And can it be trusted with it? (rhetorical question) The United States Secretary of Homeland Security spent much of last week visiting countries in Latin America, instructing their respective governments…

Yves here. We feel compelled to post regularly on the insurer grift known as Medicare Advantage, in light of the massive ad barrage around annual enrollment time. The fact that…

Yves here. Rajiv Sethi unpacks the bogus branding of and justifications for Trump’s tariffs. Don’t get me started on Liberation Losers’ Day. Sethi mentions the omission of trade in services…

The Trump tariffs, announced on April 2, are so wantonly stupid and destructive that I can barely stand to discuss them. But because their impact will be so far ranging,…

The president says “jobs and factories will come roaring back” because of his trade policies, but the

By Brendan Hoffman, Nikolay Nikolov and David Jouppi •April 3, 2025 Russia’s war in Ukraine has decimated the environment, causing floods, wildfires and pollution. An extensive legal effort now underway…

Kirill Dmitriev wrote on social media that his meetings were about restoring a U.S.-Russian dialogue that was “completely destroyed under the Biden administration.”

Israel wants to squeeze Hamas into releasing the dozens of hostages still held in the enclave. But other objectives have since emerged.

A gifted athlete, he gave a clumsy teenage Bruce Springsteen his first nickname, Saddie. Years later, the Boss returned the favor, memorializing him in a song.

Emissaries of the “United States of Kailasa,” led by a fugitive holy man, were deported after negotiating 1,000-year deals with Indigenous groups.