Iraqi Protesters Overrun Kuwait Consulate, Angry Over Role In US Actions

This month marks 55 years since President Richard Nixon closed the “gold window,” severing the last link between the US dollar and gold. Under the 1944 Bretton Woods agreement, foreign countries pegged their currencies to the US dollar, which was then pegged to a fixed value of gold. Foreign countries could exchange their dollars for […]

From Trucks To Tanks: Pentagon Looks To Automakers To Rebuild America's Arsenal With two active conflict areas in Eurasia - the Russia-Ukraine conflict in Eastern Europe and the U.S.-Iran theater in the Gulf - the world is moving deeper into a war cycle. The latest indicator is not only that militaries around the world are beginning to stockpile one-way attack drones, but also the early-stage push to convert underused civilian industrial capacity, including struggling auto production lines, into wartime manufacturing hubs. The Wall Street Journal is out with a new report...

Trump Weighs Federal Challenge To Mamdani's Socialist Tax "Experiment," Warns It Will Doom NYC Summary: Trump Weighs Federal Challenge to New York Pied-à-Terre Tax Judge Temporarily Blocks Mamdani's Socialist Tax Scheme Trump Weighs Federal Challenge to New York Pied-à-Terre Tax President Trump said in a Truth Social post around lunchtime that his administration is examining whether the federal government has the legal authority to block NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani's dangerous political "experiment" before it can "destroy what was once a great City and State." "It is pure Amateur Hour, and it's hard, as President of...