Trump Privately Told Zelensky To Act 'More Boldly' Toward Russia: Ukrainian Media

Trump Must Choose 'Impossible' War Or 'Bad Deal' With Iran: IRGC Message To US Iran is telling Washington that the ball is in its court as President Trump has affirmed over the weekend that he is reviewing the latest peace deal submitted via Pakistani mediators. Tehran is further saying the US is going from worse to worse as it must now choose between an "impossible" military operation or a "bad" deal. The intelligence unit of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has newly stated that "Trump must choose between an impossible...

US New Home Sales Rise For First Time In 3 Months As Prices Near 5-Year Lows With Case-Shiller reporting existing home price declines in half of America's largest cities, and despite a weaker homebuilder confidence print, New Home Sales were expected to rebound from April and May's ugly declines... and they did, but only very modestly. New home sales rose 1.6% MoM (+4.8% MoM exp) marking the first rise in three months, but May's 7.3% MoM decline was revised up to a mere 4.3% MoM decline. However, this bounce was not enough to get annual...

With Commercial Real Estate Still Challenging, Lenders Offload Troubled Loans At A Loss Authored by Mary Prenon via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), While leasing activity and vacancy trends suggest the U.S. commercial real estate market is stabilizing, office values are still well below post-pandemic peaks, recent reports show. The San Francisco skyline on Jan. 20, 2023. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images As owners scramble to make payments on under-occupied office buildings, many lenders are reluctant to foreclose to avoid the headache of taking ownership and reselling the properties, according to David...