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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 »

Traders in the futures market shifted the probability of a rate increase by the end of 2026 to 52% on Friday morning. Continue Reading »

Funding for the Department of Homeland Security lapsed in February, leading to chaos at airports. Continue Reading »

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The cybersecurity sector has slumped this year on fears that new AI will massively disrupt their business models. Continue Reading »

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Par TV5MONDE avec AFP TV5 JWPlayer Field Le chanteur congolais, figure incontournable de la scène musicale francophone, a été interpellé mercredi à son arrivée à Paris et placé en garde à vue dans le cadre d'une enquête sur un réseau présumé de blanchiment en bande organisée. TV5 JWPlayer Field Le chanteur congolais, figure incontournable de la scène musicale francophone, a été interpellé mercredi à son arrivée à Paris et placé en garde à vue dans le cadre d'une enquête sur un réseau présumé de blanchiment en bande organisée.C'est à sa sortie d'avion, à l'aéroport Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle, que Gandhi Djuna, connu sous le nom de Gims, a été interpellé mercredi 25 mars par le service national des douanes judiciaires. L'artiste de 39 ans a aussitôt ... Continue Reading »

Par AFP © 2026 AFP Mathieu van der Poel a soigné le spectacle et le suspense pour remporter vendredi l'E3 Classic pour la troisième année d'affilée après un solo de 63 kilomètres que le Néerlandais a bien cru voué à l'échec à un kilomètre de l'arrivée à Harelbeke (Belgique).Le leader de la formation Alpecin s'est imposé d'extrême justesse devant quatre poursuivants qui ont commis l'erreur de se regarder alors qu'ils étaient revenus à quelques mètres de MVDP sous la flamme rouge.Les Norvégiens Per Strand Hagenes, finalement 2e, et Jonas Abrahamsen, et les Belges Florian Vermeersch (3e) et Stan Dewulf ont hésité au moment où ils avaient fait le plus dur en ayant comblé l'écart de plus d'une minute qui les avait un moment séparés du futur vainqueur."A cinq kilomètres de l'arrivée, j'ai bien cru que c'en était terminé pour moi", a concédé Van der Poel.A 70 km de l'arrivée, l'octuple champion du monde de cyclo-cross est parti à la poursuite des échappés avec Tim Van Dijke, dont il s'est débarrassé six kilomètres plus loin après la Taaienberg avant de s'offrir une longue poursuite solitaire, reprenant les échappés à 45 km de l'arrivée puis se portant seul en tête ... Continue Reading »

Par AFP © 2026 AFP La condamnation de la présidente PS de la région Occitanie Carole Delga dans une affaire de discrimination envers un maire RN en 2016 a été annulée jeudi par la Cour de révision, a-t-on appris vendredi auprès de la région.Le maire de Beaucaire (Gard), Julien Sanchez (RN), avait reproché à Mme Delga de ne pas avoir signé le contrat de ville validé par les élus gardois et de ne pas avoir choisi Beaucaire (15.600 habitants) pour accueillir le futur lycée général construit par la région dans le Gard.Mme Delga était mise en cause pour "discrimination fondée sur des opinions politiques" et "entrave à l'exercice d'une activité économique".La cour d'appel de Nîmes l'avait condamnée en 2019 à 1.000 euros d'amende, 5.000 euros de dommages et intérêts et 2.000 euros au titre du remboursement des frais de justice.Le pourvoi en cassation de Mme Delga ayant été rejeté, celle-ci a saisi la Cour européenne des droits de l'Homme qui lui a donné raison en juillet 2024.La cour basée à Strasbourg a en effet considéré que la justice française avait commis une erreur, Mme Delga ne pouvant, selon la haute juridiction européenne, savoir qu'au moment où elle a ... Continue Reading »

Par AFP © 2026 AFP La Bourse de Paris a terminé en baisse vendredi, les investisseurs restant prudents face aux nouvelles contradictoires venant du Moyen-Orient et à la remontée des prix du pétrole.L'indice vedette CAC 40 a terminé en baisse de 0,87%, soit une perte de 67,36 points, pour s'établir à 7.701,95 points. Sur l'ensemble de la semaine, l'indice a toutefois résisté, s'octroyant 0,47%."Les marchés européens sont restés particulièrement instables cette semaine, alternant entre phases de rebond et de correction au gré des développements géopolitiques", résument les analystes d'Edmond de Rothschild AM.Les ministres des Affaires étrangères du G7, réunis près de Paris, ont exhorté vendredi dans un communiqué commun "à un arrêt immédiat des attaques contre les populations et les infrastructures civiles" au Moyen-Orient.Les chefs de la diplomatie ont en outre "réaffirmé la nécessité absolue de rétablir de manière permanente la liberté de navigation" dans le détroit d'Ormuz.Habituellement, environ 20% de la production mondiale de pétrole et gaz transite par l'étroit passage d'Ormuz, dont le blocage a fait flamber les prix de l'énergie ces dernières semaines."Les tensions dans le détroit d'Ormuz continuent de s'intensifier, et rien d'autre ne semble avoir d'importance pour les marchés en ce moment", souligne ... Continue Reading »

Par AFP Par Marie-Morgane LE MOEL © 2026 AFP Le parc Disneyland Paris, première destination touristique privée d'Europe, inaugure samedi une extension dédiée en particulier à l'univers de la "Reine des Neiges", avant son ouverture au grand public dimanche. Quelques chiffres sur le poids économique bien réel de cet "univers féérique".120 milliards d'euros de contributionA son ouverture en 1992, Disneyland Paris - alors appelé Euro Disney - est le troisième parc Disney au monde après les Etats-Unis et le Japon. Depuis, il a contribué à l'économie française à hauteur de près de 120 milliards d'euros, selon une étude rendue publique vendredi.La destination est très prisée: si Disneyland est discret sur la fréquentation annuelle de ses parcs, il a enregistré 445 millions de visites en tout depuis sa création à Marne-la-Vallée, à 40 kilomètres à l'est de Paris. Cela représente 6,1% des recettes touristiques en France depuis 1992. La clientèle internationale y est majoritaire, les Français représentant 44% des visiteurs.En tout, Disneyland Paris a permis de créer 70.000 emplois directs, indirects et induits, pour 500 métiers différents, selon l'étude sur la contribution économique du parc. Pour sa nouvelle extension, Disneyland Paris a embauché quelque 1.000 personnes supplémentaires, portant ses effectifs ... Continue Reading »

Belarus will open an embassy in North Korea following talks between President Alexander Lukashenko and DPRK leader Kim Jong-un Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

The pseudo-negotiations between Washington and Tehran are not real diplomacy, and the result could shake the world Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

A 25-year-old Spaniard, Noelia Castillo, has died by euthanasia after courts rejected her father’s bid Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

A US judge has blocked the Pentagon’s contract ban with Anthropic after the AI company refused to allow military use of its technology Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

RT’s Oumaima Ichchar looks into the religious reasoning all the sides of the Iran war have been providing Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

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RUSSIA ISSUES NUCLEAR WARNING (Main headline, 1st story, link) Related stories:WAR THREATENS GLOBAL FOOD SUPPLYSTOCK MARKET ENTERS CORRECTIONOIL BACK TO $110 Continue Reading »

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Iranian football players laid backpacks on a football pitch in Turkey to pay tribute to the children killed in a US-Isra Continue Reading »

Growing opposition within Israel is raising questions about the government’s military strategy in southern Lebanon. Continue Reading »

The vigilante group Handala Hack Team said that it had successfully gained access to Patel's personal email account. Continue Reading »

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Paul Adams explains why it is so dangerous to navigate the strait, one of the world's busiest oil shipping channels. Continue Reading »

Motorists are facing higher fuel prices ahead of Easter break due to the conflict in the Middle East, the RAC says. Continue Reading »

The Handala hacking group says the cyberattack is in retaliation for the FBI's recent seizure of the group's websites. Continue Reading »

An investigation into alleged "family voting" finds no evidence of intent to influence voting. Continue Reading »

Parents say new government guidance on restricting children's screen time has to be "realistic". Continue Reading »

Some conservative sheriffs have raised concerns about the aggressive enforcement tactics that Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, has embraced. Continue Reading »

Fertilizer prices are climbing as a result of disruptions in the Middle East, putting global food supplies at risk. Continue Reading »

A small street stall and a big restaurant chain in India rethought how to cook after the war in the Middle East squeezed their supply of liquified petroleum gas. Continue Reading »

Diesel has climbed faster than gasoline this month, directly hitting businesses, from brewers to trucking companies. Those higher costs are likely to make their way into consumer prices. Continue Reading »

The S&P 500 is on course for its fifth straight week of losses and its worst weekly losing streak in roughly four years. 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 »

The Senate voted early Friday morning to fund much of the Department of Homeland Security, taking a step to reopen large parts of an agency that has been partially shut down for more than a month, leading to lengthy security delays at some airports. Continue Reading »

The House is expected to vote Friday on a bill that would fund the Department of Homeland Security and end a partial government shutdown that has resulted in historically long wait times at airport security checkpoints. Continue Reading »

At 2:22 a.m. EST, the Senate unanimously passed a spending bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security after a 40-day shutdown that disrupted airport security and sparked travel chaos for millions of Americans. Continue Reading »

The ongoing government shutdown might impact your travel plans this summer. Staffing issues at major airports are fueling interminable wait times and customer frustration. Get answers on why it’s happening and when it’ll improve. Continue Reading »

Today, we take for granted that diet and exercise are vitally important for our health and well-being. But we didn't always think this way. Much of this awareness emerged in a remarkably short span of time during the middle of the last century. In 1955, President Dwight Eisenhower suffered a heart attack after playing golf in Denver. This event shocked the nation. The president was just 64 years old and projected American strength and vitality. The surgeon general at the time said that hearing the news about the heart attack was like learning about the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Instead of retreating into secrecy, the White House flew in Dr. Paul Dudley White, a leading cardiologist who helped found the American Heart Association. Dr. White set a new standard for transparency. When he spoke to the press, he went beyond explaining the president's condition and sought to educate the public about cardiac events more generally. Continue Reading »

The U.S. and Israel are pounding Iran's missile-launching sites, hitting some over and over across almost a month of war. But Tehran's missiles keep flying. Iran has shifted to firing from deeper inside its territory with longer-range missiles, military analysts and former U.S. officers said, after airstrikes early in the war inflicted a heavy toll on Iranian bases and truck launchers near the Persian Gulf coastline. Iran is firing far fewer missiles now—down to around a dozen a day—but they have turned them against less-defended targets in Israel and Gulf Arab states, causing greater damage in some cases. Even in small numbers, the weapons have helped Tehran achieve its goals—prolong the conflict, raise the economic costs on oil-exporting Gulf countries and in the U.S., and survive to fight another day. "They're not doing the big volleys like they were doing in the early days, but they don't need to," said retired Gen. Joseph Votel, the former commander of U.S. Central Comman… Continue Reading »

Israel announced on March 26 that it had killed the commander of the naval forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Commodore Alireza Tangsiri, as the Jewish state, along with the United States, continues to wage war against Iran. "Tonight, the [Israel Defense Forces (IDF)] thwarted, in a precise and lethal operation, the commander of the naval forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, [Alireza] Tangsiri, along with senior naval command officials," Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said. "The man who was directly responsible for the terrorist operation of mining and blocking the Strait of Hormuz from [global] shipping, was eliminated and thwarted. This is a clear message to all senior officials of the Iranian terrorist organization, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which currently controls Iran: the IDF will hunt you down and thwart you one by one. Continue Reading »

The Senate unanimously moved to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security, except for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and part of Customs and Border Protection, in a rare overnight session. The agreement would fund other DHS components, such as the Transportation Security Administration and US Coast Guard, but the House will still need to act before funded agencies within the department can reopen. The move is meant to alleviate long lines at airports, while lawmakers continue to debate possible reforms to immigration enforcement by DHS. The move came just hours after President Donald Trump had directed his newly installed Department of Homeland Security chief to swiftly pay TSA agents in a bid to reduce lines at airports as talks appeared to have fallen apart. While much of Washington slept and officials mulled how to implement Trump's order, senators focused on moving the funding they were able to agree on by unanimous consent. Continue Reading »

Senators agreed by unanimous consent early Friday morning to a proposal that funds the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and other critical agencies in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The late-night Senate deal left out funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Border Patrol after negotiators failed to agree on reforms demanded by Democrats after federal immigration officers fatally shot two protesters in Minneapolis in January. The deal came together swiftly after months of often-stalled negotiations and just before lawmakers were set to depart for a two-week recess — and as hours-long lines at airport TSA checkpoints put enormous pressure on them to act. Continue Reading »

That's it. Sorry, Democrats, you lose to Trump again. Your leverage was undermined when the president signed an order allowing the Department of Homeland Security to pay TSA agents. The agency has funds from last year's tax cut bill. Democrats will spin this, claiming Trump had the money to pay the agents and avoid long airport lines. That's not going to work, guys. You caused this shutdown. The funding bill was non-controversial; it didn't allocate funds for DHS during Operation Epic Fury, and the increasing threats of terrorist retaliation are outrageous. We're now at a point where even the media is reporting on your widespread foolishness regarding this issue. I'm also annoyed with Republicans, who gave Democrats too much leeway in terms of respect and decency. It's obvious they just want to harm American workers — this was an anti-Trump tantrum. Plain and simple. They were likely to lose the fight, especially when ICE agents were deployed at airports, easing TSA workload and re… Continue Reading »

Tears filled Tierra McCarty's eyes as she saw her cellphone notifications pop up, one after another. Strangers were sending her money. God was answering prayer and using technology to do it. "Are you okay?" her teacher asked as the notifications and tears continued. McCarty was in her first week of classes to become an aviation technician. It was a dream she says God placed on her heart as she searched for a way to make a better life for her two kids. But after her first day of classes and a shift at work that night, McCarty came out to find her car gone. It had been repossessed. What had seemed like a God-ordained path felt blocked as she lost her only means to get to work or school. Continue Reading »

The city of Louisville, Kentucky, has agreed to pay nearly $1 million in attorneys' fees after a federal judge sided with Christian photographer Chelsey Nelson, who claimed city officials violated her First Amendment rights. Filed Tuesday, the settlement stipulates the city will pay $800,000 in litigation fees. Nelson's case has been percolating in the courts for several years and centers on her claim that a local anti-discrimination ordinance would force her to photograph same-sex weddings or shutter her business. She told CBN News in October 2025 she is outspokenly Christian and wanted to "proactively" state on her website her biblically based views on marriage and sexuality. City authorities, she explained, told her that would not be permissible and added she could not even tell prospective clients about what ceremonies she was and was not willing to photograph. Continue Reading »

Four weeks after President Donald Trump launched a poorly conceived war of choice against Iran, the lockstep support for the conflict that has characterized coverage from Fox News' star hosts is beginning to fray. The power struggle is significant — it is not an exaggeration to suggest the course of the war might hinge on which Fox shows the president is watching. Trump is clearly approaching a decision point over whether to further escalate the war. U.S. and Israeli forces have done a lot of damage to Iranian military targets, but its regime is intact, still controls its stockpiles of enriched uranium, and has closed the Strait of Hormuz, threatening the global trade in oil, natural gas, and fertilizer. The Pentagon is sending thousands of troops to the region and reportedly prepping options for a "final blow" — some of which would involve deploying U.S. forces on Iranian soil. When Trump is considering policy options, he often takes guidance from his loyal propagandists at Fox.… Continue Reading »

President Donald Trump's voter ID proposal, the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act proposal, is popular by a wide margin. But despite the President's persistence (on social media and at public events) to get it passed in the Senate, the Big Three (ABC, CBS, NBC) broadcast networks haven't given the SAVE Act any oxygen, as they've mostly ignored it on their evening and morning news programs. NewsBusters has been tracking coverage of the SAVE Act since its passage in the House on February 11 and found the Big Three networks refused to cover it, perhaps hoping the popular bill would die on the vine. In fact, they had completely censored any discussion of the bill on their evening and morning news shows until a few small mentions began appearing on March 21. Continue Reading »

As first lady, Melania Trump promotes opportunities for foster children, argues for the eradication of online bullying and often travels to military bases in support of soldiers and their families. She is also very into robots. On Wednesday, Mrs. Trump appeared at the White House alongside Figure 3, a humanoid, A.I.-powered robot whose uses, according to the company that makes it, include fetching towels, carrying groceries and serving champagne. But Mrs. Trump joins tech executives and some researchers in envisioning a world beyond robot butlery. She is interested in how these robots could cut it as educators. Continue Reading »

A humanoid robot walked down a red-carpeted White House hallway on Wednesday, accompanying U.S. first lady Melania Trump into an event where she urged ​greater use of artificial intelligence in education. The human-shaped robot, which introduced itself ‌as "Figure 03," joined Trump in the East Room to welcome dozens of first spouses from around the world to the technology-focused "Fostering the Future Together" summit. Continue Reading »

First lady Melania Trump on Wednesday was escorted by a walking, talking humanoid at the White House as she met with her counterparts at a children's technology summit. The robot accompanied Trump on the final day of the Fostering the Future Together global initiative, which focused on the role of artificial intelligence and education. Continue Reading »

U.S. paper currency will bear ‌President Donald Trump's signature starting this summer, the first time a sitting president has signed American money, the Treasury Department said on Thursday. Continue Reading »

The relationship between Google and news publishers has historically been an uneasy one, as the early architecture of the web enabled both to flourish but only by aligning their mutual self-interests. Publishers produced content, Google used it to answer user queries, and outlets monetized those visits with advertising. Continue Reading »

President Donald Trump directed his newly installed Department of Homeland Security chief to swiftly pay Transportation Security Administration agents in a bid to reduce long lines at airports, as talks to fund the department collapsed on Capitol Hill. Continue Reading »

A Panicking Japan Considers Shorting Oil To Prop Up The Crashing Yen With the yen collapse accelerating, and pushing the USDJPY above 160 for the first time since 2024, markets are on edge expecting a BOJ intervention at any moment as this was the price when the BOJ intervened last time. However, with BOJ interventions having been consistently proven futile with a half life of just weeks if not days, Japan - facing soaring inflation yet desperate not to raise rates as that would crash the stock market - is weighing a controversial (some would say idiotic) new plan to arrest the yen's slide: stepping into oil futures markets. Reuters was informed by "market sources" that Japan's government is considering ​intervening in the crude oil futures market as the Middle East crisis drives energy prices up sharply. Under the scheme, Japan would tap its $1.4-trillion foreign exchange ⁠reserves and build short positions in the oil futures market by selling futures contracts to push down prices. By dampening demand for dollars to buy oil, the "brilliant" thinking goes, Tokyo can ease selling pressure on the yen. ​ The oil futures and currency markets (which in ... Continue Reading »

Iran-Linked Hackers Breach FBI Director Kash Patel's Personal Email Account, DOJ Confirms Iran-linked hackers have claimed responsibility for breaching the personal email account of FBI Director Kash Patel, publicly releasing photographs of him, a purported resume, and excerpts of old emails. A U.S. Justice Department official has confirmed the compromise, marking the latest escalation in cyber tensions between the United States and Iran. The hacking group, known as the Handala Hack Team, announced the breach on its website and Telegram channel on Friday. The group posted images of a younger Patel - including photos showing him smoking cigars, near a convertible car, and with a bottle of rum - along with what it described as his resume and a selection of personal and business-related emails dating roughly from 2010 to 2022. The hackers declared that Patel “will now find his name among the list of successfully hacked victims.” A Justice Department official told Reuters that Patel’s personal Gmail account - not any official FBI or government systems - had indeed been breached and that the material published online appeared authentic. The official did not provide further details on the scope of ... Continue Reading »

Johnson To Advance New 60-Day DHS Funding Package But Schumer Says DOA House Speaker Mike Johnson agreed to put a short-term DHS funding package on the floor The resolution would fund all of DHS, including ICE and CBP It would replace the Senate-passed bill on the House floor Chuck Schumer says it's 'DOA' Update (1340ET): After meeting with the Freedom Caucus, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has agreed to advance a 60-day continuing resolution (CR) to the House Floor, which would fund all of DHS - including ICE and CBP - in lieu of the narrower Senate-passed bill. This decision will extend the partial shutdown of DHS, which has already lasted more than five weeks, and force the Senate to return and vote on the revised House measure. The shift reflects intense pressure from hardline conservatives who threatened to sink the Senate bill without major changes. The Freedom Caucus is demanding the inclusion of voter ID requirements, additional border patrol funding, and resources for child sex trafficking investigations within ICE. While Freedom Caucus Chairman Andy Harris argued the delay would not affect airport operations and that the Senate could quickly approve the bill next week, Democrats have repeatedly opposed ... Continue Reading »

Cartels Are Going 'Broke' As US Fentanyl Supply Drops By Almost 60%: Homan Authored by Darlene McCormick Sanchez via The Epoch Times, The Trump administration’s border crackdown is slowing the flow of deadly drugs into the country to the point that cartel profits have plummeted. ​Border czar Tom Homan said during an appearance at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on Thursday that President Donald Trump’s operation to go after the Mexican cartels has been successful, and that they are now focusing their drug operations on Europe and Asia. ​“Cartels are going broke,” Homan said. “They know it’s hard here.”​ Sara Carter, director of the National Drug Control Policy and a CPAC speaker, said that securing the U.S. border has meant fewer illegal immigrants and drugs, especially fentanyl. ​“We’ve seen a decrease in fentanyl coming into our country of around 56 percent to 57 percent, which is phenomenal,” she said. “You’re holding China accountable and telling them we are watching the supply chain, and you will be responsible if we see more deaths in our country.” ​The cartels securing fentanyl precursor chemicals from China and India know what they are doing, she said, adding that cartels ... Continue Reading »

Will QatarEnergy's LNG Fiasco Derail Goldman's Prewar View Of A Mega LNG Wave Global energy flows are being rewired across Eurasia as the Russia-Ukraine war and the latest U.S.-Iran conflict disrupt Gulf energy flows in what may be the worst energy shock on record. One major new development is that roughly 20% of global LNG flows remain shut in the Gulf region because of the Hormuz chokepoint, with QatarEnergy warning last week that 17% of its LNG export capacity could be offline for three to five years. That brings us to Goldman commodities expert Samantha Dart's warning to clients about five months ago, in which she said the "largest-ever LNG supply wave" was set to hit, pushing prices lower. The question now is whether Dart's warning still holds, given that the Iranian attack on Qatar's Ras Laffan gas facility wiped out about 17% of the country's LNG export capacity, causing an estimated $20 billion in lost annual revenue and threatening supplies to Europe and Asia. Repairs are expected to take three to five years. Dart's pre-US-Iran war view was that natural gas prices would remain relatively stable through 2027 before peak glut materializes by ... Continue Reading »

Schiff: "Real Rates Are Going To Collapse"; Dollar Confidence Crisis Gold or Bitcoin: which can anchor the next reserve system?  Last night, in a ZH debate hosted by Real Vision's Ash Bennington, Peter Schiff argued for gold’s role as the future global reserve currency, while Mark Moss made the case for Bitcoin, arguing that it is gaining traction on sovereign balance sheets as of 2025. They covered America's dwindling reserve status, fundamental monetary properties, and the nature of governments. Here were some highlights for those short on time: Gold: Tried and True Schiff argued that Bitcoin does not meet the definition of money and therefore cannot compete with gold, which he described as the foundational reserve asset backing currencies. He also pointed to current market trends, arguing that “foreign central banks are already moving more of their US dollar reserves into gold because they are losing confidence,” particularly in the U.S. government’s ability to repay debt without massive debasement. While acknowledging recent volatility, he maintained that gold’s decline is temporary and that “real rates are going to collapse, and that’s bullish for gold.” At a more fundamental level, money must have independent utility, according to Schiff.  “It ... Continue Reading »

Iran Threatens Industrial Sites Across Gulf-Region After Its Nuclear & Largest Steel Plants Attacked Summary No pause from Tehran, war footing deepens: Iran denies requesting Donald Trump’s 10-day halt; Israel attacks steel & industrial sites. Also, Khondab Heavy Water Research Reactor, part of the Arak Nuclear Complex, targeted. Yellow Cake factory in Yazd province hit. Escalation on all fronts: IRGC HQ targeted by US-Israsel; Iran signals expansion by naming UAE targets, hitting Kuwait ports and sending drones on Riyadh. Iran newly warning it will hit Gulf industry. Rubio tells G7 foreign ministers war will continue for another 2-4 weeks. Israel doubles down amid reports of manpower strain: IDF chief warns of manpower pressure even as Defense Minister Katz vows to "intensify and expand" strikes. Risk rises that Iran is holding back more advanced missiles for a prolonged war: WSJ writes "The US and Israel are pounding Iran’s missile-launching sites... But Tehran’s missiles keep flying." *  *  * More Iran Nuclear Sites Targeted; UAE Presses for Hormuz Security Force The United Arab Emirates, which has been among the hardest-impacted Gulf states in Iran's ongoing retaliation, is pressing for a multinational maritime ​taskforce to reopen vital oil transit waterway, the Financial Times reports ‌Friday. The UAE, with ... Continue Reading »

Newspaper Apologizes For Accurately Describing Suspected Killer As 'Illegal Immigrant' Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, The student journalists at Loyola University Chicago’s Phoenix newspaper have issued a groveling apology for initially reporting the facts about the man charged with murdering 18-year-old Sheridan Gorman. In an editor’s note, the paper stated: “Additionally, in the body of the original post, we described the man who was charged as an ‘illegal immigrant,’ using language provided by the Department of Homeland Security. That language does not align with Associated Press style, nor does it align with the values of this newspaper.” It continued: “No human’s existence is illegal, and we quickly changed our wording to reflect that. We acknowledge the harm such language can cause and the power and importance of the words we choose to use. We deeply regret these errors, and we’re committed to continuing the high standards we hold for ourselves as journalists and members of the Loyola, Rogers Park and Chicago communities.” Loyola University newspaper has issued an apology in the wake of the murder of freshman Sheridan Gorman...ostensibly to her accused murderer. The Phoenix was sorry for calling Jose Medina-Medina an "illegal immigrant" ... Continue Reading »

UAE Pushes For Hormuz Security Force, While Turkey Argues Against Gulf Entry Into War It's one of those things that sounds nice on paper, but when missiles and drones are inbound, no one is going to want to be on a military ship sitting in the middle of the Strait of Hormuz: the United Arab Emirates, which has been among the hardest-impacted Gulf states in Iran's ongoing retaliation, is pressing for a multinational maritime ​taskforce to reopen vital oil transit waterway, the Financial Times reports ‌Friday. The UAE, with a navy that's not really going to strike fear into any enemy (much less the Iranians), says it is willing to participate in a "Hormuz Security Force" to defend the strait and escort shipping. Dozens of countries are being asked to join, sources cited in FT say. Source: Abu Dhabi Ship Building Company And yet for all the public posturing and signing of 'symbolic statements' - not a single country with a strong military has actually stepped up with a concrete offer to provide warships and military assets (other than Israel, which is a direct party to the war). This is despite that for much of the past ... Continue Reading »

House Ethics Panel Finds Florida Democrat Congresswoman Committed 25 Violations Authored by Chase Smith via The Epoch Times, A bipartisan House Ethics Committee panel found on March 27 that Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-Fla.) committed 25 ethics violations, a ruling that sets the stage for a sanctions hearing and a potential expulsion vote on the House floor. The adjudicatory subcommittee, composed of four Republicans and four Democrats, deliberated until well past midnight before releasing its findings Friday morning. The panel found 25 of 27 counts in the Statement of Alleged Violations proven by clear and convincing evidence. The full committee will hold a sanctions hearing shortly after the House returns from the April recess. The violations center on Cherfilus-McCormick’s alleged use of millions of dollars from her family’s health care company, Trinity Healthcare Services, to fund her 2022 congressional campaign through a network of family members and affiliated businesses. Investigators also found violations related to her reelection campaign, financial disclosure failures, and use of her congressional office to benefit allies. Thursday’s public hearing was the first open ethics proceeding against a sitting House member in nearly 15 years. The ruling could fuel a Republican-led expulsion push and ... Continue Reading »

China Dismisses Report Of Top Chipmaker Aiding Iranian Forces As "Fake News" Beijing moved into damage-control mode on Friday, with its foreign ministry dismissing a Reuters report that cited two senior Trump administration officials alleging that SMIC, China's largest chipmaker, had sent chipmaking tools to Iran, as "false information." Asked about the report at a regular news conference in Beijing, foreign ministry spokesman Lin Jian said he was "not familiar with the situation" and added, "What I can tell you is that recently, some media have been keen on releasing news that seems correct but is actually wrong." Jian added that, "after verification, all such reports were found to be false information," but he did not elaborate further. The denial underscores just how sensitive Beijing is to headlines featuring Trump administration officials accusing SMIC of sending chipmaking tools to Iran. "We have no reason to believe that any of this has stopped," one Trump official told Reuters. Those allegations build on a separate report about a viral video circulating on X that appears to show a Chinese company mass-producing Shahed-type drones. One Trump official told the outlet that the SMIC tools sent to Iran ... Continue Reading »

Someone Tell Lloyd Blankfein The Fire In Private Credit Has Already Started Submitted by QTR's Fringe Finance As I’ve been writing about, private credit has been under immense stress for months, with liquidity strains, redemption pressure, and growing questions around valuations all surfacing at once. And now with things on the verge of imminent collapse and literally all of f*cking Wall Street already on notice, one former major banking CEO has decided to offer up the King Solomon-like revelation that he believes things could get worse from here. But, obviously, what he doesn’t realize is that the deterioration he’s warning about isn’t ahead of us. It’s already here. “At some point there needs to be a forcing function or a reckoning that causes you to come to grips with what your balance sheet really is worth,” former Goldman CEO Lloyd Blankfein told Bloomberg this week. He continued: “The analogy I like to give is you accumulate tinder on the floor of the forest and eventually a spark will come. But the longer between intervals where there’s a spark that sets it on fire, the more that accumulates.” Blankfein’s metaphor of tinder piling up in a ... Continue Reading »

Logic, Logistics, And At Least Another 10 Days... By Michael Every of Rabobank Thursday was a rocky day in markets ahead of today’s deadline for the US to shift from bombing Iran’s nuclear, missile, drone, military-industrial, and regime sites to destroying its electricity grid, potentially taking out its power generation for a generation, and unleashing an Iranian response against the broader region’s power, water, and energy infrastructure. Given that backdrop, some TACO the view it was logical Trump subsequently extended the deadline to 8PM EST on Monday 6 April, because “talks are ongoing, and despite erroneous statements to the contrary from the Fake News Media, and others, they are going very well.” Is this true, is Trump pulling a head-fake ahead of an impending strike, or did he just ramp the markets looking for an off-ramp? Supporting a ‘deal ahead’ view, Israel is shifting from hitting regime to military-industrial targets and is back to 24-hour attack runs despite the incredible strain it puts on its pilots and fighter jets. Yet there are other logics derived from logistics. The official Iranian position is that the US proposal to end the war is “one-sided and ... Continue Reading »

Iran War Triggers Jump In Americans' Inflation Expectations, Slump In Sentiment While the preliminary UMich survey was undertaken between February 17 and March 9, with about half completed after the start of the US military conflict in Iran, today's final print includes the full month with all the conflict's escalations (and de-escalations). Expectations were for the headline sentiment index to tumble with expectations projected to fall most and consensus was right with the expectations tumbling from 54.1 to  51.7 and current conditions down from 57.8 to 55.8 (worse than expected). Put together, the headline sentiment index fall from 55.5 to 53.3 (worse than expected) - the lowest reading of the year... Source: Bloomberg Declines were seen across age and political party. Consumers with middle and higher incomes and stock wealth, buffeted by both escalating gas prices and volatile financial markets in the wake of the Iran conflict, exhibited particularly large drops in sentiment. Overall, the short-run economic outlook plunged 14%, and year-ahead expected personal finances sank 10%, while declines in long-run expectations were more subdued. As UMich Survey Director Joanna Hsu notes: "These patterns suggest that, at this time, consumers may not expect recent negative ... Continue Reading »

QatarEnergy Declares ForceMajeure For LNG Shipments Through May, Representing As Many As 90 Cargoes The already dismal LNG supply situation just got worse. With up to 20% of global LNG flows shuttered due to the ongoing blockade of the Hormuz Strait and the extensive damage of Qatar LNG infrastructure, QatarEnergy has declared force majeure on some of ⁠its long-term liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply contracts, including ‌for customers ⁠in Italy, Belgium, South Korea ⁠and China, effectively canceling contractual obligations. That would represent as many as 90 cargoes according to Bloomberg. The move on Tuesday comes amid ongoing production and supply disruptions caused by the United States-Israeli war on Iran. Force majeure is a clause in contracts that allows a party to be excused from its obligations due to unforeseeable events. Petroleum companies in Kuwait and Bahrain have also recently invoked force majeure. Last week, QatarEnergy CEO Saad al-Kaabi said an Iranian attack on Qatar’s Ras Laffan gas facility wiped out about ⁠17 percent of the country’s LNG export capacity, causing an estimated $20bn in lost annual revenue and threatening supplies to Europe and ⁠Asia. Repairs are expected to take 3-5 years.  Saad al-Kaabi told the ... Continue Reading »

"There's A Lot Of Concern": GOP Lawmakers Predict Midterm Disaster If Troops Deployed To Iran While most Republicans are still with Trump on Iran, beneath the outward show of unity, something more politically dangerous is beginning to emerge: a growing fear that a war sold as limited could turn into the kind of Middle East quagmire MAGA voters thought they had already rejected. And it isn't just the usual anti-interventionist voices. It is now being voiced by Trump allies, rank-and-file House Republicans, and even senior GOP lawmakers leaving closed-door briefings sounding less reassured than rattled. To wit - several Republican members of Congress and two GOP senators told ZeroHedge that the Iran war - or, just as importantly, its economic fallout in the form of higher gas prices - could seriously frustrate MAGA voters if it drags on. The clearest warning came from South Carolina Rep. and gubernatorial candidate Nancy Mace, who said that during her statewide campaigns, she’s received standing ovations for her opposition of U.S. boots on the ground. "This is in front of conservative MAGA Republicans," she told ZH on Wednesday.  "If there are boots on the ground, public sentiment on ... Continue Reading »

Peak Lobotomized American Consumer Submitted by QTR's Fringe Finance There’s a very specific kind of financial confession I’ve had to make to myself recently. I see charges pop up on my phone’s home screen on various credit cards all the time. A lot of times they just say “Apple” or “Amazon.” No details. No explanation. Just a clean, confident withdrawal from my account like I’m renting air to breathe from both of these companies. And like a good American lobotomized consumer, I do absolutely nothing about it. I don’t investigate. I don’t even tap for more information. I just stare at it for half a second, nod internally, and think, yeah that feels right. Then I keep scrolling like I didn’t just get billed by a corporation with the transparency of Area 51.At this point, I have to admit something. I have fully surrendered to Amazon and Apple. Not in a dramatic way. Not in a conscious, principled decision. More in the slow, quiet erosion of resistance. Somewhere along the line, I stopped being a person who tracks purchases and became a person who assumes all unexplained charges are probably valid. I’m ... Continue Reading »

AI Disruption Returns: Cybersecurity Stocks Tumble On Report Of New Anthropic "Step Change" AI Model Cybersecurity stocks are slumping in premarket trading on Friday as the AI disruption trade returns after a Fortune report said Anthropic is testing a new AI model that “poses significant cybersecurity risks.” According to the report, Anthropic is "developing and has begun testing with early access customers a new AI model more capable than any it has released previously," the company said, following a data leak that revealed the model’s existence.  An Anthropic spokesperson said the new model represented “a step change” in AI performance and was “the most capable we’ve built to date.” The company said the model is currently being trialed by “early access customers.” Descriptions of the model were inadvertently stored in a publicly-accessible data cache and were reviewed by Fortune. A draft blog post that was available in an unsecured and publicly-searchable data store prior to Thursday evening said the new model is called “Claude Mythos” and that the company believes it poses unprecedented cybersecurity risks. Among notable movers this morning: CrowdStrike -6.0%, Palo Alto Networks -4.6%, Cloudflare -3.9%, Zscaler -4.7%, Fortinet -4.0%, Okta -4.26%. The broader ... Continue Reading »

Trump Fails To Jawbone Market As Futures, Bitcoin Tumble; Oil And Yields Soar Futures are sharply lower, erasing modest overnight gains and trading near session lows as Brent crude futures are back above $110 a barrel after erasing an earlier fall and knocking broader risk sentiment off course in the process. There didn’t appear to be a single catalyst for the oil turnaround, although a steady stream of drone and missile attacks in the Middle East will have played a role and erased what little optimism Trump's 10 day delay to an Iranian energy plant strike may have prompted, a move which is now widely seen as a smokescreen to get more US troops - and potentially Gulf allies - behind a ground invasion of one or more Iranian islands in the Persian Gulf. As of 8:00am ET S&P futures down 0.3% despite the initial spike in equities after Trump announced another delay in the ceasefire deal; with March coming to a close, the Iran war has driven WTI oil toward its best month since 2020 and stocks to their worst since 2022. Nasdaq futures slide 0.6% as equities, rates and commodities all reverse ... Continue Reading »

First Qatar Supply Shock, Now Cyclone Chaos Slams Major Australian LNG Plants In a troubling overnight development that could further deepen the Gulf energy shock, especially in global LNG markets, a tropical cyclone has disrupted operations at three major Australian LNG facilities, which together account for roughly 8.4% of global supply. The timing is alarming: Iranian strikes have already knocked out about 17% of Qatar's LNG export capacity, with repairs potentially taking years. The Australian outages now add near-term supply risks for buyers, particularly in Asia and Europe, who are already panicking and scrambling for new supplies. Tropical Cyclone Narelle is bearing down on Western Australia's coastline and has sparked major disruptions across three of Australia's top LNG facilities, including Gorgon, Wheatstone, and North West Shelf (as per Bloomberg):  Woodside Energy Group Ltd.'s North West Shelf export plant in Western Australia had a production interruption due to severe Tropical Cyclone Narelle, according to a company spokesperson. Meanwhile, Chevron Corp. said one of the three production units at its Gorgon plant was shut, as well as a platform that feeds its Wheatstone facility and domestic gas production. Following the closure of the Strait of ... Continue Reading »