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The United States could soon position more than 17,000 ground troops in and around the Middle East in a major military escalation linked to the ongoing conflict with Iran, according to The Wall Street Journal. If approved by President Donald Trump, the deployment would add around 10,000 additional soldiers to forces already active in the …
U.S. citizens traveling to Hong Kong have been warned that refusing to hand over passwords or provide access to personal electronic devices can now be treated as a criminal offense under newly updated national security rules. The warning was issued by the U.S. Consulate General in Hong Kong and Macao after the Hong Kong government …
Acting head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement Todd Lyons has been hospitalized at least twice for stress-related issues as he has carried out President Donald Trump’s aggressive immigration agenda — strain that has caused him to struggle to make key decisions for the agency, according to two current and two former administration officials. The hospitalizations …
BREAKING: Intense US-Israeli strikes across Isfahan, Iran, alongside heavy bombing in Tehran and renewed strikes on the Parchin military complex. Multiple cities targeted simultaneously tonight in what appears to be a significant escalation. pic.twitter.com/t6C35x06hb — Conflict Alarm (@ConflictAlarm) March 27, 2026 This live page will be closed soon, but before we go, here are today’s …
What is often overlooked is that the Fed primarily controls demand-side inflation, not supply-side inflation. In other words, it can influence how much people borrow and spend, but it cannot directly increase supply, like producing more oil. This means that in the case of a supply-shock, as we are seeing now with energy prices, the …
This was a localized outage—about 100,000 SDG&E customers in South Orange County (think Mission Viejo, Laguna Niguel) and a sliver of north San Diego County. Not "California went dark," not hundreds of thousands statewide—just a chunk of suburbia blinking out around 9 p.m. last… pic.twitter.com/mZNql3wH7Q — 🇺🇸 MAGARon 🇺🇸 🫡:) 👀 🍿 🇺🇸 (@RonXilla) March …
March 27 (Reuters) – Ukraine and Saudi Arabia have signed an agreement on defence cooperation that lays the foundation for future contracts, technological cooperation and investments, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday. During an unannounced visit to the Gulf, Zelenskiy hopes to bolster support for Ukraine in its war against Russia, which is now in …
🚨🇹🇭 Meanwhile in Thailand The panic buying a fuel is spreading everywhere quickly across Asia right now. pic.twitter.com/rT3Jy6Ynfn — Concerned Citizen (@BGatesIsaPyscho) March 27, 2026 BREAKING: Russia has agreed to further increase crude oil sales to India, now set to double from January's levels to 40%+ of India's total imports, per Reuters. Just 2 months …
The White House has finally explained a series of cryptic videos after sparking alarm during the Iran war. The Trump administration launched an official White House app on Friday as it promoted ‘real-time updates, straight from the source, no filter.’ Social media users were furious, with one posting: ‘The level of irresponsibility from the White …
Hardline House Republicans have thrown a Senate-passed DHS funding bill into chaos, leaving millions of passengers facing TSA hell. Speaker Mike Johnson and the powerful House Freedom Caucus of MAGA conservatives rejected the bill passed late last night by the Senate, as it does not include funding for ICE. ‘This gambit that was done last …
The market is starting to reject it. IRAN ON US PEACE TALK HEADLINES: "They’ve spammed so much fake news trying to push energy prices down that the market is just numb now. Keep going, nobody is buying it anymore. The real prices will show up anyway. Powerful? Maybe. But Smart? Not even close. Burned that …
We keep firing off multi-million dollar missiles to knock down $20k drones. Iran’s drones can be made in weeks, the missiles take months or more. It can take up to 2 years to build a Tomahawk, costing $3.6 million a piece, according to the report. Moreover, last year’s budget had included only 57 of them. …
Originally published on my Substack. Fertilizer is getting stuck in transit, with shipments piling up on the wrong side of the Strait of Hormuz and plants in India, Algeria, and Slovakia shutting down or slowing while China restricts exports. Australian wheat farmers are planting less. U.S. corn and soy farmers are asking President Trump for …
Trump’s signature will appear on U.S. dollar bills in a redesign marking the 250th anniversary of American independence, replacing the long-standing signature of the U.S. Treasurer. pic.twitter.com/4uyMrDqcsK — Open Source Intel (@Osint613) March 27, 2026 President Donald Trump will become the first-ever US president to have his signature appear on every US dollar starting this …
Jimmy Dore exposes the New York Times’ blatant double standard in covering Israel’s invasion of Lebanon—using the passive “Israel troops cross into Lebanon” while describing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as an “illegal annexation.” He highlights that Israel’s defense minister has now openly declared the military will occupy southern Lebanon up to the Litani River, a …
After 42 days of infighting on Capitol Hill and growing security lines at airports, the Senate early Friday morning approved a bill to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security, the first — yet significant — step in ending the shutdown at the sprawling agency. Next stop is the House of Representatives, which could …
Iran: The Strait of Hormuz is closed — unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) March 27, 2026 Iran declares Strait of Hormuz closed and warns ships will face ‘harsh measures’ Three container ships of mixed nationalities were forced to turn back after warnings Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has announced that the Strait of Hormuz is closed and any …
JD Vance in tense call with Benjamin Netanyahu as he rips Israel’s PM for selling ‘easy’ Iran war to Trump JD Vance confronted Benjamin Netanyahu in a tense phone call, accusing the Israeli leader of being overly optimistic about the chances of regime change in Iran. The Vice President told the Israeli leader on Monday …
by Michael Are both sides misleading us about what they intend to do? U.S. officials have been able to keep the financial markets calm by telling us that Iran is defeated and that the war will end soon, but meanwhile thousands of U.S. troops are being deployed to the Middle East and it appears that …
When a regime loses both its external leverage over the global economy and its internal ability to buy time with money and fuel, its options narrow. The same choke point Iran is using to pressure the world can become the instrument that pressures the regime. How, though, would this operation work in practice? An amphibious …
Vostok, Antarctica bottomed out at −76.4°C (−105.5°F) sometime between 12:00 UTC yesterday and 00:00 this morning. 🇦🇶 If confirmed, this sets a new continental and worldwide record low temperature for March. 🌡️🏆 But you won't hear a peep about it in the press. pic.twitter.com/hPHIhSeEzu — Chris Martz (@ChrisMartzWX) March 25, 2026 Winter in the Northern …
Iran’s oil exports have not collapsed and are fetching much higher prices than before the war, handing Tehran handsome extra revenues from its crude, which is the only one unimpeded from transiting the Strait of Hormuz. Unlike all other Gulf producers, Iran is passing its oil through the Strait of Hormuz and its export volumes …
Kari McCaw was flying with co-workers to attend a conference in Las Vegas last month when Southwest Airlines employees stopped her at the ticket counter. The agents’ message was clear — either buy a second seat for herself or don’t fly. McCaw is not alone in her experience. In January, Southwest’s popular “customer of size” …
TEXAS KINDERGARTEN TEACHER SAYS SHE’S BROKE — THEN ADMITS SHE’S PAYING $1,500 A MONTH FOR A MERCEDES G-WAGON Her direct deposit just hit: $7,581 Here’s where it went: • $3,581 rent • $1,548 Mercedes G-Wagon payment • $548 groceries • $500 hair & nails • $251 gym • $12 utilities End of the month? –$124 …
NEW: 🇮🇷🇮🇱🇺🇸 Trump said the US need $2 billion a day to reopen the Strait of Hormuz US Senator: But it was already open before the war? So what was the point of whole war? pic.twitter.com/AqbxXQJd8T — Megatron (@Megatron_ron) March 26, 2026 Factcheck: No, Trump didn’t say the US “needs $2 billion a day to …
Iran could significantly increase U.S. casualties if its elite military and proxy forces shift to guerrilla-style hit-and-run attacks in the region, a leading military analyst has warned. Michael Eisenstadt of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy spoke as the Pentagon moved elements of the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division into the Middle East amid a …
by Michael Are we really going to go through this again? It appears that the Iranians are absolutely determined to keep traffic through the Strait of Hormuz paralyzed until they get what they want. In order to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, an absolutely massive military operation would be required, and perhaps we will see …
President Donald Trump is adding his name to U.S. dollar bills, the first time a sitting president’s signature will go on paper currency, the Treasury Department announced Thursday. Trump’s signature will go on the bills in honor of the country’s 250th anniversary, the Treasury said. Historically, paper currency carries the signatures of the treasury secretary …
Claimed missile strike on USS Abraham Lincoln Iran’s military claimed to have launched cruise missiles at the USS Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea, with state-linked media asserting the strike forced the US fleet to change position. President Trump said Iran fired 101 missiles at the carrier and all were intercepted, denying damage. The attack …
Leafy greens such as spinach and perennial kid favorites such as strawberries and grapes held the highest levels of potentially harmful pesticide residues based on government tests, according to the 2026 Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce. Nectarines, peaches, cherries, apples, blackberries, pears, potatoes and blueberries filled out this year’s “Dirty Dozen” most pesticide-laden fruits …