As a writer, there are times when I read something and think, ‘Wow, that’s good, this cat has chops.’ Very rarely do I read something that’s new, that I didn’t know was possible. Ben Sasse, he just wrote one of those. The former Republican senator from Nebraska was informing the nation that he has stage four cancer and is going ...
A fresh Russian attack against Kyiv involving hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles is putting the ‘true attitude of Putin and his inner circle’ on display, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday, as he prepared to meet with President Donald Trump. The overnight blitz in Ukraine’s capital left at least one person dead and 27 injured, local authorities told ...
Donald Trump entered 2025 pledging to end wars and reorient U.S. foreign policy around what he repeatedly described as ‘peace through strength.’ Throughout the year, Trump has cast his diplomacy as peace-focused, telling reporters, ‘We think we have a way of getting peace,’ and publicly arguing that his record merited a Nobel Peace Prize. The U.S. State Department echoed that ...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy declared Saturday that his country ‘is willing to do whatever it takes’ to end its war with Russia ahead of a meeting Sunday in Florida with President Donald Trump. In a series of posts on X, the Ukrainian leader said, ‘If the whole world – Europe and America – is on our side, together we will ...
This year has had no shortage of alarming Chinese espionage efforts targeting the United States that were uncovered by government officials. 2025 saw the conviction of a former active-duty military member accused of selling Navy secrets to Chinese intelligence, the arrests of Chinese nationals accused of trying to recruit active-duty service members as intelligence assets and smuggle dangerous toxins into ...
It was an off-year when it comes to elections, but 2025 was on fire on the campaign trail, as next year’s looming midterm showdowns took shape. While it was never expected to match the intensity of the tumultuous 2024 battles for the White House and Congress, this year’s off-year elections grabbed outsized national attention and served as a key barometer ...
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said his country is engaged in what he described as a ‘total war’ with the U.S., Israel and Europe. In an interview published Saturday by Iranian state media, Pezeshkian said that he believes the Western powers want to bring Iran ‘to its knees,’ The Times of Israel reported. ‘In my opinion, we are at total war ...
Jeffrey Christian, managing partner at CPM Group, shares his outlook for gold and silver in 2026, explaining why he expects higher prices for the metals. ‘We think that 2026 is going to be a more hostile environment than 2025, and that will cause investors to buy more gold and silver. So we’re expecting gold and silver prices to spike higher ...
Don Durrett: Gold, Silver Price Targets and 15 ‘Must-Own’ Silver Stocks Kicking off the list in the fifth spot is Don Durrett of GoldStockData.com. In this January interview, Don shared his silver and gold price outlook for 2025, as well as his 15 ‘must-own’ silver stocks. We don’t have time here for the full list, but I’ll leave the link ...
Sector Rotation Stalls, Tech Remains King Despite a slight rise in the S&P 500 over the past week, the sector rotation landscape is presenting an intriguing picture. For the first time in recent memory, we’re seeing absolutely no changes in the composition of the sector ranking — not just in the top five, but across the board. Will this stability ...