With Commercial Real Estate Still Challenging, Lenders Offload Troubled Loans At A Loss

Senate Panel Holds Fauci In Contempt For Refusing To Answer Questions Anthony Fauci has been held in contempt of Congress by the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, after he repeatedly refused to answer lawmakers' questions about funding risky research to genetically manipulate bat coronavirus in Wuhan China, and his role in the ensuing lockdown quagmire that cratered the economy after he was put in charge of leading the COVID-19 response.  Oh, and they obtained a copy of his cell phone.  In an 8-5 vote brought by Committee Chairman Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), the contempt vote seeks...

Ukraine Faces Growing Air Defense Crisis As Patriot Supplies Dwindle Via RFE/RL, Ukraine failed to intercept any of the 24 ballistic missiles and four Zircon cruise missiles Russia fired in the August 5 attack, underscoring the strain on its missile defenses. U.S. Patriot availability has become a significant constraint after extensive interceptor use during the Iran conflict. Kyiv is increasingly seeking European inventories, expanded production, and eventually licensed or joint Patriot manufacturing to secure its air defenses ahead of winter. Ukraine's failure to intercept a single Russian missile during a large-scale overnight attack this week...

US Southern Command said on Monday that its forces blew up another alleged drug-running boat as the Trump administration continues the extrajudicial executions at sea. SOUTHCOM said the vessel was targeted in the Caribbean Sea, and it offered no evidence to back up its claim that the boat was carrying drugs, something the Pentagon has […]