The MBS Slope n’ Swap

As Spy Law Nears Expiration, Lawmakers Mull Short-Term Renewal Authored by Nathan Worcester via The Epoch Times, President Donald Trump’s pick for a key intelligence post has left Democrats and Republicans at odds over a spy law set to lapse on June 12. As the clock ticks down, lawmakers are contemplating Trump’s latest proposal: another short-term extension of the authority while the president searches for a permanent nominee other than his chosen acting director of national intelligence, Bill Pulte. Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) allows the government to spy...

Behind Turkey's Gold Sales: The Biggest Ever Plunge In Foreign Reserves Shortly after the Iran war started, with gold unexpectedly tumbling, we showed that the reason behind gold's paradoxical move - after all, the precious metal has traditionally been a store of value in times of geopolitical stress - was the furious liquidation of gold by emerging markets, in this case Turkey, scrambling to obtain reserve dry powder so Ankara could cover soaring costs of energy imports. And indeed, the latest central bank data showed that Turkey’s foreign reserves had their biggest...

An official said it was possible to make Patriot interceptors inside Ukraine, but the timeline was unclear. The statement came after President Donald Trump told Volodymyr Zelensky that the US would grant Ukraine a license to produce Patriot missiles.  “Don’t listen to the pessimists. Producing missiles for Patriot in Ukraine is possible,” Ukrainian Defense Ministry […]