Israeli Defense Minister Declares IDF Will Not Withdraw from Lebanon

The Pentagon is preparing for “weeks” of ground operations in Iran, The Washington Post has reported, citing unnamed US officials, as thousands more US troops have arrived in the Middle East in recent days. Any potential US ground operations would mean a major escalation of the war and would likely result in significant US casualties […]

US Senators Unveil 'Mined In America Act' To Reshore BTC Mining, Codify Bitcoin Strategic Reserve Authored by Micah Zimmerman via BitcoinMagazine.com, Republican Senators Bill Cassidy and Cynthia Lummis introduced legislation Monday aimed at reshaping the U.S. digital asset mining sector, tightening supply chains, and embedding bitcoin into federal reserve strategy. The proposal, titled the “Mined in America Act,” would establish a federal certification program for domestic crypto mining operations while phasing out reliance on foreign-manufactured hardware. It also seeks to codify Donald Trump’s executive order creating a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, placing the policy on statutory footing, according...

Moscow Oil Refinery Faces Six-Month Shutdown After Relentless Ukrainian Drone Attacks Moscow's largest oil refinery is expected to remain out of service for at least six months after suffering significant damage in a series of Ukrainian drone attacks this month, according to Reuters, citing sources familiar with the matter, after Zelensky earlier vowed to bring the war to Russian territory. Kiev and the West are flirty with massive Russian retaliation at this point, which is precisely what Putin has vowed. The refinery is located on the southern outskirts of the Russian...