House Approves Three-Year Extension of Warrantless Spy Powers

The New York Times reported on Tuesday that Iran and Oman are moving forward with a plan for the Strait of Hormuz that would involve collecting fees for ships transiting the waterway, despite the US expressing vehement opposition to the idea. Sources told the paper that Oman recently delivered a formal proposal to the US […]

Looking Back At The Uranium One Scandal Authored by Stu Cvrk via American Greatness, The Uranium One scandal was a 2010 controversy in which the Obama administration approved the takeover of Uranium One - a Canadian company with significant uranium mining assets in the United States - by Russia's state-owned Rosatom corporation. Critics alleged a pay-to-play scheme, pointing to large donations (roughly $145 million) to the Clinton Foundation from individuals connected to Uranium One and its investors, as well as a $500,000 speaking fee paid to Bill Clinton by a Russian...

Subprime Crisis 2.0: Will Private Credit Be The Trigger? Via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, We have recently tackled the rising stress in the Private Credit markets. Here are a few of our previous warnings: Fitzpatrick: Soros CEO & CIO Warns of a Reckoning Private Credit Stress: Will The Fed Backstop Exuberance Again? – RIA Is Private Equity A Wolf In Sheep’s Clothing? After 30 years of watching credit cycles expand, distort, and collapse, I’ve learned one reliable rule: “When enough people start drawing comparisons to 2008, it’s worth stopping to check whether the analogy holds up — or whether...