RPI Spring Conference: ‘War is Back on the Menu’

Israeli Media Says IDF Soldiers Looting 'On A Crazy Scale' In Lebanon Authored by Brett Wilkins While media coverage of Israel’s war on Lebanon mainly focuses on the slaughter of hundreds of Lebanese civilians and destruction of entire villages, Israel Defense Forces commanders are tacitly condoning widespread looting by their troops in Lebanon, according to reporting Thursday. Haaretz, Israel’s oldest daily newspaper, interviewed a number of IDF personnel who described routine theft of items including motorcycles, televisions, paintings, sofas, and rugs from the homes and businesses of some of the more than 1 million Lebanese forcibly...

Solid 20Y Auction Stops Through With Above Average Foreign Demand The week's lone coupon auction priced at 1pm when the Treasury sold $13 BN in 20Y paper, in a solid if not stellar auction. The auction stopped at a high yield of 4.883%, up from 4.817% in March and the highest since last July. It also stopped through the 4.892% When Issued by 0.9bps, the highest since January. The bid to cover was 2.68, down from 2.76 in March but above the 2.63 six-auction average. The internals were also solid with Indirects taking...

Sam Bankman-Fried 'Absolutely' Wants A Presidential Pardon From inside a federal prison cell, disgraced crypto mogul Sam Bankman-Fried is making a direct bid for a White House lifeline. In a phone interview with FOX Business, the former FTX founder said he "absolutely" wants a presidential pardon from President Donald Trump. "Absolutely. It would be obviously, you know, ultimately up to the president, not up to me," he said. Bankman-Fried declined to confirm whether his family is currently lobbying the administration on his behalf, saying only, "I can't speak for them." In March 2024,...