Ukrainian Drone Attack Kills Four Civilians in Crimea, Governor Halts Gas Sales

Kimi, Crude, & Carney: Rabobank Sums Up The Geopolitical Chaos Authored by Molly Schwartz, Rabobank cross-asset macro strategist, Trading Playbooks The advancement of one of China’s AI models, Kimi, has sharpened attention on the latest US plans to counter China’s growing AI challenge. Kimi is reportedly more powerful than several US flagship models, though not yet as powerful what lies on the frontier. However, Kimi operates at a fraction of the cost per token. That cost advantage raises the competitive threat to US AI leadership more broadly, including for other leading firms...

Millions Of Student Borrowers Are Defaulting: They Are 40 Years Old On Average The NY Federal published its latest report on Household Debt and Credit for the first quarter: the report showed total household debt increased by $18 billion, just a 0.1% increase, in Q1 2026, to $18.8 trillion.  Some details: Mortgage balances shown on consumer credit reports grew slightly by $21 billion during the first quarter of 2026 and totaled $13.19 trillion at the end of March. Balances on home equity lines of credit (HELOC) rose by $12 billion, marking the 16th...

Why The SAVE Act Matters Authored by Stu Cvrk via American Greatness, American self-governance rests on one indispensable foundation: that elections reflect the will of eligible citizens, counted accurately, administered transparently. Republicans and election integrity advocates argue that this foundation has been progressively undermined - not necessarily by a single grand conspiracy, but by a systemic pattern of loosened safeguards, dirty voter rolls, exploitable mail-ballot systems, and aggressive Democrat opposition to the audits and reforms that would resolve public doubt once and for all. The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act -...