July 4, 2026

11 Charged In Immigration Scheme Involving Over 1,000 Sham Marriages Authored by Jackson Richman via The Epoch Times, The Department of Justice (DOJ) has charged 11 people with allegedly helping foreign nationals, primarily Chinese nationals, to obtain green cards through a marriage fraud scheme, according to an indictment unsealed on Aug. 12. The people behind the alleged scheme were all naturalized U.S. citizens originally from China and one green card holder, according to Attorney General Todd Blanche. The defendants have been charged with conspiracy to commit marriage fraud and immigration fraud, and...

Last Monday the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director (DCI) John Ratcliffe and his retinue boarded a US Air Force C-17 Globemaster transport plane at Joint Base Andrews airfield in Maryland, stopped presumably to refuel at the Riga airport in NATO member Latvia, and then flew on to land at Vnukovo International Airport, one of the […]

Despite 'Soft' Survey Strength, US Manufacturing Unexpectedly Tumbled In August US Industrial Production disappointed in August, unchanged MoM vs expectations of a 0.3% MoM rise. Capacity Utilization was flat MoM (slight disappointment to expectations... Worse still, manufacturing production seemingly hit an unexpected wall in August, falling 0.3% MoM versus an expectation of rising 0.3% MoM. That was the biggest monthl;y drop since Oct 2025 and dragged growth down to just 0.9% YoY... This was 'odd' since ISM Manufacturing survey data has shown a sizable uptick this year... ...or maybe it's just another useless survey...