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Maine Officials Say They’re Expecting ICE Operations In Coming Days
ZeroHedge - Jan 17th 2026 10:30am ESTMaine Officials Say They’re Expecting ICE Operations In Coming Days Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Top officials in Maine said they are expecting the Trump administration to send Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to the state for enforcement operations soon. Democratic Gov. Janet Mills on Wednesday in a video […]
Trump Appoints Rubio, Witkoff, Kushner, And Blair To Gaza ‘Board Of Peace’
ZeroHedge - Jan 17th 2026 9:20am ESTTrump Appoints Rubio, Witkoff, Kushner, And Blair To Gaza ‘Board Of Peace’ Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times, The White House announced on Jan. 16 the names of members appointed to the Gaza Board of Peace, which President Donald Trump created as part of phase two of a U.S.-backed plan to end the […]
How The EU Is Messing Up The AI Boom
ZeroHedge - Jan 17th 2026 8:10am ESTHow The EU Is Messing Up The AI Boom Authored by Thomas Kolbe via American Thinker, Economic prosperity is created in free markets by innovative companies. Over 50 percent of globally operating AI unicorns are located in the U.S., while Europe plays virtually no role. The race for the next future technology is already decided. […]
If Britain Bans X, How Far Will It Go To Block Free Speech?
ZeroHedge - Jan 17th 2026 7:00am ESTIf Britain Bans X, How Far Will It Go To Block Free Speech? Authored by Ted Newson via RealClearPolitics, In what appears to be a rolling back on free speech and citizen journalism, Britain is fast-tracking a law that will ban non-consensual intimate deepfake images. This is likely aimed at the social media site X.com […]
CIA Releases New Video To Encourage Chinese To Divulge ‘Truth About China’
ZeroHedge - Jan 16th 2026 11:25pm ESTCIA Releases New Video To Encourage Chinese To Divulge ‘Truth About China’ Authored by Michael Zhung via The Epoch Times, The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has released a new video for Chinese citizens outlining nine step-by-step methods for establishing secure contact with the agency, according to a Jan. 16 post on X. 此视频提供安全联系中央情报局的全套步骤。以下有几个在进行安全联系之前及在过程中务必考量的事项。中情局想知道中国的真相，我们正在寻找知道并能告知真相的人。 pic.twitter.com/LlLLdfA2Q4 — CIA […]
How The 1917 Virgin Islands Deal Is A Blueprint For Buying Greenland
ZeroHedge - Jan 16th 2026 9:45pm ESTHow The 1917 Virgin Islands Deal Is A Blueprint For Buying Greenland Authored by Dustin Bass via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), When Secretary of State Marco Rubio stood before reporters on Jan. 7 to discuss the military operation that took place in Venezuela four days prior, he added another element of intrigue. He planned […]
US Foreclosures Up 14% In 2025; Florida Tops States
ZeroHedge - Jan 16th 2026 7:15pm ESTUS Foreclosures Up 14% In 2025; Florida Tops States Authored by Mary Prenon via The Epoch Times, Home foreclosures across America were on the rise in 2025, increasing by 14 percent from 2024, with Florida experiencing the highest numbers in the nation. In its Jan. 15 report, property data and analytics provider ATTOM, said that […]
New York Scammers Plead Guilty In $68M Adult Day Care Fraud Scheme
ZeroHedge - Jan 16th 2026 6:00pm ESTNew York Scammers Plead Guilty In $68M Adult Day Care Fraud Scheme Two scammers in Brooklyn pleaded guilty on Thursday to defrauding the state’s controversial Medicaid home care program to the tune of $60 million. Google Maps Manal Wasef and Elaine Antao, both 46, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit health care fraud. Their scheme involved referring Medicaid […]
Qatar Hired UK PR Firm To Edit Wikipedia Page: Report
ZeroHedge - Jan 16th 2026 4:40pm ESTQatar Hired UK PR Firm To Edit Wikipedia Page: Report Amid ongoing US probes into Wikipedia over alleged bias and foreign manipulation, sometimes framed as “Wikilaundering,” a new report has found that a PR company linked to Keir Starmer’s communications chief has been accused of secretly manipulating Wikipedia pages to improve or neutralize clients’ public […]
FTC Imposes 5-Year Ban On GM Disclosing Geolocation, Driver Data To Consumer Reporting Agencies
ZeroHedge - Jan 16th 2026 3:00pm ESTFTC Imposes 5-Year Ban On GM Disclosing Geolocation, Driver Data To Consumer Reporting Agencies Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has finalized an order banning General Motors (GM) from disclosing consumers’ geolocation and driver behavior data to consumer reporting agencies for a period of five years, the agency […]
ACLU And Celebs Release Cringe Appeal To Allow Men In Women’s Sports
ZeroHedge - Jan 16th 2026 1:00pm ESTACLU And Celebs Release Cringe Appeal To Allow Men In Women’s Sports Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, The American Civil Liberties Union has rolled out a new campaign pushing for biological males to compete in women’s sports, just as the Supreme Court takes up cases that could finally protect female athletes from unfair competition. […]
Shale Pioneer Harold Hamm Steps Back From Bakken After Decades
ZeroHedge - Jan 16th 2026 12:00pm ESTShale Pioneer Harold Hamm Steps Back From Bakken After Decades Harold Hamm says low oil prices are forcing a step he hasn’t taken in decades: shutting down drilling in North Dakota’s Bakken, according to Bloomberg. “This will be the first time in over 30 years that Harold Hamm has not had an operation with drilling […]
Trump Stuns By Floating Tariffs On Countries That Stand In The Way On Greenland
ZeroHedge - Jan 16th 2026 10:50am ESTTrump Stuns By Floating Tariffs On Countries That Stand In The Way On Greenland Days ago as it became clear that Europe and the United States would be locked in a showdown over the future fate of Greenland and its sovereignty, the EU touted that it has some cards to play, as leaders stepped up […]
US Industrial Production Surged To End 2025
ZeroHedge - Jan 16th 2026 9:23am ESTUS Industrial Production Surged To End 2025 While ‘soft’ survey data has been disappointing, hard macro data has been resilient and Industrial Production ended 2025 on a bright note with a 0.4% MoM surge in December (considerably better than the +0.1% MoM expected) complementing November’s 0.4% MoM rise. This left industrial production up 2% YoY… […]
EU NatGas Spikes Most In Two Years As “Perfect Storm” Unfolds
ZeroHedge - Jan 16th 2026 8:20am ESTEU NatGas Spikes Most In Two Years As “Perfect Storm” Unfolds Dutch TTF natural gas futures, Europe’s benchmark gas contract, are up 25% on the week and on track for their largest weekly gain since October 2023. The abrupt reversal in sentiment reflects tightening storage levels, short covering, and a burst of unusually cold weather […]
China Leads Global Coal Power Additions Despite Renewables Push
ZeroHedge - Jan 16th 2026 5:00am ESTChina Leads Global Coal Power Additions Despite Renewables Push By Charles Kennedy of OilPrice.com China continues to nearly single-handedly prop up global coal consumption and new coal-fired power generation, despite being also the world’s leading investor in renewables and battery storage. China is set to commission as many as 85 coal-fired power generating units this […]
Nervous-Looking Macron Urges Military To Produce Own Version Of Russia’s Oreshnik
ZeroHedge - Jan 16th 2026 2:45am ESTNervous-Looking Macron Urges Military To Produce Own Version Of Russia’s Oreshnik French President Emmanuel Macron while addressing French military personnel at the Istres airbase in the south of the country on Thursday said that Europe needs its own answer to Russia’s cutting edge hypersonic arsenal. In the remarks he specifically invoked Russia’s hypersonic ‘Oreshnik’ missile, which has […]
Trump Kicking BRICS Out Of The Americas
ZeroHedge - Jan 15th 2026 11:50pm ESTTrump Kicking BRICS Out Of The Americas Authored by James Gorrie via The Epoch Times, Since the end of the Bretton Woods system in 1971, the U.S. dollar has dominated global finance as the chief reserve currency. It’s used in international trade, sovereign lending, and central bank reserves. This dominance allows the United States to […]
Inflation And Revolution
ZeroHedge - Jan 15th 2026 9:45pm ESTInflation And Revolution Authored by Jeffrey Tucker via The Epoch Times, The revolutionary fervor in Iran today has deep political roots and invites every theory concerning outside influences that have a deep stake in the kind of regime that rules this country. But amidst all the speculation about what’s really happening here, there is an […]
“It Has Cast A Shadow Over The Permian”: Drilling Slows In Texas As Venezuelan Oil Policy Raises Concerns
ZeroHedge - Jan 15th 2026 8:30pm EST“It Has Cast A Shadow Over The Permian”: Drilling Slows In Texas As Venezuelan Oil Policy Raises Concerns Efforts by the Trump administration to push more Venezuelan oil onto the global market, with the goal of lowering prices, are creating concern in West Texas, where producers say cheaper oil threatens drilling, jobs and local business […]
Waste Of The Day: California County May Have Made Illegal Gifts
ZeroHedge - Jan 15th 2026 7:15pm ESTWaste Of The Day: California County May Have Made Illegal Gifts Authored by Jeremy Portnoy via RealClearInvestigations, Topline: A Dec. 18 report from the California State Auditor claims that Mendocino County is “vulnerable to waste, fraud, and abuse” after spending thousands of dollars on steakhouse dinners, unapproved donations and more. The annual dinners are a […]
Waste Of The Day: California County May Have Made Illegal Gifts
ZeroHedge - Jan 15th 2026 7:15pm ESTWaste Of The Day: California County May Have Made Illegal Gifts Authored by Jeremy Portnoy via RealClearInvestigations, Topline: A Dec. 18 report from the California State Auditor claims that Mendocino County is “vulnerable to waste, fraud, and abuse” after spending thousands of dollars on steakhouse dinners, unapproved donations and more. The annual dinners are a […]
Devon-Coterra Tie-Up Would Create A New Permian Heavyweight
ZeroHedge - Jan 15th 2026 6:25pm ESTDevon-Coterra Tie-Up Would Create A New Permian Heavyweight By Julianne Geiger of OilPrice.com, Coterra Energy is kicking the tires on what would be one of the biggest U.S. shale mergers in years, holding talks about a possible combination with Devon Energy, according to people familiar with the matter. Nothing is signed, nothing is guaranteed, but […]
Ron Paul: Making Imperialism Great Again?
ZeroHedge - Jan 15th 2026 5:00pm ESTRon Paul: Making Imperialism Great Again? Authored by Ron Paul via the Mises Institute, It did not take long for President Trump to change the reason for sending the US military to “arrest” Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro and his wife. The allegation that President Maduro ran a drug cartel was front and center in the […]
Watch: This Is Just Absolutely Insane
ZeroHedge - Jan 15th 2026 3:45pm ESTWatch: This Is Just Absolutely Insane Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, In an incredible Senate hearing meant to address the dangers of abortion pills sold online without proper oversight, a Democratic witness turned the spotlight on herself by refusing to acknowledge that only women can get pregnant. Dr. Nisha Verma, an OB-GYN tapped by […]