(VIDEO) Trump Responds to Report that China Plans to Provide Shoulder-Launched Missiles to Iran

President Trump on Wednesday responded to a report that China would be providing weapons to Iran in the coming weeks, saying he would be surprised and "disappointed" if true.  Trump previously said that Xi Jinping had assured him that China would not provide weapons to Iran. The post (VIDEO) Trump Responds to Report that China Plans to Provide Shoulder-Launched Missiles to Iran appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.

Trump’s pick for US attorney general Todd Blanche in jeopardy as vote postponed

Republican John Cornyn says he will not back nomination without written confirmation $1.8bn slush fund is deadTodd Blanche’s hopes of becoming US attorney general seemed to be in jeopardy on Wednesday after the Department of Justice did not provide written assurances to a key Republican senator that a $1.8bn slush fund was dead.The US Senate judiciary committee postponed a vote scheduled for Thursday on whether to advance Blanche’s nomination. Continue reading...

US Launches Strikes on Iran After Missile Attack on Forces in Jordan

Netanyahu Defies Mamdani’s Arrest Threats as Polymarket Gives 85% Odds of New York Visit

Despite repeated threats from New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, prediction markets are signaling overwhelming confidence that the Israeli leader will travel to New York before September 30. The post Netanyahu Defies Mamdani’s Arrest Threats as Polymarket Gives 85% Odds of New York Visit appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.

US economic growth sees surprise slowdown in second quarter

The economy grew at an annual rate of 1.5% in the three months to June, down from 2.1% seen in the previous quarter.

Kevin Warsh Sparks Bond Rout After Fed Decision; US Strikes Iran Again | Daybreak Europe 7/30/2026

Bloomberg Daybreak Europe is your essential morning viewing to stay ahead. Live from London, we set the agenda for your day, catching you up with overnight markets news from the US and Asia. And we'll tell you what matters for investors in Europe, giving you insight before trading begins. On today's show, US 30-year treasury yields hit their highest since 2007 after the Federal Reserve held interest rates for the fifth straight meeting. The hold raised doubts about Chairman Kevin Warsh's commitment to tackling inflation. Samsung reported a 250-fold jump in profit at its semiconductor arm, easily beating expectations. Microsoft’s cloud unit grew at the fastest clip in four years. Today's guests: Jean-François Decaux, JCDecaux, Co-CEO; Ellie Henderson, Investec, Economist & Olivier Blum, Schneider Electric, CEO (Source: Bloomberg)

'Can they deliver?' Frantic Trump turns to tech bros as weapon stockpile dwindles

President Donald Trump faces a critical weapons shortage as his war with Iran continues — and now he's turning to an unlikely source for help: tech bros. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth conferred an urgent meeting with a number of defense technology startups to get help with improving the military's operational efficiency, according to The Washington Post's Thursday morning report. "Leading defense tech firms were summoned," the report stated, "including AI-aircraft software company Shield AI, the autonomous weapons firm Anduril, cruise missile start-up CoAspire and low-cost munitions maker Castelion." The Iran war has reduced America's munitions stockpiles, a problem exacerbated by the fact that some experts say they weren't prepared for the level of damage and losses they would sustain from Iranian drone warfare.Trump's administration has both tried to deny a shortage and blame former President Biden for it — sometimes in the same interview. According to the Washington Post, this crisis represents "a major test for the Trump administration, which has turbocharged its relationship with Silicon Valley and made collaboration with start-ups a core part of its weapons acquisition process."Jerry McGinn, the director of the Center for the Industrial Base at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, told the Post he's skeptical Trump and the tech bros can pull off their plans. “It’s one thing to build … it’s another thing to then mass produce,” said McGinn. “Can they deliver?”

'Expertise is for chumps': New 'golden ticket' Trump 'grift' exposed by fuming analyst

President Donald Trump has a new scheme going to channel more taxpayer money to tech bros, a political analyst has revealed. Public Notice's Lisa Needham argued Thursday that a new White House "Report to the President" represents nothing more than Trump's latest "grift." The report, authored by Michael Kratsios, the Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, claims, as described by Needham, that "scientific research is run like a Trump family business, artificial intelligence is all that matters, profit is everything, and expertise is for chumps."Neeham described Kratsios's report as laden with questionable "business-speak" and disparaging remarks directed at universities for causing “administrative burdens on researchers."Kratsios focuses heavily on reducing regulatory burdens on Big Tech, she wrote. The White House report also suggests making various research teams "compete" with each other for prizes, and designating individuals at agencies to issue "golden tickets" to “recommend unconventional proposals."The report further recommends cutting funding to universities, while allowing "hands-on experience and industry credentials" at tech companies to count as credits toward degrees."It’s painfully clear that what Katsios is trying to do here is turn the whole of government science research and funding into the sort of 'move fast and break things' paradigm that is the hallmark of big tech," wrote Needham. "Tech bros are already living high off the hog in this administration. They don’t need any more of our tax dollars. Hopefully this new golden age never comes to pass."