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Still grappling with the civilizational transformations of the migrant crisis sparked over a decade ago by conflict in the Middle East, the European Union is facing the prospect of another large wave, with little more in the way of protection for its external borders. In 2015, more than a million migrants poured into Europe as German Chancellor Angela Merkel unilaterally opened the gates of the bloc to mass migration from Africa and the Middle East, most notably from the Syrian Civil War, which in part was exacerbated by U.S. involvement, with the Obama administration funding rebel groups against the now-defunct…

The Democrat’s shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is entering its fourth week, snarling America’s airports and forcing Transportation Safety Administration (TSA) officers to work without pay. The nation’s airports have been suffering long security lines as fewer TSA agents are serving at airport checkpoints and as the ones who have come to work remain unpaid thanks to the Democrats obstructing passage of the DHS budget. Some airline CEOs have sent a letter to Congress to demand that TSA workers and other federal air travel employees continue to get paid so that airports will continue running smoothly, according…

Senate Democrats sent over their latest proposal for immigration enforcement changes at the Department of Homeland Security as a shutdown of the vast department drags into its second month. The offer, confirmed by a White House official and two other people with knowledge of the matter, is the latest of several the two parties have traded since the funding lapse began Feb. 14. Little progress has been made since toward an agreement that would fund agencies including TSA, FEMA, ICE and the Coast Guard. Democrats have vowed to block funding until the administration agrees to immigration enforcement changes in the…

From ‘America First’ to global confrontation: How Trump’s strategy is changing US power Donald Trump saw his historic mission as restoring American greatness and pulling the US out of the strategic drift of the past decade and a half. Initially, both Trump and his MAGA allies framed this task in terms of national concentration and restraint.Their idea was to move away from liberal globalism and the ideology of wokeness toward a pragmatic, business-minded approach to foreign policy. Instead of defending the interests of an American empire across the globe, Washington would turn inward and focus on domestic problems. In this conception,…

LEAD STORYThe Great Heist in Plain Sight: Private Credit, Insurance, and Your RetirementForensic accountant Tom Gober has spent years tracking what he calls the most dangerous intersection in American finance: the takeover of the $9.3 trillion insurance industry by private equity firms. On a recent episode of The Eisman Playbook, Steve Eisman, the man who saw 2008 coming, interviewed Gober and laid out how firms like Apollo, KKR, and Brookfield are using captive insurance subsidiaries to funnel policyholder money into illiquid private credit investments. The policyholders, often retirees depending on annuity payments, have no idea their money is backing leveraged buyouts…

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi claimed on Sunday that his government would “welcome any regional initiative that leads to a just end” to the war – even as Iran continued launching wanton attacks against every other country in the region. “The end of the war depends on guaranteeing that it will not be repeated and on paying compensation,” Araghchi said via Telegram. The Iranian foreign minister claimed his government was talking with various Gulf states about arranging such an end to the conflict, which would seem to contradict the loud objections all of those states have raised about Iran’s mad-dog…

An illegal alien is on the run after he rammed his vehicle into Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Burlington, Vermont. “On March 11, 2026, ICE conducted a targeted vehicle stop to arrest Deyvi Daniel Corona-Sancheminal, a criminal illegal alien from Mexico. He was previously arrested for criminal trespassing and driving under the influence,” the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Lauren Bis said. “During the attempted arrest, Corona-Sanchez [sic] weaponized his vehicle and rammed our ICE law enforcement officers,” Bis said. “He fled on foot into a nearby residence and remains at-large. This is just the latest in a…

Gas prices in the region will surge by 100% more than previously projected, Kirill Dmitriev has said Gas prices across the EU are set to rise by at least 100% more than previously forecast, Kremlin envoy Kirill Dmitriev has said, as bloc officials continue to push member states to shun Russian energy.Dmitriev’s remarks come as the escalating Middle East crisis triggered by the unprovoked US-Israeli attack on Iran has sent global oil and gas prices soaring.At the same time, the EU has continued to struggle with the consequences of its move to sever energy ties with Russia over the Ukraine…

Berlin is recalibrating its policy towards Beijing as economic gravity overrides ideological distance When Chancellor Friedrich Merz landed in Beijing late last month for his first official visit to China, the symbolism was unmistakable. He joined a growing procession of Western leaders – following French President Emmanuel Macron at the end of 2025 and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer at the beginning of 2026 – seeking face time in the Chinese capital. Even Donald Trump is expected in Beijing at the turn of March and April.This choreography reflects a broader geopolitical reality: Amid fears of a two-front trade war with…

Another international sports tournament victory for Team USA means yet another disgruntled and vanquished foreign player. In February, Canada’s Nate MacKinnon became the first to declare his team better than the Americans despite losing. Less than a month later, the Dominican Republic’s Juan Soto has picked up the mantra. After the DR’s controversial 2-1 loss to Team USA in Houston on Sunday, Soto was asked for his thoughts on his team’s demise. During which he (knowingly or unknowingly) channeled MacKinnon and took a shot at Team USA. “We showed the world who’s the best team in baseball,” Soto told ESPN. “That’s…