This article was originally published by Tyler Durden at ZeroHedge. For the first time on record, the top 15 military spenders allocated more than $2 trillion to defense in 2025. Total global defense spending also reached a record $2.6 trillion, signaling a major shift in geopolitical priorities. Using data from the International Institute for Strategic Studies, this visualization, via Visual Capitalist’s Dorothy Neufeld, ranks the 15 countries driving this surge in military spending. While the U.S. still operates on an entirely different scale, the biggest shift is happening in Europe, where countries are no longer just maintaining military capacity but expanding it significantly. The…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Florida Democratic state representative said Wednesday during a floor debate that conservative activist Charlie Kirk wasn’t truly assassinated.”He was not assassinated. And words being accurate matters. It was a death by gun violence,” Democratic state Rep. Ashley Viola Gantt said. “That…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! An illegal immigrant training to be a corrections officer in Pennsylvania was arrested on suspicion of rape and other sexual offenses, federal authorities said Friday. Ibrahim George Kallon, a citizen of Sierra Leone, obtained a visa that eventually expired in 2024, U.S. Immigration…
According to one mediator, the United States and Iran have made significant progress in talks with Iran. Omani Foreign Minister Badr al-Busaidi was the mediator for these discussions and said that they lasted nearly six hours. A senior U.S. official told Axios the discussions were “positive,” though sources said American…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Massachusetts basketball coach is accused of raping a student under his foster care and providing the underage victim with alcohol. Scott Marino, 54, appeared in Woburn District Court on Thursday to face charges stemming from an alleged incident in which prosecutors say…
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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Several high-profile kidnapping cases have been solved with a hefty reward being offered, as Savannah Guthrie announced a $1 million reward for the recovery of her mother, Nancy Guthrie.In an Instagram video on Tuesday morning, Savannah Guthrie announced a family reward of…
Fox News contributors Andy McCarthy and Jason Chaffetz join ‘Fox & Friends’ to discuss former President Bill Clinton’s closed-door deposition regarding his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein and allegations of engaging in sexual activities with minors Read the full article here
Part of my 2026 Goal Package is to write less, stimulate more, and get my Morse back to 40 words a minute. Today in the digital dojo, flips, forecasts, Friday and fun for Skimmer Nation.Markets: Long Views FirstPop over and see The Economic Fractalist’s discussion of where we are in long-term cycles.Then…
This article was originally published by Tyler Durden at ZeroHedge. When Special Counsel Jack Smith was investigating Donald Trump and people in his orbit, he ended up surveilling then-private-citizen Kash Patel and Trump Chief of Staff Susie Wiles during 2022 and 2003. Patel, now head of the FBI, told Reuters on Wednesday that…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Russian citizen previously convicted of stowing away has allegedly done it again — this time sneaking onto a flight from Newark Liberty International Airport without a ticket, according to reports.Svetlana Dali is accused of bypassing security in Newark and boarding a…
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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A North Carolina woman whose disappearance in 2001 triggered a 24-year search is now facing criminal charges from the year she vanished.Michele Hundley Smith, now 63, was located Feb. 20 at an undisclosed location within North Carolina after detectives received new information…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Officials on Wednesday accused a Los Angeles police officer of insurance fraud after he allegedly went skydiving multiple times while collecting full disability benefits.Christopher Brandon Carnahan, 43, of Norwalk, was charged Monday after allegedly exaggerating an on-duty injury sustained in 2023, according…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Two alleged members of the Venezuelan-linked gang Tren De Aragua (TdA) were charged in an ATM jackpotting conspiracy that included robberies and attempted robberies across New England, according to federal prosecutors.Moises Alejandro Martinez Gutierrz and Lestter Guerrero, both 29, have been charged…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A convicted California child molester who was set to walk free this week was instead turned over to law enforcement after a new arrest warrant was issued in Placer County, state officials confirmed.The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said that at…
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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! California prison officials are investigating the death of an incarcerated man at California State Prison, Sacramento, as a homicide, authorities announced Wednesday.Staff found 49-year-old John Cisneros unresponsive in his cell at about 9:15 p.m. Feb. 23, according to the California Department of…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Sen. Ted Budd, R-N.C., and Rep. Mary Miller, R-Ill., introduced the Stop Illegal Alien Cops Act, a bicameral bill aimed at preventing individuals who are in the United States illegally from possessing firearms or ammunition while employed as law enforcement officers.The legislation…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A “proud veteran of the U.S. Army” died after suffering a medical emergency while visiting Caesars Palace on the Las Vegas Strip, where, according to a lawsuit, employees and security guards allegedly “presumed, incorrectly” that he was drunk and called him an…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Texas-based career criminal with a lengthy rap sheet is behind bars in Travis County after he was charged with murdering a father of five outside a 7-Eleven in Austin, reviving scrutiny of Travis County District Attorney José Garza and what critics…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The brother of an American citizen killed in a brazen boat clash with Cuban forces says his sibling was consumed by an “obsessive and diabolical” push to free the island and that “no one knew” what he was planning.American citizen Michel Ortega…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The New Hampshire man accused of opening fire inside a country club last year, killing one person, reportedly confessed to the shooting, telling investigators he aimed to kill the rich. Hunter West Nadeau, 24, told police he carried out the shooting at a…
This article was originally published by William L. Anderson at The Mises Institute. The Sierra Nevada of California is a rugged and beautiful mountain range, and it is located only about an hour east of my home in Roseville. We can see them on clear days, and many times we…
