Leftist Media Quiet After Four Suspected Islamic Terror Attacks In Two Weeks

RFK Jr. Announces More Than $700 Million To Target Mental Illness, Homelessness Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times, The Trump administration is going to spent more than $700 million on programs aimed at reducing drug addiction, homelessness, and mental illness, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said on June 17. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in Washington on May 18, 2026. Kent Nishimura/AFP via Getty Images The largest portion of the new funding, nearly $239 million, is going to a lifeline that people who are suicidal can call. Some $223...

Half-Way Into Fiscal 2026, US Budget Deficit Is 11% Lower Than 2025, But It's About To Get Much Worse While not as dire as previous years, the US budget deficit remains a ticking time bomb. There was some good news and some not so good news, when the Treasury reported the monthly revenue and outlays for the month of March.  First the good news: The US federal government reported that the March budget deficit rose $4 billion or 2% ​to $164.1 billion from $160.5 billion a year ago, and higher than the $153.3BN...

Amazon Drops After AWS Growth Misses Whisper Estimates As Capex Soars In our preview of Amazon's earnings, we summarized sentiment as "Bullish, But Concerns Remain" with JPM noting that client "conversations were heavily AWS-skewed with investor focus on degree of acceleration and cloud $ re-capture driven by core workloads, AI, & new partnerships. Still, some concerns remain on broader AI positioning/strategy, Trainium traction, & gap to Azure/Google Cloud growth. Strong Stores execution expected, with N. America margin expansion. But higher fuel costs raise questions on consumer demand & operating margins." They...