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New factory orders data released Wednesday confirm an extraordinary surge in American defense manufacturing, with orders for defense capital goods running 53 percent above last year’s pace through the first four months of 2026 as the military works to replenish equipment and munitions deployed in the Iran war. The Census Bureau’s full manufacturing orders report for April showed defense capital goods orders at $22.3 billion for the month, up 7.3 percent from March’s revised $20.8 billion. The month-over-month pace is striking enough, but the year-over-year comparison is more revealing: defense capital goods orders in April alone ran 91.6 percent above…

Monday on “The Alex Marlow Show,” Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow discussed candidate Spencer Pratt’s challenges in the Los Angeles mayoral primary. Marlow said, “The mayor’s race with Spencer Pratt, Nithya Raman who’s an actual communist, and Karen Bash, who was in Ghana when the whole city burned down. And does think that this solution to the homeless crisis that we have is to just do more of the same, to give her four years. Keep in mind, we haven’t had a Republican mayor for a couple decades. And so it’s all an extension of the same one party rule. And if you…

Senate Republicans launched debate on their party-line immigration enforcement bill Wednesday — a major step after nearly two weeks of delay — but they are facing lingering internal concerns over a proposed “Anti-Weaponization Fund” that could still scuttle the legislation. Senators voted 53-46 on party lines to advance the bill, which would provide roughly $70 billion for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other Department of Homeland Security agencies. An updated bill released Wednesday omits $1 billion in Secret Service security funding that had been included in an earlier draft and could have been used for President Donald Trump’s White House…

The US president bought shares in Kura Sushi USA in February, according to his latest financial disclosure, despite rumors that he is no fan of sushi US President Donald Trump invested $1-5 million in a conveyor-belt sushi restaurant chain earlier this year, a report detailing his financial transactions has revealed. Though he is known to love fast food, it is rumored that he is not a fan of sushi.According to Trump’s latest financial disclosure, which was made public last Thursday by the US Office of Government Ethics, he purchased a stake in Kura Sushi USA on February 2.The American subsidiary…

An Iranian strike on the American base in Kuwait triggered air defenses which hit the country’s international hub, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp has claimed The missile that smashed into Kuwait International Airport’s Terminal 1 on Wednesday was not fired by Iran, but was a US patriot missile launched to defend Washington’s regional military base from attack, Tehran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp (IRGC) has claimed.The missile exchange followed an American attack on a tanker en route to Kharg Island but which Washington said was violating its unilaterally imposed blockade against the Islamic Republic. “Our investigation and research into the Kuwaiti passenger terminal attack shows…

Ukraine and Moldova are expected to begin the first formal negotiation steps with Brussels for their respective E.U. memberships after Hungary confirmed it will stop opposing Kyiv’s bid. One of the steps of the the broader E.U. accession process involves a series of negotiation clusters and chapters that see prospective countries adapt its legislation to E.U. standards. Ukraine is set to begin its first negotiation cluster with Brussels in mid-June — a development that it is reportedly expected will help advance Moldova’s E.U. aspirations and negotiation clusters, as both nations submitted E.U. membership applications within days of each other in…

The CEO of global IT services firm Cognizant is pushing back against widespread predictions that AI will eliminate entry-level positions, announcing plans to hire over 20,000 college graduates in 2026. He also criticized the trend of focusing on AI usage, which he calls a vanity metric. Fortune reports that Ravi Kumar S., who leads the $27 billion technology company with a workforce exceeding 350,000 employees, told attendees at Fortune’s COO Summit in Scottsdale, Arizona that concerns about AI-driven job losses have been significantly overblown. His comments come as prominent AI industry leaders have recently moderated their earlier warnings about employment disruption.…

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Markwayne Mullin testifies before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security on Tuesday, June 2. Mullin will testify as unrest continues outside the Delaney Hall ICE facility in New Jersey, which prompted him to threaten pulling DHS processing of international flights from Newark Airport. Democrat New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill deployed state police against anti-ICE protesters in response. The Department of Homeland Security faced a months-long shutdown earlier this year before a funding bill without money for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was passed in April. Read the full article here

NEW YORK — When Mayor Zohran Mamdani endorsed former city Comptroller Brad Lander’s run against Rep. Dan Goldman, many Democrats accepted it as a favor to a political ally — even if it came at the expense of bucking an incumbent. But each successive endorsement has created new friction that has led some Democrats to question whether the mayor keeps his political commitments. When he backed Assemblymember Claire Valdez for retiring Rep. Nydia Velázquez’s seat, Democratic power brokers weren’t as understanding, with even progressives openly grousing about how Mamdani spurned Velázquez’s succession plan by opting for a fellow democratic socialist…

Large companies are increasingly sourcing components from smaller home-grown suppliers, a SPIEF panel has heard Large Russian companies are increasingly turning to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) for software, technology products, and industrial components – a trend officials and business leaders say could help raise the sector’s relatively modest share of the national economy.The strengthening of the SME sector’s role was discussed on Wednesday at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum 2026 (SPIEF), where government officials, entrepreneurs, and business associations examined ways to accelerate growth amid high borrowing costs and tax changes.Maria Glukhova, executive vice president of the Russian Union…