Vance Warns Iranians Ahead Of Pakistan Talks: US "Has All The Cards" & "We Want The Nuclear Fuel"

US Explores High-Risk Plan To Seize Iran's Nuclear Stockpile In Potential Gateway To Ground Troops Update(1555ET): The United States and Israel are boasting of having effectively achieved total air superiority over Iran's skies, but this presents yet more questions as to what the end-game will be. The allies have as one key goal securing Iran's stockpile of highly enriched uranium - most of which may be buried deep under a destroyed nuclear site at Isfahan (taken out during the June war) - but then the conundrum remains... how? Axios reports on one plan which...

Jefferies Identifies High-Quality Energy And Materials Stocks As Cyclical Rotation Accelerates Jefferies analyst Lloyd Byrne wrote in a note on Monday that surging refined-product margins, stronger gas-fired power demand, and improving earnings estimates are providing clear tailwinds for energy stocks, even as valuations and technicals appear stretched. Byrne showed that the clearest source of strength in the energy market is refining. The six-month New York Harbor diesel-to-crude spread topped $100 (HOCL1 Index on Bloomberg) and has moved in close tandem with the Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLE). Included in the "10...

Utah Judge Rules Charlie Kirk's Alleged Assassin To Stand Trial Authored by Darlene McCormick Sanchez and Janice Hisle via The Epoch Times, The man accused of assassinating conservative commentator Charlie Kirk with a bullet to the neck will stand trial for aggravated murder, a Utah judge ruled on Sept. 1, almost a year after the fatal shooting rocked the nation. Defendant Tyler James Robinson, 23, potentially faces the death penalty if convicted. Judge Tony Graf Jr. of Provo's Fourth District Court bound Robinson over to trial, noting the probable cause standard had been...