Qatar Tried Secret Deal-Making With Iran To Protect World's Largest Gas Complex

"We Can't Be Part Of A Lost Generation": Bolsonaro Wins Four Key Party Endorsements Ahead Of Brazil Runoff In a postmortem published Wednesday on Sunday's first-round Brazilian presidential election, Alberto Ramos, Goldman Sachs' chief Latin American economist, described a "conservative wave" that swept the country, culminating in right-wing Senator Flávio Bolsonaro's win over unhinged socialist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Bolsonaro's momentum continued mid-week after he secured endorsements from four center-right parties, strengthening his coalition ahead of the October 25 runoff election against Lula.  Bloomberg reports that Uniao Brasil, Progressistas, Republicanos and Novo...

Ludwig von Mises Mises argues in Nation, State, and Economy that nationalism is compatible with economic and political liberty if it is peaceful, based on self-determination as an individual right.

GOP Lawmakers Leery Of Trump's Billion-Dollar Ballroom-Security Package Wary of the terrible election-year optics, some federal Republican legislators are less-than-enthusiastic about approving a request for a billion dollars in security funding relating to President Trump's White House ballroom project. Some of them shared those feelings with reporters after they received a Tuesday afternoon closed-door briefing by Secret Service Director Sean Curran.  When he first rolled out the 90,000-square-foot ballroom project, Trump repeatedly emphasized that the project would cost $200 million and be funded entirely with private donations. Now the ballroom itself is...