Senators Plan Taiwan Trip Ahead Of Trump's Summit With Xi Jinping

Jobless Claims Hover Near Record Lows Sustaining 'No Hire, No Fire' Narrative The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits for the first time was flat from the prior week at 210.5k (215k exp). Simply put, these numbers are hovering near their lowest levels since 1969... Source: Bloomberg Continuing claims also printed below expectations at 1.819 million Americans. This is the lowest level since May 2024... Source: Bloomberg Finally, as a reminder, sentiment surveys suggest the labor market is bifurcated with 'jobs hard to get' but joblessness not surging... Source: Bloomberg That chart reinforces the 'no...

The Crowdsourcing Of Cutting Waste & Fraud Authored by Jeffrey Tucker via The Epoch Times, The Trump administration came into office with a pledge to uproot waste, fraud, and abuse within the government’s system of transfer payments. Leading the charge would be Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). They began their work early on with earnest and passion, starting inauguration evening, with many long days and nights of data crunching and number slinging, under the assumption that auditing government would be similar to auditing a private company. DOGE quickly found...

The Real Point Of The "Patriot Front" Psy-Op Authored by Kit Knightly via OffGuardian, Over the Fourth of July weekend, Washington DC found itself beset by the "Patriot Front", about 400 guys in matching outfits, with white balaclavas covering their faces and waving flags about. The (relatively small) gathering walked about a bit, did some marching, waved some flags...and scared the press to death! The group marched away from Union Station, carrying various flags, including Confederate flags. pic.twitter.com/Xo0WDH2B9O — Mitchell Miller (@mmillerwtop) July 4, 2026 They're not real, of course. The running joke has already become...