US Explores High-Risk Plan To Seize Iran's Nuclear Stockpile In Potential Gateway To Ground Troops

More Than 5,500 Residents Ordered To Evacuate In Hawaii Over Dodgy Dam Authored by T.J. Muscaro via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), More than 5,500 people on Hawaii’s most populous island have been ordered to evacuate on March 20 as weather conditions continue to worsen and threaten the integrity of a 120-year-old dam. Map of the evacuation zone in response to the risk of a dam failure amid torrential rains on Oahu, Hawaii, on March 20, 2026. Screenshot/Hawaii Emergency Management Agency That island, Oahu, which is home to the capital, Honolulu, is forecast...

Iran Begins Retaliation Amid Trump's 'Large & Powerful Strikes' - Explosions Heard In Jordan Summary Explosions in Jordan reported amid initial Iranian retaliation. Reports of fresh US strike wave on southern Iran, oil soars Bessent Says Hormuz Will Be "Worthless Piece of Water" In Two Years Iran offers conditional ceasefire: Pezeshkian says Iran will return to talks if the US honors prior commitments, which Tehran says it has violated. Tankers hit in Strait of Hormuz: Two supertankers struck exiting Hormuz, escalating energy-market risks. Oil prices surge: Brent crude rose above $92/barrel. Diesel supply squeezed: Refinery disruptions are driving diesel prices and margins sharply...

US Existing Home Sales Bounced In February As Mortgage Rates Tumbled Despite tumbling mortgage rates, existing home sales plunged (the most since COVID) in January, with some blaming 'below-normal temperatures' despite The West suffering the biggest declines (and unaffected by the winter storms). Consensus was for a modest 0.8% MoM decline in February (again despite an ongoing drop in mortgage rates) but sales actually surprised to the upside, rising 1.7% MoM. Perhaps even more notably, January's 8.4% MoM plunge was revised up to a slightly less crazy 5.9% MoM drop... Source: Bloomberg With...