Former Sen. Warren Staffer Attends Ayatollah's Funeral, Calls Him "Greatest Leader Of Our Lifetime"

Turkey is preparing for the possibility of an influx of refugees from Iran, Bloomberg has reported, as the US is preparing to launch a potential attack on the Islamic Republic, which could spark a full-blown regional war. Bloomberg’s sources said that officials in Ankara have updated their contingency plans to prepare for large numbers of […]

FOMC Minutes Preview: Scrutiny For Hawkish Bias Today's FOMC minutes will be scrutinized for further insight into policymakers' appetite for additional rate hikes and the thinking behind the Committee's hawkish shift at last month's meeting. The minutes are an account of the June 17th meeting and therefore will not reflect subsequent developments, including the softer-than-expected June nonfarm payrolls report or Chair Warsh's appearance at the ECB's Sintra Forum. Nonetheless, as Newsquawk writes in its FOMC Minutes preview, the June meeting, Warsh's first as Fed Chair, marked a significant shift under...

President Trump and his partner in crime Netanyahoo have tried to draw Iran into a ceasefire trap. It was hoped for that a bit by bit escalation, like Israeli bombing in Lebanon, would be left without a response by Iran. Iran however did not fall for that scheme. It had been agreed that the ceasefire […]