New talks were held this week between U.S. peace envoy Steve Witkoff, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Sadly, hopes that these discussions will bring an end to the Ukraine war are unfounded. Ukraine wants to end the war with a guarantee it can defend itself in the future alongside direct Western […]
When Notre Dame Cathedral burned in 2019, the world mourned. It was apparently a tragic accident, and there was universal grief that one of the well-known symbols of French identity, the place of Napoleon’s coronation, and a beauty of Gothic architecture, was burned. The town hall for Limoges, France, is now also burning. Unlike Notre […]
Financial market sentiment is overwhelmingly negative at present. The semiconductor sector just experienced its worst drawdown since the Great Recession, and the neocloud stocks, which just a few months ago were on everyone’s buy lists, have imploded on fears of an artificial intelligence bubble. That’s just the start. Both Anthropic and OpenAI — with their […]
For the second time in two months, a polling organization embraced by media outlets has admitted to fabricating its results. This time, the deception lasted much longer, fooled far more organizations, and appears to have inflicted greater electoral damage. In August, Median Strategies admitted to making up polls that showed socialist Francesca Hong leading Wisconsin’s […]
In today’s issue: Candidates in some of the most critical Senate and governor's races took to the stage for a final time Wednesday as voters have already started casting their ballots, with less than two weeks to go before Election Day. While President Trump is not on the ballot, he was at the center of the conversation...
The political polling industry is under new fire after a second company on Tuesday acknowledged it had falsified data in a series of polls released over the past year. The admission by Wedgewood Polls comes as Republicans question whether this year's midterm polls are wrong and are undercounting GOP support. Wedgewood's polling had been used by...
Senate Republicans are making a last-ditch effort to save former Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) in the Michigan Senate race by pouring money and effort into highlighting what they say are significant ties between Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed and the Muslim Brotherhood. El-Sayed vigorously denies that he has any ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, an Islamist...
Top Trump administration officials are starting to point fingers squarely at SpaceX founder Elon Musk for the decision to slow down his company’s Starlink satellite internet services and its military counterpart Starshield for Ukraine, which has been muddled in uncertainty over the culprit. Looking to deflect the controversial move — which was swiftly admonished by...
