism of the church by conservatives against its weak response to militant LGBT ideology and its continuing defense of […]

Are Transfers Replacing Work For America’ Poor? Authored by Tyler Turman via the American Institute for Economic Research, President John F. Kennedy once said, “We must find ways of returning far more of our dependent people to independence.” President Lyndon B. Johnson sought to meet that challenge by launching the War on Poverty in 1964, insisting that its purpose was not to make people “dependent on the generosity of […]

US Surprisingly Abstains From UN Solidarity With Ukraine Vote On War Anniversary The UN General Assembly (UNGA) has voted in favor of a draft resolution reasserting support for “lasting peace” in Ukraine Tuesday, which marks four years since the 2022 Russian military entry into Ukraine. The resolution passed with 107 votes in favor, 12 against and 51 abstentions. Perhaps the most interesting aspect to the vote was that it was […]

Maryland Sues To Stop DHS From Converting Empty Warehouse Into ICE Facility Authored by Troy Myers via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Maryland sued the Trump administration Monday to prevent an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility from being built in the state. Work progresses on a new migrant detention facility dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” at Dade-Collier Training and Transition facility in the Florida […]

Democrats Will Try Not To Act Like Children During Trump’s State Of The Union Address President Donald Trump will deliver his State of the Union address on Tuesday evening, and according to reports, many seats will be empty. Earlier this month, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries gave his caucus its marching orders in a closed-door meeting: sit in the chamber with “silent defiance” or don’t attend.  “The two options that […]

Cartel Problem Is ‘Spilling Over To The United States’: Texas Senator Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, The cartel problem in Mexico has spilled over into the United States, harming Americans and requiring Washington to take action on the matter, Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) said in a Feb. 23 interview with Fox News. “[Mexicans are] very particular about their sovereignty. And I get that. But if they’re not […]

PayPal Shares Jump Again After “Large Rival” Suitor Revealed As Stripe Update (1558ET): Bloomberg reports that payment processor Stripe has expressed interest in PayPal, a day after the outlet first reported that a “large rival” suitor was exploring a takeover of the payments platform. Bloomberg: STRIPE IS CONSIDERING AN ACQUISITION OF ALL OR PARTS OF PAYPAL STRIPE HAS EXPRESSED PRELIMINARY INTEREST: SOURCES Before the […]

Iran Strikes Covert Missile Deal With Moscow In Backchannel Rearmament Iran is squarely in the Trump administration’s crosshairs, and both Russia and China are to some degree coming to Tehran’s aid with some significant arms deals meant to potentially stave off future attack. Most significantly, the Financial Times is reporting that Russia will supply the Iranians with thousands of advanced shoulder-fired missiles in a deal […]

Judge In Kirk Murder Case Refuses To Disqualify Prosecutors Authored by Stacy Robinson via The Epoch Times, A judge ruled on Feb. 24 that a Utah deputy attorney general could continue prosecuting the man accused of murdering Charlie Kirk. Defense attorneys for Tyler Robinson, the accused shooter, had asked the judge in January to disqualify that member of the prosecution team—along with his entire office—after it was […]

Panama Seizes China-Linked Ports Amid Trump-Beijing Dispute Panama published a Supreme Court decision, issued in late January, that voided key port operations held by Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison. The Balboa and Cristobal terminals have become entangled in a legal dispute involving Washington and Beijing. The timing is important, as it comes about a month before President Trump’s planned late-March trip to China. On Monday, the […]