DOJ Re-Adopts Executions By Firing Squad As It Strengthens Federal Death Penalty

NGOs Warn That Haiti Can't Handle Any More US Deportations In the past 20 years, the "transitional republic" of Haiti has received approximately $10.5 billion in US aid, but when one examines the state of the country today, it's hard to tell if they received a dime.  One problem is that for most of that time US funding has been handled through intermediaries such as UN agencies and NGOs, and accusations of embezzlement abound.  Suspicions also extend to US bureaucracy, including USAID which was accused of facilitating kickbacks special favors...

Oil Unimpressed As Trump Says 'Iran Asked For Ceasefire', Threatens Blasting Them "Back To The Stone Ages" If Strait Unopened Summary UAE mulls becoming first Gulf country to directly joint US-Israeli war against Iran, lobbies for firm UNSC security resolution. Trump open to exiting 'paper tiger' NATO after Iran war is over, angry over lack of help in Hormuz crisis. Oil tanker leased to QatarEnergy was struck by an Iranian cruise missile in Qatari waters Wednesday. IRGC has newly vowed to keep attacking with "full intensity and power" - suggesting this is far from over,...

Three Contrarian Signals That Aren't Easy To Ignore As Earnings Season Begins Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, 💰 Q1 Earnings Season Begins As a fragile ceasefire with Iran hangs in the balance and oil trades near multi-year highs, the Q1 earnings season is arriving in one of the most negatively positioned markets in years. That backdrop may be exactly the reason it’s worth reconsidering the “fade the rally” stance we posited last week. For individuals who have not been in the financial markets for very long, there is an important lesson to learn. “The...