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"I Did Nothing Illicit": Bill Gates Begins Apology Tour Over His Epstein Ties A week after Bill Gates abruptly pulled out as a keynote speaker at a high-profile global AI summit in India, the left-wing billionaire finally mustered enough nerve to "take responsibility for his actions" over his ties to late financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein during a town hall meeting with Gates Foundation employees. The Wall Street Journal reports that Gates told employees at a town hall event for the foundation on Tuesday that he never spent time with...

U.S. Wheat Crop Forecast To Hit Half-Century Low As Drought Hits Breadbasket Chicago wheat futures surged on Tuesday, hitting two-year highs after the USDA's latest WASDE report signaled a much tighter U.S. supply outlook than traders had anticipated. Production stress across America's breadbasket is now converging with a megadrought and mounting fertilizer constraints, adding upward pressure on prices at a time when global food prices are rising. 🌾Due to poor crop health and a record-low planted area, the United States will produce the smallest wheat volume since 1972. 2026 winter wheat output (67%...

Americans Will Foot The Bill For Germany's New Drug Price Controls Authored by Drew Johnson via PJMedia.com, Germany just found a new way to lower its own healthcare costs: make Americans pay more. In late April, German policymakers proposed changes that cap spending growth, restrict care, and force drugmakers to provide steep discounts. These changes are supposed to save Germany money. But drugmakers still need to recoup the high costs of research and development. When a country like Germany suppresses the prices it pays for innovative medicines, those costs don't disappear — they simply shift...