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Pentagon 'Blindsided' As Hegseth Pulls Plug On 4,000-Troop Deployment To Poland
Pentagon 'Blindsided' As Hegseth Pulls Plug On 4,000-Troop Deployment To Poland
President Trump's earlier previewed controversial troop cuts for the European continent may already be in progress, and could happen more rapidly than previously thought.
The US Army has canceled the deployment of the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division to Poland, NBC reports this week. The deployment would have involved over 4,000 soldiers as well as military equipment.
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Various reports say that top Pentagon staff were 'blindsided' by what is being characterized as War Secretary Pete Hegseth's sudden U-turn on the plan...
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USPS Could Run Out Of Funds Within A Year Without Congressional Action: Postmaster General
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Authored by Kimberly Hayek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
U.S. Postal Service Postmaster General David Steiner said on March 4 that the service could run out of cash reserves within a year unless Congress removes a decades-old cap and allows the agency to borrow more money.
A USPS van driver parks the car on a street in Manhattan, New York City, on August 24, 2020. Chung I Ho/The Epoch Times
If it doesn’t, the service risks not being...
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US Business Confidence Soared In April Amid "Panic, Emergency" Buying Ahead Of Price Spike
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Despite the recent slide in 'hard' macro data, analysts expected an incremental improvement in the preliminary April S&P Global PMI data this morning.
Consensus was right as both Services and Manufacturing surveys signaled an uptick in April
US business activity growth recovered slightly in April having slowed to near-stagnation in March following the outbreak of war in the Middle East. However, the overall pace of expansion remained subdued, most notably in the services economy where demand faltered.
Flash US...
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China's Tungsten Chokehold Turns Almonty Into The West's Critical-Metal Lifeline
China's Tungsten Chokehold Turns Almonty Into The West's Critical-Metal Lifeline
Almonty Industries has evolved from a junior miner into an established tungsten producer and a pure play on the China decoupling theme, the incoming defense rearmament supercycle in the West, AI infrastructure, and, of course, critical-mineral scarcity. As Western governments race to rebuild a tungsten supply chain outside China, Almonty's producing assets and the ramp-up of its Sangdong and Panasqueira mines position the miner as a potentially critical supplier to the Western world.
Let's begin with the catalyst. Beijing tightened tungsten...
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