Trump Backs Off Threats as Gulf States Prepare for Talks With Iran Over Hormuz

Trump Mulls Farmer Aid As Fertilizer And Fuel Costs Bite Authored by Owen Evans via The Epoch Times, President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he is considering support for U.S. farmers struggling with high fertilizer prices, as rising energy costs and market volatility continue to squeeze producers across the farm belt. A farm field near West Bend, Iowa, on May 6, 2026. Scott Olson/Getty Images "I am looking at doing a form of help," Trump told reporters at the White House, without giving details. Farmers face pressure from fertilizer and fuel costs, both...

'Busted': Female Bicyclists 'Bulk Up' Authored by Mike McDaniel via AmericanThinker.com, I’ve been a bicyclist all my life, but because I came to serious road racing late in life, I never had the opportunity to be competitive. Oh, I had a few good bikes and wore the required attire, but I was never going to make the medal stand. I did ride with enough serious riders to understand their compulsions. Among them was doing whatever was necessary to shave every gram of weight possible off their trusty steeds and to make them,...

French Bond Yields Rise After Le Pen Cleared To Run In 2027 Presidential Election Marine Le Pen can enter the race to become France's next president after judges confirmed her embezzlement conviction on appeal but handed her a reprieve on an election ban. Presiding Judge Michèle Agi confirmed Le Pen’s conviction, saying that she and several others at the National Rally party misused European Union funds earmarked to pay for aides. But the appellate judges reduced her ban to 15 months, thus paving the way for her to lead her party into...