https://www.sott.net Signs of the Times: The World for People who Think. Featuring independent, unbiased, alternative news and commentary on world events. en-us Original content Copyright 2026 by Signs of the Times/Sott.net. For other content, see our Fair Use Policy at www.sott.net. Fri, 03 Apr 2026 22:56:58 +0000 https://www.sott.net/images/sottlogo_rss.jpg SOTT.net https://www.sott.net https://www.sott.net/article/505540-This-company-used-to-make-weapons-for-the-Nazis-Now-it-will-do-the-same-for-Israel Volkswagen is planning to convert one of its factories to produce Iron Dome components. One of Germany's biggest and most iconic car manufacturers, Volkswagen (VW) and one of Israel's most well-known arms manufacturers, Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, part of the global Rafael Group, are planning to collaborate. If the project is realized, VW will convert one of its German factories in the historic city of Osnabrueck from making automobiles to producing components of Israel's Iron Dome missile defense system. There are good reasons why this has raised eyebrows. For one thing, it reflects not only VW's growing problems, but those of Germany's vital automobile sector and the German economy as a whole. As the Financial Times has noted, the VW-Rafael project would mark "the highest-profile example yet of the German car industry, where profits have plunged," trying to save itself by entering the "booming defense sector." These plunging profits are due to many factors: Chinese... https://www.sott.net/article/505540-This-company-used-to-make-weapons-for-the-Nazis-Now-it-will-do-the-same-for-Israel Fri, 03 Apr 2026 22:15:38 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505539-Rare-sungrazer-comet-MAPS-will-shine-superbright-on-Saturday-if-it-survives-a-dangerous-encounter-with-our-star Comet C/2026 A1 (MAPS) could shine brightly in the evenings after April 4, but only if it survives a very close encounter with the sun. A rare "sungrazer" comet is about to pass very close to our star and could become visible in daylight — or it could completely disintegrate before our eyes. Either way, there could be something special to see in the night sky, with a large tail potentially visible late this week. Comet C/2026 A1 (MAPS) was discovered Jan. 13 by French astronomers at the AMACS1 Observatory in Chile. Although the comet was initially thought to have a nucleus measuring around 1.5 miles (2.4 kilometers) wide, astronomers later reduced the estimate to under 0.25 miles (0.4 km) based on James Webb Space Telescope observations taken in February. C/2026 A1 (MAPS) belongs to a special family of comets called Kreutz "sungrazers," so called because they get very close to the sun, lighting up brightly but often breaking into smaller pieces. There are around 3,500 members of... https://www.sott.net/article/505539-Rare-sungrazer-comet-MAPS-will-shine-superbright-on-Saturday-if-it-survives-a-dangerous-encounter-with-our-star Fri, 03 Apr 2026 22:02:07 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505538-Thirty-previously-unpublished-verses-by-Empedocles-discovered-on-a-papyrus-from-Cairo A two-thousand-year-old papyrus fragment, discovered in the archives of the French Institute of Oriental Archaeology in Cairo, reveals thirty previously unpublished verses by Empedocles, a pre-Socratic philosopher of the 5th century BCE. This discovery offers researchers direct access to a body of thought previously known only through quotations from later authors. The very first edition, translation and commentary on these verses are published in the book L'Empédocle du Caire, edited by Nathan Carlig, Alain Martin and Olivier Primavesi. It was at the French Institute of Oriental Archaeology in Cairo (IFAO) that Nathan Carlig, a papyrologist at the University of Liège, identified papyrus P.Fouad inv. 218 as an unknown fragment of the Physica, the great poem by the philosopher Empedocles of Agrigentum. "Until now, our knowledge of Empedocles' work relied exclusively on indirect sources such as fragmentary quotations, summaries or allusions scattered throughout the works of authors... https://www.sott.net/article/505538-Thirty-previously-unpublished-verses-by-Empedocles-discovered-on-a-papyrus-from-Cairo Fri, 03 Apr 2026 21:55:25 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505537-Murdering-peace-Senior-Iranian-official-involved-in-reaching-out-to-Vance-severely-wounded-in-airstrike A top Iranian official who was involved in diplomatic outreach and indirect talks or messaging with the United States and Pakistani mediators was reportedly critically wounded in a US-Israeli strike. Kamal Kharazi, an 81-year-old senior adviser to Tehran and former foreign minister, lost his wife in the Wednesday strike on his home, state media has said. Kharazi chairs Iran's Strategic Council on Foreign Relations and has been viewed as a potential backchannel negotiator involving Islamabad, but now he's been hospitalized with serious injuries, state media has also said. "We have seen what looks like an assassination attempt against the former foreign minister, Kamal Kharazi ... We don't know why he's been targeted. He has been gravely wounded, and his wife was killed," said an Al Jazeera correspondent in Tehran. https://www.sott.net/article/505537-Murdering-peace-Senior-Iranian-official-involved-in-reaching-out-to-Vance-severely-wounded-in-airstrike Fri, 03 Apr 2026 20:55:39 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505536-Irans-friends-are-about-to-make-life-much-more-difficult-for-Israel-and-the-US Lebanese Hezbollah, Iraqi armed groups and the Houthis in Yemen are helping the Islamic Republic widen the conflict and raise its costs The war's second 'ring of fire' is no longer forming around Iran. It is already there. What we are witnessing is not a limited clash between a state under pressure and its immediate enemies, but the gradual emergence of a wider regional confrontation in which Tehran's allied forces are moving from symbolic solidarity to practical engagement. In Lebanon, Iraq, and now once again in Yemen, groups aligned with Iran are opening new fronts and making any American or Israeli campaign far more difficult to execute. If Iran cannot stop pressure by matching superior military power plane for plane or missile for missile, it can still answer by stretching the battlefield across time and space. That is the real significance of the current escalation. Wars are easiest to sell and easiest to sustain when they look concentrated, technically manageable, and... https://www.sott.net/article/505536-Irans-friends-are-about-to-make-life-much-more-difficult-for-Israel-and-the-US Fri, 03 Apr 2026 20:45:38 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505535-April-snow-of-333-centimeters-almost-11-FEET-broke-the-record-on-Botev-Peak-Bulgaria Snowfalls in the highest part of the mountain have not stopped, which creates prerequisites for additional accumulation on the record base A historical record for the thickest snow cover was recorded this morning on Botev Peak. On the peak of Stara Planina, meteorologists measured an impressive 333 centimeters of April snow, which officially surpasses the previous absolute maximum of 325 centimeters for this location, reports the specialized website "stringmeteo.bg". Snowfalls in the highest part of the mountain have not stopped, which creates prerequisites for additional accumulation on the record base. "Record on Botev Peak! This morning, 333 cm of snow cover was measured. The previous record is 325 cm, and today's achievement is probably not final, because the snowfall continues," the organization "Meteo Bulgaria" wrote on its page on social networks. Experts note that this phenomenon is extremely curious against the background of global warming trends. "It is good when we can... https://www.sott.net/article/505535-April-snow-of-333-centimeters-almost-11-FEET-broke-the-record-on-Botev-Peak-Bulgaria Fri, 03 Apr 2026 20:19:09 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505534-Analysis-shows-new-type-of-US-missile-hit-Iranian-sports-hall-and-school The Pentagon used missiles untested in combat in a deadly attack that struck civilian sites near a military compound on Feb. 28, according to visual evidence examined by The Times and weapons experts. On the first day of the war with Iran, a weapon bearing the hallmarks of a newly developed U.S.-made ballistic missile was used in an attack that struck a sports hall and adjacent elementary school near a military facility in southern Iran, according to weapons experts and a visual analysis by The New York Times. Local officials cited in Iranian media said the strike and others nearby in the city of Lamerd killed at least 21 people. The Feb. 28 attack occurred the same day as a U.S. Tomahawk cruise missile struck a school in the city of Minab, several hundred miles away, killing 175 people. In the case of Lamerd, though, it involved a weapon that had been untested in combat. The Times verified videos of two strikes in Lamerd, as well as aftermath footage from the attacks. Times... https://www.sott.net/article/505534-Analysis-shows-new-type-of-US-missile-hit-Iranian-sports-hall-and-school Fri, 03 Apr 2026 20:11:53 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505533-Will-Trump-go-kamikaze There is much talk about President Trump preparing to launch a ground attack against Iran. In the media discourse, much is made of the fact we have about 50,000 troops in the region. One might think those are all combat troops and we therefore have roughly three combat divisions available to invade Iran. But that is not true. Until recently, there were about 40,000 US troops in the region, which were mainly a mixture of Air Force, Army, and Navy forces. Very importantly, there were few Army or Marine combat troops, although there were certainly some special forces. But they are of little use for major combat operations, for which you need organized combat units like battalions, brigades, regiments, and divisions. In essence, until recently, there was hardly any organized ground power in the Middle East, which is what you need to invade and hold Iranian territory. As Napoleon was known to say: "God is on the side of the big battalions" https://www.sott.net/article/505533-Will-Trump-go-kamikaze Fri, 03 Apr 2026 19:27:24 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505532-Iran-to-attack-logistical-hubs-in-Israel-and-gulf-targets-after-tallest-bridge-destroyed Earlier we reported there are signs that the US and Israel are expanding attacks on Iran civilian infrastructure, after reports emerged Thursday that fresh airstrikes hit a highway bridge connecting Tehran and Karaj, according to Fars News Agency. Several people were injured, and multiple areas of Karaj were also struck. The bridge was actually just constructed, having been inaugurated earlier this year. Fars identified it as the B1 bridge, dubbed the highest bridge in the Middle East. Tehran also continues to get pummeled hard, amid reports that the prior 24 hours saw the biggest wave of Iranian missiles and cluster munitions on Tel Aviv to date. In response to the bridge attack, Iran state media says the country's armed forces are preparing a retaliatory escalation, with plans to hit Israel's core logistical backbone. Tehran's strategy focuses on crippling three critical arteries that sustain Israel's war machine, per state media reports reference in Newsquawk. https://www.sott.net/article/505532-Iran-to-attack-logistical-hubs-in-Israel-and-gulf-targets-after-tallest-bridge-destroyed Fri, 03 Apr 2026 19:26:33 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505531-Foreigners-now-commit-nearly-half-of-all-rapes-in-Austria-Syrians-largest-foreign-group-of-suspects The number of rape suspects in Austria has more than doubled since 2015, with foreign nationals — and Syrians in particular — driving a disproportionate share of the increase. In addition, foreigners nare now responsible for nearly half of all rapes, a major increase from 2015 as well. The figures, provided by Austria's Interior Ministry in response to a request by Austrian newspaper exxpress, paint a striking picture of a decade-long trend. The composition of those suspects has shifted markedly. In 2015, 250 of the 688 suspects were foreign nationals — 36.3 percent of the total. By 2025, that number had risen to 538, representing 46.9 percent of all suspects, despite foreign nationals making up only 20.5 percent of Austria's population. https://www.sott.net/article/505531-Foreigners-now-commit-nearly-half-of-all-rapes-in-Austria-Syrians-largest-foreign-group-of-suspects Fri, 03 Apr 2026 19:25:33 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505530-Early-data-from-Vera-C-Rubin-Observatory-reveals-over-11000-new-asteroids Using preliminary data from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, scientists have discovered over 11,000 new asteroids. The data were confirmed by the International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center (MPC), making this the largest single batch of asteroid discoveries submitted in the past year. The discoveries were made using data from Rubin's early optimization surveys and offer a powerful preview of the observatory's transformative impact on solar system science. The submission to MPC comprises approximately one million observations, taken over the span of a month and a half, of over 11,000 new asteroids and more than 80,000 already-known asteroids, including some that had previously been observed but were later "lost" because their orbits were too uncertain to predict their future locations. You can interact with all of Rubin's asteroid discoveries in the Rubin Orbitviewer, which uses real data to provide an intuitive way to explore the structure of our cosmic backyard in three... https://www.sott.net/article/505530-Early-data-from-Vera-C-Rubin-Observatory-reveals-over-11000-new-asteroids Fri, 03 Apr 2026 19:25:18 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505529-The-consequences-of-the-war-against-Iran For the first time, a people attacked by the most powerful military in history is retaliating against its adversary's military bases and foreign investments. This is a way of waging war, adapted to the age of globalization, that none of our strategists had foreseen. This conflict is unlike any other. It is the first in which a medium-sized country could prevail over a monstrous power. A "Zionist revisionist" war Benjamin Netanyahu is the son of historian Benzion Netanyahu, private secretary to Vladimir Ze'ev Jabotinsky, the founder of Revisionist Zionism. The Netanyahu dynasty has always supported Revisionist Zionism against the Zionists. The latter, led by Theodor Herzl, aimed to build a Jewish state, while Jabotinsky sought to create a Jewish empire. In 1921, in Ukraine, Jabotinsky allied himself with the "integral nationalist" leader Symon Petliura against the Bolsheviks. Petliura continued to organize pogroms against the Jews, whom Jabotinsky claimed to defend. This... https://www.sott.net/article/505529-The-consequences-of-the-war-against-Iran Fri, 03 Apr 2026 19:25:10 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505528-Inside-Gavin-Newsoms-empire-of-fraud California is a cash machine. The state collects some of the country's highest income, business, and fuel taxes, and now spends more than $300 billion per year. And yet, everywhere you look, California seems to be falling apart. The roads are crumbling. Mismanaged wildfires have turned neighborhoods into ash. Drug addiction and homelessness have metastasized, turning parts of Los Angeles and San Francisco into no-go zones. And the cost-of-living crisis is pricing middle-class taxpayers out of basic necessities like groceries and gas, even as the state spends billions on welfare programs that never seem to lift anyone out of poverty. Californians are beginning to ask: Where is all this money going? On paper, it funds public services. But beneath the surface, something else is happening: massive, systematic, brazen fraud. https://www.sott.net/article/505528-Inside-Gavin-Newsoms-empire-of-fraud Fri, 03 Apr 2026 19:23:34 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505527-BBC-embroiled-in-another-pedophile-scandal The BBC has been embroiled in yet another scandal involving child sexual abuse allegations against one of its top presenters. On Monday, the British state broadcaster confirmed that it fired the star of its Radio 2 breakfast show, Scott Mills, "following allegations about his personal conduct." It did not elaborate further. According to Sky News, the BBC presenter was being probed over past allegations of sexually abusing a child under the age of 16 - the UK's age of consent. The Metropolitan Police had initially launched an investigation in December 2016 relating to "allegations of serious sexual offenses against a teenage boy," the news channel reported on Tuesday, citing law enforcement. https://www.sott.net/article/505527-BBC-embroiled-in-another-pedophile-scandal Fri, 03 Apr 2026 19:22:36 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505526-Poland-rejects-unofficial-US-request-to-redeploy-Patriot-batteries-to-West-Asia Poland has rejected an "unofficial" US request to deploy one of its Patriot air defense systems to West Asia, Polish Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz announced on 31 March, following reports by Polish daily Rzeczpospolita that Washington had informally approached Warsaw amid rising regional tensions. Kosiniak-Kamysz stated: "Our Patriot batteries and their armaments are used to protect Polish airspace and NATO's eastern flank. Nothing is changing in this regard and we are not planning to move them anywhere! Our allies are well aware of and understand how important our tasks are here. Poland's security is an absolute priority." Rzeczpospolita reported that the US approach was informal and did not involve a formal request, adding that Washington sought to temporarily borrow one of Poland's two Patriot batteries as part of efforts to defend US-linked assets across West Asia from Iranian strikes. https://www.sott.net/article/505526-Poland-rejects-unofficial-US-request-to-redeploy-Patriot-batteries-to-West-Asia Fri, 03 Apr 2026 19:22:21 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505525-Casualty-Cover-Up-The-Pentagon-Is-Hiding-US-Losses-Under-Trump-in-the-Middle-East Almost 750 U.S. troops have been wounded or killed in the Middle East since October 2023, an analysis by The Intercept has found. But the Pentagon won't acknowledge it. U.S. Central Command, or CENTCOM, which oversees military operations in the Middle East, appears to be engaged in what a defense official called a "casualty cover-up," offering The Intercept low-ball and outdated figures and failing to provide clarifications on military deaths and injuries. At least 15 U.S. troops were wounded Friday in an Iranian attack on a Saudi air base that hosts American troops, according to two government officials who spoke with The Intercept. Hundreds of U.S. personnel have been killed or injured in the region since the U.S. launched a war on Iran just over a month ago. President Donald Trump — who wore a blue suit, red tie, and a ball cap to the dignified transfer of the first Americans killed in the war — said casualties were inevitable. "When you have conflicts like this, you always have... https://www.sott.net/article/505525-Casualty-Cover-Up-The-Pentagon-Is-Hiding-US-Losses-Under-Trump-in-the-Middle-East Fri, 03 Apr 2026 19:20:07 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505524-GOP-Rep-Says-America-Would-Become-Unglued-If-Alien-Files-Get-Released Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) alleged that America would become "unglued" if the government released details about the alien briefings he's been involved in. Speaking with Newsmax's Rob Finnerty on Wednesday, the GOP lawmaker said that the public would be "up at night worrying" if they knew what he knows about extraterrestrials. "I've been briefed by just about every alphabet agency there is, and I'll just tell you this, if they would release the things that I've seen, you would stay up at — you'd be up at night worrying about or — thinking about this stuff," Burchett said. The topic came up after Finnerty mentioned that former U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz claimed late last month that he was briefed about a secret breeding program between aliens and humans. https://www.sott.net/article/505524-GOP-Rep-Says-America-Would-Become-Unglued-If-Alien-Files-Get-Released Fri, 03 Apr 2026 15:49:30 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505523-More-than-a-meter-of-snow-closed-roads-villages-cut-off-in-southern-France Intense snowfall mixed with strong gusts of wind, villages buried under astronomical amounts of powder snow... It is almost apocalyptic weather that reigns over these regions in recent days... and the inhabitants will remember it. Who could have predicted that 2026 would go down in history? Both in terms of rainfall and snowfall, it has broken numerous records this year. The many ski resorts still open are proof of this, as the intense snowfall of recent days has once again blanketed the slopes in white. This allows skiers who wish to do so to enjoy the pleasures of skiing one last time at Easter. While the heavy snowfall is a boon for ski resorts, this isn't necessarily the case elsewhere. When winter hasn't yet had its final say in the mountains, sometimes an entire area is paralyzed, as was the case this week. https://www.sott.net/article/505523-More-than-a-meter-of-snow-closed-roads-villages-cut-off-in-southern-France Fri, 03 Apr 2026 13:17:22 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505522-Meteor-fireball-over-Virginia-and-3-other-states-on-April-2 We received 13 reports about a fireball seen over DC, NJ, PA and VA on Thursday, April 2nd 2026 around 00:18 UT. For this event, we received one video. https://www.sott.net/article/505522-Meteor-fireball-over-Virginia-and-3-other-states-on-April-2 Fri, 03 Apr 2026 11:11:43 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505521-Meteor-fireball-over-Tennessee-and-8-other-states-on-March-31 We received 53 reports about a fireball seen over AL, AR, IL, IN, KY, MO, MS, OH and TN on Tuesday, March 31st 2026 around 03:02 UT. For this event, we received 2 videos. https://www.sott.net/article/505521-Meteor-fireball-over-Tennessee-and-8-other-states-on-March-31 Fri, 03 Apr 2026 11:05:12 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505520-The-Butchers-Doctrine-How-Netanyahu-Shed-the-Mask-of-Morality-and-Became-the-Wests-Most-Dangerous-Warlord The ideological manifesto of a man who realized the mask of morality is no longer needed because the leash has been removed. This was supposed to be a moment of justification. Addressing the press in Jerusalem on March 20, 2026, Benjamin Netanyahu — Israel's longest-serving prime minister, a man whose political survival had always depended on a delicate balancing act between Western morality and Middle Eastern brutality — decided to tell the world what he really thinks about ethics. By comparing Jesus Christ to Genghis Khan, Netanyahu did not misspeak. He delivered the eulogy over the last remnants of pretense that his regime is guided by any humanistic values whatsoever. His words were chilling in their simplicity: "History proves that, unfortunately and tragically, Jesus Christ has no advantage over Genghis Khan. Because if you are strong enough, ruthless enough, powerful enough, evil will triumph over good. Aggression will triumph over moderation." For decades, Netanyahu sold... https://www.sott.net/article/505520-The-Butchers-Doctrine-How-Netanyahu-Shed-the-Mask-of-Morality-and-Became-the-Wests-Most-Dangerous-Warlord Fri, 03 Apr 2026 05:33:34 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505519-Russian-public-opinion-shifts-solidly-to-support-of-Iran-against-US-and-Israel The Kremlin follows. Russian public opinion is swinging decisively in favour of Iran and hostility towards the US and Israel is growing, according to the latest nationwide opinion poll conducted by the Levada polling group of Moscow between March 18 and 26, 2026. Sympathy for Iran is expressed by 40% of the nationwide sample; this percentage is accelerating with time and with state television news broadcasts reporting Iran's fightback, its successful attacks on US bases in the Gulf states, and unprecedented strikes against Israeli targets. During the June War against Iran last year, by contrast, 29% of Russians supported Iran. This shift in public opinion has occurred among those who said they were uncertain or undecided last June. The longer the war continues, the stronger Russian public support for Iran is likely to become. A parallel swing of Russian support for the Palestinians of Gaza occurred following the Hamas breakout of October 7, 2023, as the Israeli destruction of Gaza... https://www.sott.net/article/505519-Russian-public-opinion-shifts-solidly-to-support-of-Iran-against-US-and-Israel Thu, 02 Apr 2026 21:09:19 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505518-Israel-making-sure-Trump-cant-find-an-off-ramp-in-Iran Netanyahu pitched the war as a repeat of Israel's apparent 'audacious feat' of smashing Hezbollah. The US president should have noted instead Israel's moral and strategic defeat in Gaza. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu must have persuaded Donald Trump that a war on Iran would unfold much like the pager attack in Lebanon 18 months ago. The two militaries would jointly decapitate the leadership in Tehran, and it would crumble just as Hezbollah had collapsed - or so it then seemed - after Israel assassinated Hassan Nasrallah, the Lebanese group's spiritual leader and military strategist. If so, Trump bought deeply into this ruse. He assumed that he would be the US president to "remake the Middle East" - a mission his predecessors had baulked at since George W Bush's dismal failure to achieve the same goal, alongside Israel, more than 20 years earlier. Trump isn't the first US president tempted by an Israeli plan to destroy Iran and thereby "remake the Middle East". https://www.sott.net/article/505518-Israel-making-sure-Trump-cant-find-an-off-ramp-in-Iran Thu, 02 Apr 2026 20:39:51 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505517-Drug-companies-Pfizer-and-BioNTech-halt-US-COVID-vaccine-study-after-recruitment-struggles Vaccine makers Pfizer and BioNTech halted a large U.S. trial of their updated COVID-19 ​vaccine in healthy adults aged 50 to 64, saying enrollment in the trials had been too low to generate the needed data. In a letter to trial investigators dated March 30, seen by Reuters and previously unreported, Pfizer said it would stop surveillance for signs of COVID illness for all participants in the study after April 3. Enrollment was closed on March 6, following a review of current epidemiological trends, it said. The move comes as COVID vaccine makers grapple with pushback from the U.S. administration and weak U.S. demand for the shots. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration toughened requirements for COVID ​vaccine use last year, including asking for large, placebo-controlled trials in the 50-64 age group for it to be included in recommendations. https://www.sott.net/article/505517-Drug-companies-Pfizer-and-BioNTech-halt-US-COVID-vaccine-study-after-recruitment-struggles Thu, 02 Apr 2026 20:37:35 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505516-US-Israeli-aggression-on-Iran-What-happened-on-33rd-day-of-the-imposed-war Thirty-three days into the US-Israeli war on Iran - launched on February 28 with the assassination of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei - the military aggression continues to target civilian and industrial infrastructure across the country. US-Israeli airstrikes on Wednesday hit a wide range of sites nationwide, including steel plants, pharmaceutical facilities, port infrastructure, and residential complexes, with explosions reported in Tehran, Ahvaz, Shiraz, Isfahan, Karaj, Kermanshah, and Bandar Abbas. The death toll from the unprovoked and illegal aggression has surpassed 2,000, while thousands of civilian sites - including hospitals, schools, universities, and pharmaceutical factories - continue to come under attack. The US-Israeli bombing of the Tofigh Daru pharmaceutical raw material units, which destroyed its research and development department, drew widespread condemnation. The Russian Embassy in Tehran reported damage to the Orthodox... https://www.sott.net/article/505516-US-Israeli-aggression-on-Iran-What-happened-on-33rd-day-of-the-imposed-war Thu, 02 Apr 2026 20:21:29 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505515-Supreme-Court-sides-with-Christian-counselor-strikes-down-Colorado-conversion-therapy-ban In a landmark 8-1 decision issued today, the Supreme Court sided with a Christian mental health counselor - ruling that Colorado's law banning "conversion therapy" violates the First Amendment. The majority held that Colorado's 2019 law unconstitutionally discriminates on the basis of viewpoint by allowing counselors to affirm and support clients exploring gender transition or identity while prohibiting any talk-therapy efforts to help clients reduce unwanted same-sex attractions, change sexual behaviors, or align their gender identity with their biological sex. The solo dissent being (drumroll...) Ketanji Brown Jackson. https://www.sott.net/article/505515-Supreme-Court-sides-with-Christian-counselor-strikes-down-Colorado-conversion-therapy-ban Thu, 02 Apr 2026 20:20:33 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505514-The-rope-is-for-Arabs-only-Israels-new-death-penalty-law-for-Palestinians-recycles-a-colonial-playbook The passing of the recent Israeli death penalty law legalizes an already existing policy of executions within a set schedule. The same colonial logic governs how Israel launches its wars: first Gaza, then Lebanon, now Iran. Resistance in this region is refusing Israel's timetable of death. The picture of Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir jubilantly trying to open a champagne bottle on the Knesset floor over the passing of a death penalty law for Palestinians will be anchored in history as one of those photographs that needs no caption. It's the image of a country that has never truly left the colonial moment into which it was born. It didn't simply inherit British practices, but kept them alive for over 70 years. It now reaches back to retrieve one of the darkest of these practices. https://www.sott.net/article/505514-The-rope-is-for-Arabs-only-Israels-new-death-penalty-law-for-Palestinians-recycles-a-colonial-playbook Thu, 02 Apr 2026 20:18:09 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505513-Bondi-out-Trump-finally-fires-incompetent-attorney-general-Todd-Blanche-appointed-acting-AG Update (1315ET): President Donald Trump has ousted Attorney General Pam Bondi, multiple outlets report. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche is serving as acting AG in the interim. The move comes amid White House frustration with Bondi's leadership at the Justice Department - particularly her handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files and what Trump viewed as insufficient aggression in targeting his political opponents. Trump had privately discussed firing her and floated EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin (or Blanche) as a possible replacement. Bondi met with Trump in the Oval Office Wednesday night ahead of his speech to the nation on the war in Iran, where she reportedly was informed of her ouster, according to two sources familiar with the meeting. One of those sources said that by the time Trump took his place behind the podium for the address, Bondi already lost her job and was on her way back to Florida. -Fox News https://www.sott.net/article/505513-Bondi-out-Trump-finally-fires-incompetent-attorney-general-Todd-Blanche-appointed-acting-AG Thu, 02 Apr 2026 20:11:13 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505512-The-era-of-deportations-has-begun-European-Parliament-backs-remigration-efforts-in-major-victory-for-the-European-right The vote paves the way for stricter deportation rules, expanded detention, and the possible use of return hubs outside the European Union. The European Parliament has taken a major step toward a far tougher migration regime, approving a new negotiating mandate for legislation designed to speed up the deportation of illegal migrants and tighten enforcement across the bloc. In a vote on Thursday, MEPs backed the so-called Returns Regulation by 389 votes to 206, with 32 abstentions, clearing the way for talks with the European Council on a new legal framework governing the removal of illegal migrants who have no right to remain in the European Union. The result was driven by support from a broad right-wing and center-right coalition, including the European People's Party (EPP), the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR), Europe of Sovereign Nations (ESN), and Patriots for Europe (PfE), illustrating how the balance of power on migration has shifted in Brussels. https://www.sott.net/article/505512-The-era-of-deportations-has-begun-European-Parliament-backs-remigration-efforts-in-major-victory-for-the-European-right Thu, 02 Apr 2026 19:56:59 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505511-Overnight-California-earthquake-shakes-Bay-Area There were no reports of significant damage after the tremor shook millions awake early Thursday morning. Millions in the Bay Area of California were jostled awake by an early Thursday earthquake, but there have been no reports of significant damage so far. At 1:41 a.m. local time (4:41 a.m. EDT), a magnitude 4.6 earthquake was reported by the U.S. Geological Survey just outside of Boulder Creek, California, about 60 miles south of San Francisco. The tremor was shallow, reportedly less than 7 miles below the surface. https://www.sott.net/article/505511-Overnight-California-earthquake-shakes-Bay-Area Thu, 02 Apr 2026 19:49:20 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505510-12-people-died-after-heavy-rains-thunderstorms-floods-in-Pakistan In Pakistan, 12 people have died over the past 24 hours after heavy rains, thunderstorms, and flash floods affected multiple provinces. Authorities declared an emergency in Karachi as heavy rains that started this morning triggered urban flooding. Rescue services, including Edhi Trust and Chhipa Welfare, confirmed five deaths due to electrocution and house walls collapsing in different areas. In Balochistan, the Pakistan Disaster Management Cell reported seven deaths in various parts of the province, including Turbat, Kohlo, Jaffarabad, Loralai, Harnai and Quetta, due to heavy rains since yesterday. Officials reported that a passenger bus carrying 15 people was swept away in the Killa Abdullah area, with rescue teams working to locate and save the passengers. https://www.sott.net/article/505510-12-people-died-after-heavy-rains-thunderstorms-floods-in-Pakistan Thu, 02 Apr 2026 19:37:02 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505509-Storm-batters-Greece-killing-one-flooding-homes-and-disrupting-travel A man died and dozens of homes were flooded after heavy rain and gale-force winds battered ​Greece, leaving authorities rushing to repair damage on ‌Thursday. Greek authorities have recovered the body of a man in the seaside holiday town of Nea Makri, 35 kilometres (21.75 miles) ​northeast of Athens, a fire brigade official told ​Reuters on Thursday. The man was believed to ⁠have been carried away by a torrent and trapped ​under a car as he attempted to cross a ​flooded street, local media reported. The fire brigade said it has received hundreds of calls to rescue people trapped in floodwater and help ​clear roads of fallen trees as the Erminio ​storm swept through Athens and several islands in the Aegean Sea ‌on ⁠Wednesday. Early on Thursday, crews were still removing debris, pumping water from flooded buildings and repairing damaged infrastructure east of the capital. Authorities also banned some ferries from sailing ​from the ​port of Piraeus ⁠near Athens to the Greek islands.... https://www.sott.net/article/505509-Storm-batters-Greece-killing-one-flooding-homes-and-disrupting-travel Thu, 02 Apr 2026 19:13:47 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505508-Italy-Snowstorms-floods-and-heavy-rain-leave-people-trapped-in-their-homes Heavy rain and snowstorms in central and southern Italy brought down bridges and left people trapped in their homes on Thursday. Firefighters used special snowcat trucks to plow through huge banks of snow in small towns in the Italian region of Molise. https://www.sott.net/article/505508-Italy-Snowstorms-floods-and-heavy-rain-leave-people-trapped-in-their-homes Thu, 02 Apr 2026 19:02:23 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505507-Irans-Just-War There are moments in the moral life of nations when the language of restraint — so cherished by diplomats, so worshipped by Western editorial boards — ceases to be a virtue and becomes instead an alibi for cowardice. Restraint, in the abstract, is a noble thing; it is the discipline of power, the modesty of the strong. But when restraint is demanded only of the weak, when it is invoked solely to pacify the victim while the aggressor is permitted to strike again and again without consequence, then it is no longer a moral principle. It is a weapon — a rhetorical cudgel wielded by the powerful to ensure that their own violence remains unchallenged and their own transgressions remain unpunished. When a nation suffers unprovoked assault, when its sovereignty is violated repeatedly, when its citizens are assassinated in foreign lands with the impunity that only empire can confer, it has not merely the right but the solemn duty to respond. Iran's retaliation against the forces of the... https://www.sott.net/article/505507-Irans-Just-War Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:43:53 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505506-Ancient-childrens-teeth-reveal-a-syphilis-like-disease-was-spreading-in-Vietnam-4000-years-ago Remains from three Stone Age children in Vietnam may challenge long-standing ideas about the origin of syphilis, scientists say. Archaeologists in Vietnam have made a discovery that could rewrite scientists' understanding of where syphilis originated. The team found the Stone Age skeletons of three people who had a debilitating bacterial disease that left marks on their bones and teeth. This disease is in the same family as syphilis, and the discovery of it in prehistoric Vietnam could challenge the idea that syphilis-like diseases originated in the Americas. In a study published March 13 in the International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, the researchers documented three cases of congenital treponematosis at two Neolithic sites in Vietnam dating to around 4,100 to 3,300 years ago. Treponemal diseases are a group of infections caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum. These diseases, caused by different subspecies of the bacterium, include syphilis, bejel and yaws. For decades,... https://www.sott.net/article/505506-Ancient-childrens-teeth-reveal-a-syphilis-like-disease-was-spreading-in-Vietnam-4000-years-ago Thu, 02 Apr 2026 17:56:47 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505505-Atlanta-robot-security-dogs-now-giving-commands-to-Americans Slippery slope to automated enforcement as machines take over city patrols amid rising crime In the latest escalation of tech-driven "security" in American cities, Atlanta has unleashed robot security dogs that are actively issuing verbal commands to citizens on the streets. A new video exposes how these mechanical enforcers operate with zero discretion: one woman greets the device warmly, complies instantly, and still gets reported to police. These four-legged units, deployed by companies such as Undaunted Robotics across Atlanta apartment complexes, parking lots, and construction sites, patrol 24/7 with cameras, lights, sirens, and speakers. https://www.sott.net/article/505505-Atlanta-robot-security-dogs-now-giving-commands-to-Americans Thu, 02 Apr 2026 16:56:15 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505504-Mystery-of-scientists-dead-or-missing-rises-to-EIGHT-as-two-more-men-tied-to-Americas-most-coveted-secrets-join-the-list The ominous web of US scientists and lab employees who have died or gone missing continues to grow as two more cases have been linked to the disturbing trend. NASA scientist Frank Maiwald reportedly died on July 4, 2024 in Los Angeles at the age of 61, but the cause of death has never been made public and officials confirmed that an autopsy was never performed. Maiwald had been a prominent researcher at the space agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) since 1999 and worked on multiple projects tied to advanced satellite technology that could scan Earth and other planets. In June 2023, just 13 months before his death, he was the lead researcher on a breakthrough that could help future space missions detect clear signs of life on other worlds, including Jupiter's moon Europa, Saturn's moon Enceladus, or the dwarf planet Ceres. https://www.sott.net/article/505504-Mystery-of-scientists-dead-or-missing-rises-to-EIGHT-as-two-more-men-tied-to-Americas-most-coveted-secrets-join-the-list Thu, 02 Apr 2026 15:23:57 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505503-So-much-winning-Please-make-it-stop-Mr-President In 2002, the Pentagon spent $250 million on the largest wargame in US military history called 'Millennium Challenge'. 13,500 participants, 2 years of planning, the works. The idea was pretty straightforward: simulate an invasion of a Middle Eastern country in the Persian Gulf. Suspiciously resembling Iran. The purpose was to demonstrate that America's technological dominance could steamroll anything in its path. They picked a retired 3-star Marine named Paul Van Riper to play the enemy. Van Riper, who spent 41 years in uniform from Vietnam to Desert Storm, took one look at the scenario and did what any self-respecting adversary would do. He ignored it completely. Instead of radios, he used motorcycle couriers. Attack orders were hidden in the daily call to prayer. Swarms of explosive-laden speedboats were sent through the Strait of Hormuz. And in less than 10 minutes, he sank 16 US warships. An aircraft carrier, 10 cruisers, and 5 amphibious ships. Over 20,000 simulated American... https://www.sott.net/article/505503-So-much-winning-Please-make-it-stop-Mr-President Thu, 02 Apr 2026 11:06:58 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505502-April-opens-with-record-cold-across-eastern-Canada Canada is still posting sub -40C lows. Schefferville, Quebec has set a new April provincial cold record, plunging to -40.4C (-40.7F) — breaking the previous mark of -40C (-40F) set in 1994 at Bonnard (records in Quebec extend back to the late 1800s). Nearby, Rivière aux Feuilles set a new April record of -39.8C (-39.6F). Kuujjuarapik tanked to -36.2C (-33.2F), smashing its previous April low of -33.9C (-29F), set in 1950 and 1970. Further east, Wabush Lake in Labrador hit -35.3C (-31.5F) — just shy of both its monthly and provincial April records. This is not a one-off event. It follows an exceptionally cold March across northern Canada. https://www.sott.net/article/505502-April-opens-with-record-cold-across-eastern-Canada Thu, 02 Apr 2026 09:30:17 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505501-Magnitude-7-4-earthquake-hits-off-Indonesia-killing-one-numerous-aftershocks-including-a-magnitude-6-2 A 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck in the Molucca Sea off Indonesia's Ternate island early Thursday, killing at least one person. The quake, which struck at 06:48 local time (22:48 GMT) at a depth of 35km, sparked tsunami warnings which have since been withdrawn. A 70-year-old woman in North Sulawesi died after being crushed by building debris, and another person broke their leg after jumping off a building, Indonesia's national news agency Antara reported. While the region experiences high levels of seismic activity, some residents told the BBC this was one of the strongest earthquakes they have felt in at least the past six years. https://www.sott.net/article/505501-Magnitude-7-4-earthquake-hits-off-Indonesia-killing-one-numerous-aftershocks-including-a-magnitude-6-2 Thu, 02 Apr 2026 09:21:03 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505500-Idaho-passes-strictest-law-In-the-US-for-transgenders-using-incorrect-bathrooms The transgender movement is widely regarded as a political insurgency rather than a civil rights movement, and for good reason. Leftist activists often declare themselves to be "trans" as a political statement, even when they don't actually suffer from gender dysphoria, a rare mental illness that has little to do with gay rights or "social justice". Children, by extension, are easily manipulated by such activists in the form of parents and teachers, and they tend to declare they are trans in order to please the brainwashing lunatics in their lives. The idea that gender is an amorphous condition separate from biological sex is pure theory based on little or no scientific data. In a non-political and truly scientific environment gender identity claims are treated as ideological, not tangible. In other words, trans is a trend, not an inherent sexual identity group that needs to be protected from discrimination. The purpose of the transgender movement is to further deconstruct western... https://www.sott.net/article/505500-Idaho-passes-strictest-law-In-the-US-for-transgenders-using-incorrect-bathrooms Thu, 02 Apr 2026 08:10:32 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505499-1000-mile-Saharan-dust-storm-across-northwestern-Africa-from-the-sky-and-from-the-ground A massive dust storm, or haboob, swept across the Sahara Desert from western Algeria into Mauritania, Morocco, Western Sahara and the Canary Islands on Monday. The dust stretched for more than 1,000 miles. As meteorologists observed the dust storm from space via weather satellites, social media users captured the incoming dust storm on camera. One video shows a thick wall of dust and sand moving toward a resident of the town of Tindouf, near the Mauritanian, Western Saharan and Moroccan borders. While this storm didn't make it too far off the coast, significant amounts of dust can drift westward from Africa across the Atlantic beginning in May. This can inhibit tropical storm formation, or the strengthening of an existing system, because the dusty air has about 50 less moisture than the typical tropical atmosphere. Strong winds in the dust layer can also substantially increase the vertical wind shear in and around the storm environment, potentially disrupting any storm that forms.... https://www.sott.net/article/505499-1000-mile-Saharan-dust-storm-across-northwestern-Africa-from-the-sky-and-from-the-ground Wed, 01 Apr 2026 22:04:55 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505498-Blue-states-still-facing-mass-taxpayer-exodus-long-after-COVID Remember when blues state Democrats tried to enforce sweeping pandemic mandates for years after it became clear that covid was not the "mass killer" that the supposed experts claimed it would be? Remember when they called for people to be jailed for publicly speaking about scientific facts that contradicted the narrative? Remember when they called for people's children to be taken away if they refused to vaccinate? Remember how millions of people left blue states in response to the far-left madness? Well, Democrats are now pretending that none of that ever happened, but they can't hide the continuing consequences of their draconian policies. The historic population shift that escalated during the pandemic era is still well underway, though the causes are now more economic than political. We recently covered New York Governor Kathy Hochul's sad attempt to beg wealthy NY taxpayers to stop leaving her state. However, New York is only one of multiple blue regions being crushed by an... https://www.sott.net/article/505498-Blue-states-still-facing-mass-taxpayer-exodus-long-after-COVID Wed, 01 Apr 2026 21:25:12 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505497-Blackrock-CEO-Larry-Fink-disavows-green-energy-for-sake-of-AI-pins-ESG-debacle-on-investors "And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters: With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication. So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication. And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great... https://www.sott.net/article/505497-Blackrock-CEO-Larry-Fink-disavows-green-energy-for-sake-of-AI-pins-ESG-debacle-on-investors Wed, 01 Apr 2026 21:05:44 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505496-The-horror-Justice-Ketanji-Brown-Jackson-warns-against-unbridled-free-speech "No one knows what will happen now" Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is again warning of a growing threat to the nation. In her lone dissent in Chiles v. Salazar, Jackson observed that "to be completely frank, no one knows what will happen now." The ominous tone stemmed from the fact that free speech had prevailed over state-imposed orthodoxy in a Colorado case. Eight justices, including her two liberal colleagues, ruled that Colorado could not prevent licensed counselors from "any practice or treatment" that "attempts or purports to change" a minor's sexual orientation or gender identity. The win for free speech was catastrophic for Jackson and many on the left. Allowing counselors to discuss the causes and basis for sexual orientation changes, Jackson maintained, would "open a can of worms." It would be far better for the majority to simply silence such dissenting voices in the name of science. The dissent in Chiles is only the latest example of the chilling jurisprudence of Justice... https://www.sott.net/article/505496-The-horror-Justice-Ketanji-Brown-Jackson-warns-against-unbridled-free-speech Wed, 01 Apr 2026 20:50:23 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505495-Rubio-issues-veiled-threat-after-France-Italy-are-latest-NATO-allies-to-block-US-military-flights-for-Iran-war Update(1320ET): We detailed earlier that more and more EU and NATO countries are moving to block US military flights operating in Iran. This includes Spain, Switzerland, Italy and now France. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has declared "without the United States there is no NATO." In a fresh Al Jazeera interview Rubio appeared to issue a veiled threat, suggesting the US could pull the tens of thousands of troops which 'defend Europe' out of Europe. First Spain, now France and Italy... https://www.sott.net/article/505495-Rubio-issues-veiled-threat-after-France-Italy-are-latest-NATO-allies-to-block-US-military-flights-for-Iran-war Wed, 01 Apr 2026 20:24:33 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505494-I-m-sorry-but-the-Fed-has-run-out-of-road There is no painless option left. It's deflationary depression or crippling inflation. There is a special kind of denial that only financial markets can sustain. It is the quiet insistence that everything is fine because the S&P is only down about 10%, as if that number alone captures the health of an entire financial system. It is the belief that until equities are in full free fall, nothing truly serious can be happening underneath. But as we know, underneath, things are already starting to break. That is the part people are not fully appreciating. If a modest correction is enough to expose fragility in private credit that is already spilling over to counterparties and sectors like real estate, what exactly happens when there is a real downturn, the kind that actually forces price discovery instead of delaying it? It does not stop at private credit. Private credit flows into private equity, which depends on leverage to generate returns. Private equity flows into commercial... https://www.sott.net/article/505494-I-m-sorry-but-the-Fed-has-run-out-of-road Wed, 01 Apr 2026 20:23:59 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505493-How-far-could-the-Gulf-conflict-spread-A-Kremlin-aide-has-a-warning Oil, shipping, and supply chains: the widening fallout of the Iran war Nikolay Patrushev, assistant to the president of the Russian Federation, has a stark assessment of the Iran war as it begins to ripple far beyond the Middle East. With shipping disrupted in the Strait of Hormuz, energy markets under strain, and maritime security deteriorating, the consequences are already being felt across global supply chains. In an interview with Kommersant special correspondent Elena Chernenko, Patrushev outlines how the conflict is reshaping trade routes, testing alliances, and accelerating a broader reordering of the global economy. Q: Kevin Hassett, the US president's economic adviser, recently announced that oil tankers are once again passing through the Strait of Hormuz. However, shipping volumes through the strait remain far below the levels seen prior to the US and Israel's war against Iran. What is your assessment of the situation in the region, particularly around the Strait of... https://www.sott.net/article/505493-How-far-could-the-Gulf-conflict-spread-A-Kremlin-aide-has-a-warning Wed, 01 Apr 2026 20:23:23 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505492-Ukraine-actively-involved-in-US-Israeli-aggression-against-Iran-Envoy-to-UN A senior Iranian diplomat condemns Ukraine's admission to the dispatch of "hundreds of experts" to the region to confront Iran, saying Kiev is actively participating in the military aggression launched by the United State and the Israeli regime against the Islamic Republic. Iranian Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Amir Saeid Iravani made the remark in a letter to Secretary General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres and president of the UN Security Council on Monday: "Ukraine's admission that it has dispatched 'hundreds of experts' to the region apparently to help some Persian Gulf governments to confront Iran is in its essence considered to be providing financial and operative support for an unlawful military aggression, led by the United States of America and the Israeli regime, against Iran, which began on February 28, 2026." He said Iran rejects all unfounded accusations leveled by the Ukrainian ambassador to the UN which are devoid of any... https://www.sott.net/article/505492-Ukraine-actively-involved-in-US-Israeli-aggression-against-Iran-Envoy-to-UN Wed, 01 Apr 2026 20:22:30 +0000 https://www.sott.net/article/505491-Data-shows-where-ICE-has-been-more-effective-and-why Last week, The Wall Street Journal reported that President Donald Trump "is seeking to lower the profile of his mass deportation effort, and has directed his top advisers to adopt a new approach on one of his central campaign promises." According to the report, Trump has had conversations with his top advisors and First Lady Melania Trump in which he's indicated that he's "become convinced that some of his administration's deportation policies have gone too far, and voters don't like the term 'mass deportation.'" The desire for an immigration reset is being driven in part by Trump's White House chief of staff, Susie Wiles, who believes the president's immigration team has turned one of his marquee issues into more of a challenging issue ahead of the midterms, the people said. As a result, the administration is attempting to change not only how it talks about the issue — but also what actual enforcement looks like on the ground. The report also explains that White House border czar... https://www.sott.net/article/505491-Data-shows-where-ICE-has-been-more-effective-and-why Wed, 01 Apr 2026 20:20:55 +0000