Iranian Media: Iran Suspends Exchange of Messages With US Due to Israel’s War and Escalations in Lebanon

Will the Left Make The WHCA Dinner Shooter A Hero? There was a lot of confusion in the initial hours after the shooting at the White House Correspondents Association Dinner at the Washington Hilton on Saturday night. But it soon became clear that the suspect, Cole Allen, a 31-year-old teacher from Torrance, California, had rabid anti-Trump views and was there to target Trump administration officials.  While the usual suspects on the left are issuing standard statements condemning violence, there’s a real concern that the left will lionize Allen. And even former...

US Southern Command said in a press release on Saturday that its forces interdicted alleged drug-linked boats in the eastern Pacific Ocean and sank the main vessel after the crew was removed and handed over to the Ecuadorian authorities. It marked the fourth such interdiction the US military has carried out since August 28. The […]

FOMC Minutes Preview: Scrutiny For Hawkish Bias Today's FOMC minutes will be scrutinized for further insight into policymakers' appetite for additional rate hikes and the thinking behind the Committee's hawkish shift at last month's meeting. The minutes are an account of the June 17th meeting and therefore will not reflect subsequent developments, including the softer-than-expected June nonfarm payrolls report or Chair Warsh's appearance at the ECB's Sintra Forum. Nonetheless, as Newsquawk writes in its FOMC Minutes preview, the June meeting, Warsh's first as Fed Chair, marked a significant shift under...