New Restrictions On SNAP Purchases To Take Effect In More States In April

Pre-dawn strikes hit several towns and villages across southern Lebanon, leading UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres to express alarm about the ongoing Israeli escalation and call for Israel to withdraw from the occupied Lebanese territory. An Israeli drone strike targeted a motorcycle near Zebbedine, killing the rider. The identity of the slain has not been […]

3 Cents On The Dollar: Hedge Funds Gorge On LA Fire Claims As Sacramento’s Crackdown Goes Up In Smoke Nearly two years after the Eaton and Palisades fires torched an estimated $40 billion in insured property, nobody has figured out who ultimately pays. Wall Street has decided that's the perfect time to buy. Hedge funds are stepping up purchases of subrogation claims tied to the January 2025 Los Angeles fires now that the political push to curb the trade has stalled, Bloomberg reports. Prices range from as little as 3 cents on the...

Iran's Hardliners Push For Nuclear Weapons As U.S. War Drags On Authored by RFE/RL Staff via OilPrice, It was once taboo in Iran to publicly speak about developing nuclear weapons. The authorities would often point to former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's religious edict barring the development of weapons of mass destruction. Iranian officials have long insisted the country's nuclear program is solely for civilian purposes. Open calls for a bomb from sitting lawmakers and senior security officials would have been unthinkable a few years ago. But with the war with the...