Japan’s teeth regrowing study has completed Phase 1 successfully. Now moving to Phase 2

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You grew two sets of teeth in your life. Your jaw quietly holds the beginnings of a third. Most mammals stop at two. But extra-tooth buds form in humans, and then a protein called USAG-1 switches them off. Block that protein, and the paused program restarts. In mice and ferrets,… pic.twitter.com/l5tx8W6izD — Avi Roy (@agingroy) … Read more

Feds bust NYC fraud scheme that engineered hundreds of sham marriages between Americans, Chinese nationals

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WASHINGTON — The feds nabbed 11 suspects accused of operating a decade-long, multimillion-dollar marriage fraud scheme that resulted in around 1,000 sham weddings between primarily Chinese nationals and US citizens for the purpose of getting the Asians green cards. The “cottage industry” uncovered Wednesday charged foreign nationals up to $100,000 for each fake union, including … Read more

TRUTH SOCIAL sale of fast access to Trump posts draws legal concerns… PAPER: The ‘most openly corrupt’ presidency

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A lawsuit filed this week alleges that the product is unconstitutional, and other experts warn it could violate securities laws. President Donald Trump’s media company has forged ahead with selling investors advance access to top Truth Social posts despite legal and ethical questions as it faces renewed scrutiny over its financial stability and relevance. President … Read more

Open AI loses second top executive this week.

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OpenAI has replaced chief revenue officer Denise Dresser after just nine months on the job, tapping Wiz president and chief operating officer Dali Rajic to take on frontier lab’s top sales job. The move comes as part of a broader shake-up in the organization in the last month, which has seen the departures of COO … Read more

USS Abraham Lincoln to be replaced in Middle East.

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WASHINGTON — The Pacific-based aircraft carrier USS George Washington has begun heading toward the Middle East as reports have emerged of mental health and supply issues aboard the long-deployed USS Abraham Lincoln. The Lincoln has been supporting the U.S. war against Iran, and its deployment has included a record-setting uninterrupted time at sea of more … Read more

Scott Bessent to use ‘economic tactics never seen before’ against Iran.

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The U.S. will be applying economic measures “that have never been seen on Iran,” according to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. “It will be a combination of economic isolation like ‌the world has ​never seen before, ​and ​the continued blockade in ‌the Strait of ​Hormuz that will ​keep anything from going in or out of ​the … Read more

Fitch issues new statement and outlook on U.S. credit rating — Debt warning in first paragraph.

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Fitch Ratings – New York – 13 Aug 2026: Fitch Ratings has affirmed the United States of America’s Long-Term Foreign- and Local Currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) at ‘AA+’ with a Stable Outlook. A full list of rating actions is at the end of this rating action commentary. The United States’ ‘AA+’ rating is supported … Read more

New Documents Point to Election Integrity Cover-Up!

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READ: https://www.judicialwatch.org/election-system-vulnerabilities/ Judicial Watch announced it forced the release of 8 pages of documents from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) in a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit that show that an ODNI task force stated that the Intelligence Community identified election-system vulnerabilities that could be exploited by U.S. adversaries and … Read more

White House drops the new “friendly neighborhood fraud tracker” map

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The White House just launched an interactive fraud map at whitehouse.gov/fraud/map that currently centers on DC agencies, while the broader Fraud Ledger tracks nearly $230 billion in suspected fraud uncovered since January 2025. https://www.whitehouse.gov/fraud/map/ JUST DROPPED: A new friendly neighborhood fraud tracker, tracking all the fraud we've webbed up. 🕷️ ➡️ https://t.co/iBwRv9bucp 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/ULy5qdHiH6 — … Read more

Not saying Burry is right, but seeing how much he is being laughed at and mocked right now, I bet this is pretty close to how people treated him before 2008.

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Just to clarify since quite a few seem to read it this way: I’m not comparing today’s market to 2008. I’m comparing the sentiment around Burry and how quickly people dismiss him as a joke. — JP Insights (@jpinsights) August 13, 2026 Cassandra Burry is a blessing now. Shorted Palantir- It mooned Shorted Nebuis – … Read more

Reddit to join S&P 500 index on Aug. 18, shares soar

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Reddit shares rose 11% in extended trading on Thursday on the social media company’s inclusion in the S&P 500. The company will join the index on Aug 18, replacing AvalonBay Communities, according to a release from S&P Dow Jones Indices. Companies often see their stocks climb when they’re added to major indexes because fund managers who trace the benchmarks have to … Read more

Man tried to tow a 45,000 pound mobile home with his Ford Expedition. He only had to go 4 miles, but it broke down after 2.

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Modern problems require modern solutions, like when you're on house arrest but running low on supplies. 🧻 👀 🤦🏻‍♂️ 🤣 😆 pic.twitter.com/vYm3YcaAUU — DK🇺🇸🦅🇺🇸 (@1Nicdar) August 13, 2026 Entire story White Ford Expedition towing a full length mobile home through Joplin Missouri streets in May 2025. Load was way over the SUV’s tow rating and … Read more

McDonald’s puts shrimpburger on pause.

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McDonald’s Taiwan today said it has halted sales of its limited edition Sea Flavor Fried Shrimp Burger and its double-patty version, after the importer notified the company last night that the shrimp patties contained nitrofurans — a group of synthetic antibiotics — and their metabolites. Sales of the shrimp burgers were suspended nationwide at 10:30am … Read more