Introduction President Donald Trump signed an executive order on April 18, 2026, directing the Food and Drug Administration to accelerate its review of certain psychedelic compounds, including ibogaine, for the treatment of serious mental illness. The order marks the first time the federal government has formally moved to expedite ibogaine FDA approval, a development that...
Introduction The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has opened an investigation into a series of large, well-timed oil futures trades that preceded two major Trump administration announcements on Iran, according to reporting by Bloomberg News and Reuters. The CFTC oil futures investigation centers on roughly $1.45 billion in positions placed on crude oil contracts...
Introduction In 2024, grid operators across the United States curtailed approximately 20 million megawatt-hours (MWh) of electricity generated from wind and solar sources — energy that was produced but could not be stored or delivered to consumers because the infrastructure to hold it did not exist. Four of the country’s seven major Independent System Operators...
An analysis of Aboriginal title law, the Musqueam rights agreement, the Cowichan court decision, and what unsettled land claims mean for mortgages, property taxes, and economic stability across British Columbia. On January 31, 2028, a mobile home community in Comox, British Columbia will close. The Queneesh Mobile Home Park — a 55-plus community of approximately...
For the first time in nearly six decades, the federal government is not the biggest employer in the room. Under President Trump’s second term, Washington has shed hundreds of thousands of positions, bringing the federal payroll to its lowest level since Lyndon Johnson was in the White House — and the lowest share of the...
The Post Office Is Going Broke Delivering Your Junk Mail We banned spam calls, spam texts, and spam emails. So why are we subsidizing billions of pieces of spam sent through the U.S. Mail — and calling it a business model? By Dominick Bianco | Editor-in-Chief, NexfinityNews | April 9, 2026 The United States Postal...
Who’s Funding It, Who’s Pushing It, and What’s Standing in the Way The lab-grown food movement has a new frontier target: your morning cup of coffee. What was once confined to speculative tech conferences and fringe food blogs is now attracting hundreds of millions in venture capital, strategic investment from global food giants, and enthusiastic...
Here we go again. Another week, another headline about a financial giant quietly packing its bags and heading south — and this time, it’s a big one. Apollo Global Management, the New York-based investment powerhouse, is planning to open a second headquarters in the American South, where it expects to base most of its future...
Let’s talk numbers for a second, because the math here isn’t mathing. Zamzam Jama stole $5.6 million from American taxpayers. She walked out of federal court in Minnesota with a six-month prison sentence. The very next day, Abdul Abubakar Ali — who orchestrated $3 million in fraud under the same scheme — got one year...
When One Giant Swallows Another: Sysco’s Restaurant Depot Deal Could Kill the Variety on Your Plate The $29 billion acquisition making headlines on Wall Street may quietly reshape what ends up on your dinner table — and not in a good way. It happened fast. Just this week, Sysco — already the country’s largest provider...