Pentagon: Israel Ramps Up Spying on Top US Officials

Iran Mulls Allowing Tankers Through Strait Of Hormuz If Trade Conducted In Yuan Via The Cradle Iran is considering allowing a "limited number" of oil tankers to pass through the Strait of Hormuz on the condition that the oil cargo is traded in Chinese yuan, CNN has reported. A senior Iranian official told the US news outlet that Tehran is working on a new plan to manage tanker traffic through the strategic waterway on Iran’s southern coast. via Associated Press Iran has effectively sealed off the strait, allowing only its own and Chinese ships to...

Madness At The Grocery Store Authored by Jeffrey Tucker via The Epoch Times, Sometimes it is just a mood. Sometimes it’s the store or the product. Regardless, I can hardly go to the grocery store these days without a sense of shock at how much I’m spending even while buying as little as possible. Money-saving tactics—choosing cheaper venues, substituting products, just eating less—don’t seem to work anymore. Grocery days used to be happy. Smiles all around. The bounty was all around us. We met people and had quick and charming conversations, even talking...

Trump-Xi Summit Cheat Sheet: New Deals, Extended Trade Truce, But No Breakthrough? The White House released an itinerary for next week's Trump-Xi meeting, including plans for Trump to greet Chinese President Xi Jinping at Joint Base Andrews. Ahead of the summit, Bank of America analysts outlined modest expectations, telling clients they see "little scope for a major trade breakthrough." Bloomberg reports that Trump will welcome Xi at Joint Base Andrews on Wednesday, opening a visit that includes bilateral talks and a White House state dinner on Thursday. Trump and Xi will be...