The $300 Billion Wager: Inside The Private Fund At The Center Of The U.S.-Iran Framework A proposed $300 billion investment fund has emerged as one of the most consequential-and politically explosive-features of the U.S.-Iran framework agreement, turning what began as a war-ending diplomatic effort into a test of whether private capital can be used as a substitute for reparations, sanctions relief and state-to-state reconstruction […]

Watch Live: Will Trump Reiterate ‘Bomb Dropping’ Threats During G7 Summit Press Conference Summary: Trump Says Will “Drop Bombs” If Bad Final Deal  14-Point US-Iran Draft Deal Released, Set For Friday Signing Watch Trump  President Trump is set to hold a very important press conference at the conclusion of the G7 summit in France. Trump Tells Reporters At G7: We’ll “Go Back To Dropping Bombs” if he Doesn’t Like Final Deal  […]

Cushing Stocks Crash To ‘Tank Bottoms’, Seasonally Lowest Since 2005; SPR Sees Another Huge Drain Oil prices have tumbled in recent days as optimism grew there would be a lasting Middle East peace agreement, which would mean supplies would be back on track – but investors are taking a breather today with prices marginally higher this morning, rising off three month lows (and the 200DMA) after Trump threatened to ‘start bombing […]

Ease In Our Time By Micael Every, Global Strategist at Rabobank Yesterday saw the BOJ hike rates to 1%, the highest level since 1995, and the RBA hold at 4.35%, with some chatter of the next move being down, not up, despite inflation running way above 2%. Today it’s the turn of new Fed Chair Warsh who, like the other central banks, has to deal with a geopolitical backdrop which may or may not allow for any monetary policy easing. […]

“Late Spring Buyer Rush”: US Pending Home Sales Just Surged By The Most In Almost 2 Years Pending home sales in the US were expected to rise for the fourth straight month in May and they did with a huge beat (+3.8% MoM vs +0.9% MoM exp – above the highest analysts estimate), which was slightly offset by a downward revision for April (from +1.4% to +0.3%). That is the best monthly improvement in pending home sales since Sept 2024 […]

DOJ Sues New York Health Officials Over Alleged Fraud In Medicaid Homecare Program Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times, The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) on June 16 sued New York health officials and a Georgia-based company over an alleged fraud scheme involving the state’s $10 billion Medicaid homecare program. The lawsuit names state Health Commissioner James McDonald, state Medicaid Director Amir Bassiri, and […]

No FISA Without SAVE Act: Trump Calls Out ‘Dumocrat’ Double-Cross,” Keeps Pulte As Acting DNI Just two years after Donald Trump urged Congress to kill Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act while on the campaign trail, he’s now livid that Democrats won’t help Republicans pass it. Trump took to Truth Social early Wednesday morning with a lengthy post accusing ‘Dumocrats’ of breaking a bipartisan deal on FISA […]

“Radical Earnings Cut”: JPMorgan Sounds Alarm After BMW’s Forecast Shock BMW shares cratered in Germany after the automaker warned investors it would slash its 2026 margin guidance to as low as 1%, down from a prior estimate of as high as 6%, amid weakening demand in China, Middle East-related pressures, rising energy costs, and a deteriorating consumer backdrop hitting sales and profitability. BMW now expects its pretax profit to […]

Despite Slumping Sentiment, US Retail Sales See Strongest Annual Rise Since Jan 2023 Despite record low consumer sentiment and declining real wages, BofA’s omniscient analysts forecast a blockbuster beat for US Retail Sales for both headline, core, and control group cohorts. Retail sales should be a blowout beat, according to BofA’s real-time card data pic.twitter.com/NZmfqWzVNr — zerohedge (@zerohedge) June 17, 2026 And they […]

Futures Fade Overnight Gains As Attention Turns To Kevin Warsh’s First Fed Decision US futures are attempting to bounce back from yesterday’s losses on Wall Street led by Tech. As of 8:00am ET, Nasdaq 100 futures lead the charge, with gains of 0.5% versus 0.1% for the S&P 500 future, although both are off session highs. SpaceX’s post-IPO surge continues, with shares adding another 3% in the pre-market while Mag 7 are […]

A Social Media Ban For Minors Requires Data From Everyone Authored by Luke Nelson and Mike Campbell via The Epoch Times, In debating a social media ban for minors, it appears we face a choice between two perceived harms. One is the reported damage that social media is doing to the mental health of children and adolescents. The other is the normalization of mass age verification systems—most likely involving biometrics—that […]

NetJets Business Jet Crashes On Texas Highway The aviation world has endured a turbulent week, with a series of high-profile incidents spanning a fighter jet crash, a B-52 bomber crash, and now a business jet that went down on a Texas highway in the overnight hours. A NetJets Cessna 680 Citation Latitude (N523QS) crashed on a Texas highway while attempting an emergency landing near Laredo International Airport, Texas.  […]

Binance Says It Considers Its EU License Compliant Amid Reports Of Potential Rejection Authored by Turner Wright via CoinTelegraph.com, Cryptocurrency exchange Binance, whose application under the European Union’s Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) framework is under consideration, has generally deferred responding to a report that the company’s licensed activities in the region could be at risk. In a Tuesday blog post, […]

Deal Doubts Arise As Lebanese, Iranian Officials Say US Must Rein In Israel To Secure Regional Peace Summary: Iran Says Peace Deal Requires Israeli Withdrawal From Lebanon Hormuz Fears Ease As Trump, Ghalibaf Virtually Sign US-Iran Deal, But Energy Flows Remain Months From Normal Polymarket: Israel x Hezbollah permanent peace deal by June 30, 2026? Yes 26% · No 74%View full market & trade on Polymarket Lebanese Parliament […]

20 College Majors Most Exposed To AI Job Disruption The rapid adoption of AI across corporate America is stoking anxiety among recent and upcoming college graduates, many of whom fear that the entry-level white-collar labor market is shrinking just as they prepare to enter the workforce. Goldman analysts led by Pierfrancesco Mei told clients that early signals are emerging, showing how college students are adapting to AI-driven […]

Telegram Founder Warns UK Social Media Ban Is Digital Iceberg About To Sink The Free Internet Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity, Telegram founder Pavel Durov told the Freedom Forum audience in Oslo that Western societies have already struck the iceberg and started sinking – yet most citizens remain in their cabins, convinced the ship of personal freedoms is unsinkable. His remarks arrive precisely as Keir Starmer’s […]

Rolls-Royce Bags Third European SMR Deal While Adding Gas-Cooled Reactor Design Rolls-Royce SMR just added its third major European contract. Videberg Kraft, backed by Sweden’s utility Vattenfall, selected the UK design for three units on the west coast, making it Sweden’s first new nuclear plant in more than forty years.  The multibillion-pound export win, actively supported by UK government trade efforts, lands on top of […]

BBC Hands Soros-Linked Pro-Migrant Campaigners Direct Access To Shape Children’s Show Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity, Britain’s state broadcaster has opened the door to pro-migrant activists who openly brag about steering storylines in a CBBC comedy aimed at primary school children. While small boat crossings continue and communities deal with the daily consequences of unchecked arrivals, the BBC opted to let outside […]

Which Countries Americans Like Most (And Least) Public opinion offers a window into how Americans perceive the world beyond their borders. Using Gallup survey data from February 2026, this ranking, via Visual Capitalist’s Dorothy Neufeld, shows how Americans view 21 major countries, from longtime allies to geopolitical competitors. The results provide a snapshot of global perceptions at a time of shifting international […]

Yet More Churches Torched; Sustained Attack On Christianity Gathers Pace Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity, France suffered another direct hit to its Christian heritage last week when two historic religious sites burned within hours of each other. A 17th-century chapel in Brittany lost most of its roof and part of its framework, while a centuries-old cloister housing thousands of rare books in the southwest saw its library […]

The AI Threat SciFi Predicted Is Right On Our Doorstep Authored by Mike Fredenburg via The Epoch Times, Science Fiction has long predicted the threats and challenges posed by AI. In the Star Trek universe, particularly in the original series, Season Two, Episode 24, “The Ultimate Computer,” Dr. Leonard McCoy delivers this haunting line: “Compassion: that’s the one thing no machine ever had. Maybe it’s the one thing that […]

China Revives Heavy Naval Firepower With New 155mm Gun That “Could Support An Attack On Taiwan” As modern naval combat increasingly relies on aircraft, missiles and unmanned systems, China is investing in a capability many navies have largely moved away from: heavy naval artillery, according to South China Morning Post. Recent reports indicate that the PLA Navy is testing a new 155mm naval gun, a calibre larger than any main gun […]

Are Banks More Powerful Than Governments? Authored by Mollie Engelhart via The Epoch Times, Government is big. Elected and unelected officials wield enormous amounts of power. But lately I have found myself wondering whether we are paying attention to the wrong institution. What if the most powerful institutions in America are not governments at all? What if they are banks and payment processors? A few years ago, during […]

New Oregon Initiative Would Criminalize Hunting, Fishing And Farming Only 1% of the American population identifies as vegan (a person who refrains from using or consuming any animal products), and around 3% of the population identifies as vegetarian.  It is therefore a little confusing as to why American political and social discourse is hijacked by vegan issues so often.  Leftist activists have adopted the age-old mantra that […]

Will Trump Break JFK’s Agreement On Cuba? Authored by Jacob Hornberger via The Future of Freedom Foundation, In October 1962, the United States and the Soviet Union (i.e., Russia) came within an inch of all-out nuclear war with each other. To resolve the crisis, President John F. Kennedy and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev entered into an agreement in which the United States agreed not to invade Cuba in return for Russia’s […]