“The admissions numbers shall primarily be allocated among Afrikaners from South Africa … and other victims of illegal or unjust discrimination in their respective homelands.” President Donald Trump has set the refugee ceiling for the 2026 fiscal year at 7,500, which is the lowest cap on record, according to a document released by the White House on the matter on Thursday. The document also said that Afrikaners from South Africa will be getting priority for the limited number of spots. The document from the Trump White House stated, “The admissions of up to 7,500 refugees to the United States during…
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By Scott Powell for Townhall The mainstream media and deep state would lead us all to think the American people are more divided than in prior trying times, such as during the Civil War or the divisive civil rights/anti-Vietnam War period of the late 1960s and early 1970s. While it is true that there may be more incidents of extremism and violence coming from the left today, it is also important to recognize that there were major moral issues at stake in each of those prior times. Moral opposition to slavery was associated with the Civil War, and there was…
The European Central Bank has kept interest rates on hold, as expected, at its latest meeting on Thursday. The central bank held its key deposit facility rate at 2% for the third consecutive time, having last cut rates in June. The trim, which coincided with euro zone inflation hitting the ECB’s target rate of 2%, was part of a rate-cutting cycle that has brought rates down from last year’s record high of 4%. The ECB said in a statement Thursday that “inflation remains close to the 2% medium-term target and the Governing Council’s assessment of the inflation outlook is broadly unchanged.”“The economy has continued to…
By Tyler Durden for Zero HEdge President Donald Trump announced that he had approved missiles for Japan’s fleet of F-35s, and the first delivery of the munitions would occur this week. Speaking aboard the USS George Washington in Japan, Trump said, “I’m delighted to report that I’ve just approved the first batch of missiles. They’ll arrive this week, so they’re ahead of schedule.” The sale is for AIM-120 AMRAAM and AIM-9X Sidewinder. President Joe Biden approved a $3.6 billion sale of AMRAAMs to Tokyo in January. Trump authorized Japan to buy $100 million in Sidewinder missiles last month. Trump made the declaration as he…
By Tyler Durden for Zero Hedge A Google executive said the company made “mistakes” while handling complaints of election fraud during a U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation hearing held Oct. 29. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), who serves as the committee chairman, showed screenshots of a YouTube video that allegedly highlighted how former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and President Donald Trump both voiced concerns about election fraud and then asked Markham Erickson, who leads Google’s Government Affairs and Public Policy Centers of Excellence, why the video was taken down. “YouTube deleted it, blocked it and gave the creator a strike,…
By Tyler Durden for Zero Hedge Premiums for people buying health insurance through Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplaces are soaring ahead of the start of the open enrollment period, new data show. Premiums for people who are buying insurance for 2026 in state-run marketplaces are rising 17 percent, the health nonprofit KFF said on Oct. 28. Premiums for enrollees using Healthcare.gov, the federally-run marketplace, are spiking on average 30 percent. The enrollment period for the ACA—former President Barack Obama’s health care law, commonly known as Obamacare—will open on Nov. 1 for most marketplaces. Factors behind the increasing premiums include higher hospital costs…
By The Post Millennial “China has agreed to continue the flow of Rare Earth, Critical Minerals, Magnets, etc., openly and freely.” President Donald Trump has announced that his meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping has resulted in an agreement for China to open up rare earth mineral exports, buy soybean products from the US, and work to stop the flow of fentanyl into America, among other points. Trump also said following the meeting that tariffs on China would be cut. Trump posted to Truth Social after meeting with Xi, “I had a truly great meeting with President Xi of China. There is enormous respect between our…
By Tyler Durden for Zero Hedge California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom’s pimp shield law, pushed by Democratic legislator Rep. Scott Weiner, has helped foster a disturbing new sex market on Figueroa Street in Los Angeles, featuring prostitutes as young as 12 and 13 years old. For far too long, the “kiddie stroll,” as it’s known, has gone unreported because major media outlets refused to cover it, allowing it to flourish under the watch of Democratic politicians. But now it’s time to shine a light in the darkness and expose the truth about what’s happening to these poor young girls and why…
Step one: Rescue a key patent from the Deep State. LAS VEGAS — “From this day forward, it’ll be a policy of the United States to do whatever it takes to lead the world in artificial intelligence,” President Donald J. Trump told a technology summit in Washington, D.C. on July 23. Back in 2018, Trump 45 declared on Dec. 4, 2018: “My Administration will do everything possible to provide our children, especially kids in underserved areas, with access to high-quality education in science, technology, engineering, and math” (STEM). Gil Hyatt has a promising idea to help Trump fulfill last summer’s commitment and the one…
The moves spiked oil prices by more than $2 and sent major Chinese and Indian buyers of Russian crude looking for alternatives. U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has prepared additional sanctions it could use to target key areas of Russia’s economy if President Vladimir Putin continues to delay ending Moscow’s war in Ukraine, according to a U.S. official and another person familiar with the matter. U.S. officials have also told European counterparts that they support the EU using frozen Russian assets to buy U.S. weapons for Kyiv, and Washington has held nascent internal conversations about leveraging Russian assets held in…