• China Scales Back Purchases Of Russian Oil Following New US Sanctions; Report

    ZeroHedge - Oct 23rd 2025 9:45pm EDT

    China Scales Back Purchases Of Russian Oil Following New US Sanctions; Report Via The Cradle Chinese state oil firms have suspended purchases of seaborne Russian oil after the US imposed new sanctions on Russian energy giants, Rosneft and Lukoil, multiple trade sources told Reuters on Thursday. Chinese national oil companies PetroChina, Sinopec, CNOOC, and Zhenhua Oil will “refrain from dealing […]

  • South Korea Risks Economic Self-Sabotage With $1 Trillion Crackdown On US Tech Giants

    ZeroHedge - Oct 23rd 2025 7:40pm EDT

    South Korea Risks Economic Self-Sabotage With $1 Trillion Crackdown On US Tech Giants For those who don’t know, South Korea is big on extracting money from Big Tech firms in the United States – a protectionist tactic similar to China – aimed at curbing the dominance of global tech platforms when it comes to social media, […]

  • Soys To Men: The Democratic Party Is Hemorrhaging Males

    ZeroHedge - Oct 23rd 2025 6:00pm EDT

    Soys To Men: The Democratic Party Is Hemorrhaging Males Democrats today resemble a pack of lost puppies – unsure which direction to run: left, further left, or all the way into the radical fringe, where political violence and assassination culture is normalized, anti-American sentiment is celebrated, and socialism and Marxism are embraced. The original ‘No […]

  • Who Are The Real Kings?

    ZeroHedge - Oct 23rd 2025 4:20pm EDT

    Who Are The Real Kings? Authored by Victor Davis Hanson via American Greatness, So-called King, Donald Trump, ran in two contested Republican primaries. He ran three times in a general election. He was elected twice, and his party recently won a Republican Congress. In contrast, in 2020, Joe Biden did not run a typical campaign. […]

  • Tonight: Debt Debate – Addressing The $38 Trillion Elephant In The Room

    ZeroHedge - Oct 23rd 2025 12:45pm EDT

    Tonight: Debt Debate – Addressing The $38 Trillion Elephant In The Room Tonight at 7 pm ET, ZeroHedge and George Gammon (of the Rebel Capitalist show) are hosting a debate over America’s mounting public debt – which now sits at over $38 trillion – and what to do about it. Our debaters bring two sharply opposing solutions, while […]

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  • “War On Crypto Is Over”: Trump Pardons Former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao

    ZeroHedge - Oct 23rd 2025 11:30am EDT

    “War On Crypto Is Over”: Trump Pardons Former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao Two weeks ago we reported on rumors that The White House was considering pardoning Changpeng Zhao, the former CEO of Binance better known as ‘CZ’. And today, The Wall Street Journal reports, according to people familiar with the matter, that Trump has indeed pardoned CZ following months […]

  • Five Reasons Why Trump Is Once Again Escalating Against Russia

    ZeroHedge - Oct 23rd 2025 9:20am EDT

    Five Reasons Why Trump Is Once Again Escalating Against Russia Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, It was earlier assessed that “The Next Putin-Trump Meeting Might Lead To Something Tangible This Time Around” due to newfound mutual interests in reaching a deal, but then Trump canceled the Budapest Summit on the grounds that he didn’t think it’d […]

  • US Commerce Dept Says “Not Currently Negotiating” With Any Quantum Computing Firms

    ZeroHedge - Oct 23rd 2025 8:55am EDT

    US Commerce Dept Says “Not Currently Negotiating” With Any Quantum Computing Firms Update (0850ET): Reuters reports that a U.S. Commerce Department official them in an email that the department is “not currently negotiating with any of the companies”. This prompted a small dip in the main Quantum names (e.g. QBTS below) but that has since […]

  • Trump On Course To “Shatter” Deportation Record: Report

    ZeroHedge - Oct 23rd 2025 7:20am EDT

    Trump On Course To “Shatter” Deportation Record: Report Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Fox News reports that the Trump administration is on course to “shatter” the record for deportations in one year, with over two million illegals sent packing since his second term in office began. The segment notes that the numbers include an […]

  • Tether’s Stablecoin Touches 6.25% Of The World’s Population, Says CEO

    ZeroHedge - Oct 23rd 2025 5:00am EDT

    Tether’s Stablecoin Touches 6.25% Of The World’s Population, Says CEO Authored by Brayden Lindrea via CoinTelegraph.com, US dollar-pegged stablecoin Tether hit its 500 millionth user on Tuesday, offering a means to transact and save for those who have been excluded by the traditional banking system. “Likely the biggest financial inclusion achievement in history,” Tether CEO […]

  • Germany Stands To Lose & Poland To Gain From The EU’s Latest Energy Move

    ZeroHedge - Oct 23rd 2025 2:00am EDT

    Germany Stands To Lose & Poland To Gain From The EU’s Latest Energy Move Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, Poland’s role in providing more US LNG to Central & Eastern Europe is expected to erode Germany’s influence in this region and accelerate Poland’s revival of its lost Great Power status. The European Council decreed that the […]

  • Xi’s Purges Reveal His Insecurity

    ZeroHedge - Oct 22nd 2025 11:25pm EDT

    Xi’s Purges Reveal His Insecurity Authored by Brahma Chellaney via Project Sybndicate, From surveilling and repressing Chinese citizens to firing and prosecuting potential rivals, Chinese President Xi Jinping seems able to rule only through fear. But fear is not a foundation for long-term stability, and the more Xi seeks to consolidate power, the more vulnerable […]

  • ICE Tracker Planned By Democrats Could Endanger Agents, Bondi Says

    ZeroHedge - Oct 22nd 2025 10:35pm EDT

    ICE Tracker Planned By Democrats Could Endanger Agents, Bondi Says Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times, Attorney General Pam Bondi said on Oct. 22 that a plan by Democrats to launch an online platform tracking Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations in Los Angeles could endanger federal agents and expose them to harassment […]

  • Brooklyn Man Accused Of Dumping Boyfriend’s Rotting Body In Trash

    ZeroHedge - Oct 22nd 2025 8:30pm EDT

    Brooklyn Man Accused Of Dumping Boyfriend’s Rotting Body In Trash A Brooklyn man allegedly tossed his boyfriend’s decomposing body out with the garbage — but the stench was so overpowering that it quickly gave him away, according to the NY Post. 38 year old Christopher Moss was arrested Sunday for concealing a human corpse after […]

  • How Progressives Broke The Constitution And Praised Themselves For It

    ZeroHedge - Oct 22nd 2025 7:15pm EDT

    How Progressives Broke The Constitution And Praised Themselves For It Authored by Wanjiru Njoya via The Mises Institute, In his article “Is the Constitution Broken beyond Repair?” David Gordon draws attention to a phenomenon that is often overlooked, namely, the great rejoicing among some constitutional lawyers over the fact that “to establish the new Constitution, Lincoln overthrew […]

  • Government Shutdown Becomes Second-Longest In US History: 4 Things To Know

    ZeroHedge - Oct 22nd 2025 6:25pm EDT

    Government Shutdown Becomes Second-Longest In US History: 4 Things To Know Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times, The government shutdown that started on Oct. 1 has entered its fourth week and is now the second-longest in U.S. history. At Day 22 of the shutdown, Democrats and Republicans have remained at odds. Sen. Jeff […]

  • Oil Spikes As Bessent Warns “Substantial” New Russia Sanctions Imminent

    ZeroHedge - Oct 22nd 2025 3:46pm EDT

    Oil Spikes As Bessent Warns “Substantial” New Russia Sanctions Imminent Update(1546ET): A couple of significant breaking headlines saw oil prices spike Wednesday afternoon, especially US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announcing Washington would unveil fresh sanctions against Russia, and coming only day after President Trump shelved talks with Moscow on the Ukraine war, after initial talk […]

  • Musk Responds After SpaceX Loses Guarantee Of First Moon Landing

    ZeroHedge - Oct 22nd 2025 2:10pm EDT

    Musk Responds After SpaceX Loses Guarantee Of First Moon Landing Up until Oct. 20, the return of NASA astronauts to the lunar surface was set to be carried out by a variant of SpaceX’s Starship upper stage. Now, according to Acting Administrator of NASA Sean Duffy, that may not be the case. Elon Musk’s behemoth […]

  • Another ‘Cockroach’: Subprime Auto-Lender PrimaLend Enters Bankruptcy

    ZeroHedge - Oct 22nd 2025 12:40pm EDT

    Another ‘Cockroach’: Subprime Auto-Lender PrimaLend Enters Bankruptcy Another cockroach? PrimaLend Capital Partners, which provides financing to auto dealerships that cater to subprime borrowers, filed for bankruptcy after months of negotiations with creditors following missed interest payments on its debt.  Its products include financing for receivables, real estate and automobile inventory, according to its website. This […]

  • Government Science Is An Oxymoron

    ZeroHedge - Oct 22nd 2025 11:45am EDT

    Government Science Is An Oxymoron Authored by Lipton Matthews via The Mises Institute, Donald Trump has been criticized heavily for cutting federal funding of science. Opponents claim that his decision threatens to undermine American innovation, weaken the nation’s economy, and diminish its global influence. Yet the assumption behind these complaints is rarely examined. It is taken […]

  • Apple Slashes iPhone Air Output, Boosts Production Of Base, Pro iPhone 17 Models, Nikkei Reports

    ZeroHedge - Oct 22nd 2025 9:40am EDT

    Apple Slashes iPhone Air Output, Boosts Production Of Base, Pro iPhone 17 Models, Nikkei Reports Building on the “Are We In An iPhone Supercycle?” note we published on Tuesday, a new report from Nikkei Asia says Apple has sharply cut production of the iPhone Air due to soft demand while boosting orders for other iPhone […]

  • Slovak PM Claims EU Tried To Sabotage Canceled Trump–Putin Peace Summit In Budapest

    ZeroHedge - Oct 22nd 2025 8:45am EDT

    Slovak PM Claims EU Tried To Sabotage Canceled Trump–Putin Peace Summit In Budapest Authored by Thomas Brooke via Remix News, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has accused some within the European Union of attempting to sabotage peace by disrupting the now-canceled meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump in Budapest. “The […]

  • The Bering Strait Tunnel Will Likely Remain A Pipe Dream

    ZeroHedge - Oct 22nd 2025 6:30am EDT

    The Bering Strait Tunnel Will Likely Remain A Pipe Dream Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, Russia might still fund some less ambitious infrastructure projects in its Far East-Arctic region to keep the economy hot after the war ends, help veterans find work, and encourage settlement there… Trump reacted positively to the proposal by Kirill Dmitriev, chief […]

  • How The Louvre ‘Heist Of The Century’ Unfolded

    ZeroHedge - Oct 22nd 2025 5:00am EDT

    How The Louvre ‘Heist Of The Century’ Unfolded Authored by Rachel Roberts via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The audacious theft of priceless jewels from the Louvre in Paris on Oct. 19 was called “the heist of the century” by several local newspapers, and commentators quickly drew parallels to similar headline-grabbing crimes over the years. […]

  • Global Corporate Tax Levels Continue To Slide, But France Remains Highest

    ZeroHedge - Oct 22nd 2025 2:45am EDT

    Global Corporate Tax Levels Continue To Slide, But France Remains Highest Since the turn of this century, OECD countries have experienced a marked trend of declining corporate tax rates. The average corporate income tax rate applied by OECD members fell from about 33 percent in 2000 to between 24 and 25 percent in recent years […]