Fed Cuts Rates by a Quarter Point

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The Federal Reserve reduced its interest rate benchmark by a quarter-point for a second time this year on Wednesday, bringing the short-term borrowing rate to a range of 3.75 percent to four percent.

“Available indicators suggest that economic activity has been expanding at a moderate pace. Job gains have slowed this year, and the unemployment rate has edged up but remained low through August; more recent indicators are consistent with these developments. Inflation has moved up since earlier in the year and remains somewhat elevated,” the Fed said in a statement at the conclusion of its two-day policy meeting.

The rate cut extends the central bank’s effort to support the labor market after several months of slowing job growth. The decision was widely expected by investors and comes amid a prolonged government shutdown that has delayed the release of major economic reports, leaving policymakers without timely data on employment and inflation trends.

Wednesday’s move lowers the federal funds rate to its lowest level in three years, following an earlier quarter-point reduction in September. The central bank also voted to end the runoff of Treasury securities from its $6.6 trillion balance sheet, halting the process of shrinking its holdings of government debt.

Fed officials face uncertainty about how much further to reduce rates as they balance risks to both sides of their dual mandate. Some policymakers have argued that inflation, which has hovered near three percent, remains too high to justify additional cuts, while others see evidence that the economy is losing momentum and may require more support. (Read more from “Fed Cuts Rates by a Quarter Point” HERE)

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Prince Andrew ‘Hosted’ Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell and Harvey Weinstein at Royal Lodge — And the Monarchy Is Under Fresh Fire

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New reporting by the BBC, confirmed by the Irish Times, reveals that Prince Andrew hosted Epstein, Maxwell and Weinstein at his private residence, Royal Lodge (on the grounds of Windsor Castle) in 2006 — just two months after the United States had issued an arrest warrant for Epstein on charges of sexual assault of a minor.

Earlier accounts had indicated the trio visited Windsor Castle in connection with Prince Andrew’s daughter Princess Beatrice’s 18th-birthday masked ball, but it had not been publicly confirmed that they were received at Andrew’s private home. The BBC was able to match patio walls and trees in archival photographs of Epstein and Weinstein at the event to image references of Royal Lodge’s garden.

The 2006 visit occurred at a highly controversial moment: Epstein was already a fugitive subject of U.S. legal proceedings. To host him — and Maxwell and Weinstein — at a royal family-member’s private residence raises fresh questions about the extent of Andrew’s connection to Epstein and whether the royal establishment was fully aware of the risks. The revelations come as part of a broader wave of scrutiny: in October 2025 Andrew relinquished his title of Duke of York and other honors amid the ongoing fallout from Epstein-related allegations.

Andrew had previously stepped back from public royal duties in 2019 after the disastrous BBC Newsnight interview about his relationship with Epstein and his denials of any wrongdoing in connection with Virginia Giuffre’s allegations. In 2022 he settled a U.S. civil lawsuit brought by Giuffre, though without admitting liability.

The latest revelations illuminate a deeper level of association: hosting the convicted film-producer Weinstein alongside Epstein and Maxwell at a private royal residence suggests a level of social access that goes beyond mere acquaintance. Some media reports say a witness recalled seeing Epstein and Weinstein in the back garden of Royal Lodge while attending the pre-party event for Beatrice’s celebration.

As of late October 2025, Andrew is reportedly in advanced talks with senior aides of his brother, King Charles III, about vacating Royal Lodge. The property is a 30-room mansion in Windsor Great Park that Andrew has occupied under a long-term lease at a nominal “peppercorn” rent. Critics now say that arrangement was unfair to the public and raises questions about the Crown Estate’s governance.

Additionally, the publication of Giuffre’s posthumous memoir Nobody’s Girl in October added new energy to calls for transparency. In it, she alleged that Andrew had sexual encounters with her when she was 17 and trafficked by Epstein — allegations he continues to deny.

Observers say this episode underscores deeper problems: the royal family’s handling of the Epstein scandal has long been criticized for lack of accountability and for the perception of privilege shielding powerful figures from the consequences of serious allegations. Andrew’s continued use of a nearly rent-free estate and the lack of clarity on his post-royal financial arrangements have drawn increasing public and parliamentary scrutiny. His loss of titles, while symbolically significant, leaves open questions about who will hold him to account.

The confirmation that Prince Andrew hosted Epstein, Maxwell and Weinstein at Royal Lodge adds a new layer of detail to an already explosive scandal.

House Committee Uncovers Staggering Autopen Impropriety in Biden’s final days, wants to Invalidate Pardons to Fauci, Milley, Others

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The US Department of Justice is being asked to review every single executive action taken by the Biden administration following a months-long inquiry by top investigators in the US House of Representatives.

A lengthy report released Tuesday by the House Oversight Committee — led by Republican Chairman James Comer — describes the deeply ‘flawed process’, akin to a ‘presidential pardon game of telephone’ used in the Biden White House.

Among the most controversial measures taken via autopen by the former president were the pardons of Dr. Anthony Fauci, General Mark Milley, and members of Congress who served on the January 6th committee. Biden also pardoned members of his family – James B. Biden, Sara Jones Biden, Valerie Biden Owens, John T. Owens, and Francis W. Biden – on his last full day in office.

The House Committee, led by Comer, is effectively asking the Department of Justice to invalidate Biden’s actions, including some of his most controversial pardons – a move that would be without precedent. . . 

Joe Biden’s only hand-signed pardon during his final months in office was also his most controversial – his son, Hunter. (Read more from “House Committee Uncovers Staggering Autopen Impropriety in Biden’s final days, wants to Invalidate Pardons to Fauci, Milley, Others” HERE)

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Charlie Kirk Suspect’s Trans Lover Lance Twiggs Goes Missing 6 Weeks After Political Assassination

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The transgender lover of Charlie Kirk’s alleged killer has seemingly vanished from his hometown six weeks after the political assassination that shook the country.

Lance Twiggs, 22, has been on the down-low since his boyfriend Tyler Robinson allegedly shot the Turning Point USA co-founder dead and then sent Twiggs a string of text messages confessing to the slaying, according to feds. . .

Authorities previously said that he is cooperating with authorities, but Twiggs has refused to speak with media while Robinson awaits trial in a Salt Lake City jail cell. . .

It is unclear whether Twiggs is living with his parents or is even still in St. George — four hours from Utah Valley University, where Charlie Kirk was killed.

Twiggs’ car, an Inifinii FX35, is now parked in his parents’ driveway.

Jesse Riley, who lives just a few houses down from Twiggs’ and Robinson’s apartment, said he couldn’t recall seeing any activity from the property since Robinson, also 22, turned himself over to the cops. (Read more from “Charlie Kirk Suspect’s Trans Lover Lance Twiggs Goes Missing 6 Weeks After Political Assassination” HERE)

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Trump Admin Moves to Bar States From Wiping Medical Debt Off Credit Reports

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The Trump administration is moving to undercut state-level efforts to wipe medical debt from Americans’ credit reports, just as millions across the country are facing massive healthcare premium increases stemming from congressional Republicans’ refusal to extend Affordable Care Act subsidies.

On Tuesday, according to reporting by The Lever and Bloomberg Law, the Russell Vought-led Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) will publish a nonbinding interpretive rule arguing that federal statute “generally preempts state laws that touch on areas of credit reporting.”

The guidance aligns with views expressed by a Trump-appointed federal judge in Texas who, earlier this year, vacated a Biden-era CFPB rule that would have prohibited the inclusion of medical debt on consumer credit reports. The Trump administration, which has repeatedly violated court orders, is complying with the decision.

Medical debt is a growing crisis in the United States: Roughly 14 million adults owe more than $1,000 in medical debt, and an estimated 20% of Americans have medical debt on their credit reports.

Supporters of removing medical debt from credit reports argue it is not a reliable measure of creditworthiness. The Center for Consumer Law & Economic Justice at UC Berkeley notes that “medical debt often reflects the simple misfortune of getting sick unexpectedly and having to face a medical system that is rife with insurance stonewalling, delay, and mistakes.” (Read more from “Trump Admin Moves to Bar States From Wiping Medical Debt Off Credit Reports” HERE)

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Bill Gates Backflips and Says ‘Climate Change’ No Threat to Humanity After All

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Why are people panicking about the weather? Climate doomer Bill Gates thinks everyone should just calm down. He believes “climate change” is a serious problem but it won’t be the end of humanity as we know it, a 17-page memo released Tuesday by the billionaire reveals.

Gates now thinks scientific innovation will curb any threats — real and perceived — to the planet’s climate and it’s instead time for a “strategic pivot” away from focusing on limiting rising temperatures to fighting poverty and preventing disease.

The 70-year-old said in the memo the world’s primary goal should now work to prevent suffering, particularly for those in the toughest conditions in the world’s poorest countries.

AP reports if given a choice between eradicating malaria and a tenth of a degree increase in warming, Gates told reporters, “I’ll let the temperature go up 0.1 degree to get rid of malaria. People don’t understand the suffering that exists today.”

The Microsoft co-founder wrote his 17-page memo – as seen by AP – hoping to have an impact on next month’s U.N. climate change conference in Brazil. (Read more from “Bill Gates Backflips and Says ‘Climate Change’ No Threat to Humanity After All” HERE)

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Doc Shows Garland, Wray, And Monaco All Over Corrupt ‘Arctic Frost’

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The fingerprints of top deep-staters in President Joe Biden’s weaponized Department of Justice are all over the launch of the corrupt “Arctic Frost” investigation, according to a document just dropped by Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

“Just received this doc frm DOJ Proof that Biden Atty General Merrick Garland+ Deputy Atty General Lisa Monaco+ FBI Dir Chris Wray all PERSONALLY APPROVED opening Arctic Frost,” the Iowa Republican wrote Thursday afternoon on X.

“This investigation unleashed unchecked govt power at the highest levels. My oversight will continue,” Grassley added.

The document is initialed by the DOJ’s top generals, unleashing Arctic Frost, the flimsy FBI probe that led to politically conflicted Special Counsel Jack Smith’s election lawfare campaign against President Donald Trump. The political witch hunt aimed to take down the Democrats’ biggest political threat in advance of the 2024 election.

Dated April 4, 2022, the Memorandum for Attorney General Garland from Wray and through Monaco is an urgent request asking Garland to sign off on the FBI Washington Field Office (WFO) opening a full sensitive investigative matter (SIM) into Trump, his campaign, and allies on allegations that they attempted to overthrow the 2020 election. The memo provided very thin detail and basis to open a criminal case that appears to have trampled all over the rights of Republican groups and individuals, including Trump and members of Congress. (Read more from “Doc Shows Garland, Wray, And Monaco All Over Corrupt ‘Arctic Frost’” HERE)

Judge Rules Accused Charlie Kirk Shooter Can Wear Civilian Clothes — But Must Remain Restrained in Court

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A Utah judge has ruled that the man accused of fatally shooting conservative activist Charlie Kirk may wear civilian clothing in court but must remain restrained during proceedings.

Tyler Robinson, 22, is accused of gunning down Kirk, 31, on September 10 while the Turning Point USA cofounder and close ally of former President Donald Trump was speaking to students at Utah Valley University in Orem. Robinson, who later turned himself in, faces aggravated murder and multiple felony charges, with prosecutors pursuing the death penalty.

At a hearing on October 27, Judge Tony Graf ruled that Robinson “shall be dressed as one who is presumed innocent” during all pretrial appearances but denied the defense’s request to remove restraints entirely. Graf acknowledged that Robinson has no prior criminal history and has behaved appropriately while in custody but said the “extraordinarily serious” nature of the case, coupled with heightened public emotion, justified additional precautions.

“The court must balance the presumption of innocence with the need to maintain order and safety,” Graf said in his decision. He ordered the sheriff’s office to use the least restrictive restraints possible and barred the media from photographing or filming the restraints to prevent potential juror bias.

Robinson’s defense team had argued that appearing in shackles or inmate attire could prejudice potential jurors and violate his right to a fair trial. They cited precedent from the Bryan Kohberger case — the convicted murderer of four University of Idaho students — where the defendant was temporarily allowed to appear in civilian clothes.

Prosecutors, however, opposed Robinson’s motion, citing security details that have not been made public due to the high-profile nature of the case. The matter was discussed in a closed-door hearing on October 24.

The Utah County Sheriff’s Office had suggested Robinson could appear remotely for some noncritical hearings to minimize concerns over public perception. Defense attorneys objected, arguing that virtual appearances would infringe on Robinson’s constitutional rights and limit his ability to communicate with his legal team.

Both the prosecution and defense agreed that media coverage should be limited, particularly photo and video recordings, to avoid further prejudicing the jury pool. Robinson’s attorneys said extensive pretrial coverage had already “relentlessly focused on Mr. Robinson’s demeanor and appearance” and risked undermining his right to an impartial trial.

Judge Graf also ruled in favor of a defense motion challenging a joint filing made by the sheriff’s office and prosecutors, calling it procedurally improper. However, he declined to issue an immediate ruling on broader questions regarding a media ban or remote hearings.

Graf emphasized that the proceedings will remain open to the public, instructing attorneys from both sides to submit separate motions on those issues.

UFO Tracker Shows Thousands of Eerie Underwater Objects Lurking Along US Coasts

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. . .A popular UFO-reporting app has recorded thousands of sightings of Unidentified Submersible Objects (USOs) near US waterways — phenomena which high-ranking US Navy officials warn could pose a threat to national security.

Enigma, which touts itself as the “largest queryable historical sighting database for global UFO sightings,” claims it has received reports on over 30,000 Unidentified Flying Objects and Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena since launching in late 2022.

But the sightings haven’t been limited to the skies, with reports also coming in about strange objects rising from the depths of the sea, or plunging into the water without so much as a splash.

As of August, Enigma has also logged more than 9,000 mysterious sightings within 10 miles of US shorelines or major bodies of water — 500 of them within 5 miles — with more than 150 of the reports describing objects hovering above or descending into waterways, according to Marine Technology News.

The US states with the most reported USO sightings were California (389) and Florida (306) — both among the top three US states with the most ocean coastline. One of the most bizarre reports includes phone camera video of unexplained green lights traveling beneath the surface of the ocean. (Read more from “UFO Tracker Shows Thousands of Eerie Underwater Objects Lurking Along US Coasts” HERE)

Is There Anyone On Comey’s Legal Team Who Wasn’t Getting Leaks From The FBI?

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Disgraced former FBI Director James Comey filed a motion on Monday to dismiss the charges of lying to Congress brought by District Attorney Lindsey Halligan in the Eastern District of Virginia. Comey, however, has retained yet another one of his former leak recipients as a defense attorney, raising the question: Is there anyone on Comey’s defense team that he wasn’t leaking to?

According to a 2019 Office of Inspector General report, in May 2017, James Comey sent four confidential FBI memos to his personal lawyer Patrick Fitzgerald, along with instructions to share the documents with two other lawyers: Daniel Richman and David Kelley. Fitzgerald and Kelley are Comey’s defense lawyers in the case brought by Halligan.

As Federalist CEO Sean Davis pointed out in an X post, Comey hiring his leak recipients as his legal team not only ​​prevents two direct witnesses of his allegedly illegal behavior from testifying against him, but also potentially places incriminating communication between the three men under the protection of attorney-client privilege.

Understandably, the prosecution asked Judge Michael Nachmanoff last weekend to approve a “filter team” to comb through the evidence in order to — as Politico’s reporting framed it — “clarify Fitzgerald’s role in the 8-year-old disclosures.”

Contrary to Politico’s spin, Fitzgerald’s role needs little additional “clarification.” The Office of the Inspector General report on the investigation into Comey’s leaks already clarified the situation — but perhaps not in the way Politico and Comey would have liked. As The Federalist’s Breccan Thies reported, “An August 2019 Department of Justice Inspector General (IG) report shows that Fitzgerald received detailed memos documenting Comey’s private meetings with President Donald Trump about the Russia collusion probe, with at least one containing classified information.” (Read more from “Is There Anyone On Comey’s Legal Team Who Wasn’t Getting Leaks From The FBI?” HERE)