The Trump administration has proposed annual approvals for chipmaking supply exports to Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix’s factories in China, potentially replacing the Biden-Harris era waivers that it criticized as a “Biden-era loophole.” Bloomberg reports that the U.S. Commerce Department proposed a one-year “site license” model for South Korean chipmakers, rather than the validated end-user […]

By Eric Peters, CIO of One River Asset Management “Today, humanity is once again faced with critical choices: peace or war. Dialogue or confrontation,” said Xi Jinping, celebrating the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War. “Win-win co-operation or zero-sum rivalry?” continued […]

Though the president’s effort to classify foreign gangs as “terrorist organizations” has primarily been in the news for its deportation implications, it also speaks to his administration’s new approach to the cartels. On his first day back in the White House, Trump signed an executive order designating international cartel networks as federally recognized terrorist organizations, […]

Fox News National Correspondent Brooke Taylor wrote on X, “Ahead of anticipated immigration enforcement operations in Chicago this weekend, ICE has also launched ‘Patriot 2.0’ in the Boston area.” “ICE launched ‘Patriot 2.0’ to target the worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens living in the state of Massachusetts, following the success of Operation Patriot in […]

Submitted by Thomas Kolbe In terms of media strategy, the German government operates on Champions-League level. While the Chancellor emphasizes the pressure for fiscal consolidation in statesmanlike interviews, party representatives simultaneously prepare the public—through coordinated media messaging—for tax increases. Meanwhile, the bond market has already given its verdict: thumbs down. The Berlin political machine continues […]