The Selective Outrage Of Judge James Boasberg Authored by Jonathan Turley, Below is my column in The Hill on two controversies involving Chief Judge James Boasberg this week in Washington, D.C. Both involve claims that branches undermined or intruded on the authority of another branch. However, these separation-of-powers conflicts produced strikingly different responses from Judge Boasberg. It seemed that the court’s concerns […]

Analyst Warns Of 2032 Demographic “Crossover Point” Poised To Reshape Housing Market Nick Gerli, CEO and founder of the real estate analytics firm Reventure Consulting, has posted another informative housing-market update on X. This time, he outlines how a major demographic turning point will reshape housing demand and even the size of homes people will want. By 2032, Gerli pointed out that deaths will exceed births in the U.S., […]

Reuters Wrecked Over DOGE Shutdown Story, Top Official Says Outlet “Spliced My Comments” President Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has “disbanded” – or at least that’s the narrative Reuters is pushing to start the week, as the globalist left-leaning media outlet tries to rile up the progressive base and claim a victory.  Reuters ran with the headline, “Exclusive: DOGE ‘doesn’t exist’ with eight months left […]

Market Bubbles: A Rational Guide To An Irrational Market Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, We’re hearing it everywhere: AI is in a bubble. The surge in capital, the parabolic stock charts, and the bold claims from CEOs all have a familiar rhythm. Nvidia’s valuation has soared, along with AI-related startups raising billions with little to no revenue. Investment in data centers, chips, and infrastructure is […]

Solid 2 Year Treasury Auction Prices At Lowest Yield In Over 3 Years The first coupon auction of the holiday-shortened week just priced and it was a snoozer, which came in right as expected.  The sale of $69BN in 2 year notes, priced at a high yield of 3.489%, down from 3.504% in October and the lowest since August 2022; it also priced on the screws with the 3.489% when issued. The bid to cover was 2.684, up from 2.590 and the […]

Dallas Fed Manufacturing Survey Sees Production Soaring As Tariff Terrors Fade “Signs indicate business activity is improving,” according to one respondent from The Dallas Fed’s Manufacturing survey in November. However, the comments and the mixed data could leave readers confused… Texas factory activity expanded at a markedly faster pace in November, according to business executives responding to the Texas Manufacturing Outlook […]

Judge Dismisses Cases Against Comey, Letitia James A federal judge has dismissed cases against former FBI Director James Comey and NY Attorney General Letitia James, after finding that US Attorney Lindsey Halligan was unlawfully appointed to the role, and that AG Pam Bondi cannot ratify her actions. Judge Cameron McGowan Currie, a Clinton appointee, dismissed the case without prejudice over Halligan’s appointment, meaning the […]

‘Great Deal For US Farmers’: Trump Says Relationship With China ‘Extremely Strong’, Will Visit Xi In April Update (1240ET): President Trump has just posted on his Truth Social feed, breaking down his ‘debrief’ on the call with China’s Xi: (emphasis ours) I just had a very good telephone call with President Xi, of China. We discussed many topics including Ukraine/Russia, Fentanyl, Soybeans and other Farm Products, etc. We have […]

“Never Had These Problems Before”: Violent Illegal Street Takeover Rocks Queens Neighborhood, Terrifying Residents A late-night illegal street takeover in Queens, New York, over the weekend turned extremely violent when a private security guard attempting to intervene was assaulted, and his vehicle was set on fire. The incident highlights the growing public-safety crisis in Democrat-run cities and may only suggest what’s to come […]

As Japan Deploys Missiles Near Taiwan, China Blasts ‘Right Wing’ Forces Taking Tokyo To ‘Disaster’ The ongoing China-Japan dispute and diplomatic flare-up has just gone from bad to worse, and has taken a turn toward potential military confrontation. Japan’s defense minister, Shinjiro Koizumi, visited a Japanese island which has a military outpost that lies close to Taiwan on Sunday. The optics were unmistakable, signaling Tokyo […]

EU And Whose Army? By Benjamin Picton, senior market strategist at Rabobank Bonds and equities rallied on Friday and Brent crude prices fell by more than 1% as markets digested the details of a 28-point peace plan drafted by US and Russian officials. The most contentious elements of the plan are the recognition of Crimea, Donetsk and Luhansk as being de facto Russian, the requirement for Ukraine to reduce its armed forces to […]

Trump Set To Propose Framework To Halt “Surprise” Obamacare Price Hikes President Trump is expected to announce a general framework to address health care costs, and wants Congress to send a bill to his desk that would halt Affordable Care Act premium spikes, according to MS Now, citing two White House officials familiar with the plans.  US President Donald Trump arrives on the South Lawn of the White House on November 22, […]

Key Events This Holiday-Shortened Week: PPI, Retail Sales, Jobless Claims, And Ukraine Ultimatum It should be another busy, holiday-shortened, week after a volatile one last week as markets whipsawed around big moves in Fed pricing and AI bubble risk fears. Before we get to Thanksgiving, DB’s Jim Reid writes that in the US, delayed post-shutdown data will be compressed into the first three days because of the holiday. Tomorrow […]

Bessent Says Americans To See ‘Substantial Refunds’ Next Year, No Risk Of Recession Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Nov. 23 said the government shutdown that ended earlier this month will not create a recession risk for the broader U.S. economy and that American families would see “substantial refunds” next year. In an interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Bessent […]

Europe’s Counter-Plan For Ukraine Peace Leaves Door Wide Open For NATO Admission Even as the Trump White House is busy in Europe trying to get NATO and EU states on board its 28-point peace plan which controversially demands the Ukrainian side cede territory, the Europeans have leaked their own counter-plan which proposes much less in the way of compromise with Russia. The UK, France, and Germany have put forward their own […]

Lutnick: Decision On Nvidia’s AI H200 Chip China Sales Now Sits On Trump’s Desk Building on last week’s Bloomberg report that White House officials are quietly discussing whether to let Nvidia sell its advanced H200 AI chips to China – a complete 180 from the previous administration – US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told Bloomberg TV earlier that the final decision to authorize those shipments now sits on President Trump’s […]

Spiraling Costs And A Broken Insurance Market – What Went Wrong With Obamacare Authored by Lawrence Wilson via The Epoch Times, The government shutdown might be over, but the political and financial problems that dog Obamacare haven’t gone away. Congress is now debating a second extension of the temporary tax credits that have shielded Obamacare users from rising costs for five years. Without the subsidies, Democrats say […]

Futures Rise As Bullish Sentiment Returns After Rollercoaster Week US equity futures are higher, but off their overnight highs, as the market looks to rebound from its worst week since early Oct; sentiment was lifted after shares of Alibaba jumped 4.7% in Hong Kong after a strong debut for its AI app; also boosting futs was a spike in December rate cut hopes and bullish comments from Morgan Stanley’s Michael Wilson. Still, […]

Two Investing Titans Issue The Same Warning Authored by Peter Reagan, When Ray Dalio and Jeff Gundlach – two legendary investors with wildly different worldviews – start warning about the same thing, it’s worth paying attention. Both say today’s economy is distorted, and warn that “illusory wealth” may vanish when reality hits… A question for you: In what world would billionaire investing legends Ray Dalio and […]

Novo Nordisk Plunges After Ozempic Pill Fails Alzheimer’s Trials – Shares Suffer Worst Year Ever Shares of Novo Nordisk in Copenhagen plunged the most in nearly four months after top-line results from a two-year analysis of the evoke and evoke+ Phase 3 trials, a pill version of Ozempic, showed the treatment failed to slow progression in early-stage symptomatic Alzheimer’s disease. The studies, which enrolled 3,808 adults over two […]

BHP Scraps Anglo Takeover Attempt (Again) – UBS Raises Question: What’s Next? The world’s largest global diversified miner, BHP Group, has abandoned a renewed takeover approach for Anglo American, ending a brief effort to disrupt Anglo’s planned $60-billion merger with Canada’s Teck Resources. BHP confirmed earlier that it had held preliminary discussions with Anglo, but said it was now “no longer considering a combination of the […]

‘They Threw A Grenade – Now Feign Outrage’ – No Sympathy For TikTok Traitors Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) lit into Democrats Friday on Capitol Hill, blasting their viral video urging military mutiny against President Trump as a cynical “grenade” lobbed for clicks and clout—then dismissing their crocodile tears over Trump’s jail threats as “BS” with zero moral high ground. […]

College-Educated Oversupply Crisis Worsens  The widening mismatch between an oversupply of college-educated workers and a deepening shortage of talent for non-degree, hands-on jobs has grown even more pronounced. Bloomberg reports that the latest delayed BLS data shows a sharp deterioration in white-collar jobs, especially those holding four-year degrees, now making up a record 25% of all unemployed – or about 1.9 million folks, […]

FAA Prepared For Busiest Thanksgiving Travel In 15 Years Authored by T.J.Muscaro via The Epoch Times, The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is preparing for the busiest Thanksgiving holiday travel period in 15 years. More than 360,000 flights are scheduled between Monday, Nov. 24, and Tuesday, Dec. 2, delivering people to and from their destinations across the country. Flights are set to peak on Nov. 25, with more than […]

Luxembourgers Are The World’s Biggest Coffee Drinkers The global coffee market continues to grow, but consumption patterns vary widely across countries. Northern European nations dominate the upper tiers, driven by a long-standing café culture and high per-capita spending. Meanwhile, large emerging markets drink far less per person despite being major producers. This visualization, via Visual Capitalist’s Bruno Venditti, ranks 65 […]