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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 […]
US Forces Seize Sixth Tanker In Western Hemisphere As Trump Targets Dark Fleet
ZeroHedge - Jan 15th 2026 12:40pm ESTUS Forces Seize Sixth Tanker In Western Hemisphere As Trump Targets Dark Fleet President Trump’s race to secure the Western Hemisphere, in a foreign policy move called gunboat diplomacy, off the coast of Venezuela to dismantle and disrupt a dark-fleet tanker network, has now resulted in a sixth oil tanker being seized by U.S. forces […]
Futures Jump As Blowout TSMC Earnings Reboot Tech Trade
ZeroHedge - Jan 15th 2026 8:30am ESTFutures Jump As Blowout TSMC Earnings Reboot Tech Trade US equity futures are higher led by Tech stocks which bounced back on Thursday after chipmaker TSMC revived confidence in the durability of artificial-intelligence demand, as signalling a strong outlook with $56BN in CapEx spending in 2026 (a 25% increase), restoring confidence in global AI growth and […]
Are Deportations Making Affordability A Winning Issue For The GOP?
ZeroHedge - Jan 15th 2026 6:45am ESTAre Deportations Making Affordability A Winning Issue For The GOP? Democrats entered 2026 confident they could make “affordability” the rallying cry that would win back suburban voters and propel them back into the majority. But an inconvenient political twist has upended that plan: Donald Trump is the one actually delivering on affordability – and doing […]
Senators Want To Ban Chinese Students From Government Labs
ZeroHedge - Jan 15th 2026 5:45am ESTSenators Want To Ban Chinese Students From Government Labs Eleven US senators wrote to Energy Secretary Chris Wright on Tuesday seeking to ban Chinese nationals from US national labs – contending that their access undermines the United States’ position in the artificial intelligence (AI) race. The Department of Energy building in Washington on Nov. 13, 2023. Madalina Vasiliu/The […]
Iran & Israel Secretly Agreed Not To Attack Each Other Through Russian Backchannel
ZeroHedge - Jan 14th 2026 11:50pm ESTIran & Israel Secretly Agreed Not To Attack Each Other Through Russian Backchannel There may have been some back-channel dealmaking and a ‘mutual understanding’ reached between Iran and Israel far behind the scenes as protests unfolded on Iran’s streets, and as President Trump began to make threats about striking Tehran. At a moment Trump seems to […]
Iran & Israel Secretly Agreed Not To Attack Each Other Through Russian Backchannel
ZeroHedge - Jan 14th 2026 11:50pm ESTIran & Israel Secretly Agreed Not To Attack Each Other Through Russian Backchannel There may have been some back-channel dealmaking and a ‘mutual understanding’ reached between Iran and Israel far behind the scenes as protests unfolded on Iran’s streets, and as President Trump began to make threats about striking Tehran. At a moment Trump seems to […]
Iran & Israel Secretly Agreed Not To Attack Each Other Through Russian Backchannel
ZeroHedge - Jan 14th 2026 11:50pm ESTIran & Israel Secretly Agreed Not To Attack Each Other Through Russian Backchannel There may have been some back-channel dealmaking and a ‘mutual understanding’ reached between Iran and Israel far behind the scenes as protests unfolded on Iran’s streets, and as President Trump began to make threats about striking Tehran. At a moment Trump seems to […]
How BRICS May Deliver Structural Shock To US Dollar System
ZeroHedge - Jan 14th 2026 11:20pm ESTHow BRICS May Deliver Structural Shock To US Dollar System Authored by Pepe Escobar, The oligarchy that really controls the Empire of Chaos has hit the panic button, as the structural contours of Hegemony seriously wobble. The petrodollar is one of the key features of this Hegemony: a recycling machine channeling non-stop buying of US […]
China Blames Trump For Its Staggering $1.2 Trillion Trade Surplus Amid European Howls Of Outrage
ZeroHedge - Jan 14th 2026 10:00pm ESTChina Blames Trump For Its Staggering $1.2 Trillion Trade Surplus Amid European Howls Of Outrage At the start of December, China stunned the world when it reported that its trade surplus had surpassed a record $1 trillion, with one month still left to go in calendar 2025. Fast forward to last night when China reported […]
Senate Defeats Bill To Block Military Action In Venezuela After Two R’s Flip, Vance Breaks Tie
ZeroHedge - Jan 14th 2026 7:27pm ESTSenate Defeats Bill To Block Military Action In Venezuela After Two R’s Flip, Vance Breaks Tie The US Senate killed a Democrat-led resolution that would constrain President Donald Trump (and the next guy’s) ability to wage continued military action against Venezuela. The War Powers resolution, sponsored by Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA), was on track to […]
Obamacare Enrollment Trails 2025 By Less Than Expected
ZeroHedge - Jan 14th 2026 5:30pm ESTObamacare Enrollment Trails 2025 By Less Than Expected Authored by Lawrence Wilson via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Plan selections in the Affordable Care Act Marketplace were 3.5 percent behind 2025’s number with two weeks left in open enrollment, but the drop-off has not been as severe as some analysts predicted. An Affordable Care Act […]
Obamacare Enrollment Trails 2025 By Less Than Expected
ZeroHedge - Jan 14th 2026 5:30pm ESTObamacare Enrollment Trails 2025 By Less Than Expected Authored by Lawrence Wilson via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Plan selections in the Affordable Care Act Marketplace were 3.5 percent behind 2025’s number with two weeks left in open enrollment, but the drop-off has not been as severe as some analysts predicted. An Affordable Care Act […]
Need To Escape Socialism? Come To Florida!
ZeroHedge - Jan 14th 2026 3:40pm ESTNeed To Escape Socialism? Come To Florida! Authored by Jeffrey Folks via American Thinker, The difference between red and blue states is not just a matter of degree; it is a qualitative difference based on the loss of freedom in blue states and an entirely different attitude in the red states. The best example is the […]
Minnesota Stealing: Reason To Rethink Government Welfare
ZeroHedge - Jan 14th 2026 2:50pm ESTMinnesota Stealing: Reason To Rethink Government Welfare Authored by Larry Elder via The Epoch Times, As for the estimated $8 billion in government (taxpayer) money stolen by crooks in Minnesota, people demand answers to many questions. But the 800-pound elephant/question goes unasked: Why is government in the business of welfare in the first place? Where […]
Nuclear Reactors On The Moon By 2030
ZeroHedge - Jan 14th 2026 2:10pm ESTNuclear Reactors On The Moon By 2030 First it was data centers in space. Now it’s nuclear reactors on the moon. The global space race is heating up again, but it’s more than about just reaching the moon. International partners are teaming up to develop and establish remote posts on the moon utilizing nuclear reactors […]
1Are Central Bankers Willing To Truly Upset Markets So Trump Backs Off?
ZeroHedge - Jan 14th 2026 10:30am ESTAre Central Bankers Willing To Truly Upset Markets So Trump Backs Off? By Michael Every of Rabobank Officially it’s 2,000, but reportedly as many as 12,000 Iranian protestors could have been killed by their own government over the past few days. While the West has seen none of the mass protests that the last two-plus […]
Trump To Speak At Globalist WEF Forum
ZeroHedge - Jan 14th 2026 9:05am ESTTrump To Speak At Globalist WEF Forum Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, President Trump is set to crash the World Economic Forum in Davos, bringing his America First agenda straight into the heart of the globalist elite’s annual gathering. As the multilateralism devotees scramble to maintain their facade of openness Trump’s presence signals a […]
Trump To Speak At Globalist WEF Forum
ZeroHedge - Jan 14th 2026 9:05am ESTTrump To Speak At Globalist WEF Forum Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, President Trump is set to crash the World Economic Forum in Davos, bringing his America First agenda straight into the heart of the globalist elite’s annual gathering. As the multilateralism devotees scramble to maintain their facade of openness Trump’s presence signals a […]
DOGE Cancels Or ‘Descopes’ Contracts Worth $1.5 Billion Over A 5-Day Period
ZeroHedge - Jan 14th 2026 7:45am ESTDOGE Cancels Or ‘Descopes’ Contracts Worth $1.5 Billion Over A 5-Day Period The demise of DOGE has been greatly exaggerated. The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) website is displayed on a phone, in this photo illustration. Oleksii Pydsosonnii/The Epoch Times Over the weekend, the Department of Government Efficiency announced that agencies have terminated and descoped ’42 […]
Ukraine Blocks Polymarket, Classifies Prediction Markets As Gambling
ZeroHedge - Jan 14th 2026 5:00am ESTUkraine Blocks Polymarket, Classifies Prediction Markets As Gambling Authored by Amin Haqshanas via CoinTelegraph.com, Ukraine has blocked access to the prediction market platform Polymarket, classifying its activities as unlicensed gambling under national law. The decision was issued by the National Commission for the Regulation of Electronic Communications (NCEC) on Dec. 10, 2025, under Resolution No. 695. The […]
West Africa Under Jihadist Threat: Sahel States Surrendering Sovereignty To Islamic Terrorist Groups
ZeroHedge - Jan 14th 2026 3:30am ESTWest Africa Under Jihadist Threat: Sahel States Surrendering Sovereignty To Islamic Terrorist Groups Authored by Lawrence Franklin vi The Gatestone Institute, Al-Qaeda’s branch in Africa’s Sahel region has been laying siege to Mali’s capital city, as well as other areas of the country. The Algerian-based Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) and its affiliated Jama’a Nusrat ul-Islam […]
The Forgotten Man
ZeroHedge - Jan 13th 2026 11:05pm ESTThe Forgotten Man Authored by Be Water, The 2008 Crisis Never Ended Do you wish to know [when] that day is coming? Watch money. Money is the barometer of a society’s virtue. When you see that [commerce is conducted], not by consent, but by compulsion—when you see that in order to produce, you need to […]
The Forgotten Man
ZeroHedge - Jan 13th 2026 11:05pm ESTThe Forgotten Man Authored by Be Water, The 2008 Crisis Never Ended Do you wish to know [when] that day is coming? Watch money. Money is the barometer of a society’s virtue. When you see that [commerce is conducted], not by consent, but by compulsion—when you see that in order to produce, you need to […]
Surrounding Cities Move In As Seattle Pulls Back On Drug Enforcement
ZeroHedge - Jan 13th 2026 10:40pm ESTSurrounding Cities Move In As Seattle Pulls Back On Drug Enforcement A policy shift inside the Seattle Police Department is already generating unintended consequences — and they’re not the ones city leaders were hoping for, Jason Rantz of Seattle 770AM said in a new op-ed this week. After Seattle Police Chief Shon Barnes told officers that […]