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Iran Threatens Region-Wide Infrastructure 'Obliteration' As Trump's 48-Hour Ultimatum Ticks Down, Mass Casualties In Southern Israel Summary Iran vows regional and US infrastructure will be "irreversibly destroyed" in response to Trump's 48-hour timeline to open Hormuz or else Iranian power plants will be obliterated. Iran announces imposition a $2 million transit fee on 'non-enemy' ships wishing to transit strait. Unprecedented damage and many dozens of casualties in Israel's south after tit-for-tat strikes on areas with nuclear plants. Reports of US prepping diplomatic offramp plan but Iran says expanding war has effectively shut the door; Bessent says "50 days" of...

US Core Manufacturing Orders Up For 3rd Straight Month In January After tumbling to end 2025, US Factory Orders were expected to rise very modestly in January and did so - up 0.1% MoM (as expected) with December's 0.7% decline revised up to a 0.4% decline... Source: Bloomberg Core Factory orders (es Transports) rose 0.4% MoM - slightly better than expected - and December's 0.4% MoM shift was revised up to a 0.6% MoM rise. This led core manufacturing orders to rise 1.39% YoY - the highest since July... Source: Bloomberg All the final...

The Trump Administration Ditches Another Rogue DOJ Official Authored by Tudor Dixon via American Greatness, The second Trump administration is very different from the first. As 45th president, Donald Trump was saddled with disloyal officials who constantly undermined his agenda. The Ukraine impeachment scandal, among other events, was the result of this internal subversion. But the second term sets a new standard for loyalty. The administration will no longer tolerate rogue officials making their own policy. This was made clear last week when the administration pushed out Gail Slater, the Justice Department’s antitrust chief....