Trump Pulling 5,000 US Troops From Germany In Punitive Move Amid Merz Spat

Cost Of California's High-Speed Rail Goes Up Again Authored by Kerry Johnson via  Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy, It was supposed to cost $33 billion when voters approved the train in 2008. It will now cost at least $126 billion. It was also supposed to be carrying 65.5 million to 96.5 million intercity riders a year by 2030. Yet now 2040 is the date for “full service to start.” Skeptics don’t believe we’ll ever see the train run with paying customers aboard. “In my judgment, the Draft 2026 Business Plan describes a project that...

Hunter Biden Challenges Trump Brothers To Cage Match As everyone knows by now, the first rule of fight club is... you don't talk about fight club... But it appears Hunter Biden could not help himself as the son of former President Joe Biden, on April 9 publicly challenged Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump - the eldest sons of President Donald Trump - to a cage match.         View this post on Instagram                       A post shared by Channel Five (@channel5) The challenge emerged in a video posted to the Instagram page of conservative social media...

Goldman: Fast Food's 'Bang For The Buck' Gains As Casual Dining Appeal Craters Goldman analyst Christine Cho has published her latest quarterly survey of 2,000 consumers for 1Q26, pointing to a softer restaurant environment. Muted demand backdrop suggests that the K-shaped economy continues to fester, with working-poor consumers still facing the greatest downward pressure. Respondents expect their visits to limited-service restaurants (LSRs), restaurants where customers generally order and pay at a counter, kiosk, drive-thru, or app, such as McDonald's, Burger King, Wendy's, Chipotle, CAVA, Sweetgreen, Panera, and others, to hold steady...