Three Secret Service officials have been placed on administrative leave amid an investigation for potential misconduct, according to reports. It remains unclear what, exactly, the agents or officials are being investigated for, but the agency’s oversight unit, the Office of Professional Responsibility, kicked off the investigation this week. RealClearPolitics National Correspondent Susan Crabtree said it […]
Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut struggled to give a clear answer on Monday when asked by CNN’s Anderson Cooper about President Donald Trump’s executive order related to mail-in ballots. Earlier in the day, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Trump’s order related to ensuring only U.S. citizens vote by mail-in ballot could go forward. […]
Subscribe to the ad-free edition Contribute Sign up for the email list Mark Carney has picked a trade fight with the one customer Canada can’t come close to replacing. That’s basically the whole story in a nutshell underneath all the tariffs, speeches, threats, chest-thumping, and “elbows up” TDS bravado coming out of Ottawa. The numbers […]
Three Secret Service officials were reportedly escorted out of their offices on Monday and designated “do not admits” as part of a criminal investigation into the leaking of classified information to the media. RealClearPolitics reporter Susan Crabtree broke the news Tuesday, citing two sources familiar with the matter. Crabtree reported: “Three Secret Service officials/agents were […]
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent declared Tuesday that Iran’s leadership is already “panicking” under President Donald Trump’s mounting economic offensive — pointing to stark warnings from Tehran’s own president and parliament speaker about the country’s deteriorating economy while vowing to continue severing the regime’s financial lifelines until it “stands alone.” “Iran’s leadership is admitting what the […]
Stock futures are are flat and Treasuries slipped while oil stumbled heading into today’s PCE report and NVDA earnings. As of 8:00am ET, S&P Futures are unchanged and Nasdaq futures drop 0.2% as NVDA and MRVL both rise 0.2% with Semis flat, Memory down 80bp, Korea down 46bp, Software down 1.3%, but Unprofitable Tech +83bp which […]
President Trump’s plan to raise the debt limit through the end of his presidency before Republicans likely lose control of Congress is on shaky ground because of rising concerns over the national debt — which has reached $40 trillion. The president is quietly pushing Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) and House Speaker Mike Johnson… […]
Imagine entering the US illegally and enjoying the fruits of the American economy for years, only to wake up one day in the darkest of Africa in a country known for cannibalism? The strategy might be ugly, but it might also be ingenious. Last year, illegal Cuban immigrant Yasmany Moreno de Armas was working and living […]
Following a decade-and-a-half of a Washington-led full economic siege of the Syrian state, and after a fierce CIA-backed proxy war (Timber Sycamore) to oust Assad over that same period, this week has witnessed the huge milestone of the United States finally removing Syria from its state sponsors of terrorism list. The designation itself had stretched […]
President Trump notched two critical wins in South Carolina and Oklahoma on Tuesday, with Sen. Darline Graham (S.C.) and former state Sen. Mike Mazzei (Okla.) clinching the GOP nominations in their respective primary runoff races. The Republican contests for South Carolina Senate and Oklahoma governor served as another key test of the president’s influence in the GOP as several of his gubernatorial and House picks have… […]
