A bill intended to stop members of Congress from using their positions to play the stock market with the benefit of inside information was advanced inside the House last week, but was called a “political scam” by critics who say the legislation leaves a lot of wiggle room.
President Donald Trump has managed to raise over $2 billion to fund various “passion projects” from the supposed generosity of wealthy individuals and companies that stand to benefit enormously from being in the president’s good graces, according to a report in The New York Times from last month.
Western governments are working to remove any possibility of online anonymity that is aimed at advancing “censorship” and repressing what these countries see as the risk of influencing young people with political messages, WSWS wrote.
Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, both of which specialize in structuring mergers and acquisitions, posted hefty earnings from 2025’s final quarter, closing out investment banking’s richest year since the COVID War.
With Canadian products facing stiff U.S. tariffs, the country has negotiated a far-reaching trade deal with China. Canadian prime minister Mark Carney inked the deal with Chinese president Xi Jinping during the first visit to China in eight years by a Canadian chief of state.
Palestinian health officials announced Tuesday that Israel has killed at least 71,551 people inside Gaza and injured 171,372 since the star of the genocidal war in October 2023.
The European Union’s (EU’s) parliament has yet to approve the trade agreement EU officials negotiated with the U.S. in July. Now the body is considering refusing to ratify the deal unless Donald Trump pledges to not seize control of Greenland.
The Israeli military and Shin Bet security agency released data on Monday that found a 27 percent increase in “settler” violence against Palestinians in the West Bank in 2025, according to a report.
Donald Trump has declared additional tariffs on eight European nations whose leaders have spoken out against his plan to buy Greenland or seize it by military force.
Last Friday, Europe’s benchmark price of natural gas jumped another 13 percent to the equivalent of $43.47 a megawatt hour, ending a week in which the price gained almost 30 percent.