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Trump Admin Pauses All Visa Appointments Worldwide Authored by Kimberly Hayek via The Epoch Times, The Trump administration has paused visa appointments for applicants worldwide as the State Department launches a global training initiative at all U.S. embassies and consulates, according to a department spokesperson. Appointments for visa services will be rescheduled to accommodate the training. The State Department offered no specific details on the training or its timeline. Officials said the initiative aims to help consular officers screen out applicants deemed likely to become dependent on U.S. public benefits. It is...

NATO's "Theory Of Victory" Isn't Anything New Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, As the saying goes, “the more things change, the more they stay in the same.” US General Alexus Grynkewich, NATO's top commander, shared the bloc's long-awaited "Theory of Victory" during his speech at the Warsaw Security Forum. In his words, "should war come, we will block, blunt any attack, and then, if it does not cease, we will break the forces conducting aggression against us." He then elaborated that conventional forces would block an initial attack, unmanned ones would...

We're All On Borrowed Time... Authored by Brad Todd via The What For Substack, We bought our house in the same year I discovered Piemonte, and that was fortuitous. The house came with a walk-in wine cellar and the family-owned vineyards strewn across the rolling Italian hills from LaMorra to Serralunga D'Alba provided a learnable collection of producers to fill it up. It is a good thing I have enjoyed the chore of curating this wine because I will not get to enjoy drinking it. This afternoon, maybe even as you read...