Europe Capitulates, Sees Iranian Hormuz Fee Collection As 'Inevitable' 

Obama-Appointed Judge Halts US Visa Restrictions On Disinformation Gurus Accused Of Censorship Authored by Owen Evans via The Epoch Times, A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the Trump administration from enforcing a policy that denied visas and ordered deportations of “disinformation” expert foreign nationals whom it accused of being leading figures in the global “censorship-industrial complex.” Last year, the United States issued a visa policy targeting foreign nationals whom it claimed censor Americans’ free speech abroad. “For too long, Americans have been fined, harassed, and even charged by foreign authorities for exercising their...

Alphabet Surges After-Hours On Record Search Queries, Backlog Builds Google shares are rallying after hours as parent Alphabet's first-quarter earnings report showed strong revenue growth in cloud computing and internet search ads, helping investors look past slowing profits amid huge AI spend. Earnings per share were $5.11, well ahead of Wall Street's consensus estimate of $2.63, and up from $2.81 last year. Revenue for the quarter reached $110 billion, more than expectations of $107 billion, and up 22% on the year. The most closely watched line in Google's reporting is its cloud unit...

March Jobs Shocker: Payrolls Soar By 178K Most Since 2024, Blowing Away All Estimates; Unemployment Rate Drops We titled our nonfarm payroll preview post "a substantial bounce" and boy were we right: with consensus expecting a material rebound from February's negative print (which was revised as usual worse, from -92K to -133K), what the BLS reported instead was a huge beat to expectations of a 65K increase, with March jobs reportedly rising by 178K, the biggest increase since December 2024. The number was driven entirely by a surge in private workers...