The Flesh-Eating Parasite That Could Cost the US $1.8 Billion Is Back—and Spreading
A parasite the US spent decades and tens of millions of dollars to eradicate is back — and no longer confined to a single state. Here is what it is, what it does, and why five confirmed cases in Texas and New Mexico are cause for serious concern. What is it? New World screwworm (Cochliomyia […]
Pentagon Secretly Deployed 82nd Airborne Paratroopers to Israel for Iran Contingency Plans, Order Reveals
The Pentagon secretly sent elements of the 82nd Airborne Division to Israel in early April as part of joint US-Israeli contingency planning for seizing Kharg Island and carving out coastal territory inside Iran, according to an exclusive report by journalist Ken Klippenstein, who obtained a military deployment order. Dated April 7, 2026, the order dispatched […]
Federal Judge Strikes Down $100,000 H-1B Visa Fee, Ruling It an Unauthorized Tax
A federal judge struck down the Trump administration’s $100,000 fee on H-1B visas for skilled foreign workers on Monday, finding the charge was an unlawful tax that Congress never authorized. US District Judge Leo Sorokin issued the 42-page ruling in Boston, in California et al. v. Trump, on a lawsuit brought by 20 Democratic state […]
US Army Apache Goes Down Near Strait of Hormuz, Crew Rescued
A US Army Apache helicopter went down near the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, with both crew members safely rescued, the New York Times reported. The Pentagon has not confirmed the cause. The crash came as the US-Iran ceasefire has grown increasingly strained. On June 6, US forces struck Iranian coastal surveillance radar sites after […]
Aside From Separatism, This Question Could Land In The Alberta Referendum
Alberta’s citizen-initiative law is becoming a pressure point on the province’s own resource agenda, with an anti-coal campaign claiming it has enough signatures to force the legislature to confront new mining restrictions in the Rocky Mountain foothills. Water Not Coal, the campaign associated with musician and rancher Corb Lund, said it reached the minimum signature […]
Canada Softens US Trade Approach As CUSMA Deadline Nears
After months of public resistance to US tariffs, Ottawa is now leaning into a more cooperative North American message as the July 1 CUSMA review nears, Financial Times reports. CUSMA is central to that calculation. AP reports Canada has asked the US and Mexico to renew the pact for another 16 years, a move designed […]
Alberta Separatism Estimated Price Tag: $300B Plus $67B Annually
Former Alberta finance senior manager Lennie Kaplan calculates the price of independence at $299.4 billion in transition and start-up costs, plus $67.3 billion in annual expenses. The estimate lands four months before Alberta’s scheduled October 19, 2026 referendum. The vote would not immediately trigger separation, but would ask whether Alberta should start the legal process […]
OpenAI Files Confidential S-1 With SEC, Targeting IPO as Soon as Q4
OpenAI has filed a confidential S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, putting the $852 billion AI company on a runway toward one of the largest public market debuts in history. The news comes from OpenAI itself, despite confidentially filing for the IPO. “We recently submitted a confidential S-1,” OpenAI said in a statement. […]
Canadian Asking Rents Fall 4.7% in May, Stretching Decline Streak to 20 Months
Canada’s rental market is heading into summer without its usual lift. The average asking rent fell 4.7% year-over-year in May to roughly $2,029, according to the latest National Rent Report from Rentals.ca and Urbanation, extending a run of annual declines to 20 straight months. That amounts to about $100 less than a year earlier. Rents […]
Uniper Signs LOI For LNG From Ksi Lisims for 2 Million Tonnes a Year
Düsseldorf-based utility Uniper has signed a letter of interest to buy 2 million tonnes of LNG per year from Ksi Lisims LNG, the $10 billion floating export terminal planned for Pearse Island, British Columbia. Deliveries could begin as early as 2032. The letter outlines key commercial terms and is intended to lead to a binding […]