Trump Pardons Fuel Multimillion-Dollar Lobbying Industry
President Donald Trump’s expanded use of presidential pardons has created a lucrative business for lobbyists, with wealthy clients paying millions of dollars to advocate for clemency, according to multiple reports and legal experts. Lobbyists have charged clients as much as $5 million to help secure pardons from Trump, NBC News reported in May. In one […]
Airbus Seeks European Cloud Provider to Shield Sensitive Data from US Law
Europe’s largest aerospace manufacturer plans to test whether the continent can provide cloud computing infrastructure independent of American tech giants, launching a tender in January that could reshape the region’s approach to digital sovereignty. Airbus will seek bids exceeding €50 million ($52 million) to migrate aircraft design files, manufacturing systems, and business operations to European […]
73 Days, 5 Bills: Canada’s Parliament Records Fewest Sitting Days Since 1937
Canada’s House of Commons completed one of its least productive years on record in 2025, sitting for just 73 days and passing a handful of bills before adjourning for the winter break. The House adjourned on December 11 and will reconvene on January 26, 2026. The 73-day total marks the fewest sitting days since 1937, […]
China Silver Benchmark Jumps As Physical Tightness Bites
Silver’s latest vertical move is being framed as Chinese-driven price discovery: social posts cited Shanghai silver at $80 and SHFE spot near $82 versus global spot around $75, leaving a spread ahead of the Western desks. The Shanghai Silver Benchmark Price showed 18,471 RMB/kg for December 26 (after 17,140–17,391 RMB/kg on December 25, and 17,384–17,453 […]
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Mexico Is Allegedly Complaining About Canada’s “Red Tape”
Mexico’-linked’s alleged criticism of Canada’s “excessive requirements, cost or red tape” is emerging just as the July 2026 CUSMA joint review becomes an explicit leverage point, with Washington signaling the agreement’s next extension is conditional on fixing “specific and structural issues,” starting with Canadian dairy access. The spark in the notes comes from a partisan […]
What Triggered Bitcoin’s $24K Wick On Binance
Bitcoin briefly printed $24,111 on Binance’s BTC/USD1 trading pair on Christmas Day, then snapped back above $87,000 within seconds, according to exchange data cited by CoinDesk. The move was isolated to BTC/USD1 and did not appear on other major BTC pairs, meaning the wick did not represent a broad-market repricing of bitcoin across Binance venues […]
White House Allegedly Took Over DOJ’s X Account To Handle Epstein Files
The Trump administration’s defense strategy on the Epstein files is shifting from disclosure-only to narrative control, after the White House began managing the Justice Department’s official X account to counter day-by-day allegations and “guilt-by-association” coverage. Officials told Axios the review-and-release effort still has “about one week” to run, with “as many as 700,000” more pages […]
What A Time To Be Metal: Multiple Commodities Hit All Time Highs
Metals are hitting new highs across both precious and base markets, with platinum and silver printing records while copper breaks $12,000 per ton and aluminum pushes toward $3,000 per tonne as premia and inventories reprice scarcity. Spot platinum recently peaked at $2,377.50, a record print that caps a year where platinum is up roughly 160% […]
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CN On UP-NS Merger: “Fails To Demonstrate… Significant Public Benefits”
Canadian National Railway (TSX: CNR) has said the proposed Union Pacific (NYSE: UNP) and Norfolk Southern (NYSE: NSC) merger application filed with the Surface Transportation Board “fails to demonstrate that the merger would enhance competition or generate significant public benefits” sufficient to justify approval, arguing the submission “falls well below both the 2001 and old […]
Greenland Says US Special Envoy Post “Does Not Change Anything For Us”
President Donald Trump publicly appointed Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry as US Special Envoy to Greenland while Landry framed the role as helping “make Greenland a part of the US,” prompting Denmark and Greenland to restate territorial red lines. Trump wrote he was “pleased to announce” the appointment and said Landry “understands how essential Greenland is […]