US Futures Dip As Questions Mount Over Relentless Tech Rally, Lack Of Peace Progress

Musk's Starlink Plots To Become A Mobile Carrier; TD Cowen Sees Possible T-Mobile Buyout The signs were already in plain sight that Elon Musk’s Starlink was positioning itself to challenge the big three U.S. wireless operators: Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile. One of the clearest signals was SpaceX's $17 billion deal for EchoStar wireless spectrum last year, followed by a recent trademark filing for "Starlink Mobile." We noted in December: SpaceX Trademark Filing Signals "Starlink Mobile" May Soon Take Aim At AT&T, Verizon Now, the Financial Times reports that SpaceX Chief Operating Officer Gwynne Shotwell...

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said on Wednesday that the US was repeating “big lies” about Iran’s nuclear program, comments that came after President Trump delivered his State of the Union address. In the address, Trump claimed he wanted a deal with Iran but that Tehran wouldn’t say “those secret words, ‘We will never […]

Hegseth Pushes $1.5 Trillion Military Budget As Tribute To Lindsey Graham Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth called on Congress to approve his request for a $1.5 trillion military budget for 2027 during remarks at a ceremony in South Carolina for the renaming of Joint Base Charleston to Joint Base Lindsey Graham in honor of the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, who died unexpectedly last month. Hegseth claimed that before he died, Graham told him that the $1.5 trillion request was the best military budget he'd ever seen. Department of...