USAID Funded Aid Programs Abroad, But Mainly Was a Jobs Program for Progressives

Trump Open To Pardoning Cohen After Former Attorney Says He Was Pressured Authored by Tom Gantert via The Epoch Times, President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he would consider giving his former personal attorney Michael Cohen a pardon after Cohen said he felt he was "pressured and coerced" while testifying against Trump in a criminal trial. "If everything is checking out, it's something I would consider," Trump told reporters when asked if he would pardon Cohen. "I appreciate that at least he came out, although late, he came out and rectified the situation." A...

When The Grid Dies: How A Single Blackout Could Unravel A Modern World Authored by Milan Adams via Preppgroup, For decades, infrastructure analysts, military planners, and emergency preparedness experts have warned that modern civilization is built upon a dangerously fragile foundation. Electricity is no longer merely a convenience of industrial society; it is the bloodstream of every institution sustaining modern life. Water purification systems, food distribution chains, hospitals, communication networks, banking systems, fuel pipelines, transportation corridors, satellite infrastructure, and emergency services all depend upon uninterrupted electrical continuity. What follows is a...

Oil Markets Price In An Iran Deal That Does Not Exist Yet Oil prices tumbled Tuesday as traders once again priced in a U.S.-Iran agreement before anyone had actually signed one. West Texas Intermediate was trading at $75.64 per barrel shortly before 2 p.m. ET, down $4.70, or 5.85%, while Brent had fallen $4.61 to $79.16. Both benchmarks touched three-week lows as hopes rose that an agreement could reopen the Strait of Hormuz. As reported earlier, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said a deal could come Tuesday or Wednesday, while Secretary of State...