Yes, the Latest Bank Bailout Is Really a Bailout, and You Are Paying for It.

Trump’s first year back in office has been loud, aggressive, and consequential—but has it been effective? Ryan McMaken appears on Stossel TV.

Fico Threatens To Cut Ukraine's Emergency Power As Russian Oil Transit Fight Escalates Slovakia's populist Prime Minister and pro-Trump ally Robert Fico has drawn an unexpectedly hard line in his country's ongoing energy showdown with Ukraine: restore Russian oil flows, or else a key emergency electricity lifeline for Ukraine gets pulled. In a weekend post on X, Fico warned that unless Ukraine resumes pumping Russian crude to Slovakia by Monday, Bratislava will cut off its emergency power exports. This is an immense threat given current frigid subzero temperatures in war-ravaged Ukraine. "If...

Judge Temporarily Blocks Democrat-Backed Referendum To Redraw Virginia's Congressional Map Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times, A county judge in Virginia issued an emergency restraining order on Feb. 19, pausing a referendum backed by Democrats that aims to redraw the state’s congressional maps. Tazewell County Circuit Judge Jack Hurley issued the order following a Feb. 18 motion by the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) that sought to challenge House Bill 1384. HB1384 schedules a referendum for April 21 on a proposed constitutional amendment to allow the General Assembly to redraw the...