By Tyler Durden ZeroHedge Eli Lilly shares surged 16% in late afternoon trading — marking their largest intraday gain since August 2023 — after the pharmaceutical giant announced earlier that its new weight-loss pill met efficacy goals in a late-stage trial, intensifying — if not turbocharging — its rivalry with Ozempic maker Novo Nordisk. Lilly wrote in […]
A Mexican steer may live more of its life in the United States than in the country of its birth. Born on pastureland in Chihuahua, it is weaned and sold at 400 pounds to a U.S. feedlot operator near Amarillo. There, it grows fat on Iowa corn and Kansas sorghum, gains 1,000 pounds and is […]
PAUL’S DEFENSE BRIEF (PDB) – As efforts to reverse the decision continue in Congress, a bipartisan group representing all 55 governors (of states and territories) is sounding the alarm about a looming Biden-era move to move Air Guard units into the Space Force without approval from governors. Existing laws that require state governors to approve such a […]
Kristi Noem, the U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security, became an unexpected punchline on Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show this week after a robbery left her without critical personal and government items. According to reports, Noem was dining at a Washington, D.C. restaurant on Easter Sunday when her belongings — including her passport, driver’s license, DHS badge, […]
The Grappler Bumper has yet again been successfully used by police, this time in Glendale, Arizona. While we have seen at least one case where the device didn’t end a police chase in a more peaceful fashion than a PIT maneuver, in this and others it’s functioned as designed to prevent further carnage. The suspect, 35-year-old Alberto Jaquez Rojas, was allegedly […]
A tense exchange unfolded Tuesday night on “The Ingraham Angle” as host Laura Ingraham clashed with Rep. Yassamin Ansari (D-Ariz.) over the detention of Kilmar Abrego Garcia — a Maryland resident who entered the U.S. illegally but was granted withholding of removal in 2019 due to fears of gang violence in El Salvador. Ansari criticized […]
Vermont’s Maternal Inquisition: A Dire Warning on Government Overreach In the bucolic green hills of Vermont, where progressive ideals bloom as abundantly as its maple trees, a dark tale of government overreach is unfolding — one that starkly contrasts the state’s professed commitment to individual liberty and women’s rights. The story of a woman referred […]
Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), the Senate’s second-ranking Democrat, announced on Wednesday that he will not seek reelection in 2026, concluding a 44-year career in Congress. Fox News continues: Durbin, who was first elected to the Senate in 1996, made the announcement in a video message on X Wednesday. “The decision of whether to run for re-election has […]
U.S. Vice President JD Vance issued a stark warning on Wednesday, telling reporters that unless Russia and Ukraine reach a ceasefire agreement soon, the United States will withdraw from its role in the negotiations to end the war. Speaking during a four-day visit to India, Vance said the U.S. has delivered a clear proposal to […]
A Major Reversal? President Trump announced Tuesday at a White House press conference his intention to reduce the 145% tariff on Chinese goods — a significant shift from his earlier aggressive trade war stance, which began in 2018 to address unfair trade practices and the U.S.-China trade deficit. Trump’s softened stance follows China’s decision to […]
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will distribute more than $22 million this summer through its Nursing Workforce Diversity (NWD) Program, a federal initiative to increase the number of racial and ethnic minorities in the U.S. nursing profession. This comes despite the Trump administration’s ongoing campaign to roll back government-funded diversity, equity, and […]
America’s Rare Earth Reckoning: A $15 Billion Path To Independence
Recently, Beijing again made its geopolitical intentions unmistakably clear. China has halted the export of certain rare earth minerals, citing vague national interests. But the real message was not lost on anyone paying attention: China is prepared to weaponize its near-monopoly on the minerals that power our missiles, electric vehicles, semiconductors and satellites. Rare earth […]