Germans must now have doctor’s note to call in sick to work: ‘Extraordinarily high levels of sick leave’

Under Germany’s former policy, workers were allowed to take up to six weeks of paid leave for an illness. That's on top of the six weeks of vacation time that most employees get.

Trump Made Hundreds of Stock Trades One Day Before Pausing Tariffs

President Trump bought hundreds of stocks the day before he paused tariffs and caused the stock market to rally. Trump filed his latest financial disclosure on Monday, and it shows that he made 327 individual stock purchases worth as much as $12.8 million on April 8, 2025, from companies including Apple, Microsoft, Nvidia, Amazon, and Alphabet (Google’s parent company), according to an analysis from investigative outlet Sludge. The next day, Trump announced that he was pausing his sweeping tariffs for 90 days, and the S&P 500 went up by nearly 10 percent, one of its largest one-day increases ever.The timing of these trades suggests he planned to cash in, realizing that markets would rally after his announcement. Those weren’t the only suspicious stock trades he made last year, either. On August 18, Trump’s accounts bought between $250,000 and $500,000 of stock in chipmaker Intel, four days before the president announced that the federal government would take a nearly $9 billion equity stake in the company. Intel’s stock price went up 6 percent after that announcement.Trump also bought stock in defense contractor Palantir Technologies throughout the year, publicly praising the company while increasing its federal contracts, particularly those with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. One of his top advisers, White House deputy chief of staff and anti-immigration hawk Stephen Miller, also owns between $100,001 and $250,000 of Palantir stock. This year, Trump singled out Palantir on Truth Social in April and sent its stock price soaring.By law, Trump and other executive branch officials are supposed to publicly disclose securities transfers, including stock purchases, over $1,000 within 45 days. Not only did Trump wait more than a year to disclose the April stock purchases, he didn’t disclose any other of the thousands of stock trades he made in 2025.In all, Trump reported $2.2 billion in income in 2025, from crypto, stock trades, foreign real estate, suing news organizations, and other grifts. His administration is openly engaging in market manipulation and insider trading without any fear of consequences.

EU to Lift Tariffs From Armenia in Bid to Pull Trade From Russia

The European Union has announced new trade measures that will see up to 80% of Armenia’s exports to the bloc enter tariff-free.

Strategist notes evidence Trump admin is in 'transition' amid presidential health issues

Trump has been elevating the role of Vice President JD Vance for a clear reason, according to a political strategist.During a recent podcast episode for The Contrarian, Simon Rosenberg pointed out that recent revelations about Trump's health and Vance's new responsibilities correlate to a plan to prepare the vice president for a transition."Let's just be clear that another example of them potentially preparing for a transition is how much they've elevated Vance in recent weeks," Rosenberg said. "Which is sort of giving him a tryout of the world stage as a symbol of the fact that we could be in the beginning, or they're trying to hedge."Vance was in Switzerland last week to negotiate with Iran on a peace deal. Co-host Katie Phang also pointed to recent reports that Trump had to see 22 specialists during his recent visit to Walter Reed Hospital and that Trump might be the recipient of retatrutide, a powerful weight-loss drug."The White House tried to make it seem like this is a routine thing for a man of his age," Phang said. "I'm sorry, my mom is 83. She doesn't see 22 specialists. Sorry doesn't happen."Phang equated the experimental weight loss drug that Trump may have received to "bariatric weight surgery," and added, "It's that drastic to be able to facilitate weight loss."Rosenberg suggested that if Trump was given access to the drug, it was because "there were very deep concerns about the condition of his heart, and his weight, and that he needed to lose weight rapidly in order to relieve the pressure on his heart, and that he was actually in danger."However, Phang warned, "I don't think a JD Vance has the charisma of a Trump or the cult appeal, but I do think JD Vance could be really bad as president of the United States."Trump's Troubling Health & Mamdani the Kingmaker? by The ContrarianKatie Phang and Simon Rosenberg discuss last night's primary results and the tea leaves around Trump's recent health reportsRead on Substack

Bill Maher Notes Democratic Socialist Darializa Avila Chevalier’s Positions Mirror the KKK (Video)

Over the weekend on 'Overtime with Bill Maher,' the host was joined by radical leftist Senator Raphael Warnock (D-GA) and comedian, writer, producer, and actor Larry Wilmore. The post Bill Maher Notes Democratic Socialist Darializa Avila Chevalier’s Positions Mirror the KKK (Video) appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.

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