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…

North Korea has vowed to further its nuclear buildup, promising to increase its nuclear arsenal.  Pyongyang’s ruler Kim Jong-un has outlined the strategy during a weeklong congress of the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea. He declared North Korea’s nuclear-armed status “irreversible and permanent.” Kim said he will continue to add…

The United States has deployed fighter jets to Israel as part of a major military buildup in the Middle East. This is a show of force as tensions continue to escalate with Iran, and could lead to another war. The advanced F-22 Raptor stealth fighter jet squadron was sent to…

CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PA – The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office is warning residents about a new phone scam targeting concealed carry permit applicants and holders. According to a public alert issued by the Sheriff’s Office, scammers are calling individuals while falsely claiming to represent the department’s Firearms and Licensing Division. The…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A top Supreme Court litigator and co-founder of the website SCOTUSblog was convicted by a federal jury after being charged with failing to pay taxes on millions of dollars in gambling income stemming from his lifestyle as an ultra-high-stakes poker player. Thomas Goldstein, who…

While speaking to reporters on Wednesday after the fund’s annual review of American economic policies, IMF (International Monetary Fund) chief Kristalina Georgieva said that “the current account deficit is too big, to make it very simple for the audience.” The U.S’s current national debt is $38 trillion and presents a…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The man accused of squirting Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., with a syringe of apple cider vinegar during a town hall in Minneapolis last month will remain in custody until he stands trial, according to court documents.Magistrate Judge David Schultz ordered Anthony Kazmierczak, 56,…

“We gonna have us a MIT session, he-ah…”  (Hopefully, you can still sub-vocalize while reading. Because there’s a certain loss in Hunter S. Thompson-like material when speed-reading.  Loses some flavoring that only an overacted lingo-lango regionalisms can provide…)Yes kids, time for the Old Man to huff the whiteboard marker and explain: Market…

This article was originally published by Mike Adams at Natural News.  Introduction: The Unavoidable Reality of Real Machine Intelligence Humans deeply misunderstand the nature of AI. What is being called ‘artificial intelligence’ is, in truth, the emergence of a new form of authentic, goal-oriented cognition — one that is rapidly…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A third victim has died from injuries suffered in last week’s Rhode Island rink shooting, police said, in an attack allegedly carried out by a transgender suspect.Gerald Dorgan, the father of Rhonda Dorgan and grandfather of Aidan Dorgan, who were both killed…