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

The 84-year-old mother of US TV presenter Savannah Guthrie was kidnapped 41 days ago. 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 »

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is purportedly being investigated for comments he made about the pricey renovations of the Fed's headquarters. Continue Reading »

Mortgage rates jumped to a seven-month high Friday as war in Iran pushed bond yields higher. 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 »

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 »

Par AFP Par Lucas Bertolotto © 2026 AFP "Mon corps m'a lâché": Alors qu'il vient de faire son retour aux commandes du RC Toulon, le manager Pierre Mignoni s'est confié à plusieurs médias, dont l'AFP, à propos de son absence de près d'un mois, évoquant "une décompensation".Q: Que s'est-il passé après la défaite contre Clermont le 14 février ?R: "J'ai eu ce qu'on peut appeler une décompensation. Je l'ai un peu sentie arriver mais on a toujours cette sensation d'être un surhomme. On s'occupe toujours des autres et peu de soi. C'est un métier fabuleux, on ne compte pas ses heures et on se dit que ça va aller. Mais ce n'est pas tant la charge de travail sur le terrain qui est lourde, c'est la charge mentale. Et à un moment, je l'ai vraiment prise dans la gueule. Ce n'est pas la défaite qui m'a mis dans cet état, ça a été la goutte d'eau et mon corps m'a lâché."Q: Quels étaient vos symptômes ?R: "Pierre Dantin (consultant haute performance au RCT, NDLR) m'a aidé à poser les symptômes et m'a dit qu'il fallait vraiment me soigner. Il était important de me mettre sur pause. Je suis quelqu'un ... Continue Reading »

Par AFP © 2026 AFP La Bourse de New York a clôturé dans le rouge vendredi, à l'issue d'une semaine à nouveau marquée par une forte hausse des prix du pétrole, qui ravive les craintes inflationnistes et fait grimper les taux obligataires.Le Dow Jones a cédé 0,26%, l'indice Nasdaq à coloration technologique a reculé de 0,93% et l'indice élargi S&P 500 a reculé de 0,61%.Observant une stabilisation des cours du pétrole à l'ouverture, "le marché a tenté de se redresser ce matin, alors même qu’aucun signe ne laissait présager une fin de la guerre en Iran", souligne Jose Torres, d'Interactive Brokers.Cela n'a duré qu'une petite partie de la séance, les actions repartant dans le rouge face au rebond des prix des hydrocarbures."Les États-Unis n'ayant pas réussi à escorter les navires à travers le détroit (d'Ormuz, ndlr), les assurances américaines s'étant révélées inefficaces et les entreprises ayant décidé de suspendre leurs opérations de transport, nous entrons désormais dans une grave crise d'approvisionnement", prévient auprès de l'AFP Sam Stovall, de CFRA.L'Agence internationale de l'énergie (AIE) a estimé jeudi dans un rapport que la production des pays du Golfe était réduite d'environ 30%, soit 10 millions de barils par jour.La navigation ... Continue Reading »

Par AFP Par Amélie HERENSTEIN © 2026 AFP "Ce sont les meilleurs qui partent les premiers", dit son chef. Dans l'austère caserne du 7e Bataillon de chasseurs alpins de Varces (Isère), le drapeau français a été mis en berne en hommage à l'adjudant-chef Arnaud Frion, tué jeudi en Irak par un drone."La nouvelle est vraiment toute fraîche. Vous l'avez apprise quasiment en même temps que nous", se désole le colonel François-Xavier de la Chesnais, chef de corps du bataillon dont faisait partie le sous-officier, âgé de 42 ans.L'adjudant-chef Arnaud Frion a été frappé par un drone Shahed, arme de conception iranienne, selon l'officier supérieur. Il est le premier soldat français tué depuis le début de la guerre au Moyen-Orient, déclenchée par des frappes israélo-américaines sur l'Iran le 28 février et qui s'est propagée dans plusieurs pays de la région.Le président Emmanuel Macron lui a rendu hommage vendredi. Six autres soldats ont été blessés lors de l'attaque de drone, selon le ministère des Armées. Fichier vidéo ... Continue Reading »

Par AFP © 2026 AFP Le criminel sexuel américain Jeffrey Epstein attablé avec l'ex prince Andrew et Peter Mandelson, figure historique du parti travailliste britannique: ces trois hommes apparaissent pour la première fois ensemble sur une photo contenue dans les documents publiés par le ministère américain de la Justice.Ce cliché, d'abord révélé par la télévision britannique ITV News, a été diffusé vendredi par plusieurs médias dont l'AFP. Andrew, frère cadet du roi Charles III, et Peter Mandelson sont au coeur du volet britannique de la tentaculaire affaire Epstein, en raison de leurs liens avec le financier, mort en prison en 2019. Sur la photo, Andrew et Peter Mandelson, tous deux en peignoir, sont autour d'une table en bois, à l'extérieur, avec Jeffrey Epstein, qui porte un tee-shirt noir et un pantalon clair.Selon ITV, elle a été prise à Martha's Vineyard dans le Massachusetts, dans l'est de Etats-Unis. Elle n'est pas datée, mais selon cette télévision, elle remonterait à 1999 ou 2000. Ce cliché fait partie des millions de documents publiés le 30 janvier par le ministère américain de la Justice. Depuis, nombre de dirigeants et personnalités du monde entier ont été éclaboussés par la révélation de leurs liens ... Continue Reading »

Par Estelle Martin TV5 JWPlayer Field Volodymyr Zelensky était reçu à l'Elysée, ce vendredi. Quel est l'état d'esprit des Ukrainiens? Entretien avec Tetyana Ogarkova, analyste ukrainienne. Continue Reading »

Supporters of jailed Armenian billionaire and government critic Samvel Karapetyan have scuffled with police in Yerevan Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

A hacker group claims it has breached servers of a company behind Swedish e-govt services, exposing source code and other sensitive material Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

The US-Israeli attack on Iran is entering its third week with continuing long-range strikes and an escalating war of words on both sides Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

Russian envoy Kirill Dmitriev likely played a key role in lifting sanctions on Russian oil, to the frustration of Brussels and Kiev Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

Germany would become the top destination for Iranian refugees should US-Israeli aggression continue, a research institute has warned Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

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В Николаевской области действует воздушная тревога Continue Reading »

Корпус стражей исламской революции утверждает, что подобные меры помогут "восстановить безопасность и стабильность" в регионе Continue Reading »

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Pentagon Sends Marine Unit to Middle East... (Top headline, 1st story, link) Related stories:5,000 more being deployed...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...Complex tug-of-war inside White House...France and Italy open talks with Tehran, bypassing DC...Iranian rank-&-file troops deserting in droves... Continue Reading »

5,000 more being deployed... (Top headline, 2nd 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...UAV Strike Has Cyprus and Europe on Edge...Complex tug-of-war inside White House...France and Italy open talks with Tehran, bypassing DC...Iranian rank-&-file troops deserting in droves... Continue Reading »

Newsom slams Trump for 'fundraising' off dead soldiers... (Top headline, 3rd story, link) Related stories:Pentagon Sends Marine Unit to Middle East...5,000 more being deployed...NATO shoots down ANOTHER missile fired towards Turkey...Kamikaze drone blasts Dubai financial center...UAV Strike Has Cyprus and Europe on Edge...Complex tug-of-war inside White House...France and Italy open talks with Tehran, bypassing DC...Iranian rank-&-file troops deserting in droves... Continue Reading »

NATO shoots down ANOTHER missile fired towards Turkey... (Top headline, 4th story, link) Related stories:Pentagon Sends Marine Unit to Middle East...5,000 more being deployed...Newsom slams Trump for 'fundraising' off dead soldiers...Kamikaze drone blasts Dubai financial center...UAV Strike Has Cyprus and Europe on Edge...Complex tug-of-war inside White House...France and Italy open talks with Tehran, bypassing DC...Iranian rank-&-file troops deserting in droves... Continue Reading »

Kamikaze drone blasts Dubai financial center... (Top headline, 5th story, link) Related stories:Pentagon Sends Marine Unit to Middle East...5,000 more being deployed...Newsom slams Trump for 'fundraising' off dead soldiers...NATO shoots down ANOTHER missile fired towards Turkey...UAV Strike Has Cyprus and Europe on Edge...Complex tug-of-war inside White House...France and Italy open talks with Tehran, bypassing DC...Iranian rank-&-file troops deserting in droves... Continue Reading »

More than 200 civilians killed in recent days as drone strikes tear through markets, schools and hospitals. Continue Reading »

Israel has warned Lebanon could face Gaza-level destruction. Continue Reading »

Smoke and flames rising beside a road in central Israel after an Iranian missile attack, the Israeli army said. Continue Reading »

Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad says Qatar will 'not hesitate' to ensure its stability as US-Israeli war on Iran continues. Continue Reading »

Marset was transferred into the custody of the United States, which has pushed for more aggressive antidrug tactics. 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 »

The 84-year-old mother of US TV presenter Savannah Guthrie was kidnapped 41 days ago. Continue Reading »

The star sells 183,000 albums as fans give a hearty embrace to Kiss All The Time. Disco Occasionally Continue Reading »

Envoi Allen and Saint Le Fort both died on Friday on the last day of Cheltenham Festival. Continue Reading »

Judge James E. Boasberg derided the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington for pursuing a case against Jerome H. Powell that appeared to be motivated by President Trump’s desire for vengeance. 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 »

President Trump said protesters risk getting shot “right through the head,” a change in tone from his earlier comments that Iranians must seize the chance to take over their government. Continue Reading »

Iran’s response to days of aerial bombardment and long-range artillery strikes has proved more resilient than Trump administration officials anticipated. Continue Reading »

It is unclear from the video alone whether the U.S. or Bahraini military launched the missiles. Iran has frequently accused Persian Gulf countries of allowing their territory to be used as a launchpad for U.S. attacks. 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 »

Washington state lawmakers on Wednesday passed a so-called "millionaires tax," a move criticism said could lead to an exodus of high-income earners. The State Senate passed the measure with a day left in the 2026 legislative session, following a hotly contested 24-hour marathon in the State House. The bill would impose a 9.9% tax on income over $1 million for individuals or couples in a household. Continue Reading »

Washington state lawmakers on Wednesday after a marathon debate voted to approve a high-income earners tax on personal earnings over $1 million. The 9.9 percent annual tax on high-income earners is expected to generate up to $4 billion annually. Proceeds from the revenue is earmarked to go towards childcare and to eliminate sales taxes on hygiene products. Continue Reading »

Lawmakers in Washington state this week approved a new income tax on residents making more than $1 million and could spur other states considering similar bills to approve their proposals. Legislators in the Democrat-led Senate on Wednesday night approved the tax, which will impose a 9.9 percent tax on earners making over $1 million per year and will fund education, prisons, universal school lunches and replace or reduce other taxes, among other things, Democratic leaders said. 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 »

'President Boasberg' Protects Powell, Quashes DOJ 'Pressure Campaign' Subpoena Over Fed Renovation Another day, another activist judge deciding they're the president...  On Friday, chief Judge James Boasberg of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has blocked subpoenas issued by the Trump Justice Department to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and the Fed Board of Governor Boasberg claims that the subpoenas were served for an improper, pretextual purpose, and that "a mountain of evidence suggests that the Government served these subpoenas on the Board to pressure its Chair into voting for lower interest rates or resigning," and that the government produced “essentially zero evidence to suspect Chair Powell of a crime; indeed, its justifications are so thin and unsubstantiated that the Court can only conclude that they are pretextual.” The order explicitly quashes the subpoenas. The subpoenas were issued as part of a DOJ probe into the Fed’s management of its headquarters renovation project - an investigation that Powell and others have called a pretext. Powell himself issued an unprecedented video statement in January 2026 saying the threatened indictment stemmed from his Senate testimony and the Fed’s independent interest-rate decisions rather ... Continue Reading »

META Delays AI Rollout Because It Sucks, May License Gemini; Musk Reboots xAI 'From The Foundations Up' Mark Zuckerberg bet the farm on AI supremacy, and this year's crop is infested with bugs. According to a new report, Meta has quietly pushed back the launch of its next-generation foundational AI model, internally code-named Avocado, from this month until at least May. The reason? Internal tests showed it underperforming on key benchmarks for reasoning, coding, and writing - trailing rivals like Google's Gemini 3.0, even as it beat Meta's own prior efforts and older Google models. The model, code-named Avocado, outperformed Meta’s previous A.I. model and did better than Google’s Gemini 2.5 model from March, two of the people said. But it has not performed as strongly as Gemini 3.0 from November, they said. -NYT This delay arrives after Zuckerberg has poured unprecedented resources into the race. Meta is guiding for $115–135 billion in capital expenditures this year alone - nearly double last year's spend - with the overwhelming majority earmarked for AI data centers, compute clusters, and infrastructure. The company has also signaled longer-term commitments approaching $600 billion in U.S. investments, plus a ... Continue Reading »

"Negotiations Underway": Cuban President Acknowledges U.S. Talks Amid Fuel Supply Crisis Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel stated on state television that his government has entered talks with the Trump administration, aimed at "finding solutions through dialogue" to longstanding bilateral differences between the two neighboring countries. This admission comes as the Caribbean island faces crude oil and diesel stockpiles running dry by the end of the month, after Trump's multi-month crude shipment blockade sharply tightened pressure on the communist regime in Havana. In a speech broadcast on Cuban state TV, Díaz-Canel said that discussions with the Trump administration were intended to "determine the willingness of both sides to take concrete actions for the benefit of the people of both countries." "Agendas are being built, negotiations are underway, conversations are taking place and agreements are being reached, things from which we are still far away because we are in the initial phases," Díaz-Canel said. 🇺🇸🇨🇺 El momento histórico en donde el dictador de Cuba, Miguel Díaz Canel, anuncia en cadena nacional que han cedido a la presión y están oficialmente en negociaciones con los Estados Unidos. El régimen cubano completamente rendido, al borde de la ... Continue Reading »

56% Of Americans Now Suspect COVID-19 'Vaccines' Caused Mass-Deaths Authored by Nicolas Hulscher, MPH, Public opinion is shifting... and they want action. A new Rasmussen survey of 1,158 likely U.S. voters - conducted September 7–9, 2025, with a ±3% margin of error - reveals that 56% believe side effects from the COVID-19 shots have likely caused a significant number of unexplained deaths. Nearly one-third (32%) say it’s very likely. Only 35% still dismiss the idea. This shows that what was once called a “conspiracy theory” has become the mainstream view. The majority of Americans now believe vaccine harms are real and widespread. Support for HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. reflects this shift. Half of voters (50%) say government health officials deserve criticism for their handling of the pandemic, while 42% even think CDC employees should be fired for their role in misleading the public. Among those who strongly believe the shots caused deaths, over 70% want CDC firings. Partisan divides remain—70% of Republicans, 46% of Democrats, and 54% of independents think the vaccines likely caused deaths—but the skepticism crosses party lines and racial groups. In fact, black (64%) and Hispanic (57%) voters are even more likely than white voters (54%) to suspect deadly vaccine effects. According to the ... Continue Reading »

Trump Admin Sues California To Block Electric Vehicle Mandate Authored by Kimberley Hayek via The Epoch Times, The Justice and Transportation Departments filed a lawsuit against California on Thursday to stop what they say is an illegal electric vehicle (EV) requirement, alleging that the state is mandating fuel economy standards that federal law places in the exclusive domain of the federal government. Attorney General Pamela Bondi and Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy announced the lawsuit, which was filed for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). The suit takes aim at regulations formulated by the California Air Resources Board (CARB), which mandates automakers comply with stricter mileage standards. CARB has implemented stringent rules, such as the Advanced Clean Cars II act approved in August 2022, which requires that 35 percent of new vehicles sold in the state must be zero-emission starting in 2026, gradually increasing to a complete ban on new gas-powered car sales by 2035. The Clean Air Act bans states from establishing their own tailpipe emission standards for trucks and cars. However, California can get an exemption to the ban if it obtains a waiver from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Following ... Continue Reading »

Michigan Synagogue Attack Suspect Was Naturalized US Citizen From Lebanon, CNN Immediately Blamed Trump An armed man who allegedly rammed his truck into a Michigan synagogue on March 12 has been identified as a naturalized United States citizen born in Lebanon, according to federal officials. Ayman Mohamad Ghazali, 41, was fatally shot by security officers after he drove through a hallway at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield Township near Detroit in a vehicle that then caught fire, authorities said. The Epoch Times' Rachel Roberts reports that none of the synagogue’s staff, teachers, or the 140 children at its daycare center were injured, according to Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard. He said the suspect was found dead inside his vehicle. A security officer was hit by the vehicle and knocked unconscious, but did not suffer life-threatening injuries, Bouchard said. About 30 law enforcement officers were treated for smoke inhalation. West Bloomfield Police Chief Dale Young said Temple security officers “engaged the individual and neutralized the threat.” Ghazali came to the United States in 2011 on an immediate relative visa as the spouse of a U.S. citizen and was granted citizenship in 2016, according to the ... 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: Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem says the group is fighting an existential battle against Israel as displacement crisis in Lebanon deepens: AJ Over 3 million people forcibly displaced by US-Israeli war on Iran: UN 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 ... 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 »