Trump Blames ‘Unpatriotic’ Republicans for Making It Difficult to Negotiate with Iran

'Highly Unlikely' US Will Extend Iran Ceasefire, 'Lots Of Bombs Will Go Off' If No Deal: Trump Summary Trump says 'highly unlikely' will extend ceasefire if deal not signed in Pakistan. Iran's military after Sunday's US seizure of Iran-flagged cargo ship: will "take the necessary action against the US military" Vance intends to depart Tuesday to Pakistan, though still unclear whether Iranians will join - Pakistanis say yes, but timeline is fluid. Trump warns "nobody's playing games" & "lots of bombs will go off" if no deal (PBS) Xi to Saudi crown prince important...

Terrible 2Y Auction: Biggest Tail In 3 Years, Dealers Highest Since 2022 With both foreign and domestic investors dumping gold (and anything else not nailed down) to fund oil, at its brand sparkling new price of $170 (in Asia), we were wondering how long before the lack of disposable cash hits US debt. We got the answer today at just after 1pm when we got the results of today's $69 billion 2Year bond auction. In a nutshell, it was terrible. The auction priced at a high yield of 3.936%, up from...

America's Top War Unicorn To Begin Combat Drone Production As Next-Gen Startups Challenge Big Defense Primes Weaponized AI, interceptor drones, automated kill chains, ground robots armed with machine guns, humanoid robots, and FPVs equipped with shaped charges all offer a scary preview of what warfare in the 2030s was expected to look like. Instead, four years of war in Ukraine, followed by the U.S.-Iran conflict, have sharply accelerated that timeline, pulling the future of warfare into today. These are truly frightening times, as defenses against this technology are still lacking across...