Bitcoin’s Ownership Base Is Maturing, Reducing Reliance On Retail: Analysts Authored by Micah Zimmermann via BitcoinMagazine.com, Bitcoin investors have shown surprising resilience despite recent market turbulence, fueled by institutional investors and aggressive corporate treasury buyers.  Analysts say this trend highlights a structural shift in ownership that could support long-term growth. Institutional demand is clearly […]

‘We No Longer Need Or Desire’ NATO’s Help On Iran, Trump Says, After Litany Of Allies Rebuff Summary: Macron: “We are not party to the conflict and therefore France will never take part in operations to open” Strait of Hormuz. Trump says we don’t need NATO. Israel issues widest evacuation order for southern Lebanon since the major 2006 war. Israel claims major decapitation strike: Says Ali Larijani and Basij chief […]

Las Vegas Cops Refuse To Release Violent Repeat Offender, Defying Judge’s Order Authored by Debra Heine via American Greatness, Las Vegas Metro police are refusing to release a violent repeat offender, in defiance of a local judge’s order. The career criminal, 36-year-old Joshua Sanchez-Lopez, has been arrested 35 times, with a rap sheet that includes involuntary manslaughter, drugs and car theft, according to the New York […]

“Demand For Critical Isotopes Rising, Supply Limited”: Oklo Lands First NRC License & Another DOE Milestone In a double dose of regulatory green lights delivered on the same day, Oklo and its wholly owned subsidiary Atomic Alchemy just notched two meaningful milestones that underscore America’s push to reclaim control over critical nuclear supply chains. *Oklo Announces DOE Approval for Nuclear Safety Design Agreement of […]

Fire Erupts Atop Manhattan Skyscraper Dramatic footage has flooded X, showing what appears to be a fire atop a skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan at 6 East 43rd Street, New York City. The FDNY is operating at a fire on East 43rd Street in Manhattan. pic.twitter.com/SlJ0UrbSY8 — FDNY (@FDNY) March 17, 2026 Footage: Fire on Madison #nyc. Hope everyone is safe pic.twitter.com/5yLzvGmbh1 — Gabriel (@gabriel_horwitz) March 17, 2026 […]

Trump-Appointed Counterterrorism Director Joe Kent Resigns In Protest Over U.S. War With Iran In a massive break from President Trump and MAGA, Joe Kent, Director of the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC), announced his immediate resignation on Tuesday, citing irreconcilable opposition to the ongoing U.S. military operations against Iran. Kent declared he could not “in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran,” […]

US Pending Home Sales Barely Bounce Off Record Lows Despite Tumbling Rates In Feb After reaching a record low last month – with the decline blamed on weather – pending home sales bounced modestly in February (up 1.8% MoM vs -0.6% MoM exp and -10.% MoM prior). Year-over-year home sales continue to decline (down 0.6% YoY)… Source: Bloomberg …just barely off of all-time-record lows… Source: Bloomberg Pending home sales […]

Will The Iran War Trigger A Dollar Crisis? The oil spike has moderated and markets are mellow for the time being, but could the long-term economic consequences of this war just be getting started? U.S. allies have shown a lackluster response after President Trump’s request for assistance in reopening the Strait of Hormuz — a corridor carrying roughly 20% of global oil supply — and this may spell a trend of what’s to come. […]

The Kobayashi Maru Scenario By Michael Every of Rabobank The Kobayashi Maru Scenario Yesterday’s Global Daily by Ben Picton, ‘The Wrath of Kharg’, couldn’t help but get me thinking about the infamous Kobayashi Maru scenario in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. For those unfamiliar, back when Star Trek was a popular franchise based on serious ideas, not an unpopular one based on frivolous ones, Starfleet Academy tested its budding […]

Iraq Negotiates With Iran To Reopen Vital Oil Shipping Route Authored by Tsvetana Paraskova via OilPrice.com, The federal Iraqi government is in contact with Iran to persuade Tehran to allow some Iraqi oil tankers to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, Iraq’s Oil Minister Hayyan Abdul Ghani said on Tuesday.  “There is communication with Iran regarding allowing the passage of some Iraqi oil tankers,” the minister said in […]

SK Chairman Warns Global Memory Crunch May Last Until 2030 SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won warned that the global high-bandwidth memory crunch, driven by AI data center buildouts, will last until the end of the decade. Chey told reporters on the sidelines of Nvidia’s annual developer conference, ‘GTC 2026,’ at the San Jose Convention Center in California on Monday that the memory chip shortage could last another four to five years, […]

Diesel Tops $5, Echoing 2022 Russia-Ukraine Invasion Energy Shock US Fuel Spike Summary: AAA national average diesel prices have jumped 34%, the largest increase for any month on record. AAA national average gasoline prices have jumped 24.5%, also the largest increase for any month on record. The spike in refined products comes just ahead of driving season and, if it persists long enough, could dent consumer sentiment […]

Futures Rebound From Overnight Selling To Trade At Session Highs Amid Constant Iran Newsflow Stock futures have reversed overnight losses and traded at session high, just above the flatline, despite diesel topping $5 a gallon – the highest since 2022 – with Iran expanding attacks on energy infrastructure around the Middle East and Israel targeting military / security leadership, reportedly killing Iran security chief Ali Larijani […]

Renunciation Of US Citizenship Just Got A Whole Lot Cheaper Authored by Adam Dick via the Ron Paul Institute, There was some good news for liberty on Friday. That is when a roughly 80 percent reduction in the fee the United States government imposes on individuals giving up their US citizenship took effect. The fee was lowered from 2,350 dollars to 450 dollars. The move toward implementing the fee reduction had been in progress […]

Iran “Starts New Phase Of Oil War” After Energy Production Hit Crude oil futures rose in overnight trading, with Brent nearly reaching $105 per barrel and WTI climbing as high as $98.42 per barrel, as Iran intensified drone strikes on energy infrastructure across the Gulf. “Further ominous developments today. For the first time, Iran successfully targeted oil and gas production facilities, rather than refining, terminals, and […]

Goldman Says Food Companies Struck An “Overall Cautious Tone” On The Consumer The latest read on the American consumer comes from Goldman analysts led by Leah Jordan, who compiled the most important commentary from food companies on consumer behavior trends in the fourth quarter. It’s worth noting, however, that this snapshot predates the energy shock triggered by the U.S.-Iran conflict. Jordan’s food and retail stock coverage […]

British Children’s Writer’s Career Ended By Trans Activists After She Dared To Say Kids Can’t Change Sex Authored by Steve Watson via modernity.news, Rachel Rooney, once a celebrated children’s poet, has been forced to abandon her career after trans activists launched a vicious assault on her for simply stating biological truths. In a revealing new interview, she details the bullying that ended her time in publishing, all because […]

Trump Says ‘War Won’t Be Over This Week’, Iran Denies Talks Taking Place; Pentagon Confirms 200 US Casualties Summary: The Pentagon confirmed Monday some 200 US service members have been wounded in the Iran war. Trump says ‘I don’t think so’ when asked if war will be wrapped up soon, notes ‘not this week’, reiterates military campaign continuing in full force, main efforts to Iran’s threat to shipping Iran has rejected […]

West Virginia Is America’s Fattest State More than one in three adults is obese in most U.S. states, according to the latest CDC data. In several Southern states, the rate now exceeds 40%. This map, via Visual Capitalist’s Bruno Venditti, shows the percentage of adults with a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or higher across all 50 states and U.S. territories. The Highest Obesity Rates Are Concentrated in the South West Virginia […]

Israel Dominates Claude AI Usage Around The World New data from Anthropic reveals where its Claude AI chatbot is gaining the most traction worldwide. While Israel tops the overall ranking, the United States leads among countries with at least 10,000 Claude conversations, scoring 3.69x on the index. This visualization, via Visual Capitalist’s Tasmin Lockwood, maps which countries use it the most relative to their working-age […]

European Nations Pull Their ‘Anti-ISIS’ Mission Troops Out Of Iraq Spain has quietly pulled its special forces out of Iraq after deteriorating security conditions made it impossible to continue operations safely, the Spanish Ministry of Defense confirmed Sunday. Spain currently has about 300 troops deployed in Iraq as part of the US-led coalition against ISIS. The Special Operations Task Group had been training Iraqi […]

“I Am Extremely Disappointed In Donald Trump” – AfD Co-Leader Warns Of WWIII Via Remix News, The co-leader of the Alternative for Germany (AfD), Tino Chrupalla, is actively voicing his disapproval of the American and Israeli war against Iran. He has gone so far as to warn that the war could lead to a third world war and indicates that Trump has broken his campaign promises by launching the war. “I am extremely disappointed […]

Jerusalem Braces For Unrest After Wartime Closure Of Al-Aqsa Mosque Through Ramadan Via Middle East Eye Israel is set to keep Al-Aqsa Mosque closed through the upcoming Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr and beyond, Middle East Eye has learnt. Sources familiar with the occupied East Jerusalem mosque’s affairs said Israeli authorities informed the Islamic Waqf, the body responsible for administering the site, of the decision in recent […]

China Directly Mediating Between Pakistan & Afghanistan After Weeks Of War There’s actually another hot war in the Middle East which has been raging, quite apart from the Iran-US-Israel war. Pakistan and Afghanistan have been engaged in a tense border conflict for weeks at this point. The Associated Press on Monday described the latest developments in the following: Afghanistan’s Taliban government on Monday accused […]

Longtime Oil Exec Worked For CIA, Helped Oust Maduro: Report Authored by Ken Silva via HeadlineUSA, The Wall Street Journal published a story Sunday about a longtime Chevron executive secretly working for the CIA—including by providing intel in the leadup to the ouster of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. According to the Journal, the former Chevron executive, Ali Moshiri, worked for the CIA as an informant since Hugo Chávez […]