The Nation's Pulse: Americans' Top Priorities And The Direction Of The Country
Cost of living leads Americans' concerns by a wide margin, with the U.S.-Iran conflict now in the top three.
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Why Is Xi Jinping Visiting North Korea After Seven Years
The trip highlights Beijing’s effort to reaffirm its influence over North Korea, despite Pyongyang’s increasingly close military and political ties with Russia
$85 Billion In Tariff Refunds Hangs On A Court Date
After the Supreme Court voided the emergency tariffs, importers are still waiting to be paid back, and Tuesday may clarify when.
The Clock Is Running On China's Rare-Earth Truce
Beijing's one-year suspension expires in November, just as the first Western magnet capacity comes online.
Oil Sticks In The Low $90s As Hormuz Stays Shut
A US-Iran deal keeps slipping over Lebanon, leaving the Gulf's chokepoint closed into a fourth month.
Chip Selloff Hands Wall Street Its Worst Day In Months
A hot jobs report revived Fed-hike fears, sending the Nasdaq down 4.2% and semiconductors into a rout.
Washington Moves To Tariff 60 Economies Over Forced Labor
A sweeping Section 301 action would hit most US trading partners, but spare electronics and AI gear.
The Home Front
Xi staged a year of pressure on Japan for an audience at home, and lost the one abroad
Running On Rage
Four of the seven justices found that the Democrats’ “legislative process employed to advance” the voter referendum that approved the new map not only violated the state constitution, but it was “wholly unprecedented in Virginia’s history.”
Yes, Today’s Gas Prices Are ‘Peanuts’
Democrats called Trump “out of touch” with everyday Americans.
Humanity Has Only A Few More Months To Live
McPherson predicted an “exponential change” in the global temperature was coming hard and fast.
The Wicked Witch Of Eccles Hates Sound Money
Since the American economy didn’t begin in 1913, I urge you to look at CPI values prior to 1913, before the Fed existed and before gold was outlawed.
There’s A Hidden Gem In The Latest Jobs Report
But the jobs report is even better than advertised, because it included a loss of 9,000 federal workers.
The Boxed-In Giant
On the map that decides a war over Taiwan, China is the trapped one, and Xi tightened the trap himself
CDC Warns Central Africa Ebola Outbreak Could Exceed 20,000 Cases
Simulations suggest that if only a small share of infected people isolate, total cases could surpass 20,000.
Canada Shows The Gruesome Side Of Socialized Healthcare
Welcome to the healthcare system that Bernie Sanders and his socialist pals want to import into the U.S.