Israeli Attacks in Gaza Kill 19 Palestinians in Three Days as IDF Continues Constant Ceasefire Violations

Despite Crazy Revisions, Consumer Confidence Rebounds From January's Doom After Boomers and Gen X dragged The Conference Board Confidence measure down to eight month lows to end 2025, expectations were for a rebound to start 2026. Instead, January was a bloodbath with all the cohorts tumbling. Today sees February's data released with expectations for a rebound, particularly in expectations... and the consensus was right. The headline Consumer Confidence print rose from 84.5 (revised dramatically up to 89.0) to 91.2 (better than the 87.1 expected) Under the hood it was kind of crazy with the...

US Launches New Iran Strikes Overnight: 'Heavy Costs' For Attacks On Commercial Shipping Summary:  US strikes on Iran announced, as 'heavy costs' for earlier targeting of multiple commercial vessels Oil rises as Treasury revokes June 21 Iran oil waiver Hormuz Threat Level Raised To "Severe"  Three maritime incidents reported on Hormuz in last 24 hours  Another unidentified vessel hit by a Drone IRGC forces hit a Saudi Tanker  IRGC forces hit a Qatari LNG tanker *  *  * US Launches New Iran Strikes, In First Since Ayatollah's Funeral The US military has announced it has commenced fresh strikes against Iran in...

Iran Warns Cyprus Not To Host Aggression From Its Territory In Phone Call Within only the first week of Operation Epic Fury there was concern that war spillover could reach all the way into the Mediterranean, after Iranian Shahed drones believed launched by Hezbollah in Lebanon targeted UK airbases in Cyprus. On March 1-2, 2026, an Iranian-made drone struck a hangar and runway at the RAF Akrotiri military base in southern Cyprus. This was as Iran and its regional allies accused Cyprus of allowing attacks on the Islamic Republic to be carried...