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Authored by John & Nisha Whitehead via The Rutherford Institute, "United States AI companies must be free to innovate without cumbersome regulation." - President Donald Trump, Executive Order 14365 The era of small government is over. Anyone who tells you differently is selling you a lie. Case in point: Donald Trump promised to shrink the federal government.

If gaming studios were run by smart people they would scrap any projects they launched in the early 2020s and start over from scratch. The problem is, these are not very smart people. Much like Hollywood, the gaming industry has been ideologically captured by Reddit-brained activists for at least a decade. Numerous media productions that began their creative life at the peak of the woke era are finally being released, with video game development often taking five years or more.

Via Middle East Eye A top aide to US ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee has repeatedly altered or suppressed embassy reporting that would have been critical of Israeli activities in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip, according to a New York Times investigation.

A disturbing discovery at North Dakota's governor's mansion has uncovered seven coffins with human remains after construction crews hit a long-forgotten burial ground. Freshly smoothed dirt rests behind a fence outside the North Dakota governor’s residence in Bismarck on Sept. 30, 2026, after seven coffins containing human remains were exhumed from the site. (Photo by Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor) The shocking find came at North Dakota Gov.

Update (2000ET): We can only imagine how cold those discussions were when the Ukrainian officials heard about Trump's deal with Putin for the release of diesel stocks to the world. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was not best pleased. He told Axios in a phone interview on Friday that President Trump's decision to unilaterally lift sanctions on Russia and allow it to export diesel was "not fair and not honest." "You know, it looks like a happy birthday present for Putin.

Gold is climbing notably this morning, underscoring the potential for the precious metal to ratchet higher into year-end thanks to sustained buying from central banks and retail investors. On the retail side, the total known ETF holdings of bullion are up this week, set to match the 12-week streak of gains posted through April 18, 2025. That means the stockpile exceeds the peak touched just before the outbreak of the Iran war.

Authored by Jeffrey A. Tucker via The Epoch Times, Economic reality embeds many paradoxes, unexpected outcomes that go the opposite direction of what you might intuitively predict. The best example concerns a new innovation that seems to make more efficient use of existing resources. Intuition might suggest that the result will be less resource use but reality often goes in the other direction.

A Nevada woman who allegedly used a string of marriages to extract money from unsuspecting men has been ordered to repay more than $280,000 after pleading guilty to bigamy and financial fraud, according to CourtTV. Jiaying Chen, 33, was accused of maintaining a yearslong operation in which she pursued romantic relationships, married multiple men and obtained significant amounts of money before abandoning them. Investigators said she went through five marriages in just the past year.

Authored by Kimberly Hayek via The Epoch Times, The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will vote on Oct. 29 on rules that restrict electronics testing to U.S. labs and countries that offer reciprocal recognition, with Chinese labs expected to be hit hardest. Apple iPhone's sit for sale in Cupertino, Calif., on July 31, 2025.

President Donald Trump has chosen Katie Zacharia to be his next White House press secretary. Trump announced on Truth Social Friday that he had "just appointed" her, which she publicly announced shortly later. "Thank you to President Trump for the distinguished privilege of serving as White House Press Secretary.