US Begins ‘Self-Defense’ Strikes Against Iran After Downing Of Apache Helicopter Summary: Trump says ‘US must respond’ after Iran downed Apache over Strait  Trump says Washington and Tehran are in the “final throes” of cementing a deal, “two or three days” Iran shoots down US Apache helicopter over Strait, crew safe Despite Trump calls for Israeli ceasefire, casualties are rising in southern Lebanon So much for […]

Viral Influencer: How Bill Gates’ Billions Shape US Medical Research Authored by Paul D. Thacker via RealClearInvestigations, Bill Gates has long been one of the most admired people in the world, especially since he stepped down from his role running Microsoft to devote himself and much of his fortune to philanthropy. That reputation has been tarnished recently, however, by revelations of the billionaire’s close relation with sex […]

Karmelo Anthony Convicted Of Murder In Fatal Stabbing Of Austin Metcalf Summary: Karmelo Anthony was found guilty of murder after a Collin County jury deliberated for less than three hours. Earlier Tuesday, jurors began deliberating after closing arguments in the Karmelo Anthony murder trial. The jury was asked to decide between three possible outcomes: murder, manslaughter, or not guilty. The trial resumed at 9 a.m. local […]

Man Accused In Fatal Charlotte Train Stabbing Ruled Incompetent To Stand Trial Two months after mental health experts deemed Decarlos Brown Jr. incompetent to stand trial for the fatal train stabbing of 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska last year – when Brown shouted “I got that white girl” – a federal judge has agreed with them.  White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks alongside photos of Ukrainian refugee […]

55% Of Democrats Would Prefer Living Outside The US; Survey Finds Authored by Bryan Hyde via American Greatness, A poll conducted last month shows 55 percent of Democrats answering affirmatively when asked “Is there any other country on Earth you would rather live in than the United States today?” Breitbart reports that the Elon University/YouGov America 250 National Survey conducted between April 30 and May 4 asked 1,000 US […]

Dan Loeb Reveals DOJ Threat To Trump Over Ross Ulbricht Commutation In Final Hours Of First Term Authored by Juan Galt via Bitcoin Magazine, Hedge fund manager Dan Loeb has publicly claimed that the Department of Justice threatened President Donald Trump in the final hours of Trump’s first term in January 2021, warning it would “go after” him if he commuted the sentence of Ross Ulbricht, creator of the Bitcoin-powered Silk Road […]

Goldman Details A Quiet Month For Western Nuclear While Russia And China Pick Up Speed May saw multiple significant milestones and announcements in the Western nuclear industry. One of the biggest achievements was in the US last week when microreactor developer Antares brought their pilot design critical for the first time.  There were other major wins with Constellation clearing a path to bring their Three Mile Island reactor […]

From Classes On Bad Bunny To ‘Queering God’ Higher-Ed Has Lost Its Way Via The College Fix, Higher education is not what it used to be. Gone are the days when students were required to study the classics. Nowadays it seems like any gibberish can pass for scholarly study. The examples are myriad, write Daniel Buck, a research fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, and Garion Frankel, incoming editor at the James G. Martin […]

AI Agents With Crypto Could Escape And Become ‘Unstoppable’, Experts Warn Authored by Martin Young via CoinTelegraph.com, Artificial intelligence agents that have autonomous access to crypto wallets could become unstoppable if deployed maliciously or if they escape from sandboxes, experts from a leading academic research consortium warned. “Unstoppable Autonomous Agents” (UAAs) pose a clear threat if they are deployed to […]

U.S. Fertilizer Prices Erase War Spike, But El Nino Keeps Food Inflation Risk Elevated The good news for US farmers is that urea fertilizer prices have returned to pre-US-Iran conflict levels after spiking from late February through mid-April. This is great news for farmers, though they are not out of the woods, as drought continues to plague some of the nation’s top agricultural belts. Prices for granular urea in New Orleans […]

Britain On Edge As Mass Protests Expected After Attempted Beheading Attack By Migrant Summary: Tommy Robinson Says Mass Protests Expected Tonight Nation Horrified After Somali Migrant Attempted To Behead UK Citizen  Belfast Horror: African Migrant Tries To Saw Off Victim’s Head In Street Attack Mass Protests Expected In Coming Hours  Last night’s attempted beheading of a British man by a Somali migrant in Belfast is becoming […]

Hakeem Jeffries Humiliated After Trump Attack Backfires Authored by Matt Margolis via PJMedia.com, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) tried to score points off Donald Trump’s appearance at Madison Square Garden for Game 3 of the NBA Finals. And, oh boy, did it backfire spectacularly. Monday’s press conference gave the House Minority Leader a stage, and he used it to attack Trump’s planned appearance at the game and to question […]

Mediocre 3Y Auction Tails Despite Solid Buyside Demand With markets thrown in turmoil following Trump’s threat to restart war against Iran in retaliation for downing a US Apache helicopter, it wasn’t clear how today’s $58 billion 3 year auction would go. In the end, it wasn’t great, or terrible: a little tail, but besides that all metrics were relatively solid.   The auction priced at a high yield of 4.192%, up from 3.965% in […]

New Clues In Apple’s iOS 27 Hints At Upcoming Foldable iPhone Launch Software researcher M1Astra shared with Bloomberg new clues embedded deep within Apple’s iOS 27 developer beta that suggest the long-awaited foldable iPhone remains on track for a September debut, alongside the iPhone 18 Pro lineup. “Apple’s iOS 27 and related software updates offer the clearest public signs yet of the company’s upcoming foldable iPhone, revealing […]

China’s Oil Imports Plummet To Eight-Year Low Confirming our recent reporting on China’s oil demand collapse, crude oil imports to China in May fell to their lowest since October 2017 because of the price spike resulting from the Persian Gulf tanker traffic disruption, plunging refinery margins (due to price ceilings imposed by Beijing), of a slowing economy and the rapid slowdown in the economy.  The May total stood at 33 […]

Professors Behind California’s Wealth Tax Threaten Possible Legal Action Against Critic Authored by Jonathan Turley via JonathanTurley.org, There is an interesting controversy brewing in California after four California university professors threatened a political candidate, Richard Lucas, for criticizing them for their roles in the “Billionaire Tax” and sent him a “cease and desist” letter. David Gamage from the University of […]

Jefferies: “Turns Out, We Weren’t Bullish Enough On Copper” “Turns out, we weren’t bullish enough on copper,” Jefferies analyst Christopher LaFemina wrote in a note to clients, marking a notable shift from one of Wall Street’s most seasoned metal voices. LaFemina joined Jefferies in 2011 after more than a decade covering metals and mining at Lehman Brothers and Barclays, lending weight to his view that the explosive growth in AI […]

Trump Insists US In ‘Final Throes’ Of Iran Deal; Death Toll Soars As Israel Pounds South Lebanon The southern Lebanese city of Tyre is being pounded by Israeli airstrikes on Tuesday, despite President Trump’s insistence that Lebanon not come under attack. Israel’s military had hours prior issued an evacuation order for all civilians in the area, amid the unraveling and failing ceasefire. Casualties are already high, coming at a […]

Voter Fraud: Los Angeles County Woman Pleads Guilty To Paying People In Skid Row To Vote via The Epoch Times, LOS ANGELES – A woman who worked as a longtime signature collector for ballot initiatives pleaded guilty on June 8 to paying homeless people in Los Angeles’ Skid Row and elsewhere $2 or $3 to register to vote. An “I Voted” sign points to a Vote Center in Los Angeles on June 1, 2026. Mario Tama/Getty Images Brenda Lee Brown […]

Flesh-Eating Cattle Screwworm Spreads Beyond Texas As USDA Accelerates Eradication Push The U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed three more New World screwworm (NWS) cases, bringing total detections to five and heightening concerns that the flesh-eating pest, once eradicated in the 1960s, could threaten the nation’s already strained cattle industry. The latest NWS cases include three calves and a goat in Texas, along with a […]

Gold & Silver: From Pullback To Perfect Setup Authored by Matthew Piepenburg via VonGreyerz.gold, With gold and silver having fallen by greater than 20% from their January highs of 2026, some have argued the gold trade is over. In fact, and as explained below, it is only just beginning. Trading vs. Investing Such misunderstandings are nothing new, as the difference between precious metal trading and precious metal investing […]

Trump’s Economic Shield Cracks As Gas Prices And Iran Standoff Threaten Midterm Fortunes As we continue to ‘enjoy’ expensive gas across the country thanks to a broken campaign promise not to start new wars, President Donald Trump enters the 2026 midterm campaign with an unfamiliar vulnerability: voters are feeling the pain. High gasoline prices, fueled by the prolonged U.S. military confrontation with Iran and disruptions in the […]

Will Saylor’s Latest Bitcoin Buys “Hold The Line” Submitted by QTR’s Fringe Finance Over the weekend, I posted a prediction on X after Strategy’s sale of 32 bitcoin helped tanked the market last week. I wrote: “Prediction: Saylor just bought way more than 32 BTC and will disclose it to ‘prove’ it was just an experiment & everything is really fine. He looks clever for buying 10x what he sold 30% lower for 24-48 […]

US Existing Home Sales Unexpectedly Jumped In May, Inventories Surge With the Spring selling season in tatters, existing home sales were expected to rebound in May very modestly (+1.1% MoM) off recent record lows, but instead they outperformed, rising at 3.2% MoM (and April’s 0.2% MoM rise was revised higher to a +0.7% MoM rise). That lifted existing home sales up 3.22% YoY – the strongest since September 2025… Source: […]

Trump-Netanyahu “Differences”: A Good Cop-Bad Cop Routine By Michael Every of Rabobank As You Were… But As Who Was?  Yesterday nearly saw a full restart of the Israel-Iran war, apparently pulled back from the brink by intervention from President Trump. After yet another Middle East rollercoaster for markets it’s now ‘as you were’, with oil –so everything else– little changed. The larger issue behind that pricing, […]