Russia will see revenue from its biggest single oil tax double to $9 billion in April due to the oil and gas crisis triggered by the U.S. and Israeli attack on Iran, Reuters calculations showed on Thursday.
The likelihood Viktor Orbn winning Hungary's upcoming parliamentary election has dropped since U.S. Vice President JD Vance made a speech endorsing him, according to the latest betting odds. Speaking at a press conference in Hungary's capital, Budapest, on Wednesday, Vance said he would help the incumbent prime minister in his election campaign and praised Orbn ahead of the April 12 poll. According to Polymarket, Orbn has odds of 28 percent of winning the upcoming election, down from 35 percent on April 5. According to betting platform Kalshi, the incumbent prime minister has a 30 percent chance of victory. On April 5, he was said to have a 33.3 percent chance of winning the vote, so his odds have dropped by some three percentage points in five days.
Social media influencer Dan Bilzerian shocked TMZ on Wednesday when he used a racial epithet in a conversation about his congressional opponent Rep. Randy Fine (R-FL). Bilzerian has reportedly filed paperwork to challenge Fine in the Florida congressional race and made several comments during a live interview when he was challenged by TMZ executive producers Harvey Levin and Charles Latibeaudiere. "You called your opponent 'this fat Jew,'" Levin said. "So he's not from Israel, but you called a guy in Florida 'this fat Jew.' How is that not antisemitic?" Bilzerian replied with a bizarre response. "Well, he's a Jewish supremacist," Bilzerian said. "He puts Israel before America and I think that he should be tried for treason."
The final GDP report for the last quarter of 2025 was downgraded to 0.5% from the previous 0.7% estimate which had already been revised downward from 1.4%.
The program, dubbed "Make Detroit Home," will award more than $500,000 in benefits to over 300 participants, according to the MoveDetroit coalition, which launched the program. These include entrepreneurs, creatives, and small business owners, as well as current residents, former Detroiters and newcomers willing to relocate. The initiative offers stipends of up to $15,000 to help cover home down payments, renovations, rent or business expenses, according to Realtor.com. Additional applicants may qualify for $1,000 grants to offset moving costs, security deposits and expenses such as gym memberships or meal services.
This is Leah Gazan MP. The federal Government of Canada is comprised of three branches. The Parliament of Canada is the legislative branch. Ergo, Leah is an elected representative of the Canadian federal government. Read more
Beginning Dec 2026, all male US citizens and immigrants aged 18 through 25 will be automatically registered into the US Selective Service System (SSS) for potential military conscription.
Fighting Back Against Conscription into the US Military Become Harder
In Venezuela, President Donald Trump showed the potential of his energy dominance strategy.
In Iran, he has run into its limitations. The key flaw: While the United States is safe from the threat of an oil cutoff, it is not insulated from the sharp rise in oil prices. As a result of the war with Iran, gasoline prices have skyrocketed for U.S. consumers.
A gallon of regular unleaded gas, which cost $2.98 a gallon on the eve of the war, now costs $4.14, according to AAA.
A group of Russian government hackers have hijacked thousands of home and small business routers around the world as part of an ongoing campaign aimed at redirecting victim's internet traffic to steal their passwords and access tokens, security researchers and government authorities warned on Tuesday.
Donald Trump is seemingly done taking cues from his Israeli counterpart.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is fuming that the 79-year-old American president reached a temporary ceasefire deal with Iran without consulting his wartime partner, The Wall Street Journal reported. Read more
President Donald Trump's declaration of a two-week ceasefire in the war against Iran has soothed global markets. But a series of conflicting statements -- and actions -- since the announcement suggests fundamental differences remain, making the truce even more fragile.
The passage of oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz has been halted following Israel's attacks on Lebanon Read more
BACK IN NOVEMBER, the conservative media outlet the Blaze claimed that reporter Steve Baker had the scoop of the century: compelling evidence that the pipe bombs planted outside Republican and Democratic headquarters on January 6th were laid by a Capitol Police officer. Blaze founder Glenn Beck declared it would be "the biggest scandal of my lifetime, maybe in the last hundred years." Republican members of Congress like Anna Paulina Luna and Thomas Massie championed the story, saying it was proof the deep state was behind January 6th. The story quickly fizzled. And instead of receiving a Pulitzer, the Blaze was forced to backtrack. It retracted its story on December 4. As for Baker, he was fired on Wednesday morning, as the publication faces the possibility of a massive libel judgment over the story.
Israel's military admitted on Tuesday to "collateral damage" taken by a synagogue in Tehran after Iran accused the country of destroying the place of worship. Iranian media reported on Tuesday that heavy damage was inflicted on a Tehran synagogue in an overnight airstrike targeting an Iranian military leader. "Reports were received that a nearby synagogue was also damaged in the strike. The IDF regrets the collateral damage to the synagogue and emphasizes that the strike was directed at a senior military target within the regime's armed forces," the IDF said in a statement about the strike. The strike is still reportedly under review and the IDF said it took measures to avoid civilian casualties. Video verified by the News Corp-owned Storyful showed a Jewish leader walking amongst the rubble of the synagogue.
Typhus is a bacterial disease spread by infected fleas. Symptoms range from mild to potentially deadly. Health officials say it's so widespread, you can be at risk whether you have a pet or not. "These cases have been rising year after year. They're occurring in all areas of our county," said Medical Epidemiologist Dr. Aiman Halai with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. In 2025, 220 typhus infections were recorded in L.A. County, which is up from 187 cases in 2024. Halai said 90% of residents bitten by contaminated fleas ended up in the hospital. Read more
"Pete is not speaking truth to the president," one administration official said. "As a result, the president is out there repeating misleading information."
