Oil Plummets As Trump Says Iran War ‘Very Far Ahead Of Schedule’ & So Could Be Over Soon Summary: Trump tells CBS “the war could be over soon.” Oil prices drop on the headline. Lebanon wants direct peace talks with Israel to end fighting but Israeli rejects it, also amid US skepticism: Axios. Trump says too soon to talk about seizing Iran’s oil but does not rule it out, tells NBC. Analyst consensus on question […]

Satellite Data Shows Iran Moving Crude Through Hormuz Chokepoint, Putting Kharg Island In Focus Ten days into the U.S.-Israeli Operation Epic Fury against Iran, which has forced shut-ins at major Gulf oil and gas facilities, disrupted production at key oil fields, sent stockpiles soaring, sparked a global energy crisis (Brent crude hit $119/bbl highs overnight) and severely disrupted commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, […]

Even Dems Are Questioning Rep. Swalwell’s Eligibility To Run For Governor Authored by Luis Cornelio via HeadlineUSA, Rep. Eric Swalwell has long maintained his primary residence in Washington, D.C., despite representing large portions of California in Congress. Now that he is running for California governor, his apparent on-paper-only California residency is under scrutiny – even from fellow Democrats.  Eric Swalwell / IMAGE: […]

Iran Hails Deadly Cluster Bomb Attack On Central Israel: ‘First Wave Under New Ayatollah’ Since the start of Operation Epic Fury against Iran, Israel has suffered some rare mass casualty events and major destruction of sectors of its cities, especially in Tel Aviv. The official death toll stands at eleven civilians killed, and dozens wounded and injured; while Israel’s military just suffered two troop deaths in southern Lebanon. […]

The Real Threat Is Artificial Credit, Not Artificial Intelligence Authored by George Ford Smith via the Mises Institute, Artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming one of the most capital-intensive industries in history. Consider: Semiconductor fabrication plants cost tens of billions of dollars. Massive data centers consume extraordinary amounts of electricity, sending power bills soaring. Specialized engineering talent commands […]

Democrats Sue Trump Over Tariff Workaround A coalition of 24 Democratic attorneys general and governors filed a lawsuit Thursday in the U.S. Court of International Trade, targeting President Trump’s newly imposed global tariffs under Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974. Gov. Andy Beshear of Kentucky and Gov. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania joined as plaintiffs since both states have Republican attorneys general, leaving the governors […]

Pentagon, FAA Will Conduct Anti-Drone Laser Tests In New Mexico Authored by Jacob Burg via The Epoch Times, The Pentagon and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) agreed to conduct an anti-drone “high-energy laser test” in New Mexico over the weekend. The announcement comes a little more than a week after the FAA had to suddenly close airspace around Fort Hancock, Texas, because of what the agency at the time called […]

NY Fed: Inflation Expectations Dropped To 1 Year Low Ahead Of Iran War Amid Improving Household Finances While the latest NY Fed consumer expectations report shows sentiment from February, and does not account for the surge in oil prices as a result of the Iran war, the trend continues to be supportive which would be good news for the US economy if the current energy price spikes proves to be transitory.  In what was the calm […]

Under Federal Pressure, More Gender Clinics Halt Procedures On Minors Authored by Janice Hisle via The Epoch Times, Mounting political, financial, and legal pressures are poised to put more youth gender clinics out of business – or could force them to scale back services. During the first two months of 2026, about a half-dozen U.S. gender clinics announced they would pause or discontinue some treatment programs for minors, […]

Suspects Linked to IED At Gracie Mansion Made Pro-ISIS Statements In Custody When “suspicious devices” turned up outside Gracie Mansion on Saturday during dueling protests, the media quickly sought to gaslight the public about what really happened.  “Two people in custody after ‘suspicious devices’ ignited outside NYC mayor’s official residence,” NBC New York reported. FAKE NBC NEWS NY PUSH FALSE NARRATIVE OF NYC MAYOR ZO […]

Ending Iran War Will Be Mutual Decision With Israel, Trump Says Authored by Victoria Freedman via The EPoch Times, U.S. President Donald Trump on March 8 said the decision on when to end the Iran War will be a mutual one that he will make with input from Israel. “I think it’s mutual … a little bit. We’ve been talking. I’ll make a decision at the right time, but everything’s going to be taken into account,” Trump told […]

US Orders Americans Out Of Southeast Turkey After Reports Of CIA Arming Kurds Within the opening days of the Iran-US-Israel war, the State Department urged Americans across 14 countries in the Middle East region to urgently depart. There’s since been an ongoing US government facilitated evacuation effort. Private tour groups have also been coordinating to get people out. For example, stranded tourists in Israel have rushed south, […]

Gigantic US Error Or All Part Of A Plan? Via Rabobank, Anybody thinking US payrolls, even at -92K, matters much in the current environment is probably at the head of the queue to be replaced by an AI soon. That data series is always volatile and 2.5m undocumented workers are estimated to have left the US since Trump was re-elected: 394K foreign-born workers lost their jobs in the reported month while the native-born series rose […]

New York’s Medicaid Program Under Federal Investigation For Alleged Fraud Authored by Sylvia Xu via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Dr. Mehmet Oz launched a federal investigation into New York’s Medicaid program on March 3, citing the unusual spending trend in the state. Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator for the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, speaks at a press conference in the Library of the Eisenhower Executive Office […]

“Let Them Keep Playing Games”: Iran Warns Of $200 Crude Oil G-7 finance ministers are holding an emergency meeting on Monday morning to discuss options to cap skyrocketing energy prices, with Brent and WTI trading in triple-digit territory as the Middle East conflict threatens to unleash a global energy shock. As the U.S.-Iran conflict intensifies heading into the new week, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has warned of […]

G-7 Leaders Reject SPR Release Plan, But ‘Stand Ready’ After Initial Jawbone Efforts Fade Update (1055ET): G-7 finance ministers used headlines in Asia, including calls for a meeting to discuss an SPR release, as a purely performative attempt to calm chaotic energy markets. Now that the emergency meeting is over, the group of leaders failed to agree on releasing crude supplies. Those headlines briefly hit Brent down from around […]

Key Events This Week: CPI, PCE, ADP, Durable Goods And More With the Fed in their self-imposed blackout period, the economic data will get a chance to do the talking ahead of the March 18th FOMC meeting. Of particular note will be the inflation data, namely Wednesday’s CPI report for February and Friday’s core PCE reading for January, but there will also be some scattered labor market data to help put context around last […]

Trump Cabinet Members Allegedly Buying Nuclear Bunkers Via Modernity.news, The Iran conflict has ignited a massive surge in demand for nuclear-proof bunkers across America, with even top Trump administration officials securing their own underground fortresses amid whispers of World War Three. As The Telegraph reports, Ron Hubbard, owner of Atlas Survival Shelters, reports being “inundated with calls” since the conflict […]

Oklo And Centrus Signal Progress On America’s Nuclear Fuel-Chain Bottleneck Oklo and Centrus Energy announced they have agreed to pursue a joint venture focused on deconversion services for high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU), and the advancement of related fuel-cycle technologies and supply chains. The JV would operate at Centrus’ Piketon site in Ohio, co-located with the existing enrichment facility and adjacent to Oklo’s […]

Dem Leaders Can’t Explain Past Support For Unilateral Presidential War Powers Authored by Jonathan Turley, In Rage and the Republic, I quote former Rep. Jaamal Bowman (D., N.Y.) as capturing the essence of an age of rage when a colleague asked him to stop yelling outside of the House floor. Bowman responded, “I was screaming before you interrupted me.” Bowman’s statement came to mind this week when Democratic members were […]

Hims & Hers Erupts In Epic Squeeze As Novo Nordisk Ends GLP-1 Feud Novo Nordisk confirmed Monday morning that its months-long GLP-1 feud with telehealth firm Hims & Hers Health has, at least for now, been put on ice, with the Danish drugmaker set to sell Wegovy and Ozempic through HIMS’ platform by the end of the month. The feud’s end was first reported by Bloomberg late Friday and has sparked a panic short squeeze in […]

Dem Lawmakers Demand Probe Into Pentagon Officials Saying Iran War ‘God’s Divine Plan’ Via The Cradle Dozens of US Democratic lawmakers have called for an investigation into allegations that military commanders are portraying the war on Iran as part of biblical prophecy, according to reporting by Military.com, citing complaints from service members and a letter sent to the Department of War inspector general last week. The […]

Futures Tumble But Off Session Lows On Expectations Of Global SPR Release US futures tumbled and oil surged as the war in Iran showed little sign of deescalating over the weekend and led to more major Middle East producers curbing output. Still, futures retraced more than 50% off the overnight lows as WTI nearly touched $120 overnight, the highest since 2022, before dropping back to around $100 after a report G7 countries may […]

As War Rages In Iran, UK MoD Surveys Troops On Wearing Makeup And Nail Polish Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, While flames engulf Iranian oil depots following U.S. and Israeli strikes, and Iran retaliates with missiles targeting the UAE and Israel, the UK Ministry of Defence has sparked backlash by circulating a survey to troops about relaxing appearance standards. The questionnaire asks if male soldiers should be […]

Federal Appeals Court Upholds Temporary Protected Status For Over 300,000 Haitians Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A federal appeals court has upheld a lower court’s ruling that the Department of Homeland Security had unlawfully terminated the Temporary Protected Status designation for several hundred thousand Haitians living in the United States. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security in Washington […]