PODCAST: DHP Villains: Woodrow Wilson, Part 10

Iran on Tuesday confirmed that Ali Larijani, the head of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, was killed by an overnight Israeli strike, the most significant Iranian leader to be assassinated since Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in the opening strikes of the war. “After a lifetime of striving for the elevation of Iran […]

Fed Independence Is Sacred... Or So We've Been Told Authored by Richard Roberts via RealClearMarkets.com, For the better part of a year, many had become convinced that the Federal Reserve's independence was in its final days. The narrative rested on two prongs. First, an FOMC browbeaten by relentless public attacks, threats of removal, and a Justice Department criminal probe into Chair Jerome Powell. The pressure, many argued, had grown so intense that Fed decisions would no longer be trusted to reflect economics rather than politics. Second, a new chair expected to arrive in May...

Trump Urges Iranian Diplomats To Seek Asylum, Describes What He Wants In A New Ruler "Iran is not the same country it was a week ago. A week ago they were powerful, and now they've been indeed neutered" - that's what President Trump told CNN in a brief phone interview Friday.  He also expressed that he doesn't care if Iran becomes a democracy or not, and his words even left open the possibility of the continuation of a Shia theocratic government, after the first big Saturday wave of US-Israeli attacks killed...