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Foreign buyers stepping back from US debt market. This means more money printing and yield control later. Pain moves from bond markets to currencies and inflation. Japan holds about $1.21 trillion US Treasuries. UK holds about $937 billion. Both now face rising yields at home. Japanese 10-year and 20-year JGB yields at 30-year highs. BOJ …
Japan attracts steady foreign capital with less domestic leverage risk. Korea chip sector leverage creates volatility and deters foreign money.
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has said his party would ban foreign nationals from living in social housing, with tenants required to find private accommodation within three months or face possible deportation. The party confirmed the ban would apply retrospectively, regardless of how long someone has been living in the UK, under Reform’s policy of …
DETROIT – Vincent Munster and Claude Kwe, both researchers with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) at the Rocky Mountain Laboratory were charged today in a criminal complaint with conspiracy to smuggle monkeypox into the United States and giving false statements to federal law enforcement, United States Attorney Jerome F. Gorgon Jr. announced. Gorgon was …
Muckraker caught the whole Dominican pipeline red-handed in Lawrence. Free food stamps and charity hauls stuffed into barrels and shipped straight to DR bodegas for cash. They’ve been running this scam wide open while we foot the bill. Vance just got tagged, this better light a fire under real investigators. Enough of our money getting …
Foreign cash floods Kentucky primary to knock off Thomas Massie and install party pick… Republican insiders deny any backroom deal and spin voter choice narrative instead… Kentucky families lose genuine voice in Congress as party turns on its own dissenters… MAGA is officially dead. https://t.co/dWHhTVaOGF — Kacee Allen (@KaceeRAllen) May 21, 2026 Six months ago …
Pras Michel reported to federal prison in Safford, Arizona, on April 30 to begin his 14-year sentence. The Fugees rapper was convicted of funnelling roughly $100M in illegal foreign money from Jho Low into the 2012 Obama campaign and later lobbying the Trump administration to drop the investigation. Pras Michel turns himself in to begin …
Iran's Foreign Minister Araqchi announced that Donald Trump has requested negotiations because the United States has not achieved any of its goals, and we are reviewing this request. https://t.co/kQeLqWJ382 — zerohedge (@zerohedge) April 27, 2026
Foreign Private Investors now own more U.S. Treasuries than Foreign Central Banks for the first time in history byu/RobertBartus inEconomyCharts 🇺🇸 Foreigners dumped ANOTHER $200 BILLION into U.S. Treasuries in February, a new ALL-TIME RECORD at $9.49 TRILLION Japan +$14B, UK +$17B, stacking hard. China barely touched theirs. The world’s still obsessed with American debt. …
Affected Product: Approximately 4,500 cases of organic jasmine white rice from Lundberg Family Farms, sold at Wegmans, Target, Walmart, Giant, and Hy-Vee. Health Risk: May contain foreign material (wood, metal, or plastic) that could cause temporary or reversible health issues. Action for Consumers: Do not consume the rice; return to the store for a full …
Tucker Carlson hints that the first assassination attempt on President Trump was planned and covered up by Israel and Benjamin Netanyahu. Citing Joe Kent, Tucker says the investigation into that assassination attempt was immediately closed before any foreign involvement could be uncovered. Tucker also says “good guys” in the government are secretly fighting Israel but …
It’s less than 48 hours to Trump’s ultimatum to Iran: open the Strait of Hormuz or the power grid gets destroyed. Iran has rejected every U.S proposal so far, and seems to relish the opportunity to call Trump’s bluff. So what happens when April 6 arrives, and Trump orders strikes on Iran’s grid? 90 million …
Foreign central banks sell Treasuries Foreign central banks have slashed their holdings of Treasuries at the New York Federal Reserve to the lowest level since 2012, as countries sell the US government bonds to prop up their economies and currencies in the wake of the Iran war. The value of Treasuries held in custody at …
BREAKING: Iran's Foreign Minister Araghchi just now on potential peace talks with the US: "We do not have any faith that negotiations with the US will yield any results. The trust level is at zero." pic.twitter.com/dnSzCrUBsa — The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) March 31, 2026
🚨HOLY FKN SHIT!! 🤯 Iranian Foreign Minister – Abbas Araghchi says: “When we say we don’t want a ceasefire, it isn’t because we seek war. This war must end in a way that ensures our enemies never again think of repeating these attacks.” “They have now seen what kind of… pic.twitter.com/EA1CeInuyg — JackTheRippler ©️ (@RippleXrpie) …
via The Islander “We will make it to the return of the Messiah, but this will not happen next Thursday.” 🇮🇱🇺🇸🇮🇷 “We will make it to the return of the Messiah, but this will not happen next Thursday.” This is the man who started a regional war and then disappeared into a foreign bunker while …
🚨🇺🇸🇮🇱 NOW: Hillary Clinton has begun PRAISING Donald Trump’s foreign policy agenda 😂 It’s over… pic.twitter.com/eI1jPTswZD — Jackson Hinkle 🇺🇸 (@jacksonhinklle) March 10, 2026
🇬🇧🇮🇷 Four people arrested in London by counter-terrorism police on suspicion of aiding Iran's foreign intelligence service. The alleged operation: surveillance of Jewish community locations and individuals across London. Source: NYT https://t.co/XZYwuIuK8g pic.twitter.com/XorGta7LWx — Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) March 6, 2026 The men [A-D] were arrested on Friday, 6 March on suspicion of assisting a foreign …
Visegrád 24 @visegrad24 Denmark has announced a major legal reform to make it easier to deport foreign nationals convicted of serious crimes. Any non-Danish citizen who is sentenced to at least 1 year in prison for serious offences, such as aggravated assault, rape or similar violent crimes, would be automatically eligible for deportation back to …
Source: Investing(.)com pic.twitter.com/9CC2b0AUXd — Wimar.X (@DefiWimar) March 4, 2026
President Donald Trump wants Congress to sidestep internal debates and extend a key surveillance program — and he has made the demand directly to key Hill Republicans. At issue is the foreign spy program known as Section 702, which is set to lapse on April 20. Lawmakers in both parties want to put new restrictions …
IRAN'S DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER TAKHT-RAVANCHI SAYS TEHRAN READY TO TAKE ANY NECESSARY STEP TO REACH A DEAL WITH U.S. oil dumping — zerohedge (@zerohedge) February 24, 2026 Factcheck: Yes, accurate per today’s Iranian state media (Mehr, Tasnim) and NPR interview. Deputy FM Majid Takht-Ravanchi: “We are ready to reach an agreement as soon as possible… …
🚨TRUMP RAISES GLOBAL TARIFF TO 15% Donald Trump announced he will immediately increase the global tariff rate from 10% to 15%, following what he called a flawed and “anti-American” United States Supreme Court decision. He said the move targets countries he accuses of… pic.twitter.com/woHVkzzRMH — *Walter Bloomberg (@DeItaone) February 21, 2026 German chancellor, Friedrich Merz, …
When it comes to the US, investors the world over now love to Bash All Day, Buy All Night. Travelling recently across Asia, Europe and the Middle East, I was struck by the rising intensity of complaints about America under Donald Trump, from its tariffs to designs on Greenland and apparent disregard for the old …
The new Japanese Prime Minister said she will deport all culturally incompatible foreigners from Japan, such as these Islamist migrants who took over a children’s playground to pray and demand Sharia law. Do you agree?pic.twitter.com/eCzsOs1cFK — Dr. Maalouf (@realMaalouf) February 8, 2026 Per Grok: No, the claim is not accurate. Japan’s PM Sanae Takaichi …
Congress, including 81 Republicans and all Democrats, have voted to continue funding the National Endowment for Democracy, which Jimmy and guest Thomas Massie describe as a CIA-linked vehicle for foreign interference and regime change. They criticize Donald Trump and the White House for staying silent, saying even mild opposition from the president could have stopped …
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent: “We've been applying a maximum pressure campaign on Iran's oil exports to cut off the sources of the regime's funding, and what we have seen in the past month is a total financial collapse of the regime.” @SchmittNYC @SecScottBessent pic.twitter.com/1oMzdv5fW6 — NEWSMAX (@NEWSMAX) January 15, 2026 Iran’s nationwide protests began in …
Russia’s response to a failed Ukrainian drone attack on President Vladimir Putin’s state residence will not be diplomatic, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova warned on Monday. Earlier in the day, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated that on the night of December 28-29, “the Kiev regime launched a terrorist attack using 91 long-range strike unmanned aerial …