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Oil gains weighed down by US demand worries
[HOUSTON] Oil prices rose on Friday (Sep 12) after a Ukrainian drone attack suspended loadings from the largest port in western Russia, but gains were capped by concerns about US demand. Brent crude futures settled at US$66.99 a barrel, up 62 cents or 0.9 per cent. US West Texas Intermediate crude finished at US$62.69, a…
Read MoreEurope: Stoxx 600 slips as French rating review looms; still ends week higher
[GDANSK] European shares ended the week on a strong note, but were a little lower on Friday (Sep 12) as investors turned cautious ahead of Fitch’s credit rating decision on France later in the day. The pan-European Stoxx 600 ended 0.1 per cent lower at 554.74 points, as healthcare led sector losses with an over…
Read MoreUS: Nasdaq notches record high close, traders look to Fed meeting
[BENGALURU] The Nasdaq notched a record high close on Friday (Sep 12) in a mixed trading session, lifted by Microsoft as investors looked ahead to the Federal Reserve’s policy meeting next week, when it is widely expected to cut interest rates to counter a slowdown in the jobs market. Lifted by Tesla and other technology-related…
Read MoreMAGA Thinks Alleged Kirk Shooter Was Radicalized by … College
“For 33 hours, I was … I was praying that if this had to happen here, that it wouldn’t be one of us. That somebody drove from another state, somebody came from another country,” he said. “Sadly, that prayer was not answered the way I hoped for. Just because I thought it would make it…
Read MoreDamning New Emails Show Just How Much Ghislaine Maxwell Helped Epstein
“For 33 hours, I was … I was praying that if this had to happen here, that it wouldn’t be one of us. That somebody drove from another state, somebody came from another country,” he said. “Sadly, that prayer was not answered the way I hoped for. Just because I thought it would make it…
Read MoreUtah Governor Laments He Can’t Blame an Immigrant for Kirk’s Death
“For 33 hours, I was … I was praying that if this had to happen here, that it wouldn’t be one of us. That somebody drove from another state, somebody came from another country,” he said. “Sadly, that prayer was not answered the way I hoped for. Just because I thought it would make it…
Read MoreTeam Trump to Use Unverified Data to Blame Deaths on Covid Vaccine
The findings they plan to present appeared to be pulled from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System, or VAERS, which collects claims of adverse reactions and results of taking vaccines. But because the claims are self-reported and unverified, the system can sometimes be exploited by anti-vaccine activists. People sometimes submit fraudulent claims, or they deliberately…
Read MoreTrump Has Chosen the Lucky City for His Next Crackdown
Trump on Bolsonaro: It’s very much like they tried to do with me but they didn’t get away with it pic.twitter.com/6fIa4ceZKK — Acyn (@Acyn) September 11, 2025 “Well, I watched that trial, I know him pretty well. Hard leader … I thought he was a good president of Brazil. And it’s very surprising that that…
Read MoreICE Is Detaining So Many People It’s Running Out of Beds
Trump on Bolsonaro: It’s very much like they tried to do with me but they didn’t get away with it pic.twitter.com/6fIa4ceZKK — Acyn (@Acyn) September 11, 2025 “Well, I watched that trial, I know him pretty well. Hard leader … I thought he was a good president of Brazil. And it’s very surprising that that…
Read MoreMAGA Turns on Kash Patel Over Bungled Hunt for Charlie Kirk Shooter
Trump on Bolsonaro: It’s very much like they tried to do with me but they didn’t get away with it pic.twitter.com/6fIa4ceZKK — Acyn (@Acyn) September 11, 2025 “Well, I watched that trial, I know him pretty well. Hard leader … I thought he was a good president of Brazil. And it’s very surprising that that…
Read MoreTrump Just Went on Fox and Issued an Unnerving Threat Against Liberals
“That statement is basically a permission slip,” said Jared Holt, who tracks extremist activity for the online research group Open Measures. Holt means this in two senses: Trump’s statement offers permission to broader mainstream audiences to write off the importance of radical right-wing violence, and is also aimed at right-wing extremist activity itself. “It’s very…
Read MoreThe Media Is Totally Blowing Its Coverage of Charlie Kirk
The killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk has resulted in a very intense debate about his politics and approach. In the latest edition of Right Now With Perry Bacon, TNR contributors Ana Marie Cox and Meredith Shiner say that the press is largely whitewashing Kirk’s actual politics, citing a column by The New York Times’…
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