Israeli and Lebanese Officials Meet in Washington To Discuss ‘Ceasefire’ That Israel Continues to Disregard

Pakistan Uses Diplomacy To Secure LNG Supply from Hormuz Submitted by Charles Kennedy of OilPrice.com Pakistan has negotiated the passage of vessels laden with Qatari LNG out of the Strait of Hormuz in a diplomatic feat that no other energy buyer has managed so far in the Iran war. Pakistan, which was the mediator of the U.S.-Iran talks and is passing messages from one to the other, appears to have used well its close ties with both Qatar and Iran to negotiate the successful imports of two tankers with Qatari LNG. Pakistan has...

Chief Justice Roberts Faces Two Strikes After New Leak Rocks The Court Authored by Jonathan Turley, The legendary baseball player and manager Ted Williams once wrote a letter to the Angels outfielder Jay Johnstone on improving his hitting. Among his pieces of advice was that “with two strikes, you simply have to protect the plate.” Williams’s advice on not striking out came to mind this week when another leak of confidential information rocked the Supreme Court. (The prior leak of the Dobbs decision went unsolved). For Chief Justice John Roberts, the message is clear: it...

Continuing Jobless Claims Tumble To 2-Year Lows The number of Americans filing for jobless benefits for the first time rose from 203k to 219k last week (higher than the expected 210k), but still hovering within the low-low range of the last four years... Source: Bloomberg New Jersey and Oregon saw the largest WoW rise in initial claims while Texas and New York saw the biggest decline... But, while initial claims rose, continuing jobless claims tumbled to the lowest level since May 2024... Source: Bloomberg Soft survey data continues to signal a stressed labor market, while...