Israeli Strikes Kill Five Across Southern Lebanon

Federal Court Blocks Abortion Drug Mifepristone From Being Sent Via Mail Authored by Jacki Thrapp via The Epoch Times, Americans won’t be able to receive abortion drug mifepristone in the mail, according to a temporary ruling by the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court on May 1. “FDA conceded it had failed to adequately study whether remotely prescribing mifepristone is safe,” the three-judge panel in New Orleans ruled on Friday. The decision will block the drug from being shipped via mail until the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) can ensure the drugs are “safe and...

One Key Signal Says Rate Hikes Could Be Coming Submitted by QTR's Fringe Finance For a while now markets have operated under the assumption that inflation was cooling, rate cuts were inevitable, and the Federal Reserve was slowly steering toward a soft landing. Hell, Jim Cramer started celebrating Jerome Powell’s “soft landing” some 925 days ago with inflation at 3.1%. Today, inflation is at 3.8% and Powell is leaving his post at the Fed and turning over his impossible task to Kevin Warsh. Which is to say the consensus is starting to unravel fast....

Hungary To Halt Gas Deliveries To Ukraine Over Its Energy 'Blackmail': Orban Hungary is moving to choke off gas flows to Ukraine, escalating an energy standoff after Kiev halted Russian oil transit via the Druzhba pipeline. Prime Minister Viktor Orban in a fresh social media video address reiterated that Ukraine has blocked the Soviet-era route for a month, and he newly warned: "As long as Ukraine does not provide oil, it will not receive gas from Hungary," according to a translation. via Reuters Orban added that diverted supplies will be stockpiled domestically, filling...