Category: United States

Regulatory Crackdown in Wake of FTX Scandal Would Erode Liberties Without Addressing Demand for New Currencies: Experts

News Analysis The collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX, and the worldwide outcry over the billions of dollars wiped off the platform, are likely to trigger a massive regulatory reaction that would further erode citizens’ economic freedoms without addressing the issues that fostered demand for an alternative to the fiat dollar, economists have told The Epoch…


Global Liquefied Natural Gas Supplies Are Sold Out Until 2026, Major LNG Importer Warns

Japan, the leading importer of liquefied natural gas (LNG), is warning about supplies getting tighter over the coming years due to competitive markets and underinvestment in supply. Long-term LNG contracts prior to 2026 have all been sold out, a survey of Japanese firms by the country’s trade ministry has found. “The LNG procurement environment has…


Trump’s Political Future Depends Heavily on His Case to Economically Struggling Voters: Expert

News Analysis While Donald Trump’s Nov. 15 announcement of his entry into the 2024 presidential race has met with a wide range of reactions, from the alarm and condemnation of Democrats and some mainstream conservatives to fervent support from his base, there can be no doubt that of Trump’s myriad stances and policy positions, it…


Trump Vows ‘All-Out Campaign to Eliminate America’s Dependence on China’ While Announcing 2024 Bid

In his widely anticipated announcement on Nov. 15 of his entry into the 2024 presidential race, former President Donald Trump described an economic rivalry between the United States and China that has steadily intensified before, during, and after his victory in the 2016, and argued that his policies are the only ones that can keep…


US Homeland Security Concerned About ‘Freedom Convoy’ in Canada, Inquiry Hears

A senior federal public servant says the United States Department of Homeland Security was concerned that major protest blockades in Canada could catch on south of the border. Dominic Rochon, a senior assistant deputy minister with the national and cybersecurity branch of the government, was among the first federal representatives to testify at the public…


Biden’s Climate Change Policies Work More in China’s Interest: Ex-NSA Officer

The Biden administration’s focus on climate change can be geopolitically hazardous as green policies can shift power into the hands of China, which has monopolized the supply chain of rare minerals required in the production of renewable energy technology, said Steve Yates, former deputy national security adviser at the White House from 2001–05, in an…


Quebec Woman Accused of Mailing Poison to Donald Trump Reviewing Plea Offer: Lawyer

A lawyer for the Montreal-area woman accused of mailing poison to former United States president Donald Trump says she is likely to accept a plea deal. Federal public defender Eugene Ohm told a Washington D.C. District Court today that his client has a number of questions about the details of the offer made by federal…


Modest Economic Upturn May Have Limited GOP Gains and Democrat Losses: Expert

News Analysis Amid widespread speculation about why the Republican Party did not quite realize the “red tsunami” at the voting booths that many had hoped for—though the GOP may yet win control of both houses of Congress, with the outcome of critical Senate races still unconfirmed—the most cogent explanation may have to do with economic…


Democrat Mills Wins Another Terms as Maine Governor

Maine Gov. Janet Mills, who has presided over some of the strictest COVID-19 vaccine mandates in the country, was reelected to a second term as governor in the rural New England state. The 74-year-old Democrat beat out Republican challenger Paul LePage, himself a two-term Maine governor from 2011 to 2019. According to the Associated Press,…


Democrat Mills Wins Another Term as Maine Governor

Maine Gov. Janet Mills, who has presided over some of the strictest COVID-19 vaccine mandates in the country, was reelected to a second term as governor in the rural New England state. The 74-year-old Democrat beat out Republican challenger Paul LePage, himself a two-term Maine governor from 2011 to 2019. According to the Associated Press,…