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American consumer confidence improved more than expected in early July, climbing to its highest level in five months as inflation expectations fell sharply and retail spending showed renewed strength. The University of Michigan’s preliminary consumer sentiment index rose to 61.8, beating the 61.5 forecast and up from 60.7 in June. It marks the second consecutive monthly increase and suggests that Americans are growing more optimistic as price pressures ease and economic momentum picks up. One-year inflation expectations fell to 4.4 percent, down from 5.0 percent in June and a recent peak of 6.6 percent in May. Five-year expectations dropped to…
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) is asking Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for information on Microsoft’s use of Chinese engineers to maintain Pentagon cloud computing systems, warning that the practice may expose “our nation’s most sensitive data to a foreign adversary.” “In light of recent and concerning reports about Microsoft using engineers in China to maintain DoD systems, I’ve asked @SecDef to look into the matter,” Cotton said in a Friday X post, sharing a letter he sent to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. “We must guard against all threats within our military’s supply chain,” the senator added. In his letter, Cotton wrote that his concerns stem…
The US president has chronic venous insufficiency and shakes many hands, his doctor has said The White House has released a memo from President Donald Trump’s physician explaining recent visible changes in his limbs, which some observers had taken as indicators of a serious health condition.In a memo issued Thursday, Dr. Sean P. Barbabella said Trump has been diagnosed with chronic venous insufficiency, a condition he described as “benign” and common among people over the age of 70.Trump, 79, was recently seen with swelling in his legs, which Dr. Barbabella attributed to the condition. Chronic venous insufficiency is typically age-related…
Another top Biden advisor refused to testify on Joe Biden’s health decline. Senior Joe Biden advisor Annie Tomasini pleaded the Fifth Amendment and did not answer any questions. House Oversight Chairman James Comer recently identified five Biden aides who were involved in the cover-up of Joe Biden’s mental decline and the autopen scandal. Comer demanded testimony from former Dr. Kevin O’Connor and four former aides related to the Biden health scandal. Chairman Comer had demanded testimony from: Biden White House physician Dr. Kevin O’Connor, Director of Domestic Policy Council Neera Tanden, Former Assistant to the President and Senior Advisor to First Lady Jill…
A growing number of embassies of foreign countries in Havana, Cuba, are struggling to access cash as Cuban regime banks freeze their accounts, claiming they simply do not have cash on hand to give, multiple sources told Breitbart News this week. The situation echoes what Cuban citizens have been facing for months: hours-long lines at banks just to access their paychecks, a dearth of functional ATMs in the country, and growing challenges to conduct basic business such as buying food or clothing. Some international corporations, reports in April revealed, have also found their bank accounts suddenly frozen. The Castro regime…
Elon Musk’s creepy brain chip company Neuralink reportedly filed as a “small disadvantaged business” with the Small Business Administration, shortly before securing a financing round that valued the company at $9 billion. CNBC reports that according to an investigation by MuskWatch, Neuralink, the brain-computer interface (BCI) company founded by billionaire Elon Musk, labeled itself as a “small disadvantaged business” in a federal filing with the Small Business Administration (SBA) in April. The filing came just before the company closed a $650 million funding round in early June, which valued Neuralink at an impressive $9 billion. According to the SBA’s website,…
The Kremlin responded by saying Russia has built up an immunity to the restrictions and adjusted The EU has managed to approve its 18th sanctions package against Russia over the Ukraine conflict, targeting Moscow’s energy and banking sectors, the bloc’s foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has said. The Kremlin has decried the unilateral restrictions by Brussels as “illegal.”A previous attempt to greenlight the package, which requires the approval of all 27 member states, failed earlier this week due to opposition from Slovakia. However, Bratislava said on Thursday that it would be “counterproductive” to block the sanctions further, after it received…
Air India Crash Exposes Deadly Risk of Pilots on Psychiatric DrugsRepublished with permission from AbleChildWhile Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, reassures the flying public that air travel is now so safe that there is no longer a need to remove shoes prior to boarding aircraft, the tragic June 12, 2025, Air India crash raises larger concerns for the flying public that have nothing to do with the size of liquid containers but certainly something Secretary Noem and her colleagues at the FAA and the NTSB may want to address.According to news reports about the Air India…
Scale AI, a leading data labeling company for the AI industry, has announced a significant restructuring that involves laying off 14 percent of its workforce, amounting to about 200 employees and 500 global contractors. The Verge reports that Scale AI has announced a major restructuring just one month after Meta’s multibillion-dollar investment in the company. The restructuring involves laying off 14 percent of its workforce, which amounts to approximately 200 employees and 500 global contractors. The decision to streamline its data business comes amid a turbulent period in the AI industry, with numerous mergers, acquisitions, and high-profile personnel shifts occurring between…
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials announced the arrest of two illegal aliens who were convicted of impregnating young girls in Texas. DHS officials described the criminal aliens and other child sex predators recently arrested as the “worst of the worst.” Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in Houston arrested Pedro Trejo Reyes, a Mexican national, on July 17. The criminal alien was convicted in 1995 for DWI and again in 2011 for “repeatedly sexually assaulting his 12-year-old niece, resulting in her pregnancy and subsequent miscarriage.” An immigration judge ordered Reyes’s removal in 2011. Following the completion of his 16-year prison…