Senate Democrats Introduce Bill To Break Up Major Meatpacking Companies

AI Pledge Allegiance To The Flag By Bas van Geffen, senior macro strategist at Rabobank As Bloomberg recounts that “the ceasefire is set to expire today,” there is little left of that truce to begin with. Negotiations have broken down. And over the weekend, Israel conducted new strikes in Lebanon, a bulk carrier that tried to leave the Strait of Hormuz was hit by a projectile, and Yemen’s port suspended operations after Houthi missile attacks. Both sides are evaluating their options in the current stalemate. Iran’s hardline leadership is reportedly planning to...

Data Centers Drove Half Of All Growth In US Electricity Use In 2025 Global electricity demand rose by 3% in 2025, with growth nearly triple compared to the 1.3% increase in total energy consumption, as data centers and electric vehicles continued to push power use higher, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in a report on Monday. Overall global energy demand growth slowed to 1.3% in 2025, slightly below the previous decade's average of 1.4% and significantly lower than in 2024, as global economic growth slowed and cooling demand in Asia was...

Judge Says Updated National Firearms Act Violates Constitution Authored by Michael Clements via The Epoch Times, A federal judge ruled on Wednesday that the registration and approval requirements for suppressors, short-barreled rifles, and short-barreled shotguns in the National Firearms Act (NFA) are unconstitutional. In the case of Silencer Shop Foundation v. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), U.S. District Court Judge James Wesley Hendrix found that the requirements exceeded Congress’s constitutional authority once the NFA’s taxes on making or transferring those arms were eliminated. The taxes were reduced to zero...