S&P Slashes New Orleans' Credit Rating On "Structurally Imbalanced Operations"

An Al Jazeera correspondent based in Tehran reported “unprecedented” US-Israeli strikes on the Iranian capital on Monday despite President Trump’s insistence that progress was being made toward a diplomatic solution, a claim Iranian officials have rejected. The Israeli Air Force announced that it was conducting a “wave” of airstrikes across Tehran and that it bombarded […]

Economic Sentiment Belies Strong Economic Estimates Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, Economic growth metrics for the United States have recently shown surprising resilience; however, consumers’ economic sentiment has not. According to the Bureau of Economic Analysis’s advance estimate, real Gross Domestic Product expanded at an annualized rate of just 1.4%, well below expectations and a steep drop from the 4.4% pace in the third quarter. However, the record-long federal government shutdown, which ran from October 1 through November 12, subtracted roughly 1 full percentage point from growth, as federal outlays plunged...

Trump Drops By Supreme Court To Hear Challenge To Birthright Citizenship Order Update (0950ET): President Trump dropped by the Supreme Court on Wednesday for oral arguments in the high-profile Trump v. Barbara challenging his executive order restricting birthright citizenship - making him the first sitting US president to attend Supreme Court oral arguments.  BREAKING President Trump has just arrived at the Supreme Court as the Justices hear oral arguments in the Birthright Citizenship case. pic.twitter.com/gc1jUdclki — Conservative Brief (@ConservBrief) April 1, 2026 The line has already formed outside of the Supreme Court for Wednesday’s oral arguments in Trump v. Barbara,...