Exit polls show that separatist parties are winning a majority of the votes in Catalonia’s regional elections. The local elections are described as a quasi-referendum on separation from Spain. The potential victory for the pro-independence parties in the regional parliament will be setting the region on a collision course with Spain’s central government over independence. The main secessionist... 

Wisconsin governor, once a frontrunner, encourages 15 remaining candidates for presidential bid to ‘clear the field’ in search of Donald Trump alternative. In a shock announcement that called for a “positive, conservative alternative” to Donald Trump, Wisconsin governor Scott Walker announced on Monday that he was suspending his presidential campaign – once a leading bid for Republicans... 

Many Americans would support a military takeover of the US government, according to the results of a recent survey. A YouGov poll showed that 29% of Americans could imagine supporting a coup, while 41% said they could not imagine supporting such an operation. The poll found that 43% of Republicans would support a military coup in certain instances, while only 20% of Democrats and 29% of independents... 

Federal and state governments in Germany are in the process of devising new laws to expropriate private property for refugee housing. The new regulations are aimed primarily at unused commercial properties, but may also apply to homes and condos, according to ARD Berlin Studios, a German public broadcaster. In Sweden, the state Migration Board in May evicted elderly residents from the Millmark center... 

The majority of French people are opposed to easing the rules for Muslim refugees hoping to settle in the country, according to a new poll. The survey also revealed that most citizens would support sending ground troops to fight Islamic State in Syria. The survey, conducted by Odoxa for Le Parisien, revealed that 55 percent of the 1,000 people surveyed were against softening the rules for refugees... 

The United States lags far behind other developed countries in terms of personal, civil and economic freedoms, according to a study released this month. Its neighbor to the north, for example, ranked 14 spots ahead of the so-called “Land of the Free.” Three international think tanks, the U.S.-based Cato Institute, Canada’s Fraser Institute, and Germany’s Liberales Institut at the Friedrich... 

As she faces possible criminal charges and even prison time, almost half of Americans surveyed believe that Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign is done, and that she should quit now. The findings come from a Rasmussen poll released today, showing that 46 percent of Likely U.S. Voters believe Clinton should suspend her campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination until the legal implications... 

As much as the financiers on Wall Street and the officials at the Fed would like the party to keep going, it looks it’s finally about to stop. Years of bailouts and monetary expansion have created one of the most inflated and artificial economic booms in history, and now it appears that this global economic bubble is deflating. Markets across the board are melting down as we speak, and the financial... 

The death of Eric Garner, unarmed African American man, by a white police officer last July led to protests across the US. The civil liberties situation in the United States has worsened due to the erosion of economic freedom, civil rights and other measures of personal liberty, according to a new comprehensive study. The United States fell from 17th in 2008 to 20th place in 2012, the most recent year... 

President Obama’s claim he could win a third term was debunked by a poll showing only 26% would vote for him again. The Monmouth University poll released Monday also revealed that 68% would vote for someone else if the Constitution allowed Obama to run a third term. The poll proves Obama wrong not long after he told members of the African Union he could win again. “Under our Constitution, I cannot... 

Bloomberg’s Consumer Comfort index in the US shows a record-low level of the Americans being content with the state of economy. According to the report, 70% of the US residents estimate their country’s state of economy as “negative”. The number of those being sure that the US economy is “excellent” also amazes. That is only 1%. The rest of 29% believe that the economy... 

According to the Center for Immigration Studies, the number of crimes conducted by immigrants in the US has increased drastically. Given the March “ICE Weekly Departures and Detention Report”, 168,680 convicted criminal immigrants who had final orders of removal, remained at large in the US. Another 179,018 convicted criminal immigrants with deportation cases pending also remained at large. While... 

Analysis by the Media Research Center shows that the three big US news networks devoted at least twice as much air time during their main evening shows to outrage over the Confederate Flag than they did to the news that several American citizens have recently been recruited by the Islamic State terror group. The stats for June show that ABC was the biggest offender, devoting FOUR TIMES more air time... 

More than 61 percent of Greeks have voted “No” in Sunday’s referendum on the bailout deal and austerity measures, reported the Interior Ministry after almost 90 percent of the vote had been counted. Thousands of people took to Syntagma square in front of the Greek parliament in Athens to celebrate the ‘No’ vote, which was called “a big Yes to democratic Europe” by the country’s finance... 

Interviews of nearly a thousand Italians by Rai News, show that more than 8 out of 10 Italians say they do not want “refugees” brought into their country. The interviews, conducted from the 23rd to the 24th of June also showed that: 1 out of 4 (25%) Italians thought immigration was the country’s top problem. 2 out of 5 (38%) thought immigration was a “a serious security threat“ and can “be...