Appeals Court Temporarily Allows Pentagon To Require Escorts For Reporters

"We Can't Be Part Of A Lost Generation": Bolsonaro Wins Four Key Party Endorsements Ahead Of Brazil Runoff In a postmortem published Wednesday on Sunday's first-round Brazilian presidential election, Alberto Ramos, Goldman Sachs' chief Latin American economist, described a "conservative wave" that swept the country, culminating in right-wing Senator Flávio Bolsonaro's win over unhinged socialist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Bolsonaro's momentum continued mid-week after he secured endorsements from four center-right parties, strengthening his coalition ahead of the October 25 runoff election against Lula.  Bloomberg reports that Uniao Brasil, Progressistas, Republicanos and Novo...

Spirit Airlines 'Bites The Dust' As All Flights Canceled The collapse of bankrupt Spirit Airlines is now official. After several failed attempts by the Trump administration to engineer a rescue package, including a proposed $500 million financing deal that could have left the U.S. government with control of up to 90% of the budget carrier, negotiations broke down late this week. By Saturday morning, Spirit had begun winding down operations, with all flights canceled and the carrier entering liquidation mode. The outcome marks the final flight for the budget airline, crushed by...

Services Sector Contraction In March Screams Q1 Stagflation Following S&P Global's Manufacturing PMI's better than expected print higher (signaling resilience in the face of March's war in Iran), the data released this morning showed the US Services Sector experienced a contraction of activity at the end of the first quarter of 2026. The headline S&P Global US Services PMI Business Activity Index recorded 49.8 in March, down from February’s 51.7 and lower than the earlier ‘flash’ estimate of 51.1. It was the first decline recorded in over three years amid the weakest...