Vance Says Iran Agreed To Establish a Direct Line Between the IRGC and the US Military

Home Depot Earnings Offer Glimmer Of Hope As Small Projects Offset Renovation Downturn Home Depot reported stronger-than-expected second-quarter sales and profit as homeowners spent money on smaller do-it-yourself projects, giving the home-improvement retailer enough confidence to reaffirm its full-year outlook. The frozen housing market, combined with elevated borrowing costs, has deterred homeowners from financing larger renovations, such as replacing exterior windows and doors or installing a new deck, and has also pressured Home Depot shares over the past year and a half. However, second-quarter demand showed signs of resilience in smaller...

Congress Ordered An Annual Accounting Of Terrorism; The Counting Has Stopped... Authored by David E. Firester via RealClearDefense, On May 1, 2026, the State Department released the 2024 edition of the Country Reports on Terrorism - a full year past the deadline in effect when the report came due, and months past even the more forgiving date Congress has since written into law. No Annex of Statistical Information, the report's statistical backbone in years past, has been published with it. And the report's own pages cite terrorism-incident rankings from the Global Terrorism...

"Deepening Dark Trend" Emerges On Hormuz As Ship Traffic Slows The US military has struck Iranian targets for a second straight day, while Tehran has responded with ballistic missile and drone attacks targeting Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain and even faraway Jordan. While our overnight wrap focused on the latest war developments, the focus here is what energy traders are watching most closely: vessel traffic through the Strait of Hormuz. Bloomberg cites new shipping data showing that the Hormuz chokepoint slowed to a near standstill on Thursday. More color from the report: Among larger vessels,...