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Oct 15, 2026

Trump Just Bought Diesel From Putin, and Both Parties Are Furious

WASHINGTON – With diesel near record highs and the November 3 midterms less than four weeks away, President Donald Trump announced on October 9 that he had reached a deal with Vladimir Putin for Russia to send diesel to American and global markets. Within hours, the Treasury Department issued a Russian sanctions waiver to make…

Oct 13, 2026

Trump Says a Democratic Win Means 1929 All Over Again. We Checked

WASHINGTON – Three weeks before the November 3 midterm elections, President Donald Trump has settled on a closing argument about the economy: vote Republican, or watch the country slide into a new Great Depression. “If the Democrats win, you will have an economic depression, much like 1929,” Trump told voters this month. He used the…

Oct 10, 2026

Four Weeks Out, Trump Is Campaigning Almost Only Where He Already Won

WASHINGTON – With the November 3 midterm elections about four weeks away, President Donald Trump has hit the road for what he calls a “32-day blitz.” But a look at the map shows a pattern: nearly every stop on the Trump rally schedule so far has been in a state he carried comfortably in 2024.…

Oct 4, 2026

Trump Renamed One of the Great Lakes and Canada Barely Blinked

WASHINGTON – On August 27, 2026, President Donald Trump sat in the Oval Office, signed an executive order and declared that Lake Ontario would now be called “Lake America,” effective immediately. Behind him, a map read “Making the Great Lakes Even Greater.” Five weeks later, the new name is live on U.S. federal databases and…

May 18, 2026

Strategic Partnership, ‘SITAC’: PM Modi’s Sweden Visit Generates Six Outcomes What Does It Imply for India?

Gothenburg / New Delhi, May 18, 2026 – When Swedish Gripen fighter jets escorted Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Sweden aircraft into Gothenburg on May 17, the symbolism was deliberate and multilayered. Sweden was not merely welcoming a visiting head of government. It was signalling the arrival of a potential customer for its most advanced combat…