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Secretary of State Marco Rubio met the pontiff for 150 minutes to repair ties after a week of social media feuds… Discussions focused on humanitarian aid in the Middle East and easing tensions over the Iran military campaign… Rubio presented the Pope with a crystal football paperweight, joking about the pontiff’s White Sox fandom… The …
FOMC kicks off 2 day meeting; rates widely expected to hold at 3.50% to 3.75%… Market pricing for 2026 rate cuts collapses to zero amid energy driven inflation… Trump successor pick Kevin Warsh ready for May 15 takeover as Powell’s term ends… The “Hawkish Hold”: Fed focuses on preventing “imported inflation” from Gulf war… Fed …
Monarch begins high-stakes 4-day visit; first British King to address Congress… Meeting now: Trump and Charles hold bilateral as First Lady hosts Queen Camilla… Capitol Hill on “Level Red” lockdown ahead of afternoon Joint Session speech… King expected to lean into “transatlantic endurance” as war in Iran enters Day 60… 10,000 National Guard troops form …
Talks with the President of Syria, Ahmed al-Sharaa @AH_AlSharaa. We agreed to work together to bring greater security and more opportunities for development to our societies. We discussed the situation in the region and the prospects for changing it for the better. We also went… pic.twitter.com/BxUoEVNmFW — Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) April 5, …
“Earlier on Saturday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy — during a previously unannounced flurry of visits to Gulf nations — said his country and the United Arab Emirates had agreed to cooperate on defence, after Iran targeted countries in the area in retaliation for US-Israeli strikes. Ukraine also signed an air defence agreement with Saudi Arabia …
🚨 TRUMP TO HOLD WHITE HOUSE NEWS CONFERENCE Donald Trump said he will hold a news conference at the White House on Monday. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said the briefing will take place before his 11:45 a.m. closed-door meeting with the board of the John F. Kennedy Center… — *Walter Bloomberg (@DeItaone) …
By Jonny Haycock In this latest Gold Sessions, Jonny Haycock, Partner at VON GREYERZ, is joined by Alasdair Macleod to examine what may be shaping up to be a perfect storm for global markets. The discussion begins with Japan’s emerging role as a potential warning signal of wider sovereign debt stress, alongside accelerating de-dollarisation and rising geopolitical …
Everything’s lining up for a Q1 shock. THE YEN PARADOX 82,640 contracts betting against the yen. Second highest since July 2024. The Bank of Japan just confessed this morning they have barely begun. After hiking to a 30 YEAR HIGH at 0.75 percent, the yen did not strengthen. It collapsed to 157.77. Finance Minister Katayama …
Hurricane Melissa has turned the Caribbean into a scene of dread. The storm’s eye has fixed itself over the warmest waters south of Jamaica, spinning with the precision of a weapon. Meteorologists say this is no ordinary hurricane. It is the kind of storm that rewrites records and redraws coastlines. “Melissa is still expected to …
Last time yesterday in Egypt. Donald Trump appeared to dismiss UK Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, whilst speaking in Sharm el-Sheikh. During his speech, the US President declared it “the day the world has been hoping and praying for,” announcing peace in the Middle East. He said, “We’ve achieved what many thought impossible. A new and …
The mask is off. In a stunning admission, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink boasts of a global business model built on unprecedented access and influence over the highest levels of government—before they even take power. His words reveal a chilling blueprint: leverage control over the retirement funds of nations (from Mexico to Japan to the UK) …
Aug 26 (Reuters) – Eli Lilly (LLY.N), opens new tab said on Tuesday its experimental GLP-1 pill helped overweight adults with type 2 diabetes shed 10.5% of body weight in a late-stage trial, after recent data from another study of the drug in patients without diabetes sent company shares tumbling. Shares of the drugmaker rose …
HOURS AFTER TRUMP–ZELENSKY MEETING, RUSSIA UNLEASHES MASSIVE ATTACK ON UKRAINE While the U.S. and EU were talking about security guarantees, Moscow responded with one of its biggest airstrikes this month. 270 drones and 10 missiles were launched overnight. Ukraine shot down or suppressed 236, but hits still landed, including on the Kremenchuk Oil Refinery. Source: …
Construction of a new White House State Ballroom was announced today. The 90,000-square-foot venue will cost $200 million and seat 650 guests. It replaces the East Wing, which only fits 200. Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said, “The White House Ballroom will be substantially separated from the main building … but at the same time its …
Trump’s Scotland trip is a masterclass in mixing presidential optics with private profit. He landed Friday at Prestwick Airport, rolled straight into Turnberry, and spent the weekend golfing while the taxpayer picked up the tab. The White House calls it a “working visit.” That’s one way to describe ribbon-cutting ceremonies at his own resorts. He’s …
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche met with Ghislaine Maxwell for two full days behind closed doors in a federal courthouse in Tallahassee. No reporters were allowed. No transcript was made. Prosecutors stayed out. Blanche, who once served as Trump’s personal attorney, now ranks second in command at the Justice Department. He gave Maxwell limited immunity. …
🚨NEW—CNN REPORTS THAT VIOLENT RIOTS ARE SPREADING TO MAJOR CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY! – Dallas– Louisville– Atlanta– New York City "Many protestors say it's time to take a stand against the Trump administration's policies…" pic.twitter.com/pKdjR5jwKS — Townhall.com (@townhallcom) June 10, 2025 🚨 JUST IN: Rep. Tim Burchett calls for looters to be SH0T on sight …
There’s a whole generation of investors who never lived through pain. They came of age in a world where risk meant reward and loss meant stimulus. Where the Fed was not a referee but a guardian angel. They watched markets recover in days, not years. And they believed it. All of it. They saw the …
President Donald Trump met Thursday with Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell amid the president badgering the central bank for lower interest rates. The release indicated that Powell and his Fed colleagues remain committed to setting monetary policy on “careful, objective, and non-political analysis.” President Donald Trump met Thursday with Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell amid …
The trade deficit will find another level but the situation is actually worse once people step back and think about sht for more than a degenerate price tick. The underlying problem with this disorderly “Flood the Zone” manner in which the current ‘rebalancing’ of US trade is being conducted is that trade disruptions are happening …
Hong Kong CNN — Chinese leader Xi Jinping hosted Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma and the country’s top tech executives in Beijing on Monday, in a meeting that signals officials could be steering the country in a more business-friendly direction after a yearslong regulatory crackdown. Besides Ma, the other tycoons in attendance included Huawei founder Ren …
Great to meet @PeteHegseth, Pres. Trump's nominee for Secretary of Defense and a combat veteran. I appreciated his candor as we discussed our readiness challenges, the China threat, auditing the Pentagon, his vision for DoD, and other important national security issues. https://t.co/7ktw6AgJ2n — Senator Todd Young (@SenToddYoung) December 11, 2024
Gavin Newsom’s 24 Billion Dollar homeless solution meets Gavin Newsom’s 128 Billion dollar high speed rail. pic.twitter.com/hHsD9hXCwL — Kevin Dalton (@TheKevinDalton) December 11, 2024 Every day it’s worse. Every day you think this will be the tipping point. See you tomorrow — Kevin Dalton (@TheKevinDalton) December 11, 2024
INCREDIBLE! Trump just met with the Martin County Sheriff’s Deputies who took Ryan Routh into custody. You can’t not love this guy! pic.twitter.com/9Td2rkCcNL — Ryan Fournier (@RyanAFournier) September 17, 2024
Australian Karen meets MTG – 😂 pic.twitter.com/9mroHBQfqj — Catturd ™ (@catturd2) June 27, 2024
First Time Ever? 90 Actresses Turn Down Roles in Play Attacking J.K. Rowling. “The play, originally called TERF C**t portrays a fictional intervention of the Harry Potter actors staging an ‘intervention’ to get Rowling to recant her gender-critical views. No actresses want to touch the roles with a 10-foot pole, perhaps because they agree with …
