What New Retail Sales Data Says About The U.S. Economy
Retail sales increased 0.5% in April compared to the previous month, marking the third straight monthly gain.
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Health Experts Warn Against Panic Over Hantavirus Outbreak
According to the World Health Organization, 11 cases have been linked to the outbreak, including three deaths.
How China Is Reducing Dependence On Nvidia Chips
Tencent said production of Chinese-designed graphics processing units could rise significantly this year. According to company executives, supply from manufacturers in China and nearby countries is increasing steadily.
Trump-Xi Summit: Bessent Says U.S. Leads AI Race
According to CNBC, the discussions are aimed at preventing powerful AI systems from falling into the hands of non-state actors. Bessent also pointed to rapid advances expected from American firms such as OpenAI and Google.
Why Did Xi Warn Trump About Taiwan At Beijing Summit
The warning came during a two-day summit focused on trade, Taiwan, Iran and global security. Reuters reported that the meeting lasted more than two hours and included discussions on maintaining the fragile trade truce reached last year.
Jensen Huang Says Trump Personally Asked Him To Join China Trip
Speaking to reporters in Beijing, Huang described the summit as “one of the most important” diplomatic meetings in modern history.
What Dominated High-stakes Trump-Xi Talks
A White House official said both leaders agreed the Strait of Hormuz should remain open to protect global energy flows.
AOC On Presidential Run: ‘My Ambitions Are Bigger Than That’
“My ambition is to change this country,” said the New York Democrat and leader of the progressive House faction, “The Squad,” in a conversation with President Barack Obama’s former top political adviser David Axelrod Friday at the University of Chicago’s Institute of Politics.
Payback: Russia Uses Iran As A Proxy Against The United States
With the onset of the war in Iran, Moscow now has a new opportunity to retaliate against the United States and Ukraine’s other NATO sponsors. Russian leaders are not hesitant about tormenting Washington. Indeed, they are already taking tangible steps to do so.
‘Ways Of War’ Are In Metamorphosis: Lessons From The Iran War
The post-war western approach (especially in the Cold War context) relied on the ability to outspend any military adversary through the acquisition of high-end, over-engineered and costly manned aircraft and munitions.
Voting On Another Deceptive Antisemitism Resolution In The House Of Representatives
Those claims are bunk. But that will not stop the vast majority of House members from voting for this resolution just like happened two years ago when the same resolution, sponsored then as now by Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), was considered in the House.
Walz Submits Documents With ‘Unexplained Redactions’ To House Panel Investigating Childcare Fraud
The letter comes days after the Federal Bureau of Investigation raided over 20 daycares in Minnesota as part of the administration’s crackdown on taxpayer fraud.
Progressives And Conservatives Are Wrong About Taxing The Rich
Calls to “tax the rich” are, once again, gaining traction online in recent weeks. It kicked off last month after New York Governor Kathy Hochul proposed a new tax on second homes in New York City worth more than $5 million.
Someone Always Knows First
Think of a price as a sentence in a language that millions of people are writing simultaneously, without coordination, without a central editor, each contributing one word based only on what they personally know. The resulting text—the price—somehow summarizes it all.
Depopulation Won’t Save Us Or The Planet
The reasoning is lucid and, at first glance, convincing: fewer people should mean less consumption, lower emissions, and more space for the natural world to recover.
In First Amendment Clash, Christian Center Sues Georgia School District Alleging Retaliation
“Every American has the right to publicly criticize the government—that’s what makes the First Amendment guarantee of free speech so special and the envy of the world,” ADF legal counsel Mercer Martin said in a statement.