Zelensky’s Closest, Most-Powerful Aide Resigns After Office Raided By Anti-Corruption Agents Zelensky’s chief of staff, Andrii Yermak, has submitted his resignation – the highest level official to fall amid the massive graft probe which has brought rare international embarrassment on the Zelensky government. Earlier The Associated Post reported Friday. “Anti-corruption units have raided the home, and reportedly also the office, […]

Harvard Report Warns Of ‘Damaging’ Grade Inflation, 60% Of Grades Are A’s Authored by Cecilia Jones via TheCollegeFix.com, Harvard University’s Office of Undergraduate Education is raising concerns about mounting grade inflation, reporting that the school’s grading system is “damaging the academic culture of the College.” The office sent a 25-page report to faculty and students, stating that 60 percent of all […]

UPS Indefinitely Grounds All Its MD-11’s – 9% Of Firm’s Fleet Out For Peak Delivery Season UPS will have to manage the peak package delivery season of the year with 9% of its air fleet sitting idle, after the firm announced it will indefinitely ground all its McDonnell Douglas MD-11 cargo jets in the wake of a spectacular disaster in Louisville on Nov. 4 that took 14 lives.  This photo published by the National Transportation […]

Putin Says US Plan Could Be ‘Basis’ For Ukraine Deal Authored by Dave DeCamp via Antiwar.com, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday spoke favorably about the US’s initial 28-point draft for a potential peace deal in Ukraine, saying it could serve as the “basis” for a future agreement, though he said work still needs to be done to turn it into a concrete plan. “In general, we agree that this could be the basis […]

“Are You Stupid?”: Watch Trump Blast Leftist Media Over Biden Immigration Debacle Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, President Trump refused to play the games of the leftist media Thursday, at one point going off on a reporter, labelling them a “stupid person.” The reporter asked Trump “Why are you blaming Biden?! [for the DC National Guard attack]” TRUMP responded, “Are you a STUPID PERSON?” adding, […]

Trump Says South Africa Won’t Be Invited To 2026 Miami G20 Summit U.S. President Donald Trump said South Africa won’t be invited to the 2026 G20 summit in Florida, after the United States boycotted this year’s gathering in Johannesburg. “At the conclusion of the G20, South Africa refused to hand off the G20 Presidency to a Senior Representative from our U.S. Embassy, who attended the Closing Ceremony,” Trump said in a Nov. […]

CME Reopens After Chicago Data Center “Cooling Issue” Update (0830ET): CME Globex Futures & Options markets have officially reopened after their overnight ‘cooling issue’. For now, Nasdaq futs are rallying… *  *  * Update (0820ET): Headlines crossing over the Terminal show that CME Globex Futures & Options Markets will open at 08:30 ET after hours of being offline due to a “cooling issue” at data centers operated […]

Nearly 200 Million Shoppers Expected To Hit Stores Thanksgiving Weekend Authored by Jill McLaughlin via The Epoch Times, Retail experts predict that 187 million people will shop between Thanksgiving Day and Cyber Monday, based on a consumer survey released on Nov. 20. The survey by the National Retail Federation and Prosper Insights and Analytics showed this year’s prediction topping last year’s, when 183.4 million people […]

Global Chaos As CME Outage Halts Futures Trading, Markets Set For Monthly Loss Normally, this is where we would tell you where US index futures are trading early in the morning, we can’t because at 9:45pm ET on Thursday, the CME experienced a catastrophic “glitch” and all equities, treasuries, FX and commodities futures went dark as a result of a what the Chicago Merc Exchange said was a cooling system malfunction at its Chicago […]

Trump Pushes ‘Reverse Migration’ As National Guard Member Dies Following Potential DC ‘Terrorist’ Attack The Thanksgiving-week attack down the street from the White House – perpetrated by an Afghan national with prior ties to the U.S. military and intelligence community, such as the CIA – has heightened national-security concerns following the fatality of one West Virginia Guardsman and the critical wounding of another, driving […]

This Is The Income Needed To Join The Top 1% In Every State What it takes to join the top 1% of earners varies across the United States. This map, via Visual Capitalist’s Bruno Venditti, highlights the income floor required to enter the wealthiest bracket in each state for 2025. The spread is wide, stretching from over $1 million at the top to barely $400,000 in less wealthy states. High-paying industries like finance, […]

After October’s ‘Liquidation Day’ Collapse, ADL Are The 3 Most Important Letters In Crypto Via Wu Blockchain, Hyperliquid Activates Cross-Margin Auto-Deleveraging for the First Time: What Are HLP and ADL? In October 2025, Hyperliquid, one of the leading decentralized perpetual futures exchanges, triggered its cross-margin Auto-Deleveraging (ADL) mechanism for the first time in over two years of operation. This event signals […]

The Dangers Of AI: Visualizing The Top Risks Companies Face Companies are rushing to implement AI, but it’s not all smooth sailing. More than half of businesses say the dangers of AI have led to at least one negative consequence. But which issues plague businesses the most? This infographic, via Visual Capitalist’s Jenna Ross, breaks down the most common risks. It’s a preview of the brand-new executive guide from Terzo […]

Patel Says Ex-CIA-Linked Afghan Shooter Now Under Terrorism Investigation Update (1018ET): FBI Director Kash Patel told reporters that the horrific National Guard shooting just down the street from the White House is being investigated as an act of terrorism. Patel said agents seized “numerous electronic devices,” including smartphones, iPads, and laptops, all of which are now being analyzed.  When a reporter asked how the […]

Poland Resists EU Court Order To Recognize Same-Sex Marriage Authored by Thomas Brooke via Remix News, Poland’s government and leading opposition figures have publicly pushed back against suggestions that the European Union can compel Warsaw to recognize same-sex marriages, despite a landmark ruling from the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) requiring Poland to acknowledge a marriage legally concluded in another […]

Mapping Global Real Estate Bubble Risk In 2025 Globally, real estate markets have been cooling over the last few years, with high mortgage rates and unaffordable prices affecting demand in many cities. However, while housing bubble risks have eased across many markets, home prices in real estate hotspots like Miami and Tokyo continue to rise, inflating their bubble risk. This infographic, via Visual Capitalist’s Niccolo Conte, […]

Britain’s Official COVID Handling Inquiry Blames “Toxic Culture” For A Late Lockdown Authored by Bruce Oliver Newsome via American Greatness, Last week, Britain’s official inquiry into the government’s handling of COVID released its second report. Despite spending £192 million, interviewing 166 witnesses, and publishing more than 1,000 pages already, the most expensive public inquiry in British history (£160,000 per day) […]

Hundreds Missing, Scores Dead In Massive Hong Kong Apartment Inferno A terrible death toll is mounting after a cluster of high-rise Hong Kong apartment towers was engulfed in an inferno on Wednesday: At least 44 people are dead, but approximately 279 are still missing in what is already the deadliest Hong Kong building fire in more than 50 years. Accusations of gross negligence have been directed at a construction company that’s […]

If You ‘Identify’ As A Woman, Don’t Go Here… According to the Georgetown Institute 2025/26 Women Peace and Security Index, women’s safety and security was least guaranteed in countries like Syria, Afghanistan, Yemen, Haiti, Sudan and the Central African Republic. Beyond such drastic examples, Statista’s Katharina Buchholz reports that the publication also gave bad grades concerning women’s safety to large swathes of Africa as […]

Allies In The Age Of ‘De-Risking’ Authored by Charles Davis via The Epoch Times, The debate in Washington often treats allied policy toward China as a loyalty test—are you “with us” or “soft”? That’s the wrong frame. Across the Indo-Pacific and beyond, close U.S. partners are converging on a pragmatic line: keep markets open where possible, harden national security where necessary, and build redundancy in supply chains […]

Suicides And Delusions: Lawsuits Point To Dark Side Of AI Chatbot Authored by Jacob Burg via The Epoch Times, Warning: This article contains descriptions of self-harm. Can an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot twist someone’s mind to breaking point, push them to reject their family, or even go so far as to coach them to commit suicide? And if it did, is the company that built that chatbot liable? What would need to be proven […]

Pennsylvania Governor Signs Law Banning “Hair Discrimination” Democrats continue to double down and pander to the woke demographic whenever they see an opportunity.  These gestures are usually designed to virtue signal and rarely have any significance in terms of political change, however, leftists don’t necessarily pass laws or make declarations because a problem actually exists.  Rather, they do these things in order to […]

The Day I Understood The American Spirit Authored by Kay Rubacek via The Epoch Times, I didn’t grow up with Thanksgiving. I grew up in Australia, a place that prides itself on being relaxed and irreverent, where national icons range from crocodile wrestlers to movie stars with casual, sun-soaked charisma. Our culture is fun-loving and independent, summed up in the phrase, “she’ll be right, mate.” It means: don’t fuss, […]

Stunned Scientists Discover ‘Magnetic’ Mystery Creature Inside Ancient Fossil In a discovery that dramatically extends the known history of animal navigation, scientists have uncovered what appears to be the oldest direct evidence of creatures using Earth’s magnetic field to orient themselves, dating back roughly 97 million years to the age of the dinosaurs, according to Space.com. A magnetofossil detected by the team. (Image […]

DoJ Attempts To Save Face With “New” Pro-Gun Office & SCOTUS Filing Submitted by Gun Owners of America, Just recently, the Bondi DOJ filed an amicus brief in support of the Second Amendment in the Supreme Court case Wolford v. Lopez. But, gun owners are still rightfully furious with the Department of Justice and the Attorney General, Pam Bondi, for defending federal gun registration. So while GOA wholeheartedly supports the […]