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Conservative Pundit On Poilievre: “Right Now, Who He Is Will Not Be Prime Minister”

Conservative strategist Fred DeLorey thinks Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre’s newest problem is not party discipline, but having a public posture that looks big enough for government. In CBC News Network “Power & Politics”, DeLorey framed Poilievre’s challenge as a choice between staying the country’s loudest opposition voice and becoming a credible prime ministerial alternative. “Does […]

“Welcome, But Be Good”: The Mistake In Trump’s New US Passport Reveal

President Donald Trump’s new passport reveal created an immediate problem of audience. The document is a credential issued to US nationals but the message he attached to it sounded more like a border warning to outsiders. Trump posted an image on Truth Social describing “The U.S.A.’s New Passport,” adding that it says, “Welcome, but be […]

Iran’s Ceasefire Breach Draws U.S. Military Strikes on Missile Storage Sites

Iran’s attack on a commercial cargo vessel in the Strait of Hormuz triggered U.S. military strikes on June 26, marking a significant escalation that CENTCOM said amounted to a clear violation of the existing ceasefire agreement. A Singapore-flagged cargo vessel, M/V Ever Lovely, was hit by a one-way attack drone on June 25 as it […]

Trump: Digital Tax Nations Face 100% Tariff

Donald Trump has threatened to impose a 100% tariff on goods from any country that taxes digital services provided by American companies, escalating a long-running dispute with Europe and others over how to tax the world’s largest tech firms. Trump made the threat in a Truth Social post on Friday, singling out European nations he […]

BlackBerry Rallies On Estimate Beats And Guidance Upswings

Remember BlackBerry? The former mobile phone maker is surging on New York Stock Exchange, with stock recently trading around $11.05, up 6.9% on Friday, after a sharp post-earnings rally. US-listed shares jumped roughly 20% to 23% after the company released fiscal Q1 2027 results, pushing the company’s market capitalization to about $6.48 billion. The move […]

Prediction Markets To Predictable Return: Polymarket Crosses $1B Annualized Revenue

Polymarket has reportedly crossed $1 billion in annualized revenue, Reuters reported Friday citing unnamed source. The company is private, so the figure cannot be checked against public filings. Still, the reported milestone is a major escalation for a platform that only recently fought its way back toward the regulated US market. The sharpest tension is […]

John Bolton Pleads Guilty In Classified Docs Case Against Trump

John Bolton, President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser and later one of his most prominent Republican critics, pleaded guilty Friday in federal court in Greenbelt, Maryland, to illegally retaining classified information, resolving a case that had placed him at the center of another Washington fight over classified material. AP reported that sentencing is scheduled […]

Newsom Pushes Federal Wealth Tax After Failing to Block California Version

California Governor Gavin Newsom is calling for a sweeping federal wealth redistribution plan that would establish a floor on what the ultra-rich pay in taxes and funnel AI industry profits into an ownership fund for ordinary Americans. The proposal arrives just as Newsom was unable to keep a separate billionaire tax measure off the California […]

Volkswagen Plans to Cut 100,000 Jobs and Close Four German Plants

Workers and politicians reacted with alarm this week after plans leaked showing Volkswagen is weighing cuts roughly twice as deep as anything it has previously floated, with up to 100,000 jobs potentially eliminated and four German manufacturing sites shuttered over the coming years, according to people familiar with the matter cited by Reuters and a […]

Carney And Trump Did Not Discuss CUSMA Days Before Review

Days away from the July 1 review of CUSMA, there’s still no clear sign that parties are ready to ink a deal. And it seems Prime Minister Mark Carney is not in a hurry. In a recent press conference, Carney confirmed that the pact did not come up during his call with President Donald Trump, […]