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2025 New Home Sales Highest Since 2021 US New Home Sales dipped 1.7% MoM in December (after a 15.5% MoM surge in November)... ...but ended the year at 745k - the highest SAAR since 2021... "New" home sales have notably decoupled from "used" home sales in the last few years as homebuilders incentivize buyers (reducing margins) and lower prices (reducing revenues)... Lower mortgage rates support modest further improvements in sales... Will this be Trump's lead on housing affordability? Tyler Durden Fri, 02/20/2026 - 10:24

Even though Cuba poses no threat to the U.S., the Trump administration continues its criminal policies of sanctions and other restrictions in an attempt to foist "regime change" on the country.

Hungary announced that it was ending diesel fuel shipments to Ukraine, and Slovakia said it could also cut energy shipments. Hungary and Slovakia are taking the step because Ukraine is blocking Russian oil shipments to the Eastern European nations. “Today we decided to suspend diesel fuel deliveries to Ukraine. Shipments will not resume until oil […]