Reality vs. Trump: The Real Look Of The “Packed” Great American State Fair
President Donald Trump’s Great American State Fair was designed as a national-scale celebration. Trump said at least 45,000 people attended his opening rally on the National Mall and described the crowd as “packed to the brim,” according to his Truth Social posts. The White House had not independently released attendance figures. Unlike his usual campaign […]
Lawmakers Flag Possible Chinese Drone Import Scheme Hidden Behind Agricultural Shipper
Eight House Republicans want CBP to determine whether a Chinese state trading firm used an unrelated California importer to move nearly five tons of drone hardware past enforcement.
Fortuna Pegs Diamba Sud At $1B NPV With $398M Build Cost
Fortuna Mining (TSX: FVI) expects to recoup the cost of building its Diamba Sud gold project in Senegal within about a year of pouring first gold, according to a feasibility study released Monday. Using a gold price of $3,500 an ounce, the study puts the project’s after tax net present value at $1.0 billion on […]
U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve Drops By Another 5.5 Million Barrels
A 5.5 million barrel withdrawal has pushed U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve stockpiles down to 325.7 million barrels, a level not seen since May 1983, Department of Energy data shows. The drawdown brings the total decline since the start of the US-Iran War to 111.4 million barrels across combined commercial and SPR inventories, with the current […]
Sponsored · Selkirk Copper Mines
Walmart Goes Nuclear With First Supply Agreement With Constellation Energy
Walmart inked its first nuclear power purchase agreement with Constellation Energy, covering about 176 MW of wholesale supply from latter’s Dresden Clean Energy Center in Illinois, including 30 MW of expanded generating capacity from planned uprates. The retail giant will buy energy, capacity and environmental attributes across two 15-year terms that begin in 2029 and […]
Is CIBC About To Have Mass Layoffs? Reddit Users Suggest Huge Job Cuts Underway
CIBC is facing online speculation about possible job cuts, but there is still no public confirmation that the Canadian bank is preparing a mass layoff. The claims surfaced in Reddit’s r/CIBC forum, where anonymous users alleged that roles had already been eliminated or that more layoffs could arrive soon. One post claimed “hundreds” of full-time […]
U.S. Treasury Removes Russian Sanctions on Turkish Firms and Individuals in Second Wave of Deletions
The U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control removed eight Russia-linked entries from its Specially Designated Nationals list on June 29, all connected to Turkey. The deletions covered two Turkish nationals and six Turkish companies, among them CNC machine tool manufacturers, a hydraulics and pneumatics firm, and an electronics trading company, all previously sanctioned under […]
Mail-In Ballots After Election Day Can Be Counted, US Supreme Court Rules
The US Supreme Court has kept a narrow but politically explosive category of mail ballots in play, ruling 5-4 that federal law does not force states to throw out ballots postmarked by Election Day simply because they arrive later. The decision in Watson v. Republican National Committee reversed the US Court of Appeals for the […]
Sponsored · Altamira Gold Corp.
Steadright Lands In-House Processing Through Moroccan Acquisition
Steadright Critical Minerals (CSE: SCM) is buying its way into its own processing. The company has signed a definitive agreement to acquire a 50% interest in a Moroccan firm that owns a quarry site along with crushing and grinding equipment, a move that hands the explorer in-house processing capacity close to its existing land holdings […]
Nord Cuts 25,803 g/t Silver Over 0.30 Metres at Castle East as Robinson Zone Keeps Growing
Nord Precious Metals (TSXV: NTH) has put hard numbers behind a vein it teased back in early June, reporting assays from hole CS-21-73W3 at its Castle East project that confirm another high grade extension of the Robinson silver-cobalt system. The standout intercept came at 480.8 metres downhole, where the drill cut a five centimetre thick […]