Key Events This Week: Central Banks Galore, PPI, And The War In Iran

SAVE America Act Has Failsafe To Ensure Enforcement Authored by Petr Svab via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Tucked away in the stalled SAVE America Act is a provision meant to ensure that its proof-of-citizenship requirement would be enforced even if future administrations would choose not to. The U.S. Capitol building in Washington on March 17, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times The bill, which passed the House in February but got stuck in the Senate, would require new voter registrants to present proof of citizenship, such as a passport, a REAL ID, or...

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has warned that it’s ready to launch “heavy attacks” on US assets in the region if more Iranian oil tankers are targeted by the US military. “Any attack on Iranian tankers and commercial vessels will result in a heavy attack on one of the American centers in the region […]

"Completely Insane": Federal Govt Withholds $1.3BN In Medicaid Reimbursements To California, Citing Fraud Authored by Lawrence Wilson via The Epoch Times, The Trump administration will withhold $1.3 billion in Medicaid payments to California due to potentially fraudulent billing patterns, Vice President JD Vance announced on May 13. The action comes among a host of others taken recently to crack down on fraudulent activity in Medicare and Medicaid. “We want to protect these programs for the kids and the families who need them. We want to ensure that the American taxpayer isn’t getting fleeced,”...