Trump Sending 5,000 Additional Troops To Poland, After Same Number Reduced From Germany

Germany's Tax Revenue Collapse Signals Fiscal And Industrial Breakdown Submitted by Thomas Kolbe The German federal government and municipalities are the major fiscal losers of 2026. The partly dramatic collapse in tax revenues reveals two things: the transformation disaster is staggering toward its end, and citizens are being squeezed by the state like lemons until the very last moment. No matter how you spin it, the tax party of Germany’s welfare-state engineers is over. In the first four months of the year, Germany’s total tax intake developed into a fiscal catastrophe. During...

Momentum: US Issues 60-Day License For Iranian Oil Sales As Tehran Agrees To Hormuz Access, Nuclear Inspections Update(0935ET): As part of the MoU framework, and ongoing technical peace discussions in Switzerland (with US and Iranian teams still though - though Vance and Ghalibaf have at this point departed after their 18-hour first round achievement - Treasury has issued a temporary 60-day general license authorizing the production, delivery, and sale of Iranian oil - it stated in a huge forward-momentum development. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced on X: Under President Trump and Vice President Vance,...

US Futures Dip As Questions Mount Over Relentless Tech Rally, Lack Of Peace Progress Futs are weaker but well off their overnight lows as the US is set to lag its global peers; according to JPM investors will need to watch to see if there is a beginning of a larger rotation similar to Jan-Feb or perhaps a slight pullback following the US’s multi-week run. As of 8:00am ET, S&P futures are down 0.2% after the artificial-intelligence trade fueled the S&P 500’s longest winning streak in more than a year,...