S&P Denies SpaceX Fast Index Entry, Delaying $14BN In Passive Inflows By At Least A Year

Watch: Bessent Teases 'Series Of Announcements' To Stabilize Oil; Says Trump's 15% Tariff Will Kick In This Week Authored by Andrew Moran via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), President Donald Trump’s 15 percent global tariff will take effect sometime this week, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said. Following the Supreme Court’s rebuke of the president’s signature economic policy last month, Trump imposed a 10 percent global tariff, invoking Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974. A day later, Trump pledged to raise the rate to 15 percent. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent testifies before...

Israeli media reported on Tuesday that Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir suggested at a security cabinet meeting that the Israeli military should kidnap women and children in Lebanon as a way to put pressure on Hezbollah. “Let’s start thinking outside the box about Hezbollah,” Ben Gvir said, according to The Jerusalem Post. “Also, […]

President Trump is expected to advance a massive $14 billion arms package for Taiwan, according to Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX), the former chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, who made the remarks during a visit to Taipei this week. The Trump administration approved a massive $11 billion weapons sale for Taiwan in December 2025, […]