Trump On Iran Halting Talks: ‘I Don’t Care’ – Will ‘Keep Blockade’, Not Worried About Oil Prices Summary Iran announces halt to all exchanges with US, citing Israeli aggression in Lebanon. Trump says ‘haven’t heard’ this from Tehran, vows to keep US naval blockade in place. Iran overnight initiated fresh attacks on neighboring Kuwait and even released video showing footage of a ballistic missile launch. The US bombed radar & […]

This Is How Leftists React To Facts… Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, When presented with uncomfortable irrefutable statistics on migrant crime, those on the left don’t debate—they threaten violence and scream about history as an excuse for chaos today. That’s exactly what unfolded outside the Delaney Hall ICE detention facility in Newark, New Jersey, Saunday. GB News chief US correspondent Ben Leo was on the […]

French Commandos Board & Seize 4th Russian ‘Shadow Fleet’ Vessel Since September France announced Monday another weekend interdiction of a Russian “shadow fleet” vessel in international waters near its coast. The French Navy boarded and detained a sanctioned oil tanker, President Emmanuel Macron announced Monday, in an operation which had the assistance from the UK Royal Navy and other allies. This marks the fourth time since […]

Anthropic Confidentially Files For IPO As Frontier AI Labs Race To Go Public Four days after releasing its latest Claude Opus 4.8 model and raising $65 billion at a $900 billion valuation, Anthropic confidentially filed a draft Form S-1 with the SEC late Monday morning for a proposed IPO of its common stock. “This gives us the option to go public after the SEC completes its review. The proposed initial public offering will depend […]

US Moves To Further Restrict China’s Access To Advanced AI Chips Authored by Evgenia Filiaminova via The Epoch Times, The U.S. Department of Commerce has issued new guidance to prevent Chinese companies from obtaining advanced U.S. artificial intelligence (AI) chips, such as Nvidia’s most sophisticated Blackwell processors, through overseas subsidiaries. The May 31 guidance clarifies that export licenses are required for […]

The Prince Of Darkness’s Shadow Phone: Mandelson’s Refusal Exposes Starmer’s Transparency Farce Peter Mandelson spent much of the past four decades at the center of British power: New Labour architect, Blair-era fixer, former cabinet minister, lobbyist, peer, and one of Westminster’s most notorious survivors. Oh, and he was sliding Jeffrey Epstein actionable inside info.  His old nickname, the “Prince of Darkness,” was never […]

U.S. Oil Reserves To Dry Up Before August? As oilprice.com asked earlier this week, why hasn’t oil hit $150 (yet)? Tonight at 7 PM ET, ZeroHedge will host two former Goldman heavyweights to answer the question: is the recent oil price surge merely a temporary geopolitical shock, or are we entering a period of structurally higher energy prices? Joining the discussion are former colleagues Jeff Currie, now chief strategy officer […]

Foreign Cargo Ship Struck By ‘Massive Projectile’ Just Off Iraq A commercial cargo ship navigating the Arabian Gulf was struck by an unidentified projectile, triggering a “large explosion,” according to the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO). The maritime strike took place approximately 65 nautical kilometers (40 miles) southeast of Umm Qasr, Iraq. At this time, the UKMTO noted that it is unaware of any environmental […]

Them’s Fightin’ Words By Benjamin Picton, Rabobank Senior Market Strategist Resigned Brent crude front-month futures are inching higher this morning after ending May down almost 20%. The May selloff has been courtesy of Mr Market’s Pavlovian response to fresh peace rumours, though it still remains the case that a deal has not been done and the Strait of Hormuz remains closed. US equity indices closed higher across the board on […]

‘Los Gatos Party Mom’ Sentenced To 35 Years For Throwing Drunken Teen Parties Authored by Dylan Morgan via The Epoch Times, A Los Gatos, California, woman was sentenced on May 28 to 35 years and 10 months in prison, the maximum allowed, for hosting parties for young teenagers where she brought alcohol and egged on sex acts. Shannon O’Connor, 52, threw these parties for two years and discouraged teens, who were mostly 14 and 15 […]

Israel Warns There’ll Be ‘No Calm In Beirut’ Until Hezbollah Ceases Attacks The US-Iran ceasefire is being tested on multiple fronts, with Tehran already having announced Monday the suspension of contact with Washington over the escalation of Israel’s ground war in Lebanon, where the IDF keeps pushing further north of the Litani River. Israel looks poised to resume major airstrikes on Beirut, despite that technically it has a […]

Inside The Major Bill Poised To Reshape The US Housing Market Authored by Andrew Moran via The Epoch Times, The United States may be on track to implement the first comprehensive housing legislation in decades. For the past several years, housing affordability has been a significant subject across the country, with many young people struggling to achieve the dream of homeownership. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have […]

SpaceX IPO Update: New Filing Reveals Friends & Family Share Allocation, Anthropic AI Deal, And Water Risk SpaceX has provided fresh details in an amended S-1 filing regarding its upcoming initial public offering, including a directed share program for employees and insiders, a major AI computing agreement with Anthropic, and new risk factors. The company will reserve up to 5% of shares in its IPO for certain employees and […]

“Firing On All Cylinders, But…” US Manufacturing Surveys Send Mixed Signals In May With US hard data taking a beating (relative to expectations) last week (red line below), analysts remain hopeful that US Manufacturing will hold up (durable goods orders were solid) with this morning’s Manufacturing PMIs set to signal stability. The final May S&P Global US Manufacturing rose to 55.1 (down from the 55.3 flash print) but the […]

“Working Better”: Saylor Teases BTC Buy After Strategy Sells For First Time Since 2022 Bitcoin is extending its recent weakness overnight (hurt by US-Iran tensions escalating again), trading back below its 100DMA after Strategy (MSTR) sold 32 bitcoin between May 26 and May 31 at an average net price of $77,135 a coin, totaling $2.5 million (disclosed in an 8-K filing on Monday). Proceeds from the bitcoin sales are expected to […]

Key Events This Week: Jobs Report, JOLTS, ADP, ISMs And Fed Speakers The key event for markets outside of Iran (which is once again front and center following news that Iran is halting all exchange of messages with the US in protest of Israeli crimes in Lebanon) will be Friday’s US May employment report. Economists forecast a notable moderation in payroll growth compared with the relatively strong pace seen earlier in the spring. […]

Moderna Snags $50 Million Ebola Vax Contract Moderna is receiving up to $50 million to accelerate the development of an Ebola vaccine, as the virus continues to spread in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The funding is coming from global health organization ​CEPI, which told Reuters that it was possible to bring the vaccines to trial phase within a couple of months.  CEPI said it would also invest up to $8.6 […]

IBM Soars On Resurfaced Trump Clip, Barclays Buy Rating As MoMo Rally Accelerates IBM shares jumped as much as 15% in premarket trading after Bloomberg described a recirculated video of President Trump stating that the stock is “going to go up a lot more.” The clip, reposted by Polymarket Money on Saturday evening, appears to have fueled another leg higher in what has already been an eye-popping, multi-week rally. In the clip, […]

Nvidia CEO Declares AI PC Reinvention A “New Beginning” On Par With Smartphone Shift Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang delivered the keynote address on Monday at GTC Taipei 2026, outlining the next evolution of AI compute. Huang’s presentation included updates on the Vera Rubin platform, a new lineup of Windows PCs developed with Microsoft for AI workflows, the launch of an enterprise agent toolkit, and next-generation AI infrastructure […]

Aww… Look At The Cute Dancing-Robot Police-State Surveillance-Dog… Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Boston Dynamics’ Spot robot dogs are being deployed at designated World Cup venues in the US to perform perimeter security inspections, prompting concerns over the advance of surveillance tech. The company has stated that the machines “will be used to assist security personnel with investigating things like […]

Futures Rise Despite Oil Bounce, As Nvidia Keeps AI Euphoria Going Futures are positive and at session highs even as the a lack of a US / Iran deal pushes oil prices, bond yields, and volatility higher. As of 8:00am ET, S&P futures are up 0.3% to a new all time high of 7620; Nasdaq futures rise 0.2%: the Computex AI Conference kicked off; biggest news is NVDA to enter PC space with a new chip challenging AMD / INTC, helping send […]

He’s “Full Of Sh!t”: JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon Slams Coinbase’s Armstrong, Declares War On Clarity Act JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon has drawn a battle line in Washington: the Clarity Act, as written, is dead on arrival – and Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong is the enemy driving it. In a Fox Business interview late last week, Dimon unloaded on the pending crypto market structure legislation, calling it a threat to the financial […]

SK Hynix Evacuates Thousands Of Workers At Chip Plant After Fire, Toxic Gas Leak One week, unions are threatening labor action at memory giant Samsung. The next, SK Hynix suffers an industrial accident. Together, the events highlight just how fragile the global memory supply chain has become at a time when AI data center buildouts have already pushed memory chip supply into extraordinarily tight territory. South Korea’s main […]

Millions Of Americans Are Giving Up On Buying New Cars A growing number of Americans can no longer afford to buy new vehicles. Since 2020, roughly one million potential buyers have exited the market, and industry forecasts suggest they are unlikely to return soon, according to Wall Street Journal.  Although automakers initially expected sales to recover to pre-pandemic levels, persistent economic pressures have kept demand below […]

The Road To Hell Is Being Paved With Suicidal Empathy Authored by Bronwyn Eyre via The Epoch Times, In his book-cover endorsement of “Suicidal Empathy: Dying to Be Kind,” author Bruce Bawer calls it “easily more important than any book in recent memory.” Elon Musk adds: “Western civilization is doomed unless the core weakness of suicidal empathy is recognized and actions are taken.” They’re right. Professor Gad […]