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Trump Announces Russia-Ukraine Energy Ceasefire, Begins Difficult Process of Informing Russia and Ukraine

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced Sunday that Russia and Ukraine had agreed to an immediate energy ceasefire, marking a historic diplomatic breakthrough achieved without the unnecessary bureaucratic burden of getting

Oct 16 2026

Trump Announces Russia-Ukraine Energy Ceasefire, Begins Difficult Process of Informing Russia and Ukraine

Prediction Market Horrified After Trader Correctly Predicts Future Instead of Confidently Getting It Wrong

NEW YORK - Kalshi, a platform designed to reward people for correctly predicting the future, has launched an investigation after discovering that someone may have committed the unforgivable offense of actually

Oct 15 2026

Prediction Market Horrified After Trader Correctly Predicts Future Instead of Confidently Getting It Wrong

Trump Gives Iran Until November 4 to Resume Being National Security Emergency

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced Thursday that the United States will not attack Iran before the November 3 midterm elections, establishing a historic new principle of American foreign policy: existential

Oct 12 2026

Trump Gives Iran Until November 4 to Resume Being National Security Emergency

White House Unveils Bold Plan for $100+ Oil: Make Every Gallon Go Less Far

White House Unveils Bold Plan for $100+ Oil: Make Every Gallon Go Less Far There are two obvious ways to make expensive gasoline hurt less. You can make gasoline cheaper.

Oct 02 2026

Trump-Xi Summit Produces Historic Agreement to Keep Having Trump-Xi Summits Until Something Happens

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping concluded three days of high-level diplomacy Friday with a major breakthrough: an agreement to continue attempting breakthroughs at additional high-

Sep 27 2026

Trump-Xi Summit Produces Historic Agreement to Keep Having Trump-Xi Summits Until Something Happens

Democrats, Republicans Celebrate Historic Bipartisan Achievement of Making Everything Unaffordable Together

After years of bitter polarization, Democrats and Republicans have finally found common ground: both agree the country they have been jointly governing is becoming increasingly expensive and miserable. The University

Sep 20 2026

Democrats, Republicans Celebrate Historic Bipartisan Achievement of Making Everything Unaffordable Together

Trump Removes Irish Whiskey Tariff After ‘Everybody’ Bugs Him at Golf Tournament

President Donald Trump announced Sunday that he would eliminate the 10% U.S. tariff on Irish whiskey after enough people bothered him about it at a golf tournament, formally replacing

Sep 18 2026

Trump Removes Irish Whiskey Tariff After ‘Everybody’ Bugs Him at Golf Tournament

Fed Retaliates Against Middle East Missile Strikes With Devastating 25-Basis-Point Rate Hike

WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve is expected Wednesday to launch a devastating 25-basis-point counterstrike against escalating Middle East missile attacks, deploying higher borrowing costs across the United States in

Sep 17 2026

Fed Retaliates Against Middle East Missile Strikes With Devastating 25-Basis-Point Rate Hike

Democrats Protect Americans From Trump Profiting Off Crypto by Defeating Bill That Would Restrict Trump Profiting Off Crypto

WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats protected Americans Tuesday from the danger of President Trump profiting from cryptocurrency by blocking consideration of legislation that would have imposed new restrictions on President Trump profiting

Sep 16 2026

Democrats Protect Americans From Trump Profiting Off Crypto by Defeating Bill That Would Restrict Trump Profiting Off Crypto

Trump Demands World’s Lowest Interest Rates Regardless of Inflation Data, Saving Fed Trouble of Looking at Inflation Data

President Donald Trump said the United States should have the lowest interest rates in the world regardless of what the economic data says, unveiling a streamlined monetary-policy framework in

Sep 16 2026

Trump Demands World’s Lowest Interest Rates Regardless of Inflation Data, Saving Fed Trouble of Looking at Inflation Data

U.S. Warns Travelers Cuba’s Infrastructure Is Failing After Nine Months of Helping It Fail

HAVANA — The U.S. Embassy in Cuba issued a health alert Friday warning travelers about unsafe food, contaminated water and failing basic infrastructure caused in part by the same economic

Sep 15 2026

U.S. Warns Travelers Cuba’s Infrastructure Is Failing After Nine Months of Helping It Fail

Trump Unveils $1.2 Trillion Plan to Fight Inflation by Giving Everyone More Money to Bid Up Prices

President Donald Trump unveiled a $1.2 trillion plan to fight inflation by giving Americans $5,000 each, ensuring households struggling to afford high prices will finally have enough money

Sep 14 2026

Trump Unveils $1.2 Trillion Plan to Fight Inflation by Giving Everyone More Money to Bid Up Prices

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