The US Central Command says all six crew members died after a refuelling aircraft went down over western Iraq. Continue Reading »

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• Fox-Dominion trial delay 'is not unusual,' judge says • Fox News' defamation battle isn't stopping Trump's election lies Continue Reading »

The judge just announced in court that a settlement has been reached in the historic defamation case between Fox News and Dominion Voting Systems. Continue Reading »

A settlement has been reached in Dominion Voting Systems' defamation case against Fox News, the judge for the case announced. The network will pay more than $787 million to Dominion, a lawyer for the company said. Continue Reading »

Iran's threat to the Strait of Hormuz can't be fixed by releasing oil from strategic petroleum reserves. Continue Reading »

The Strait of Hormuz, the world's most critical chokepoint for oil shipments, has been effectively closed since the U.S. and Israel began the war on Iran. Continue Reading »

The PCE price index for January was expected to show headline inflation at 2.9% and core at 3.1%. Continue Reading »

Russian leaders told President Trump they aren't sharing intelligence with Iran as it fights the U.S. and Israel, special envoy Steve Witkoff said this week. Continue Reading »

Technology companies, including Block and Atlassian, have already cut jobs this year due to AI adoption. Continue Reading »

Par Philippe Randrianarimanana avec agences Le président Denis Sassou Nguesso est le grand favori de la présidentielle de ce dimanche 15 mars face à six candidats sans aucune chance. À 82 ans, dont plus de 41 ans au pouvoir, le chef de l’État congolais veut prolonger cette longévité pour un quinquennat supplémentaire non sans défis. Le président Denis Sassou Nguesso est le grand favori de la présidentielle de ce dimanche 15 mars face à six candidats sans aucune chance. À 82 ans, dont plus de 41 ans au pouvoir, le chef de l’État congolais veut prolonger cette longévité pour un quinquennat supplémentaire non sans défis.Rien ne semble pouvoir enrayer la victoire promise à Denis Sassou Nguesso lors de la présidentielle du 15 mars 2026 en République du Congo. Désigné "candidat naturel" par son Parti congolais du travail (PCT), ancien parti unique d'obédience marxiste-léniniste, le principal formant la majorité présidentielle, l'ancien parachutiste Denis Sassou Nguesso brigue à 82 ans un ... Continue Reading »

Par AFP Par Anna KORKMAN © 2026 AFP Les chefs de gouvernement allemand, canadien et norvégien ont réaffirmé leur attachement à la sécurité, aujourd'hui fragilisée, dans l'Arctique, vendredi lors d'une visite d'un important exercice de l'Otan dans le nord de la Norvège."Nous sommes pleinement prêts, individuellement et collectivement, à défendre l'Arctique et le Grand Nord", a déclaré le Premier ministre canadien, Mark Carney, à Bardufoss, ville de garnison située au-dessus du cercle polaire."L'objectif de cette opération, de cet exercice d'entraînement est précisément de renforcer encore ces capacités, face à la Russie et à toute menace extérieure", a-t-il dit, au sujet de Cold Response, l'exercice d'aguerrissement au grand froid en cours dans la zone.La région a longtemps été préservée par l'"exceptionnalisme arctique", idée selon laquelle elle fonctionne avec des règles de coopération particulières à l'écart des rivalités stratégiques. Fichier vidéo Les tensions y sont toutefois grandissantes entre Russes et Occidentaux depuis le début de ... Continue Reading »

Par AFP © 2026 AFP L'ex-président brésilien Jair Bolsonaro a été admis vendredi en soins intensifs pour traiter une bronchopneumonie après un malaise dans la prison où il purge une peine pour tentative de coup d'État, selon ses médecins.L'ancien chef de l'Etat (2019-2022), 70 ans, a été conduit dans la clinique privée DF Star de Brasilia "après avoir ressenti une forte fièvre, une chute de la saturation d'oxygène, de la sueur et des frissons", a détaillé le bulletin médical partagé par son épouse, Michelle Bolsonaro, sur Instagram.Jair Bolsonaro, condamné à 27 ans de prison, souffre de problèmes de santé récurrents ayant nécessité de nombreuses hospitalisations, après avoir reçu un coup de couteau à l'abdomen lors d'un meeting électoral en 2018.Le leader de la droite et de l'extrême droite a dû subir plusieurs interventions chirurgicales et est sujet à des crises de hoquet, parfois accompagnées de vomissements.La Cour suprême a rejeté les demandes de sa défense visant à lui permettre de purger sa peine à domicile."Ils sont en train de jouer avec la vie de mon père", a déclaré aux journalistes son fils aîné, Flavio Bolsonaro, candidat à la présidentielle d'octobre. ... Continue Reading »

Par AFP © 2026 AFP Un consultant en art, Olivier Thomas, et un marchand d'art suisse, Yves Bouvier, seront jugés devant le tribunal correctionnel de Paris dans l'affaire des œuvres de Picasso déclarées volées par la belle-fille de l'artiste, a-t-on appris vendredi de source proche du dossier.Les dates du procès ne sont pas encore fixées. Au total, environ 70 oeuvres de Pablo Picasso seraient concernées dans ce dossier, selon des éléments dont l'AFP a eu connaissance, confirmant la publication spécialisée "The Art Newspaper".L'enquête avait été déclenchée par une plainte déposée en mars 2015 par Catherine Hutin-Blay, fille de la seconde épouse du peintre, Jacqueline Picasso. Selon elle, plusieurs tableaux - dont deux portraits représentant sa mère "Tête de femme" et "Espagnole à l'éventail" - lui avaient été volés.Elle les pensait entreposés dans une entreprise spécialisée de Gennevilliers (Hauts-de-Seine), où étaient stockés des œuvres et des objets appartenant à Pablo et Jacqueline Picasso après la vente de leur maison de Mougins (Alpes-Maritimes) en 2008.Mais un restaurateur brésilien, Flavio Capitulano, l'avait alertée en janvier 2015 indiquant avoir, à la demande d'un intermédiaire, restauré et marouflé (monté sur un support) les deux oeuvres à Genève.Les portraits en question auraient en fait ... Continue Reading »

Par AFP Par Olivier LUCAZEAU © 2026 AFP Faute de Grand chelem, abandonné en route face aux Ecossais (50-40), les Bleus peuvent encore remporter le Tournoi des six nations samedi contre l'Angleterre, pour les 120 ans du +crunch+. Mais attention à un XV de la Rose qui peut encore piquer. Au coup d'envoi, à 21h10, au Stade de France, Antoine Dupont et ses hommes (1ers, 16 pts) sauront le résultat du choc entre l'Irlande (3e, 14 pts) et l'Ecosse (2e, 16 pts) à Dublin. Et, sauf scenario improbable, il leur faudra absolument gagner, voire avec le bonus, pour conserver leur titre de 2025.Un doublé que le XV de France n'a plus signé depuis 2006-2007, une éternité. Le capitaine des Bleus était alors Raphaël Ibanez, désormais manager de l'équipe de France.Après avoir raté une première marche en Ecosse, pour avoir le droit de rêver au Grand Chelem, les Bleus sont donc en repêchage samedi, pour le titre. "C'est encore une finale", expliquait mercredi William Servat, l'entraîneur des avants.Une finale et un anniversaire: les 120 ans du +crunch+, ce duel franco-anglais disputé pour la première fois le 22 mars 1906, au Parc des Princes, pour une défaite 35-8 des Bleus. ... Continue Reading »

RT has reported on at least 23 civilian deaths in Ukrainian strikes on Russia since the start of the US-Israeli war with Iran Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

The attack on the Russian city of Bryansk, which involved French-British cruise missiles, killed at least eight people Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

Colombia’s president has warned the US against empire-building in the region after the seizure of Venezuelan leader and threats against Cuba Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

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EU nations must accommodate the wishes of transgender citizens in official documents, the bloc’s court of justice has decided Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

Проверка показала, что Станислав Коротков нарушил антикоррупционное законодательство Continue Reading »

По данным проверки, с января 2025 по 2026 год общая длительность отключений на одном из фидеров составила 147 часов Continue Reading »

В армии еврейского государства отметили, что с начала марта "подразделение "Бадр" "Хезболлах" совершило множество запусков ракет по территории Израиля" Continue Reading »

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Pentagon Sends Marine Unit to Middle East... (Top headline, 1st story, link) Related stories:Newsom slams Trump for 'fundraising' off dead soldiers...NATO shoots down ANOTHER missile fired towards Turkey...Kamikaze drone blasts Dubai financial center...UAV Strike Has Cyprus and Europe on Edge...'Already won' or 'got to finish the job': White House confusion... Continue Reading »

Newsom slams Trump for 'fundraising' off dead soldiers... (Top headline, 2nd story, link) Related stories:Pentagon Sends Marine Unit to Middle East...NATO shoots down ANOTHER missile fired towards Turkey...Kamikaze drone blasts Dubai financial center...UAV Strike Has Cyprus and Europe on Edge...'Already won' or 'got to finish the job': White House confusion... Continue Reading »

NATO shoots down ANOTHER missile fired towards Turkey... (Top headline, 3rd story, link) Related stories:Pentagon Sends Marine Unit to Middle East...Newsom slams Trump for 'fundraising' off dead soldiers...Kamikaze drone blasts Dubai financial center...UAV Strike Has Cyprus and Europe on Edge...'Already won' or 'got to finish the job': White House confusion... Continue Reading »

Kamikaze drone blasts Dubai financial center... (Top headline, 4th story, link) Related stories:Pentagon Sends Marine Unit to Middle East...Newsom slams Trump for 'fundraising' off dead soldiers...NATO shoots down ANOTHER missile fired towards Turkey...UAV Strike Has Cyprus and Europe on Edge...'Already won' or 'got to finish the job': White House confusion... Continue Reading »

UAV Strike Has Cyprus and Europe on Edge... (Top headline, 5th story, link) Related stories:Pentagon Sends Marine Unit to Middle East...Newsom slams Trump for 'fundraising' off dead soldiers...NATO shoots down ANOTHER missile fired towards Turkey...Kamikaze drone blasts Dubai financial center...'Already won' or 'got to finish the job': White House confusion... Continue Reading »

As oil prices surge, some economies benefit while others face rising costs. Continue Reading »

Despite war, al-Quds Day marches in Tehran saw thousands protest, voicing anger against Israel and the US. Continue Reading »

An air attack hit in Tehran as Iran’s chief justice gave lives interview at an al-Quds rally Continue Reading »

Experts say Trump's decision to sue over his leaked tax returns risks putting him in charge of arranging his own payout. Continue Reading »

Pete Hegseth's remarks come a day after Khamenei pledged to keep fighting in first statement since he was named leader. Continue Reading »

The US Central Command says all six crew members died after a refuelling aircraft went down over western Iraq. Continue Reading »

The image shows Lord Mandelson and the former prince in bathrobes sitting on wooden decking with Epstein. Continue Reading »

They briefly threatened to pull out of a government meeting, accusing ministers of using "inflammatory language" over rising fuel prices. Continue Reading »

Sinners, Marty Supreme, Hamnet and One Battle After Another are among the films in contention this year. Continue Reading »

Alireza Askari did everything in his power to cover up the "cold-blooded murder" of Paria Veisi. Continue Reading »

Kremlin officials said the American move, which Europe opposes, showed that Moscow could not be dislodged from the center of global energy markets. Continue Reading »

Economic growth at the end of 2025 was revised downward and consumer prices rose at the start of 2026. Continue Reading »

Governments have stockpiled oil, and cars are more efficient but the supply shock is global, and there’s no sense of when it’ll end. Continue Reading »

A presentation from a headhunting firm aimed to recruit Wall Street investors to the Pentagon by offering “unmatched access” to government officials and fund-raising opportunities among foreign sovereigns. Continue Reading »

The remarks fueled concerns that CNN’s prospective new owner may shift its coverage in a Trump-friendly direction. Continue Reading »

The Chinese upstart says it has trained high-performing AI models cheaply, without using the most advanced chips. Continue Reading »

DeepSeek, SoFi and more in the latest Market Talks covering Technology, Media and Telecom. Continue Reading »

DeepSeek is called “amazing and impressive” despite working with less-advanced chips. Continue Reading »

The LinkedIn co-founder is starting Manas AI with “The Emperor of All Maladies” author Siddhartha Mukherjee. Continue Reading »

Apps can add flexibility and freshness to your routine. Just try not to get injured. Continue Reading »

Israel allowed displaced Gazans to begin crossing a military zone that bisects the enclave after a deadlock over hostage releases was broken. Continue Reading »

Troubles at Vanke raise questions about the continued spread of the property crisis and whether the Chinese state will step in. Continue Reading »

Some of the women were held alone for extended periods and spent eight months in tunnels, an Israeli medical official said. Continue Reading »

The alliance mounted its first coordinated response to a suspected sabotage campaign against critical infrastructure after another cable was severed in the Baltic Sea. Continue Reading »

Residents of Goma reported gunfire and shelling after rebels overran Congolese troops. U.N. officials estimated that more than one million displaced people were now inside the city. Continue Reading »

A suspect is dead after ramming a truck into Temple Israel in West Bloomfield, Michigan, on Thursday afternoon, in what the FBI said was a "targeted act of violence against the Jewish community." No one else was killed in the attack, officials said. Continue Reading »

A Dearborn Heights man whose relatives were recently killed in a military strike in Lebanon is the accused assailant in Thursday's attack on the Temple Israel synagogue in West Bloomfield Township, two sources apprised of the investigation told The Detroit News. Continue Reading »

Armed FBI agents executed a search warrant at a home in Michigan overnight Thursday, believed to be in connection with the synagogue attacker who rammed a vehicle into a Jewish house of worship earlier in the day. Continue Reading »

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Artificial intelligence (AI) is everywhere – even at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. How has the Trump administration used AI already, how does it plan to use it in the future, and what does that mean for you? Continue Reading »

We’re tracking the latest key developments in the US-Israeli war with Iran, alongside examples of bias and potential misinformation to keep you in the know. Continue Reading »

A few weeks before pivotal elections in Hungary, a familiar narrative is emerging. As reported by the Ukrainian outlet Ukrainska Pravda, journalists at the Warsaw-based nonprofit VSquare claim to have uncovered evidence that "Vladimir Putin has instructed a group of political strategists and Russian military intelligence to interfere in the parliamentary elections in Hungary in April in order to ensure that incumbent Prime Minister Viktor Orbán wins." The claim is now being echoed in the Western media as well. Continue Reading »

President Donald Trump made a lot of promises on the 2024 campaign trail. Which have been kept, and which are unfulfilled? Continue Reading »

Jennifer Siebel Newsom stole the spotlight at her husband's Planned Parenthood press conference last month when she scolded reporters for not asking enough about the 'war on women'. Continue Reading »

In March 2026, a claim spread online that Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom's wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, had pocketed $3.7 million from her own nonprofit. (Some posts specified that the $3.7 million was split between her and "her firm.") Continue Reading »

Newly released IRS filings reveal that First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom and her production company, Girls Club LLC, have collectively received more than $3.7 million over the past decade from The Representation Project—the nonprofit she founded in 2011 to combat gender stereotypes through films and advocacy. Continue Reading »

Senator John Fetterman blasted his Democratic colleagues for long treating Iran as a chief enemy of the United States while now criticizing what he described as the most decisive action taken against the country in decades. When CNN pressed him on whether he had concerns about Operation Epic Fury, Fetterman said he had none, unless it led to boots on the ground, something the Trump administration has indicated simply is not going to happen.  Continue Reading »

As U.S.-Israel strikes continue in the Middle East and Iran retaliates, energy markets are on edge.  Americans may soon feel the impact at the gas pump, even more so than the $3.50 they're already paying only two weeks into the conflict. This is due to shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, a critical chokepoint between Iran and Oman, which has been disrupted, affecting roughly 20 million barrels of oil per day -- about a fifth of global supply. Continue Reading »

After claiming the impossible dozens of times over the past few years, President Donald Trump used appropriate expressions of percentage price reductions in a local news interview. Trump has spent years claiming he will or has cut the cost of prescription drugs by many hundreds of percent — as high as 1,500 percent. He continued to make the claims despite fact-check after fact-check pointing out that this is not how percentages work. On Wednesday, Trump gave a speech in Ohio and a rally in Kentucky, with a local news interview in between. WKRC's Tyler Madden asked Trump to preview his message to the Kentucky crowd. Continue Reading »

President Donald Trump has claimed that the 2015 Iran nuclear deal was "a road to a nuclear weapon" and the country "would be sitting with a massive nuclear weapon three years ago" if he hadn't withdrawn the U.S. from the deal in 2018 during his first term. The multilateral deal aimed to restrict Iran's uranium enrichment program, and experts told us that after the U.S. withdrawal, Iran accelerated it instead.  It's not possible to predict what would have happened if the agreement, called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action and negotiated by former President Barack Obama's administration, had remained in place. In addition to imposing restrictions on Iran's enrichment of uranium, the deal required international inspections of the country's nuclear facilities. Continue Reading »

YES. President Donald Trump's tariffs cost U.S. households at least $1,000 on average in 2025, according to several reports from nonpartisan organizations. A calculation by the Tax Foundation measured the average cost per household arising from tariffs on imported goods from China, Canada and other countries to be $1,000 last year.  AllSides highlights content from Gigafact, a network of newsrooms that respond to online claims. View the full fact brief on MinnPost. Continue Reading »

The median age of first-time U.S. homebuyers has increased to an all-time high of 40, according to a 2024-25 survey by the National Association of Realtors. Meanwhile, first-time buyers made up a record-low 21% of all U.S. homebuyers. The share of first-time buyers has been cut in half since 2007. AllSides highlights content from Gigafact, a network of newsrooms that respond to online claims. View the full fact brief on Maine Trust for Local News. Continue Reading »

For two decades, the United States and Canada have struggled with a drug epidemic. From 2003 to 2022, annual overdose deaths in the United States rose from less than 26,000 to nearly 108,000—becoming the leading nonmedical cause of death, surpassing car accidents and gun violence combined. In Canada, overdose deaths increased almost tenfold in the same period. In both countries, the surge in deaths was supercharged by "synthetic" opioids such as fentanyl, the ultra-potent, lab-made narcotic that has come to dominate the supply of hard drugs. Continue Reading »

Since the opioid epidemic was declared a public health emergency in 2017, it has claimed more than half a million lives. While the epidemic was initially driven by prescription opioids and heroin, it has evolved in recent years, to be dominated by illicit synthetic fentanyl—a substance significantly more potent than morphine. By 2023, most counterfeit opioid pills contained a deadly dose. As of 2022, nearly 1 in 3 adults reported in a KFF survey that they or a family member have been addicted to opioids (29%). Continue Reading »

Drug overdose deaths in the United States fell by more than 20% last year, according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, amid President Donald Trump's crackdown on the country's porous borders. Continue Reading »

US Senate Votes To Include CBDC Ban In Bipartisan Housing Bill Authored by Vince Quill via CoinTelegraph.com, The United States Senate voted on Thursday to include an amendment in the 21st Century Road to Housing Act that would prohibit the Federal Reserve from issuing a central bank digital currency (CBDC). The CBDC prohibition will remain in effect until Dec. 31, 2030, according to the amendment in the bill. The legislation, which passed 89-10, stated: “The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or a Federal Reserve Bank may not issue or create a central bank digital currency or any digital asset that is substantially similar to a central bank digital currency, directly or indirectly through a financial institution or other intermediary.” The 21st Century Road to Housing Act, which includes the CBDC ban amendment. Source: US Senate However, the bill does not prohibit any dollar-denominated digital currency that is “open, permissionless, and private,” such as stablecoins. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and President Donald Trump have presented dollar-pegged stablecoins as a way to extend US dollar hegemony, while Trump and other Republican lawmakers have taken a hardline stance against CBDCs. Lawmakers slam CBDCs as authoritarian surveillance technology More than 30 ... Continue Reading »

Weekend At Bernie's In Iran As IRGC Now Run The Country, Use Strait As Toll Road By Ben Picton, senior market strategist at Rabobank Mine, Yours Major US, European and Asian equity indices all closed in the red yesterday as Brent crude prices again breached the $100/bbl level. Ten year sovereign yields were sharply higher for most countries (Sweden being an exception), with UK Gilts conspicuous for posting an 8.7bps increase. Short end yields rose even faster as markets priced in higher policy rate paths. Canadian two year yields were up 9.8bps and in New Zealand yields rose 10.1bps. Canada now has 41bps worth of policy rate hikes priced into the forward curve for this year and New Zealand has 77bps priced. Prior to the outbreak of war, the market was still pricing cuts in Canada and it was still seen as uncertain that the RBNZ would be raising rates at all in 2026. Market bets on Fed rate cuts this year are evaporating fast. Market optimism following Donald Trump’s comment earlier this week that the war is “very complete” and news that the G7 will coordinate on the release of 400mn barrels ... Continue Reading »

Italian Diplomatic Sources Deny Talks With Iran To Open Hormuz Update(1140ET): Italy denies talks with Iran, but still nothing official on a public level from government ministers: No negotiations are under way with Iran to guarantee safe passage through the Hormuz Strait for Italian ships or oil tankers, an Italian Foreign Ministry source has told Reuters, denying a report in The Financial Times. “In their diplomatic contacts, Italian leaders want to favour the conditions for a general military de-escalation, but there is no under-the-table negotiation aimed at preserving only some merchant ships at the expense of others,” the source said. * * * Amid very confused and mixed messaging coming from Washington over the status and future fate of Hormuz oil transit, the EU is trying its hand at a solution. France ⁠and ⁠Italy have ​opened 'tentative' talks ‌with Iran ‌seeking ⁠to ⁠negotiate a deal to ​guarantee safe ​passage for their tankers ⁠through vital strait which remains a crucial chokepoint for stalled global crude transit, the ​Financial ⁠Times reports Friday, citing people briefed on ⁠the efforts. This comes as US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said in a Friday morning Pentagon briefing there is "no ... Continue Reading »

Pentagon Sends Marine Expeditionary Unit To Middle East, Oil Spikes On Ground War Fears Summary: Iran reportedly approves Indian government sending two liquefied petroleum tankers through Hormuz Japan-based USS Tripoli and its attached Marines headed toward Middle East WSJ says Pentagon sends Marine expeditionary unit to Middle East. Oil jumps higher Pentagon has just confirms two additional deaths in Thursday's downing of a KC-135 refueling tanker aircraft over Western Iraq: all six US crewmembers are deceased. Trump and the Pentagon claim the US and Israel are "totally destroying" Iran as the war enters day 14, with Trump warning Tehran to "watch what happens" and "I am killing them" and "what a great honor it is to" Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is reportedly alive but wounded, "damaged," and "disfigured" France and Italy open talks with Iran in hope of securing safe Hormuz Strait passage, FT reporting Hegseth briefing: US and Israel have hit more than 15,000 enemy targets since conflict began Several senior Iranian officials have been openly marching through the streets of Tehran today even amid smoke from US-Israeli bombing lingers in background. CENTCOM: four of six crew members aboard a US refueling aircraft that crashed in Iraq ... Continue Reading »

Job Openings Unexpectedly Surge By Almost 400K: Biggest Increase Since 2024 Is the mini recession in the US job market ending?  After slumping in late 2025, it has been a rocky road for the US labor market, especially after the February payrolls print shocked with how bad it was. But according to the latest JOLTS job openings and turnover report published by the BLS moments ago, by the time the February NFP picture was taking place, the seeds of a recovery may have been planted already thanks to a surge in US job openings, which rose by 396K in January, the biggest increase since Nov 2024, to 6.946 million from 6.550 million and the highest since last October. Looking at the details, we find the the biggest increases were in finance and insurance (+184K), which is odd for a sector about to be swept by the private credit crisis. Other sector that saw a big jump in job openings were Trade, Transportation and Utilities, driven by a 130K increase in retail trade jobs; Private education and health services job opening also jumped by 123K, while Leisure and Hospitality increased by 185K. Professional ... Continue Reading »

Pentagon Confirms All 6 Crew Dead As Pro-Iran Iraqi Militants Claim They Downed US Refueling Plane Update(1030ET): The Pentagon has just confirmed two additional deaths in Thursday's downing of a KC-135 refueling tanker aircraft over Western Iraq. This brings the total deaths to six in the incident, which marks the single deadliest aerial event for the US side in the war. US: ALL CREW MEMBERS OF KC-135 LOSS IN IRAQ CONFIRMED DECEASED The Pentagon has further reiterated its stance it was not enemy or friendly fire. * * * The overnight confirmation that a US KC-135 went down over Western Iraq marks the single deadliest aerial incident suffered by the United States since the start of Operation Epic Fury. A Friday morning Pentagon briefing has confirmed that four of the six crew members on board have died, as rescue efforts for the two other service members continue. "The circumstances of the incident are under investigation," it said in a statement on Friday. The Pentagon and US CENTCOM have sought to emphasize the KC-135 aircraft was not downed "due to hostile fire or friendly fire," adding that it had crashed at about 2pm Eastern Time (19:00 GMT). Illustrative: ... Continue Reading »

"Massive Culling" Imminent For Alt Managers, Soros Fund CEO Warns Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, Dawn Fitzpatrick says overallocated LPs, frozen distributions, and mounting margin-call risk are converging into a sector-wide shakeout. Such will eventually separate survivors from the casualties. I used Claude to source data on private credit and equity funds, sources disclosed at the end. In July 2024, I penned an article entitled “Private Equity: Why Am I So Lucky,” which began with: “Lately, I have been getting many questions about investing in private equity. Such is common during raging bull markets, as individuals seek higher rates of return than the market generates. Also, during these periods, Wall Street tends to bring new companies to market to fill the demand of the investing public. Private equity is always alluring, as is the tale of someone who bought the company’s shares when it was private and made a massive fortune when it went public. Who wouldn’t want a piece of that?” The private equity (PE) business is huge. When I say huge, I mean $4.4 trillion huge. However, as we warned then, the risks have come home to roost. The private equity and private credit industry is heading into a ... Continue Reading »

Inflation Fears Fade As War Drags UMich Sentiment Lower After rebounding solidly in January and February, expectations were for a modest decline in UMich Sentiment in preliminary March data and analysts were right but the 55.5 print (from 56.6 prior) was better than the 54.8 expected. Current Conditions actually improved, surprising to the upside (57.8 vs 56.6 prior vs 54.9 exp) Expectations fell more than expected (54.1 vs 56.6 prior vs 54.5 exp) Current Conditions are at their highest level since October while expectations are at their lowest since November. Source: Bloomberg Interviews for this release were collected between February 17 and March 9, with about half completed after the start of the US military conflict in Iran. Interviews completed prior to the military action in Iran showed an improvement in sentiment from last month, but lower readings seen during the nine days thereafter completely erased those initial gains. "A broad swath of consumers across incomes, age, and political affiliation all reported declines in expectations for their personal finances, down 7.5% nationally," according to UMich Surveys Director Joanne Hsu. Despite the worries noted by UMich about gasoline prices, inflation expectations continued to slide... With Democrats fear bias continuing ... Continue Reading »

Leftist Media Quiet After Four Suspected Islamic Terror Attacks In Two Weeks Nothing to see here, folks,  Move along... The strange relationship between fundamentalist Islam and the political left has taken a disturbing turn recently as establishment media platforms seek to spin or ignore at least three separate terror attacks involving Muslim suspects in the past two weeks.  Is selective news coverage being applied to protect militant Islamism in the name of "diversity?"  The war in Iran is heating up an the closure of the Strait of Hormuz has global markets in an agitated frenzy.  How long these tensions will last is uncertain but it's likely that Iran has already lost the ability to project large and coordinated military operations due to extensive US strikes.  As a result, the Iranians will do what every other third world nation does; revert to insurgency and terror attacks.  Of course, Islam is an ideology, not an ethnicity or a country, and over the past decade the west has been flooded with people who view the attack on Iran as an attack on Islam in general.  This means a high probability of terror events going into ... Continue Reading »

US Q4 GDP Growth Cut In Half To Just 0.7% After Revision While it's useless most of the time, and especially so when the US has just entered war throwing a wrench into the entire economic calculus, moments ago the BEA reported that Q4 GDP in the US was slashed by half after the 1st revision of data: instead of 1.4%, the US grew just 0.7% in the last quarter of 2025 (0.660% to be precise), and far below estimates of a 1.4% print. It was also the lowest GDP print since Q1 2025.  According to the BEA, GDP was revised down 0.7% point from the advance estimate, or exactly half, reflecting downward revisions to exports, consumer spending, government spending, and investment. Specifically, the revisions were as follows Personal consumption was slashed from 1.58% to 1.33% of the bottom line 0.7% print after the revision.  Fixed Investment was also revised lower from 0.4% to just 0.29%. The Change in private inventories was the only upward revision, from 0.21% to 0.28% Net trade (exports less imports) was also revised lower, from 0.08% to -0.21%. Government's contribution to GDP - which in Q4 was deeply negative due ... Continue Reading »

JPMorgan Sued Over Alleged Role In $328M Crypto Ponzi Scheme Authored by Helen Partz via CoinTelegraph.com, JPMorgan is facing a lawsuit for allegedly enabling a $328 million crypto Ponzi scheme run by now-defunct Goliath Ventures. Investors on Tuesday filed a proposed class action in the US District Court for the Northern District of California, accusing JPMorgan of ignoring suspicious transactions and allowing Goliath to use its infrastructure to collect investor funds. A separate federal criminal complaint against Goliath CEO Christopher Delgado, however, says investor funds also flowed through a Bank of America account and directly into Coinbase wallets. Together, the filings sketch a broader picture of how money moved through the alleged scheme while testing how far a major bank can be held civilly liable for servicing a crypto-related business later accused of fraud. The California lawsuit states that despite JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon’s repeated criticism of Bitcoin, the bank allegedly failed to prevent crypto scammers from carrying out fraudulent wire transactions. “Chase, by virtue of its Know Your Customer actually knew that Goliath was acting as a ‘private equity’ cryptocurrency pool operator investing money for investors, without being licensed at all to sell these investments,” the complaint reads. Complaint focuses on ... Continue Reading »

Savings Rate Highest In 6 Months As Fed's Favorite Inflation Indicator Rises Near 2-Year High The Fed's favorite inflation indicator - Core PCE (a measure of price changes in consumer goods and services that excludes volatile food and energy costs) - rose o.4% MoM in January (in line with expectations) with YoY rising by 3.1% (as expected), slightly higher than the 3.0% in December... Source Bloomberg That is the highest YoY Core PCE since March 2024. The headline PCE rose 0.3% MoM (as expected) driving prices up 2.8% YoY (down from December's +2.9% YoY)... Source Bloomberg Services continue to dominate the prices gains with Goods costs dropping very marginally in January... Source Bloomberg For those worried about the impact of crude oil's recent surge (since the start of the Iran war), it appears - somehow - that PCE's Energy component has already front-run a lot of the move... Higher prices were met with higher incomes and higher spending (rising in line with one another for a change)... On the income side, wage growth accelerated for both private and govt workers: Private worker salaries up 5.0% YoY in January, up from 4.8% in December Govt worker salaries up 2.3% YoY in ... Continue Reading »

Futures At Session Highs After Oil Drops Below $100 On India Hormuz Transit Hopes US stock futures rebounded from their overnight selloff, and were trading near session highs after three days of losses on Wall Street as Brent slipped below $100 a barrel and investors waited to see if the war in the Middle East would escalate further. The catalyst for the bounce was news that India asked Iran to allow its tanker armada through Hormuz, which would lead to a substantial easing of the global oil shipping blockade. And while it remains to be seen if this will pave the way for other flows through the strait, for now futures have rebounded with Emini S&P futures up 0.3% at 6700 and Nasdaq futures rising 0.4%; in premarket trading Mag 7 stocks are flattish except for the -1.4% decline in META after it delayed the rollout of its new frontier model “Avocado.” Bond yields reverse an earlier rise and were flat higher this morning while the USD is 0.4% higher, with DXY now reaching above 100. Oil prices drop overnight with WTI trading around $93 after India stated it has an oil ... Continue Reading »

How Many Times Does This Have To Happen? Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Yet another American life has been shattered by Democrat soft-on-crime policies that keep dangerous repeat offenders on the streets, this time in Virginia where an illegal immigrant with a staggering 30 prior arrests allegedly murdered a 41-year-old mother waiting at a bus stop. Stephanie Minter’s brutal stabbing death exposes the deadly consequences of leftist prosecutors who prioritize leniency over public safety, allowing predators like this one, Abdul Jalloh, to roam free despite a rap sheet loaded with violent crimes. The attack unfolded last month in Fairfax County, Virginia. Homeland Security confirms Jalloh entered the U.S. illegally from Sierra Leone in 2012 and racked up 30 arrests over the years, including charges for rape, malicious wounding, assault, drug possession, identity theft, trespassing, larceny, and firing a weapon. 🚨 BREAKING: Americans are shocked and appalled after Virginia Democrat policies let ILLEGAL ALIEN R*PIST Abdul Jalloh kill a 41-year-old mother at a Virginia bus stop30 prior arrests. 30.The woman's mom is FURIOUS with leftist prosecutors: "DO YOUR JOB! PROTECT THE PEOPLE,… pic.twitter.com/MEAEsN792k— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) March 12, 2026 Despite all this, he’s remained in ... Continue Reading »

US Tariff Investigations Put China, EU And Other Major Trading Partners In New Crosshairs The Trump administration has opened a new round of tariff investigations that could lead to higher duties on at least 16 trading partners, as officials seek to rebuild a trade enforcement framework after the Supreme Court invalidated a number of the president’s second-term tariffs. The probes, announced Wednesday by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, will be conducted under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, a statute that allows the U.S. to impose tariffs on countries whose policies are deemed to discriminate against American commerce. The investigations require consultations with foreign governments as well as public hearings and comment periods before any new tariffs can be imposed. The effort is intended to replace temporary global tariffs of 10% that President Donald Trump imposed last month after the Supreme Court ruled many of his earlier duties unlawful. U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said officials have not yet determined how high the replacement tariffs might be, declining to prejudge the outcome of the investigations. Administration economic officials have previously indicated they aim to generate tariff revenue ... Continue Reading »

Ten Maersk Ships 'Trapped' In Persian Gulf Authored by Stuart Chirls va Freightwaves.com, The closure of the Strait of Hormuz by Iran has effectively trapped 10 Maersk ships in the Persian Gulf, its chief executive said. In separate interviews with CNN and the Wall Street Journal, Vincent Clerc said the Danish carrier’s ships “cannot get out,” are “stuck in the Upper Gulf” and cannot leave the region. As a safety measure, Clerc said the vessels have been grouped offshore and away from ports under attack. At least one ship is under contract to the U.S. government’s Military Sealift Command, according to data on maritime identification websites. Even if a ceasefire allowed vessel traffic to begin moving, Clerc said it would take a week to 10 days for the world’s second-largest liner (MAERSK-B.CO) to resume normal operations. Clerc’s comments underscore the frustrations of shipping lines who have requested and repeatedly been denied naval escorts by the Trump administration. Carriers have been told in briefings that the Strait is still too dangerous for transit.  Iran on Wednesday used unmanned boats to attack two tankers, and also deployed missiles and drones to attack ports, airports and other landside ... Continue Reading »

Bessent Greenlights Sale Of Russian Oil At Sea To "Promote Stability In Global Energy Markets" In a statement late Thursday on X, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced that the U.S. will allow countries to purchase Russian crude oil already at sea. The move aims to temporarily boost global supply availability, as the IEA warned earlier that the Middle East conflict has sparked one of the worst energy shocks on record. "To increase the global reach of existing supply, @USTreasury is providing a temporary authorization to permit countries to purchase Russian oil currently stranded at sea," Bessent said. He continued, "This narrowly tailored, short-term measure applies only to oil already in transit and will not provide significant financial benefit to the Russian government, which derives the majority of its energy revenue from taxes assessed at the point of extraction." .@POTUS is taking decisive steps to promote stability in global energy markets and working to keep prices low as we address the threat and instability posed by the terrorist Iranian regime. To increase the global reach of existing supply, @USTreasury is providing a temporary… — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent (@SecScottBessent) March 12, 2026 UBS analyst ... Continue Reading »

'Societal Time Bomb' – Explosive German Police Study Finds Nearly Half All Muslims Under 40 Has 'Islamist' Attitudes Via Remix News, A newly released study by the German Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA), nearly 50 percent of Muslims under the age of 40 in Germany hold “Islamist” views, with these Muslims expressing an attraction to Islamism, a preference for Sharia law over the German Basic Law, and harboring anti-Semitic prejudices. The findings, described as “explosive in nature,” were featured in the latest edition of the “Motra Monitor.” The study reports that as of 2025, Muslims in Germany under the age of 40 (45.1 percent) hold “latent or manifestly Islamist attitudes.“ Some German politicians have already voiced their views on the study’s release. Wolfgang Kubicki, a prominent politician in the Free Democrats (FDP) and former MP, stated on X: “This study should set off all the alarm bells. It is a societal time bomb. We must not only talk about migration, but also about integration and religion. The policy of naively looking away has favored this development. The naivety must stop.” He further stated that “anyone who demands a caliphate is an enemy of ... Continue Reading »

Large US Refueling Aircraft Down In Western Iraq In First Of Iran War Summary: State media: Iran claims responsibility for shooting down US refueling plane, says US refueling plane was downed with all crew killed in Western Iraq. CENTCOM confirms search and rescue operation underway after large KC-135 refueling tanker goes down over Western Iraq. Trump: Iran paying a 'big price' right now; situation 'moving along rapidly' Netanyahu confirms hitting IRGC and Basij checkpoints, in effort to 'topple regime' Iran's top security official to Trump: 'we will not relent until you are sorry' Oil pares gains after report that Iran lets some ships cross strait, denies mining Hormuz Bloomberg: Trump admin set to temporarily suspend Jones Act shipping rules to help cool rising oil prices. Ayatollah Mojtaba in first public message says the closure of the Strait of Hormuz should be continued as a tool to pressure the enemy Mojtaba vows to keep attacking US bases, and signals 'new fronts' could soon open President Trump simultaneously says the US is stopping Iran "from having Nuclear weapons" and "destroying" the Middle East and "the World". Shipping turmoil escalates as multiple vessels (at least six) struck overnight Brent crude oil prices top $100 amid ... Continue Reading »

Feminist Monster Film "The Bride" Is Biggest Box Office Bomb Of 2026 According to polls, around half of the US population identifies with feminism and feminist activism (though, this stat is in steep decline among Gen Z men).  But if this is truly the case and there is such a large population of feminist allies out there in the ether, why don't they ever show up to movie theaters to support films with blatant feminist messaging?  The obvious conclusion is that the public has been lied to and there is no vast feminist movement.  It's a paper tiger, a fantasy, a mirage.  We have seen this reality play out time and time again over the past few years as the American populace has now awakened to Hollywood's woke propaganda agenda.  Almost every instance of a new film or streaming series being exposed as far-left in its content results in financial failure.  There is no audience for these projects.    The entertainment industry has resorted to masking feminist propaganda behind popular branding and false marketing in order to trick consumers into theater seats (the Barbie movie comes to mind), but these successes are ... Continue Reading »