US Evacuates Non-Emergency Personnel from Embassy in Beirut as it Prepares Potential Attack on Iran

Oil Spikes, Stocks Suddenly Dump During Warsh Hearing It's unclear what exactly is driving but the markets are reverting back to old habits this morning with oil spiking... ...dragging Treasury yields higher... Stocks are tanking... And so is gold... There were no obvious geopolitical headline catalysts for the move - though uncertainty remains high about the next 24-48 hours in the Middle East. Some have suggested the following comment from Fed Chair nominee Kevin Warsh may have helped (or hindered): “There’s probably no more pressing question than the cost of living.” Though that does seem like...

Voter ID Is Common Sense, But It Won't Fix Anything Authored by Connor O'Keefe via The Mises Institute, As panic builds within the GOP over the approaching midterm elections, Republicans have renewed a push for one of their most popular policy proposals: voter ID. In the latest version of the so-called SAVE America Act—formerly just the SAVE Act—Congressional Republicans added a requirement for every voter in federal elections to provide poll workers with a valid government-issued photo ID if they’re voting in person or a copy of a valid photo ID if they’re...

Trump Turns The Screws On Israel In Biggest Pressure Move To Reign In Bibi Yet The Lebanon ceasefire appears to be legitimate and holding, and the biggest evidence of this is that Lebanese citizens themselves are pouring back into the war-ravaged south of the country, seeking to recover to their homes which are in some cases 'unlivable'. "Thousands of families displaced by weeks of fighting filled the main highway to southern Lebanon on Friday in hopes of returning to their homes, as a 10-day cease-fire in Israel’s military campaign against Hezbollah...