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Breibart Business Digest: 25 Years of China’s Advantage and America’s Amnesia
China vs. the U.S.: Permanent Normalized Trade Regret Welcome back to Friday. This is our weekly wrap-up of news about the economy, the ongoing collapse of expert authority, and epochal policy mistakes by our nation’s leaders and the public...

AAUW International Fellowships 2025‑2026: USA Scholarships for Women
AAUW International Fellowship 2025‑2026: The AAUW (American Association of University Women) International Fellowships provide crucial financial support for women from non-US countries pursuing graduate or postgraduate studies in the United...
The war within: Pete Hegseth and the weaponization of U.S. military identity
When Pete Hegseth — formally the U.S. Secretary of Defense, but ceremonially the Secretary of War — took the stage at Marine Corps Base Quantico on Sept. 30, his first words carried the weight of an era. “Welcome to the War Department,” he said to...

Trump: U.S. to Impose Additional 100% Tariffs on China
U.S. President Donald Trump announced that he will impose additional 100% tariffs on China starting November 1, following Beijing’s implementation of what he called “extremely aggressive” restrictions on the export of rare earth elements. "It has...

US ends diplomatic outreach to Venezuela amid fears of military escalation
President Trump has ordered diplomatic outreach to Venezuela to cease, according to a report this week from the New York Times, potentially opening the door for military escalation. The U.S. mission was headed by special presidential envoy Richard...
Analysts Weigh In On What’s Next For Gaza
By Janet Ekstract, ISTANBUL – A number of political analysts in the U.S. and Israel have weighed in on their views about what happens after the agreed upon first phase of U.S. President Donald Trump’s 20-point peace plan is implemented. Later on...

Trump’s ‘dead cat diplomacy’ altered Gaza war
Opinion When Donald Trump called Benjamin Netanyahu on Oct. 4 to tell him that Hamas had agreed to at least some of his 20-point ceasefire plan, the Israeli prime minister’s equivocal response was he saw “nothing to celebrate, and that it doesn’t...


Rincón: How Trump Is Opening the Door for Venezuela to Become America’s Strongest Ally
President Donald Trump has placed freedom in the Western Hemisphere back on the table. In doing so, he is pointing to a reality that could transform Latin America and strengthen the United States: a free Venezuela, governed by a legitimate...

Folarin Balogun’s second-half goal earns US a tie against Ecuador in Austin
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Folarin Balogun scored in the 71st minute, offsetting Enner Valencia’s first-half goal, and the United States tied Ecuador 1-1 in a friendly on Friday night. Balogun scored for the second straight game, his seventh goal in 20...

A look at how Venezuelans in the US are reacting to Maria Corina Machado's Nobel Prize win
DORAL, Fla. (AP) — Venezuelans in “Little Venezuela” — the largest home for the country's natives in the United States — are welcoming the news that opposition leader Maria Corina Machado won the Nobel Peace Prize with bittersweetness as...

'Big Short' investor issues terrifying warning on Trump's China tariffs
President Donald Trump on Friday reacted to news that China had restricted rare earths exports to the United States by announcing a "massive" 100% tariff rate increase on Chinese imports starting November or sooner. The additional rate increase...

Xi and Trump’s trade war sets off retaliatory, escalating dock fees for American ships at Chinese docks, and vice versa
China has hit U.S.-owned vessels docking in the country with tit-for-tat port fees, in response to the American government’s planned port fees on Chinese ships, expanding a string of retaliatory measures before trade talks between U.S. President...

Opinion: The military’s mission is to win wars, not woke dogma
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and U.S. military senior leadership listen as President Donald Trump speaks at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025 in Quantico, Va. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) Rep. Andrew Gray’s recent opinion piece on...

CISA in Disarray Amid Shutdown and Growing Political Threats
Critical Infrastructure Security , Government , Industry Specific US Cyber Defense Agency Slammed by Shutdown, Personnel Cuts and Resource Crisis Chris Riotta (@chrisriotta) • October 10, 2025 The next major cyberattack could slip past unobserved...

Balogun's second-half goal gives US tie against Ecuador in friendly
AUSTIN, Texas — Folarin Balogun scored in the 71st minute, offsetting Enner Valencia's first-half goal, and the United States tied Ecuador 1-1 in a friendly on Friday night. Balogun scored for the second straight game, his seventh goal in 20...

After Oslo Snub, Israel Laureate Nominates President Trump for ‘Israeli Nobel,’ the Nation’s Most Prestigious Award
Following what many in Israel considered a snub by the Nobel Committee on Friday, after it awarded the Peace Prize to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, Israel Prize laureate Ronny Douek formally nominated U.S. President Donald J....

Balogun’s second-half goal gives US a 1-1 tie against Ecuador in friendly
By Canadian Press on October 10, 2025. AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Folarin Balogun scored in the 71st minute, offsetting Enner Valencia’s first-half goal, and the United States tied Ecuador 1-1 in a friendly on Friday night. Balogun scored for the second...

Universities Begin to Respond to Trump’s “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education”
Colorado Mountain College. Photo by Natuza Olen. The U.S. Department of Education recently sent Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and eight other higher education institutions a letter, asking them to review a proposed “Compact for...

Westchester County Airport refuses to run Trump administration video with political message
The Trump administration’s Department of Homeland Security has put out a new PSA (public service announcement) video featuring Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem that it wants played at all Homeland Security screening posts at U.S. airports....