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Samsung and SK Hynix make up nearly half the index. Retail traders called ants flip fast and use heavy margin debt. Leveraged ETFs on those two stocks double the losses. Korean won at 17 year low adds pressure on imports. National pension fund forced to sell on rallies due to allocation limits. Korea missed MSCI …
A judge in Tazewell County just shut this whole thing down. Said the Democrat backed redistricting vote doesn’t even pass the constitution, so it’s out. The Yes vote from Tuesday, blocked. Can’t certify it. Democrats tried to pause that, judge said no. He basically said the whole setup was off from the start, not just …
A federal appeals court has ordered the end of the Saving on a Valuable Education, or SAVE, plan, the Biden administration-era repayment program that brought lower monthly bills to millions of student loan borrowers. In a judgment issued late Monday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit reversed a lower court’s dismissal of …
The war-induced sell-off in global stocks continued on Wednesday, with the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) having to halt trading at one point to allow nervous investors to take a breather. The SET Index ended the day down 81.90 points (5.3%) at 1,384.61, with heavy turnover of 159 billion baht — about three times the …
The weapon disables infrastructure, rather than destroying it – cutting power It causes short circuits over power lines Can reach targets up to 180 miles https://www.msn.com/en-us/foodanddrink/foodnews/china-s-graphite-bomb-could-black-out-the-next-war-here-s-how/vi-AA1OJExI
BREAKING: The DC Circuit has *rejected* Trump's bid to fire Lisa Cook from the Fed board, allowing her to participate in tomorrow's interest-rate setting meeting. Trump's last hope is a quick stay from SCOTUS. https://t.co/wNtfx9GWW2 pic.twitter.com/1eZGAmLjhO — Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) September 16, 2025 NOTABLE: The majority did not opine on Trump's claim of "cause" for …
7%, 13%, 20% drops will trigger halts in S&P trading If the Russell 2000 futures hit a circuit breaker and halt before the cash session (before the regular stock market opens), here’s what typically happens: Futures Trading Halts OnlyThe halt applies only to the futures market (like the Russell e-mini). The cash session (stock market) …
A federal appeals court on Friday cleared the way for Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency to resume their efforts to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development. The ruling from a three-judge panel of the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals lifted a lower-court judge’s injunction that had temporarily blocked Musk and …
By a vote of 49-45, the #Senate confirmed the nomination of Embry J. Kidd to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit. Senator Manchin voted no. Braun, Daines, Fetterman, Hagerty, Rubio, and Vance did not vote. — Senate Press Gallery (@SenatePress) November 18, 2024 Senator Manchin voted no. Braun, Daines, Fetterman, Hagerty, Rubio, …
BREAKING: The 5th Circuit Court just ruled that ballots MUST be received by Election Day and any state laws that allow them to be received and counted after Election Day violate federal law THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING. I kid you not. “Congress statutorily designated a singular “day for the election” of members of Congress and the …
“The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit handed down a major victory for free speech this week in favor of a professor challenging his treatment by the University of Louisville. In Josephson v. Ganzel, a unanimous panel ruled for Dr. Allan Josephson who was subject to adverse actions after he publicly expressed …
We have previously discussed controversial sentences handed down in cases involving rioters on January 6th, including sentencing orders that, in my view, violate First Amendment rights. That included the case of Daniel Goodwyn, who pleaded guilty to a single misdemeanor count of entering and remaining in a restricted building. That crime would ordinarily not involve any jail time …
A U.S. appeals court filed an order on Thursday barring President Biden’s administration from providing student debt relief with its SAVE Plan. Why it matters: Although the order on an emergency motion is not a final ruling, all aspects of the SAVE Plan are now blocked while the court case continues, per the Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. …
In a landmark decision, the 5th Circuit Court has delivered a damning verdict: the Biden administration, the FBI, and the CDC have all flagrantly violated the First Amendment by colluding with Big Tech to censor Americans. This unprecedented ruling unveils a dark chapter of governmental overreach and the erosion of free speech rights. Where are …
“The rules aim to standardize climate-related company disclosures about greenhouse gas emissions, weather-related risks and how they are preparing for the transition to a low-carbon economy.” Fifth Circuit stays the SEC climate disclosure rules "The rules aim to standardize climate-related company disclosures about greenhouse gas emissions, weather-related risks and how they are preparing for the …
The FBI’s seizure of contents from safe deposit boxes during a raid on a Beverly Hills vault in 2021 violated the U.S. Constitution, a federal appeals court ruled on Jan. 23. Agents raided U.S. Private Vaults, a business that allowed people to rent safe deposit boxes anonymously, based on the belief that criminals were using …
via bearingarms: A decade ago, Maryland lawmakers imposed a new burden on residents hoping to exercise their Second Amendment right to keep and bear a handgun by creating a “Handgun Qualification License.” Before any would-be gun owner can take possession of a pistol, they must first jump through several state-mandated hoops, from submitting fingerprints as …
7th Circuit: AR-15s Not Protected by Second Amendment @BreitbartNews https://t.co/oG1hniUUDR — AWR Hawkins (@AWRHawkins) November 4, 2023 On Friday, a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit overturned an injunction against Illinois’ “assault weapons” ban, deciding that AR-15s are not protected by the Second Amendment. The preliminary injunction was …
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday once again stepped in to leave in place the federal government’s ban on so-called “ghost guns.” These are unassembled and unmarked guns that can be bought online and then assembled into fully operative guns. In August 2022, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives issued regulations that required …
Fifty-six years after it exempted antiwar teenagers from First Amendment protections while on campus, a federal appeals court in America’s heartland affirmed students’ speech rights in public schools on an equally contentious subject today. The St. Louis-based 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a preliminary injunction Monday against an Iowa school district policy that …
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